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Anne is a 30-something full-time SAHM mom of 5 ranging from 3 to 17 and grandma of 1 who resides in Ashwaubenon (Green Bay) Wisconsin. She started blogging in 2008 as a way to regain her sanity. She enjoys coffee, chocolate, cheeseburgers and vodka along with spending time with her husband and kids.
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This week has not been a good one.
I’m pretty sure when 2012 comes to a close it will definitely be a contender for one of the worst weeks of the year.
Tuesday afternoon, Zack called from school because his hip was really hurting him and he wanted to come home and take some pain killers. He doesn’t take them at school because they have a tendency to knock him out cold.
Since Ellie was sleeping and Alexander was in the middle of eating his lunch, I woke up the Alex and asked if he could run and fetch the boy.

(**Now, a lot of people (points big fat finger and judgmental in-laws) think that it was wrong for me to wake up Alex to go get Zack and asked why I didn’t just take the little kids and go get him. Picking up Zack would have meant I had to wake up Ellie from a MUCH NEEDED nap and load her into her car seat. Get Alexander out of his costume, interrupt his lunch, get him dressed and load him into his car seat. Load both littles into the car and head up to the school. Unload the littles and lug them into school to sign Zack out and assist him with the zero free hands I have and get him and his wheel chair out to the van, get the littles back into the van and then help Zack into the van and load up his wheelchair and return to the house. Unload both the littles and help Zack into the house. Blah. blah. blah. So yeah. Easier to wake up Alex and ask him to go.**)

Alex went to get the boy from school.
15 minutes after he left I got a call from Zack.
They had been in an accident when they were leaving the school.

Thankfully no one was hurt.

Alex hit another van and was cited for inattentive driving.

This is the damage to the van he hit.

All he did to the other van (a 1994 Plymouth Voyager on its last legs according to the owner) was pop the tire and put a huge dent in the rim.

This is my van.

Our van has almost $4000 of damage and is in the shop getting fixed and is expected to be done by the 22nd.
Right now, our family of 6 is using a 2012 Ford Focus. So yeah, we can’t all go somewhere at once. It sucks.
It.Really.Sucks.

We are hoping they can upgrade us to something a little bigger tomorrow but it will just be a full size sedan instead of a compact.

It is the 22nd yet???
I never thought I would miss my minivan so much!!

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I don’t know about your family, but ours goes through A LOT of cereal! We tend to find ourselves buying up a lot of the double packs of cereal when we make our monthly trip to Sam’s Club.

Well, Cheerios is changing the way they do 2 packs. Meet the new 2 box Cheerios.
New 2 box Cheerios contains two individual boxes, making them easier to store and easier to pour!

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While each box contains more cereal, packaging material has been reduced by over 200,000 lbs, saving 1,000 trees and taking 130 Cheerios trucks of the road, decreasing CO2 emissions

We are loving the extra space it has freed up in our pantry!

You can see the new packaging yourself by visiting your local Costco, Sam’s Club or BJ’s.


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This year, our family is committed to living a healthier life.  To do so, we have head to make some huge lifestyle changes.  Since the start of our lifestyle change we have been doing our best to introduce everyone to new foods.  We have learned that some of us do like fish and some don’t and I discovered that I LOVE crab.

One thing neither Zack or I have ever really been a fan of is vegetables, granted I do enjoy more of them then he does. I have slowly started to introduce him to new veggies but he won’t eat them unless they are covered or smothered in something so I turned to Green Giant’s frozen boxed veggies which are endoresed by Weight Watchers and since we are all trying to watch our weight and eat healthier these are a perfect fit for our family.

You can find Green Giant frozen boxed vegetables in your local grocer’s frozen foods section and they are available in a variety of veggies and also offer some with decadent sauces and tasty seasonings.

These veggies are delish and have become a welcome addition to our freezer.

Coming from a family who has been involved with Weight Watchers for years, I think it is also important to share that Green Giant is the ONLY frozen vegetable brand to be endorsed by Weight Watchers and nearly all endorsed varieties have a 1 or 2 PointsPlus value per serving.

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Visit  to download a printable coupon for $0.60 off the purchase of two boxes of Weight Watchers® endorsed Green Giant Boxed Vegetables.

Although we are not enrolled members of Weight Watchers, I have been trying to follow their path as I was once a member and did have success.

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