New Discovery

I went to the grocery today and when I was checking out I handed the cashier the reusable grocery bags and I see her ringing something up and I think she is charging me. Since I had already bought the bags at a previous shopping trip I was going to be mad if I was going to be charged to use them. Well she informed me that I got FIVE cents OFF of my order for EACH bag that I used. That was the best news I had heard in a long time. I have been trying for the past couple of years to be more environmentally friendly and sometimes it is hard because I am also cheap so I was really glad to get my .20 cents off my order.I would like for people to share ways that they are being envionmentally friendly and I will post them on my site.

Here are some of the thinks I have started doing.

1. Of course I participate in city recycling.
2. My sons school recycles paper so I save paper and and take to the school and it is also a fundraiser for the school.
3. I save plastic shopping bags and other plastic wrap the take it to Kroger (our local grocery store) and they recycle plactic bags
4. I gave up my windex and use white vingegar and water instead (1/4 vinegar & 3/4 water) love it. Actually cleans better.
Please let me know of the things you guys are doing too. If it saves me money I will love it even better.

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Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband AJ. His birthday was on the the 19th and he turned 36 years old. I hope he had a wonderful birthday and has a wonderful year to come. Love you AJ.

Rain Rain Go Away

Yesterday my friend Missy took Jackson, Colby and Carter to Coney Island. Coney is a small amusement park. It has a lot of kiddie rides and a few bigger rides. It is a perfect place for kids at the ages our children are. We had a great time even thought it poured down rain most of the day. We were dealing ok until Jackson and I had just got on a roller coaster and it started pouring down rain. We got soaked. The rain was getting in my eyes and drying out my contacts, I couldn't see a thing. The kids had a great time and thought riding rides in the rain was cool. The rain finally stopped about 2:00 but by that time us mom's were wore out. I came home and took a nap.

Mammoth Cave

We just got home from camping at Mammoth Cave this weekend. We had a wonderful time. The boys LOVED camping. We went with our friend Jim and Missy and their son Carter. They have a nice camper that we all stayed in. The boys liked it so much they were begging us to buy one when we got home. The weather wasn't so great. It poured down rain Thursday and Friday but warmed up and the sun came out on Saturday. We took a tour of Mammoth Cave on Friday. The boys thought it "cool". I have seen everything on this tour before but continue to be amazed by it. On Saturday we took a boat tour of a cave with a river running through it. We actually got on a boat and took a short boat ride into the cave. It was not as cool as Mammoth cave but it was neet. Before the boat ride we took little hike near the cave and saw what they called "blue holes". This is where the underwater river comes the the surface. Evidently the water was suppose to be a pretty shade of blue but due to all of the rain it was a beautiful shade of mud.
Colby was not very cooperative this weekend with the pictures. Whenever I wanted him to get it a picture he refused. So we would have to trick him into getting his picture taken. It was hard getting pictures in the cave. When you looked through the camera all you could see was black so you had to wait for the flash. You never knew what kind of picture you would get.
Then to finish off the weekend many cars got broken into on Saturday night. Well of course we did not have our car locked so we got our sunglasses stolen, my and Jackson's wallet, our portable dvd player. Jackson was so upset. He of course had more money than me. He recieved a $50 bill for his birthday and had been saving it since may for a game. He kept asking me why someone would do that. I tried to explain to him that it was just money and objects and there is many more important things and we were grateful that noone was hurt but I don't think he felt better.
We had a wonderfull weekend spending it with friends. Back to work tomorrow.

Happy Fourth of July

Wishing everyone a Happy Fourth a few days early. We are going out of town for the weekend. We are going camping to Mammoth Cave. The boys are both finally old enough to go camping. We are going with our good friends Jim and Missy and their son Carter. Carter and Colby are one month apart and are the best of friends. I am really looking forward to this trip. I will have many pictures to share.

Have a wonderful weekend.