SICK :(

It is Thursday and I am writing this blog from my bed! My throat was hurting yesterday when I got up, but I took some Excedrin and hit the road for work. I felt ok last night, just worn out. Sometime during the night, I took a turn for the worse. I didn't sleep well at all, my whole body is aching and feels like I worked out hard yesterday ( I didn't!) and I just could not get comfy. Around 6 I finally got out of bed and had Cedric check my temps, of course I was running a fever. I made a few emails for work then went back to bed and just woke up about 30 minutes ago at 10:00. Not sure what I have got, but I feel like CRAP. Elizabeth was sick earlier this week. She has been congested then over the weekend started running a fever. Took her to the doc on Monday and she has her first ear infection. Got her started on some anti-biotics and she is feeling a LOT better thank goodness. Hopefully I will start feeling better soon, I really don't want to have to go to the doc.

I have totally been neglecting the blog lately and I apologize. I have honestly just been swamped with work, kids, etc. I haven't blogged about so many things, Elizabeth's baptism, my birthday, etc. and I really just need to do a giant catch-up blog! Here are a few highlights:

* I turned 33 on Monday! I had a great birthday, other than Elizabeth being sick. Cedric took me to see the Charlotte Bobcats play the Indiana Pacers last week for my birthday, Tyler Hansbrough plays for them and he had an awesome game. He also gave me an awesome immersion blender that I have been wanting for a LONG time. It is much nicer than the one I would have bought for myself. My mom and dad took us all out to dinner Monday night to my favorite Japanese place, I had sushi and a Sapporo of course, so yummy! I got new Pa&la De^n red pots and pans and a matching red tea kettle that I have been lusting after for a very long time! I am not going to even open these items yet, we have no room for them here. I am starting to set aside things for when we get our "new house". Hopefully we will get to start building next spring, once Ceddy has finished his schooling and is back to work. I think it will be fun to have brand new stuff to use in the new house. Zach, Nicole and Jackson gave me a gift certificate for a spa pedicure and I am really looking forward to using it, my toes look awful and it is almost flip-flop weather! Aunt Janie and Aunt Freddie gave me a cool new UNC shirt that has "Hark the Sound" on it and some awesome Ni&e work-out capris. My Aunt Nonnie and then my aunt Rita and Uncle Mitchell gave me money which I will use as a splurge for something for myself! I also received lots of cards, phone calls, texts and fbook shout-outs. Thank you to everyone for making me feel so special :)

* I have been very busy learning how to "coupon". It is pretty amazing to me the things that you can get for cheap and even free if you are willing to take the time/effort to do it. I had no idea. What is also interesting to me is where I am finding all of these deals. They are found mostly at the drugstores, my two favorites being W8lgreens and C*S. I have always been very price conscious of things, and I just always assumed everything is always cheapest at the lovely Wal-M*&t. Never really even shopped at the drugstores, except I always get my photos at Walgre*ns. Not the case. I am finding that by shopping the weekly specials at drugstores and combining with coupons, that I can get some awesome items MUCH cheaper that at good ol' Wally World. Here is an example of a deal I got yesterday:

Bought a Biore face cleanser $7.99 and Biore nose strips $7.49 (you know the ones that pull your blackheads out---love em but they are so pricey!) Used a coupon for a free Biore cleanser when you buy the nose strips. That knocked my price down to $7.49 for both. Then Walg%eens had this deal. Receive $5 Register Rewards when you buy 2 Biore items. So I got $5 back to use on my next purchase. That means I spent $2.49 on these 2 items, or $1.25 each. Never found prices like that at Wally World! It is all about combining coupons with whatever weekly deals are going on to get the lowest price. It is also about stocking up on items when they are super cheap, that way you never have to pay full price for them. It is sort of a game to me and I love it!

Ok, writing this blog has worn me out, I am going to take some more Tylen*l and lay down.