Here's a photo of poor Big R's arm. Ouch!

So, I took the photo in this layout yesterday. Big R has been practicing his bike without the training wheels. He's been doing so well and he's been happily riding up and down the street. But unfortunately today as he was riding he had an accident and fell off, landing on his arm. He got a pretty good sized abrasion about the size of 2 quarters side by side near his elbow. Scraped off several layers of skin there. His elbow began swelling up and we were worried about the possibility that he might have broken a bone so I took him to the ER. Thankfully we didn't have to wait long to be seen. I guess that's one of the perks of living in a small town. Anyway, they x-rayed his arm and fortunately there were no visible fractures. The nurse dressed his arm and he even got an Otter Pop! By the time we left he seemed to be doing pretty well, jumping around and all. Altogether, from the time we got to the ER until the time we left, we were there less than an hour, I'd say. Very quick and efficient. It's pretty cool how they can do x-rays now and immediately see them on a computer. Big R thought it was pretty cool to see the bones in his arm.
So, that was our Saturday adventure. Fun stuff. And by the way, happy Chocolate Chip Day!

Here is a preview of my MoMo's first school portrait! Isn't she just so adorable and photogenic!? I bet you can't wait get your hands on a copy! All you have to do is send a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) and I will send you a copy of your own. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery. Just kidding. I will try to distribute photos soon.

Coupons...You know that I love them. I have a LOT of coupons but I'm still struggling to organize them. Just a friendly word of advice: If you decide to collect coupons, be sure to get them organized right from the start. I have so many coupons thrown in a box right now that it's difficult to get up the will to get them all sorted and organized. I have a few in a binder but those are coupons that I just got. Instead of tossing them in the box when I got them I put them in my binder. I suppose if I just keep up adding the new ones directly to the binder then eventually as I use them and/or they expire it will end up organized in my binder.
Well, I also wanted to share a little bit about a company that I am really impressed with right now. Malt-O-Meal. See, along with getting coupons from the Sunday paper I also print MANY coupons from the internet on my home printer. There are a few websites (coupons.com, redplum.com, and smartsource.com) where you can go and choose the coupons you want to print and print only those. They will print 3 to a page and use up the whole sheet of paper. Many company websites also will offer printable coupons as well BUT my big gripe with those is that more often than not you get one coupon at the top of the page then a HUGE advertisement at the bottom. What a waste of paper and ink! (I think they must have a deal with the ink companies!) Well, back to Malt-O-Meal. I recently went to their website to print coupons and they have a policy to curb waste by printing more than one coupon on a page. Yay! That impressed me so much that I decided to email them and let them know how much I appreciated and admired this policy. I expected nothing in return. I just wanted to commend them for a good thing. Give them some positive feedback instead of a complaint (which I'm sure they get plenty of). Most people (including myself most of the time) are more likely to contact a company to complain rather than compliment. And a few days later in the mail I received 2 coupons for their cereal! Wow! That made me even happier with them! So I just wanted the share that and talk up Malt-O-Meal a little. Even though my reading audience is pretty small. And, by the way, I really like their cereal, too! My favorite is the Golden Puffs, comparable to Honey Smacks.
Ok, I have just one more coupon related story to relate. Probably about a month ago I brought home a newspaper that had a Toys R Us ad in it. My little MoMo poured over that ad and saw a Barbie that she really wanted. So, she cut out the picture in a neat little rectangle and brought it to me. She said, "We have to take this coupon to the store so we can buy the Barbie and it will cost less." LOL She has seen me use so many coupons and knows that they help you save money. A couponer-in-training! Although, what she cut out wasn't an actual coupon. But she's got the right idea.
Alright, well I better get back to my studies. Fun fun fun. Until next time...

Hello once again. Happy {inter} National Scrapbooking Day! In the digital world, it is a day full of freebies and sales! I've already picked up a few freebies and added a number of new items to my wishlists at various digital scrapbooking shops. The good/bad news is, most of the products on my wishlists are on sale for up to 50% off. Good because, well, what awesome prices! Bad because I want to buy it ALL! (sigh) So, I just wanted to let you all know that I'm accepting donations so I can expand my digital scrapbooking library. All donations will be put to good use purchasing lovely, hand-picked-by-me digital scrapbooking goodies. Please don't hesitate to make a generous donation! Love you all!