Using Coupons

I got all this food for  $24.84, there are 62 items:
20 cans cream style corn at .26 ea
20 cans whole kernel corn at .26 ea
2 mac and cheese at .50 ea
3 boxes Uncle Bens rice .49 ea with (3-$1 off coupons)
8 cans Rotel .17 ea with ( 2-$1 off on 4 cans coupon)
2 bags Chex Mix .49 ea with (2-$1off coupons)
1 16oz Kraft singles cheese .99
1 Colgate .23 with (1 - .75 off coupon)
1 French's Honey Mustard .49 with (1-.50 coupon doubled)
1 Frank's Hot Sauce .49 with (1-.50 coupon doubled)
1 Velvetta Shell's and Cheese $1.19 ea
1 Sobe Power Punch .50
1 reuseable grocery bag $1.25

They are having a great sale at Krogers right now, I have not seen Del Monte veggies for .26 a can ever, now this is a mix and match 10 items but so what.

Now some might wonder what am I going to do with 40 cans of corn, I stockpile these they have a shelf life till 1/13/13 so they are no bad any time soon. Saturday me and Peggy were in there and I got 6 packs of 16oz kraft sliced cheese for .23 ea. they were on sale for .99 and I had a .75 off coupon per pack and Bar S hot dogs for .39 a pack. When I cash out and have saved 57% of my bill or better with coupons, it is just as good as winning on a slot machine or craps table, for me at least anyways.

Garage sale

We had a garage sale this weekend and it was really hot, luckly we have a carport and was in the shade. We had fans a going but then it just feels like that you are in a dryer. We got rid of a bunch of stuff for cheap. We will have another one when it cools down . We had some pretty good junk that we sold, and I have a lot more stuff that I don't need any more.

Wayne's Rent House

$1100 / 3br - 1817 sqft living area in Rowlett 3 bed, 2 bath

Rowlett house is 1617 sq. ft. with a 200 sq. ft garage conversion added to it giving it a total of 1817 living space, sitting on a corner lot with considerable landscaping bushes.
It has a 180 sq. ft. covered deck and a 25’x30’ carport with a 8’ privacy fence and a 1 car garage.
It has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a formal dining room, living room, kitchen/breakfast room and a 200 sq. ft. room that has been used as a living room, game room, office and a bedroom.
Formal dining area has a mirored wall.
The flooring was updated in June 2010, repainted in March of 2009.
There are ceiling fans throughout the house.
House is all electric.
House is available for immediate move in.
Requires a deposit of $1050.
House is located 1/2 a mile south of Miller Rd, 5 minutes from Dalrock, 10 minutes from I 30 to the south and 66 to the north.
Herforth Elementary School is 1/2 a mile away

http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/apa/2277561728.html

We got up early and went down to the creek and we both used minnows, we had 12 keepers here. We caught about 40 , most were crappie and under 10" so we had to throw them back, not much to eat on a fish that size. We are going back this afternoon/evening

Fishing In The Creek

We went fishing in the creek this afternoon when I got off of work, I met Morgan there as Peggy had dropped him off. I had picked up 2 dozen minnows he caught 6 keepers and I got 2. He likes using minnows, I don't. I guess I should quit being so hard headed and use them.

We didn't get enough for a good meal so we will have to go tomorrow or Sunday, good thing time will change.

Birthdays Are Time For Reflection

From left to right: Donna, Mark, Barbee, Mother

It was my birthday last week , and on my birthdays I tend to think back on some old memories. Well I thought that I should put some of these old school pics out here. So here is my brother with a couple of friends.

We always had a little get togeather at my house at Christmas time, Good Time's and Good Friends

We would always go to the Guadalupe River on the Memorial Day weekends, we would raft, canoe, ride in inner tubes.I did this for about 13 to 14 yrs in a row.

Me and these two guys have been friends for many years, I learned to shoot a bow from Link, which I still do today, and I have been trying to get Morgan to shoot but he just hasn't had the desire to shoot much, so I don't push. I figure he will come around someday.

Here are some more of my friends, Eddie,the guy wearing the Mack truck hat, passed away in the summer of 09. We were friend for many years starting around 1974, Eddie and his brother passed within days of each other, Eddie from complications of diabetes, and Eloy from some kind of cancer. Well I hoped you enjoyed some of the pics, I know some who are in them might.





Monday After Superbowl

Well it is the Monday after the Superbowl and a week of ice. I really do not know how those folks up north deal with the cold and cabin fever, better them than me. So let's talk a little football shall we. Halftime sucked, it should have been a country show being's how it was in Texas, what were the planners thinking, halftime is for the fans, enough about that. As far as the game went, it was pretty good, and I am glad that Pittsburgh lost. Now let's talk ice, the week pretty well sucked also. If the weather would have been like it should have been , North Texas would have hosted a really successful  Superbowl and we would have got all the out of towners money. Now that's not to say that it doesn't snow and have ice storms in February because we do.

Snowed In

Feb. 1 2011 Ice storm who would have thought it, well I would. All one has to do is live here in Dallas for 40 years and they can figure it out. I got up to go to work and was driving in it at 5:30am and it was not really that bad, I was at the Walmart on I30 in Rockwall, that is where i meet the guy I carpool with.

 He didn't show up so I called him and he was already downtown as he got a call to be in early in case of any water pipe busts (he is a plumbing supervisor) and he said that it was pretty bad out there, so I decided that I didn't need to go to work that bad as I don't make enough to cover the deductible in case I am in a accident.

I decided to gas up but the gas was $2.95 a gallon up from $2.82 last night, so I went to Tom Thumb's ($2.81) in Rowlett got gas then went into Tom Thumb and got  some bread and Dr.Pepper's and when I got on 66 to go back to Rockwall the road had about 2" of icy slush and it was getting worst.

With the sorry road conditions and cold temperatures, this will put a damper on the Superbowl festivities, hopefully we will get back to the weather that is easier to travel and party in.

Game Day

Well I shall try not to ramble much. The teams have been set for the Superbowl, Green Bay and Pittsburgh, although I don't care for either one of them it is here in Dallas showcasing Cowboys Stadium (aka Jerry's World). this should really be interesting around here for the next couple of weeks. I just hope the weather holds out and we don't get any ice. Party On.

Another good thing about the game is that there are good grocery coupons, and it will be time to stock up on a few things.

Well one more thing, today is my son's birthday, he is 16, it is a scary age for me. He is a good kid, he loves to hunt and fish and play his PS3. He has a small 12' aluminium v-bottom jon boat with a 10hp motor on it.