The economy.. what a nightmare!

With more banks closing their doors and businesses going under things are looking pretty grim. No wonder the LDS church leaders have been telling us for years(and by years I mean decades)to get out of debt and have a food storage. Now, we are by no means debt free but we are working on it and the last year or so have started building a food storage with things I know my kids will eat(because let's be honest, what is the point in storing foods that you can't rotate through). Still, the news is a daily grim reminder of how bad things are getting and groceries are more expensive than they have been in a long time. My sis in law Diane posted an interesting idea on her blog. WHO will be our next president? I truly don't know who I will vote for but hope to get people talking about it because I do think that it is important to vote. In my eyes, John McCain is a war hero and at least has similar views in foreign policy and more experience than other candidates but is too soft when it comes to sealing our borders and drilling for oil. He is not a true conservative or capitalist. Still, Obama scares the crap out of me. He is a very persuasive speaker and is a very intelligent man but it is what he insinuates that resembles socialism, talking about mandatory volunteer service in our schools and community responsibility. Don't get me wrong, I am all for volunteering in the community but I think that people should do it because they want to not because they have to. What ever happened to personal responsibility and freedom and independence? I am not obviously for big government. I really wish the Mitt Romney had been elected as the GOP candidate purely for his experience in economics because let's face it, our economy sucks! I will probably vote McCain, lesser of two evils.

Money Saver! Thanks Diane!

I am reposting this so all of you can enjoy the savings. My sis in law Diane clued me into this website. If you order from retailers online this could save you money. The website is retailmenot.com. All you do is type in the store's website in the search bar and it will give you different coupon codes that you can use online. Some have printable coupons. I saved $10 on my Children's Place order for my kids' fall clothes. I looked at a couple of others: Gymboree has coupons also. I know Diane bought some clothes for her husband and saved some money. Also, an anecdote. I have been having a hard time getting Hope to want to say her prayers at night before we get into bed. So, last night I'm explaining why we pray and that we love Jesus and Heavenly Father and we need to say thank you for the things we have. etc,etc. Hope says," I want to invite Jesus to my Ariel birthday." How cute is that? How do you answer that? So I say, "OK. Tomorrow night when we say prayers, you can ask him but he might not be able to come."

Bern's Personality test! Totally him.

Berny+B took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Wants interesting and exciting things to happen. A..." Click here to read the rest of the results.

Doesn't every mother feel like this? Or am I really this big of a control freak.

Nikki took the free ColorQuiz.com personality test! "Intense, vital, and animated, taking a delight in ..." Click here to read the rest of the results.

Spaghetti anyone?

What a princess! We love her!


All Boy!

My two children are so different. I have a picky eater and a not so picky eater. Guess which one is which? Hope actually used to like spaghetti. We have a picture of her eating spaghetti like this when she was about Luke's age. Now, she won't touch it unless it has parmesan cheese all over it and even then she just picks off the top. Oh well. What can you do? Luke on the other hand, digs in with both hands. He was so messy he had to have a second bath. I Love my cute kids.

Who is in control here...Hmm I wonder

So, I tried to edit my old post about Luke walking to add a video to no avail. Charise, I am right there with you. I mean, about the technologically challenged thing. This will have to do. :)

In response....and an update

Okay, So the sheet set was actually only $25 and the pillow was $5 from target. It's the darn mattress and boxsprings that will be so expensive. Since it is a full size bed, it will be about $400-$500. Crazy! Bern and I really need a new mattress set also( we have had ours for 10 years) but oh well. Maybe after the 1st of the year. Also, I looked on the internet last night for bedding that might match but not too princessy. It was a failure. I would appreciate any suggestions. Also,I am on my second round of antibiotics for my vertigo. It seemed to get better a little with the first round, so the doc called in another z-pack. If it's not better by the end of this course, I have to see a neurologist. Fun, huh? Oh well, at least it's better.