Coupons

There is a huge coupon craze going on lately...I've gotten sucked up into it and so has my sister. Most of our conversations lately have been about the great deals we have gotten or just about what coupons and deals are out there.

I think with this economy we have to start spending and saving our money wisely. Now sister and I are not trying to be like those women on the TV show extreme coupons cause lets face it we do not have time for all that. My objective is to save a few bucks here and there and maybe get some free things as well.

My best deal yet was on Bic disposable razors!!! I was able to get 4 four packs of razors for FREE plus $1 overage...oooohhh yeah!! I have also gotten my hubs deodorant for about $1 a piece instead of $3.89. Just the little things in life can make me happy and getting a good deal is one of those little things :)

There are coupon classes offered around my area and I'm thinking about taking a class to learn more about couponing but I haven't decided yet.

Have any of you taking couponing class? If so how was it?

Tell me about one of your best deals with coupons I love hearing about it!

smelly gym clothes...yuck!

Lately my husband has been working out A LOT!! I mean average of 5 hours a day A LOT. His routine is usually combatives for 3 hrs either in the am or pm and then 2 other trips to the gym once for cardio and once for weight lifting. Since he goes at 3 separate times during the day that means he has 3 separate yucky smelly gym outfits per day. Hubs sweats like a pig and it stinks awfully bad...trust me its awful! Well he use to put his smelly gym clothes in the regular basket not thinking anything of it and it would make my nice clothes stink badly. Well now I make him put them in a separate basket in the other room so I dont have to smell them. I wish we had a washer and dryer in our apartment cause I would make him wash them each day but nope that is not the case. So since I am sooooo busy I wash clothes once a week which wow his gym clothes are sour and disgusting after that week. Well last week hubs was complaining how his gym clothes always smelled once they were washed...NO BIG SURPRISE THERE!! Anywho I did a whole lot of research to figure out how to get the smell out of the clothes and I pretty sure I found it...its simple baking soda. Who would have thought something so simple and easy, I thought I was going to have to buy some super expensive magical stuff to get the smell out. I put a half of a box of the baking soda in the washer along with the oxyclean I love so dearly and wooohooo they dont smell as of now. They were just out of the dryer so tomorrow could be another story.

Do any of you have any household tricks you would like to share with me???

On a Firefighting job hunt

Its been awhile since my last post so I figured its time to update.

Currently McHunny and I are on a major job hunt for him. McHunny recently passed his state board to be an EMT so now he can get a job as a Firefighter/EMT! This has been his dream for a very long time now and he has had to jump through many hoops to finally get here. Last week we turned in 3 applications and this week we hope to get 3 more out. Since we are aggressively putting in applications so we hope to have a job by October. Please Pray for us that we get a firefighting job VERY soon.

I have never met someone that wants a career as a firefighter more than my husband and I am so excited that his dream is close to becoming alive of course god willing.

I'll try not to be a stranger ;)

Our new doggy!!!

Husband and I got our first dog together about a week ago!!! We adopted him from the local pound and are so happy we did. He is such a great dog, we named him Seamus (Shay-mus) after one of hubs favorite characters in his favorite book. His name was Buddy but how generic so we changed it. Surprisingly he seems to know his name already cause he answers to it.

Hubs and I had debated about getting him for a few months. Poor dog was at the pound for 4 months. The 1st time we saw him was Dec 30th and fell in love with him but because he has heart worms we were not sure if we were willing to take on that financial burden. We called different vets and got estimates on how expensive it was going to be but it was a tad more than we were willing to spend. We kept talking about how much we wanted Seamus cause we felt a connection with him. I would secretly look on the website to see if he was still at the pound. I was so nervous they were going to destroy him. After talking about it for a few months and debating we decided to adopt him.

Seamus is such a great dog, the first night we didnt expect to get any sleep since he was in a new environment but he slept in his doggy bed all night. Well he woke me up at 5am to go potty but other than that he slept all night. He is a year and 4 months old and is potty trained, doesnt bark, walks on a leash pretty well (we have some work to do) listens to us when we tell him to get out of the kitchen or whatever and crate trained. He seriously is better than I could have imagined. God truly blessed us with such an amazing dog and hubs and I plan on being the best doggy parents we can be. Seamus is our baby and love him like a child already.

I will post more pics soon.

OGB week 2

Last week was the 1st week of Operation get buff and it was tough but I made it through the week. On to the 2nd week and my workouts will consist of Functional Training Mon, Wed and Fri then jogging/walking 3 miles on Tues and Thurs.

This weeks functional training class consists of:

12 squats
12 rows
12 bicep curls
REPEAT 3 times

12 backward lunges
12 lateral raises
12 shoulder presses
REPEAT 3 times

12 dead lifts
12 chest presses
12 triceps extensions
REPEAT 3 times

12 Burpies
12 Plank jumps
12 side to side jumps
REPEAT 6 times

What a killer workout. Only 30 second breaks between each set. It took about 40 minutes to complete this workout. If you want to try this at home the only thing you need is dumb bells. I used 8lbs cause I have no upper body strength. I'll keep ya'll updated on my progress of Operation get Buff ;)

The Ellen Show!

My sister over at Tickled Pink recently requested tickets to The Ellen Show since she will be filming in our home state Florida. While sister was at work once day a strange number called so she decided to pick up. It was The Ellen Show calling her to offer her the 3 tickets she requested. Of course she took them cause she is a HUGE fan of Ellen and she has decided to take me and my mom with her!! We are all so freaking excited about it and cant wait to get details. All I know is it will be on April 3rd. The Ellen Show is sending my sister a information packet soon and I cant wait to get details.

Sister is hoping Taylor Swift is one of the guest and Im hoping its David Beckham :)




I will keep you guys posted!

Operation get Buff :)

I am finally at a weight I am happy with and now its time for me to tone this flabby body. I dont care to have a six pack (if I get a six pack I wont complain) I just want a flat stomach, a hard non cellulite butt, non jiggly thighs, and nice arms. Operation get Buff started yesterday with a 30 minute functional training class and the 1.5 miles on the EFX machine. Today consisted of 2.5 miles of the EFX since I am super super sore.

I am eating healthy meals but no so strict that I will never stick with it. Hubs and I also have a side deal. I have always wanted to make working out part of my everyday life but I have yet to be successful. Well I found this bathing suit I wanted and its expensive so he told me that if I hit the gym on an average of 4 days a week for the next 2 month he will buy it for me. Well I want this suit pretty bad so Im gonna make it happen. Here is a pic of the 2 I want...I havent decided which one I want cause I like both equally.






Found here

Let me know what you think about the bathing suits.