This Weeks Mail

This week I didn't get a lot of goodies in the mail.

I got:

A free Pillsbury Calendar

$5.00 check form Johnson's rebate

That's it.  I'm hoping for a better mail week next week.

Weekly Mail Call

This was a much better week for freebies in the mail.

This week I got:

Free Weight Watchers Magazine (which had several coupons I cut out)
Free Family Fun Magazine
Free Shape Magazine
Free Self Magazine
Free Delalio calendar with coupons attached
$10 Eukanuba puppy food coupon
Stripes card for T.G.I. Friday's
$5.00 off $300 coupon for Donzell's Garden Center.

I also got a box returned that I sent in for the Biggest Loser Pound for Pound Challenge sponsored by Yoplait yogurt.  I know they would have received the box before the Dec. 31st cut off date, but it was returned saying that the box was closed.  What a rip off.  I guess they could have raised the $275,000 alloted for this cause before I mailed the lids. I mailed the pink labels for Yoplait the same day so lets see if they come back too.

Weekly Mail Call

This wasn't a very exciting mail week.  I got:

20 Nut-trition coupons I ordered from Ebay

All You Magazine

Woman's Day Magazine (free subscription)

Taste of Home Magazine

88 cent check from Capital One.  This was the credit balance still on our closed Credit Card.

Presidential Memorial Certificate in memory of my father-in-law signed by President Obama

A letter stating that Office Max will now take my used canon ink cartridges

That's all the good stuff.  I also got my Discover and US Bank credit bills.

WEEKLY MAIL RECAP

This was a pretty good mail week. This is what I got:

2- FREE coupons for Hefty trash bags. One is for up to $8.00 and the other is for up to $9.00. I had a problem with a box of trashbags and contacted the company and they were kind enough to send me these free coupons. I love it when companies appreciate their consumers.

9- $1.00 coupons for Coke. I enrolled at http://www.recyclebank.com/ and the coupons were my reward. It's well worth enrolling even if your community doesn't participate in the program. If you are lucky enough to have it in your area you can earn more points than the startup reward.

1- .75 coupon for Hellman's mayo plus 2 samples to see if you can tell the difference between the light and regular mayo.

3- .50 coupons for Charmin TP. I commented on their website that they are offering a $1.00 coupon and when you click on it you get a message that there is no coupon for that campaign. So I'm now .50 ahead of the game.

Free Gardening Magazine from a free subscription.

There might have been more goodies, but this is all I can remember. I'll try to keep track better this week.

Black Friday

I haven't logged in for a few days. It's been busy here getting ready for the big Turkey Day!! I had to do my last minute shopping for fresh veggies and bread for the stuffing. I bought a pre-made pie in the bakery department so I didn't have to make several pies homemade.

I went to Jazzercise on Wednesday. Our center wasn't open yesterday. I should have gone today, but I slept in and my hubby and grandson were here so I had to make a better breakfast than the cereal I usually eat on Friday . Next week I will really try hard to get there 3 times.

Yesterday's dinner turned out good. The food was very yummy. I limited myself to one helping of everything. I started out with a salad to help fill me up. I only had pumpkin pie for dessert instead of the usual several thing to pick from. I enjoyed a slice of pie with fat free cool whip. I didn't have anything after dinner even though we had an early dinner. I was wondering what the scale would say this morning. I only gained a 1/2 pound. Not bad after a Thanksgiving dinner. We will have leftovers today so I hope to do just as well today.

I don't do the Black Friday shopping in the stores. If I really want something I order it online. Most of my shopping is done anyway so I'm going to spend the day relaxing and maybe rearranging my bedroom. I need a change. I also have to switch out my winter wardrobe for my winter one. It was snowing today.

How did everyone else do with yesterday's meal?

