Girl's trip, Recipes, and more

Girl's trip - Ok, so I have a question for you ladies coming to girls weekend, and BTW- this is the list of people who have "RSVP'd":
Amy
Jill
Karie
Rachel J
Katie W
Shelly
Me

Would you ladies be interested in staying at my Dad's house instead of a hotel room? I never considered this as an option b/c I didn't want to make anyone cater to us or leave their home or anything, but my Dad volunteered and is not even going to be there that weekend. 

His home is new, 3200 square feet, 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms. It has a game room, theater and hot tub. Its also in Sugar house- so its really close to downtown. We would have one king size and three queen size beds to go around, plus lots of cumfy couch space as well. There's a large backyard, but alas, no pool. The cost would be $200 for the whole weekend (that's what it costs to pay the maid to come clean the whole place after we leave). Split 7 ways thats $28.50 per person. Again my Dad is NOT GOING TO BE THERE. We can use the kitchen, so that cuts the cost of food and Jill- if you need to bring Zach, you guys could have your own room. He even has a pack and play and exersaucer.

Now, here's the downside- NO pool, and we would really be at the mercy of Amy's van to get us around. That being said, there's the flexibility of having the place for the whole four nights- Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday for those that are coming in early, or leaving later. Does that make sense?

Please email me if you have any questions. Other than that, post here either YAY or NAY..... the sooner the better so we can start finalizing stuff.

THANK YOU!

Also, I have a file I've been putting together of lots of easy, fast, tried and true, inexpensive recipes that I could pass along to anyone who might be interested. I too have spent some time lately getting into the whole frugal shopping, coupon clipping thing. I've also been working really hard at my food storage goals, so if you're interested, I have a lot of great info.

ONE MORE THING- Most of you know I order Mary Kay a couple of times/ year. I will be placing that order within the next 10 days. If you are interested (40% discount) let me know asap.
MY EMAIL IS: jennymat@cox.net

Whew! Enough already! ;0)

Who's watching AI

Okay, nobody seems to be watching American Idol out here and I feel like I want to rant about it with someone! Do you hate Adam Lambert? I don't know who is voting for him, but I can't stand him! I hate the way that he sings and the way he looks and acts! I'm fine with Kris or Danny winning, just not Adam. And where are the girls this season? They totally got picked off so fast. And I hate the new judge! Why is she on? She is worthless! I want to know what everyone else thinks. I wish we could have a big girl's night and watch the finale together! I miss all of you awesome ladies!

Crazy just got CRAZIER!!

I just thought I'd let you all know that Jonathan just got put in as our bishop on Sunday. Yes it's nuts and yes I'm scared! Any and all prayers are greatly appreciated! We are just going on faith here because nothing else really makes sense :)....except that I know he'll do awesome!!

Sorry one more thing. The hotels I have been looking at range anywhere from 60 to 100 dollars so I was wondering if anyone has a price limit they need to set. If there are six of us we will probably have three to a room and so the cost is shared with three. Let me know your thoughts.

Girls Weekend

So I am sorry Jenny that I seem so flaky but I just got your voicemail because we were on vacation so I promise I was not ignoring you. Anyway I thought I would post a little update. I don't have anything set in stone because I have been waiting to see for sure how many are coming. Just to let everyone know it is never too late to let us know you are coming. I think there are only six of us coming so far. So I just wanted to know before I try to book anything are we planning on thursday, friday, saturday and sunday night? I need to know everyones plans so we can coordinate rides and rooms. We might be able to use my van that will fit everyone and I know we are thinking a hotel room somewhere in downtown salt lake so rides to and from the airport will be easy. I don't have anything formal planned unless everyone wants me to. There are awesome restaurants to eat at and good shopping, they also have a theatre that has some good plays. They are playing Hello Dolly while we are there. So that is my update. Let me know if you are coming, when you are coming(how many nights) if you are bringing any babies and if you have anything specific you would like to do.

Un-Birthday

I have had nine un-birthdays in a row now. I made it to 28 years old. I am bit different from last year. For one I now have huge bragging rights as I finished the Myrtle Beach Marathon back on Valentine's Day. I thought the training was going to kill me. Race day wasn't too bad but the weeks leading up to it, yuck. Anyway I never would have ran a marathon if it wasn't for the runners in this blog inspiring me. FYI: I have only gone running once since the race so I need to work on that.
Also I have become a coupon junkie. It really is sad that Monday mornings are spent pouring over the coupon blogs and making my shopping lists. I hope you are all couponing, if not couponmom.com is the best starting place.
My oldest is now out of diapers, not yet potty trained just out of diapers. So my house stinks. It also stinks because we got baby chicks. We have had them for a week now. In about four or five weeks they will be moved outside. If the smell gets too bad they will move to the garage before going outside. We only have two but so far they are really fun. We hope to get eggs by October.
That is pretty much what has changed from last year. I don't have any goals or plans for the next year, except to make some goals or plans. Any ideas?