Thanksgiving!

We got to have 2 Thanksgivings because my parents are so good to have it on a different day so we don't have to try to be in 2 places in the same day.
Thanksgiving with Nolan's parents was on Thursday. I decided to try to make homemade pumpkin pie from scratch with fresh pumpkin! I started to work on the pumpkins on Monday, and was finally done with the pie on Wednesday. I really blame Nolan for this because it was really his idea, but I decided to go along with it because my dad grew pumpkins in his garden this year, so it's not like I had to go and buy pumpkins especially for this. The pie actually turned out pretty good, but it wasn't any better than the canned stuff so I probably won't bother next time. I also made another dessert that had cream cheese and chocolate pudding. It turned out though that Nolan's mom made a very similar dessert! So at his parent's house we had two pumpkin pies and two chocolate cream cheese dessert. Dinner was around 2pm, and NOlan only ate 1 plate of food. But as the night went on I actually had dessert 3 times! We had a lot of fun with Nolan's family and Iliana is certainly spoiled with attention whenever we are over there.
Thanksgiving with my parents was on Sunday. We didn't eat until around 6pm because we had to wait until everyone was out of church. My dad likes to make a lot of food, so he did his traditional 3 turkeys. We also tried to do a sit-down dinner with all of us! It worked out ok. Of course we also had to have many martinellis to satisfy everyone's sparkling cider thirst. I had made a chocolate truffle pie, and orange glazed beets. And Iliana got to wear her new Christmas dress. Hanging out with my family was a lot of fun.

Oliver at 18 months and Iliana at 2 months

The other day I took both kids in for Doctor's appointments.
Here's how Oliver is doing:
weight: 27 lb 8.9oz (71%)
height: 2' 9.5" (80%)

Here's how Iliana is doing:
weight: 11lb 1.6 oz (58%)
height: 23" (75%)

Both kids look healthy!

Hospital stay with Iliana

This is what I wrote in the hospital the last night we were there after Iliana's surgery. It is pretty scattered, and not thought out. I just wrote. (And I was pretty sleep deprived at this point)

