The night before Easter...... Karli, Cameron and myself all had the stomach flu. We had to cancel Easter and celebrating Cameron's birthday until a later date. On Monday, Cameron opened his present and blew the candles out on his cake, but he decided he would save the cake for another day. Finally Thursday (today) his appetite came back and he felt well enough for cake!
I have been getting many questions about how I keep my grocery bill so low. I will tell you how I do it. This is for some people and it's not for others. For instance last week at Meijer I spent $54.63 and my savings was $49.93. I saved my self half! It is totally worth the time and effort for me.
First off, I usually do my shopping at Meijer. This is how my mom always shopped when I grew up too:) I wait for the sale paper for the week and browse through it to see what is on sale for the week. I base my menu planning off of what is on sale. I only do Menu planning for dinners. This way I won't buy extra stuff that I don't need, I only buy what I need for the week. When meat goes on sale, I stock up and freeze it. Then I refer to the Bargains to Bounty website. http://www.bargainstobounty.com/ This website matches all of the current deals with coupons out there (printable off of the Internet or from the Sunday paper etc.) This website does match ups for many other stores as well! That's how I do it.
This morning around 11:30 Cabo was barking at the back door, which isn't unusual. He barks at everything even a piece of paper rolling across the grass. Anyway, he would NOT stop, so I went to look at what he was barking at. At fist I saw 3 and then there were 6. We haven't seen deer around for a few years. There have been tracks, but NEVER have we seen them out during the day AND so close to the houses!
Karli and Cameron decided to dance while Chris was downloading music. Cameron was not willing to put his cookie down though. My camera makes a strange clicking noise at the beginning sorry.
Today we went ice skating! It was Cameron's first time on skates. He was scared of falling at first, but then warmed up to it. It's not easy to learn how to stand on them but he did very well. When Cameron was done skating Karli was not ready to go yet. It was like riding a bike for her. She held my hand for a few minutes and then was off on her own. She was a champ when she fell, she got right back up with no tears!