Sporty Saturday

I went today to watch my oldest grandson in his first ever wrestling scrimmage. It was so hard to watch him be tossed around like a rag doll. He just decided last Sunday that he wanted to join the team. All the rest of these boys have been doing this for a lot longer from the looks of it. My grandson is a tall skinny boy. He's 16 years old and weighs 110. There is skin on his bones and that's about it. He texted his mom and told her he had a busted lip and is bruised up but, he was OK. I just wanted to go over to him and wrap him up in his baby quilt and carry him out of there. I'll have to wait to hear what he has to say about it himself.

Not much else going on today.

Friday not Fryday

No Jazzercise today. I wanted to go, but I have a killer headache.. I did make it 2 times this week and I will try and make it there 3 days next week. Our center isn't open Thanksgiving Day so I will have to work around that.

I did go to the grocery store today. I had to get my turkey so it can thaw. Even with my coupons, I spent too much. Eating healthy is more expensive that eating junk food. I'm going to have to really watch for specials on fresh fruits and veggies. Of course, I did get more stuff because of Thanksgiving dinner, so that didn't help.

Here we are the weekend again. Last weekend wasn't too bad so I'm hoping to stick to the diet again this week.

Tasty Thusday

I made it to Jazzercise this morning. One more class and I will make my goal of 3 this week. It was a good workout!

I just got back from Pizza Hut for lunch. I had a nice salad and 2 slices of thin crust pizza. I asked for water even though I really wanted a Pepsi. My hubby is going to a Men's Club fish dinner so I'm on my own for dinner. I'll have some homemade veggie soup.

It's still raining today. It's just a drizzle. I wish we would just have a downpour and get it over with. The temps are going to be in the 50s the rest of the week.

Survivor's on tonight so we will watch that while we enjoy our WW pie. A nice way to finish off the day.

Wet Wednesday

I ended up sleeping in this morning. I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. I didn't go to Jazzercise today. That means I have to go tomorrow and Friday in order to get 3 days in.

Not much else happened today. It was drizzling rain most of the day, so nothing to do outside. It's getting colder too. I afraid winter's on it's way.

Dinner was good. I made wheat pasta with left over plain sauce. We had a nice salad I since I don't like chicken in tomato sauce I put my chicken in my salad. My hubby had his chicken thigh in the sauce with mushrooms. No cheating again today. The only problem I'm having is getting all the water in. I'm doing better, but not good enough. I'm still working on it though. I'm not giving up.

Terrific Tuesday

I was afraid of how I would feel after Jazzercizing yesterday, but I don't feel too bad. I'm a little sore in the shoulders, but I will live. I didn't go to class today because I wanted time to heal. I will go tomorrow. I think I might go for a walk later on this afternoon. Today is weight in. I'm down 4 pounds. I feel good about it. I will continue to do what I did last week with the Jazzercise thrown in so hopefully next Tuesday I will show even more of a loss.

I decided to make a chicken for dinner. I used Mrs. Dash for the seasoning instead of the salty rub I usually use. I'm sure my hubby won't even know the difference. He didn't with the baked meatballs last night, which turned out great as a matter of fact. I have a recipe for baked in the oven potato fries , from the DASH diet, that I think I'll try too. I'll also roast some asparagus and have a garden salad. Boy I'm hungry already. Guess it's time to put a bowl of my homemade soup on to cook.

I'm getting my hair trimmed tonight so I don't look like a saggy dog, then dinner then later we'LL watch Biggest Loser while we eat out Weight Watcher pie that I make with jello, yogurt and cool whip. A low fat dessert that doesn't taste like it. I'd better get busy and make the pie so it has time to get set up.

Till tomorrow!

Relay For Life

I just joined a team for Relay For Life. It is a family team. My 2 daughters and grand-daughter are also on the team. My daughters are co-chairs. I've participated the last couple years. My brother is a colon cancer survivor. If you would like to help with the cause and donate please use the link above so I can get credit and hoepfully raise more money than the rest of my team. ;-)

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New appliances on their way

We decided to check out Lowe's before we headed out to HH Gregg's. Since I really need the washer asap and I knew that Lowe's delivers next day I thought if they had any good sales they might be the place to get at least the washer. The salesman said that he could give us the 10% off all the appliances and we could also get the 12 months 0%. My new washer and stove is being delivered tomorrow morning. I will have to wait for the refrigerator since it was not in stock. That is OK.