Oct. 2, 2010
I am at the hospital while my daughter recovers from heart surgery. Nolan is working on homework and doing laundry so I'm by myself. It really began on Monday, September 27. Iliana was starting to act funny on Saturday and Sunday. She was extra sleepy and not eating well. By Monday she would not eat at all. So we brought her to the emergency room. There she was poked and prodded about a million times because they could not get a line in her veins. After many tests, echoes, x-rays, and blood tests, it was discovered that she had a congential heart defect. A coarctation of the aorta. Which means that her aorta was so narrow that blood could not flow to the lower half of her body. At home, her body temperature had dropped to 95 degrees. Terrified I called Mom to take Oliver so we could take her. Nolan sat in the back with Iliana to make sure she didn't stop breathing while I drove as fast as was safe. Throughout everything I was so scared that she would die that I could not stop crying. Luckily Nolan was a stoic man and stood by my side to keep me calm. And then I learned that she could die, and I was even more scared. Monday night she got transferred to the UC DAvis Medical Center. But before she left, Nolan, Matthew, and my dad gave both her and me blessings. I really don't remember what was said and I really didn't feel better right away. Then they took her away and Nolan rode in the ambulance. I got scared again when they turned the sirens on. Sarah drove me to the other hospital. Matthew drove our car. Melissa, Sarah, and Mom have really stood by my side throughout this whole thing. I couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if she died. All the cute clothes she didn't get to wear and the tiny casket at the funeral. But mostly I kept thinking how long both of our families had waited for her and now we got one and God was going to take her back. But I knew that through God's plan she would always be our daughter. It's really hard not to cry even just writing this down. (Even typing it now, is making me cry again) Monday night she got settled in and they had her sedated and her poor face was just covered in tape. The only thing that happened that night was that her breathing tube came out and she had 5 or 6 people around her to get it back in. I stayed at the hospital that night, and Nolan went home to sleep. Tuesday came and it was just a day of talking to nurses, doctors, and surgeons. They said that they wouldn't even know what kind of surgery she would have until the next morning, and that they surgery might not happen til the next week. When they told me that I started to cry all over again. How could I wait a week for them to fix my daughter. Then recovery could take as long as 3 weeks in the hospital! I got so discouraged at that point, and Nolan's paternity leave was ending this week. Later that day they told me that she might have the surgery the next day, Wednesday. Then it turned into a definite surgery on Wednesday, woohoo! I went home that night to sleep while Nolan stayed. But I came back early to hear what the docs said after they had a conference about her. They saw that her VSD was already smaller and so they would only operate on her aorta and would not have to open her chest and heart. Her incision would be on her back. With that surgery, recovery could be as short as a week to 10 days. Woohoo! less time at the hospital. So she went into surgery around 3pm Wednesday afternoon. Mom, Melissa, Sarah, Nolan and I sat in the waiting room and kept ourselves busy while the docs kept us updated. The surgery went perfectly! They said it took longer to get a line in her than it took to do the actual procedure. Now, when they do an operation you have to sign consent forms for both the anesthesia and the operation. The funny thing that happened was that we had signed the operation consent form Wednesday morning but we didn't sign the anesthesia consent form until she was actually in the operating area. Like we would want her to go through this awake! Also, choices are much easier when they are a matter of life or death, which in this case they were. They brought her back to her room, got her settled in, then we were allowed to see her. She was hooked up to so many things that I couldn't even really see her. That night we were visited by Emily, and Matthew and Hillary. Nolan and I decided to both go home tht night since she was so sedated that we would be of no help. When we got back on Thursday they had already taken the breathing tube out. That day was just more talking and testing. I eventually got to try to give her some glucose water which she didn't really like. That night she was alert and awake and crying. But there was nothing I could do but hold a pacifier in her mouth. I stayed that night and Nolan went home. Around 4 am she finally went to sleep after a dose of morphine. So I got some sleep too, just to be woken up again at 6 am to talk to docs again. They told me I could feed her and hold her. (This was Friday morning) So I fed and held her and she went right to sleep. This was great because they had talked of her needing a feeding tube but we didn't at all. If it's one thing my kids can do, its eat. Friday was a super recovery day. They took her off IV meds and switched to oral, she got to eat all day, and the doctors even said she could possibly go home the next day, Saturday. The nurses however, know how much is really involved in discharging a patient and knew it would probably not happen. She looked better and better as the day went on. That night Melissa and Sarah stayed with her so Nolan and I could sleep. Melissa kept me updated. It was decided to keep her another day so the could see how she did without blood pressure medication, so they wouldn't have to send her home with it.

10/3/2010
Saturday was just another day of waiting. We got moved out of one PICU to another. The other PICU is where less serious kids go. We no longer had a private room but at least we had a window. We stayed there a while until they moved us again out of the ICU altogether. At Midnight. We were moved to another non-private room, but no window this time. Now it's Sunday morning and we are just waiting and waiting. All the paperwork takes a very long time. But her recovery has been so short we never thought we would ever go home this early. But they always say never believe it until you're in the car.

Iliana's birth

I have some stories to tell that I haven't done yet so I'll be trying to catch up, especially since I can't find my journal right now, so I'll have to treat this as my journal until I find it.

