They are DRIVING ME NUTS....

My kids, that is. I know it's normal and I'm pretty sure that my brother, sister & I drove my parents nuts. Right now, I can not stand the constant whining from M. And D is doing his "best" by pushing all her buttons.

It is so hard to have any patience today when it comes to D and M. They were terrible when we were grocery shopping too. I think the only part today when they got along, was lunch. They were actually sitting on the same chair at the table. I wish I would've taken a picture for proof that they DO get along... somtimes!

In other news.... haha!

Things were pretty good here for a bit. We were on a roll with good things. Where to start...

Let's see if I can make this make sense. My husband (R) was previously married. He was married for about 3 years and divorced a little over a year before we got married. Well, the other day we got 2 envelopes in the mail addressed to Owner: R. Weird, right? I open them up and they had might as well been in Greek. I had no clue what I was looking at and neither did R. Turns out they were Annual Reports for Life Insurance that he purchased through his job that he's been at since 2000. This is the first time that we've EVER got anything like this before. Where does the ex-wife come in? Well apparently for the last 11 years, he's been still paying for a rider life insurance policy on her that he didn't know he even had!!   His pay stubs only show that he's paying for 3 different Life Insurance things, but they don't specify what kind. I remember him changing the beneficiary after the divorce was finalized, but that's all I know. Called the company that is now in charge of the Life Insurance. We will be received a little under $2K, which is nice.... but that's not close to the amount he's paid for the last 11 years. I think he's paid a little over $8500. So frustrating. We will be calling his HR dept on Monday to hopefully get some answers. I would LOVE to use this unexpected money that we will be getting to move. The kids so need to have their own rooms. We moved in to this apartment when D was 4 and M was 1. The apartment was too small then and it's way too small now!

A local radio station is giving away free tickets to the local Circus for Sundays & Mondays for the month of August. I was so excited to learn about that. For the last couple of years, M has been saying that she wants to go to the circus for an elephant ride. With these free tickets, that is a savings of over $50! Yay! M will be FINALLY going on her elephant ride. And D as well, if he wants too! :)

My final good thing... Found a nice coupon code thanks to Retailmenot. We were able to save almost $30 PLUS get FREE shipping for some work shirts and ties for R. That's a big deal here since he needs to wear a suit & tie (darn JT song just popped in my head.... GRRR) everyday to work.

Whew! I think that's enough for now. I've tuned the kids out long enough.... I had better go.