Big boys and big deals!

This has shaped up to be one completely random post. The first thing in today's randomness is this shot that Jeff took of Jude. Doesn't this picture make him look HUGE?! I think he loos more like a toddler here than and 8 & 1/2 month old baby. As usual, he is completely happy. He is the happiest kid I have ever met, even at 2 in the morning, when he's supposed to be sleeping (and 5, and 7. . .)















Here's Jude wearing the bib that sweet Grandma Susan made for him and attempting (pretending?) to feed himself. At least he doesn't gag himself with that spoon any more, but he usually grabs it right by the bowl, so any food that was in there ends up smashed over his palm.















Here we have Jude and Daddy. Jude is wearing one of Daddy's undershirts because we are working on a messy project for his grandpas for Father's Day.















And here is the boy enjoying the papasan chair I got for him at our Goodwill for $4. Score!


































Enjoying the papasan AND one of the books I bought him. (We were getting ready to go in the pool.)















Lasty, here are the books I bought at Goodwill today. They had a special: 4 books for 99 cents. I checked on line and if I had bought these 4 books retail, after tax I would have spent more than $50.00! And again, I say: SCORE!

FREE STUFF!

I am only 18 points away from a Starbucks gift card! And all I've done so far to get it is search the internet. At random times, Swagbucks decides that I earn a certain amount of points (the most I've won at once is 4 points). It takes anywhere from 30 to several thousand points to win prizes (should I save 800 and get a drum set? Suuuure!).

So, here's what you do: click here and register. It would be helpful to me if you would say that I referred you because then I will earn points when you earn points.

Really, I think I will save up my points for the iPod Nano, since we lost my MP3 player in the move.

Angel Food

Here's Jude all bundled up for our trip to the Methodist Church to pick up our Angel Food order.




















































Here's our loot from our "shopping trip" for our Angel Food. We got there at 12:10 and were out the door by 12:18. There were a bunch of men just waiting around to help. Jeff stayed in the car with Jude (it was 12 degrees at 9 am and still only around 20 at noon) and I brought in the laundry baskets and the men took them to each station to fill them and brought them out to the car!!! I've never gotten $203 worth of groceries with such ease.
























































What Angel Food is not: It is not a welfare program. You do not base this on income.
What Angel Food is: It is sort of a (very) large co-op, where things are bought in bulk for the best prices and divided up amongst all the people who "go in" on it. You prepay and then pick up your food on the delivery day. And it is pretty good stuff. Each regular unit is $30 and is supposed to be enough to feed a family of four for a week. Then the extra boxes of meat or produce run anywhere from $15 - $22.

So, for $203 we got:
1.5 lbs of New York Strips
1 lb sirloin
1.5 lb of boneless pork chops
20 hamburgers patties (10 lbs)
3.75 lbs T-Bone steaks
6 lbs of ribeyes
16 lbs chicken leg quarters
8 lbs prok ribs
4 bls chicken fajita strips
4 lbs ground turkey
4.5 lb. (avg.) Whole Chicken
2 lb. Wings
2 lb. Chicken Nuggets
2 lb. Breaded Chicken Tenders
(If you are counting, that is more than 60 pounds of meat)
4.5 lbs cheese manicotti (frozen)
4 lbs broccoli (frozen)
4 lbs peas(frozen)
4 boxes of instant oatmeal
1 gallon shelf stable milk
4 packs of blueberry muffin mis 48 corn tortillas
4 lbs dried pinto beans
4 boxes of rice & vermicelli
4 dozen eggs
4 boxes of snack pack cookies (10 packs per box)
4 lbs russett potatoes
3 lbs sweet potatoes
2 lbs yellow onions
4 lbs navel oranges
2 grapefruits (anyone want these?)
4 tangerines
4 pears
1 lb carrots
1 head of green cabbage
1/2 lb pecans

Watching us put all of this away made Jude very happy!














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