tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28011720044084179252023-08-21T01:28:41.153-06:00the thrifty bai'm out to save us both some money, enjoy some crafting and stay out of trouble.the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.comBlogger367125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-56943110088820362022012-02-12T15:32:00.001-07:002012-02-12T15:37:25.231-07:00tai pan should be renamed 'balls r us'...<div style="text-align: center;">yes it has been a long long time since i last posted.<br />
(thank you amber for pointing that out)</div><div style="text-align: center;">so much has happened but i won't bore you with it except to say</div><div style="text-align: center;">1. we are all healthy</div><div style="text-align: center;">2. no one is pregnant</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
and even though i haven't posted, please note that i have still been thrifty and crafty and shopping and all those things we love.</div><div style="text-align: center;">now, to proceed with the <strong><span style="font-size: large;">ball</span></strong> post!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i didn't feel like working out thursday after work so i didn't. <br />
sometimes you have to skip it.<br />
i took some time for me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(summer-no comments about how <em>all </em>time is <em>me </em>time!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">i went to <a href="http://taipantrading.com/" target="_blank">tai pan</a> for some st pat's day inspiration. <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and i found balls.</span> <br />
i assume everyone is now on the ballswagon* because here are photos of stuff i DIDN'T buy...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GcIANpHU3PI/TzS2jvMOhDI/AAAAAAAAD6I/LdntKrPtm00/s1600/IMG_20120209_140420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GcIANpHU3PI/TzS2jvMOhDI/AAAAAAAAD6I/LdntKrPtm00/s320/IMG_20120209_140420.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these were the 1st ones i came across. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i call them spring balls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that orange and yellow and green look fantastic together!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq0O3MJswt4/TzS2lvioH7I/AAAAAAAAD6Q/8wL2V2LVrbs/s1600/IMG_20120209_143111.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qq0O3MJswt4/TzS2lvioH7I/AAAAAAAAD6Q/8wL2V2LVrbs/s320/IMG_20120209_143111.jpg" width="175" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">hey-i go to church as much as the next person so i can say these are religious balls.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">thank you friar tuck.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-htiGFtZztxk/TzS2nluNx_I/AAAAAAAAD6Y/GLaGPHMBOBY/s1600/IMG_20120209_143242.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="258" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-htiGFtZztxk/TzS2nluNx_I/AAAAAAAAD6Y/GLaGPHMBOBY/s320/IMG_20120209_143242.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">fuzzy balls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no other way to call it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(not to turn all <a href="http://www.hulu.com/watch/4156/saturday-night-live-nprs-delicious-dish-schweddy-balls" target="_blank">'schweddy balls'</a> on you but these were so soft!)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K0lEX29eRgA/TzS2rZyKamI/AAAAAAAAD6g/vfCpkwZ7Loc/s1600/IMG_20120209_143341.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K0lEX29eRgA/TzS2rZyKamI/AAAAAAAAD6g/vfCpkwZ7Loc/s320/IMG_20120209_143341.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these were in the st pat's day stuff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">green yarn balls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">these might actually come home with me another day.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and of course i couldn't leave empty handed, so i purchased these beauties!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-paMFavKvDco/Tzg9AhL2xzI/AAAAAAAAD6o/4_BRNt56Ytw/s1600/IMG_20120212_135457.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-paMFavKvDco/Tzg9AhL2xzI/AAAAAAAAD6o/4_BRNt56Ytw/s320/IMG_20120212_135457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is really a turquoisey-blue ball with sparkles.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JWAjbp9NIJE/Tzg9FPJgCxI/AAAAAAAAD6w/3yQpQNkhAsE/s1600/IMG_20120212_135519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JWAjbp9NIJE/Tzg9FPJgCxI/AAAAAAAAD6w/3yQpQNkhAsE/s320/IMG_20120212_135519.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and you can't tell but this is yellow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">WITH a small noise making ball inside!</div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh, and st patricks day...not that much other than the above green balls.<br />
some 'kiss me' and 'lucky' stuff but nothing funky enough for me.<br />
i guess i need to get out some spray paint.<br />
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<em>*ballswagon</em> is a trademark of thethriftyba</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-89495424190148369472011-07-05T22:08:00.001-06:002011-07-05T23:03:01.015-06:00where oh where should i go?!<div style="text-align: center;">i know i haven't been around alot, but i still love you!</div><div style="text-align: center;">i hope you love me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i'm (ALONE) headed to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Real_Housewives_of_Orange_County">oc </a>(orange county california-and the reception is in coto!!!) <br />
