A Letter to an Old Friend....

Dear BarKeeper's Friend,

It has been so long and I have missed the times we have spent together polishing my kitchen sink. I had a super messy stove-top that needed serious attention. After spending nearly 20 minutes scrubbing and scrubbing that first burner I thought my night would escape me and I would be cleaning for hours just on my stove top. I am so sorry I doubted your ability. I admit I was nervous at first, no one wants scratches all over their stove-top. Well, I put you to work by making a bit of a paste and using a non-scratching scrub pad and wouldn't you know it....but with very little effort the mess came off. Just like that I cut my stove top cleaning time in half! Thank you so VERY much BarKeeper's Friend. I will tell all my friend far and wide that we have an amazing relationship of trust and happiness.

Love Shay

I've been doing a lot of baking and selling my stuff. My awesome mother-in-law made the cute labels.

So the selling has been done with the girls. They have been my excuse to have a bake stand selling my stuff. I've made banana bread, caramels, tri-level browies, blonde brownies, mint brownies, 5-layer brownies, banana cake with caramel frosting.

Tri-level brownies

Caramels

Cute kids on the corner making some money for mom to buy a bigger vehicle and go on summer adventures!

Feet

My Reese has a sensory thing....with her FEET. My sister-in-law, Jamie, helped me to notice that her touching me, her sisters, stepping on books, wanting her feet to hold her fork...you get the idea. Well, here is evidence of her exploring her world with her feet:

Yes that's a tray of my delicious caramels, and YES that is her foot print in it.

Sheesh!

Here's what we've been up to:

Playing some hide and seek

Getting breakfast in bed for Mother's Day

Blake as Rapunzle in a school project

My darling cousin, Jessica's, wedding in AZ

10 things....

amazing friend that are willing to do anything for me.....even pick up kids ALL week long! (thanks michelle)
pool days with my family
a job (mine & Dan's)
naps
temples
baking and cooking
my sisters
good examples
cute bows in my girls' hair that match their outfit
having my husband home

Diapers

I just got a good deal on some diapers, and thought I would pass it along. If you go to diapers.com, and are a new customer, you can get $10 off your order (by using the referral promo code: SHAY4667), plus a $15 rebate, and free shipping, if you spend $49 or more.

So, here's what you do:

1. Go to diapers.com, and pick out any combination of diapers that add up to $49.
2. When you check out, use referral promo code : SHAY4667. You should get free shipping on your order of $49 or more ($49 before you take the $10 discount off at checkout). They should arrive within a couple of business days. Another bonus: they didn't charge me sales tax (and don't for most states), so that saved me a few more dollars over the grocery store.
3. Go to http://www.diapers.com/helpcenter/parenting.htm
and follow instructions to get your $14.97 rebate. (Basically, you are opting out of getting a free year subscription to Parenting magazine and they just give you the money they would have spent on your subscription instead. If you don't do this step, you'll end up getting the magazine.)

*There's another code on their website that says you can get $5 off your order for being a new customer. You cannot stack this with your referral code, so it's better to use the referral code to get $10 off.

Once you join, you can get your own referral code and pass that along to other people you know who may find this helpful. Or you can just forward mine if you decide not to do it.

Hope this is helpful. Send this to anyone you know who needs a great deal on diapers!

AND diapers.com even accepts manufacturer's coupons. You send them in and they'll tack it on to your account THUS saving you even more!!!

After Midnight Project!

Check out this amazing band! I know the guy on the left. Isn't he HOT!