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2.03.2009
1.30.2009
A Little Business Promotion - You'll Want to Read This!
My dad owns a small convenience/general store up in the White Mountains (between Heber & Show Low) and is a distributor for Shamrock Farms. He is able to get some sweet deals on bulk amounts of many food items and has been offering these deals to his customers up there and has now decided to expand his efforts and see if there is a market for these products here in the valley.
Long story short: this week you can buy mild cheddar cheese from my dad in a 40-lb. block for only $60. This breaks down to only $1.50/lb!! I don't need to tell you that this is a fantastic deal, even for those of you who buy your cheese at Sam's Club/Costco. I would handle all of the orders and collect money, pick up the cheese at the Shamrock Farms dock in Phoenix and have all the cheese at my house next Saturday morning, the 7th. The only thing you would need to do is order your cheese and give me payment by next Wednesday at 12 noon and then pick your cheese up at my house (time to be determined later) on Saturday.
*To sweeten the deal: if you have family or friends that would be interested, collect 15 orders and you will get your 40-lb. box of cheese for FREE! If you know others who are interested but don't want to find 15, please just refer them to me and I will do the rest!
If you're not sure what in the heck you would do with 40 lbs. of cheese, I'm going to grate mine in my food processor and store it in my freezer. It will also freeze well in smaller chunks, although the texture is a little different. And while I've never done it, I know you can also can cheese, which is a great alternative to freezing. If you still don't think you'd be able to use 40 lbs., feel free to find a friend (or two) to split it with you. Remember, this price is guaranteed for this week only so order now!
For those of you interested, please call me (480) 655-6580 or email: tclecheminant@gmail.com.
*Also, I will most likely continue to do promotions like these for my dad periodically and so if you are interested in helping in the future and getting free or discounted items, please let me know when you call!
Long story short: this week you can buy mild cheddar cheese from my dad in a 40-lb. block for only $60. This breaks down to only $1.50/lb!! I don't need to tell you that this is a fantastic deal, even for those of you who buy your cheese at Sam's Club/Costco. I would handle all of the orders and collect money, pick up the cheese at the Shamrock Farms dock in Phoenix and have all the cheese at my house next Saturday morning, the 7th. The only thing you would need to do is order your cheese and give me payment by next Wednesday at 12 noon and then pick your cheese up at my house (time to be determined later) on Saturday.
*To sweeten the deal: if you have family or friends that would be interested, collect 15 orders and you will get your 40-lb. box of cheese for FREE! If you know others who are interested but don't want to find 15, please just refer them to me and I will do the rest!
If you're not sure what in the heck you would do with 40 lbs. of cheese, I'm going to grate mine in my food processor and store it in my freezer. It will also freeze well in smaller chunks, although the texture is a little different. And while I've never done it, I know you can also can cheese, which is a great alternative to freezing. If you still don't think you'd be able to use 40 lbs., feel free to find a friend (or two) to split it with you. Remember, this price is guaranteed for this week only so order now!
For those of you interested, please call me (480) 655-6580 or email: tclecheminant@gmail.com.
*Also, I will most likely continue to do promotions like these for my dad periodically and so if you are interested in helping in the future and getting free or discounted items, please let me know when you call!
1.28.2009
What I Should Be Doing...
- cleaning my kitchen from the disaster I made in there yesterday (although the result was delicious)
- homework
- cleaning off my desk
- some Primary stuff
- laundry
- cleaning bathrooms
- mopping my floor
- vacuuming
- dusting
- cleaning the front window by the door
- cleaning the sliding glass door
- cleaning the toy room
- helping Madlyn clean her room
- making dinner
- making a doc appt. for Lane
- entering receipts into my check register
1.25.2009
Things that are making me smile... (in no particular order)
- when Cole wants to watch 'Herculess'(Hercules) and 'Hunchback Whales' (Hunchback of N.D.)
- when I call Cade in for lunch and 5 minutes later, he yells from the toy room "Coming!" and comes running in
- helping Madlyn throw "Madlyn's Perfect Party" for some of her friends...so cute, she made her own little invitations and everything
- listening to the kids sing "Happy Birthday" to their cousin Parks on the phone and realizing that Cole sings 'Happy Burp-day"
- having Cade come give me a hug and say, "I love you, Mom." (He is not my demonstrative one)
- watching Madlyn get all primped up to go somewhere in her short skirt (that is now in the trash), high heels, lip gloss, and carrying her purse. I am so in big trouble in about 6 years.
- reading a book with Jeff at night - we are both so into it
- clean sheet day
- getting through 3 weeks of school with really good grades and a not too dirty house
- going in to wake Madlyn for school and realizing Cole slept with her in her bed all night
- Madlyn's progress report: all E's, 100%, 98% and 98%
- watching Cole & Cade wrestle
- making Lane laugh - it is sooo cute!
- watching Lane try to dance on my lap
1.19.2009
In Memory Of...
