Nine Years

Today marks the 9th anniversary of when Justin and I started dating. Nine years. That’s a long time.

We were high school sweethearts and he waited to marry me for seven of those years.

He waited patiently for me to graduate high school and shortly after we were engaged with the understanding that I was moving three hours away for college and it would be another four years before we got married.

I’ve stood by his side through the tough transition from firefighter…

  

…to EMT…

 

…and paramedic school …

…and back to firefighter.

  We’ve got two rotten furbabies…

& a love that lasts forever!

     

Aren’t I a lucky girl?!?

Cajun Shrimp

Remember this post about my new found love affair with OPI’s color Cajun Shrimp?

Well, I just found out that Dell has a partnership to create laptops with OPI  colors! Guess what one of those very awesome colors is? Cajun Shrimp! Woo-hoo!

Can we say, “Hello, lover”? I want it! It’s a shame it costs an extra $89 for this luxe laptop decor. I might have save my change to justify the extra expense on my next computer purchase. I have a feeling this one might be worth it!

Twilight Mania

Twilight mania has hit Wal*Mart in Tifton at full force. I suppose it will be like this everywhere. I loved the books. Like many great series, the movies aren’t as good as the books, but they’re pretty good! New Moon is being released on video/DVD next Saturday, so I suppose they’re capitalizing on that.

My husband thinks I am a complete nut to read werewolf/vampire books written for adolescent girls, but they’re just so good!

Here are the goods at Wally World—you might want to get them before the mad rush of 14 year old girls gets there!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Seuss/National Read Across America Day

Who didn’t love Dr. Seuss growing up?

 

I am a grown, married woman and I am still glued to the television every Christmas season to catch BOTH versions of How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

Today, March 2 is Dr. Seuss’ (Theodore Geisel) birthday and it is celebrated as National Read Across America Day.        

Grab a little buddy and introduce them to the wonders of reading--and especially of Dr. Seuss.

P.S. Mama—if you’re reading this, as soon as there are some little ones around, I’d LOVE to get the whole collection :)

Print out your reading passport here and be sure to visit for more info!

A Love Affair

I’m loving several things right now:

My sweet husband got me a gift certificate to get a pedicure and my nails done for Valentine’s Day (cue the “Awww…”s.)

I have OPI’s “Cajun Shrimp” color on my toes and it’s the perfect shade! It’s a little more orange in person than it looks here, but I might have to go out and buy my very own bottle!

 

This past weekend, we rented Zombieland. I heard it was a funny flick with a little gore, but it was WAY better than I would have expected! I watched it twice. I can’t wait for the {rumored} sequel to come out!

 

P.S. My intentions were not purely cinematic, however. I really just wanted to watch it because parts of it were filmed at Wild Adventures, which is only about an hour from my house. There’s something really cool about being from a little bitty town in South Georgia and seeing recognizable landmarks in a movie. I spent so many summer days there!

I’m looking forward to a busy weekend, but I’m sure I’ll get a little rest in too!

 

Hope yours is great!

Dear Tuesday

 

Thirty Cents

 

This is what $0.30 worth of vegetables looks like!

I went to the Savannah Women’s Show with my mom and my sisters a few weekends ago, and while there we sat in on a brief seminar presented by The Coupon Queeny about frugal shopping with coupons. She mentioned buying coupons online to maximize your savings when you pair them with store sales.

Every Wednesday, I visit the Southern Saver’s website and check out her coupon matchups for Harvey’s Supermarket. She does all the work for me, including links to any printable coupons that are available or the newspaper coupon insert in which the manufacturer’s coupons can be found.

This week, Wednesday February 10 through Tuesday, February 16, Harvey’s had Birdseye frozen veggies and Birdseye Steamfresh frozen veggies on sale for $1 a bag. I know Harvey’s doubles coupons up to $0.50 and I found $0.50 off coupons online on Coupons by Dede. I purchased twenty coupons on her site for $3.40 last Wednesday.

My coupons came in the mail on Saturday, I went to Harvey’s today and walked out with twenty bags of broccoli, peas, and corn after handing over the cashier only one quarter and one nickel, which equated to the 3% sales tax on the pre-coupon amount.

There are some people who say couponing doesn’t pay off for them or that they can only buy junk food that isn’t good for their families. You can see that this is all frozen vegetables-so no junk food there. The whole process took me less than 20 minutes including the time in the store. That $30 in savings means that I would have to make $90 an hour for my couponing to not be worth it, and trust me—that’s waaayyyy more than I make at my regular job!

Try it—you might just surprise even yourself!

Cosmo, Glamour, Southern Living. . .you know!

My husband has come to his wits’ end. He just might divorce me. Not because of my incessant, wake-up-the-neighbors-two-doors-down snoring. Not because of my love for Judge Judy, Jeopardy! and Secret Life of the American Teenager.

But. It’s due to my insane need to accumulate magazine subscriptions and hand-me-down issues of my mama’s. Just last week, I received ten (10!!!!) magazines or catalogs. As part of my new year’s probablyisn’tgoingtohappenbutlet’sbepositiveanyway resolution, I vowed that I would keep my magazines in check and recycle them or pass them on to someone else before they overtook our living room.

Well, here is my first effort and it only took me a month and a half to get it done. I found this old magazine holder, not unlike the picture, laying around not in use. (Curious, huh?)

I decided with my newfound love for Mod Podge-ing things, I must make it BEAUTIFUL! ATTRACTIVE! WONDERFUL!

In my crazy head, slap a little paper and Elmer’s glue on it and I can’t wait to use it. So TA-DA! Here is my spiffy “new” magazine holder-in use and everything!

Snow Day in South Georgia!

Today, we had snow in Ashburn and it STUCK! Whoo-hoo! Here are a few pictures of the fun:

 

Skie’s first snow

 

We’re home of the Fireant Festival—you should check us out the fourth Friday of March.

 

We’re also home to the world’s largest peanut, right on I-75.

 

 

 

Exit 82 on Interstate 75

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had just thrown my tennis shoes in the washer when it started to snow, so I stepped outside for a quick picture with my flip flops on :)

I borrowed Justin’s hunting boots for a little more appropriate attire!

 

 

Justin worked at the fire department today, but they were able to have a little fun of their own, too!