I'm going to list my old stove on freecycle to a needy family. The oven and 2 smaller top burners work fine. It would be a great stove for someone that doesn't have one. I'll list the refrigerator when the new one is going to be delivered.

Personal Life Is Getting The Way Of My Playing Here

It's been a busy time lately.

Over the weekend I took my dad's ashes to his favorite lake. A word to the wise, make your final resting place easy for the ones left behind. I won't tell where I took them, I have to tell you if you are planning on having your family members take your ashes please make it easy on them and keep it close to home and easy to do.

I have been having pains and numbness in my right arm. It doesn't seem to be getting any better. I thought if I stayed off the computer it might get better, but it's not. I think I'm going to have to give in and go to the doctor and have it checked out. It seems to be getting worse. It just starts to tingle for no reason and hurts all the time.

I was doing the laundry today and my washer started making a strange sound. It sounded like the washer was full of marbles. Since I don't have children that would leave mables in their pockets I couldn't figure out what the problem was. I had to take out all the heavy wet towels and it still made the sound. When my hubby got home from work he took the inners out and the tub is just flopping in the machine. Looks like I might be needing a new washing machine if he can't fix it. So I wonder if I can get a good deal if I buy a washer, stove and refrigerator? My stove is down to the 2 small burners and the refrigerator sweats and freezes things inside during the summer. I'm going to go to HH Gregg's outlet store and see if they have any good bargains on their scratch and dent items. I don't care if they are perfect. Who see a washer in my basement but me and the refrigerator will be between the wall and my pantry so who will see the sides of it. We have a credit card for HH Gregg's so should be able to get the items for no interest until 2011. Of course we will pay it off before the deadline so we don't get hit with the back interest.

My hopes are to get back into my couponing and reading the blogs.

Planting veggies

It is beautiful out today. I had cleaned the square foot gardens out the other day and got all the weeds out so today I was ready to plant. I put up my strings to make my squares. I made my plan on where I was planting each kind of veggie. I am using what were horse shoe pits as my raised beds. Today I planted, beans, corn and a few herbs.

White Cloud coupon

I got an email this morning offering a $1.00 coupon for White Cloud. Here's the link .

I was able to print this coupon twice by using the backspace and refreshing. White Cloud is not my favorite toilet paper, with a dollar coupon the price is right.

Saturday Mail Call

Not much happening around here lately. The weather is beautiful today so I played in the dirt. I got the garden beds all ready to plant. Maybe tomorrow I'll get the carrots, beets and lettuce planted. I wish I had some onion sets so I culd get them going. I did find a couple onion growing in the garden from the sonion seeds I planted last year.

In today's mail was:
A free Self Magazine

I'm Leaving On a Jet Plane!

My flight leave tomorrow morning. I'll be back late Friday night. We'll be spending 5 days in Vegas. It will be so nice to get away and be in some warm weather.

It was depressing when I got out my summer clothes and I found that my tops didn't fit. I had to go to Walmart and buy some new tops to take with me. I knew I put on some weight but it really hit home when I tried on last years clothes. It will be back to exercising and watching the portions when we get home. Of course we'll have the typical Easter meal and left overs. We will start back on eating healthier the week after Easter. By then all the bad stuff will be gone and I can start planning a better menu. I want to lose this weight before summer. I've gained 10 pounds so now I'm up to having to lose 30 pounds to get to my goal. I will commit to going to Jazzercise at least 3 days a week and will try to go even more than that. I'm hoping for nice weather so I can start walking outside. Until the weather gets warmer I will walk on the treadmill. Now that've written it down I will be more likely to do it.

I also want to get back into using my coupons on sale items and not going over budget on groceries. That is my goal for when I get back from my trip too.

Thursday Mail Call

The only thing I got in the mail today was some free Preen gardening gloves from an online survey I did. Now I just have to wait for it to get warm enough to get out in the dirt with them.