Chronic Ama

Today I'm 35 weeks, 5 days as my doctor has me down, or 37 weeks as I'm measuring. My doctor is still convinced that I'm going to make it to September 15th. OK, fine, but what about having to go to L&D last week again for the 5345132156th time thus far? Oh, what happened? Yup, that's what my doctor asked. I let her know that I was having contractions every 2-3 minutes lasting from 30 seconds to 1 minute and the shot of Terbutaline didn't really help much. It stopped them for 20 minutes and then they started again. Plus, I was 1cm dilated. Not much, I know, but still. So, another shot, this time of Toridol. (I may be spelling these wrong, but at least you can still Google the names) It just made me not feel the contractions. The doc on call decided to give me a sleeping pill and send me home, but not until they checked my cervix again. Yup, still 1cm with no change. The nurse there seemed really concerned. She kept telling me that I needed to come back in the mor

Ham dinner under $20!!! I had a ham in the freezer from Easter time and I decided to finally make it and have some family over for dinner. The ham fed 5 with leftovers for lunch the next day and extra servings to freeze for another ham dinner down the road. Plus, the ham bone came in handy for a pot of beans. Here's how I did it: Spiral cut ham with glaze - $8.98 (on sale for $11.98 plus a Fry's coupon for their brand of ham) Mashed potatoes - FREE (betty crocker instant.... on sale for $1 and used a $.50 off coupon that doubled) Gravy - made from scratch.... ham drippings plus butter and flour.... two staples every cabinet should have... the flour was left over from Christmas when it was really cheap and I stocked up and the butter I got for $.79/4sticks on sale 3 packages of frozen vegetables - $2... i mixed brands depending what was in my fridge Dinner rolls - a splurge from Nadines $3/doz, i think So, that brings our total for dinner to 13.98 plus whatever you're out of

Fry's has their "Buy 10, Save $5" sale going on this week and Johnson&Johnson baby products are part of the sale. If you buy 10, they are only $2.50ea, plus, some have peelie coupons on them for $1 off, making them $1.50 a piece. It's a great deal since J&J products usually run about $3-$4 regular price. Target brand baby items aren't even this cheap! I stocked up on 20 bottles! Also, you can go to http://www.johnsonsbaby.com/offers to sign up for coupons to use on this deal. Don't forget that Fry's is still accepting competitor coupons, so you can use any Target coupons you have lying around on this deal too. Also great deals I got at Fry's this week... Free Colgate toothpaste... on sale for $1, use $.50off coupons = free Free candy bars (Nestle, 3Musketeers, M&M)... on sale for $.50, use a $.50off 2 $.17 Gerber Graduates Oatmeal... $1.17, use $.50off coupon (these coupons are avail is you sign up for Gerber online. they come in the mail

So, a lot of people always ask me what I do with all the stuff I buy when I coupon shop. Well, I plan out meals and make them with what's in my pantry. I try to plan out a week's worth of meals at a time just by using what's in the freezer and pantry. Also, since baby is due soon, I've been making a lot of simple meals and freezing them for when I don't feel like cooking. Here's some meal examples from yesterday and today... Yesterday: Porkchops (B1G1 free Fry's sale... so about $3.5 a pack or less) Stuffing to coat porkchops ($.50 clearance sale at Fry's. I bought 4 boxes) Lima beans ($.72 Fry's - regular price less Fry's coupon) Rice-A- Roni ($.50 at Fry's... sale plus coupon) Pillsbury French loaf ($.50 at Fry's... sale combined with coupon) Dinner for the 3 of us cost a total of $5.72 and there were leftovers for my husband's lunch! Today: Hamburger Meat ($1.66 price cut at Target) Taco shells ($.50 at Fry's... sale price p