Good Morning, All! Hope everyone is having a good day today!
I was busy with boys yesterday - little one called around 0600 and woke me up to tell me it was Saturday so he could come to my house I'm thinking his Mama put him up to it... I didn't get to their house until 0900 - gotta be well caffienated when I'm dealing with those two!
The boys and I had to moderate our activities just a bit as the little one ended up in ER Thursday evening with a boil on his butt that had looked like a tiny pimple during his Wednesday night bath but had enlarged and had the whole right cheek of his bottom red by the time he got home from school on Thursday. They did an I&D and put him on an antibiotic for his staph infection, so it's now just a small area of redness and the incision site. This is my rough and tumble boy who has to explore everything - he'd managed to get the old storm cellar door partially open at their current house the other day - so scrapes and scratches are a part of his normal appearance. I'm just going to keep an eye on him, watch for a temp spike/increasing redness/pain, use warm compresses for any swelling, and pump him full of iron rich foods; he had eggs, whole wheat toast and grape juice for breakfast, and is munching on some dried apricots as he plays.
Our day started out with a trip to the nearby orchard to pick up another half bushel of peaches; the Gala apples are starting to ripen so we picked up a peck of those as well. And apple cider donuts. And apple cider slushies.... Got home, older boy wanted to play tablet, younger one wanted to go outside and dig holes but settled for playing with every toy in his room - note to self: reduce number of toys! It was cloudy and did rain off and on, so we mostly stayed inside to reduce temptation for the little one to go play in mud puddles - I did have to promise them that they could have a water balloon battle in the yard today once it warms up! Later on, we met Hubby in town and went out for supper - large enough portions that we carried home enough for lunch today. The boys and I zipped in to CVS to pick up some deoderant for Hubby - picked up 4 containers @ $4.99 each, but on sale buy one, get one 50% off so $15 total minus a scanner coupon for $2 off any personal care purchase. Paid $13 + tax; got back a $5 Extra Care Buck.
We all stopped at Dollar General on the way home from town; I used my $5 off $25 purchase coupon plus some other coupons, and we shopped the sales - Hubby stocked up on canned soup and pudding cups for his lunches, I picked up 2 more packages of laundry detergent for daughter, added to the OTC med stock a bit, and snagged 5 Hershey bars in case we got the opportunity to make S'mores this weekend - which is looking somewhat doubtful today as the temp is supposed to get into the 90's and it's muggy as all get out already; can't see any of us being interested in standing near a fire!
Well, we had some company drop by, then had to change grandson's dressing as it bled through, did some laundry, checked out the sale ads, filled hummingbird feeders, blah blah blah.... then Hubby got on the computer and said "Do I need to leave this up?" in re: this post - oops, guess I got distracted!
I did find a few decent sales that I'll try to take advantage of this week - I found $1/4 coupons Libby canned veggie coupons; Dollar General has them on sale 2/$1, so that will take them down to 25 cents/can. I have 3 coupons so that will mean I can buy 12 cans at that price. I will use the coupons to buy 6 cans each of whole kernal and cream style corn to use in my corn cassarole recipe; the recipe makes a 9x13 pan which is way too much for just the two of us, so I divide it up in to two or three pans, bake one and freeze the others for later use. That will be a year's worth for us.
I will probably wait until Friday or Saturday to pick up the Libby's veggies at Dollar General as I have 2 - $5 off $25 paper coupons plus a $5/$25 in app coupon good on Friday, and another in app $5/$25 coupon good on Saturday. The Buy 2/Get 1 Free soup deal is still on, and I'm looking for other coupons I can use on items in their sale ad that we use. I'm also hoping I can pick up some clearanced gardening things like potting soil, planters, and Miracle Grow.
CVS has another Boost deal; the High Protein version is on sale for $7.99 (regular is $6.99); buy four, get a $5 Extra Care Buck. Here is how this deal will work:
4 - Boost High Protein @ $8 = $32
Use:
4 - $2/1 Boost coupons = $8
1 - $4 off $20 Boost scanner coupon
1 - $8 Extra Care Buck (rec'd from previous Boost purchase)
1 - $5 Extra Care Buck (from P&G, stocking up on Hubby's preferred deoderant yesterday)
1 - $3 Extra Care Buck from a home mailer
Total: $28
Will pay $4 plus tax out of pocket, and get back $5 Extra Care Bucks.
CVS has Hershey's snack size bags of candy on sale for $2.99, get a $1 Extra Care Buck; and there is supposed to be a $1 coupon floating around but I didn't see one in the coupon inserts in the papers Co-worker buddy brought me today so that one is a big Maybe. They have Hershey or Nestle singles 2/$1; but Walgreen's has Nestle singles for 39 cents so I will probably just hit CVS for Hershey brand and Walgreen's for Nestle - I keep a goodie bag in my locker at work for co-workers; last Thursday I found $14 in a magnetic clip on the inside of my locker door, and a sprinkling of change in the bag - must have been a little work-related stress last week I will put it toward the cost of refilling the bag. I go on vacation again starting the 4th of September so I'd better have it stocked before I go!
There are several laundry detergent sales this week - All 30-50 oz and Oxi-Clean 40 oz are both on sale for $2.99 and there is supposed to be a $1 coupon in the inserts this week; I wish I could find an unscented version of Oxi-clean because I just really can't handle whatever scent it is they use in their detergent. There are several different Proctor and Gamble deals with Tide and Gain; I'm still working out where to find the best deal on these but it has be somewhere that carries unscented versions. I'm slowly rotating my older laundry detergent out through daughter's business, so am replacing it with unscented detergents as I go along. The unscented versions would also be better to use in a SHTF situation where you might not want folks to be able to catch your scent from a distance...
Guess I'd better close this and get to filling some water balloons - the troops are getting restless! Take care all; stay safe!
