Taking Over

Hi....I'm Klowee...or "monkey" as my mom and dad like to call me. My mom says I will be taking over her blog since she is too busy to keep up with it! I must be getting punished from earlier. It was an accident!! I promise!! I had diarrhea and couldn't hold it!! Anyway, mom and dad have been very busy. I'm not sure what is going on. There are boxes everywhere which is sooooo annoying! Me and my 3 other peeps love to run in the house but it just isn't the same with all these damn boxes!! BUT!!! There is a TON of newspaper lying around we get to tear into.....and boy do we ever!! We love to eat it too! Grandma and grandpa and that silly RJ were just here visiting for some sort of holiday, but I really don't know when the holiday was because there were no decorations, lights, or presents?? Didn't seem like no holiday to me!! Besides...mom says we aren't celebrating until we get home in January??? I'm so confused!! Me and my gang had such a good time playing with RJ, though. They took us to the park and we ran and ran!! We played with toys and chewy's and chased each other in the house too! Grandma and grandpa went about the city while mom and dad played with the boxes again. My mom is such a good colorer too.......she was painting over all the white spots on the walls and stayed in the lines!! It wasn't all work, though. They left us yesterday all day long to go to Mexico!! I guess it was better we didn't go because mom said we might end up in a taco. They had a great time in Mexico and we were sooooo excited when they got home. Mom couldn't go to work today, though, because of Mexico......I guess it's a bad idea to eat there sometimes! Grandma and Grandpa are half-way back to KS; and daddy was making my neck hurt today watching him go up and down the ladder a hundred times painting and changing out light bulbs. Things definitely are different around here.........the whole gang can tell!! It's not just me!! But we're usually always the last to know......I'll see if I can squeeze anything out of them for next time!

I thought this was such a pretty picture. I took it the other day on the way home from work after a short rainfall.

The Little Garage Sale That Could

After much success with our first garage sale (over $450!!) we decided to participate in our community garage sale held yesterday to sell our remaining items. (Yes, a garage sale in December! That's the advantage of living in AZ) We had quite a comical day. The sale began at 7am....but of course everyone shows up early. It was pitch black outside and so cold!! It was in the 50's!!!! ha! But that didn't stop the dedicated garage sale goers. The porch lights gave off enough glow for them to hunt for their new treasures. The first 10 people or so to come all asked...."hey are you the ones with all the hunting and fishing equipment?" Seriously.....does it look like I have a bunch of guns and fishing poles!! The cars would slowly approach....get close enough to see that our 1 slab of concrete didn't amount to crap....and then sped away. Devin and I would make bets to see if they would stop. I think we even had some sympathy lookers because they felt bad nobody was stopping. I even had a guy drive by and yell...." hey, lady! that's the smallest garage sale I've ever seen!!!" Thank you sir!! We gave up about 11am. We loaded the rest and dropped it off at Good Will. I'm done with garage sales for awhile. Total profit for the day........a whoppin $43.75.

Fun at the Fair

Each year Devin and I love to go to the fair and eat all the fattening food! This year was no different. Corndogs, corn on the cob, BBQ briskett, funnel cake, snow cone, kettle corn (my favorite!!) and fried snickers was all we could choke down. We saw a lot of interesting people at the fair. It's definitely not like Kansas that's for sure. The Arizona fair consists of either pregnant teenie-boppers or old men wearing a cowboy hat, a huge belt buckle and alligator-skin cowboy boots.

Photo Shoot

Yesterday we had a pet photo shoot at Walgreens so Devin got the kids all fixed up for the big event. Oh the torture we put them thru!! They sure did draw a crowd, though! They behaved very well and proceeds went to animal charity.

Playtime

When it comes to playtime my children are very deprived. They can either run around the kitchen island, or tretch through all the rocks in the backyard. We have a nice big park across the street with plenty of grass to run, so we thought they needed some good exercise. They loved the grass and tired quickly from all the running. Rudy just couldn't get enough water! Thanks g-ma for the portable water bowl! We'll be heading back to the park again soon!

Memories......

For my Birthday last week my mom sent me this unique gift; a T-Shirt blanket made from just a few of my many drawers filled with athletic t-shirts/jerseys I have collected over the years. From Jr. High all the way thru Pharmacy School at KU, this gift brought back so many memories of all the great times I've had growing up. I can't believe I'm 30!! See how many you can remember!!.....Go Redcoats!....or Bengals!!.....or whetever we were!

Goodreads

I've always wanted to get into reading, but never knew where to start. I'm not familiar with all the best-sellers, what's worth reading and what's not. On my recent trip to Napa, Jillian and Kim always had a book in their had during our down time, and discussing the different books they have read. I was mentioning to them my dilema and they introduced me to Goodreads. It's a website where friends can log on and see what everyone is reading, has read, or on their list to read. You can also rate the books and leave comments about your thoughts and whether it's worth reading or not. I love it because it gives me direction and opens my mind to all the different kinds of books worth reading. The few books I have read have all been romance novels by Nicholas Sparks. My friends are reading anything from vampires, adventures, mysteries, history, fiction, non-fiction, etc. The list is endless!!! I wasn't very bold in starting out. I chose Nights in Rodanthe by Nocholas Sparks! I love the cheesy romances, but I also chose it because of the movie coming out. So log on and join me in finding good reads!!

Wine Country

I just returned from my trip to Napa and it was FABULOUS! Great friends, great scenery, and great wine! I can't wait to go back! Here are a few of the highlights!......(check out the sweet ride we had!)

Snip Snip

I have really learned a lot and gained some new ideas from reading numerous blogs, so for my first blog I wanted to share my new excitement with Coupon Sense! One of my technicians at work is always coming in with tons of coupons and I've seen her save over $100 in one shopping trip! She's been my coach and I'm so excited with what I've learned. I have only been doing it for a few weeks, but I've already been able to save over $80 in one trip! I cannot wait for the Sunday ads to see what kind of savings I can get! You can get multiple Sunday papers which means more coupons and savings!! The website is awesome and tells you everything you need to know. You can type in your shopping list and it will tell you what stores have the item on sale and what coupons you can use. It also gives you "date night" coupons for local restaurants with specials for that week. I've started to stock up on various items such as toilet paper, razors, soap, toothpaste, etc. With the gas prices and economy the way it is, it never hurts to save a few dollars. I haven't mastered it all yet, but if you need help getting started let me know!