Sory, I have not been better at posting. I thought I could follow through. Summer is here so I am going to make a much better efforts at keeping you posted.

I did in the mean time set up a seperate checking account for our grocery budget. This seems to be a big help. Money is direct deposited into the account. What a wonderful thing.

I promise to be better,,,,

The Cast Is Off

Hi everyone, the cast if off and I am back to normal. That was a quick 5 weeks. So I promise from here on out I will do a much better job at this.

Update my son that is in the Marine's will be home on Sunday for 30 days. They have changed his PDS from North Carolina to Japan. So he will be with us in Ohio for 30d. I am so excited. I need to come up with another plan to save more money so I can save the money to visit him in Japan. Tickets run anywhere from $1500.00 to $15,000.00. I have my work cut out for me. I just wanted to give him time to settle in and make sure he does not get deployed right away.

Well any of you with boys will know the grocery bill is going to go up. I am going to try and make as much as I can and freeze it for him. That way during the day when I am at work he will have plenty to choose from.

I will post after my grocery visit this week....

Happy shopping..

SORRY

OK, well let me say sorry for not posting. I managed to break my hand and I am sporting a really cool pink cast on my left hand. It goes from th tip of my thumb to my elbow so typing is a bit of a challenge.

I will try and get my pictures up for this weeks shopping. Really good deals at Meijer. I spent $68.00 and saved $49.00. Not to terrible for not shopping the weekend before.

The cast camme on 2/18/09 and my husband went out of town from the 20th until the 23rd. So I skipped one week and no one even knew.

Happy shopping

Snow Days Part Two

So overnight we received about an inch of ice. Just standing outside you can hear the tress crack under the pressure. I am lucky right now and still have electric. But my parents are not so lucky. Good thing is they have a generator and keorsine heaters. They should be OK. I will keep a check on them. Even though there is not much I could do for them right now.

Robert has again been up since 5:30am wanting to play outside. Around 9:00am he thought he was slick and went out side while I was on the phone.

The snow is coming down in big fluffy flakes. We are suppose to get another 3-5 inches by noon. Which will make the afternoon really bad.

My work has been delayed until 12:00, I am not going in. It is about a 45 minute bus ride on a normal day. Who even knows if my bus will run or not. So I am going to stay home.

Stay warm and safe today.

Snow Days

Well anyone who lives in the Cincinnati area today may not be too happy. Schools are closed the road are terrible and if you are like many will still have to go to work. My company actually closed today. I have been there for 11 years and I think this may only be the second time that I remember the office closing for the whole day.

Long before the sun even came up Robert was dressed and ready to go outside. I managed to hold him off until 8:00 am. I should mention he was up around 5:30am all excited over the snow. So I guess the whole day will be the in and out thing I am sure once his buddy is up and going he will be here with his quad and Robert will want to ride the dirt bike. Not real sure how the dirt bike will do in the snow. Quess I will find out later this afternoon since I plan on riding it.

Right now the snow is still coming down pretty fast but looks like fine flakes not the big fluffy ones. But it is still accumulating quick. I am guessing as of right now we have around 4.5 to 5.0 inches of snow.

Happy shoveling today. And be safe if you have to travel.