Fab Abs Friday!

Have we done him already? I can't remember.
Have a great weekend,
SonyaAnn

Hot for Christmas

Things are looking up. I got another $25 from BP.
Pinecone $3
Toluna $60
BP $75
For a grand total of------$138!


I also had the oddest thing happen. I received 2 $10 Chili's gift cards and I know that I didn't order them.  The last thing that I ordered was the Boston Market gift cards. Hmmmm, so how do I count this one? Free? Please tell me what you think because I don't know how to count it. I checked and I received everything from Christmas 2011. I'm at a loss.

And this is what I have in the Christmas closet.......


2 $10 Chili's gift cards(free?)
3 felt hats  at $1.93 each.  $5.79 for all(50% off)
2 Christmas bells at $4 each. $8 for all(50% off)
1 tabletop ping pong for free(was $10 marked down to $5 used my CVS bucks to pay for it)
6 spatulas for1.92 each. $11.52 for all(70% off)
9 plates for 1.92 each. $17.28 for all(70% off)
11 cookies jars at 6.39 each. $70.29 for all(70% off)

 I've spent $112.88. If I had paid full price, it would have been $387.88. I'm at 70.9% savings.  Almost looking forward to Christmas,
SonyaAnn

Wicked Wednesday!

I think I will stick with M&Ms.
Dear Lord what have I done to you,
SonyaAnn
PS-No wonder they banned it!

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Again with the crap pictures! My phone is dying and the camera with it. Hmmm, I wonder if I cleaned the lens if that would help.I wonder if cleaning the lens would make the speaker phone shut off since that is all that works now.
Anywho, as some of you knew last week I was sooooo sick. So sick I didn't look at the computer for days and I smelled a bit. Maybe like cheese. It was funny when I  was sick, not so much now. Den said I smelled a bit swiss-y.
I did find something that helped-the aerate button.  Not for the smell but on the blender!
I love the powdered mocha coffee drink from Aldis. It is the best that I have found. I tripled the amount of mix I used and mixed it with hot water. Then I blended aerated it with 7 ice cubes. I'm going to put Caribou coffee out of business.
Off to aerate,
SonyaAnn

Rhymes with Kasino

I'm going to be very cryptic about this post. I don't want to be judged by you so just try and figure it out from the clues. I may or may not be at the casino. 
It's not my fault! The casino in the WI dells sent us $100 in free play cuz we are high rollers, lol! And we had a free night at the water park up there. All we had to pay for was gas and food! Seriously, how can you turn that down?
We also, may or may not have booked a trip to Vegas in June using free airline tickets. Den has been remodeling a bathroom to pay for our trip. We have the car and room paid for, now all we need is gambling money and food money. Hell who needs to eat, we just need gambling money.
Tomorrow's post will be on penny pinching your way to getting your mortgage payment back.
At least, Den and I are getting along. Den blames the kids. Life does seem to be better when they aren't around. Shhhhh don't tell them!
And now I have a gambling challenge for you. I'm a pusher what can I say. Go here. Go to American roulette. You will have $1000 in your fund. You get 10 rolls. How much are you up or down? I got $1225 in 10 rolls.
Go big or go home,
SonyaAnn

Fab Abs Friday!

I'm getting a bit tired of the abs. Have any ideas?
Thanks for stopping over,
SonyaAnn

Not Sure What to Name This Mess

 I got another $40 from Toluna. I'm not going to complain!
This is the breakdown for 2012 so far........
Pinecone $3
Toluna $60
BP $50
$113 this early isn't too bad. I made $906.50 last year so I hope that I can beat that this year. I'm pretty sure that I can.  We paid $603.16 OOP for Christmas last year and I hope to get this down to $0. My family doesn't want to exchange so that will help. I'm not even going to bring up the fact that they won't send my kids a text for their birthdays let alone a card.

And this picture is your WTF moment for the day. And no it isn't me, smart ass.
Smile,
SonyaAnn

Wicked Wednesday!

The force is strong!
Have a great day,
SonyaAnn

The Prettiest Thing

That you will never be able to read. LOL! I'll translate that big blur on the screen for you. It's a picture of out  BP credit card statement for the year. We paid $0.00 in interest fees for 2011. Doesn't that make that blurry mess of a picture that much better? I'm not bragging but it makes life so much easier without credit card debt hanging over your head. We paid no interest on any credit cards last year because we pay everything off every week. Yup, I pay every credit card that we have a balance on every Friday. That way the balance can never get away from us. I save the receipts as we charge and they go in the bill basket and get paid like every other bill we have. They are just as important as the other bills.
And the best part is we made $437.50 off of our BP credit card and out Bank of America card.(I'm not even going to figure the value of all the free panties I get from Victoria Secrets!) There is something to be said for getting your financial house in order.
I think I earned a cookie,
SonyaAnn

An Out of Control DInk

As you know, I babysit from time to time for Dalten. He is 3 and absolutely adorable. His mother is in nursing school and needs help some afternoons into the evening. His dad is a UPS driver and never knows when he will get home. I'm flexible so it works well for everyone.
DJ hasn't gotten his license since he has turned 16. Most kids want to run out and get it but not him. He said that it is terrifying to drive around here. I agree, it scares me too sometimes. I haven't been pushing him but I can't see him waiting much longer. And I'm sure that the insurance company is going to jack up the rates soon. The jacking of the rates is his problem not mine. We told him it is the same deal as Anna, he is responsible for paying his car insurance. I'm very afraid of how much it is going to go up even with a good student discount.
So I came up with a solution for all of DJ's problems, I will watch Dalten until he gets home and then he takes over. He gets to keep the money even though I will have him for a few hours. I figure this is my way of helping him. I don't think that it is fair that his rates are so much higher than Anna's were. She had the white car to herself and he has to share the van with me and is still going to pay twice as much. I blame his testicle, he didn't find that funny.
I was making dinner the other night when we had Dalten. He said that he had to go potty. Awwwww, it's so cute when they are that little and say potty. Anyways, I told DJ to take him upstairs and help him. DJ rolled his eyes.(This is probably the best birth control ever for a teenage boy! I said to him one day while Dalten was having a little fit, "Just think if you have sex, you could end up with a Dalten." He said, "the thought of that was terrifying.")
Dalten is a HUGE talker and was jabbering on as they got in the bathroom. Then it hit me, I forgot to tell DJ to help him. And the catastrophe happened a little something like this......................
Me-"DJ push his dink down."
DJ-(Horrified) WHAT?!?!
Me-"Push it down!"
DJ-"I'M NOT GOING TO...................OH MY GOD, KID!"
And I bet you can figure out what happened from there. He hosed down the bathroom.
After Dalten finished and washed his hands, he came downstairs clapping. I joined in cheering him on and gave him skittles. Hey, even if you don't hit the pot in this house you still get skittles. DJ, on the other hand, was not clapping and shot me a dirty look. He stomped off with the windex and paper towels to go clean the bathroom. I lovingly reminded him that everyone in the family pushed his dink down when he was learning to go on the pot. He's always mad at me and I don't know why.
T.P anyone,
SonyaAnn