Can you guess where we are going??

From 7 AM to 10 PM, you can get a free short stack of pancakes at all IHOP locations.

All they ask is that you consider making a donation to support local children's hospitals
through Children's Miracle Network, or other local charities.

There is a limit of one free short stack per guest. The offer is valid at participating restaurants for dine-in only while supplies last and is not valid with any other offer, special coupon or discount.

If you would like to support a wonderful cause and have some Pancakes head on over to your local IHOP!!

For today's edition of Works-For-Me Wednesday, list your favorite on-line shops.
I shopped Walmart.com during Christmas, especially for electronics! I also used the feature Ship-to-Store to avoid shipping cost! They send an email when your item(s) are ready to be picked up! I walked in showed my printed receipt and picked up my merchandise! I was in and out within 5 minutes! This Works for ME! What's your favorite on-line store?? For more great online shopping, visit Shannon at Rocks In My Dryer!

Thanks to all who entered my first Bloggy Giveaway! It was great fun! And to get down to business!



THE WINNER IS: peg42!!!

Bloggy Giveaways!

Can you say fun???!!!

It's that time again for the Bloggy Giveaways hosted by Shannon at Rocks in my Dryer!

I figured I would offer something that EVERYONE would love to have! Who doesn't love.....STARBUCKS??!!!

I am giving away a $15 dollar gift card to Starbucks!

To enter to win all you have to do is leave a comment ( be sure and tell me your favorite Starbucks drink!) Also, make sure to leave a valid email address.

This giveaway will end on February 2nd @ Noon Central time! This is for US residents only.

Please be sure to check out all the other great giveaways going on by visiting Shannon at Bloggy Giveaways.

Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday To You! Happy Birthday Dear Dory!! Happy Birthday To You!!



How in the world did I become the mother of an 18 year old??? I've blinked once and you have gone from a 6 lbs. 9 oz. beauty to one of the most Lovely young ladies I know!



We are so proud of the lady you are becoming! God has truly blessed us more than we could have ever imagined!
WE love you!!

OLD NAVY SAVINGS!!!
We went to old Navy today after hearing on Money Saving Mom about the sale! We got several things for the children at wonderful savings!! Lightening got 3 pants, 3 short sleeve shirts, 2 long sleeve shirts, hat, gloves, and ear warmers. Pocahontas got: 5 pants, 3 jackets, 1 shirt, 2 sets of gloves, 1 scarf and 1 hat. Dory got 2 jeans, 2 shirts, 1 hat and 2 pair of gloves. All of this for $100!!

MORE BARGAINS!!!!!

I heard that Target started a 90% off Christmas merchandise today!! We raked in the bargains! Here is a list of things we got:
2-12 packs of Coke ( 2- FREE 12 pack coupons)
2-16 month calendars...$0.59 each
4 boxes of 350 clear lights...$.089 each
3 Large green bowls (for popcorn)...$0.19 each
3 sets of 4 cereal bowls....$0.19 per set
3 sets of 4 cups...$0.19 per set
4 sets of earrings...$1.38(total)
4 bags of Hersheys Kisses..$0.27 each (4-$0.50 coupons)
Christmas Card Cookie Kit....$0.99
2 Large boxes of wrapping paper...$1.29 each
Dora ornaments...$0.69
4 cans of Chicken Noodle soup...$0.60 each (2-$0.50 coupons & 1 $0.40 coupon)
our grand total....$13.41!!!!!!
I have a friend that works at Target and when she saw me coming to the Checkout area she said "I've been watching for you today!" What can I say I love a good bargain!!! My daughter's comment was "Target is going to ban you from coming in their store!"

ROLL TIDE!!!!!!!!!!!

It's so cold outside, even Ella had to put on a jacket.

Her Heisman pose!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

CVS Savings!!!

I went to CVS yesterday and had my best ever buy!! I got:

Charmin 9 pack roll of toilet paper
Bounty 8 pack paper towels
Tide liquid detergent
3 CVS cough drops
Airborne dual pack (daytime and nighttime)
Dawn dish detergent
Feminine pads

I had the following coupons:

$4 off $20 purchase, $5 off $15 purchase, $2 off $10 purchase, Tide $.35, Charmin $.25, Boutny $.25, Airborne $1.00, Dawn $.75, and $5.49 ECB (extra care bucks). I spent $2.37 our of pocket. I should have received 3-$.99 ECB. The ECB didn't print for some reason. I asked the clerk (Andy) why. The manager came over and couldn't figure out how to make it print the bucks so he returned me the $2.97!! I think that means they paid me $.60 to take the merchandise out of the store!!!
Eeyore just shook his head in disbelief!!!

Happy New Year to us!!!

PUPPIES!!!

PICS FROM THE LAST POST!!

MOM'S HAIR NEW CUT!!

LIGHTNING HITCHING A RIDE ON THE GO KART.

POCAHANTAS AND I ON THE GO KART

MY DRESS + GRANNY'S SHAWL!

I can't Believe it's our last night here at Granny's . It seems like we just got here. Who would ever wanna leave this beautiful place?!?! Unfortunately we can't escape from reality and stay in our quiet little hideout forever.

Last night I got to have a wonderful, long, luxorious bath in Granny's jacuzzi tub!! Pocahontas massaged my shoulders, neck, temples, and later my back. She also gave me a pedicure. I loved it!! She told me she'd do it again sometime, but I had to pay her then..."Today is free day", is what she told me.

