Coolest Camera!

A few weeks back I was searching and searching for a good compact camera. I needed one to keep in my purse with me when I find the 'unexpected' photo opportunity with the kids, work, or whatever. I have one of the Canon Rebel's which I do really like but it can be cumbersome sometimes.

So I checked with a PR Rep that I know and she had a co-worker that happened to have a Casio EX-Z9 that I could use and do a review of..........yippee! It arrived in the mail and I was having so much fun learning all the features of this camera. In my posts I will be using this new camera as it can be uploaded to my computer. Another really cool feature is that you can do a little slide show of your pictures and when you do it plays music in the background! How cool is that? My daughter loved that. Plus you have the ability to upload to YouTube! I haven't tried that yet but I plan on taking some pics of the kid's riding their dirt bikes and letting them upload it to YouTube! I'll be sure to post a link so you can see it. Oh and one of the best features is the widescreen view on the back of the camera.

From the Casio Website:

No matter if you’re taking photos of your family at the park or your friends at a concert, with 8.1 megapixels and 3x optical zoom, the EX-Z9 brings together everything a novice photographer needs.

Look for more pictures coming soon!!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! I know I'm a day early but I am up to my ears in Valentine's stuff. LOL

I made 75 heart shapedbrownies for the kid's classes, helped write and adhere 75 pencils to the class Valentine's, and made three sets of flower pens with flower pot for the teacher gifts! I'm off now to the class parties so wish me luck as I enter sugar filled classrooms! ROFL

May you have a love filled weekend!

Publix Deals this Week!

I had to make a quick stop to Publix to get some milk this afternoon and found some great deals! I bought all of the items above for a little less then $7.98! Love it!

Hope you are having a great weekend!!

48 things about me!

Here are the rules - post this list on your blog replacing my answers with yours. Tag people to do the same thing. If I tagged YOU, it's because I want to know more about YOU!48 Questions... I did it, now it's your turn to share.

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? The actress Jennifer O'Neil. My parents were going to name me Monika Kristina and she told my cousins. Their daughter was born two months before me and they called her Monica Christina! My Mom was not about to have us share a name so when she saw this actress in a movie, she said she knew that was the name!

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Friday night when we were watching Fireproof with Kirk Cameron. If you haven't seen it, please do! It's an incredible movie!

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING?Yes.

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Smoked turkey (with bacon and tomato on a croissant)

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS?Three, 2 boys and a girl.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU?Yes.

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM?Yes.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? No way!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? Fruit Loops or Frosted Flakes

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF?No, but mostly because I wear sandals!

12. MANICURE OR PEDICURE? Pedicure.......manicure's don't last long when you was dishes.

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? chocolate chip

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? eyes

15. RED OR PINK?Pink

16. WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF?Hair

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST?My family out of state........

18. DO YOU WANT EVERYONE TO COMPLETE THIS LIST?Sure.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING?purple thermal long johns and slippers

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? HGTV House Hunters

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? Cupcake Pink

23. FAVORITE SMELLS?Fresh mowed grass, beach

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE?My husband

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU?Yes...

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH?Whatever my kids are playing – football, cheerleading, gymnastics, dirt bikes.........

27. HAIR COLOR? Light brown

28. EYE COLOR?brown

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS?No, glasses for reading only

30. FAVORITE FOOD?Chicken. homemade pinto beans, crinkle cut french fries with watermelon for dessert

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS?Happy endings.

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? At home it was Fireproof...........at the theater it was Hairspray

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING?light green

34. SUMMER OR WINTER?Neither, I love the fall!

35. HUGS OR KISSES?It depends on the person. Mostly hugs.

36. HIGH SCHOOL or COLLEGE? College! I love everything about college.........lifelong friends!

37. MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?Not really sure.

38. LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?Don't know.

39. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Dave Ramsey

40. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? pictures of my daughter

41. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT?Bachelor

42. FAVORITE SOUND(S)fan in the background or rain/thunder

43. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES?Not really either......Fleetwood Mac!

44. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU'VE BEEN FROM HOME?Hawaii from the west and Germany from the east

45. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Nothing that I can think of...........

46 WHERE WERE YOU BORN? California

47. WHOSE ANSWERS ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING BACK?Everyone’s.

48. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE/SIGNIFICANT OTHER?In college........we were at a university homecoming meeting and Craig asked some silly questions and I was sarcastic (see #7, LOL). My friend said that I should invite him to the local dance place with all of us, so I did, and we all went out. Then the next night we met at the library and talked for 5 hours! From that point forward we were together all the time! He's my rock!

