Triumph

Sometimes, on a difficult day, you have to celebrate the little victories.

I like saving money. Seriously. Saving money is one of my superpowers. (To balance that, I have the superweakness of always choosing the slowest line anywhere. Don't get in line with me.) But saving money can often take time -- time to research different stores, sales, prices, coupons, promotions, etc. -- as well as mental energy. With two itty bitties, I don't have much time or mental energy these days. Superpower temporarily shelved.

Yesterday it made a brief appearance. Safeway paid me $1.00 to take this juice off their hands ($3 price - $1 coupon -$1.50 coupon - $1.50 reduction).


Sometimes it's the little victories.

Gone the Way of the...

Well, you know. Dodo birds, dinosaurs, and numerous cute mispronunciations by Grace -- all extinct. While we're thankful that she's becoming more understandable by the day, we'll miss the "words" she used to say. Things like:

Shyayah (glasses)
Aminamoy (orange)
Baisiyohyoh (bicycle)

And we love the occasions when she doesn't know all the words to a story or song, so inserts a word she knows that sounds similar to her, usually with hilarious results. My favorite example -- anyone know the hymn, "Praise Him, Praise Him, Jesus, A Beaver?" No? Thought not. But when blessed redeemer isn't in your vocabulary, what do you do?