Today Fiddly, Granny, Pocahantas, and I all went shopping, mostly for a prom dress. I found one that I absolutely love!! But we needed to get the approval from Eeyore first. My mom had an appointment with Granny's hair dresser to get a haircut so after that Eeyore met us at Dillards to see the dress. He actually said he thought it looked pretty...now it's not his favorite dress, but he did approve! Granny has a shawl that goes perfectly with it too. After that all of us went to eat lunch at Logan's. We were all stuffed. Fiddle D. Dee, Granny, and I all went to look for shoes to go with my dress after we ate. Eeyore, Lightning, and Pocahantas decided to go back to Granny's instead of more shopping. We didn't find any shoes, but we did stop by my uncle's house on the way home to see the puppies. They're so cute! There are eleven puppies, 5 solid black, 5 black with gray and white spots and one chocolate one. I forgot my camera at Granny's so I didn't get any pictures, but we're hoping to go back by on the way home 2morrow, because the little kids didn't get to go see them, so I'll try again then. When we got home Pocahontas and I rode the golf cart for a little bit, then we went down to the river to see how many crabs we had in the crab baskets(to see if we had enough to eat). We had six, I wasn't sure that, that was enough, but Fiddly talked me into it. So we took them out, declawed them, and I cleaned them almost by myself. Since Fiddly and I did all the work and there were only six(little ones) we ate them all. I did have to call my cousin to make sure I remembered right, and she talked me through that part that she did the last time(mostly laughing at me). And in my opinoin they all turned out very good! I think that's all for now...

... Oh and for those inquiring minds wanting to see pictures of our Christmas morning, well all of those pics are on Granny's camera and she has a different kind of memory card than me and at the moment I have no way of getting them on here. So hopefully sometime later I'll be able to get those and put them on for all to see.

We get to open one present on Christmas Eve, Pocahantas chose to unwrap me.

So, I was planning on writing about the rest of our time here at Granny's on the last post and having just one big post, but when I went to put the pictures on I kinda screwed it all up, as you can probably tell from the random gaps in between the pics, but alas that didn't happen so I'm just making it into 2 posts.

We didn't have a Christmas Eve dinner with all my cousins like we usually do, but instead we had a Christmas "Adam" dinner as Sully calls it(because Adam came b4 Eve). And for this Christmas "Adam" dinner we had a Mexican meal with tamales, Mexican rice, guacamole, tortillas and a Mexican cake. I forgot what the cake's called something like 3 milk cake or something. I didn't really like it, but it looked pretty, and on top it said Feliz Navidad. For an appetizer or whatever you wanna call it we had bean dip and tortilla chips. Christmas just wouldn't be the same
without our Mexican food. The tamales are my favorite!!

Today we had pancakes, bacon, and sausage for breakfast. And for a late lunch and early dinner we has turkey and dressing, giblet gravy, mashed potatoes, broccoli with cheese and these little Greek things that had spinach and feta cheese wrapped in this thin pastry type thing.

Then we went to my uncle's house to see the car my cousin got. We didn't stay long, because one of my cousins was sick running a fever, and all she wanted was for me to hold her. I kinda freaked out cause I'm a bit of a germ-a-phobe. I felt sorry for her cause I could tell she didn't fell good, but I didn't wanna get sick either. So we got outta there as soon as possible. As soon as we got home I stripped off all my germ filled clothes and jumped in the shower. I also dowsed the jacket I was wearing in Lysol, but the sad thing is I'll probably still get sick...I don't want to, but because of irony it's bound to happen. Pray that the rest of us all stay healthy!!

That's pretty much all that's happened so far. We did go see National Treasure 2 one day...it was good!! I can't wait to find out what kinda fun we're gonna have the rest of the week...as long as everyone's feeling well.

DORY

Merry Christmas!!!

We hope you all have had an amazing Christmas!! We sure have...it's always fun here at Granny's house. We came down here Friday and met Granny and our cousin Nikki at Aunt Bo's, a new seafood buffet near where she lives. It was good, but not my favorite. Later that afternoon the little kids wanted to check Granny's crab baskets...so we went down to the river to look and we had 14 crabs!! Even though we had seafood for lunch we were all craving freshly boiled crab...Granny makes the best! The only problem...who would clean the crabs so they could be cooked and eaten? Well my cousin assured us she knew how to do it, and thinking that if she could do it surely I could too, I volunteered to help. So with the careful instruction of my cousin I proceeded to "wash the guts out" after she cracked open the shells and handed them to me. It's probably one of the grossest things I've ever done. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to eat one, much less enjoy it, because just the thought of eating what I had just had my hands all in made me queasy. I did however eat one and a half and they were very good! I was pretty proud of myself, even though my cousin did most of the work.





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Happy 21st Anniversary Mom and Dad!!!

Love,
Dory

CVS Bargains!!!

How much would you think I spent on this purchase from CVS??? My husband guessed $8.00. I have been following tips listed on Moneysavingmom.com. I used CVS coupons,ECB, and manufactured coupons and ended up having to add the Snickers bar because they wouldn't pay me to walk out with the merchandise!! I spent a total of $0.39!!! My daughter couldn't believe it!! Also in return I got $12.49 in ECB and $4 off $20 purchase!!! I do plan to go back this week for another purchase! I wonder if I will do as well then????

2 Christmas beauties!!