Today I posted about my initiative I'm calling project 365. This Mothers Day 2016. My daughter questioned why do we celebrate Mother's and Father's but not Kids. With that I have decided to celebrate them beyond the specially made breakfasts or flowers but with a day of written appreciation. DAY 1 THANK YOU TO MY LITTLES FOR THE SWEET HUGS YOU GIVE ME EVEN YOU MY TEEN BOY WHO MOVES HIS HEAD A LITTLE. THANK YOU TO SAME TEEN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SHOW ME THE NEW PC SHORTCUTS YOU HAVE LEARNED THE ONE TO SET A DOCUMENT USING A KEYBOARD COMMAND. LOVE THAT YOU LIKED THE ONE I SHOWED YOU TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO LEARN MORE. THANK YOU TO MY BELLA FOR WORKING SO HARD ON YOUR SCHOOL PROJECT THE SIGN IS BEAUTIFUL JUST LIKE YOU. TO MY LITTLE J THANK YOU FOR PUTTING DOWN THE TABLET EVEN THOUGH SHORT TIME I GOT TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL EYES AND SPARKLING CLEAN TEETH IN YOUR SMILE. THE SAME INE THAT WAS ALWAYS GLEAMING AS A BABY TO MY TEEN DAUGHTER WHO HAD A VERY TOUGH WEEK AND HELPED ME WITH MY HEADACHES INSPITE OF YOUR UPSETS.

Chirpoo tau pootu pootau pi
boochirpoo tau dautwo pootau (grape) pi


If you eat a grape you dont spit the grape skin
if you dont eat the grape skin you do spit the grape skin.

Artist Canvas ===$1

We joined another family about 2 months ago to go thrifting to look for some outfits for the 4h fashion revue. Of course, G, found just what she needed but I found something rough, off white, and a huge panel of it. I had know idea but for 1.99 not something to pass up I thought for sure. So I showed my friend and asked her what it could be. My thought was to line fabric with it to give a stronger give to a purse the girls were doing in 4h sewing...then she said maybe it is for painting...Ahhh...I see. Okay, now here is my excitement for fathers day my husband wanted to go check out MIchaels!!! HOw cool is that!!!! We were going to take a stab at silk screening a few shirts with pictures of his music gear. So we checked out prices but waited and then I spotted it. (I should add that before we left I watched a youtube video to create a canvas....wood, mitered, measured, etc ughhh not up for that today) So you ask what was this of many gold mines that I found at Michaels. A wooden picture frame for $1!!!Can you see where my mind is churning? Here we have what it became...All for a dollar.

Imagine the excitement from your little ones artwork displayed museum style...

***I used actual canvas on mine but I am sure you could use virtually anything thick...Walmart has a twin sheet for only $5...imagine how many artworks you will have...



UPdate: This is what the first one was used for a bit of card stock, mod podge, and a picture.



yet another painted by my daughter to coordinate zebra print in her room..

Pasta Time...manja manja...No not really

My kids are very hands on this morning so to perfect the hand eye coordination we are making pasta necklaces...To make the colored pasta go to my earlier post here.

http://mymommygoround.blogspot.com/2010/07/crazy-for-pasta-total-cost-4.html

Here is the tip of the day for little hands. Little hands have a harder time to keep a steady hand but this simple modification to the end of the thread, yarn, or elastic makes things so much better. The best use for duct tape by far using a small snipet of tape place thread on diagonal and roll to create a needle.

Don't forget to ask!!!!

I am for sure not the shy type. So if I am out and about shopping and happened to land at hmmmm...lets see Michaels or something. I always ask if they have any coupons. More often then not the clerk will get it done. One clerk even gave me a 15% pass for all of my future shopping orders. So my response is always ask!!! I am sooo amazed at the extreme couponers and though I couponed I just dont have the patience. I am giving it another try and I do use them here and there. Like for a wedding cake topper @ half off. Oops spilled the beans. Here is my top deal today.

Walgreens has the Nova Max Plus blood glucose monitoring system for sale right now @ 10+ and tax and you get a $10 Register Reward. So for .09 Cents I got the nova max plus.

I also needed a refill on my ink and was prompt to use my $3 off coupon (which I asked for) but I needed to add more to the order a simple .39 snickers and then apply my $10 RR. My grand total was about .50 Cents with an extra candy bar.



So for less than $11 I got a
blood glucose monitor
a candy bar
refilled ink cartridge

Frugality pays...

I am not your typical unschooling mom. My children are enrolled in a charter school and we are allotted a balance to be used for each student per year. Well I am cheap. I refill my own ink cartridges at Walgreens (loved the awesome $1 deal they had). Buy my own curriculum at thrift stores and friends of the library are great!!and use the pletheria of websites to get free homeschool materials. We have been fortunate to use much of our funds for other skilled items like ballet, guitar, etc. Well, as frugal as I was I just started the program and didnt take advantage of the funds and was told you spend it now or lose it. In two days I had to come up with spending nearly $800 on stuff.. Poor planning but I am so excited. Right now we made our own Vennagram charts with sharpies and construction paper but now we have the whole shabang so those floating papers can now be recycled. Though I would've preferred more science kits we were told we coulnd't. So here is the spread we have with a few added guitar lessons. Better planning next year. Rosetta Stone for sure. Anyone else used it for their kids?

Sooo bad with dates....

Ok so I am not the perfect person when it comes to dates. I still don't know any of my in-laws birthdays. Had the MIL and Greatgranma in law over for Lunch on Sunday after church only to find out that GGIL's birthday is on Tuesday. WHatt??? With our current nonexistent financial situation what can I do to pull of a grand party in hmmmm less than 20 hours. With a few trips to the dollar store. This is what we came up with. We will have a 5 course meal and prior to the meal is the centerpiece. Every guest will have a numbered envelope and the numbered envelope will correspond with the centerpiece...I have cleverly coined the Memory Tree. GGIL is celebrating her 92nd birthday this Tues. So there will be numbers hanging from the tree and with some sleuth work and google we have a detail or headline every ten years of her life. Each person will participate in sharing the info. K here is the breakdown for the cost black table cloth ---free this is a twin bedsheet my son bought for his quilt he will be making but we havent gotten to it yet. $5.75 centerpiece- twigs and vase from a friendly neighbor (oh and the same wonderful friend's 13 year old pianist gave Great grandma a musical concert), 2--$1 pink tulips-$1 green leaves. 2 candle holders $2.50- pink sparkly tulle 1.25 Rocks on hand

Edit added. Thank you for being such a selfless loving, hard working mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.