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Girls Trip

I am so glad I got to take a girls trip last weekend. Kathy(Kaylen's mom) rented a beach house in Galveston and invited Trev and I down there to stay a few days with her, Kaylen and Olivia. Even though Galveston Water is nasty, it was awesome to just relax by the beach scenery. The waves rolling in always seem to have such a soothing effect on me. It really makes me miss FLORIDA!!!

Anyhow, we spent some time on the beach, explored Moody Gardens a bit, hung out on the Strand and ate at the Rain Forest Cafe.

This was also the first time in Trevors' history that he got to sleep in the same bed as me. Holy Cow, that kid rolls and twitches and snores. Not to mention, he fell off of the bed twice!!! Needless to say I did not get much sleep:)

Thanks Kathy and Kaylen for inviting me. That was the most relaxed I have felt in a LONG time

Free Stuff

Since Jason lost his job 2 months ago, I have become the bargain "Queen" or something like that. And now that his business is starting to move forward, I am still doing this because I am "ADDICTED" to bargains. Here are several things that I have taken advantage of:

I have told many of you about the website I have been spending a lot of time on. I didn't believe too much about it until I started getting this free stuff in the mail .The website is hip2save.com I have been using it for about a month now. It is amazing and there is really a lot I could say about it, but I figured you guys can check it out for yourselves.

Anyhow, the picture is just a few of the things I have been able to get for free from sample offers to coupons that make a product free. And yes that is the new $12 Gillette Proglide Razor in the picture! A few other things that I have received that are not in the picture, are diapers, feminine products, cologne and perfume sample, lunch meat, wheat thins, mac n' cheese, crakerful snack, granola bar, skin repair cream that worked wonders, herbal sleep & relaxation supplement, vitamin D supplement, davinci spinach and cheese raviolis(all of the food stuff was a full size sample), some new "workout" boost gum that is loaded with caffeine so I am giving it away and that might be it. Not to mention the savings on groceries is crazy, I never spend more than a dollar on most items due to coupons. I haven't done as good as the lady on the website though, she gets somewhere around $200-300 in groceries for like $25-50. I will get there though.

Also, my dad is a vendor. Therefore, he buys a lot of coke products. On each product there is a coke reward number that you enter into their reward website. And so far, I have traded my points for a free good grips salt & pepper grinder, 150 free 4X6 photos from snapfish and $150 in Nike gear.

And last, but not least for all who have young kids, I was at the Woodlands Mall yesterday and decided to walk into Sears, which I never do, and went to the kid section...holy cow! They had 9 racks of clothing that was marked half off with an additional 40% off of that! This included Carters and Polo stuff. We are talking about $1-3 shorts and shirts. You can't hardly get that at a resale shop.

So there it is, my new little money habit.

Summer Seals

I am so excited! Jason and I signed up for this thing called Summer Seals. A guy we go to church with started it a couple of summers ago. It is almost like a triathlon, but more. This is also the first summer they are allowing girls to compete. It is a 500m swim, then you have to do as many pull-up, push-ups and sit-ups in 2 minutes each, and finally you have to run a mile and a half.

So I didn't even know how to swim a few weeks ago, but with the help of several friends, I am getting there. I can do the 500m, but not very quickly. I can do the push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups, but only the minimums and I am shooting for the max in each category. As far as running I am not quite down to 9 min and 30 sec., but I am pretty sure I can get there.

You know, I have always been into working out. Lately, I have been doing the P90X program, but I have to say swimming and old school sit-ups have kicked my butt for several days now worse than P90X ever has. I have pushed my body and certain muscles to a whole new limit. I have lost about an inch in my waist and 7 lbs. Craziness! Jason of course is a guy so he is nailing everything pretty much.

Also, if I get the money together I will be doing a marathon with an old friend down in Kemah. I totally can't wait because it will be my first one. I have always wanted to train for one, but never really had the motivation or someone to do it with. Hopefully I will get to update on this later:)