I was busy with boys yesterday - little one called around 0600 and woke me up to tell me it was Saturday so he could come to my house I'm thinking his Mama put him up to it... I didn't get to their house until 0900 - gotta be well caffienated when I'm dealing with those two!
The boys and I had to moderate our activities just a bit as the little one ended up in ER Thursday evening with a boil on his butt that had looked like a tiny pimple during his Wednesday night bath but had enlarged and had the whole right cheek of his bottom red by the time he got home from school on Thursday. They did an I&D and put him on an antibiotic for his staph infection, so it's now just a small area of redness and the incision site. This is my rough and tumble boy who has to explore everything - he'd managed to get the old storm cellar door partially open at their current house the other day - so scrapes and scratches are a part of his normal appearance. I'm just going to keep an eye on him, watch for a temp spike/increasing redness/pain, use warm compresses for any swelling, and pump him full of iron rich foods; he had eggs, whole wheat toast and grape juice for breakfast, and is munching on some dried apricots as he plays.
Our day started out with a trip to the nearby orchard to pick up another half bushel of peaches; the Gala apples are starting to ripen so we picked up a peck of those as well. And apple cider donuts. And apple cider slushies.... Got home, older boy wanted to play tablet, younger one wanted to go outside and dig holes but settled for playing with every toy in his room - note to self: reduce number of toys! It was cloudy and did rain off and on, so we mostly stayed inside to reduce temptation for the little one to go play in mud puddles - I did have to promise them that they could have a water balloon battle in the yard today once it warms up! Later on, we met Hubby in town and went out for supper - large enough portions that we carried home enough for lunch today. The boys and I zipped in to CVS to pick up some deoderant for Hubby - picked up 4 containers @ $4.99 each, but on sale buy one, get one 50% off so $15 total minus a scanner coupon for $2 off any personal care purchase. Paid $13 + tax; got back a $5 Extra Care Buck.
We all stopped at Dollar General on the way home from town; I used my $5 off $25 purchase coupon plus some other coupons, and we shopped the sales - Hubby stocked up on canned soup and pudding cups for his lunches, I picked up 2 more packages of laundry detergent for daughter, added to the OTC med stock a bit, and snagged 5 Hershey bars in case we got the opportunity to make S'mores this weekend - which is looking somewhat doubtful today as the temp is supposed to get into the 90's and it's muggy as all get out already; can't see any of us being interested in standing near a fire!
Well, we had some company drop by, then had to change grandson's dressing as it bled through, did some laundry, checked out the sale ads, filled hummingbird feeders, blah blah blah.... then Hubby got on the computer and said "Do I need to leave this up?" in re: this post - oops, guess I got distracted!
I did find a few decent sales that I'll try to take advantage of this week - I found $1/4 coupons Libby canned veggie coupons; Dollar General has them on sale 2/$1, so that will take them down to 25 cents/can. I have 3 coupons so that will mean I can buy 12 cans at that price. I will use the coupons to buy 6 cans each of whole kernal and cream style corn to use in my corn cassarole recipe; the recipe makes a 9x13 pan which is way too much for just the two of us, so I divide it up in to two or three pans, bake one and freeze the others for later use. That will be a year's worth for us.
I will probably wait until Friday or Saturday to pick up the Libby's veggies at Dollar General as I have 2 - $5 off $25 paper coupons plus a $5/$25 in app coupon good on Friday, and another in app $5/$25 coupon good on Saturday. The Buy 2/Get 1 Free soup deal is still on, and I'm looking for other coupons I can use on items in their sale ad that we use. I'm also hoping I can pick up some clearanced gardening things like potting soil, planters, and Miracle Grow.
CVS has another Boost deal; the High Protein version is on sale for $7.99 (regular is $6.99); buy four, get a $5 Extra Care Buck. Here is how this deal will work:
4 - Boost High Protein @ $8 = $32
Use:
4 - $2/1 Boost coupons = $8
1 - $4 off $20 Boost scanner coupon
1 - $8 Extra Care Buck (rec'd from previous Boost purchase)
1 - $5 Extra Care Buck (from P&G, stocking up on Hubby's preferred deoderant yesterday)
1 - $3 Extra Care Buck from a home mailer
Total: $28
Will pay $4 plus tax out of pocket, and get back $5 Extra Care Bucks.
CVS has Hershey's snack size bags of candy on sale for $2.99, get a $1 Extra Care Buck; and there is supposed to be a $1 coupon floating around but I didn't see one in the coupon inserts in the papers Co-worker buddy brought me today so that one is a big Maybe. They have Hershey or Nestle singles 2/$1; but Walgreen's has Nestle singles for 39 cents so I will probably just hit CVS for Hershey brand and Walgreen's for Nestle - I keep a goodie bag in my locker at work for co-workers; last Thursday I found $14 in a magnetic clip on the inside of my locker door, and a sprinkling of change in the bag - must have been a little work-related stress last week I will put it toward the cost of refilling the bag. I go on vacation again starting the 4th of September so I'd better have it stocked before I go!
There are several laundry detergent sales this week - All 30-50 oz and Oxi-Clean 40 oz are both on sale for $2.99 and there is supposed to be a $1 coupon in the inserts this week; I wish I could find an unscented version of Oxi-clean because I just really can't handle whatever scent it is they use in their detergent. There are several different Proctor and Gamble deals with Tide and Gain; I'm still working out where to find the best deal on these but it has be somewhere that carries unscented versions. I'm slowly rotating my older laundry detergent out through daughter's business, so am replacing it with unscented detergents as I go along. The unscented versions would also be better to use in a SHTF situation where you might not want folks to be able to catch your scent from a distance...
Guess I'd better close this and get to filling some water balloons - the troops are getting restless! Take care all; stay safe!