Red Alert, Red Alert!

In just under 3 weeks from now, extended family members will start descending upon my house.

My Daughter will be graduating from high school on June 10th.

Besides the BIL and nephew who live in town, we have 3 more and possibly a 4th family member coming to town for the big event.  Add in that #1 son's girlfriend is also going to be here too.

Hubs sister is staying a week, my Brother and SIL will be here for a shorter time and Hubs brother may also come up for a few days.  Various people will even be staying/sleeping at the house and not at a nearby  motel.
Needless to say I now have a mission.......
A mission to get the house decluttered before then by any means possible and cleaned up as well!

So I am going into dejunking overdrive.



Here's the plan.....

*Go through every box still in the living and dining rooms.
Sort into Donation boxes or Save boxes.
Take donation boxes to Salvation Army.
Take save boxes and put into storage unit.

*Go through every box in the garage.
Sort and donate or put into storage.

*Then start deep cleaning the house.
One room per day gets cleaned until all are finished.

*Then it's clean up the front porch, back deck and yard.

#1 son will be coming home in about 7 days so I'll have him to help me with the heavy lifting part and maybe I can talk him into painting the powder room.  Yah, I'm dreaming on that one!lol


The good thing about getting this all done will be that the living and dining room will FINALLY be cleaned out and I can then proceed to get someone in there to fix the walls and ceiling, paint the rooms, pull up the carpet and install the bamboo flooring.

I've only been trying to fix these rooms up since we moved here going on 11 years ago!
bleh......

So be looking for some extra Salvation Army donation photos coming soon as I begin The Big House Clean-Out of 2011!

Sluggy

Driving Under the Influence of What??

From the Annals of "You Can't Make This Stuff Up"....

I just had to share this with y'all.
I snagged this from my online friend Marsha.  Thanks Marsha!!lol
 
First, look at this mug shot....

Now go read THIS.


She's been dubbed "Pubic Enemy #1".  **snort**

Sluggy

__,_._,She's been dubbed "Pubic Enemy #1".....

Weis Markets & Rite-Aid Redux....Much Less Stressful This Time!

Remember my little trips to Rite-Aid and Weis Markets on Tuesday?

Well I went back on Wednesday to both stores, hoping for some less stressful shopping.

First to Weis where I rolled my Nestle Catalina into dog food.  The Cat Deal on the dog food is spend $35, get $10 Cat Q....

1 x Dog Chow Kibble large bag=$10.99
10 x Alpo cans @3/$2 =$6.67
24 x Mighty Dog cans @ .55¢=$13.20
SubTotal....$30.86  **The reg. shelf price was $35.29**

Coupons Used
1 x $2/1 Purina Dog Chow IPQ from Purina website=$2.00
2 x $2/12 Mighty Dog cans(last Sunday's insert) ManuQ=$4.00
3 x $1/3 Alpo cans Peelie Qs from some of the cans=$3.00
1 x BOGO Alpo cans(last Sunday's insert)=$.79 *
1 x $8 Catalina Q from Nestle deal=$8.00
Coupon Total....$17.79

$30.86-$17.79=$13.07+ $1.86 tax=$14.93 OOP
And I received a $10 Catalina Q.
Without the Cat Q, it's a 67.30% savings.

*I realized after he rang up the Alpo Qs that I should have bought an eleventh can to use that BOGO Q...he had to force that one through.  I didn't figure it out until it was too late to make a scene over it. ;-)  Even though the Alpo cans were on sale for .67¢ each, the Q was coded to automatically take off the reg. shelf price, so that is why .79¢ came off instead.

I had planned to get 36 Mighty Dog and a diff. amount of Alpo cans and use ManuQs from last Sunday's paper, but when I got to the store cans of the Alpo had much better value of Peelie Qs on them so I changed things up to get a lower OOP total.

Then it was onward to Rite-Aid, this time WITH my +Ups.
Ugh.....I'm still sick over that. 8-P

4 x Ragu sauce-raincheck price $1.00=$4.00 *
1 x Dove Men's Deo on sale=$3.99
1 x Gillette Razor on sale=$9.99
1 x Breathe Right w/20% wellness disc.=$4.79
2 x Oral-B toothbrushes on sale $2.99=$5.98
2 x Revlon tweezers on sale 40%off=$3.58
1 x Easter candy=.44¢
1 x cherry candy=.26¢
SubTotal....$32.04

*Total should have been $33.03, but the cashier rang up the 4th Ragu for $.01 instead of $1.00.  I caught this just now on the receipt.  I was wondering why I needed filler items to spend my $13+Ups....lol

Coupons Used
1 x $3/$15 purchase Survey Q=$3.00
2 x $1/2 Ragu IPQ from Hannaford website=$2.00
1 x $1/1 Dove item IPQ from Hannaford website=$1.00
1 x $4/1 Gillette razor ManuQ(last Sunday's P&G insert)=$4.00
1 x Free Breathe Right item Q sent from Rite-Aid=$5.99    (rings reg. shelf price)
2 x $1.50/1 Oral-B Toothbrushes ManuQ(last Sunday's P&G insert)=$3.00
Coupon Total...$18.99

$32.04-$18.99=$13.05 + $.23 tax=$13.28 Total.
I used $13 in +Up Rewards to pay and put the remaining $.28 on my Rite-Aid gift card.
I received $16 in +Ups back($5 Gillette, $4 Revlon wyb 2, $3 Dove, 2 x $2 Crest).