and wanted to know if there are any </div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">amazing thrift shops</span> </em></div><div style="text-align: center;">i can stop by. </div><div style="text-align: center;">oh, and im leaving utah thursday and coming home saturday.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">im flying standby, so im unsure of what flight i will actually get.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">could i be more pathetic?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and the reason im headed there for the quickest trip ever?</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">this pretty niece (britney) of mine...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ADhf-_zt_sU/ThPdWy-DpEI/AAAAAAAADv0/16F3hDivYxg/s1600/brit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ADhf-_zt_sU/ThPdWy-DpEI/AAAAAAAADv0/16F3hDivYxg/s320/brit.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">is marrying, um, danny...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IQK94RMVm90/ThPdX59z_9I/AAAAAAAADv4/w4GoiXZ0Jt8/s1600/danny.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IQK94RMVm90/ThPdX59z_9I/AAAAAAAADv4/w4GoiXZ0Jt8/s320/danny.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and they picked the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Temple">san diego temple</a> to be married.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and why not-it looks like a castle!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(every princess needs one!)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">oh, and then monday im headed to <a href="http://www.sunvalley.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">sun valley idaho</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">so if you have any suggestions, i could really use them!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdbHOeQuODM/ThPfgp7Kz3I/AAAAAAAADv8/nQEvQcgAXLc/s1600/sun+valley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" i$="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KdbHOeQuODM/ThPfgp7Kz3I/AAAAAAAADv8/nQEvQcgAXLc/s320/sun+valley.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-39104355687705642812011-06-02T05:41:00.002-06:002011-06-02T05:41:00.863-06:00good times with meggie poo<div style="text-align: center;">with the summer upon us, i wanted to re-post my fruit dip recipe.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 block of cream cheese</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 bag of SKOR or HEATH candy bits </div><div style="text-align: center;">2 t of vanilla</div><div style="text-align: center;">1 cup of powdered sugar</div><div style="text-align: center;">1.5 cup of brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">mostly so i could post this photo of my niece eating her 2nd hamburger of the night AND licking the paddle of the mixer covered in fruit dip.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uyR6F-V1pak/TeKUUtlVEkI/AAAAAAAADvM/1c6lBWwCxhg/s1600/DSCN6991.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uyR6F-V1pak/TeKUUtlVEkI/AAAAAAAADvM/1c6lBWwCxhg/s320/DSCN6991.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center">i dont think she is embarrassed at all.</div><br />
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</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-3989648856389168142011-05-30T05:30:00.000-06:002011-05-30T05:30:00.878-06:00today, i will remember...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is angelina and antonio manno.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(1971, their 50th wedding anniversary)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--xiux4TBJx4/TeKRI7IvuWI/AAAAAAAADvI/bPA77W5-oEA/s1600/image0-53.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="214" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--xiux4TBJx4/TeKRI7IvuWI/AAAAAAAADvI/bPA77W5-oEA/s320/image0-53.jpg" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">neither fought in a war.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(but they sent their oldest son in wwii off because they loved their nation.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">they were poor and worked hard for everything they had.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(he dug ditches in the depression to keep his family fed)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">they relied on family and friends when things got tough.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(and didn't feel entitled to any assistance)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">they believed in the american dream.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(and when they left italy, they knew they'd never see their family again)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">these are my great grandparents.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">without them, and their choices, i wouldn't be here. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i am grateful for them and their sacrifices.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i am what i am today because of my family.</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-58081380055090686712011-05-26T05:15:00.004-06:002011-05-26T05:15:00.973-06:00it is the end of the year already?!?!<div style="text-align: center;">actually, it isn't the end of the school here in utah yet. we have year round school, so my kids are in (and im working until) the beginning of july. then, depending what track you are (or if you work at the school), you might be going back by the end of july.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but nate's S.O.A.R. is over.</div><div style="text-align: center;">nate is a smarty pants, but has trouble reading. S.O.A.R. has really helped him and he is up to grade level now! it is one teacher for 5 kids and they spend time every day doing intense reading. </div><div style="text-align: center;">he doesn't like it because sometimes it goes into his recess, but i say it is worth it. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(but i would have hated it as a kid too!</div><div style="text-align: center;">i found out today that S.O.A.R. is over tomorrow, so it is lucky that i already had a gift, i just had to make it fancy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">last year i got some aluminum water bottles on clearance for something like $1 from roberts. all i did was tie some cute patriotic ribbon that i got from dollar tree on it and...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wPrcRyPt0ck/Td2rLn0765I/AAAAAAAADuo/qpnys1vySAA/s1600/DSCN6990.