Christmas Break Starts later today!

I am excited to have made it til Christmas Break! Today is students' last day before Christmas Break...mine will be on Monday. I am ready for a three week break.

I still have some Christmas Gifts to get together...mostly Gift Cards, etc...My main shopping was complete on Black Friday. I really did good with time on those gifts this year.

I'll spend my break figuring out ways to save and cut costs in order to prepare for the New Year and the New Baby (due in March).

Looking forward to Black Friday!

I just checked out Target's online 2-day sale ad. I saw that the Leapster games will all be $15 each! That is a steal for those. They had pictures of "Up" and "Tinker Bell" for the leapster games...my son would love those. He still loves his leapster after having it for nearly 2 years now. It is the one toy that hasn't got old with him! Educational too.

I will also be doing regular shopping and not concern myself with sales, just getting what I am after and hope it isn't sold out...if it is....my son is young and it doesn't matter at his age.

Happy Shopping!

Happy Thanksgiving Tomorrow! Enjoy your Turkey and Dressing!

I can't believe how close Thanksgiving and Black Friday is!!!

I am of course...very excited about having Turkey at Mom's house...the best meal of the year! She loves to cook for Thanksgiving and we love to eat! :-)

I wanted to write this post to say...instead of Blogging about Black Friday this year...I am planning to be out in it. I am so excited. My husband's new job has allowed him to be home the day after Thanksgiving (aka: Black Friday). The last couple of years, I just didn't want to get up that early and take my son...too young or not young enough (a bit easier when they are still in a carrier and roll in a stroller). So my friend and I are going to take full advantage this Friday and get out and about. I am not worried if I find a deal or not. I am just simply excited to get out and about and see the crowds. I love it! I would love to stumble upon a few things for my son this year and save money...if not...that is cool too....have to buy a few things one way or another.

Have an enjoyable short week (I hope for you all) and Thanksgiving and Black Friday Shopping!

Black Friday for those who may not know comes from the stores who are usually in the "red" (ink) (doing poorly on sales) this time of year...change to black ink meaning Profit...all on this Black Friday day (day after Thanksgiving). No idea the history of how it started, but it is fun to be a part of!

It's a Girl!

Sorry this is delayed...

We found out Wednesday that the baby is a GIRL! :-)

We are all excited! One of each...very perfect for us I would say.

Now to the tough task of naming her...this is going to be a tough one.

A Dreary Day outside, But Excited about today!

Today we find out if we are having a boy or a girl! I am getting excited about the visit. I have two hours before I leave for the doctor's office to find out.

We just pray for a happy, healthy, boy or girl. If we had to choose...we would say girl because we have a boy and it would be cool to have one of each...with this being the last one and everything.
If it is a boy...great...we have everything and my son gets a brother!
If it is a girl...great...my sis has all the girl stuff and my son gets a sister!
A win win I must say!

I will do another post today or tomorrow to let you all know which it is! Any guesses out there?
My first is a boy and he is 4 years old! Hmmmmmm....

45 Days til Christmas!

What are you doing to get ready this year?

I have purchased two gifts and several for my son already. Very proud of myself. I have made and listed ornaments in my etsy store to make money and get in the Holiday spirit early. So far I have sold 7-9 of the ornaments (I didn't do a final count). Every little bit helps.

Speaking of Holidays...
I hope everyone has a terrific Veteran's day tomorrow.
I also hope everyone is getting excited about Thanksgiving!

Have a great week everyone!
Tomorrow we find out "boy or girl!"
What do you think? boy or girl?

November already?

I am in disbelief at the rapid pace that this year has went by.

I am 20 weeks this week! Officially five months now! Half way there! Sorry for all the exclamation points...just showing some enthusiasm here. :-)

Trying to figure out some ways to save extra money for the new baby coming in March. Have tried to start selling on Etsy again after having taken a long break from it all. I felt really bad the first three plus months of this pregnancy. With my son...I don't remember feeling that bad. The good news is ...that stage has seemed to pass and I have moved on to the more energy and healthier appetite stage. (My favorite stage.)

We are hoping to insulate our garage and believe that will help with heating and cooling the room above which is our all important hobby room. Where we do our creating. My husband draws and lately, my thing is macrame and crochet. My son loves to paint! We are an always busy bunch.

Have a lovely Friday!

Bought One Pack of Diapers!

I know...odd post title.

I am proud to say we started to make a move early in order to be ready for second child in March. We bought One Pack of Size Newborn Diapers. I remember that being the ONLY size we did not have with my son. We will probably buy a pack each week in different sizes up until the baby is born. This way...at least we'll have diapers! :-) I am excited to finally make a purchase.

The 20 week ultrasound...I chose to have at 21 weeks on November 11th! I will share if it is a boy or girl at that point. I'll be happy, of course, with either...but kinda think it would be nice to have a girl because we already have a boy. One of each! If it is a boy...that will be great also as my son with have a little brother to grow up with. Either way...we are talking "win win!"

Have a terrific rest of the week!

Zoo Trip went well and Under Budget!

I had a budget that I wanted to spend at the Zoo with my son and Mom! It was $120.00. I know...maybe a lot..but I wanted all three of us to have fun and not be too restricted. I planned for the food and snacks to be around $40.00 total...we came in at $22.00 (that is for all three of us). We had a cool day but not cold. We stayed for four hours so I think we did awesome and this was all we needed to spend and we ate what we wanted. I planned for souvenirs (aka: toys for my son) to be around $40 also in the event it was expensive. I came in at $14.00 for that which is awesome. He picked out a little farm playset that turns into a box that stores the animals that came with it. He chose Rock Candy Suckers and donated a Dollar to the Wildlife fund and got an Owl Button. He also wanted to ride on one of those 50 cents things outside the store and 51 cents for turning a penny into a polar bear keepsake. Not bad and everyone was happy! My Mom enjoyed the day out with her daughter (me) and grandson (my son). :-) We paid $33.00 for entrance and that included two tickets for extras for each of us. We used our combined six tickets for three carosel rides for my son and a 4-D movie for all of us. A great day and under budget! One can't beat that!

:-)

So the total day mentioned above came out to $69.00! $51.00 under budget! You have to love that! It is priceless of course to spend time with my mother and son!

This is week #2 of Fall Break...and so far the plan is enjoying being at home!

Fall Break! Yay! 16 weeks tomorrow!

Just thought I would type up fast update.

The pregnancy is going well...tomorrow I will hit 16 weeks! Pretty exciting as I finally feel like getting off the sofa and just in time for Fall Break! I get a nice two weeks off...Thanks to our new school calendar this year. We went to the International Festival on Saturday and all had a great time. My son and I along with my mom, his "Nanny" will be going to the Zoo sometime this week. I'm excited about that as well. Finally my son is at an age that he knows to stay with us, can remember trips, etc...and can simply enjoy everything more. I am looking forward to seeing his reactions to the animals. The Zoo is very inexpensive to get into the park and only 30 minutes from where my mother lives. Should turn up to be a nice day. We are eyeing the weather to know which day to go since I have that luxury these two weeks.

I went to my 15 week appointment last week...heard the heartbeat. It was strong and everything is doing well. Next appointment is three weeks from my 15 week.

Have a great week!