Random thoughts

Hello Friends!

Can you believe it's going to be October tomorrow? I am so excited for fall to come. Even though it's still 100 degrees here, I know that the temperatures will be dropping soon. I ordered some holiday smelling candles the other day and can't wait for them to arrive. Also, my mind is swirling with ideas for Christmas.

Sorry I haven't posted more pictures recently. I am having some technical difficulties with our lap top which will hopefully resolve soon. Speaking of pictures, I discovered something really awesome on google blogger. Did you know that whenever you post pictures, Google automatically placed in a Picasa album for you? It's awesome. I went on there last week and printed off all my pics on snapfish and had them mailed to my door. No extra downloading needed, cause I had already done it. My 2008 Family scrapbook is going to be so easy to do! The best way how I can tell you to access the album is by clicking on the image picture when you are creating a post and then finding the orange question mark. From there, you will go to a google page that has a link to your picasa album. Very awesome. Reason number 542 why I love blogging.

So today, my new friend Laura brought her 3 kids to play because she had to go to the Nellis' pregnant mom class (it was really annoying that she had to go since this is her 4th pregnancy... she could probably teach the class....but it's the Air Force). Anyways, so I had fun with 6 kids under 6!! This gave me extra appreciation for my friends that have lots of children. Especially my friend Terri who has 10 adopted children! We love their family so much and were so happy to get to visit them when we were in Spokane. The kids had a blast at their house and are still talking about them. The other day, Miss M was playing with her little people stuff in her doll house and she said to me, "Mom, look, it's the Bade family!" I snapped a picture with my cell phone because I thought it was so cute.

Ya gotta love the spoon hangin out of Miss O's mouth...

So I thought it would fun today to check out how Mr. J's TSP (the military version of a 401k, kinda) and see how it was doing after the huge drop in the stock market yesterday. Not such a good idea because it had dropped by more than a thousand dollars..in one day... I keep telling myself there is no need to worry because we are young, etc. I am just so happy that about 3 years ago Mr. J and I took Financial Peace University. There we learned about how having a lot of debt is not a smart idea, and the importance of saving... which seems to be what all the "experts" on tv are telling us now. To find out more about this way of thinking and to find an FPU class in your area, click here . Another good blog to check out is The Charmed Frugal Life by my friend Sam (her kids and mine were in the biker gang....), they recently became debt free and we are so excited for them!

Well I better get going and finish making dinner, but one more think before I go, an online store I have bought some baby stuff at before is going out of business. It's called Angelina's Unique Baby Things and my favorite things they sell are the WubbaNub Infant Soothie Pacifier's (a cute animal attached to the binkie so they won't get lost and it helps them stay in) as well as the Dex Dura Bib.. pretty much the best bib ever! The prices have all been reduced. They also have some other really cute stuff that you can't find at normal stores. If you spend more than 50 dollars, you can get an additional 10% off by using the coupon code extra10 . Happy shopping (I am thinking about baby showers and Christmas gifts.)