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="293" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wPrcRyPt0ck/Td2rLn0765I/AAAAAAAADuo/qpnys1vySAA/s320/DSCN6990.JPG" t8="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(no idea why nate feels like he needed the red crayon for the photo)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">mrs. k deserves so much more than just a water bottle for putting up with little nate this year,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the school isn't paying me for my looks.</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-50791904792029422432011-05-20T07:41:00.002-06:002011-05-20T07:41:00.645-06:00family portrait<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i know i haven't posted photos of my family in awhile. here is the newest one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(courtesy of a frame originally from <a href="http://www.thewoodconnection.com/">the wood connection</a>, that i got from d.i. for a buck)</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jV6JisLg-lg/TdHTA04xiHI/AAAAAAAADt4/lLvjwVAYjhI/s1600/DSCN6976.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jV6JisLg-lg/TdHTA04xiHI/AAAAAAAADt4/lLvjwVAYjhI/s320/DSCN6976.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">left to right, parker, chris, me and natey.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">im quite the picasso!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-91594250156485252682011-05-17T06:53:00.002-06:002011-05-17T06:53:00.122-06:00teacher appreciation week let down<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">last week was our teacher appreciation week. </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">you know the deal-gifts and supplies for the teacher.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and when i think of that they put up with </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(meaning 25 kids who are just like mine for 7 hours a day), </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em><span style="font-size: large;">they deserve it!</span></em></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">we had one teacher who not only didn't get her door decorated by the room mom,</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">not have a list of her favorite things sent home so kids could bring in all kinds of lovely things, but...</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">who had a 15 yr old daughter go thru treatment for thyroid cancer!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">anyone of those would make me break down into tears!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and i didn't find out until friday </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(as a copy aid, we stay in our own little copy room and have fun. we don't venture out much)!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i borrowed a camera from ms taylor (another teacher) and took a photo of each of her kids.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">ms taylor then sent the photos to walgreens for 1 hr processing.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">after my shift, i ran and picked them up and made her an adorable book of photos.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">but really, this teachers week really sucked.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">and a regular book of photos wouldn't do.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i went to <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/free-downloads/">skiptomylou</a> and found <a href="http://www.skiptomylou.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Teacher-Appreciation-Picture-Perfect-Photo-Tags.pdf">this</a>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UNA7B-cvWZE/TdHRE3ouXSI/AAAAAAAADt0/3IIsHpLBjB8/s1600/DSCN6989.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UNA7B-cvWZE/TdHRE3ouXSI/AAAAAAAADt0/3IIsHpLBjB8/s320/DSCN6989.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">sweet!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i put little embellishments on the pages and made it awesome!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">well, that just isn't enough for a teacher who has a daughter battling cancer, is it?!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">so i found out that this teacher loves coke (not diet, which is the official drink of lds women in utah), so i found this craft lunch box and my modge podge and...</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Aa8kkhvJ7W4/TdHQ8mwdT4I/AAAAAAAADtw/KxZEx7nTXso/s1600/DSCN6987.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Aa8kkhvJ7W4/TdHQ8mwdT4I/AAAAAAAADtw/KxZEx7nTXso/s320/DSCN6987.JPG" width="271" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: large;">I KNOWS!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">i even punched a hole in a metal coca cola bottle top and hung it on the handle with all the ribbons.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">and still that wasn't enough!</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i had a glass bottle of coke, and decided to do one last thing </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">(that i of course didn't take a photo of!).</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i tied a tag around it that said </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="color: red;">'i'd like to teach the world to spell...'</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">needless to say, i'm amazing!</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">and it wasn't even one of my kids teachers!</span></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-91935005146538158092011-05-13T05:21:00.000-06:002011-05-13T12:11:12.595-06:00what i did with some of my birthday money...<div style="text-align: center;">well, i spent it all on my of course!</div><div style="text-align: center;">here are some of the highlights...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3PX9YWh0db8/Tcbfy2CtooI/AAAAAAAADsg/68x-5xtJUnc/s1600/DSCN6971.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3PX9YWh0db8/Tcbfy2CtooI/AAAAAAAADsg/68x-5xtJUnc/s320/DSCN6971.JPG" width="168" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a regular cardigan that turns into...