Daily to-do list

I've never been a "list person", but have found this daily checklist to be super helpful to me. I keep it taped to my bathroom mirror.

Things to do after I pray:
Take vitamins/pills (AM)
Wash face (AM/PM)
Brush teeth (AM/PM)
Empty dishwasher (AM)
run clothes washer
Shop online (for grocery deals)
Arbonne*
MBA*
Cook
print/cut coupons
clean house
catagorize mail
empty dryer/fold clothes
exercise
call Mom
call Father-in-law
call friends
shop for groceries
fill dishwasher (PM)
move stuff to dryer, run dryer (PM)

Now, I do not get to all of these things before I go to bed each night - but it sure helps when I am sleep deprived, but have energy to do something around the house. I can't tell you how many days I've forgotten to take my vitamins or even wash my face. Taking care of twins is hard. See anything I missed?

Marie

Refrigerator/Freezer

Ok, now I am on the hunt for a refrigerator/freezer or standing freezer for our garage. We have one, but it is a small deep freezer and it usually overfull and hard to sort through. Since I am going back to school next month, I am trying to make sure we have meals prepared beforehand. It would be nice if I could stockpile in a way that saves us money and is easy to access. That way, we can also still eat healthy, even though I am not going to have enough time on a daily basis to cook.

Here's the catch. My goal is to get one for free. I have posted on Freecycle, and am asking people to keep their eyes open if they hear of anyone trying to get rid of one. I've been on the hunt for a couple of weeks now. We will see what happens. I'm not picky - and technically - it is not a NEED, so we aren't going to purchase one. We have other things we are budgeting for.

I'll keep you posted on my journey.

Old School Photo Storage Deal

So, I know, its been a while. I am still hunting for cool deals, and trying to hone my Home Management skills. This week we have been spring cleaning. This was my favorite deal so far - and it happens to fit in with my spring cleaning tasks. I was able to purchase 4 of these photo storage boxes at Michaels.
They are on sale 2 for $5, so if I figure out other uses for them, I will probably go back and purchase some more. If I do that, I will try to take some of those Michael's coupons from the Sunday paper so I can get an even better deal.

I ended up getting 2 solid brown, 1 solid white, and 1 solid black. There were a bunch of funky patterns, but I didn't feel that daring when I was out today.

The cashier said they will be on sale through Saturday.

Please pass on the word!

Did you know that the new Healthcare reform bill is going to fund abortions using our tax dollars? Also, it will support the government in firing Doctors who refuse to perform abortions.

Please help stop the madness

http://www.stoptheabortionmandate.com/

This is so important to me, I cannot help but put it on the top of every webpage I know. Please pass on the word so others can help. We live in a democracy. Our voices need to be heard.

Sum up

Sorry for gone for so long, I've been super busy with my MBA class and the twins and getting ready for our annual trip to Seattle. My recent scores in grocery shopping have been the following:

1. Ground Turkey at Albertson's with $2 off Manager stickers - we got 1.2 lbs for $1.49/ea (I bought 4 lbs for us and froze them in 1/2 lb packages for use later.
2. CVS school supplies - 28 folders, 6 80 page notebooks, 6 rulers, 6 school glues, and 6 packs of 8 pens for a total of under $5! (I also got some rainchecks for their 5 inch scissors for $2.99 with $2.99 ECB's) woo hoo!

Lastly, I found that Walmart's price matches extend to produce and meat sales as well. City Market has Red Bell peppers for $0.88/ea - Walmart matched it, so I got their red peppers for $0.88/ea instead of $2.99.

I really haven't been shopping much this month - I've been trying to shop in my freezer and have been pretty successful.

I just signed up for a giveaway at one of my favorite sites - ChaChing on a Shoestring. I get an extra submission for the drawing because I am blogging about it. I love that website (but I'm sure you can tell, since they are in my right toolbar).

gotta go. Today's Corie's Birthday so I'm taking her to get our nails done.