It's not that EXTREME but we saved some moo-la!

After Paul and I watched TLC's "Extreme Couponing," we decided that we could do this too.
We are far from extreme but we began clipping coupons and downloading coupons and even paying a "clipping service" through Ebay to get a set of coupons.

We've got a binder full of coupons and through in-store sales, digital coupons and clipped coupons .... We saved $175! The best deal we got was the $1 Gillette Bodywash. It was on sale for $2.99 w/ a $2 coupon. Paul isn't going to need body wash for a long time! He got 9 bottles and also 4 discounted or free deodorants. I also got a great deal on Pantene Conditioner.

Every week, we The Star-Herald comes out I "tweet" a deal of the week using the sales papers and coupons. This week the deal is......drum roll....25 cent French's Worcestershire Sauce  from Dollar General or French's 8 oz. Yellow Mustard $1 @ Dollar General, coupon 30 cents off; or 18-20 oz @ Walmart for $1.37 w/ 30 cent coupon.

Can you believe that Spring Football has come and gone...

I can! So in the midst of Spring Football, our air conditioner went out, we had tornadoes in Attala County and no power,  and I went to home to help pack up in case of flooding. I am sure there is something I'm leaving out. You get the point! CRAZY!

I can't believe that D.W., Brent, Adams, Corey Mac, M.J., JerMich, and Garrett have played their first game as seniors. Man, how times flies....seems like yesterday they were playing 8th grade football. They are a really good group of young men.

This year is going to be very emotional for Paul and me because we've grown very attached to them. Next year, is going to be even worse! Because Antez, Potts, Hunter, Justin and Moody are our "babies."

I'm so tired of natural DISASTERS!

My mom has been pestering me for quite some time to come and get "my stuff" out of her house.
I think it's only fair that my childhood home contains my childhood toys and photos, etc.

Now, my mom is getting her wish thanks to the possibility of the Mississippi River flooding the South Delta and my hometown of Rolling Fork. In all actuality, where my parents' home sits and granted the back water levee holds, everything will be fine.

So just to be on the safe side, I'm going to head to Rolling Fork tomorrow and get all the things that can't be replaced -- photos, original land deeds, my wedding dress, and whatever else they want me to take.

Two sets of great aunts and uncles will be moving out of their homes this weekend. My Uncle Horace and Aunt Florence are very dear to me and live in Issaquena County. They live in my great-grandmother's home and we spend Thanksgivings and Christmases there. My dad grew up in that house.

Uncle Marion and Aunt Betty Jo are moving out of their home too. Uncle Marion just had surgery and predictions of the flooding would close two paths to Jackson. They are moving in with their son in Vicksburg.

All of this has been emotionally draining. From viewing last week's storms here and elsewhere in the state to Rolling Fork's Red Barn collapsing (I'll blog about that later)  to now the flood, I think I'll just lock myself in my room and hide.