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dZsojLnFozY/TcbftR5_FEI/AAAAAAAADsY/IACYZWChAbM/s1600/DSCN6972-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dZsojLnFozY/TcbftR5_FEI/AAAAAAAADsY/IACYZWChAbM/s320/DSCN6972-1.JPG" width="209" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">way funky cardi!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em>(this is from sears!)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-neIRTHEXUtk/Tcbfv5nPE3I/AAAAAAAADsc/iU-u9EGOHkc/s1600/DSCN6970-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-neIRTHEXUtk/Tcbfv5nPE3I/AAAAAAAADsc/iU-u9EGOHkc/s320/DSCN6970-1.JPG" width="147" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">notice the cute yellow shoes! i got this cardi from pennys.</div><div style="text-align: center;">(yes-i must have a thing for cardigans)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KBXKuV4TJA/Tcbf2UamjsI/AAAAAAAADsk/09-9ZlmRaq8/s1600/DSCN6973-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-9KBXKuV4TJA/Tcbf2UamjsI/AAAAAAAADsk/09-9ZlmRaq8/s320/DSCN6973-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">shoes! white from target and animal from di (originally from payless, and unworn!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NMvx5zlLdEo/Tcbf5djajPI/AAAAAAAADso/eHPnBt5BeUc/s1600/DSCN6975-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NMvx5zlLdEo/Tcbf5djajPI/AAAAAAAADso/eHPnBt5BeUc/s320/DSCN6975-1.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">cool butt bracelet from pennys. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and there is more to come!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">don't you love shopping with me?!</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-37983852629801974122011-05-09T04:54:00.004-06:002011-05-09T04:54:00.836-06:00question of the week...<div style="text-align: center;">my little garden has things that are growing back from last year! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">yea-less work for me!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">here is my problem...</div><div style="text-align: center;">i know this is a strawberry plant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6rPpYwvVNQ/TcbeqGOKqZI/AAAAAAAADsA/rKtoE8XsjK4/s1600/DSCN6986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6rPpYwvVNQ/TcbeqGOKqZI/AAAAAAAADsA/rKtoE8XsjK4/s320/DSCN6986.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">but i cant tell if these are garlic or onions.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em>(because last year i planted both and have NO IDEA which are which)</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8JKzZIW_znY/TcbejTWzRzI/AAAAAAAADr4/QSR40Z1Vx3Q/s1600/DSCN6983.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8JKzZIW_znY/TcbejTWzRzI/AAAAAAAADr4/QSR40Z1Vx3Q/s320/DSCN6983.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">and the same for these.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tr1lMeNtZao/Tcbeb0iZjbI/AAAAAAAADrw/OpTn6lTRBW0/s1600/DSCN6981.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Tr1lMeNtZao/Tcbeb0iZjbI/AAAAAAAADrw/OpTn6lTRBW0/s320/DSCN6981.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">oh-and here is my 'helper' nate. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C9jN5jbZT18/TcbemhWthAI/AAAAAAAADr8/9Jb8zlxhW54/s1600/DSCN6984.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C9jN5jbZT18/TcbemhWthAI/AAAAAAAADr8/9Jb8zlxhW54/s320/DSCN6984.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(yes-all the plants are fine even after he helped.)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so if you have any idea what i'm growing, please let me know!</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-16433374812231356442011-05-02T07:27:00.000-06:002011-05-02T07:27:00.102-06:00nope i havent died...<div style="text-align: center;">just been working!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(let me say, my job as an aide at my kids school doesn't sound all that exciting but i LOVE IT!)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;">and actually got rid of my strep in early january!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">so what have i been doing...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">other than NOT blogging about all my craftiness and money saving-ness.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i turned 40!</div><div style="text-align: center;">and had a super surprise party where is totally didn't see it coming!</div><div style="text-align: center;">i have shopped.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i have started oil painting.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i HAVEN'T gotten pregnant.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i figured out that my nook can download FREE music from the library (thanks summer)!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">so, see i have been busy.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and neglectful.</div><div style="text-align: center;">please forgive me.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i will post more and i swear it will be full of all the fun that you expect from the thrifty ba!</div><div style="text-align: center;">(thanks for sticking with me! especially dawn-kate's mom-i know i let you down!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5A4nt1MW2AE/Tb4KdDUCphI/AAAAAAAADrQ/1mBeTepErAc/s1600/ba+party.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" j8="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5A4nt1MW2AE/Tb4KdDUCphI/AAAAAAAADrQ/1mBeTepErAc/s320/ba+party.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">(this is a photo from my surprise party, taken by '<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/auntpegs">aunt peg'</a> (aka amber!))</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">and yes, that is a crown on my head!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-44715210586974214422011-01-26T17:19:00.000-07:002011-01-26T17:19:48.798-07:00im a steelers fan!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5lX6G1hO64/TUC5e2xG_OI/AAAAAAAAMxk/Z2Qwq1PuuaQ/s1600/terrible+fans.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" s5="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_v5lX6G1hO64/TUC5e2xG_OI/AAAAAAAAMxk/Z2Qwq1PuuaQ/s320/terrible+fans.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(that is nicole, her dad (the terrible fan) stacey and me!)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Stiller Fight Song (from the 1970s) </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div>Da-Da-Da-Da-Ta-Da - Charge!<br />
