All Child’s Play

I just got this e-mailed to me from a friend and had to share it.  Actually, it was one of my guy friends so I’m not sure where he got it (or what the heck he’s doing sending it around)…but I did appreciate it!

If you’ve ever felt any of these things, then you’re definitely a real mom.

MOTHERS

Real Mothers don’t eat quiche;
They don’t have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils
Are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors,
Filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough
Doesn’t come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don’t want to know what
The vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask ‘Why me?’
And get their answer when a little
Voice says, ‘Because I love you best.’

Real Mothers know that a child’s growth
Is not measured by height or years or grade…
It is marked by the progression of Mommy to Mom to Mother…

The Images of Mother

4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn’t really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn’t know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She’s hopelessly old-fashioned.

18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She’s way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let’s get Mom’s opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes,
Because that is the doorway to her heart,
The place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,
But true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.
It is the caring g that she lovingly gives, the passion that she
Shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

Please send this to 5 Moms today.

If you don’t, nothing bad will happen,
But if you do, something good Will…….
You’ll boost a Mother’s spirits.

Good Morning America featured a segment this morning on coupons and how much money people are saving these days by searching for and using online coupons.  In recent months, during this economic depression or recession or whatever they’re calling it, Americans are finding more and more ways to save money on their groceries, their clothing, necessities for the kids and the household and just about everything under the sun.  More and more coupon sites are popping up online to assist people to save money.

I admittedly felt really guilty as I watched this segment.  My husband is the “coupon king”, and over the years we have all teased him and harrassed him about his frugalness.  He’s one of those people that looks forward to the Wednesday grocery flyers with all the local grocery store specials.  Oh, and don’t even get us started on how long it takes him to get through the Sunday papers just to clip and cut coupons.

Then there’s always the arguments about where to go out for dinner.  No matter what we may be craving or where we want to go, we almost always end up someplace else because hubby has a two-for-one coupon.   It’s gotten to the point that whenever we’re planning an evening out with friends or family we don’t even discuss where we’re going, we just ask Bob where he has coupons for.

For the past 5 years or so he’s almost exclusively been our grocery shopper.  I still do all the menu planning and cooking, but he does all the shopping.  He’ll travel to 3 or 4 different stores on a typical Saturday morning because he knows exactly what’s on sale at each store and which coupons he has to match those sale items.

My husband came from a family of 7 kids, and this was the way his mother shopped and he learned to shop.  And now it appears to be the way that most Americans are also shopping.  After 30 plus years of living with the coupon mentallity, I’m used to it and appreciate the fact that my husband has saved us thousands of dollars over the years.

But today we have former CEOs who were earning close to a million dollars per year scouring through the newspapers and circulars for coupons.  Maybe this is a wakeup call to us all.  If we all (including myself), paid more attention to coupons and savings we can find both in our newspapers and online…we’d all have a few extra thousand dollars reserved for these tough economic times.

I’m sure online coupon searches will be increasing even more than 160% as we all continue to get through this recovery process.

If you have kids and are looking for special deals on kids meals and kids eat free, you might want to check out this site:  Kids Eat Free

No self promotion here…Other than for my grandson, I haven’t searched for  a free kids meal deal in a long time.  I just came upon this site and thought I’d share it with parents of littler ones.

Please let me know of other coupon sites, etc. that you’re aware of.  Leave your links if you have coupon sites, etc. to share with everyone.  It could save someone a lot of time and a lot of money just by sharing your links with us all.