Not up to much, yet so busy

These last two weeks are a blur. I really haven’t done much, yet it seems I have been so busy! I did get some bushes from Wal-Mart, because they were 80 percent off – I was so excited! I bought 13 and I even got them all planted, then I went back to get more and they were only 50% off so I didn’t get anymore. The bushes are small, but give them a year or two (maybe more) and I think they will look great. I also spread some steer manure over the dirt around the bushes – it comes in a bag and is more of a compost not just plain manure – that would be sick. Anyway, I took some pictures of them so you can see. Yes, they need to grow way bigger, but it is better than weeds. Our dirt is so sandy so I am hoping that the compost will help.

Here is a story I can tell. The day that I went to Wal-Mart to get more bushes I was driving back and Sandhill looked open. If I haven’t mentioned it, Sandhill road has been closed since like August, and I have had to drive up and around to get to Walmart, what used to take literally 2 minutes has been taking 10+ minutes and it is the biggest frustration for everyone that I know that lives here. Anyway, I was coming back from Wal-Mart and where there used to be a HUGE "road closed" barricade and yellow "do not enter tape" it was open and other cars were driving on it. I was so excited to think that it was finally open to drive home on. I had some stuff in my car that I had been meaning to get to two sisters in my ward that lived on Sandhill, so I decided to drive to their homes. In all my excitement, I somehow missed the turn off and the next thing I know there is a police officer flashing his lights and "beeping" at me. I pulled over the best I could (which was really me just stopping right in the road) He came up to me and said the road was closed and I was NOT supposed to be on it. I explained that I thought it was open and that I was going to my friend’s house. He wanted to know where she lived and I said, "I think I passed it". I wasn’t lying, that road confuses me. He told me they had a lot of complaints and that people driving on the road were messing up what the workers had done. He wanted to see my licensee, and I said, "you’re going to give me a ticket?" practically about to cry. He saw where my address was and told me to not drive on it anymore. No ticket, thanks Mr. Officer – I am no longer Teri Ticket (Cedar City cops were not as nice to me!) I was more embarrassed than anything. I was talking to my friend later that night and she said "Guess what? Sandhill is open, I said – uh, only if you want a ticket!" Having the road closed has cut down on the number of trips I make each week to Wal-Mart, but I will sure be glad when they reopen it (scheduled for end of Oct. YEA!)

If you haven’t already checked out the Sweet deal of the week to the right of my blog (come on it’s been there for two weeks) You can print this coupon from Kashi and take it to your local Wal-mart (if their price is the same as ours) you can get a box of crackers for 50 cents. You could use it at any store. http://www.kashi.com/connect

In case you are new to printing coupons off the Internet, most sites allow you to print it twice, (it will always tell you when you have reached the print limit) anyway, and it is also ILLEGAL to make copies - so don’t! I have updated my blog with the newest coupon, a $1.00 off any package of Mission tortillas, chips or wraps and this one lets you print it 10 times – Awesome! After you print it the first time click on the screen behind the one that pops up and click "print coupon" after ten times it tells you that you have reached your limit. Now look for them where ever you shop and if you hold on to them for a bit someone just might have a sale and they would be cheaper!