We're from the town with that great football team, <br />
We cheer the Pittsburgh Steelers. <br />
Chuck Noll and all his friends are all on the field. <br />
Go out and get them Steelers. <br />
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Bradshaw, and Rocky, and Franco and Lynn, <br />
We love you Pittsburgh Steelers. <br />
It's been many years in coming, <br />
just keep that Steelers machinery humming <br />
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Defense, Defense, make them scramble, intercept that ball. <br />
Defense, Defense, keeps the Steelers always best of all! <br />
Mean Joe, Mean Joe, do your thing against the other team, <br />
You start from year to year, we're so glad you play here, <br />
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Now join with me, and sing the Steelers cheer-er-ER! <br />
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We're from the town with that great football team, <br />
We cheer the Pittsburgh Steelers. <br />
Winning's a habit, not only a dream, <br />
Go out and get them Steelers! <br />
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Gerela's Gorrilas are here for the show, <br />
and so is Franco's Army, <br />
It's been many years in coming, <br />
just keep that Steelers machinery humming. <br />
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Offense, Offense, take that football whole way up the field! <br />
Offense, Offense, let's score and score and never ever yield!<br />
Franco, Franco, can you believe we have a running game? <br />
The Steelers are so great, and so hard to overrate,<br />
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Good things, will come, to those who work and wait. <br />
Charge!the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-181480593368386062011-01-19T04:14:00.001-07:002011-01-19T04:14:00.871-07:00my first portraits!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i decided that i needed to paint portraits of my boys.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of course, with no real training, i did the best i could.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here is parker.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTb5bB1z-I/AAAAAAAADis/p5Ov5jOadcs/s1600/DSCN6447.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTb5bB1z-I/AAAAAAAADis/p5Ov5jOadcs/s320/DSCN6447.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">here he is in oil paint.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i even got his eye colors right!</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTbnpRC0EI/AAAAAAAADik/43bCpV4kJ8M/s1600/DSCN6832.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTbnpRC0EI/AAAAAAAADik/43bCpV4kJ8M/s320/DSCN6832.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">nathan</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTb9VuyBhI/AAAAAAAADiw/t0PjlVjVIkI/s1600/DSCN6466.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTb9VuyBhI/AAAAAAAADiw/t0PjlVjVIkI/s320/DSCN6466.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">nathan after paint.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i think i captured his attitude nicely!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTb2CivSHI/AAAAAAAADio/FYTv2QxK8zU/s1600/DSCN6831.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TTTb2CivSHI/AAAAAAAADio/FYTv2QxK8zU/s320/DSCN6831.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i think nates turned out better. but i love them both!</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-16431484925516010022011-01-17T04:35:00.001-07:002011-01-17T04:35:00.138-07:00i am my own biggest fan!<div style="text-align: center;">i found this for only $4 at d.i. and i had to have it.</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoqhP_04uI/AAAAAAAADh4/RMGqy7_trak/s1600/DSCN6843.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoqhP_04uI/AAAAAAAADh4/RMGqy7_trak/s320/DSCN6843.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">of course, i don't really have a place for it except the floor of the piano room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">suggestions?</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is about 18" by 12"</div><div style="text-align: center;">(no, it doesn't fit on the shelves above my fire place. bummer)</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-63311387873442837132011-01-12T04:40:00.002-07:002011-01-12T04:40:00.973-07:00still bragging...<div style="text-align: center;">with some extra christmas money, i headed to kohls.</div><div style="text-align: center;">because, as you know, it is my second home. </div><div style="text-align: center;">(and some days, my first.)</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">all i have to says is that this vest was $60 and it was marked down to $12</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoPcoqT-qI/AAAAAAAADh0/7VnS8HqQrGg/s1600/DSCN6850.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoPcoqT-qI/AAAAAAAADh0/7VnS8HqQrGg/s320/DSCN6850.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">holy crap i love it!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">i wore it to church and felt HOT!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">(are you allowed to feel like that at church?)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">and yes, chris is still tired about me bragging.</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-5189663148426939892011-01-10T04:27:00.002-07:002011-01-10T04:27:00.790-07:00my hubby wants me to stop bragging...<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">even though i am once again strepy (i jinxed myself with my last post), i was the one who had to buy a birthday gift for my sister in law, alison.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;">after hitting my regular haunts...kohls and target, i couldn't find anything. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>wtfreak?! </strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">they are always helpful when i need a gift.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i saw old navy across the parking lot and thought id try there.