Shameless Plug

OK, so some of you may want to see my class, "It's About Time." So I'm sticking a handy-dandy list on my side bar so that you can see if I'm teaching a class near you. If you want more details about the locations of any of the classes, just email me.

All Relief Society classes are free and I'll get you prices for UVU ones as soon as I have them.

Oh, and if you'd like me to teach in your area let me know. I'm looking to teach another class in Sept and Oct.

And the Only Thing I Lost Was My Mind

So we took the kids camping. It was the first time since 2001 that we've taken them and the last time we slept in a tent (thanks, Tamma) was 1998. (If you did the math on this, the last time Wendell and I went camping, Emma was 2.5 and Anson was 11 months. The last time we slept in a tent, we were newlyweds with no kids.)

You see, I'm a pretty wimpy camper. But I must confess there are a few draws about camping.

1. Seeing the sunrise. Thanks to Beck getting up and simultaneously refusing to go back to sleep, at 5:00 AM, I saw a sunrise for the first time since I attended girls camp.

2. If you camp with other people, you don't have to fix or buy food for all meals.

3. Long walks, visits, playing games, afternoon naps are all part of the fun.


If you want to camp often, you need the correct tools, which I do not have. So here are things you need to own or rent to go camping.

1. RV or trailer. When we camped in 2001 we were able to sleep in a trailer. This is preferable to sleeping in a tent.

2. A large light to use in your tent see by.

The final piece of advice is that you need your children to be old enough to stay in their own sleeping bags and not freak out when they wake up in the night. (Beck also woke up at 1:45 AM and after screaming inconsolably for 15-20 minutes, Wendell took him for a car ride to calm him down.)

Wal-Mart Parking Lot

Dear Girl in the White Civic,

You nearly ran my two oldest children over as we crossed the street outside of Wal-Mart. Yep, that was me yelling, "Whoa, Whoa, WHOA!!" You shouldn't be driving around any parking lot at 20 miles an hour, but barrelling through Wal-Mart's at noon with a parking lot full of mom's with small kids is unconscionable. I am relieved that you turned the corner before you hit my kids, but really, is a parking spot worth it?

The most important fact out of all of this--is my eye is on you. (696 LHJ)

Rip Your Lips Off

Today I learned, to my horror, that it is possible to wax the skin off of your lips.

Boys Lack of...

Overheard at my house...

Emma: Boys! They just don't know anything about drama!

Where's My Camera?

I wonder if whoever stole my camera took any incriminating photos?

Diaper Duty

After 5 kids, I have to admit that I haven't checked prices on diapers in a while. So after a couponing seminar (at Enrichment Meeting), I wondered how diaper prices compared.

This is what I found.

I haven't had success with "store brands" except White Cloud, which I loved, but seems to have been discontinued at Wal-Mart. So I compared Luvs, Huggies and Pampers at Target, Walmart, Albertson's, and Toys 'R' Us. I also checked on Huggies at Costco.

The cardboard boxes of Luvs at Target or Walmart won. However, if you ever go to get diapers and they're out of the big boxes, it's cheaper to get the large boxes of Huggies or Pampers than it is to get a "jumbo" size Luvs. (Plus, they almost always have coupons in the paper for Pampers and Huggies.)

If Huggies or Pampers are on sale at Walmart or Target and with coupons you can save $3 or more per box, then that's tied/cheaper than Luvs. At Albertson's the sale would need to save you $4 or more to compete. Toys R Us is so overpriced that even with their best possible sale AND coupons, it's still not as cheap as Luvs just regularly at Target or Walmart.

However, if you need S/M size Goodnights, Toys R Us is competitive and sales on the those (especially if combined with coupons) would save serious money.

Huggies at Costco is more expensive than the big boxes of Luvs at Wal-Mart or Target. However, when Costco does their coupons on Huggies, then it's cheaper.

Now you know.

Annika Banannika

Without further ado here are Annika's 3 year pictures.

It's the Best Product Ever

So at the Rec this morning I realized that that news I'd been seeing about another celebrity biting the dust was that really annoying, loud infomercial guy.

He is so mesmerizing. The way he shows you things about the product and yells in monotone. You just have to buy the product...and HURRY.

I especially want to thank Billy Mays for OxiClean. It's in store now, you know. And it's seriously good stuff. I mean Emma might spill ketchup on her clothes at school and when she gets home, it's already been dried on for hours. Then it goes into the dirty laundry where it may sit for several days before it ever makes it in the washing machine.

But just throw in a scoop of OxiClean in with the regular soap and WHAM, POW, SHA-ZAM it's like new. Not just clean--like new. It's way better than Biz. I throw in a scoop of Oxy Clean with virtually every load. It's awesome.

So I'd like to give a shout out to Billy. Thanks for OxiClean.

The Baby Has a Name...and a Description

Instructions: Don't tell me if you don't like it or it doesn't make sense, 'cuz it's a done deal.

Wendell and I had a brainstorming session last night and this is the name and description we came up with for my class.

It's About Time!

It's time to make time for your life. Learn how to take control of your schedule and get you back on your to-do list.

Well, what do you think? Remember, positive comments only. :)