Deal Hunting

Since starting the job at WesBanco my deal hunting has been limited. I have scoped out some Coke/Pepsi deals when we run low at home but there hasn't been really much grabbing my attention in the ads lately. Hopefully now that I have more of a routine down I'll have more time to look for deals :) Our stockpile from last fall has carried us through pretty well these last 3 months- time to start restocking!

Garden is in, farmer's market is coming...summer is soon!!

We planted the garden on Sunday. Tomatoes, green peppers, corn, eggplant, yellow peppers, zucchini and yellow squash. Now we need to plant watermelon and pumpkin and we're done. We ran out of room so I don't think I'm going to get my green and wax beans this year :( HOWEVER, I can't WAIT for the start of the farmer's market in June....there I will get my green and wax beans!! YUMM!!

The pool was also put up a couple weeks back and the water has been getting ever-so-slowly warmer. Soon summer will be here!!!

Just Tomatoes

I'm currently waiting for the arrival of over $8000.00 worth and 643 lbs of dried fruits and vegetables from a co-op I just hosted. www.justtomatoes.com is an awesome company that freeze dries fruits and vegetables with absolutely no preservatives or anything added. This makes a great snack food straight from the container or can be rehydrated. I had over 95 people order at a discounted price through the co-op. On Monday the order will be delivered and Steve and I will go to work packaging up everyone's orders for shipment. Hopefully this will work out to be an every-other-month event.

Mallory is ONE!

I'm not even sure how that happened, but she turned 1 on 5/2/09. She's not walking yet but she has started pulling herself up to standing. We had to lower her crib Wednesday. She's not my tiny baby anymore!! :( We also achieved my goal of absolutely no formula :) She is now getting whole milk 3x a day and nursing 3x a day. The girl loves to eat so we've been experimenting with table foods and she's doing awesome with them!

Six Months Have Flown By

Has it really been SIX months since I posted????

Only 2 big things have happened:

~Mallory turned 1 on 5/2/09- we are having a joint birthday cookout for her and Isaac this weekend. Isaac will be 4 on 5/31/09

~After an arduous interview process consisting of 3 interviews over 2 months, I was hired as a commercial loan doc processor at WesBanco beginning 2/24/09. Most days I really like it. My department consists of 7 women and 1 man so you know there's going to be drama but overall it's good.

The rest of the time I was just living life- enjoying every minute I have with my family :)