Rockies Game

Saturday night, we went to a Rockies game with our friend Amy. It was a lot of fun and we had pretty good seats. We were in the TOP row (as high as you can get) between home base and first. The Rockies lost, but it was fun!


It was a beautiful evening.


Here is Amy.


John really enjoyed his corner seat.


We also had power play tickets, so each one of us got $10 worth of food free. (That will get you 2 things at the concession stands there). We ate on the way to the game, and then at the game we got Nachos, Ice cream, Popcorn, Soda.... = my tummy was not happy today:)

You can also see a good picture of us (and how high we were) at this link.

Labor Day Vacation

In honor of Jack's 60th birthday (coming up in a few weeks), John and I celebrated with his family at a place in the mountains. It was a very beautiful and relaxing trip...perfect for my last weekend before kids arrive at school. Davina and Kyle and the kids came from Oregon, and we had a blast hanging out with them too.



On Saturday we went Jeeping on some trails. Here are some views from the back seat:)




We stopped at a couple of places along the way:





We had a little fun with the xterra:



Here is the place we stayed:

The birthday guy:




The views from the deck(s) were great!


We went to town for the rubber ducky races down the stream:

...and made a starbucks run:)

Good Times!

Tis the season....

for PEACHES!
Is anyone else making peach shakes with the seasonal fruit?



Here is a picture of my new car that someone asked about earlier:)

Technology Expands....

your pocketbook:)

I am in the process of making this poster for my classroom. It is taking me a while doing freehand, and coloring in the letters, but it is worth it.
Check out the details and see if you can figure out who is in the letters "L" and "G".


Here is how technology expanded my pantry today:)
I got all this free using coupons, store deals, and INFO that I found on my favorite blogs (see side blog-list). Yippee!

The cards are from a deal they are running at Safeway. Buy 3 get $3 off (these are the .99 kind)
The Vive shampoo and conditioners in the back were BOGOfree at King soopers. I had a BOGOfree coupon so both ended up being free. This is kind of hard to wrap your mind around...and it sounds totally illegal...but...the computer automatically takes off the second one, and when the cashier rings up my coupon it takes off the ammount for the first one too. Technically-nothing sneaky about it. Although, some stores won't let you do it. (I haven't had good luck with it at Rite Aid) (I used 2 different coupons to get 4 free)
The Cheerios and Dove shampoo is what I am considering FREE using my $5 off any $20 purchase at Walgreen's. ($5=total cost of 2boxes Cheerios and Dove shampoo and conditioner)
All the Clean and Clear. Whoa baby. Anybody need some face wash? In order to use my $5 off $20 I did this deal, used LOTS of coupons (9 to be exact) and got $10 back in Register Rewards so all the clean and clear was free too. (The other $5 was spent on 5 more boxes of Cheerios...John goes through those like water, and $1 (after using a coupon) is a good price for a 14oz. box) I actually made $2 on the Preparation H.
Raisinetts and Nerds were what I got with my $5 off $20 in Nestle/Stoffers/lots of other random brands at King Soopers. I used the coffemate to help get to $20, and then handed them my FREE coffemate creamer coupon I signed up for a long time ago, so that was free too.
Lastly, the Wheat Thins, and Kraft dressing were free after purchasing the Koolaid packets using Kraft tear-off coupons (they are also in Aug. All You magazine). I had overage from other places so I included the Koolaid in the picture:)
I'm thinking of starting anotherblog to detail more of what I buy and how you can get the same deal. If you think you would look at a blog of my frugalness, let me know.

We miss you J.T.

...and we can't wait to see you again:)
Here is a video of our last reunion. J.T. giggles and it's so cute when he says "uncle Johnny and aunt Angie".

Back in School again!

This week I have been back at teacher meetings. It actually has been a pretty good week considering none of the teachers can get in the rooms yet, and I'm still not sure what specific classes I'm teaching. (Kids don't come back until after Labor Day) I'm very excited to get into my new lab.
Fortunately, over the last couple of weeks, I have been purchasing a few extra school supplies to have in my classroom for cheap or free. Today I found out we have and "allowance" at school and most of our classroom supplies come from that allowance. My goal is to STRETCH that allowance to get the most stuff possible for my kiddos to use at school.
I really liked the coupons that can be printed from here

I bought some fun colored markers from Walgreen's for personal use (originally 14.99, on sale for 6.99 and coupon from that website above for 3.00 off). I got a 24 pk (not a 36 pk like in the picture)


Walgreen's has a 39cents sale going on with lots of school supplies for 39cents.
I'll try to post again soon when I get a chance.

Katherine the Diva

We had a few friends over, and since it was rainy Katherine (14mo I think) wore her raincoat and some sweet black boots. She was so much fun to play with, and before they left, she wanted me to read her a book. Oh for cute!





If you want to see more of Katherine, check out her blog here
If you want to see her dance, this is pretty cute:)