SO anyone who knows me knows that I tend to be 'thrifty'.
I LOVE a good deal, and if that means purchasing something a year in advance... then so-be-it.

But by being pro-active I have placed myself in a bit of a dilemma.

You see, after Christmas is when I purchase my wrapping paper, bows and cards for the next year. ONLY if I can save 60% or more, ( Read more... )

David is away... now he is in Toronto, but previous to that he was in Montreal. He left Sunday night and gets home tonight ( Read more... )

 I have posted an ad on usedwinnipeg.com ( Read more... )

If one has a cardboard  box containing... let's say 7.5 dozen eggs... one should NOT lift said box by a box flap....
For doing so could/will create 26 of the aforementioned eggs to break. That would mean a VERY large dinner of eggs on a Friday night :P 

Anyone else tired of feeling pressured to tip?

I get that the previous statement may sound mean, and make me appear cheap... but let me elaborate.....

A good friend of mine once told me that she always tips at Tim Hortons, because the staff make less than minimum wage. Strange, because I thought that minimum wage is the MINIMUM wage that a company ( Read more... )

 I haven't stepped on my elliptical in over a week. Here is why ( Read more... )

I admit it... I feel like I NEED to post something, since Lo, Aislinn, Jean and my friend ANdrea have all posted this week!!!!

I am stoked to think that everyone is back. Does that mean that Facebook is no longer number one? Or that everyone has more time?
I don't really care WHY, I am just SO pleased to be able to sit here and catch up!

David got a ( Read more... )

So... I have IT... and I will defintely be keeping IT!!! Nothing will sway me away again, I have waited too long and drooled over them for too many years...

What is IT, you ask?

I now own a MACBOOK!!!!!! This post is being posted as I sit at my kitchen counter, the children are all napping... and the only thing I can hear is the soft keyboard sounds ( Read more... )

I am currently sitting here sipping my Starbucks latte, and I haven't even left the house yet! 
I have not figured out how to make them at home, which would make you wonder just how did I get this wonderful pick-me-up?

My dear husband!!!! 
He went out this morning to get mice (dead frozen mice to feed to George and Wanda... his snakes), and asked if I ( Read more... )

The other night I had my nephew over for a sleep over, he is 12.

Things were going quite well, since my boys really enjoyed the time with him, and Danae was at my sister's place for a sleepover.

At 10 to eleven, I told the boys to 'shut it down'. I had daycare in the morning, and they were playing rock band in my basement. Frankly I wanted to go to ( Read more... )