New Entertainment Center

I have been looking for a nice heavy entertainment center for some time. I wanted one that was well made so I wasn't in a big hurry and have been looking off and on for the last years or so. Yesterday I found just what I wanted, in a classified ad on a local web page, for a fair price. It is heavy, sturdy and very well made.

Lazy Saturday

We had a long week and today has been a day of sleep catch up!
The kids are loving the new dog!

Meet Rani

We have been searching for a nice house dog for the last 4-weeks and now the search is over. Rani is just over one and is the perfect size for keeping indoors. She loves children and will be the perfect roommate for JonathanJonathan likes to run each day and Rani will be his running partner. She has always lived in the city but now she will see what it is like living in the country.

Embroidery Job

Today was a very busy day. I had a customer who needed 12 travel bags embroidered with first names. The bags came out very nice and I think my customer will be very pleased with them.
While I was busy working on the travel bags I also rearranged the living room in order to make space for a chair my mother-in-law gave me over the weekend. This chair is very comfortable and I am planning to sit in it for the rest of the evening!

The Chicks Are Growing

The baby chicks are putting on feathers and growing very quickly.They are healthy and eat a lot, we usually fill the feeders twice a day.
This box, a dog carrier, is housing one lone chick. Her wing was bleeding and the other chicks were pecking at it and now half of it is gone. We will keep her in this box until she is healed and then put her back with the others.I love having chickens again and I am looking forward to many fresh eggs.

Quilt Along Progress

I have just about completed the setting blocks and couldn’t resist arranging some of them with the star blocks to see how it was going to look.What wonderful colors the red, white and blue are together! It gets better and better with each additional block!

Having Fun Saving Money

I am really beginning to figure out how to save money by shopping at CVS and taking advantage of the stores ECB program and using coupons. On Monday I purchased Bounty paper towels, 4 8-packs for a total of 32 roll, and paid 36-cents per roll. The dawn dish soap was 86-cents each, the Gillett razor was $1.99, the cotton swabs were $1.19 each and the gum was 75-cents per package. The Chex Mix was free, the tooth brushes were free, the cereal was free and the band aids were free. By using coupons at the grocery store I was able to get cereal for $1-per bag, colas for $2.33 per 12-pack and the tea for free.
I have been learning most of my strategies from http://www.moneysavingmom.com/