The Reason for No Posts Lately

The reason I haven't been posting lately, is because we bought an entertainment center! I know what you are thinking. "Why has buying an entertainment center kept her away for so long"? Let me tell you why.


We finally bought an entertainment center, we have been looking for one for awhile and we found one we really like that was a great price. The one we chose is going to take up most of the wall we are putting it against. So, Steve says "We should probably paint the wall before we put it up". That makes sense to me. I have been wanting to repaint all the walls in the family room/kitchen area, so I am up for it! I take several trips to the hardware store buying samples, so I can find just the right color. I don't! I get tired of spending all my money on samples, so I decide to just go for it, and get a BIG 5 gallon can of what I think will work. It's OK, but it's not what I had in mind.

The more I look at my painted walls (I painted the entire family room) the more "peachy" they look. I wasn't going for peach! I decide I can't be happy with the walls. I need to choose a different color. I again head to Lowe's to pick out another sample of paint. I paint part of the wall, and put the can on the island in our kitchen. I start cleaning the kitchen waiting for the paint to dry, so I can apply a second coat. I accidentally knock the can of paint onto the kitchen floor. It makes a HUGE mess! My sweet husband cleaned it up for me. I think he was probably afraid I was going to fall apart.


Oh, I forgot to mention, Steve also said "We should probably put up the white trim we wanted to do also"? So I say, "Sure, that's a great idea". Now, when Steve says "we" he really means "me", and not because he is mean or anything, it's because he is studying for his CPA exam and need to cram in as much studying as possible. So, we bought the trim & I started painting it. I think we are taking on way too much before the holidays. I should be baking cookies, wrapping presents and singing Christmas carols.


It has been a crazy busy week for me, and all I have to show for it is a peach family room and paint stains on my kitchen floor. I am hoping to finally get the room painted this weekend in a color I like. Once it is done, I will post photos. You will have to tell me how much you like it even if you don't, you don't want me to fall apart.

In between all the painting, we plan on cutting down our Christmas tree, so hopefully I will have some fun pictures to post soon.

Getting Ready For Christmas

I love Christmas, it is my favorite time of the year. I have already been getting lots of stuff done to prepare for Christmas, shopping, making lists, buying baking supplies, and wrapping presents. I like to get as much done as early as I can, so when December rolls around we can spend time together as a family doing all the fun stuff. I made this Christmas countdown, so we will have a fun family activity to do everyday in December.

I used a piece of scrapbook paper that had all 25 numbers on it, I cut them out and attached them to self-adhesive business card magnets. I added some buttons, ribbon and bling to some of the numbers. They attach right on the front of our regfrigerator. Each day in December we will do the activity that is listed on the back.

Here is a close-up of some of the numbers all decorated. All the papers I used were from the Making Memories Fa la la collection.

This is a picture of the back of 3 of the numbers, and the activities that are listed on them. I look forward to sharing some of our Christmas activities.

This post is just to make you aware of what I have to live with (wow, that is a really long title)

I got an email the other day. It was from my goofy husband, who is apparently a little sad that I went with http://www.thebargainjargon.blogspot.com/ rather than his choice of clippylongshopping. First, I have to mention that when I write or talk to Steve I kind of go around in circles. I know what I am trying to say, but it doesn't always come out the way it does in my head. So, if his email doesn't make sense to you, it is because he is making fun of me. Can you believe that he would make fun of his wife like that?

Here is the email I received. He even went to the trouble of setting up a gmail account for Clippy Long Shopping.

Christy-

I just came across your blog. It is wonderful. I am a SAHM that needs help with understanding all the jargon associated with bargains and stuff so thank you so much for putting all this info together. Keep doing what you are doing and you will make it on the Oprah show. You must have a very inspiring husband!

The content is WAY FAB, but your blog name is a little boring and is kind of hard to remember. In any event the thing at the top of the screen with two boxes around some words that are kind of like a blog name does help me to know that you know what I think I know that you want me to know your blog is about, bargains and stuff, but if I were trying to not not be anti-negatively enticable or easily forgettable and mediocrish, I might consider a hipper name. I am probably not making much sense, but believe me that my advice is important. I don't know if you are like me, but sometimes when I am trying to tell people about the things that I know in my head are clear I don't always make the clearness of my silent inner talking phrases understandably understandable to the people that aren't in my head because obviously people can't be in my head like I am in my head even though I am not really in my head but just hear the words that are in my head, which aren't like crazy person split personality "Go kill that KITTY!" words, but normal sentences that are clear inside but somehow get jumbled up when they come out of my mouth.

Anyway, AWESOME blog. It really helps me plan my bargains when I am CLIPPING coupons so that my money lasts a LONG time when I am SHOPPING.

Well, TTFN

Clippy Long Shopping

p.s. you can just call me Clippy because I feel like we are almost BEST BEST Friends.