Meet Sawyer Alan Blaylock...

...the 4-D sonogram of Sawyer, that is! Simply amazing!





A few weeks ago when Marci and Jeff sent this picture out to the fam, I could not tell who he looks like. I think Marci was a little freaked out because she saw "Jeff" right away! By "freaked out" I mean she was picturing a itty baby with Jeff's adult sized head and look...which I think is a little disturbing no matter whose head you imagine on a baby! Anyway...I digress.


So, things seem to be progressing well for Marci and Sawyer. She is getting very uncomfortable with only 7 weeks to go! Sawyer has been breech and I'm not sure if he has flipped around in there yet, but he better hurry 'cause I imagine she is running out of room very quickly!


I'm so excited to see him! It is going to be SO HARD not living near them! I'm already stressed about what I'll do once she goes into labor! I'm about 99% sure I won't make it in time for delivery which does make me sad :-( However, it is in the summer so I can afford to take a week to visit her shortly after they've had time to settle in at home with him. I guess only time will tell. Untl then, my mantra remains...Hurry up Sawyer!! I want to meet you and eat you up!!

Budgeting and Groceries...YUCK!

I HATE PLANNING MEALS!!

It is just hard to do for one person! My friend, Amy, and I, often share meals but as we have "aged" and "matured", we have noticed we don't like alot of the same stuff anymore! So, now, sharing meals isn't always desirable.

Enter www.e-mealz.com. You have GOT to check it out! I heard about it on Dave Ramsey's Radio show...yes I even listen to his program now...and I decided to check it out. Basically, it is a menu planning service...and it only costs $5 a month!! There are several choices you can make. I chose a WeightWatcher Points plan for 2 people at Wal-Mart. This means that each week I get a new menu, based on Wal-Mart items/prices/sales, portioned for 2 people, based on the WeightWatchers Points plan. It also includes the shopping list already made plus an estimated cost!! Simply amazing!! I get a new menu every Wednesday. I save them on my computer and every week, before going to the grocery store, I go through all he previous weeks menus, pick about 3 meals I'm pretty certain I'll like and make my shopping list. It has revolutionized my meal planning! I've even started to look forward to planning meals...and cooking them! If you check out e-mealz online and think you want to subscribe, use this link...it will earn me tiny discounts on my subscription. Thanks!
http://www.e-mealz.com/amember/go.php?r=37509&i=l0

Baby Step 1...almost...

DONE! And then not..I'm so close I can almost taste it! Baby Step 1 of Dave Ramsey's plan for Financial Peace is to have $1000 in an emergency fund. So, I had it for about a day...then came the aforementioned fraudulant bank activity and baby showers. Technically, the baby showers were NOT an emergency and I should not have used emergency fund money for it. However, creating a good, written budget takes about 3 months of working out, giving and taking. So, that is really what happened to my emergency fund in regards to the showers. All that to say...BS1 is almost done! Next paycheck, I'll have it all and I will have started Baby Step 2...the Debt Snowball! I can't wait for that step! It will be the longest running, but I think the most fun!!!

Steppin' Along...

Wow! I'm a TERRIBLE blogger!

So, it has been several weeks and I'm still working the "Dave Ramsey" plan to Financial Peace. The fact that I'm still on the plan is just about a miracle! Especially since during the end of my first month of real budgeting, my checking account was accessed by thieves in California! Also during that first month's budget, I had four baby showers...one for my sis, Marci, and the other three at a combined shower for three girls in my LifeGroup. Four baby showers could blow anyone's budget! Even better was the fact that I was a hostess for Marci's shower, all of these showers were on the same weekend, and it was all the same week as the fraudulant activity on my account! Needless to say, the fact that I emerged from that week with my budget somewhat intact is just short of AMAZING! Dave Ramsey always says that during your first 3 months of living on a written budget, if "Murphy" has a chance to visit...he will! Amen brother!