Iliana was born on Thursday, September 16, 2010. The night before I was craving donuts so bad. I was talking to my sister Melissa about it on Facebook, and she told me I should just go to the 24 hour donut place that was kind of far away. I decided just to go in the morning before Nolan went to work (since we only had one car). So at 5 in the morning (I told you I wanted them!) I got dressed and went. I came home and got Nolan up for work, and he said that he felt apprehensive for some reason, but I said that everything was fine, and that he needed to go to work. So he left and I stayed up and ate my donuts, and worked on some typing for Nolan's homework (he did all the work, I just happen to type faster than him). While I was typing I kept feeling like I needed to go to the bathroom, but then I couldn't go. This went on for a while, and it would come and go at regular intervals. Then I realized that I was probably in labor (This was around 7am). So I tried to wait the hour that they say to wait before you call or go to the hospital. In the meantime I called Nolan's mom, who was going to watch Oliver, and e-mailed Nolan, but told him not to come yet since I hadn't called the hospital. I tried calling my mom but couldn't get a hold of her. By 7:45 the contractions were less than 5 minutes apart so I called the hospital, and based on how I sounded on the phone they told me to come in. I e-mailed Nolan again and told him to come home fast and now! So I wondered around in between contractions making sure we had everything we needed for the hospital, each contraction feeling worse than the last. After over an hour Nolan and his mom both showed up at the same time. I had finally gotten a hold of my mom and let her know waht was going on. I told her to finish what she was doing since I figured I still had plenty of time (I had only been in labor for a couple of hours). By the time Nolan got home, however, the contractions were less than a minute apart, and I was feeling nauseous, and hot. Nolan got me to the car, then went back to get the bags and Oliver into his Mom's car. Then we were off, I knew in my head that if there was any traffic at all, I could possibly have this baby on the side of the road. So I had the cell phone close by ready to call 911 if needed. Luckily, there was no traffic at all for 9 in the morning on some major freeways on a Thursday morning. We got to the hospital in record time, the whole time I was telling NOlan all the things I wanted when we got there. I wanted drugs right away, and a wheel chair since there was no way I was walking. We drove up to the valet, demanded a wheel chair, left all bags in the car, and went running. We got to the emergency room entrance went in, where the receptionist pointed to the door we needed to go through (it was pretty obvious I was deep in to labor, screaming and everything) and yelled for someone to open it for us. Then we had to wait at the elevator, since labor and delivery is on the second floor. We got to the entrance where we had take the phone off the wall and be allowed in. I grabbed the phone, yelled "Mary storz" and the door immediately opened. We get to that desk where they try to ask the preliminary questions, but then realized it was too late. So one of the ladies said, "Get her to a room now!" We got to a room, I stood up and they said "We have to get this gown on you." So I stripped down right in the middle of the room in front of everyone and got the gown on and laid on the bed. I told them I wanted drugs as soon as possible but they said I had to be checked first. So they checked me and I was already at an 8 and my water hadn't even broken yet. They said an epidural wouldn't work and it was too late, so I asked for narcotics, and they tried to get that but they decided it would be better just to break my water and get the baby out. I told them to just give me a placebo and I would convince myself that it was really drugs, but they didn't go for that. So they broke my water, which pretty much put me at a 10, and I started pushing, and pushing. Oh, my gosh, it was agony! I was gripping whatever I could find, and screaming with each push. Finally (ok so it wasn't that long) Her head came out. Then they told me I had to push again to get the shoulders out, and I remember thinking to myself, "what? I didn't have to push to get Oliver's shoulders out!" So one more push and she was out, then I heard the words that it was a girl, and I thought, good, so I'm not crazy (I was pretty sure it was a girl but so many people made me doubt). Then cutting of the umbilical cord, which Nolan will not do, and then I had to push again for the placenta! I swear, once the baby is out, there should be no more pushing! They placed her on my chest, without cleaning her up at all, and I knew right then that I loved her so much! The first thing I said to her was "I love you already." So we began to make phone calls. My mom was in the parking lot when Iliana came out, so she was with us right away, but had missed the birth. The nurses took care of the all the post partum stuff, stitching, cleaning, pushing on my uterus, etc. Oh, the stitching hurt so much! And she took to nursing right away! The nurses were all impressed. My mom went and got us some food, because after all that I was starving! Nolan went and got the bags out of the car so we could finally take some proper pictures, and we signed the papers that you are supposed to sign BEFORE you have the baby. Her stats: 8lbs 8oz, 20 1/2 inches, Apgar scores of 9. Beautiful baby girl! We had some visitors in the evening; Melissa, Sarah, Daniel, and Ashley, and received baby girl clothes to take her home in. That night we just spent time together, and tried to sleep, but she would not let me! Finally at 3 am I called the nurse and asked them to take her to the nursery so I could get some sleep. So they did, and I finally got to sleep. they brought her back fast asleep. That next morning we just waited to go home. My parents both visited and we took some pictures of course. They checked to make sure, we were both ok. One nurse thought she heard a heart murmur, but then a pediatrician stopped by and didn't hear it. (that nurse was right by the way! In a major way) So we went home, and Nolan's parents brought Oliver home and they got to meet their new granddaughter, with more pictures of course! I love pictures. And we had more visitors throughout the day. That is not the end of the story however!To be continued...

Nursery

Yesterday was Oliver's first official time in Nursery at church. He's been a couple of times, but now is actually old enough to go. I found myself wanting to go in there with him so I could see how he interacts with the kids. I found myself not wanting to miss anything cute he might do. I love my little man so much! I'm also so glad to be a stay-at-home mom, and to have a husband who supports us.

