Adam and I have planned a mini-vaca for the first weekend of February. No, it's not Hawaii. No, it's not Cabo. No, it's not even a different state or somewhere "vacation-y" like the beach. Sacramento. Don't laugh. I AM SO EXCITED. Sacramento is my 2nd honeymoon: for 2 glorious nights in the Rancho Cordova Marriott (courtesy of my Uncle Kenny); a Kings game vs. the San Antonio Spurs; a tour of the Capitol Building; a quiet visit to the newly re-opened Crocker Art Museum, where I am Ashley, Adam's wife--not a household secretary, underpaid maid, on-call taxi driver, puppy pooper-scooper... the list goes on. I am and will forever be honorary title of Mommy, and I will miss Lucy dearly for those 3 days, but I NEED to connect with my husband without things that distract me from just being his wife. Oh, and I do LOVE being his wife. ;)
On another note... speaking about being husband and wife; Adam and I finally share a closet! We moved into this house in February and everything about it (since our remodel) is nearly perfect EXCEPT for the closet space. There are 3 single door closets in the whole house with one cabinet in the bathroom, and one mini-closet for linens. I got the closet in our bedroom and Adam got annexed to the coat closet, which made it really convenient on laundry day, BUT it just felt wrong not sharing a closet. So, I bought these "closet extenders" and now we share a closet! Yay! It's the simple things...
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
November beginnings
A great way to start a new month is with a winning record at the World Series. Not me of course, but the SF Giants. Regardless of whether you're a Yankees fan, or a Braves fan, you can't deny that this past series was just darn-good baseball.
Another great way to start a new month is with nearly $100 in savings! Yep, $100. I've been really looking online for good deals on things we need and trying to be frugal and one of the ways I've done this is signing up for the Just for U program with Safeway.
As a Safeway club member, I automatically get their club card deals. Now they have even more savings available in coupons. But the Club Card was supposed to save us from clipping coupons, right? Right! The nice thing about the Just for U program is the coupons are "clipable" online and automatically connected to your club card or phone number that you use at checkout. You "clip" the coupons online, and you can print your shopping list which lists your coupons by category and reminds you of your savings and when the coupon expires.
So, yes, it was an overall fabulous experience. At the beginning of my shopping trip, I was a little annoyed because it took me a little longer than my regular shopping trip (just choosing what I needed by the cheapest Club price) because I had to look for the items which I had a coupon for. For regular coupon clippers, this is probably a typical experience, but it was all new to me. I also ended up buying more than I usually would BUT I won't have to shop again as soon as I would in a typical month.
So, my total bill was almost $300 before the savings. I saved over $100 and the savings were so huge that the cashier needed an override from the manager! That made me feel special! I felt bad that I held up the line for an extra 30 seconds, but HELLO! I JUST SAVED A BUTT-LOAD OF MONEY!
Can you tell I was/am excited?
Another great way to start a new month is with nearly $100 in savings! Yep, $100. I've been really looking online for good deals on things we need and trying to be frugal and one of the ways I've done this is signing up for the Just for U program with Safeway.
As a Safeway club member, I automatically get their club card deals. Now they have even more savings available in coupons. But the Club Card was supposed to save us from clipping coupons, right? Right! The nice thing about the Just for U program is the coupons are "clipable" online and automatically connected to your club card or phone number that you use at checkout. You "clip" the coupons online, and you can print your shopping list which lists your coupons by category and reminds you of your savings and when the coupon expires.
So, yes, it was an overall fabulous experience. At the beginning of my shopping trip, I was a little annoyed because it took me a little longer than my regular shopping trip (just choosing what I needed by the cheapest Club price) because I had to look for the items which I had a coupon for. For regular coupon clippers, this is probably a typical experience, but it was all new to me. I also ended up buying more than I usually would BUT I won't have to shop again as soon as I would in a typical month.
So, my total bill was almost $300 before the savings. I saved over $100 and the savings were so huge that the cashier needed an override from the manager! That made me feel special! I felt bad that I held up the line for an extra 30 seconds, but HELLO! I JUST SAVED A BUTT-LOAD OF MONEY!
Can you tell I was/am excited?
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Church
We do not have a church that we are regularly attending here in Susanville. I have a list of excuses as long as my arm as to why... but really it comes down to one fact--none of them are Ridge. I "begged" Tom to plant a church here, but I was politely told no (and rightly so), so we've begun our search again.
Today we visited the Highland Baptist Church after a knock on our door yesterday morning. They handed us a really great pamphlet on their church and I thought "why not?" It was a nice and short service, they had child care so we could focus on the sermon (which was on the parable of the prodigal son in Luke). However, the music was strictly hymns with no instruments--which has been a real turn off for us. The folks there were SO kind and we could tell that they were wanting new attendees, but it just wasn't the church for us.
We were so lucky to find Centerpointe in Eureka when we did (fresh in our marriage, we had only lived in Eureka for 2 or 3 months). It had a pastor who preached well, and that sense of "family" which we find very important. We've been in Susanville for a year and a half and aren't plugged in anywhere yet. The Church in Susanville is where most of our friends go, and they have been our "family" however, their Sunday service is not what we're looking for either; they don't have instruments, and there is no child care--two deal breakers.
With the remodel over the summer, we were so distracted from finding a church that just now do we feel like we can exert the energy to find one. We've tried the EV Free, Nazarene, Calvary Chapel, Chruch of Christ--denominations I thought I would never step a foot into... we are just trying to find where God is leading us. I think the "lesson" in all of this is "don't knock it until you've tried it," and we've been so spoiled at Ridge, I wonder if God wants us to go somewhere that needs us, but we don't necessarily need them...?
