http://www.dwimble.com Mike & Louanne's Blog Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:36:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Click the photo above to see all the photos. My mom came to visit this weekend. She flew in Friday afternoon and we headed for SuperTarget to buy all the goods for the Thanksgiving dinner Nonni was going to cook the next day. That night we went to Pappasito's for dinner. YUM! After dinner ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/a-visit-from-nonni/ On this day when so many people are claiming doom and gloom for our country, I want to take a moment to be thankful about some great things about America. (I wonder how much fear is fed by the media and their 'if it bleeds it leads' mentality? Sorry, I digress.) For the fact ... http://www.dwimble.com/thankful-thursday/thankful-thursday-47/    This is from the Vietnam Memorial. It's a volunteer making a rubbing of Mike's dad's name. I hope that everyone took a moment today to be grateful to all our military has done for us. For those still serving and for those who have now retired, we are grateful. To those ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/remembering-the-veterans/ Here are some new videos of Nadia that I hadn't put on the blog yet. Enjoy! "Froggy Jammie Night"   "Diaper Drums"   "Nadia Fingerpaints for the first time" http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/video-a-rama/ Based on feedback from the last post I am going to go over some of my coupon routine and favorite deal sites. I get a double Sunday paper for $1.99. I like to check the deal sites on Sunday and then clip the appropriate coupons for the coming weeks deals and ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/coupon-websitestips/ With the mania of September and October I didn't really have time to do any coupon shopping that leads to super deals and stockpiling. I still clipped coupons and used them on items we would buy anyway and of course went to A Full Cup to get the super target coupons. ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/coupon-encouragement/ http://www.dwimble.com/thankful-thursday/thankful-thursday-46/    My cousin Jen drove up from Houston to visit this weekend and we had such a nice time. Lots of good food was consumed and Nadia had fun with a new playmate. Jen brought Nadia a leap frog guitar and then immediately had a "jam session". Nadia also displayed her awesome ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/jen-visits-and-more/ Some friends and I started by doing a costume practice run on the lawn by the Kimball on Thursday. We had the whole place to ourselves and the weather was perfect. I call this, "The Monkey Who Wore Shades"   Then on Friday our friends Tricia and David hosted a toddler trick or treat ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/halloween-2008/   Click on the photo above to see shots from the weekend. I warn you it's a ridiculous amount, but they are cute! We had Nadia's birthday party last Saturday and it was great fun! The theme was music, specifically "Jack's Big Music Show". Here's the cake and FYI - it took ... http://www.dwimble.com/home-life/nadias-2nd-birthday-party/