Category Archives: Nico

Oct 15

Another Day of Ickiness

Today was Firefighter day at Preschool, and Thade couldn’t wait to go! He still had a little cough, but he really wanted to be at school to meet Sparky the Dalmatian, a local Firefighter, and tour a Firetruck, but the day fell short. About 20 minutes after I dropped him off at school I received a phone call from his teacher that Thade was sick, and I needed to come and get him, quickly. Poor little Thade was in tears when I picked him up from school, he was so sad that he would be missing out on Firefighter Day.

You’ve probably already guessed it, we all have the Cold/Flu again, and this time it has gotten all of us. James was home so sick yesterday, and Dylan was in the beginning stages of coming down with the Cold/Flu. Today the Flu found me once more, and I’m miserable once again.

This afternoon I put Dylan for his nap, and I hoped that maybe he would take a nice long nap, so I could rest a little too. Thade is still a little on the wonky side, so he was happy to crash out on the big comfy chair with Mommy. I think I napped for about 2 hours, and I woke up just in time.

At 3:00 p.m., Thade heard a knock at the door, and then he started hopping around yelling “Shaunna’s here, Shaunna’s here!”

Our dear friend Shaunna, had dropped by to bring us Brownies, Fruit Juices, a very sweet  get well card, and a book for me to borrow. She is just too sweet, I really appreciate all of the treats, and Thade was super happy to see tasty homemade brownies.

Somehow she knew that Dylan was in need of Apple Juice (his favorite) and the Orange Juice really helped my sore throat. Thanks again Shaunna, we love you!

So tonight we are going to take it easy, and I’m hoping to call it an early evening. I already have dinner made, thanks to the freezer, and Hot Vegetable Soup is calling my name. I’m ready to go jump in bed and watch the Season Finale of Project Runway, and get some rest.

Oct 15

Me and the Leaves

This Fall I’m trying to do a better job at keeping up with the yard. We have 2 large trees that love to throw their big leaves all over the place, so I have made it my mission to get out there and rake up those leaves every weekend.

I was doing pretty good about the extra chore, and I have been raking 2 bags a week. This last weekend the weather was perfect, and the kids were cooperating and playing happily outside while I raked. I finished the task in record time, and had the leaves all bagged up before the weather turned cold and rainy. I was pretty proud of my yard work accomplishment.

Later that night I felt a sharp pain in my leg, weird. I took a look, and evidently I raked up some little Spider’s home, because he left me a bite to show me just how mad he was at me for doing so. Great… So let’s just say that this bite swelled up to about the size of a half dollar, and still stings like crazy, so not cool.

After last night’s rains, the leaves are all back this morning. If the weather improves by the weekend, I’ll make sure and rake a little more cautiously, I do sincerely apologize for raking up the spider’s home.

Oct 14

Finally Fall

Well we had to look around just a bit, but we finally found some pretty Fall Leaves. I love the bright red Maple leaves on the trees downtown. They are just starting to change to their beautiful Autumn colors.

The rain is back today, and I’m hoping that the cooler weather will bring along even prettier leaves.

Are your leaves starting to change to their pretty Fall colors too?

Oct 14

Saving on Pet Supplies

On my weekly grocery list there are always two things that I have to pick up for the kitties.

Kitty Litter and Cat Food, they are kitty necessities, but I have to say that I am fed up with the rising prices on these items. I’ve started to shop around in a few different places for the best deal for my kitty supplies.

First off Kitty Litter, if you have kitties you have to have this one. I like to purchase Kitty Litter at Dollar General, they carry an Earth-friendly brand for only $1.00! One bag will usually last about a week, and you can’t beat the price

Then there is Cat Food, every week it seems that the price goes up and up,  and I spend 15 minutes comparing brand to brand and bag to bag, to find the best deal . A few weeks ago my hubby spotted a great sale on 18-20 pound cat food at Tractor Supply Company. I had never shopped there before, so I thought I would check out the store. The brand that I had planned on purchasing had already sold out, but a sales associate told me to give their brand a try. I picked up a 20 pound bag for $10.49! It was a great deal, and after I did the math, I saved $15.37 by purchasing the cat food in bulk. The kitties really liked the food too.

Tractor Supply Company also carries Kitty Litter and last weekend I took my Mom to shop their sale. Their brand of Paws ‘n Claws kitty litter was on sale, so we stocked up. Their 25 lb bags were on sale for 2 for $4.00! Only three were left when we made it to the store, so we picked them up. I’m all stocked up for the Fall, or for any kitty litter emergencies.

How do you keep costs down when it comes to pet supplies?

Oct 11

1000 By the New Year

This is my 900th post, so I’m setting a blogging goal to reach 1000 posts by the new year. Looking at the calendar, we have just 81 days until 2009, so that means I need to do 1.2 posts a day to meet my goal. Let’s see if I can get this goal accomplished!