OLiver at one year

Oliver had his one year appointment today. He got 5 shots, and also had blood drawn. By the end he was not a happy camper. I also had a prenatal appointment. We were at the hospital for 2 1/2 hours. Wait time: 1 1/2 hours, and not at the lab, but for the appointments that we already had scheduled! But we got through it and here are his stats:

weight: 24lb 2oz (61%)
height: 31 3/4in (89%)
head size: 18.5 in (60%)

Oliver is a great walker, and jabbers all the time! The words we've word him say so far are, "up, and mommy." He loves to tackle daddy whenever he lays on the floor, and is so ticklish. He loves to dance to music, and of course still loves food!

Tummy baby is doing fine with a good heartbeat. Since there was no ultrasound today, I wasn't tempted to find out what we were having. It's still a surprise! I'm almost up to the same weight as when I got pregnant.

That's all!

Mother's Day and Oliver's Birthday

One week ago my little man turned 1 year old. We had his birthday at Matthew and Hillary's house since they have a large enough yard to hold everyone. This was a hard day for me because I woke up with one of the worst migraines I've had in a long time. I had wanted to make Oliver's cake myself, and I wanted to spend the afternoon just playing with him. I did get the cakes baked for his birthday, but never did get around to frosting them (even with Nolan home to help me) and instead of playing with OLiver that afternoon, I sent him off with my mom. I had to enlist the help of my terrific oldest sister to get him a cake. At least Nolan got to take him to the park in the morning. By the time of the party I was feeling well enough to actually leave my couch and join the party. My SIL was great enough to take pictures for me.





Nolan made a pinata for the party. He wanted it to be as indestructible, but still breakable as he could. So there were two layers of cardboard, separated by wooden dowels to support the entire structure. We didn't even bother with blindfolds, and everyone who went at it got 3 hits as hard as they could. The person to break it? Grandpa Jensen.

So, since Oliver loves food, I thought that he would just dig into his cake and make a huge mess. Nope, he decided that he would rather just pick off the M&Ms and eat those instead of the cake. As you can see he was very careful just to get the M&Ms.

I've decided to copy my sister, and ask to get family portraits done for Mother's day. Mother's day happens to coincide with OLiver's birthday, so we did both family portraits and first birthday pictures. My favorite out of these 3 is the "E" photo.

I love the pictures! I can't wait til they're ready for pick up! I am so excited to do this each year.

grocery deals: april 21-april 27

Here are the grocery deals of the week. But first, Safeway has new coupons to download onto your safeway card. There are a lot of good deals at Safeway this week that match up with coupons. If you've been downloading coupons for a while, then you should have enough to stack some deals.

FoodsCo
potatoes: $.97 for 10lb bag
Yoplait yogurt: $.50 each
Maruchan instant lunch cups: $.25 each
Hostess twinkies, cupcakes or hohos: $2 each
Breyers ice cream: $2.50 each
Michelina's budget gourmet classic entrees: $.49 each
Kroger value vegetables or T.J. farms fries: $.98 each

Safeway
pepsi or 7-up 2 liter bottles: $.69 each (Saturday and Sunday only)
Golden Grain pasta: $.79 each (Saturday and Sunday only)
Naval oranges: $2.99 8lb bag (Saturday and Sunday only)
LOndon Broil: $1.99 lb
Fresh Express shreds, spinach, or salads: $1 each
red seedless grapes: $.86 lb
Lucerne milk: $2.25 each when you buy 2
General Mills Cinnamon Toast crunch: $2 (downloadable coupon $.55 off one)
Sun Chips: $2.99 each (downloadable coupon $1 off one)
Nature VAlley granola bars: $2.50 each (downloadable coupon $1 off two)
Delimex Taquitos: $6.99 (in-ad coupon) (downloadable coupon $3 off) final price: $3.99
Chef Boyardee pasta: $1 each
Green Giant canned vegetables: $.79 each (downloadable coupon $1 off three)
Betty Crocker Specialty potatoes or hamburger helper: $.99 each (downloadable coupons $.75 off three hamburger helper, $.40 off one potatoes.)

