We had a Snowman at Christmas too

Happy Christmas at the Hopes'

Happy Holiday

We'll we're off to our next party, here's a pic of our group on Christmas Eve. Hope all you folks in MN manage to get out and enjoy some of that new snow.

2010 Sunday Coupon Insert Schedule

Here's the schedule for next year's Red Plum (RP) and Smartsource (SS) coupons - it starts off with a bang (4 inserts the first weekend of the New Year)

January 3 - 2 RP & 2 SS (New Year, New You)
January 10 - RP & SS (New Year, New You)
January 17 - SS (Big Game Extravaganza, Super Bowl Savings Spectacular)
January 24 - RP & SS (Big Game Extravaganza, Super Bowl Savings Spectacular)
January 31 - RP & SS (Big Game Extravaganza, Super Bowl Savings Spectacular)
.
February 7 - RP & SS (Heart Smart)
February 14 - RP
February 21 - SS & RP
February 28 - SS
.
March 7 - SS & RP
March 14 - SS & RP
March 21 - RP & SS (Easter Seals)
March 28 - RP & 2 SS (SmartSource Green)
.
April 4 - NO INSERTS (Easter)
April 11- SS & RP
April 18 - RP & SS (SmartSource Green)
April 25 - SS & RP
.
May 2 - SS & RP
May 9 - SS (Summer Blastoff)
May 16 - RP & SS (Summer Blastoff)
May 23 - SS & RP
May 30 - NO INSERTS (Memorial Day)
.
June 6 - RP & SS (Children's Miracle Network)
June 13 - SS & RP
June 20 - RP & SS (Easter Seals)
June 27 - SS & RP
.
July 4 - NO INSERTS (4th of July)
July 11 - SS & RP
July 18 - SS
July 25 - SS & RP
.
August 1 - SS & 2 RP
August 8 - RP & SS (Back to School, Back to Savings)
August 15 - SS & RP
August 22 - SS (Back to School, Back to Savings)
August 29 - SS & RP
.
September 5 - NO INSERTS (Labor Day)
September 12 - RP & SS (Diabetes Smart)
September 19 - SS & RP
September 26 - SS & RP
.
October3 - RP & SS (SmartSource Pink)
October 10 - SS & RP
October 17 - SS & RP
October 24 - SS & RP
October 31 - SS & RP
.
November 7 - RP & SS (Children's Miracle Network)
November 14 - SS & 2 RP
November 21 - SS & RP
November 28 - NO INSERTS (Thanksgiving)
.
December 5 - SS & RP
December 12 - SS & RP
December 19 - NO INSERTS (Christmas)
December 26 - NO INSERTS (New Year's)

Where's Santa?

In case you're wondering when you need to go to bed so Santa can deliver your gifts, our wonderful friends at Google have equipped Santa with a GPS tracker and you can track his journey throughout the world on Christmas Eve. Just go HERE. There are lots of cool things on the Santa Tracker site, like HOW MANY COOKIES SANTA EATS and other cool stuff.

 

Hope he has a bunch of extra reindeer standing around, cause this young deer will probably be scratched from the team after running into a Publix store today, he was a little dazed.

Happy Holidays to You

Well I linked the blog back to Facebook now so everyone will see updates. Wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and happy new year 2010!

This Who in Whoville

This Who in Whoville is not wanting Christmas to be this week. Maybe subconsciously that's why we took pictures with the Grinch at Universal and made them into our Christmas cards (that we never sent out). I'm coming down with a sore throat that I've been fighting off since Saturday, and here it is Tuesday getting a little worse each day. 

 

Publix Sneak Peak 12/24-12/31

Well it looks a good stock up week at Publix starting Christmas Eve, they finally have some yogurt (Dannon Activa) that will be free or cheap with matching up the BOGO and coupons. Lots of cereals deals and more salad dressing. Keep checking back to the SNEAK PEAK this week as coupon matchups are added. Another great resource is www.iheartpublix.com for coupon matchups and deals.

 

Keep an eye out for the Publix Art Calendar which is being seen in some stores now, they have great coupons for each month of the year. Get at least 2 copies if you can so you can maximize.

Winter is Here

It was a chilly 39F this a.m. in FL. The plants are covered, the firewood stacks are full, the dog has an extra blanket and we have fresh clean "winter" sheets on the heated waterbed, along with our down comforter instead of just the quilted bedspread. We're ready for the onslaught of cold. It seems like it always is cold at Christmas. Anyway, we still try to get outside and at least give the dog a walk so her metabolism keeps her warm at night. The other night we walked down Park Ridge and saw this house that was totally lit up with Christmas lights.