Dropping like flies

3 are now down, with 1 saying he will probably be home early because he doesn't feel so well. Landon spiked a fever last night but managed to keep all of his sips of 7-up down. He fell asleep on he couch at 7:30 for a little bit - then finally went to bed around 9pm. He slept fine through the night, but this morning is coughing like he's been a smoker for DECADES!

Alex was next on the list with complaints of a stomach ache around 8 pm. We took a bucket into my room and he fell asleep in my bed around 8:15. I could hear it coming..... as Alex rolled over on to his belly (still asleep) BLAAAAAAHHHH. He woke up quickly, I grabbed the bucket and that little guy just kept going... We got him in the tub to clean up, I grabbed the OUST, Doug threw the sheets in the washer and we put new sheets on our bed. After the bath he fell back asleep. He slept good until 2:20 and 5:00 where he still had remnants that needed OUT.

Nick stayed up a little later, stayed up until 9:30. He gets up 10 minutes later and tells Doug that his stomach hurt. Within the hour, he was in the bathroom, letting it all out. That poor kid was still wretching at 1:20 am, fell asleep, woke up at 7:30 and let loose yet again! I think he got it the worse.

So to start my week, I have 3 kids home from school. 2 are lying on the couch still cradling puke buckets, 1 is starting to feel better and taking a bath. I had to call and reschedule a cleaning that I was to do today and see if Michele wanted to bring Michael a different day or bypass our house all together. I have been spraying OUST over everything and washing my hands like mad. I REALLY_ REALLY don't want to get sick. But like Michele said, at least it's before spring break and everyone got it at once.

1 down... 4 to go?

Well, it's here... Landon has been fighting a cold all week and finally this morning, the flu decided to settle in. He was doing good this morning, watched a little tv, took a bath, got dressed, was excited he was going to go to the Baker Youth Club with his dad and brothers. Had a quick bowl of Reese's Puffs cereal and then.... WHAMM-O..........he threw up all over the dining room floor. Poor thing. Got him to the bathroom to take a bath-- but first...................he does a round with the runs! He gets in the bathtub to get cleaned up and he seemed in pretty good spirits, no fever to speak of. After the tub, he tries a little 7-up and some saltines- he scarfs them down like its been days since he has eaten and the most that has happened is a few burps.

Next he gets the chills and can't get warm, so we get his blanket, pillow, puke bucket and some kleenexs'. He has been laying on the couch ever since and is starting to say he is tired and he is starting to feel warm.

Needless to say, I have sprayed almost every inch of the house with OUST disenfectant and washed up the dining room floor with lysol cleaner. iCrossing my fingers this doesn't last long and it does not spread like wild fire.

No tomato juice - BUT for $ 13.22 I got all of this....

6 Bars of Johnson's buddies soap
2 bottles of Lysol cleaner
2 bottles of Lysol toilet bowl cleaner
2 cans of Lysol bathroom wipes
1 bottle of Lysol spray cleaner
1 can of Oust spray
3 bags of Combos snacks
1 bag of Betty Crocker cookie mix
1 bag of Chex mix
2 2liters of Mountain Dew
1 8 pack of Dora yogurt
2 boxes of Pizza rolls
2 bags of precut salad mix
1 loaf of bread and
1 bag of teddy grahams
All of this came from Meijers. They were having a great dollar days sale and I had some coupons that Meijers DOUBLED! They even doubled the internet coupons. Needless to say, I will not need cleaning supplies for quite sometime-- but when you only pay .04 after sale and coupons for toilet bowl cleaner-- stock up!!
At one time, Meijers had lobbied to be built in the Warsaw area- their request was denied. What a shame! As a kid, I grew up with Meijer in Michigan- it was a fun store back then too- they had a Kids Oasis in the middle of the store- the Oasis is where you could go play while your mom shopped. They had the Purple cow, where you went to get ice-cream cones or floats. There were also the Ponies you could ride for 1 penny-- thankfully, Meijer still has these pony rides at their stores and they still only cost 1 penny. I like Meijer- I just don't like the fact that I have to drive 45 minutes away for their bargains. Sometimes its a wash, what I save in coupons makes up for what I spend in gas. But, if you're ever running over to Ft Wayne or Goshen, stop by Meijer's and check out their sale ad. Or check out their ad online before you head over and make a list. If nothing else, stop and let your kids ride the ponies for a penny!!

Marsh Madness

I had to pick up a few "loss leaders" at our local Marsh grocery store yesterday. I went in to get their HUGE boxes of Cinnamon Toast crunch cereal that was on sale 3 for 10 - but they were gone. :( So instead I picked up:

4 boxes of Reeses Puffs cereal

2 boxes of Raisin Bran

4 boxes of Pizza Rolls

2 SoBe Life waters

1 ctn of sour cream

2 loaves of bread

3 bananas

1 container of Easter Cookies

My total after all sales and coupons came to...................................................... $ 16.64

the bread, cookies and bananas were not on my list- if I had

not of purchased those my total would have been............................................ $ 11.79

I strayed away from my list and it cost me EXTRA $$$-- WHAT was I thinking? Oh yeah, I was thinking... do I want to run all the way across town to pick up 2 loaves of bread while I'm right here... Nick said he wanted some fruit, I'll just pick up a few banana's and... oh-- these Easter cookies are cute- Alex and Michael can have a cookie snack today AND their marked down to .99.......

RULE number : Stick to the list.

All in all though-- not bad, it was like paying the full 3.96 for 5 boxes of cereal and getting the rest for FREE! There wasn't much else at Marsh on sale, so I'm hoping that come tonight when the new ad comes out, I can pick up some more "loss leaders" for my pantry.

Now if someone would put cans of Tomato Juice on sale.......

Mr. Easter Bunny ??

We had a delightful Easter yesterday. The boys enjoyed their baskets, trinkets, money, candy and movies. They even had a little Easter egg hunt downstairs. It was a pleasant day with the kids going outside later in the afternoon to play. Dinner was yummy and having chocolate candy for dessert was just as yummy.
This morning I woke up tired from the sugar rush and realized that the Easter bunny had forgotten to place the kids' big chocolate bunnies in their baskets! WHAAT was he thinking. The boys overheard me telling Doug and now I am to call Mr. Easter Bunny and let him know what he forgot. Alex and Landon asked me to call this morning but I informed them, that I would have to call Santa Claus to get the Easter bunny's phone number. Today after lunch Alex reminded me that I still needed to call- I promptly told Alex that the Easter bunny is still resting from his late night trips and I would leave a message later this afternoon. I think that a quick note of apology and a chocolate bunny is very much deserved for these 3 boys.

BZZZZ-- can you hear it?

Ok, I signed up to be a Bzz agent just because I thought it looked like a fun program. Boy was I ever right on that one. Yesterday I received my first campaign for OUST air sanitzer (kills 99.9% germs) and was I ever SHOCKED at what I received. VIA UPS I received 2 full sized cans of OUST air sanitizer and 5 coupons for FREE cans to pass out to my friends, neighbors or anyone on the street. WHY so much??? WELL... word of mouth advertising in my opionion is cheap and after the goodies I received, I will spreadig the BZZ.. (word).
I have already bzzd 2 friends as to the OUST-- I will be giving them each a can of free product! Its time to spread the "love".

Up and running

I wish I was up and running- literally running that is- I yi-yi... excercise is needed around this house. the boys are growing restless with these wintery cold days and we want to be outside playing!! Baseball should beginning soon as well as soccer for Landon. Alex realy wants to play a sport, but is yet too young. Maybe when things pick up, weight will come off. hahahahahhhaa
ROTFL....