This is gonna be a good life.... a good, good life.

SO, today I'm feeling all down and out. I'm tired from work, my feet feel like they are going to break in half. I'm just so sick and tired, of being sick and tired. I'm so tired because I work a full-time, barely making enough money job.

I want NEED to go to college. There are no "If's, and's, buts" about it. There are 3 problems though. I can't continue to work my current job and got to school full time. I can't quit my current job and just go to school. I'm also having a hard time trying to find a job that would allow me to work and go to school. I used to love my job and the people I work with. It's just to stressful and time consuming. By time consuming I mean I usually work 12-9. There's not much else you can do that morning.

I'm interested in getting my CNA, then going back and getting my ADN. There will always be a job for Nurses, so it seems like my best option. I'm just very stressed about everything in my life right now and I wish I wasn't. I really don't want to go to school online. I finished High School online and it's not easy, I don't care what anyone says. So, I'm just weighing all my options and needed to vent about them.

I want me and my child to have the best life we can. I'm just undecided and unsure of what my next plans are!

Kenneth Thomas.

There's my Kenneth! This is when we went to PCB last month. He LOVES the sand, hates the ocean. Like when I say HATE the ocean, I mean, run away like a serial killer kidnapper is trying to get you. He loves to swim in a swimming pool. He is my baby, who isn't a "baby" anymore. It makes me soo sad! I just can't believe how much he has grown and learns. He is so smart and hilarious (what four year old isn't?). I can remeber the day he was born just like it was yesterday, even though it wasn't.

This is when he was 8 days old. The pictures they took in the hospital, I didn't like and felt like they were over priced. So in all that new baby stuff they had coupons for pictures and Olan Mills offered a free package!

These were from his first Christmas, He was 6 months old. He was such a ham, still is. :]

They always say "they grow up so fast". When Kenneth was a baby I couldn't wait for him to be bigger and get to play with him and all that fun stuff. But looking at all these pictures just make me miss my sweet little guy who wanted to snuggle and love on me!

Here are a few of my favorite pictures.

Kenneth's 4 year check-up

   Kenneth turned 4 on June 29th, today was his 4yr check-up. He's 3ft 3 ½inches tall and 35lbs. He's average for his weight and is 40% for his height. I'm barely 5 foot tall, so he gets his shortness from me :] He got 6 shots and I thought he was going to turn into the Hulk he got so mad about them, and screamed the entire time. He had his vision, hearing, and a dental exam. Everything went well except his hearing test, he failed it and we go back a month from today to get the hearing exam re-done. 

Kenneth has had issues with his ears since he was 2 months old. That's when he got his first ear infection. He had an ear infection every 4-6 weeks after that. He had tubes put in his ears shortly after he turned one. At 18 months I began to notice that he didn't say as much as another boy his age. Which, I know that your not suppose to compare your child to other children because they all go at different paces. But something just didn't seem "normal". At his 2 year check - up they asked how many words could he say. I could barley think of 15. They recomended Babies Can't Wait to help him catch up on his speach. We went, had a consultation and he reiceved their speech services untill he was 3. Babies Can't Wait then referred me to the RPS Special Education Pre-School, because they're services would be ending when Kenneth turned 3.

So this past year he has been going to Ringgold Primary School's Special Education Pre-School. He went twice a week and went for 4 hours each day. He LOVED school. I think mainly because they're were alot of new kids to play with. He graduated from Pre-School this past May. He's going to start Pre-K this fall and his speech services will contiue as long he is in Catoosa County and needs them.

I just wonder if hearing as always been a issue. Hopefully when we go next month he will pass and there won't be any further issues with it. If he doesn't pass we'll be going to see a Hearing Specialist.

Coupon Binder!

Originally when I started couponing I used a little photo album I got for $1. I needed something that I could fit in my purse and see what I had. It worked very well, until I really started couponing. I would recommend getting something like this if your only going to get the coupons you need out of the paper/online. So basically, GREAT for beginners!



    So now I have a binder.

This cost me 92¢ at walmart. Cheaper than the album! I originally bought my baseball card protectors at Office Depot for $3.39 a 10pk. They also have them at walmart I believe its a 40pk for $4.58ish. I also have dividers. The main reason for having a coupon binder is the organization.

So what do you need to start your binder?

-The Binder. You choose the size, I would get bigger rather than smaller because I need to buy a bigger one now!

-The Baseball Card Protectors. At least a 40pk.

-Dividers. The more, the better.

initially it will cost you around $10 to get started, but it'll be the best $10 you have ever spent!

FREEBIES!

So y'all know by now I coupon. But, getting things for 100% FREE is way better! Here are a few of the things I have gotten for free in the last couple of weeks!

Here I got some samples of some Always Pads & Tampax Tampons as well as 2 coupons for each of them. I also got a travel size Secret deodorant.

Here is a sample of Purex Complete w/Zout and a $1 off coupon.

& Here a package of 2 Goodnites Underwear with a coupon for $1.50.

Most of things I have requested haven't come in yet, but if you want free samples just go to the company website or their facebook page. Also, thunderfap.com has freebies as well!

Let's Coupon!

I LOVE to coupon. Probably too much. I can see a sale and remember a coupon from a month back that is about to expire and use it. I have a coupon binder. YES, I'm one of those! I'll probably do a post about it too. Anyways this particular trip was at Family Dollar AND the first time I got something for FREE! Both of those packs of Zyrtec's were free. They cost $6.00. I had an online coupon for $5.00 off. & a in-store coupon of a $1.00 off. So I got them for free! The suave deodorant was a quarter! The Dove deodorant + spray was $3.85. There was an in-store coupon for $1.00 off and there was a coupon in last Sundays paper. So it was $2.10 for both! The glade twin pack plug-in oil was on sale for $4.50 and I had an online coupon for $1.00 off. So they were $3.50, which you can't find them that cheap :] I paid a little over $5.00 before taxes for this stuff! I saved $16.00! AWESOMENESS!

Take care of your dog and your kid!

Okay, So I have neighbor and she has a little yip yap dog that is ALWAYS barking at something or someone. Which I can really get over, that's no big deal. But today she was outside with he son and that dog. So I get in my car, go to leave and that dog comes and attacks my car, while running around. While I'm getting to the end of my drive inch, by inch the dog is STILL chasing me! Really? & this whole time she's over there cleaning her car out. Finally, I begin to honk my horn and she decides to come get the dog. In my opinion, if she loved that dog at all she would have had it on a leash, or at least paid attention to what the dog was doing!

Also, I invited her, her son & husband to Kenneth's 4th birthday party. Her son is a year older then what Kenneth is and they seem to really get along. First, they were late. Which if you don't know me, that's very annoying to me. Then they get there and all the kids are playing. Great. But then her and her husband disappear. If all they other parents are there with their children, why weren't you? It just blows my mind. They also seem very closed-minded and judgemental people by their facebook statuses.

So there's my rant, haha :]