Just keep us in mind if you hear of someone saying "I love this church in Susanville," and give them our number! Next week we're going to try the Assembly of God. I'll update you then :)
Today we visited the Highland Baptist Church after a knock on our door yesterday morning. They handed us a really great pamphlet on their church and I thought "why not?" It was a nice and short service, they had child care so we could focus on the sermon (which was on the parable of the prodigal son in Luke). However, the music was strictly hymns with no instruments--which has been a real turn off for us. The folks there were SO kind and we could tell that they were wanting new attendees, but it just wasn't the church for us.
We were so lucky to find Centerpointe in Eureka when we did (fresh in our marriage, we had only lived in Eureka for 2 or 3 months). It had a pastor who preached well, and that sense of "family" which we find very important. We've been in Susanville for a year and a half and aren't plugged in anywhere yet. The Church in Susanville is where most of our friends go, and they have been our "family" however, their Sunday service is not what we're looking for either; they don't have instruments, and there is no child care--two deal breakers.
With the remodel over the summer, we were so distracted from finding a church that just now do we feel like we can exert the energy to find one. We've tried the EV Free, Nazarene, Calvary Chapel, Chruch of Christ--denominations I thought I would never step a foot into... we are just trying to find where God is leading us. I think the "lesson" in all of this is "don't knock it until you've tried it," and we've been so spoiled at Ridge, I wonder if God wants us to go somewhere that needs us, but we don't necessarily need them...?
Just keep us in mind if you hear of someone saying "I love this church in Susanville," and give them our number! Next week we're going to try the Assembly of God. I'll update you then :)
Halloween 2010
We had many events this weekend for Halloween. Friday was "Safe and Sane" where all of the Uptown shops hand out candy. We went with our friends Janessa, Kayla (the mermaid), and Micah (Mr. Monkey). Luckily they close off the streets, because the amount of people there was ridiculous. We moved up and down Main like a herd of cattle and just as slow. It was fun to show off Lucy however and she got some good treats.
Saturday night was the Harvest Party with The Church in Susanville (a church that we do not go to, but have a lot of friends there). When I got Lucy dressed for the party, she asked "Papa?" I had to explain to her that no, we wouldn't be seeing Papa tonight. She asked "And Dash?" She's so silly. Lucy got to go "fishing" for treats, and play "kick the gourd." Flo (pastor's wife) made fresh baked bread which made me want to take up baking bread... however, I don't know how, and I don't have a loaf pan. SO, I'll have to do one or the other here pretty quick. Here's Lucy sitting with her buddy McKenzie who lives down the street from us.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
New Website!
I think I totally forgot to mention that I have my Pampered Chef website now!
The nice thing about my website is you can place an order even when there isn't an open show. Here's how:
1. Visit www.pamperedchef.biz/ashleylefebvre
2. Click on SHOP ONLINE.
3. Select option number 2 on the page to place an individual order.
4. A pop-up will appear that says ATTENTION, just to make sure you don't want to apply your order to someone's open show. Click "Otherwise click here to continue."
5. You will be redirected to our online catalog where you can place your order!
The nice thing about my website is you can place an order even when there isn't an open show. Here's how:
1. Visit www.pamperedchef.biz/ashleylefebvre
2. Click on SHOP ONLINE.
3. Select option number 2 on the page to place an individual order.
4. A pop-up will appear that says ATTENTION, just to make sure you don't want to apply your order to someone's open show. Click "Otherwise click here to continue."
5. You will be redirected to our online catalog where you can place your order!
Thursday, September 9, 2010
No bottle...
Ok, so here's a kicking the bottle update.
My bribery with the baby? Yeah, didn't work.
Baby's cries were stronger than mommy's will...
Anywho... we got a new puppy and the puppy ate the last nipple I had for Lucy's orthodontic bottle.
I thought, perfect, this is a sign to quit cold turkey.
Nope, once again, mommy was weak and pulled out the nursing bottles hidden up in the closet.
Last night, for whatever reason, when it was time for bed, Lucy gave her daddy her good-night kisses, grabbed her sippy cup and headed to her room. She never asked for a bottle! So I saw this as a good sign, put her to bed with her cup, and I didn't hear a peep all night!
Tonight is night two of this bed-time ritual! I am as pleased as pie. Is that an appropriate idiom?
So now I suppose the plan is to send her to bed with a sippy cup with milk for a while and then phase to water. We'll phase out the cup all together closer to potty training when wetting at night will actually be an issue.
Yay for me! Yay for Lucy!!
My bribery with the baby? Yeah, didn't work.
Baby's cries were stronger than mommy's will...
Anywho... we got a new puppy and the puppy ate the last nipple I had for Lucy's orthodontic bottle.
I thought, perfect, this is a sign to quit cold turkey.
Nope, once again, mommy was weak and pulled out the nursing bottles hidden up in the closet.
Last night, for whatever reason, when it was time for bed, Lucy gave her daddy her good-night kisses, grabbed her sippy cup and headed to her room. She never asked for a bottle! So I saw this as a good sign, put her to bed with her cup, and I didn't hear a peep all night!
Tonight is night two of this bed-time ritual! I am as pleased as pie. Is that an appropriate idiom?
So now I suppose the plan is to send her to bed with a sippy cup with milk for a while and then phase to water. We'll phase out the cup all together closer to potty training when wetting at night will actually be an issue.
Yay for me! Yay for Lucy!!
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