Savemart Supermarkets
Iceberg lettuce: 3 for $.99
Tomatoes on the vine: $.97 lb
General Mills Cereal: $1.49 each (must buy 4)
El Monterey Burritos family pack: $1.99 (in-ad coupon)
boneless skinless chicken breasts: $1.99 lb.
Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks: $1.49 each (must buy 4

Raley's and BelAir
12 pack 7-up: B2 G2 free
Breyers ice cream: 2 for $5
Bisquick: $.99 (20 oz)
Betty Crocker baking mix pouches: $.99 each

Happy Shopping!

grocery deals: april 14-april 20

Here are the grocery deals for the week. But first a shopping tip: don't be afraid to buy meat in the value packs. Just make sure to separate the meat into meal sized portions before you freeze it. When I buy hamburger, I buy the value packs, then come home and divide it into 1 lb packs, wrap it in plastic wrap then freeze them. write the dates on the packages so you know when you bought them. I buy value packs of chicken breasts, then put 1 breast into each ziplock sandwich bag, then freeze. It makes pulling out, and thawing meat for dinners easy and simple.

Safeway
Safeway frozen boneless skinless chicken breast: $1.67 lb (sold in a 4lb bag)
Eating Right boneless skinless chicken breast: $1.99 (value pack)
Duncan Hines cake mix: $.99 each
Safeway premium bread: $.99 each
Safeway hickory smoked thick sliced bacon: $1.99 lb (sold in a 3lb package)
Cantalope: $.39lb
Doritos:BOGO free
12 pack 7-up cool packs: Buy 2 get 2 free

Savemart SuperMarket
beef chuck roast:$1.67 lb
red seedless grapes: $.87 lb
ground beef:$1.99 lb (max pack)
campbells tomato and chicken noodle soup: $.50 each
VO5 shampoo or conditioner: $.69 each (in-ad coupon)
Pillsbury dough (crescent rolls, cinnamon rolls, etc.): $.99 each

Raleys and BelAir
Tri Tip roast: $2.47 lb (limit 1 package)
Sweet white corn (cob): $.27 each (limit 12)
Fresh Express garden salad: $.97 each (12 oz)
cucumbers: $.59 each
Yoplait yogurt cups: $.45 each
Fresh boneless skinless chicken breasts and thighs: $2.49lb (not the best price this week, but not bad if you don't want to drive somewhere else.)

FoodsCo
Mangos: 2 for $.98
pork spareribs: $1.37 lb
fresh chicken breasts (on bone): $.99lb
Crisco cooking oil: 2 for $5 (48 oz)
Ansera long grain rice: $1.98 (5lb bag)
sara lee classic white or wheat bread: $1.98 each

Viva Supermarket
New York steak: $2.99 lb (valu pack)
twin pack whole chickens: $.79 lb (Thurs. it's only $.69lb)
boneless skinless chicken breasts and thighs: $1.59 lb

Happy Shopping!

Oliver's almost walking

My little guy has been getting better and better at standing on his own, and yesterday he finally took a step on his own. I expect him to really start walking any time now.

grocery deals: april 7 to april 13

Hi, here's the grocery deals for this week.

FoodsCo
Strawberries: $.97 for 1lb
Fresh boneless pork sirloin end chops or roast: $1.47lb (family pack)
Blue Ribbon rice: $7.98 for 25lbs
Tropicana Fruit punch: $.98 each
Popsicle Big Stick or Ice Pops: 5 for $5

Safeway (new coupons available to download onto card)
Safeway boneless skinless chicken breast: frozen in a 4lb bag, $1.67 lb (Saturday and Sunday only)
Smithfield bacon: $1.99 each (16oz) (Saturday and Sunday only)
Foster Farms split chicken breast: $.99 lb (value pack)
Iceberg lettuce: $.48 each
Green seedless grapes: $.98 lb
Lucerne large eggs 18ct.: BOGO free
Yoplait yogurt: $.50 each (print coupon $.50 off 6, download another coupon to make it a total of $1 off 6. so buy 6 for only $2.)
Quilted Northern Bath tissue: $10.99 24 double rolls (in-ad coupon)
Hot pockets: $1.50 each (in-ad coupon)
Yoplait Go-gurt: $2 each
Huggies or pampers diapers: $7.99 jumbo pack (in-ad coupon)
7-up 12 pack: $2.49 each (in-ad coupon)
Campbells condensed soup (chicken noodle and tomato): $.50 each
Safeway breads: $1.50 each (regular and breakfast)

Raleys and BelAir
Jif Peanut butter: $1.49 17.3 to 18oz (in-ad coupon)
Keebler chips deluxe cookies, town house crackers, grahams or sandwich bites: $1.88 each (in-ad coupon)
Tillamook Chunk Cheese: $5.99 2 lbs (in-ad coupon)
Ground beef 80%lean: $1.97 lb (3 lbs or more)
Boneless skinless chicken breasts: $1.87 lb
Hot pockets: $1.49 (must buy 5)
pasta or rice-a-roni: $.88 each
Michelinas budget gourmet: $.89 each

Happy shopping!