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and then i saw the sign that said all clearance was an extra 40% off!</div><div style="text-align: center;">forget alison-i was gonna find something for ME!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">well, i didn't find anything for me or my boys. </div><div style="text-align: center;">but alison is totally making out on this gift!</div><div style="text-align: center;">first let me say that the total, with tax was <strong>$25.27.</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;">we usually stick at the $25 amount for adults in our family. so this was perfect!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">this jewelry is so very al. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoO0GhQZBI/AAAAAAAADhw/xCiHGkM01-g/s1600/DSCN6845.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoO0GhQZBI/AAAAAAAADhw/xCiHGkM01-g/s320/DSCN6845.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><em>(ring was $2.69 and the feather necklace was $3.59)</em></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">i LOVE the tank top! i wish they had more than just this color!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoOwLy8kRI/AAAAAAAADhs/lLBlzdeXERw/s1600/DSCN6846.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoOwLy8kRI/AAAAAAAADhs/lLBlzdeXERw/s320/DSCN6846.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(tank was $2.39 and the long sleeved t was $5.09)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoOsACWh5I/AAAAAAAADho/X-GZxmdeGUo/s1600/DSCN6847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSoOsACWh5I/AAAAAAAADho/X-GZxmdeGUo/s320/DSCN6847.JPG" width="265" /></a></div>and this sweater is so very soft. you cant tell in the photo but it is green, but almost black.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>(only $9.89!)</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i kept pointing out to chris how much things cost and he was getting just a little tired of it.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i wasn't!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-24540495732558427492011-01-06T04:08:00.000-07:002011-01-06T04:08:00.447-07:00good news bad news<span style="font-size: x-large;">the good news is...</span><br />
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1. i don't have strep (well, as of my typing this!)<br />
2. i have a job<br />
3. the job is at my kids school!<br />
4. i will have more money to spend at<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AuntPegs"> aunt pegs</a> and kohls!<br />
5. my shift is over at 1.30 everyday, so i can still catch my 2pm nap<br />
6. i get a bullhorn while working on the playground! (<em>huge job perk</em>)<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">the bad news is...</span><br />
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1. i have a job<br />
2. i will have less time to craft<br />
3. i so i won't have much to blog about<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">my job is only 3.5 hours a day and since i will be working for the school district, im certain i wont be paid much (so im not going to be chris's sugar momma or anything). i will be an aide in the copy room and the playground. we have 1200+ kids at our school, and this is a good chance to see which girls are cute and well behaved (and italian would be a plus!), so i can steer my boys their way.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">im sad about the less crafting and blogging time. but im sure with only working 17 hours a week, i can find someway to post 2-3 times a week. i hope you will stick with <em>the thrifty ba blog</em> while i figure out how this will all work out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">but don't worry-i have a few more crafts to post before i start my new position!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-41475891614599650522011-01-05T04:38:00.003-07:002011-01-05T10:19:51.259-07:00planning for halloween! it IS just around the corner you know!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">my first teacher gift for the 2011-12 school year!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSKIZvFkHbI/AAAAAAAADg0/esCevbmeHcY/s1600/DSCN6707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSKIZvFkHbI/AAAAAAAADg0/esCevbmeHcY/s320/DSCN6707.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">halloween soap!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and yes, you are seeing that correctly my thrifty friends, it was 90% off!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">80 cents baby!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this is gonna be one cheap year!</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-7223055040883882202011-01-04T04:26:00.001-07:002011-01-04T09:17:31.450-07:001st day back to school of 2011<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">what did i do? was it...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">get a massage?</div><div style="text-align: center;">a nice lunch with an old friend?</div><div style="text-align: center;">nap?</div><div style="text-align: center;">shopping spree?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">no, i spent 4 hours taking the lights off of my prelit tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSKGI_5UiXI/AAAAAAAADgs/ViQn98BTggg/s1600/DSCN6822.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSKGI_5UiXI/AAAAAAAADgs/ViQn98BTggg/s320/DSCN6822.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and before you say,</div><div style="text-align: center;">'ba-just buy a new freaking tree!', let me tell you the thrifty story of how i found this little baby!</div><div style="text-align: center;">5 years ago i was in a bad place and had group therapy every saturday morning.</div><div style="text-align: center;">well, therapy put me in a WORSE place for a few hours afterwards and i couldn't go home.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i went shopping.</div><div style="text-align: center;">most of which i returned by wednesday of the following week. (chris REALLY appreciated that i returned it!) but not this 7 foot prelit tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">this baby was 90% off!