To Speak or Not to Speak

This particular setting has happened a couple of times before. It's such a funny thing. And I haven't completely figured out how to handle the situation.

Let me explain.

We were at the park yesterday. It was BEAUTIFUL! The kids are running around soaking up some vitamin D, I'm chatting with friends. It's perfect.

Then this precious little boy comes toddling across my line of view. He SO cute...and looks SO familiar. Wait a minute...do I know him?.....yep.......I stalk his momma's blog.

So I don't personally know this girl. I actually had no idea she lived in Birmingham. But we apparently know some mutual people.

I decided to NOT speak this time. Because I have run up to a girl before at the gym saying, "I'm not a stalker, I promise, but I recognize you from your blog...etc, etc, etc!" And I don't know, I guess I couldn't figure out if was good idea or not.

But this is the thing. I'd be willing to bet that she's at least come across my blog once....or even more. I know that we're both linked on at least one blog together. And you know, you're bound to click eventually. So she could have totally been having the same reaction. "These kids are SO familiar!!" etc

So what do you do? Run up to "strangers" and announce you read their blog and introduce yourself? Keep to yourself and leave them alone? Leave a comment on their blog after the fact? I don't know what the appropriate blog-to-public etiquette is or even should be! Emily Post better get on it and add a chapter in her book called Internet Etiquette. 'Cause I need some tips!

What would you do?

A Little Piece of.....the WWW

Well, it's official. I now own a little piece of the world wide web. And it's my blog! It has it's own domain name now!

www.olemissmom.com

This also alleviates the need to change the "of 3" since there will now be 4. And I can't honestly say that we would be 100% done after that! I know it sounds crazy, but I would love a big family. :-)

The change takes a few days, but you should be automatically redirected and nothing should really change for my readers. But if you do read my blog in google reader (or any other program that pulls RSS feeds) you may want to go and change it.

Pretty neat, huh. It's also much easier to say to people now...and easier to remember!


We had a pretty low key weekend. It was filled with naps galore. At least for Robert and I. :-) I haven't been napping during the week (just going to bed really early) and I've been getting tons of sleep. Guess I still had a little catching up to do!

And we topped off the weekend with a date night! It's been a while! Soooo nice to get out with no kids and go to a restaurant that we like and not cater towards the kids. :-)


This week is Olivia's spring break. I'm trying to get a little schedule together so we don't go too crazy wondering what to do. And that I can still fit in what needs to be done! We may head to the lake towards the end of the week, but if you want to play, shoot me an email! :-) We're always lookin' for something fun to do!

Can't...Stop...

...Sewing!! I tell ya, when it hits me, it hits me. I just can't stop sewing. And I love it! I have 5 dresses finished (several that need to me monogrammed), 2 dresses that I can't put together until I monogram, and then 4 more cut out and ready to be put together!

And to those who asked about fabric...HOBBY LOBBY!! They have really stepped it up in the cute fabric department. And they have TONS of cute trim!! Hancocks is really going downhill.


Now, if it'll just get warm enough again to wear them all!! :-)


Also, Leisha gave me the idea to get some cheap t-shirts from Walmart and get them monogrammed! I'm going to have to keep them pretty simple for Landon. He's gotten really opinionated about what he wears these days! But I think he'll like them!

CVS Trippin'

I finally made it back into my beloved CVS yesterday. It had been so long, I had ECBs about to expire in a matter of days. I only had $9.98 in ECBs.

Here's how it went down.


1st Transaction:

3 boxes of GM cereal - $10.00
Crest Pro Health mouthwash - $2.99
Colgate (BOGO) - $2.79
Colgate - FREE
Vaseline lotion - $3.69

Coupons used:

$3/15 CVS coupon
$9.98 ECBs
$1.50 - vaseline lotion
$1.00 - colgate
$0.75 - colgate (you can use 2 coupons for BOGO items!)
$1.00 - cereal

Grand Total - $2.14 (Saved $25.04)

Received Back - $9.00 ECBs


2nd Transation:

Huggies Jumbo pack - $9.88
Huggies Jumbo pack - $9.98
Huggies Jumbo wipes pack - $6.49
2 Garnier face washes - $10.00

Coupons used:

$5/30 CVS coupon
$9.00 ECBs
$1.00 - Garnier coupon
$5.00 - Huggies coupon
$5.00 - Huggies coupon
$3.00 - Huggies coupon

Grand total - $10.48 (Savings of $35.20)

Received back $5.00 ECBs!


So even though my out of pocket total wasn't a few pennies, that was still an unbelievable diaper deal. I will be going back to get some more jumbo packs of diapers for $4.88. You can't beat that. And the wipes pack too!

These coupons are available to print from this website. There are TWO Huggies coupons available. And I have never in my life seen a diaper coupon that large! You are able to print 2 (of each coupon) from each computer in your home! :-) So I was able to get several....and even had a few from last week! Needless to say Lillian won't need diapers anytime soon. But since we'll be buying diapers for a least another 3+ years, we buy even is we don't need - especially if the price is right!

Friendly Reminder

This seems to come up more and more often lately. But I just wanted to remind people that this is a BLOG - not real life. These are small glimpses into our lives that we choose to let you see. This blog hardly comes close to personifying what really goes on everyday in our life.

I do NOT have it all together. I can NOT do everything. I'm a huge sinner with an even bigger Savior.

I'm not sure people would like it if I posted every time I fought with my husband or yelled at my children. What a depressing blog that would be. I would be happy to share my shortcomings with almost anyone who asked - I ain't scared. But we'll save those for face-to-face, private conversations.

So please don't draw assumptions on us from just what you read here. Though I'm flattered by some of the comments I receive, I want you to know I'm still just an imperfect human. And I'm pretty sure some of you knew that already! :-)


And since we've had no pics of Olivia lately, here's one to make up for it!!