Guest Blog: Reading Tennis Shoes to Mom by the Dog Walker

For quite a while, Mom had been looking forward to hearing me read a lot of the Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites series that she and Dad always enjoyed reading together. We used to have a whole collection of them, but for some reason, most of them had disappeared out of the household. For most times, I've been requesting a couple of copies from the local library and after finishing them, I would return them. So, I went onto the Thrift Book website and ordered them for a very good deal. Most of the copies on the website cost 5 dollars each, while the ones from Amazon cost like 10 or 20 dollars, I just thought of the Thrift Books approach just so that Mom could have almost the entire series again. I thought I bought the entire series at once, when I realized that book seven was missing and I instead ordered Cheaper By the Dozen, which is also a book that Mom likes! Maybe after reading the entire Tennis Shoes series, I'll start reading that book to her.

Wordless Wednesday - on Friday...

Princess played this game with me. 

Notice anything different?

Last Birthday Freebies (I think)

I'm guessing I can get the rest of my birthday freebies in this post without it being crazy long.

Ok, let's get going!

Sephora gave me this cute little set although they had others I could choose from.

So did Ulta, but I liked the look of this pink bottle of mist.

BloomChic gave me $10 and I got this shirt. I think is was $13, so I did pay a little bit.

Kohl's also gave me $10, but I put it toward buying a warm coat for Sport.

With the $10 from JC Penney, I got 2 cute shirts. Both were Lilo & Stitch.

I missed my free pastry from Panera, but I made up for it with a cherry turnover from Arby's. Sorry, no pics.

Last year, I missed my free Jamba, but not this year! Orange Dream Machine is the best!

Texas Roadhouse game a free sidekick of ribs AND ice cream AND a ride on the saddle. It doesn't get any better than that.

Red Robin gave me a shake, but if anyone got a pic, it wasn’t me. I did get this one from our meal.

Almost done...

Chevron gave me 50 points toward gas and Subway gave me a free cookie.

Krispy Kreme gave me 3 glazed donuts

Last, but certainly not least, Club Tacanos, gave me a free meal, so Scout and I went down to the Gateway. She used my gift card and that got us down to about $20 including tip.  Not bad for all the delicious meat you can eat.

Ok, that's it...for now, but I still have 3 more to redeem...

Happy Birthday, Queso and Burrito

It's been a couple of weeks since Queso turned 5, but we had a great time at his party and I didn't want you to miss it.

I spent most of the party holding Bright Eyes. What do you think of her new blog name?

Today is Burrito's 19th birthday! Can you believe it? Where has the time gone? He had a great party, I am told, but I am hanging out at home with a lousy migraine.

Here are some pics with his girl that he sent to me this morning. Pretty sure they are from Valentines Day.

Happiest of birthdays, Burrito!!