Spring Cleaning

Today I was a total housewife & spent 90% of the day cleaning. I washed & folded about 6 loads of laundry. With two people in the house, it is amazing that we have that much laundry, but I change clothes a lot. I wear scrubs to work most of the time, then my workout clothes, my pajamas, and then my normal blue jeans and t-shirts. I wash Shane's pants just about every day too, he usually comes home with grease and grossness on them from work. I washed our bed sheets, pillows, etc. I did a load of dishes and cleaned up the bathrooms & I even managed to vacuum the whole house. It's amazing how dirty our floors get with 5 animals. I cleaned out all four litter boxes (grossness again). I really wish I could train my cats to use the toilet, it would be amazing & save so much money on litter.

Speaking of saving money, I'm on a total couponing binge now. I watch the show on TLC all time & I want to be just like them when I grow up (but maybe less of a stock pile). My first "couponing high" was about a month ago. I set a budget for myself no more than $150 for about a month's worth of groceries. Now for two people in the house it shouldn't be that hard to do, but my husband eats as if the end of the world is coming. So I printed off coupons on line (thank you smartsource.com) & got some vendor coupons from websites. Now I told myself "if I already have some at home....I'm not creating a stock pile." I made sure to get coupons for things we eat a lot of: veggies, cereal, Tyson chicken nuggets, yogurts, bread, etc. I also used the store's weekly circular to get some things like the "Rice Sides" packets for 5/$5 and such. My original total before coupons & my discount for re-usable bags was around $197, after all of my coupons were scanned and my bag discount was given my total was: $133.54. It felt AMAZING to save that much. Not nearly as good as the women on TV, but hey it's a start. That's about a tank a gas for my husband's truck, or 2 tanks of gas for me.

I want to keep couponing (but not to the extreme of the TV people), especially since the price of everything is getting to be ridiculous.

Also, I'm addicted to this new blog: http://orgjunkie.com
One of my new year's resolutions was to get more organized. I've gotten myself a planner and I write down everything!! I write down daily/weekly to-do lists in a spiral notebook, put due dates for my school assignments in my planner, and even track my running and cycling in a daily running log. Now I just need to get other things organized: my craft things, coupons, pet food, Christmas things, clothes, etc. I'm hoping this new site can help me out, I just discovered it today.

Some good news:
School is coming to an end :)))) I'm already registered for the summer & fall, so if all goes as planned I should still be ready to apply for Vet school in the summer of next year.
Shane may be switching shifts at work, finally! We have been doing the whole "opposite shifts" things for a while now, it will be nice to have him home more often. :) & my birthday is coming up :) I'm looking forward to dinner and drinks with my husband and some friends :)

A Beautiful West Texas Morning

He loves car rides

Living Room

Fireplace

Picture wall, there will be a small table there soon too

Living room

My daily running log, I love it.

A-Z of me :))

A. Age: 21 I turn 22 in less than 2 weeks.

B. Bed size: Queen

C. Chore you dislike: Folding Laundry!

D. Dogs:The wonderful Hankers!

E. Essential start to your day: Kissing the hubby good morning

F. Favorite color: Pink

G. Gold or silver: Silver or white gold. 

H. Height: 5'6''

I. Instruments you play(ed): None

J. Job title: Veterinary Technician

K. Kids: 5 furry legged children

L. Live: Amarillo

M. Mom’s name: Margarget

N. Nicknames:Megs

O. Overnight hospital stays: none! *knocks on wood*

P. Pet peeves: Too many to write

Q. Quote from a movie: "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

R. Righty or lefty: Righty

S. Siblings: Amanda, John & James

T. Time you wake up: Mondays- 6:45am Tuesday & Thursday 6:00am Wednesday 9am Friday: 8am

U. Underwear: whatever I grab out of the drawer that day!

V. Vegetables you don't like: Brussel Sprouts

W. What makes you run late: Myself.

X. X-rays you’ve had: Teeth, wrist, knee

Y. Yummy food you make: I make lots of yummy foods :))

Z. Zoo animal favorites: Elephants

Things are a changing

So we have been in our new fabulous house for about 2 months now. Things are still in boxes, but life is going smoothly. My mom came to visit for a few days while I was on spring break from school. She drove out here with our dog, Hank (He was staying with my mom since we lived in a tiny tiny apartment when we first moved to Texas). We managed to get some landscaping done while she was here, and she was able to rest and relax a bit before she drove back to Georgia.

School is going okay, I always have a million things to do (test, homework, lab practicals, papers). Not to mention working and going to the gym. Shane & I have been sick (stuffy nose, sore throat, cough, the whole nine yards) for the past week. Hubby is already feeling better, while I have a huge sinus headache for the past two days. So very very little has been accomplished (ie: laundry, dishes, cooking, homework, etc.)

& finally..... pictures:

Pictures in the hallway to our bedroom

Our master bedroom

Master bedroom

Master bathroom

Master bathroom

Picture wall in living room

Some landscaping my mom & I got accomplished.

New bushes, petunias, & tulips

New patio furniture from my mom.

Front view.

Front view

Tulips starting to bloom

Petunias & tulips starting to bloom.

Now some cute ones of our children:

Zed typically cries when we let Hank out, so we let Zed out with him.

They love to snuggle together

This is the look I get when I ask him "Hank, wanna go for a run??"

Hank loves the Stewy snuggie

Total bromance

& some randoms

Fruit pizza :)

New running shoes :)))

The day before, it was a high of 89*

I have sooooo much laundry to fold

& sooooo much laundry to wash

2 sick people in the house = lots of tissues!