This week has been usual, of course I am beginning to wonder if we will ever have a “normal” week again. The girls have had swimming lessons every night this week. On Thursday, there was a really bad storm that force lessons to be canceled and Friday lessons were cut short by another storm. I did remember to take my camera on Friday and got some awesome pictures! Lily has really started to swim, she goes off the diving board with only a noodle and can swim short distance without anything! Kendall is my little fish, she will jump off in the water with only a ring float from ANYWHERE. They worked with her on blowing bubbles and kicking!

Haley took these yesterday while I was at work!

As I was sitting here thinking I need to blog, it occurred to me that I really don’t have much I want to blog about right now! So I thought I would share a couple of the “coupon codes” I have been using this week.
I order 2 hydrangeas shrubs from Silver Hill Nursery for free and paid only the $12.95 in shipping. I have wanted a couple of this plants for several years and just decided to order and I will figure out where to place them when they arrive.

There is a code FREE4MOM that you can use at CVS to order 4×6 magnets. I have to admit I messed up one of my orders and ended up ordering 2 on the same order so it will cost me 6.99 for the 4 magnets that I ordered but my plan is to pay using ECB so it should be ok :).

Harris Teeter is going to be doing Triples again starting Wednesday. I am planning to make at least one trip and we will go from there depending on what is on sale. Speaking of Harris Teeter I went last Wednesday when we picked up the girls new swim goggles and was able to grab 4 packs of diapers at 2.99 each with coupons and I got a rain check for 2 additional packs because they were out of Zach’s size :).

Well guess it is time to stop of course Zach is hungry!

So it is Friday but it has been a slow week as far as great deals but I wanted to make sure I blogged today since this weekend is going to be busy! I was so hoping for Harris Teeter triples this week, which has been rumored for March but no such luck! So I had to go out yesterday for diapers for Kendall and baby food. I was able to get a good deal on diapers at Walgreens but not the 2.19, I was hoping for. I hit Food Lion for the baby food and also for a couple of items I needed for the Baked ziti and garlic bread for the youth progressive dinner. The good news is that I still have around 200 left in the grocery budget for the month. This is a first but I also realize that I will probably spend that and more next week at Costco. They have both diapers and wipes on sale!

Last night we made a trip to Lowes to return some extras we had from the tile. We were able to return and purchase the same amount :). The plan is to work in the bathroom this weekend and get it ready for inspection. At this point we are probably around 1000 from inspection! I can’t wait for this so we can begin the re-financing and finally get started on the Dave Ramsey plan!

Today, my plan is to clean the living room and kitchen and also get the Baked Ziti in the fridge for tomorrow. I am going to try something new and start my cleaning out there and see if that will work! All the kids are feeling better at least they are acting better. Lily has decided that ice cream is her favorite food and she insisted that I check my pictures this morning to find a picture of her eating ice cream as a baby. Of course I could not find one but she is okay now. Kendall learned to call Cocoa the cat yesterday and it is now her favorite thing to do!

On Sunday, I decided that Lily and probably Zach needed to go back to the doctor’s. After being on antibiotics for a week, Lily had a fever and Zach was shaking his head. The big question was rather Kendall should be seen at the same time. Sunday night was the confirmation that a trip to the doctor was needed. I have been told before that with 3 kids in order to have them all seen at the same time I needed 2 adults present. Not a big deal, Matt took off the morning to help with the sick kiddos. So we dropped Haley off at school and headed straight to Salisbury. It was close to 8:30 when we arrived for the walk in clinic. Things got a little wild when, one of the CMAs asked how I wanted to split up the kids. I did ask if they could be seen together but of course the answer was NO. GRRRR, I am frustrated but decided to send Kendall with Matt since she was the “least” sick. Lily’s ears were still infected, Zach had one ear that was still infected. Kendall comes out with Matt and now has a double ear infection and needs breathing treatments 3-4 times a day. WOW now I am so glad we took Kendall, she technically is the sickest even tho Matt forgot/didnt ask for the official diagnosis!
Yesterday was a long day but I *think* the meds are working because everyone feels so much better this morning!
Lily new glasses came in as well! So we went and picked them up…

She looks so much older with them!

Last week worked out well except for Monday when we ate out because of the trip to the doctor. So we ended up not have the Chicken Cacciatore. I have moved it to this week although Matt keeps insisting that his was better but he does not know how he made it. One of the blogs I follow Couponing to Disney has a challenge this month to not eat out! I am going to try this because we had decided to try and cut back on eating out so get out spending under control. Weekend are always the hardest because I hate cooking 3 meals a day, much less the clean up but this weekend we did it :)! Next weekend should be easy as well, because they are having a dinner after church! Now on to the plan

Monday Stuffed Green Peppers
Tuesday Chicken Cacciatore
Wednesday: Pork Chops (Angel Food) plan to try a sweet potatoe pie recipe as well and make some form of Carrots to use up those as well.
Thursday: Shrimp Scampi (Bagged meal on sale)
Friday: Mexican night of some form? Not quite sure yet!
Saturday night: Youth Progressive dinner (Baked Ziti)

2 girls, one blond and one brunette,in a Jeep Hurricane,top down,wind blowing thur their hair, sunglasses on with songs blaring from the radio like “You give Love a Bad Name” and “Hotel California.” Sounds like a scene from a movie or at least a really good dream Right?

This is the scene from our movie/life this afternoon. It was complete with lines like “Turn the radio off Kendall so I can FOCUS on the Tom Tom.” “I am going North.” and ” I can’t hear the Tom because the music is so loud.” Matt and I were in stitches just listening. Today it was 60 and sunny most of the afternoon.

We have returned to our normal NC weather here is a picture from Wednesday:

Haley was out of school because of the snow and she and Lily made this snowman!

Unfortunately, the germs have also returned to NC with full force. Lily has started running a fever again. She and I both have definitely had some form of a stomach virus this weekend. Zach is miserable in every position but being held by me and Kendall’s has a green runny nose and blew out a diaper while I ran to CVS today. Matt and I are trying to come up with a plan to get all three back to the Doctor tomorrow to try and get something to make any and all feel better!

This whole week has been fast and difficult. I am posting on Saturday morning but this is my Friday night post.

Monday… Matt came home early from work and we picked up Kendall’s new glasses. We took Lily and Kendall to the doctor. Lily has a double ear infection and Kendall has the start of one.

Tuesday- Snow day. I went to work while Haley watched the girls. I worked 4 hours!

Wednesday- Honestly I can’t remember anything about this day 🙂

Thursday- Lily started with a fever and complaining of her stomach hurting. She actually woke up in the middle of the night and threw up. On Thursday evening I started feeling really really bad. I attempted to go to bed at 8pm but was up ALOT this night.

Friday- Ibuprofen really helped me feel better. Amanda watched the little ones while I worked for 3 hours today. Both Kendall and Zach are whiney and probably have the same stomach bug as Lily and I. Amanda also is sick!

What a week! YUCK!