I am now the proud owner of a Chevy Express van. Four adults could walk around in the back. That’s how big it is. We had to sell my dream suv that we’ve had for 2 years. I waved goodbye to my Ford Expedition a few weeks ago but was sooo glad to not have that car payment anymore.

Joe and I attended Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University in the spring and we LOVED it. We are so glad we did it and now we are working on paying off all of our debt. I knew when I bought the expedition that it wasn’t the most practical with 5 kids but I wanted it anyway. Joe wanted a 12 or 15 passenger van right from the beginning and I said “absolutely not!” Well when my friend sold me her ginormous van with rubber floors that you can literally hose down, I was ecstatic and so was Joe!

We took some great trips with the Expa and I do miss it but now that that payment isn’t there… the snowball debt is ROLLING! So if you ever see this large light brown beast rolling through town – it’s probably me! I cannot wait to take it on our annual ladies Christmas shoppig trip to Jackson. My sister and I call it the Duggar mobile.

I did almost hit my first deer already with our new van. Carla and I were on our way to Kohl’s and for some reason I was looking down. She saw the deer and put both hands on her face and screamed. That scared me so I yell/screamed too. We laughed so hard after that. That reminds me of another story with my old Dodge Grand Caravan…it had snowed a lot and Carla and I were going shopping and I decided to take Sherwood Rd to Okemos.

I knew I should have taken M52 but I didn’t. As I got going I realized I needed to get onto more of a main road. So what do I do? I turn onto this road that had not been plowed at all and had no civilization. We were yelling and screaming as the van plowed through uncharted territory and looked just like a moving glacier blazing through the snow banks. Of course we laughed all the way to Okemos after we reached land.

Speaking of the Duggars, my mom, Carla and I have always been infatuated with the Duggar family and all their shows on TLC. We have watched all the episodes including the son’s wedding. We laughed so hard when he grabbed the mic and busted out in song to his new bride. The shows are so entertaining. I just wonder where the footage of her yelling is. This lady doesn’t even raise her voice. Amazing.

Well, a few weeks back there was the special called 20 years, 20 kids and of course we had to all watch Jim Bob and Michelle renew their vows. I went over to my mom’s (because I have no cable and it would be no fun to watch it myself!) and Carla made an anniversary cake for the occasion. (I once made a cake because we were craving cake and felt bad to make cake for no special occasion so we made up Carla/Jordan day) I missed the GrandDuggaar special this week….I think I was out shopping with Carla. Weird!

I enjoy reading the Livingston Parent magazine and a while ago I read the article about couponing. I then started following different blogs about couponing and because of that I am making Carla join me in our very own coupon club. Her and I are the only members so far, but that’s neither here nor there. What’s important is our meetings. While our kids are in catechism Sunday mornings, we are going to enjoy the ambiance of Fowlerville Farms (where my other sister Mo works), purchase multiple LSJ’s and start clipping and planning our shopping list. I have learned from different blogs that the Kroger in Howell doubles coupons up to $1 where other stores only double up to $50.

Some of the ladies I am reading about get insane crazy deals by matching up multiple coupons with sales and get loads of stuff free. Carla and I are going to try our hand at it. We took our first coupon trip a few nights ago and it went ok. There was a slight issue when I reached the uscan at Meijer and the crazy lady at the other uscan lane was seriously trying to steal like 10 toothbrushes. She was kooky and was wearing a breathe rite nose strip. The people working the uscan were busy dealing with the nose strip lady so the machine kept telling me to wait for assistance.

At one point the machine was yelling at me to “please insert coupon!” over and over again… well I already inserted the dang coupon. The guy came over to my machine and blew really hard into the coupon slot and that made the machine voice happy finally. Over all it was a good first trip. Kind of a trial run and now we know to blow into the coupon slot! It was a good road trip either way. Oh yeah... they had an awesome Snuggie display……

Here’s what’s funny about the Snuggie. Everyone in our family secretely wants one. While I was shopping in Wal Mart a while back I saw an endcap with Snuggies and I texted my other sister Ellen in Colorado to see if Victor (her boyfriend) would like a Snuggie as a joke. The very same day Dan came home with a Snuggie for Carla. Well Carla made Dan return it. Now a few days ago when Carla and I were in Kroger we came across the display that had Snuggies with sports team designs. At the exact time I’m standing at this display Ellen texts me from CO and asks if I’d seen that Snuggies come in zebra and leopard print.

I texted back a picture of me wearing the U of M Snuggie. One more thing about the Snuggie… when it first came out Carla tried to make her kids Snuggies for Christmas because they wanted one so bad and they turned out bad and her kids were confused.

I’ll leave you with this vision – as Daisy is pushing a babydoll in the stroller she says “I think the baby wants to do a burnout!”

“Grant me patience to deal with my blessings!”

Bye for now!

Jordan Fuller

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