At Home with the Knights

Aug. 3, 2008

Bowling for Buzzards.

Ha ha ha.  That always reminds me of The Lion King.  Hannah and Kali went to a friend's birthday party this weekend at a bowling alley.  My girls have not been bowling before and they had a blast!  Kali's ball was moving slower than a snail;  I was hoping the force of the a/c would help move it along.  Daddy helping Kali.  Excuse the graininess of the pictures.  It was soooo very dark in there.  They had those cool disco lights going and some really loud music that had the girls (and Alex and I) dancing for a few hours. Our friend was helping Hannah while I was attempting to get at least one good picture of her. This doesn't quite win 'best picture' award, does it? Cute, huh? First time bowling, and Hannah got a spare.  Her final score was an 81.  :)  Okay, and now for something equally as exciting.  Well, at least for me it is!  I've discovered The Grocery Game.  The Grocery Game  Groceries keep going up and up, and my bank account keeps going down and down.    I decided I had to do something about the ever-growing grocery bill.  I'm only on my first trial week (it's $1 for 4 weeks) but tomorrow's shopping trip should prove to be worth it!  I've got my coupons, my lists (oh how I am loving The List) and I'm ready to go.  I'll report back tomorrow on how much I spent and how much I saved.  There are things that are not on 'the list' that I need to get.  Since we really don't eat a whole lot of processed/boxed foods (except for crackers and some snacks) I have to buy stuff that isn't on the lists.  Though I think I still save more money; it's cheaper to cook from scratch (in my opinion) and much healthier for you, too.  My goal is to reduce our grocery bill by at least 25%, though I'd love to aim for 50%.  We'll see what happens.  But you heard it here - Alex said that if I can save the amount equal to my much sought-after clothesline, he will put one in for me.  I guarantee you I'll have one in a month.  ;) So check out the grocery game and let me know what you think.  The message boards are full of wonderful information, so even if you don't do the list subscription, you can still benefit greatly from the info you get from the boards.  I spent a lovely 4 hours at HellMart today as a teacher-representative from Crayola.  Hey, I'll end up with a $100 gift card from doing that, so it was worth it.  It was fairly fun, though standing in 5 little aisles in HellMart for 4 hours is really, really tiring.  Alex was here with the girls and made dinner tonight; that was nice!  Only 8 more days until our school year begins.  Hopefully I'll tie up any loose ends this week so we can start the new year off right!

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