THIS TRIP
Number of Transactions.....1
Total Spent....$.28 (put on free Rite-Aid gift card)
Value of Items....$53.40
SCR qualified for...$0.00
Other Rebates earned...$0.00
Gift Cards earned....$0.00
+Up Rewards earned...$16.00
+Up Rewards spent.....$13.00
+Up Rewards left to spend.....$63.52 And I have $42.92 left on my gift card.


GRAND TOTALS--MAY Rebate Period so far

Number of Transactions......6
Total Spent....$4.58 put on free Gift Cards/Certificates so ZERO OOP
Value of Items purchased....$279.71
SCR qualified for....$0.00
Other Cash....$0.00
Additional Rebates....$0.00
Additional Non-Cash Rewards....$0.00

+UPS Totals for May SCR period
+Up Rewards carryover from 5/3.....$60.52
+Up Rewards spent....$18.00
+Up Rewards earned....$30.52
+Up Rewards left....$63.52  includes ALL +Ups not just ones from this SCR period




I've still got +Ups to roll/spend at Rite-Aid and I want to do a few more Weis Cat deals so I am heading off to the stores again today. 8-)

Sluggy

Happy Mother's Day a bit Early

Here's a cute vid for all you Mother's out there....
Enjoy!

Sluggy

 

Here's the April Salvation Army Donation....Better Late Than Never!

So we finally got the April donation together.
Since he's been out of town, Hubs will be dropping it off later today at Sallie's.
Yes, it's May now, but I'm counting this all as April's booty.
Most of this is stuff I bought(for very cheap)to sell on eBay but because of one reason or another, it never left my house(or more accurately, my storage unit).
I haven't found the time to arrange it all nicely for a photo shoot so it's just random shots of boxes of crap basically.
Enjoy!lol

 That Hallmark collectible(the big blue box)never sold.  The fabric pieces are going too.  The white one has huge bright colored circus animals on it...the fabric is nylon, like underslip or nightgown nylon.  There are 5 yards of it.
Whatever was I thinking when I bought that?

 The candle shaped Christmas lights are from when Hubs and I first set up housekeeping.  They never stayed upright on the Christmas tree....plus they are ugly.lol
There's some more nylon fabric...who buys this stuff besides me?
The trout shower curtain hooks were another momentary lapse in judegement....who does there bathroom in a trout theme?  Well, this IS Pennsyltucky.....
Lastly in that shot are some old unused school folders.  Pokemon or Beetleborgs anyone?lol

 In this shot, among the free toiletries they are sitting on, are some kid's books I won at a Chinese Auction years ago.  Mary Kate and Ashley books.  No wonder no one here ever read them.....
Also a couple of other picture type books and a set of Pokemon cards still in sheets from Burger King.

 Here is some really random stuff.....a Disney beanie, a Batman birthday candle, a Batman Spin Pop thingy, some assorted Happy Meal toys still in the packages and an Aaron Carter book underneath it all.
My daughter was obsessed with Aaron Carter when she was a preteen.  At 18, her taste in men has improved.....I think.

 Here is a shot of 4 vinatge board games I bought at a country auction over 10 years ago.  See what I mean about how I am good at acquiring but not so fast about getting rid of(one way or another)?
1 of these games is older than me!  Like me though, nobody wants this vintage stuff.

 A cat in the hat plush doll still in it's box.  It's suppose to talk when you pull the string...not so much.
3 bobblehead dolls of Kim Possible characters.  It was a Disney cartoon show.  I don't even remember it...I guess my kids didn't watch/like it.  Yes, even they have standards. ;-)  The one good thing about this show is alot of kids finally learned what a Naked Mole Rat is.
There is also a Hot Wheels calendar from 2003....wtf?
A Jimmy Neutron action figure....again with the Disney junk.  And a Star Wars Micro Machines toy I can't give away.....go figure.....

 Sharoooooooon!
#2 son is "into" Ozzy now.  He calls his bass Sharon.lol  He would kill me if he knew I was sending 3 Ozzy Dolls off to Sallies.  Please don't rat me out.

 4 sets of Nesting Dolls.....3 The Muppets themed ones and a set of Cheech & Chong dolls.  Too bad I knew hooked up with a pothead on eBay.....
There are also 2 Johnny Lightning brand cars in this box.  2 cars decorated with an "eBay" theme.  For awhile eBay wouldn't allow you to sell these on eBay.  eBay is schizophrenic like that sometimes.

But here is the best photo......

A collection of 8 Track tapes.
No, these are not mine.
Daughter's old boss from a couple of jobs ago gave them to her.
He was obviously decluttering HIS garage.
So Daughter brought them home to clutter OUR garage.
Some are broken(but could be fixed if you know what you are doing), some are missing labels.
They have sat in the garage for over a year now.
I question my daughter's judgement sometimes.....she brought these home and she doesn't have an 8-track player.
She's had a full year to find one and hasn't found the time or 'umph' to do so....so out these babies go.

I am slowly reclaiming my garage.
How about you?

Sluggy