Cool Scout tote giveaway!

Isn't this tote the cutest! Well, this is a giveaway over at Whitney Caroline Design's blog.

You can enter to win a SCOUT Deano Tote Bag! The winner gets to choose between two styles: Black and Pink Damask or my personal favorite, Pink and Green Damask!

Jack Frost in Florida!

Brrr! When I woke up a little before 6 a.m. this morning the thermometer read 28 degrees! Yep, that's right 28 degrees! My peeps were all bundled in hats, gloves, and scarves this morning as they went to school. They had on their jeans, long sleeve polos, and long socks with boots!

This is what we saw when we headed out to school. Hubby's truck with ice on it!

The grass with frost and ice!

So I decided to make a recipe from Mer's blog, Life at 7000 feet. A yummy sounding pulled pork sandwich. I gathered all the ingredients

I just started the crock pot and will be heading out to Sam's club so I can get some hot dogs and buns for my son's birthday on Saturday.

Walgreen's & CVS Deals!

Sorry for the second post in a row about the deals but I can't help myself! After checking out the deals in the flyers and checking the coupons that I had, I took my middle son out with me to run some errands. They were out of school today and I thought this would be a great math lesson.

First, we went to Walgreen's. I didn't go to our normal one because I had 'grand opening store coupons' and that allowed me to save an additional $3. I have several of them so I wanted to be sure to use them, especially since I was going anyway.

Walgreen’s Shopping List

Transaction 1:

Buy 5 8-packs of Pepsi Products $13.50

Buy 3 Frito Lay Products $7.50

Buy 1 Gatorade $1.00

Total $22.00

Receive $10 in RR

$22.00
-$3.00 Canoe Creek coupon
$19.00

Transaction 2:

Huggies Diapers $9.99 - -Used a $2.00 coupon Receive $1 RR
Orville Redenbacher popcorn 2/$3- used two $1.00 off coupons $.50 each
Mauna Loa Macadamias 2/$4-$3.00 off from Walgreen’s coupon book $1.00
Novelty candy lollypop$.39

$10.38
- $3.00 Canoe Creek coupon
$ 7.38

$11.00 Walgreen’s Rapid Reward Dollars which I can use at a later date!

Then off I went to CVS. I had to go to two different CVS stores because I was looking for the cold pops for my daughter. Neither store had them. :( But it worked out because in my haste, I forgot to get the rest of the pepsi products for the coupon deal!

CVS Shopping List:

Cottonelle 12 pack of double toilet paper $6.99

*they ran out of the one on sale and did a substitute but no bonus bucks though

Buy $20 worth of Pepsi products, Get $10 ECBs (Limit 1) ***see below for story on this!

Buy 5 8-packs of Pepsi Products $10.00
Total $10.00

St. Ives body Wash $2.99 each –buy 2
$2.00 off coupons per = $.99 each
Total $1.98

Buy 1 Nasogel Drip Free Gel Spray 1.52 oz. at $7.99, Get $7.99 ECBs

Total $5.99

CVS Brand Allergy Relief $3.79 (limit 2)
Total $7.98

CVS Brand ladies shavers $3.99
Use $3 off CVS brand item coupon
Total $.99

Hallmark cards 3 @ $.99 each

*receive $3 in ECB's

Milk $3.59

Deduct $4.00 extra bucks
Deduct $1.00 extra bucks
Deduct $10 off of $50 purchase
Deduct $2 Nasalgel coupon

Deduct $2 St. Ives coupon

Deduct $2 St. Ives coupon

Deduct $3 CVS brand item coupon

$18.10 OOP

$26.96 CVS ECB’s earned

Then I went to another CVS and bought these items:

Buy 5 Pepsi 8-packs $10

Buy 3 Lay's Potato Chips $9.00

Buy 1 Gatorade $1.25

Total $20.25

Buy one 24 pack of Gold Emblem water bottles $3.99

Buy one box of Divine cookies (CVS brand) $3.19

Deduct $1.00 for water bottles

Deduct $1.00 for cookies

Deduct $5 off $25 purchase coupon

Used $15.98 in ECB's

Used $3.00 in ECB's

Out of pocket $1.75

Woo Hoo!

Plus I received a $10 ECB~

I know it seems like a lot of soda but my son's birthday party is Saturday so I'm able to use these for his party! Love it!!!

Now off to Gymnastics! Thanks for letting me share!