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">so instead of $150.00 it cost $15!</div><div style="text-align: center;">even chris didn't want me to return it!</div><div style="text-align: center;">the lights on the tree cost at least that much.</div><div style="text-align: center;">well, this year there were a few strands that didn't work, and i was too lazy to take the broken ones off and replace them. (i really really wanted the tree up!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">so i spent monday ripping and cutting the broken strands off.</div><div style="text-align: center;">and the ones that weren't broken (yet). </div><div style="text-align: center;">my hands and nails are a mess.</div><div style="text-align: center;">so is the floor under the tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSKIB2AdVCI/AAAAAAAADgw/708vXSCMoRc/s1600/DSCN6823.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TSKIB2AdVCI/AAAAAAAADgw/708vXSCMoRc/s320/DSCN6823.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but now im ready for christmas (which is only 354 days away!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-32125075745884104132011-01-03T04:20:00.007-07:002011-01-03T04:48:43.883-07:00happy 2011!<div style="text-align: center;">i hope everyone had a great holiday season and are now back into 'real life'.</div><div style="text-align: center;">yup-that means cleaning.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i avoid real life as much as possible.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">my little family had fun skiing (i stayed home and shopped), swimming (i fell asleep on a sofa at the rec center reading) and celebrating the new year (i was asleep before 9.30pm mst).</div><div style="text-align: center;">i did join my family...in eating!</div><div style="text-align: center;">because really, that is what the holidays are all about!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">i did work on a few projects. </div><div style="text-align: center;">no really, i did!</div><div style="text-align: center;">i made me sweet niece megan a birthday banner.</div><div style="text-align: center;">you might have met megs already, last year one of my <a href="http://thethriftyba.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-birthday-megan-ann.html">first posts</a> was her birthday gifts for her 10th birthday.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it is almost as cool as the one i made<a href="http://thethriftyba.blogspot.com/2010/04/14-days-until-my-birthday.html"> here.</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://thethriftyba.blogspot.com/2010/04/14-days-until-my-birthday.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TR9p7Q3ZPsI/AAAAAAAADf0/zb342dC75rY/s320/DSCN6790.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">needless to say, she likes pink.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TR9p_p-C-aI/AAAAAAAADf4/1Y7RGIizPKY/s1600/DSCN6792.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TR9p_p-C-aI/AAAAAAAADf4/1Y7RGIizPKY/s320/DSCN6792.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">we made this new years eve night and had it hanging while she was visiting on new years day. </div><div style="text-align: center;">it IS her birthday month after all. <br />
(here is a photo of my boys and megs from last spring. it is one of my favorites!)<br />
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hope you all had a merry christmas and have a happy new year! see you in 2011!<br />
bathe thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-89935387041862838342010-12-24T04:27:00.000-07:002010-12-24T10:35:47.814-07:00something useful that came from catholic school!<iframe height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3xDm643Yjrw?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="480"></iframe><br />
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when i was a kid, i went to a catholic school run by nuns. </div><div style="text-align: center;">by the time i was in school, mass was no longer done in latin regularly. but those dear sweet sisters wanted us to sing in latin.</div><div style="text-align: center;">alot.</div><div style="text-align: center;">us kids didnt know what we were singing, but we said the words to avoid getting hit. we were in survival mode.</div><div style="text-align: center;">some of it actually sunk in, because a few years back i heard the song 'oh come all ye faithful' being sung in latin on the radio and I SANG ALONG!</div><div style="text-align: center;">my kids thought i was weird singing all this jibberish.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but they think im weird anyhow.</div><div style="text-align: center;">im sharing this version of 'adeste fideled' by good old bing crosby. and if you want to sing along, here are the words!</div><br />
Adeste fideles læti triumphantes,<br />
Venite, venite in Bethlehem.<br />
Natum videte Regem angelorum.<br />
Venite adoremus (ter)<br />
Dominum.<br />
En grege relicto humiles ad cunas,<br />
Vocati pastores approperant,<br />
Et nos ovanti gradu festinemus.<br />
Venite adoremus (ter)<br />
Dominum.<br />
Æterni Parentis splendorem æternum,<br />
Velatum sub carne videbimus,<br />
Deum infantem pannis involutum.<br />
Venite adoremus (ter)<br />
Dominum.<br />
Pro nobis egenum et fœno cubantem<br />
Piis foveamus amplexibus ;<br />
Sic nos amantem quis non redamaret ?<br />
Venite adoremus (ter)<br />
