Well, It's Up.....

It only took 2 weeks to get to this point.lol
The lights, star and garland are on and there's a big gaping hole in the middle of the tree, but it's up!

And outside, it's even BETTER!....
During the day....notice the Thanksgiving flag is still being flown....lol

And at night.....

Then we got the wreath up....

So now it's still lame but not as lame as before.

We might actually get this right by, oh.....maybe New Year's Day. 8-)

Sluggy-who is not stressed out over this at all....no REALLY!, I'm not....

Songs of the Season!

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Sluggy

Daughter's Birthday Week......Share a Song!

When Daughter was very little, we couldn't afford cable tv.  Well, we could have afforded it but not if we wanted to put money away for emergencies.
Instead, we had a tv antenna and we lived on the side of a mountain range facing east, so even though the nearest broadcast station was an hour away, we got all the major broadcast network signals coming out of NYC and northeastern New Jersey since they were mega powerful.
So our tv reception was a fuzzy picture for the major tv networks(CBS/ABC/NBC/PIX)and also for the NY PBS station, WNET.
PBS was a lifesaver back then before we had a VHS player.
Hours of kid-friendly shows for my toddlers, including Sesame Street.

And once we could afford the tape player we bought kid tapes, including a whole boatload of Sesame Street shows since that is what there was and what the kids liked.

#1 son loved Elmo and The Count.
Daughter was all about Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster.

Here is one of my Daughter's favorite parts from one of those Sesame Street tapes we had.

Sluggy

2011 Review Extravaganza ....January to March

I'm taking part in this 2011 Review Extravaganza from over at Mimi's Place, Living in France.
Here is the link to The Rules.
If you want to take part go read the rules and then link up each Friday in December.
And to read the folks participating, go click on the Button on my side bar.

Onward to my 1st Review of 2011...the Jan. through March months.

JANUARY
I talked about my Goals for 2011.
I talked about rebating.
I shared fun musical clips.....well at least "I" thought they were fun!
I celebrated not only my Birthday but my 1000th Post!
I held a big  Birthday Celebration Giveaway which lasted a whole month.
I complained about our region's crappy coupon inserts.
I conducted a Christmas Spending Autopsy.
And I did A LOT of Free Rite-Aid shopping!

Moving on to FEBRUARY....It was NOT a stellar month!

I just felt taken advantage of by everyone in my life and was feeling a tad low.
I way over spent on the Food Budget.
Daughter got into all 5 of  the Colleges she applied to and I was having "fun" dealing with paperwork and bureaucratic stuff.
My Mother-in-Law passed away and I provided comic relief at the Funeral.
I did more large scale Rite-Aid shopping and held 2 more Giveaway.
If people didn't think I was 'weird' enough, I proved I was even Stranger than they could imagine.
I spent an entire post explaining How to Do Rite-Aid.....ok, so this post was really for Mark. lol
I talked about how with spending frugally and couponing I was able to Save Money & Give to Local Charities.
I blogged about January's result for the $32K Savings Challenge for 2011.

March
I talked about my murderous thoughts toward small rodent like creatures.
I showed y'all my long ignored sewing pile and my stockpile.
I was classically random in this Post.
And I first wrote about my year long purging attempts Here.  Seeing Mark declutter was the final UMPH I needed to kick my butt into gear.  Thanks buddy!

So looking back over the 1st 3 months of 2011, how are you feeling about it now?
Most of mine?....I am glad it's over with and I don't want to go back there.
How about you?
Are you in a better place emotionally, physically, financially and/or spiritually now?
I hope so!

Sluggy

Stop!....Before You Use That Credit Card Again to Buy Christmas Gifts....

Step away from the credit cards and go get a free Mp3 on Dumping Debt from that guy that many folks who are climbing out of debt love to hate at one time or another-Dave Ramsey.
Whether you are on a strict rice and beans diet or not, get this free lesson from Dave through Jan. 31, 2012.
Go HERE and download it.
And the next time you whip out that credit card to buy just one more present you can't afford to pay off on the next statement, go listen to the lesson.
Maybe it will help you hold firm this Holiday Season and not spend beyond your means.

It couldn't hurt, right? 8-)

Sluggy