My most recent Target trip.

I went to Target tonight becuase last time we were there (Sunday) we bought Bria diapers, and when i looked at the receipt on Tuesday morning I noticed they charged us twice for those diapers. that was 13.69 that we didnt need to spend. so I called and they said they would take care of it. So i needed to go there, plus I had a ton of coupons that I wanted to see if i could get some things for good deals.


I got the above for.....



that is right!!! :) this is my best shopping experience yet! plus that includes a few things we needed that i didnt have coupons for.

pine cone research open!

go here and sign up for pinecone research! do it NOW, it closes fast!!! i told you about this in an earlier post!!!

Pinecone Research

I just joined pinecone research. they are a reputable survey company. You get paid $3.00 per survey you do and they also send you free products to try out! They arent always open for new members, but i hear that this weekend they might be looking so if you are looking to make a few extra bucks, keep your eyes peeled this weekend for them to say sign up here!
I have now made $3.00 and tried 2 new products and just did another survey today, which will net me another $3.00.

I am saving up for my treadmill!!!

ITS MEGA SWAGBUCKS DAY!

if you havent signed up for swagbucks yet seriously WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR??? I have now gotten 26 $5.00 amazon gift cards since NOVEMBER!!! that is $130!!!!! amazing!!! all you do is use swagbucks homepage like you would google. so i use it to search for facebook, blogger, yahoo or whatever. instead of typing in the url just search it and i win a few times a day. also you can do daily polls, skip all the special offers and get swagbucks and they have a new feature of surveys! serioulsy it is sooooo easy!

no i have not been paid by them to say this!!


Go here and sign up. seriously! i hav a few friends that have signed up and have gotten amazon gift cards faster then me even! just depends on how often you use it. IN fact i just won 14 swagbucks just by searching for blogger!

Free Potty Training Kit~!

go here and request a free potty training kit! awesome freebie! has a success chart with stickers and comes in either dora or diego.

Pampers gifts to grow

If you have kids in diapers, and arent a part of eithe rpampers gifts to grow or huggies rewards, well that is just plain dumb. lol. even if you arent buying diapers for your own kids, there are often free codes that you can enter and still stock pile the codes for things like coupons for free cereal, money off at diapers.com or toys for the kids.

NEW code for Pampers Gifts to Grow. ENJOYYOURSUMMER worth 10 points so get collecting!

Donating to Wadena

As some of you may know one of the towns i grew up in and graduated high school from was hit by a tornado on June 17th. no lives were lost but many many homes were destroyes along with the high school and the community center. if you go here you can donate to this cause! Think about it.

Ten Minutes from Home and Read it Forward

I have heard of Read it Forward, they give you books for free to read before they are published and in most cases edited. SOOOO i signed up and got this book called Ten Minutes From home by Beth Greenfield. Assuming I wouldnt like it I set it down for awhile and put it in my work bag in case i needed a book, well i started to read it and within the first 12 pages couldnt put it down! i cried within those first 12 pages. It is a true story about a girl who is returning from her ballet recital with her parents, her best friend and her little brother. they get hit by a drunk drive, and her friend and brother are killed and her dealing with those emotions, how her mom and dad dealt with those emotions and how she lived with it. VERY moving story. Definetly recommend it, if you want to read it i am supposed READ IT FORWARD, so i can pass it on to one of you too. let me know!

Free sample of Goodnights

Go here and sign up for a free sample of goodnights...potty training will be starting soon at our house...UGH!

Free All Bran Promise Pack

Go here and request an All Bran promise pack, you need to register. you will get it in 4-6 weeks!

On that note, when you sign up for these freebies you MIGHT want to have an email address dedicated to just that, I dont have that yet, but i am sure it is coming.

FREE BBQ Sauce!

mmmm i love this BBQ sauce, try some of their new flavors Bullseye BBQ sauce. go here and sign up!

FREE GOLF REWARD!!

Tropicana has rewards program, where you enter in your codes from packages, i was never in to this, we dont buy orange juice enough, ANYWAY< here make an account and then follow the directions. i got a 20% off regular price green fees at Balmoral Golf Course in Battle Lake to give to Brent, he hasnt been golfing this year so I thought this would be nice!! Check it out!

