BOY
And he will be here July 29th.  I will be very interested to see when he actually arrives as both of my other two kids arrived on their due dates.

Ok, so I am not really trying to turn Thrifty Mommy into a political blog but there are some things that are just griping me!!
This stimulus package is a big one.  These ideas are just mine and feel free to disagree as I am really wanting someone to explain the other side because I am just not getting it right now.

If we don’t have the money to spend, why are we spending it?  I realize that we need to do something.  However, I am of the mind that if we don’t liek the practices of a bank, then we don’t …read more

Karen wrote a post about the mom who had octuplets in California.  Let me be politically incorrect here… Be very careful how quickly you ask the government to step in and help those kids.  No matter what our opinion of these kids and their mom is, do you really want the government to step in and take them simply because there are too many in your opinion?  I am pregnant with my third child and have had many comments directed at me that I should have stopped with my perfect family: husband, wife, daughter, and son.
Who is to say that …read more

There are some issues that I prefer not to speak about. I try not to get involved in a bunch of drama. However, the issue with the mom that had IVF in order to have more children is under a lot of speculation.
Nadya Suleman is a 33-year-old single mom who already had six children from IVF. She underwent fertility treatments again in hopes of having more children. Nadya used the same fertility specialist for all of her children. He already knew she had six children, yet he continued to treat her for infertility …read more

My husband and I are proud to announce the newest addition to our family should arrive the end of July.  Turkey Butt has decided that it will be another girl.  If not, we might have an issue because, once here, the new baby will not be going back in!  HAHA!
Just thought I would share the news.  Merry Christmas to us!

Earlier this week, I told you of what my local consignment store said about the new CPSIA law enacted to keep our kids safe from lead.  Then I got another email.  So I thought I would let you know what they said.
Dear Valued Customer,
We received great news from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), clarifying the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act  that goes into effect on February 10, 2009.    From the statement -
“The new law requires that domestic manufacturers and importers certify that children’s products made after February 10 meet all the new safety standards and the lead ban. Sellers …read more

This might surprise some of you but if you can earn $1 million dollars, then I say go for it!  Make sure you are smart with your money but spend what you want.  When you spend money, someone else has a job and someone is paying their bills.  So by all means, if you are financially secure, then share a little.
However, $100,000 a month in RENT! Now that is wasteful to me.  Michael Jackson has moved back into the Untied States and has chosen his residence.  For years, we have heard that Michael Jackson’s health is failing and he is …read more

My DH and I work hard to try to allow me to stay at home full time.  Currently, I work 2 days a week at the local hospital.  I work 2 10 hour shifts and we need that income to make ends meet somewhere close to the end of the month.  So when I heard that I might have to cut my hours back or take the chance of loosing my job, I was devastated.  Our department is moving hours around in order to avoid cutting back total hours.  Those working 10 hour shifts are being given the option to …read more

Someone smarter than me is going to have to explain to me this whole auto bail out plan because I am not getting it.  This week I heard a statistic but I can’t remember the source.  The statistic went like this … In 2007, Toyota and GM sold the same amount of gross product.  Toyota, however, mad etwice the profit as GM.  So if htey are both making cars in the US and they both brought in similar amounts of money, then why is Toyota fine and GM needing y tax dollars to pay a rediculous overhead.
Let me say quickly …read more

Xerox has a great campaign going on right now that allows you to send a thank you card to a soldier at no cost to you.  Please stop by and send one from yourself and one from your kids too, if you want.  I filled one out for each member of our family.  They do so much and sacrifice more than we will ever know.  This is true regardless of whether we agree with the mission or not.