I know this seems kinda silly to be excited about, but when you know you can save like this it is a lot of fun to figure out what to buy and when!!! Thanks, Liz! You are awesome!
I have a new love
So, when we moved here we got together with an old friend of mine from Young Life. During our talk and time together we somehow got to talking about grocery stores and coupons. She is a great believer in coupons and knows how to use them correctly...she somewhat follows the grocery game (www.grocerygame.com). The whole goal of this "game" is to buy items at their lowest price with a coupon and almost/if not get them for FREE! I was pretty curious so she explained. I have been getting the Sunday paper and cutting coupons for the past few weeks. It does take a little while to get a stock pile, but I'm working on it! Our local grocery store is doing "triple" coupons this week-meaning that all manufacturer coupons are triple what advertised. Ryan and I went to the store today, loaded our cart (according to what coupons we had) and a few other essentials and headed to the check-out lane. As the items rang up our total got close to $80.00 but as each coupon got tallied our total began to diminish! We walked out of the store with almost $90.00 worth of groceries for under $40.00!!! We were super excited. One day we will spend even less once I have the hang of things, but we were pretty stoked!!!
26 weeks and counting
We went to the doctor today for a routine check-up. Ryan went with me because we got the opportunity for yet another ultrasound and who could pass up a chance to see ones baby growing. All reports are good! We went for another viewing because of a spot that was found on our son's heart during our last ultrasound. My current NC doctor wanted to check it out for himself, so we humored him! All is well! We did find out that our little one is right on track, weighing about 2 pounds and at this rate it looks like he might actually come early. Only 3 days, and the ultrasound technician said not to get our hopes up, but we couldn't resist-early is early...and if it is for real he might come on his grandfathers (Mr. Powell) birthday! Anyway, RYan discovered how boring these routine visits are. You enter the offfice, go to the bathroom, get weighed and blood pressure taken. Then you wait for about 45 minutes to see the doctor for about 5-10 minutes depending on whether you have any questions, and then you are on your way! Silly, I know, but I'm sure they catch random things by you visiting each month. That's about all I have to report for now! I will try to maybe post some ultrasound pics soon, they are pretty cool!
Laura Comes to Visit
Laura came up last Thursday to stay for a week. Though we couldn't produce nice weather, we still are having fun. On Sunday we went to the aquarium here and found this cute little frog, so we had to indulge in a few fun pictures! I have discovered again the importance of having friends around, I sure have missed everyone for the past couple years of our travels, though we have met some great people along the way! Ryan and I are very excited about getting more involved here and growing our Wilmington roots. Thanks Laura for being a great friend and being our first visitor!
Getting Settled
We are getting settled. I feel like it has drawn out pretty long, there are only so many hours a day one can spend unpacking and organizing! We are going to be having a visitor this weekend, so it must be ready for then! Our new home feels as just that, our home! I can't even begin to express how wonderful it is to be in our new home and know we don't have to pack up and move in a matter of months! Thank you all for your prayers and support over the past couple years! We know that we have been greatly blessed!
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