Please not after you print it it is good for about 2 weeks. BUT THIS IS TODAY ONLY< why not print it out?

LIfe update

NOt really sure how many people read my blog, so if you are out there please leave a comment just to let me know I should keep bloggin!!!

work is going alright, there with be many difference around here as a new Executive director starts in the fall and we are considering restructuring. shoudl be interesting to see what happens. My work got a little article on forbes.com!! that is pretty cool! check it out here.

Home life. is goign well. Bria is starting to show us her will...that is fun. lol. but along with that she is talking up a storm and starting to do little sentences you can see her brain moving. today I told her i had to get my jacket since it was raining and she goes mommy coat on. then she goes bria coat on. (or jacket i cant remember) so that was cute to see her put things togehter. and she is remembering more stuff now. the other day a bird ran into our dining room window (that will teach me to wash windows!) and it died, she saw the bird and i told her the bird went night night so i didnt have to go into life and death with her yet. so she kept saying bird night night for about a WEEK!! finally i think she is over that! also she sees brents blaze orange coat and she says papa! brents dad always wears a blaze orange coat to go outside if itis cold. so it is funny she remembered that.

Charlee is good. she has rolled over from tummy to back, for me, but no one else. hahah. maybe i finally have a mommys girl on my hands! she is also talking up a storm and CHEWING on everythign she might be an early teether! she is also getting SOOO big! she is in 6 months clothes already! she had her 4 month appt and she was 15.5 pounds! my little chunker.

both girls love to be outside and around the action. so we spend a TON of time outdoors.

OKay brent update, he is busy, what else is new? lol. he is working usually over 40 hours a week, closer to 50 normally, he also has taken on a few side roofing jobs as well. although has been rained out lately. he also works as caretaker at the manor so we have sweet old ladies calling our house all the time asking if he will grease their walker. lol. NO JOKE! bria sometimes ventures with dad and she enjoys it, since sometimes she gets M&Ms.

there you go that should satisfy your line craving for awhile.

again please let me know if you read this!!!

7 things that make me grumpy

HMMM not sure how I was supposed to get notification of this...but you know. I happened to read Ashley's blog and she tagged me to talk about the "7 things that make me grumpy" and frankly on this rough week at work and it is raining, what a better day to do it!!

1. NOt getting enough sleep. I think I am just one of those people that need more sleep then normal people. It isnt that i need a specific number of hours a night, but MAN if i go too many nights without a good rest...I am crabby! Lately, since Charlee is sleeping through the night and Bria is too it hasnt been too bad. But the last week Bria has been waking up in the middle of the night crying. (we think teeth?) anyway, last night it took me awhile to get to sleep (stressing over some dousche bag at work) and then I finally get to sleep, and get woken up by a text message (from a friend that said she had her baby!) so that didnt make me mad, but then i couldnt get back to sleep thinking about babies, then thinking about what i want to take the girls to do this summer (and i need to get on that since summer is already almost 1/3 over!!) then i get woken up by brent snoring and a car being loud by our house! so rough night! oh and charlee since she went to bed soo early woke up at 1:40am! i wasnt very pleased.

2. when plans change. I like to be prepared, i like to know what is happening, i like to hav ethings set, so when plans change last minute I get mad!! happens sometimes with kids yes, but becuse i have kids it would be nice to know plans!!

3. I get grumpy when people arent appreciative. i mean how hard is it to say thanks??

4. i get grumpy when i am talking to people on my cell on the way home from work and i get to the area that has no service...i mean really? there are still areas in Minnesota with no cell phone service? i mean it isnt lake of the woods or something! geez!!! and because i have kids on the ride home is the best time for me to catch up with people on the telephone.

5. i hate when I get to work havent even got my computer on and someone is already asking me to do osmething or ask me something. i get to work early so that i get a few minutes to get my computer on and check my emails and then go about my day....cant you give me 15 minutes to just get my stuff in order before you ask me questions??

6. i hate when people are late! how hard is it to be on time!!!!

7. hmmm what should i put as my final gripe....it makes me really grumpy when i dont get me time, alone time, i need it, i crave it. i amnot a sane person without it.

THERE!!
now how do i tag people??? no idea! so please do this on your blog if you wish! happy complaining about being grumpy lol

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