Free Concert - Kimberly Locke

If you live in the New York area and would like 2 free tickets to a Kimberly Locke (American Idol - Season 2) concert, check out this blog. The first 20 comments will receive 2 tickets each for this concert. There are only 8 comments so far.
The concert is at 2 p.m. this Thursday, the 15th.

Biggest Loser - End of Week 9

Jessica and I were both surprised by the scale last night! Neither of us did much exercising this week and we both lost 2 pounds!! Woohoo! So, here are the weights this week:

Me (155 - loss of 2 pounds this week and total of 15!)
Jess (151 - loss of 2 pounds this week and total of 10!)

I was very pleased with the results. I did continue to count calories this week, but I only did weights 1 day and cardio 1 day. Here is a look at my calories for the week:

Tuesday - 1360
Wednesday - 1270
Thursday - 1020!!
Friday - 1200 (lower body weights)
Saturday - 1500
Sunday - Ummm... it was Mother's Day... the calories don't count
Monday - 1230 (cardio - 1 hour)

If this is your first time reading the Biggest Loser, check out my previous posts here and here.

My Publix Trip - Deals Good Thru Wednesday!

I got all this for just over $6!! Even though this wasn't a big shopping trip, it was well worth the gas.
To see how I did it, check out my post here.

My Mother's Day!

Well, I had a very relaxing and great day yesterday!
We started the day getting ready for church. One of my Mother's Day presents came during that time. See, I have one child who is notorious for crying and screaming and flinging out while she gets her hair brushed (she is 6 years old by the way). Every day it is a battle and every day I contemplate SHAVING HER HEAD!!
Well, yesterday morning, I told her that my favorite Mother's Day present from her would be silence and stillness while I fixed her hair for church. IT WORKED!! She actually stood there quietly and didn't even flinch. What she doesn't know is that now I KNOW she can do it!
Anyhow, the day went on and we went to church and the kids all made cute little things for me in their classes. The girls made me tissue paper flowers and Jordan answered questions about me to his teacher. Here are his answers:

My mommy's name is "Cassie" (oh, what a smart boy!)
My mommy is "48" years old (he doesn't know what he is talking about. Maybe he is a little slow)
My mommy's favorite food is "the chicken I don't like" (this is him making a point that he doesn't like any food I set in front of him)
My mommy's favorite thing to do is "cook" (are we sure he is talking about HIS mom :)

Then, we went to my parents and the men of the family took over. They cooked us salmon on the grill. This was especially exciting for me because we rarely buy salmon any more due to the rising costs. I LOVE salmon and this was a special treat for me. The guys were completely in charge of feeding the children, cooking and cleaning up! It was awesome.
We spent the rest of the afternoon relaxing while the kids swam and playing cards.
I hope you all had a nice Mother's Day as well. I would like to start a petition that Mother's Day come more than once a year. What do you think?

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My Self Confidence Boosters!!

Oh, I love the honesty of children. O.k., actually, not really. They will just tell you exactly what they are thinking. So, in the past couple of weeks I have had 3 instances with 3 different children involving something to do with the way I look.
You may be thinking these are good things because I have lost 13 pounds. Nope, not so much. These are those truthful statements that you never like to hear. So, here are the 3 scenarios for your reading pleasure.

1) My 3 old son was standing next to me while I was on the computer. My husband was scratching my back which exposed some of the skin on my sides (including the rolls). This is when my little angel walks over, pokes one of those rolls and says "Mommy, you're FAT!" Just that matter of factly. How nice.

2) My 6 year old has these bumps on her that are basically like warts except they are a virus and will spread if she scratches or picks at them. I am constantly telling her to leave them alone. I was doing just that the other day when she asks me for the 100th time, "Why?". I remind her (for the 100th time) that if she messes with them they will spread all over her body. She looks at me with her "I know it all" attitude and says "Well, mom, you have them all over your face!"
Yes, she was talking about acne. Just when you think you are feeling good, you get knocked down a couple noches.

3) A 3 year old friend of the family was looking at my legs and started pointing to the varicose veins by my knee. She looks up at me and says..
"Aunt Cassie, my grandma has those on her, too!"

WHAT?!! O.k., what is the deal. I guess I need to use more neutrogena face wash, continue to lose weight and get a good enough tan to cover up stretch marks and varicose veins.
Oh, those kids just say the darndest things. Haven't I heard that somewhere before?

Publix Deals for 5/8-5/14

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Post Cereal (bogo @ $3.89/2 - includes Selects 13-16 oz, Raisin Bran 20 oz, Grape-Nuts 17 or 24 oz, Grape-Nuts Flakes 18 oz, LiveActive 13 oz)
Use $3/1 liveactive printable
Makes them FREE!! Plus overage of $2.11!!

There is a coupon in the Albertson's paper for Tropicana O.J. for $1.99 (limit 2). This coupon should be able to be used at Publix.

Hellmann's Mayonnaise (bogo @ $4.49/2)

GM Cereal (bogo @ $4.93/2 - includes Cheerios 18 oz, Honey Nut Cheerios 17 oz, Lucky Charms 16 oz, Cookie Crisp 15.6 oz, Reese's Peanut Butter Puffs 18 oz)
Use $.75/1 printable coupon
Makes them $1.75 a box

Smart Balance Milk (2/$6)
Use 2 $.75/1 from recent inserts
Makes them $2.25 a half gallon

Nature's Own Organic Bread (bogo @ $3.39/2)
Use 2 $.55/1 from 5/11
Makes them $1.14 a loaf

Planters Cashews or Mixed Nuts 9.25-11.5 oz (bogo @ $4.83/2)

Ruffles Potato Chips 11-12 oz (bogo @ $3.79/2)

Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams (bogo @ $4.09/2)

Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Cake Mix 17.52-18.5 oz (bogo @ $1.89/2)

Maxwell House Ground Coffee 11-13 oz bag (bogo @ $3.59/2)
Use 2 $.75/1 printable coupon
Makes them $1 a bag

Kraft Dressing (bogo @ $3.79/2)

Mt. Olive Pickles 16-46 oz (bogo @ $2.69/2)
Use $.50/1 printable coupon
Makes them $.84 a jar

Mott's Apple Juice (bogo @ $2.89/2)
Use $1/2 printable coupon
Makes them $.94 a jug

Duncan Hines Brownie Mix (bogo @ $2.49/2)

Hunt's Tomato Ketchup (bogo @ $1.75/2)

Campbell's Chunky Soup (bogo @ $2.39/2)

I also heard a rumor that Publix will accept the $3/15 CVS coupon as a competitor. I am going to try this week and I'll let you know how it goes.