No but really, in honor of April Fools we are having school today. I'm not kidding. We homeschoolers are just cool like that. Since we school year round, we get way more than the typical 180 days in, but we are free to take random holidays, necessary sick days (or weeks) without fear of makeup work on top of regular school work, and we can drop everything and travel to Grandma's house in the middle of the week. We can take vacation when we want, not just in summer or spring break. For example, we are going to the Ozarks in May for mini vacation. Then, in Fall of 2014 we are going to Disney world and the crowds will be so much easier and the heat won't be unbearable either! Anyways, that was a random side note, but point being, Harrisons are out of school today.
Instead, on the agenda are these things:
clean the master bathroom
do the dishes
plan dinner
Play some wow with the kids
Cut my coupons from Yesterday
Oh! That brings me to my next issue-I cancelled our paper subscription. The Commercial Appeal was doing a really crappy job of putting together a complete paper, and week after week I had to call in and complain and get them to bring a replacement paper. I'm not sure if the whole paper was there, but I wasn't getting the ad inserts or coupons. It was kinda hit or miss. I was paying $14 a month for the 7 day a week paper in order to get Sunday coupons and Midweek coupons (since they decide to split the coupons we recieve throughout the week, I had to subscribe to the 7 days to get the mid week coupons too. Sneaky sneaky!) Well, the $14 would be worth it if it would have all my ads, coupons etc in one place.
The Sunday paper typically contains CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid, Target, Kohls/Jc Penney, possibly Michaels/Joann's, and a few other things but those aren't guaranteed week to week, in addition to the coupon inserts.I would open up my paper and find Walgreens, Target, and some random ads only most days. That means no CVS, No Rite Aid, no Kohls (which these are the ones I want) and/or be missing coupon inserts as well. So I would call and get the automated system and on Sunday's if you navigate through it, they will just put in for you to get another one thrown. Most always the replacement paper was much better, and complete.
Then it started happening on Wednesdays. Sometimes I wouldn't get my Kroger Ad, Aldi Ad, or the coupons that come mid week.
So I was getting really upset when I stopped getting complete papers, and 2 weeks ago, I called and talked to a person (again, and they told me they could offer me a credit. I said I didn't want a credit, but I wanted them to put the coupons in my paper for the next day.) Nothing.... so when it didn't happen the NEXT week, I called wanting to speak to a mgr, was told that all I could do was have them leave a message. So I cancelled. It's not worth it for me to pay for something if they aren't going to give me what I pay for. Ya know?? So instead, I bought 2 papers from the roadside paper guy and guess what!! They were only one dollar!!! So I can get papers cheaper that way, and then just get the midweek paper at the drugstores with my extra bucks!
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Besides couponing type stuff, we had a pretty good weekend. I had a good birthday I guess. My sweet hubby bought me roses, and Hannah made me a homemade card. I spent most of the day grocery shopping and running errands though, Although I did get taken out to eat Saturday. It was pouring down raining most of the weekend which was lame. We didn't get to do our egg hunt because of all the rain and mud, but I did get to have the traditional perkins meal with 2/4 of my sisters and parents. Then we went to my grandparents house to visit for a little while. But Hannah was feeling kinda sickish, so Jacob stayed home with her, so I did not want to stay too too long, and was home by dinner time. All in all, a busy weekend, and today it's back to the normal grind!
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