Dominum.the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-44574934359937750822010-12-23T04:49:00.000-07:002010-12-23T04:49:01.007-07:00so very christmas thrifty!<div style="text-align: center;">as i was working on some christmas projects this year, i wanted to use up all of my old holiday scrapbook paper (so i could buy more and not have guilt!)</div><div style="text-align: center;">and, of course, i ended up with a bunch of weird, small scraps.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFrZAiMNGI/AAAAAAAADck/cSDIVDERfw0/s1600/DSCN6655.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFrZAiMNGI/AAAAAAAADck/cSDIVDERfw0/s320/DSCN6655.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">and made some adorable tags for gifts!</div><div style="text-align: center;">so simple, but i cant tell you how many times i ran to walmart just for tags for christmas gifts (and left with much much more!).</div><div style="text-align: center;">but some quick helpful hints...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFrhTebsgI/AAAAAAAADco/Q7mxljuoqo4/s1600/DSCN6658.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFrhTebsgI/AAAAAAAADco/Q7mxljuoqo4/s320/DSCN6658.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">yea, you should always check the back of the paper to make sure it will actually work. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">if not, you risk using more energy than needed.</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-342645103724877132010-12-22T03:00:00.000-07:002010-12-22T03:00:05.530-07:00happiness comes in 3s!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">i have 3 friends who work out me with most mornings. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well, actually, i have more than 3 friends who<a href="http://www.jazzercise.com/"> jazzercise</a> with me most mornings, but there are 4 of us who are class managers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">nice title, it just means you get to come early and turn on the heater at 5am.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but when i was out for about 2 months with back issues this fall, i realized how much i loved them </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(always knew that) and that i missed seeing them daily.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">something about 'girlfriends'...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">then one day while at deseret industries i found 3 of these!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TMdB12WMzBI/AAAAAAAADDg/2vYs32JJ2ZM/s1600/DSCN4613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TMdB12WMzBI/AAAAAAAADDg/2vYs32JJ2ZM/s320/DSCN4613.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">each says 'hope, faith, love', and all in the same colors, just different order.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a great all year 'round decoration.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and they were a sweet price for some sweet friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and you know they are true friends...they have seen me with my makeup off and still love me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-88633755867078922432010-12-21T04:40:00.004-07:002010-12-21T04:40:00.507-07:00no peeking!<div style="text-align: center;">when i was little, my mom hid our christmas stuff in a black garbage in the storage room.</div><div style="text-align: center;">right next to the box with gloves and scarfs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">seriously, how could you NOT look!?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thethriftyba.blogspot.com/2010/11/finding-santas-stash.html">and i did...</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">i think i am MUCH better at hiding gifts. and since i buy them all year long, i have to make sure they aren't found when we are looking for easter eggs.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i hide them in my craft room most of the year. the kids call it the 'crap' room, and as you can imagine, they don't go in there much.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but as christmas and birthdays get closer, i move stuff around. and now they are all in my closet.</div><div style="text-align: center;">no, not just sitting out on top of all my discarded clothing and shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFqOA_KprI/AAAAAAAADcY/XDOUMOnLLiA/s1600/DSCN6661.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" n4="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFqOA_KprI/AAAAAAAADcY/XDOUMOnLLiA/s320/DSCN6661.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">this is chris's side of the closet. a mess of jeans, shirts and whatever.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but carefully hidden behind that university of utah sweatshirt is...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFqUlSh9UI/AAAAAAAADcc/tEySZg2dBhU/s1600/DSCN6663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_QfpxOO_w3Ug/TQFqUlSh9UI/AAAAAAAADcc/tEySZg2dBhU/s320/DSCN6663.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">a mess.</div><div style="text-align: center;">i don't which is worse...his hanging clothes or this pile of crap.</div><div style="text-align: center;">but, the kids haven't found it yet!</div><div style="text-align: center;">so let me know where you hides your stuff.</div><div style="text-align: center;">it isn't like your kids read this blog, so come on! share your secret!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>the thrifty bahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00473894791667278305noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2801172004408417925.post-2470140442208833352010-12-20T04:26:00.003-07:002010-12-20T15:13:03.337-07:00hey josh-at least the bucket wasn't full of coal!<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">now this gift i was wrapping but not actually giving.<a href="http://thethriftyba.blogspot.com/2010/12/christmas-pranks.html"> i have a dear friend (holly) that i wrap all of her christmas gifts as a gift to her</a>. she doesn't have the time and i love wrapping, so it works out well!</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">her 14 year old son wanted cash for christmas. that is all. just cash.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">cash isn't fun to wrap.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">after thinking about it, i got a fresh $100 bill from the bank (after holly had given me 5, $20 bills. i don't actually PAY for her christmas!) and stuck it in a metal bucket about half way full of water. i rolled the money up and clipped the top (that was not in the water) with a paper clip. after it was frozen solid, i removed the paper clip and filled it up the rest of the way.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">then, we made hints all over the house on where he could find his gift. (which was on the back porch so it wouldnt thaw!). </div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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