Our Piggy Bank

Since the beginning of our couponing, we decided to make a little piggy bank of all our receipts from shopping trips and circle the total savings listed at the end of each one. Added up today, our total was $598.
That should make for a delightsome Christmas break filled with many adventures. We also splurged on a king sized bed for $100 out of our little piggy bank, so kiss the air mattress good bye! Bed time never felt so good. The piggy bank makes the head ache of couponing worth it.

Cluck Cluck

Thanksgiving was fun and weird this year. I still feel like it's summer, so it has not registered at all that its the holidays. Going to China in late January and missing a bitter Utah winter, and then moving to Miami in the fall has thrown off my whole seasonal clock. Anyway, we had our pals Marianne and Brad over and we indulged in some serious Thanksgiving goodies.

Danny was the turkey man (I just can't handle a. the pressure of making the turkey and b. i hate touching any meat that includes bones)
I took care of the sweet potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cheesecake, cranberry sauce, and little turkey treats.
Marianne and Brad made tasty mash potatoes, rolls, pumpkin pie and green bean casserole.
We were pleased with all of our culinary skills. We also indulged in a delightful game of dominoes, a new found favorite.

My Dad

 Is a little bit crazy

a little eccentric 

 a Grampa

also a great grampa!

 gets a little silly with his wife

 keeps it real with the grandbabes

 did i mention he's goofy?

 is a good dad

 is handsome and has cool suits

 

is old enough to be in this black and white photo (on the far right, unless its his twin bro)

 

is 75 :) 

 11/16/1936 was a great day in history.

Happy Birthday Dadda dear! Hope it is splendid and filled with 75 years of delightsome memories. Wish we could be there to party with you! 

Thanks for the laughs, the lessons, and the example you have given me. 

You've made life not only possible for me, but you make it better.

Love you.

Into the Everglades

Had a ball biking through los Everglades yesterday.

 We jumped off our bikes to walk along a path, and ran into this guy blocking the trail. What a chump.

 A gator waiting to attack the approaching biker.

 And he's coming for the camera

Pint sized gators! I wanted to abduct one.

Slithery snakes crossing our bike trail. We were really hoping to see some pythons that apparently are causing a ruckus in the EG lately.

 sneaky gator

 endangered birds