Archive for April, 2011

Angelina Ballerina Birthday Party

We have friends whose girls turned 1 and 5 this month.  The party was based on the Angelina Ballerina books by Katharine Holabird.  A few years ago I found a brand-new set of Angelina books at Goodwill for under $7.  We gave them to Miss Petrie for Christmas and now Angelina is a favorite of [...]

Miss Petrie Deux’s New Look

Last week Miss Petrie Deux fractured her leg and is now in a cast.    We spent all day at the pediatric ER, which was quite an ordeal.  Miss PD kept squirming out of the casts and the doctors kept having to redo them. But as you can see, she’s over it. That’s what’s happening [...]

Keeping An Eye Out For These Items

I am on the lookout for a few items.  None of the items are needed immediately, but if I shop carefully for these things, I will get stellar deals. A winter coat for Miss Petrie in a size 5/6: Spring (and summer) are really good times to buy cold weather clothes on sale. A desk [...]

Steak and Brownies

This was a fun meal to make and eat.  We had steak with mushrooms and green onions and pasta alfredo. For dessert I made brownies (which I cut out with a circular cookie cutter) and topped them with fresh whipped cream. Looking at these pictures again, I wish I had leftovers! Good eating, friends.

Noble Ralph

Here is my middle dog child, Ralph.  He is a typical middle child peace-maker. He is a great dog. Happy Monday.

CVS Deals

I did some good shopping at CVS Drugstore this week.  Many of the coupon divas suggest shopping at drugstores for food items to take advantage of their door buster deals.  I have found some great deals, but I have not been able to zero out my bill to make everything free…yet.  It’s a system and [...]

A Visit With Cousin Annie

My cousin Annie came to visit us when Mr. Petrie was out of town.  We had such a great time.  My girls love her. Annie recently changed her diet to exclude gluten, so we went to some healthy restaurants and enjoyed fancy-schmancy Whole Foods.  The delicious food in the above photo is from Annapurna, a [...]

Target Sent Me a Gift

I opened my mail box today and found this sweet gift bag from Target.  I had signed up for this deal a few weeks ago and forgot about it.  What a nice surprise!  One of the best things about the gift bag is the $25 in Target coupons which I will be able to stack [...]

Studying Like Crazy

I’m here, just distracted by massive studying for my class.  I have a big project due on Tuesday.  Wish me luck! Happy Sunday.