Wednesday, April 23, 2008

BELIEVE

If this doesn't make you a believer nothing will !!!!!
I went to Fry's this afternoon .... and this is what I got!
4 - 1/2 gallons of milk
13 boxes of cereal
10 healthy choice meals (rain check)
9 boxes fiber one bars
1 box curves granola bars
5 boxes nature valley bars
12 boxes fruit snacks
10 men's deodorants
Total spent: $37.37
So like I said ..... if this doesn't make you a believer nothing will!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

MRS. MCCLEVE

As most of you know I spend a lot of time helping out in Guhners class. While at school the kids call me Mrs. McCleve .... a little weird at first, but I got use to it. Well yesterday Guhners "friend" Matisyn was over playing after school and came up stairs to ask me something ... "Mrs. McCleve ......." Whoa! .... "Maty when you are at my house you can call me Christine ... only at school call me Mrs. McCleve." It was very weird to be called Mrs. McCleve in my own house! Plus it sounds REALLY OLD!!!! Any way I thought it was cute and this morning on the way to school I had to keep reminding Maty what my "real name" was.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

I caught the FEVER!

Yes it is true!
I am officially signed up for coupons sense! I am so EXCITED. If you don't know what it is ... check out http://www.couponsense.com/ If you want to sign up there is this GREAT lady in my neighbor hood who is so nice and helpful and she even gave me a few of her coupons (I was able to get shout stain removal for 50 cents a bottle) Her name is Joyce and her email address is joycescouponsense@yahoo.com When I had kids in diapers it was worth it just for the diapers! Never mind the free deodorant, shampoo, peanut butter, cereal, fiber one bars, fruit snacks, yes you heard me right FREE! Now you know why I am so excited!

The Middle Wife

My dad sent this to me in an email (one of the few forwards that I happened to open)
I thought this was too funny .... those of you with kids totally get this!

The 'Middle Wife' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher
I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back.
When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually, show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.
Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the! front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant. 'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.
'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts saying and going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'She walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!' (Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.) 'My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Domino's man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this. ' (Then Erica lies down ! with her back against the wall.)
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!' (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!)
'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe. They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center,
so there must be a lot of toys inside there.'
Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat. I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.