Grocery deals: March 31 to April 6

Well, this week doesn't have the biggest deals, but I'll let you know what the best prices are anyway. I've discovered that great deals come about every 3 weeks or so. I'm adding in ham prices since many people traditionally have ham on Easter, which is this Sunday!

Safeway
Safeway smoked whole or shank half ham: $.97 lb (limit 2
Safeway spiral sliced ham: $1.67 lb (limit 2)
LUcerne ice cream: $2.50 each
Strawberries: $1.50 lb.
Betty Crocker Cookie pouches: $1.69 each (You can always find coupons to download onto your card, and print ones online)
12 pack Coca-Cola, Pepsi or 7-up: buy 2 get 2 free (for 5 days only)

FoodsCo
Cantalope: 3lbs for $.99
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.77lb
Kroger shredded or chunk cheese: 2lb $4.98
Tree top apple juice: 3 for $5
Nabisco wheat thins, ritz crackers: $1.98 each
Yams: 3lbs for $.99
Avocados: 3 for $.99
Baking size potatoes: $.25 lb

Raleys and BelAir
12 pack coca-cola: $2.39 each when you buy 4 (limit 4)
Dreyer's ice cream: $2.50 each
Raleys spiral sliced ham: $1.57 lb (limit 1)
Martinellis sparkling cider: $1.89 each
Del Monte pineapple: $1.57 each
Strawberries: BOGO free
Mission tortilla chips: $1.49 each
Michelinas entrees: $.89 each
Imperial margarine: $.50 each
Boneless skinless chicken breasts: $2.49 lb

Side notes: Target has eggs on sale til Sunday: $.99 for a dozen
Don't forget the great deals at Walmart this week. Look at the last post for details.

Happy shopping!

New Grocery Deals

New grocery deals! But first a shopping tip: I've been told by a couple of people that they can't find where to download the coupons on Safeway.com. You need to go to the links Shortcuts and Cellfire. These are the places where I download my safeway coupons. And they've just added more to the Cellfire link, so go there soon.

Walmart: Careful these prices are good from Sunday, March 28 to Sunday, April 4
Great Value Brown 'n Serve Rolls: $.88 (12 ct)
Green Giant Canned Vegetables: $.60 each
Great Value Butter: $1.50 (1lb)
Great Value Cream Cheese: $.50 (8 oz)
Fresh Strawberries: $2 (1 lb)

Safeway: prices good Wed. march 24- Tues. march 30
Safeway Hickory smoked bacon: $5.99 for 3 lbs. (Sat. and Sun. only)
Lucerne Large eggs: $.99 dozen (Sat. and Sun. only)
Fresh Foster Farms whole chicken: $.69 lb.
Broccoli Crowns: $.87 lb
Betty Crocker Cake or Traditional Brownie Mix: $.69 each. (must buy at least 4) ( I have 2 coupons on my safeway card for $.75 off each cake mix, so I bought 4 for $1.29)
12 pack pepsi or 7-up: Buy 2 get 3 free.
Progresso soups: BOGO Free (There are also coupons you download onto your card.
Safeway Select Artisan Cake slices: $.99 each.
Yoplait Delights 4-pack: $2.50 each (I had 2 coupons on my safeway card for $1 off each, which makes them $1.50 each.
Gold Medal Flour: $1.29 for 5lbs
Mix and Match: $75 each when you buy at least 4: products include: Hunt's pudding cups(Nolan loves to have these in his lunches), Rosarita Refried beans, Chef Boyardee pasta, Rice-a-Roni, etc. (see ad or website for all)

Foods Co:
Sweet Cantalope: 3lbs for $.99
Pork Spareribs or beef back ribs: $1.17 lb
Skippy Peanut butter: 2 for $3 (Buy 2 and get 32oz. Tropical Strawberry preserves for free)
Blue Ribbon rice: 5 lbs for $1.98
Michelinas budget gourmet classic entrees, or T.J. Farms shoestring fries: $.68 each
VO5 shampoo or conditioner: $.69 each

Raleys and BelAir
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.67 lb. (really good price so stock up)
Naval oranges: $.33 lb
7-up 12 packs: Buy 2 get 3 free.

