Monday (02/28/11) Rise & Shine

It's Monday.  Rise & Shine!  It's a great new day!  :-D 

It's a new beginning to a great week!

I went outside to the shop to get my coffee...it was warm & windy.  Yep...we were under Tornado WARNING!  They're not lookin' for 'em.  They're HERE!  Thankfully, I didn't see one.  So we have a rainy day today.  It might be a dandy day to just order in Papa John's.  I feel better than I did Thursday...LOL...I'm going to have to do some more research on cough syrups for bronchitis, but I don't want the suppressant. 

Five things for which I"m thankful: 
1.  I feel much better than I did on Friday & Saturday. 
2.  So far, I haven't seen any tornados!
3.  I'm at work and I'm happy to be here. 
4.  Mom survived her heart attack.
5.  I see small changes in DS's behavior.

Three things I want to accomplish this week:  I started with five...way too much! 
1.  A productive work week - make a list / use inventory.
2.  Laundry - W/D/F/P one load a day.
3.  Healthy choices - take vitamin each day, four bottles of water each day.

Time to start my day!  With a cough and a smile!  LOL

Gotta start somewhere! 

Saturday (02.12.11) Rise & Shine

Rise & shine! It's a great new day!

It's Saturday February 12, 2011.

Happy Birthday to Abraham Lincoln! My hometown is the birthplace of Lincoln. I read somewhere that Lincoln got horrible migraines.  Lincoln was deeply troubled with the state of the nation during his presidency.  We used to have Lincoln Days (a two day festival) in February when I was growing up. So many bad February's and they changed the festival to October. Around my birthday! Seems like I can visualize a few snowy Februarys downtown...I wonder if Mom has any pictures.  I don't remember the exact year they changed the festival from February to October...

Five things to be thankful for:

1. Talked things out with the DH...it's a work in progress so it's not solved, but no one is mad at anyone! 
2. Snappy's Pizza delivered supper last night!  DH's treat!  I tried his "thin crust" with everything on it.  The crust is like a pita bread.  It was good.
3. I enjoyed watching Criminal Minds & NCIS with DS last night! 
4. I won't have to cook tonight...we have leftovers - beans, mac n cheese, hamburger helper, stuffed green peppers and pizza.  Lots to choose - lots of favorites from which everyone can choose!
5. A special cyberfriend who follows that telephone commercial jingle..."Reach out and touch someone".  You always seem to make my day brighter & happier.  Thank you.

For what are YOU thankful?

Have a moo-valous day!

Friday (02.11.11) Rise & Shine

Rise & shine!  It's a great new day! 

It's Friday, February 11, 2011!

It IS a new day!  And it can be a great day!  It's attitude, perception!  It IS a great new day! 

To help with that attitude, perception of the day...name five things you are grateful for:

1. My head doesn't hurt - there's no sinus pain or pressure.
2. There is school today & I can go to the office and work on the audit! We've missed 11 snow days - I'm not complaining...and yesterday, while I did get to work in the shop at home...I did find I needed some paperwork that was in the boxes at the office.
3. DH ate supper last night & said it was good! 
4. I know what's for supper & have already laid it out to thaw (leftover beans / mac & cheese / sausage & hamburger helper / stuffed green peppers from the freezer).
5. OH!  I just remembered a wonderful butter braid I hid in the cabinet last night!  Yummy!

Achoo!  and it's time to go get the DS up...time to start the day!  Have a moo-valous day! 

Walgreens (01/31/11)

Cost of items pictured - $7.34.

I had to get ANOTHER Olay cleanser.  I forgot my Wellness discount on the other.  I only needed $6.04 to reach my $50 in purchases for the $20 Olay rebate.  Um...the cleanser rang up at $5.66, which put my rebate purchases at $49.62!  ohgoodgrief!  (sigh)  This is one time I wish the Rite Aid discount didn't kick in.  Nah...I should have remembered the Wellness discount.  (wink)  I'll most likely remember next time!  Still, it's not going to be a bad thing.  On another note, the Olay at Walgreens was $5.49, which is cheaper than Rite Aid for the exact same product!  You really do need to earn that 20% wellness discount because without it, you ARE paying a premium price - at least when compared to Walgreens.   I, being a new Rite Aid shopper, am at the 10% level right now.  

Back to the picture...the Blink Tear were $7.99 with a $8 RR, so those were free.  Valentine cups were fillers...going to put these in Valentine treat bags.  Renuzits...I like those.  Old fashioned, yes...but they do work.