So I was just leisurely Facebook stalking when I found this beauty! Seriously I freaking love it!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Love,
Carrie
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Playing Catch-Up
Alright I've been seriously bad with the whole blogging thing, after this post you will realize why.
So first of all, we have an exchange student, his name is IckHee and he is from Korea. He's 17 and a junior in high school. This was a very last minute thing. We had even decided not to put our application in when Yeon (she's over the program here) called me and said she really needed someone to house a student. After saying no a second time and Yeon, calling me again from Korea we decided that we do have an extra room and we might as well house a student. So two weeks later we picked Nick up. His English name is Nick. Alright for those of you wondering, you pronounce IckHee just as it looks, the first thing said to Nick when he was introduced to my family was as follows, 'So if you guys adopted him his name would be Icky Gross.' Why yes, yes it would be. :) But alas we are not adopting him, only being parents for nine months. It's the reverse of a pregnancy! It is very weird and difficult to have your first child be a teenager, but Nate and I are realizing that yes we both parent the same way and that has been kind of nice. Nick is very fun and we are very much enjoying him being around.
Secondly, I am still working full time. I do love my job, I have a great boss, and I love my coworkers. It's weird to think that I've been at Alexander's for over three years now and just over two and a half years in accounting. Not really much to report here except I have been able to really get a lot done and I rarely have to work overtime, which is awesome.
Thirdly, this also has to do with my awesome Boss, but I have been instructing the Orem High Pit. I have missed marching band and was able to work out a simple schedule with Joy to allow me to work with the Pit. I love it! I love the kids, I love the music, and I love the nostalgia of it all. The only problem is that even though the time commitment isn't incredibly huge when you put it together with everything else, it can be a little overwhelming.
Which leads we to my last big endeavor, I am going to school full time, and it's over the Internet so I'm teaching myself through the classes. It has been intense and a little overwhelming. But I truly love the program and everything about this college. I can't wait to finally be done with school and be able to start teaching math.
So that pretty much sums up my life, full time work, full time school, full time wife and 'mom', and part time music teacher. Toss in a few extras like church callings, and personal time and that is a perfect recipe for neglecting a blog. :) Hope you enjoyed the catch-up, I'll try and be better now.
Oh also the leaves are perfect outside for some beautiful family pictures so if you want some done just let us know, you can have a 25% discount just because you read my blog. Check out Nate's site here or his blog here.
So first of all, we have an exchange student, his name is IckHee and he is from Korea. He's 17 and a junior in high school. This was a very last minute thing. We had even decided not to put our application in when Yeon (she's over the program here) called me and said she really needed someone to house a student. After saying no a second time and Yeon, calling me again from Korea we decided that we do have an extra room and we might as well house a student. So two weeks later we picked Nick up. His English name is Nick. Alright for those of you wondering, you pronounce IckHee just as it looks, the first thing said to Nick when he was introduced to my family was as follows, 'So if you guys adopted him his name would be Icky Gross.' Why yes, yes it would be. :) But alas we are not adopting him, only being parents for nine months. It's the reverse of a pregnancy! It is very weird and difficult to have your first child be a teenager, but Nate and I are realizing that yes we both parent the same way and that has been kind of nice. Nick is very fun and we are very much enjoying him being around.
Secondly, I am still working full time. I do love my job, I have a great boss, and I love my coworkers. It's weird to think that I've been at Alexander's for over three years now and just over two and a half years in accounting. Not really much to report here except I have been able to really get a lot done and I rarely have to work overtime, which is awesome.
Thirdly, this also has to do with my awesome Boss, but I have been instructing the Orem High Pit. I have missed marching band and was able to work out a simple schedule with Joy to allow me to work with the Pit. I love it! I love the kids, I love the music, and I love the nostalgia of it all. The only problem is that even though the time commitment isn't incredibly huge when you put it together with everything else, it can be a little overwhelming.
Which leads we to my last big endeavor, I am going to school full time, and it's over the Internet so I'm teaching myself through the classes. It has been intense and a little overwhelming. But I truly love the program and everything about this college. I can't wait to finally be done with school and be able to start teaching math.
So that pretty much sums up my life, full time work, full time school, full time wife and 'mom', and part time music teacher. Toss in a few extras like church callings, and personal time and that is a perfect recipe for neglecting a blog. :) Hope you enjoyed the catch-up, I'll try and be better now.
Oh also the leaves are perfect outside for some beautiful family pictures so if you want some done just let us know, you can have a 25% discount just because you read my blog. Check out Nate's site here or his blog here.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Mirror Blog
I have decided to try yet a new thing on Facebook and added Mirror Blog. It pulls my blog posts straight from my blog so all my friends on facebook can see them and comment. If I like it and people seem to be reading my blog on here I might keep it otherwise adios.
P.S. I wrote this from facebook and it updated my blog, sweet!
P.S. I wrote this from facebook and it updated my blog, sweet!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Great Deal!!!!
I have decided I truly LOVE deals, and coupons. If you aren't on twitter you should be, just to get these deals. You can follow a bunch of people that link you to coupons all over the web, plus blogs! Blogs full of money saving tips and menu planning on a budget. I love it so very much! Another great site is www.frogzog.com you can search for coupons for anything, then share it on facebook, twitter, or even have it texted to you so you don't have to waste the paper to print it out. Just text it to yourself and then show them the text when you get there. So as I continue to find great deals, I'll try and include them on twitter and here on my blog or facebook. They will all be under the same label 'Deals'. Also you really should look at www.savvyshopperdeals.com and try out the Shopping wizard. My new find is www.recipekey.com you can list everything in your pantry and fridge and it will tell you what recipes you can make. It will also show you ones you can make with only buying a few more ingredients. When you use stuff just take it out of your pantry and voila you can make meals with what you have! You can also add recipes, so family favorites are involved.
Monday, July 20, 2009
Great Deal!!!!
Alright so Suzy gave me a rebate offer from Kellogg's. So if I bought 10 Kellogg's items on one receipt I could mail it in for a $10 rebate. She also informed me, Macey's was having a sale. Now I'm going to do this kind of like an infomercial but bare with me. The deal was 4 for $5, the catch the discount wasn't taken until you hit four boxes. So I had to buy 12 to have at least ten items and get the rebate:
12 boxes = $33 full price = $2.75 a box
-$6 for ever set of 4
12 boxes = $15.45 (the .45 is tax) = $1.29 a box
Then the $10 rebate
12 boxes = $5.45 = $.45 a box
Then the sneaky person I am realized I have manufacturer coupons for Kellogg's so...
12 boxes = $.45 = $.04 a box
Grand savings = $32.55 = $2.71 a box
So yes $5 worth of manufacturer's coupons and my pantry is now stuffed with plenty of cereal for Nate and I. The best part is... cereal tastes so much better when you've only paid 4 cents for the entire box!!!! I just love coupons!
12 boxes = $33 full price = $2.75 a box
-$6 for ever set of 4
12 boxes = $15.45 (the .45 is tax) = $1.29 a box
Then the $10 rebate
12 boxes = $5.45 = $.45 a box
Then the sneaky person I am realized I have manufacturer coupons for Kellogg's so...
12 boxes = $.45 = $.04 a box
Grand savings = $32.55 = $2.71 a box
So yes $5 worth of manufacturer's coupons and my pantry is now stuffed with plenty of cereal for Nate and I. The best part is... cereal tastes so much better when you've only paid 4 cents for the entire box!!!! I just love coupons!
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