Happy shopping!

Grocery deals this week

We have got some good deals this week: Wednesday Feb. 24 - Tuesday Mar. 2

Viva supermarket
Thursday only: Ground beef $.99 lb
Ground chicken: $1.59 lb

FoodsCo
10 lb bag Russet potatoes: $.98
Pork spareribs or beef back ribs: $1.17 lb
Tomatoes: $.57 lb
Fresh cucumbers: 4 for $1
Kraft Mac and Cheese: $.68 each
French bread: $.98
Carrots: 3lb for $.99
20lb bag, Blue Ribbon rice: $6.98

Safeway
Foster Farms whole chicken: BOGO free ($1.69 each)
Campbells Healthy Request Condensed soup: $1 each
Eating Right salad blends: BOGO free ($3.49 each)
(Saturday and Sunday only)
Jimmy Dean Bacon and Sausage: $1.99 each
Bananas: $.48 lb
Kraft Mac and Cheese: $.50 each (limit 4)

Raleys/ BelAir
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.67lb
Red Seedless grapes: $.95 lb
Glaceau vitamin water, Fuze, Smart water: 10 for $10

Happy Shopping!

Crazy Monday

So yesterday we had so much fun! ha ha. Our plan for the day was this. Go to my doctor's appointment. Meet the realtor to look at houses. Visit my brother-in-law and sister-in-law. Go grocery shopping. Come home. Have dinner. Go to bed.

This is how our day really went. Went to doctor appointment. Had to wait 45 minutes before I was seen. Call Nolan and tell him to just meet me at the first house we were going to see. Leaving hospital, Nolan calls and tells me that we're pushing the realtor appoinment back 30 minutes. Get home, grab Nolan and Oliver and leave. See 2 of the 3 houses. (not good houses) Start having car troubles. Need to eat lunch, so we go to Togos. Car is smoking at Togos, problem coming from power steering. We go inside because we need to eat anyways. Make lots of phone calls while we're eating. Wait for Nolan's dad to come get us. He follows us to sister's house so we can leave the car there for my brother-in-law to look at. Drive to Nolan's parents because the 3rd house is close to them. Leave Oliver, take my FIL truck to next house. Look at house, love it, 7 other people want it. Back to In-laws, chill, leave Oliver again, take truck to sister's house. Nolan works on computers, BIL looks at car. Replace power steering pump. So, Nolan and BIL go to buy parts, come back, Nolan works on computers more, eat dinner, pick up Oliver (BIL driving). BIL drives us home. Nice relaxing bath. Oliver finally to bed around 12 midnight. Hope to get car soon.

New grocery deals

Hi, it's been awhile, but life has been very busy. Shopping tip: wait to use your coupons when there is a sale, and save even more.

Grocery deals: Jan. 27- Feb. 2

Viva Supermarket
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.49 lb
Naval oranges: 4 lbs for $.99
Ground beef: $.99lb
Ground turkey: $1.49lb
Ground chicken: $1.59lb

Raley's and BelAir
Boneless, skinless chicken breasts: $1.77lb
Naval oranges: $.38lb
Campbell's tomato or chicken noodle soup: 2 for $.88
Nabisco oreo cookies: buy 2 get 2 free

Foodsco
Tree top apple juice: $1.78
Skippy peanut butter: 2 for $3
Fritos or Cheetos: 3 for $5
Naval oranges: 3lbs for $.99
Pork Spareribs: $.99 lb

Safeway
green seedless grapes: $.98 lb (this Saturday and Sunday only)
Russet potatoes: 10lb bag for $.99
3 selected pepsi products and 1 bag Tostitos Tortilla chips: $7.99
Golden Grain Pasta: $.75
Lucerne 18-count eggs: Buy one get one free.
Ragu pasta sauce: 4 for $5

Happy shopping!