Update

Soon, I promise.

Potty Training

Potty training was a failure. It went good from Saturday until Wednesday when she had a complete meltdown. So for now I will wait until she shows signs of readiness again.

Potty Training

I started training my almost-18 month old daughter how to "pee pee on the potty" this weekend. I hope it works. That would be wonderful!

Down

It is amazing how much the sun (or lack thereof) affects my mood. Maybe the Lexapro isn't working out as well as I thought. Maybe I need to stop taking it and see how I feel.

I am so tired of feeling like shit. The number one factor of this feeling is this godforsaken job. The second factor is my weight. I am making an appointment with my primary doctor to talk about it and see what I can do to control it. I know that snacking is a huge problem. I caught myself eating last night out of boredom. I was the only one awake and I was reading. So of course, I was hungry. I ended up eating some cereal but I really wanted ice cream.

Everything is just going wrong lately. We've had a possible septic tank collapse. Just waiting on the final word from the septic company. My car is acting like crap and turned off on Friday when I was sitting still just holding the brake.

Sunshine and then rain

We had a gorgeous weekend with temps soaring into the high 80s and higher. Monday was b-e-a-u-t-iful and Tuesday was beyond perfect. Welcome summer!!!!! On Monday, it was actually warm enough that Alexis took a sprint through the sprinklers (Although, she had no idea what she was doing. It was comical.) when James was watering the lawn. I had no fear that she would be too cold and get sick. It was like 90 degrees out! Alexis and I spent Tuesday evening playing in the sandbox while James lounged in the hammock and watched us play. We probably looked like something from a 1950's family except with better looking clothes and more tattoos and piercings. And the funniest thing was when I picked up a caterpillar and Alexis wanted to hold it. So I put it on her hand and she LOVED it! I totally thought she would freak out.

And here it is - Wednesday. Cold as hell and randomly raining. Shit. We are back to late winter-early spring.

So I guess we will be playing inside tonight. Which is fine. I'm kind of tired of saying "turn around", "that's not your yard", "no, Baxter [the neighbors dog] isn't outside", "don't put that stick in your mouth"... you catch my drift. And playing inside gives me more time to read Breaking Dawn!

Just, like, whatever

I'm so tired of the rain. Are we noticing a trend here?

Well, today is bright and sunny and B-E-A-U-Tiful! And I'm stuck inside at work. It's a catch-22.

For those of you that don't know, I've started a frugal blog. The address is www.savershelley.blogspot.com. Coupon clipping is certainly an addiction. And luckily it helps my bank account instead of destroying it!

That being said, I need to destroy my bank account tonight and buy Alexis some new shoes. But I'll be going to Payless for that. I bought her shoes at Target last time and I think they run really small. There is no way she is fitting into a toddler size 6 already. She just went into size 5 and was in size 4's for months. Her dress shoes fit but her tennis shoes are pretty snug. Maybe I'll get lucky and they will be having some sort of sale.

Tax Day Freebies and Discounts

Some of these may not work in all areas!!!

P.F. Chang's China Bistro: 15% off your bill

T.G.I. Friday's: Spend $15-$25, receive a $5 gift card. Spend more than $25, receive a $10 gift card. Members of the 1,000-outlet chain's frequent-customer program also will get double points.

McCormick & Schmick: A $10.40 entree menu is available, and every taxpayer will receive a $10.40 dinner certificate for a future visit. Get more info here.

Papa John's: Through midnight tonight, consumers can enter "1040" as a promotional code at http://www.papajohns.com for a large, original crust pizza with up to three toppings for just $10.40.

Dunkin Donuts: Dunkin' Donuts is offering all customers a free doughnut with the purchase of any size cup of Dunkin' Donuts' hot coffee.

The McDonald's draw? Buy a Big Mac or a Quarter Pounder with Cheese at regular price, get the second for a penny

Chick-Fil-A: Make a purchase and save your receipt. Bring the receipt back within the next 30 days starting April 16 and you can get the same items free.

Walgreen's: 15 percent off online + contact lens orders. Use coupon code "TAXED." Good though April 20th.

•Free ice cream. MaggieMoo's Ice Cream and Treatery will give away single-scoop servings to customers at 200 stores in what it calls an "e-cone-omic ice cream stimulus package."

•Free sweets. Snack chain Cinnabon will give out Tax Day Bites, free bite-size cinnamon rolls usually known as Classic Bites, from 5 to 8 p.m. at its 700 outlets on tax day.

•Free tacos. At its 275 restaurants in the West, Taco Del Mar will run a promotion: "Taxes Suck. Tacos Don't." People can register at the Taco Del Mar website for an e-mailed coupon for a free tax day taco.

Baltimore area McDonald's will be giving away hot and iced McCafés on April 15th.

Subway - Free Cookie

Cinnabon - Free Classic Bites