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  • Chicago, Day 1

    Well, we’re off. I guess technically, as I write this, we were off this morning and are currently there. Quick recap of the day: We got up at a regular time, and while Carolyn was feeding Joel, I made a quick trip to Kroger to pick up some things for the trip. I felt so…

  • Chicago, Day 0

    Been awhile since I posted, I know. Lots of stuff going on. Anyways, I thought I’d keep a blog for our pending trip to Chicago. We leave tomorrow. If you’re lucky, I’ll keep updating this every day (or at least somewhat regularly) to fill you in on all the exciting things that we’re doing. Here…

  • Workin at the coal mine

    Well it’s been awhile since I posted, but I thought I would let everyone know about my very hard week that I’m going to have at work the rest of the week. It’s veeerrrry difficult. First, today (Wednesday) I have a free 10 minute massage in the morning. Then an ice cream social at 3…

  • Happy Father’s Day

    Happy Father’s Day to all those fathers out there!!! I’ll leave you with one of my favorite quotes, and certainly my favorite Father’s Day quote: It should have great meaning that of all the titles of respect and honor and admiration that could be given him, that God himself, he who is the highest of…

  • June Super Doubles report

    Quick recap of my super double coupons week last week at Meijer. My goal was $1000 of groceries for no money, and I am sorry to report that I failed on both counts. Still, I had a pretty good week, with $871.16 of groceries for $2.54. I was negative for most of the week, but…

  • Super doubles update

    Well, it’s just about midway through the week so I thought I’d post for a super double coupons update at Meijer. Unfortunately most of my records are elsewhere, but I think I can give you an estimate. About $420 of stuff for about negative $4. So, given that I should have some more coupons coming…

  • Super Doubles

    Well it’s that time again – Super Double coupons at Meijer. I actually missed it in my first run through of the ad yesterday morning. I went through the whole ad – noted a few deals, and then when I got to the end I thought hey I didn’t check for super doubles – so…

  • Greatest American

    Carolyn and I tuned into Discovery Channel’s 100 Greatest Americans show this Sunday. Joseph Smith was listed as one of the top 100, so we were interested in seeing where he ended up. To start off, there were some pretty questionable entries – John Edwards at #98? Football player Brett Favre? Dr. Phil? Anyway, JS…

  • May Grocery totals

    It’s a double posting day!!! Scroll down to see results of the yard sale of doom. This post is for detailing the May grocery totals. This was actually my worst month since January. There haven’t been a whole lot of good deals lately. Total before coupons: $615.89Coupons: $160.55Doubling: $59.80Rebates: $25.88Catalinas: $4.00Store savings: $251.30Other: $8.00 (2…

  • Massive yard sale of doom

    So I finally am getting around to posting something about the yard sale that we had a week or so ago (5/21). Madeira has an annual city-wide yard sale, so I thought that would provide the perfect opportunity to unload some of The General Store. Here’s a breakdown of what I put out for sale,…