Coupons

I used to never use coupons. For one, I didn't get a newspaper. For two, searching through piles of inserts for coupons I might use (but often didn't) just to save fifty cents here or there seemed like a waste of time. After all, I was perfectly willing to buy store brands. And I shopped regularly at Aldi, which doesn't take coupons.

Then I discovered moneysavingmom.com. And matching sales and coupons. And buying when prices are rock-bottom to save for later. And printable coupons. And getting name-brand foods for less than Aldi prices.

Check out the website: www.moneysavingmom.com

or the book

The Money Saving Mom's Budget

Oh, and while I've been meaning to post about coupons for awhile, I get a free ebook for doing it today :)

A Very Narnian Birthday: In which Matthew turns six

So if you've been around Matthew at all recently, you've probably bumped into the Narnia obsession. This started very slowly quite a while ago when I impulsively checked The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe (book on tape) out of the library for a road trip. We listened to it twice, but seeing the movie at Grandmom's house really got him excited. Now we've read Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and are three chapters into The Silver Chair. He has most of the lyrics to Roar of Love memorized, and even Sara Joy knows that Matthew likes to be "High King Peter." I must say, if I had to pick an obsession, this is a good one to pick. So of course Matthew has been dreaming about his "Narnia" birthday for awhile.

Here is the lion cake--hardly as regal as Aslan, but at least it looked like a lion:

And a cool action sequence Mike was able to shoot:

Taking a break from Narnia for some cowboy time

Matthew and Anna in Narnia

And last but not least, the White Witch fleeing King Peter.