Frances Madlyn Bridge LeCheminant, who passed away peacefully on January 7, 2009. Frances is my husband's dear grandmother, and my childrens' great-grandmother. While I never knew Grandma LeCheminant very well, I do know that she was a kind and beautiful woman who loved her children and grandchildren very much. She has always been very generous to them, as well as to the spouses and grandchildren that later joined the family. She was a gourmet cook and a very gracious host. I only had the opportunity to visit her & Grandpa in their Cambria home once but she was so hospitable. It was on that trip that we fell in love with her middle name and decided then & there to name our first daughter after her, even though she wasn't born for almost two years after that.
Grandma did not have an easy childhood, later became a model, and married Grandpa during the Great Depression. She supported him in his career and bore 4 children; a daugher Carol, and three sons: Jim, Bill, and Gary. She was a good mother and grandmother. My favorite story of Grandma is when she caught one of her sons smoking in the backyard (with stolen cigarettes) and taught him the correct way to smoke by inhaling the smoke deeply. When his lesson was over, Grandma had him go to the neighbor's house to confess and apologize to their guests for stealing the cigs out of their car.
I loved Grandma LeCheminant. She was always so kind to me and good to us. We have a beautiful baby quilt that she made for Madlyn that will be treasured for years. It was so sweet to get to take Madlyn to meet her a couple of years ago and watch them interact with each other. I also love Grandma because the first thing she said to me two years ago was, "Everyone is right about you. You are beautiful." I don't think she remembered that she had seen me a couple of times before :)
I love Grandma because she raised a good man who later became a father to a son who grew up to become my husband. My father-in-law is a righteous, good, and kind man who is also a great father and grandpa. If I didn't know anything else about Frances LeCheminant but that Jim was her son, I would know that she was an amazing woman.
Grandma, we love you and miss you. Until we meet again.....
*Grandma was preceded in death by her son Bill, and her husband Glen. She is survived by her daughter Carol, and two sons, Jim & Gary, as well as 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, with more on the way.
Grandma did not have an easy childhood, later became a model, and married Grandpa during the Great Depression. She supported him in his career and bore 4 children; a daugher Carol, and three sons: Jim, Bill, and Gary. She was a good mother and grandmother. My favorite story of Grandma is when she caught one of her sons smoking in the backyard (with stolen cigarettes) and taught him the correct way to smoke by inhaling the smoke deeply. When his lesson was over, Grandma had him go to the neighbor's house to confess and apologize to their guests for stealing the cigs out of their car.
I loved Grandma LeCheminant. She was always so kind to me and good to us. We have a beautiful baby quilt that she made for Madlyn that will be treasured for years. It was so sweet to get to take Madlyn to meet her a couple of years ago and watch them interact with each other. I also love Grandma because the first thing she said to me two years ago was, "Everyone is right about you. You are beautiful." I don't think she remembered that she had seen me a couple of times before :)
I love Grandma because she raised a good man who later became a father to a son who grew up to become my husband. My father-in-law is a righteous, good, and kind man who is also a great father and grandpa. If I didn't know anything else about Frances LeCheminant but that Jim was her son, I would know that she was an amazing woman.
Grandma, we love you and miss you. Until we meet again.....
*Grandma was preceded in death by her son Bill, and her husband Glen. She is survived by her daughter Carol, and two sons, Jim & Gary, as well as 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, with more on the way.
1.16.2009
Christmas Pictures...and Stories
We had a fantastic Christmas holiday!! Here are some random pictures from our week at Jeff's parents' house...of course I forgot to take pictures any other time.
Lane sporting his new jammies from G & G Le. Jeff's mom did this great thing where she got matching jammies for the entire family and on the back of the kids' t-shirts, it had a number identifying which # of grandchild they are...so cute.
Cade with his favorite: a ball.
Grandma, the mastermind behind the amazing Christmas parties & fun. She really outdid herself this year. Also, Jeff's sister Belle on the left. We were so glad to get to spend so much time with her & Jon this year!
The kids all got teddy bears with matching jammies, even down to the # on the back so that they could always find their own bear. She made all the jammie bottoms for the bears (14 of them) and also for the youngest kids, because she couldn't find matching ones. I loved it!
Miss Maddie played 'Mary' in our rendition of the Christmas story...she was sooo cute!
Cole was a wise man!
We didn't know it, but Grandma had enlisted the girls' help for another part of the program and they all sang a song together. It was really fun to see Madlyn perform.
Cole with his Uncle Jon. These two had a special connection...it was cute to see.
The oldest of the LeCheminant girls: Madlyn, Taylor, Macy, & Anna. These girls had sooo much fun together over the couple of weeks: we miss them already!
For those of you who didn't get highlighted with a picture, it's only because I didn't take one of you, not because I don't love you and not because we didn't have fun with you too! We love you all and it's just too bad that we didn't have anything exciting happen this year, like Grandpa's pants catching on fire or something like that. Oh well, we'll always have memories of Jeff's 'sleazy' impression, "Do you know Sho-seanie", double-dutch in the driveway, etc. Good times, good times. Love you!!
Madlyn with her new roller skates
Lane sporting his new jammies from G & G Le. Jeff's mom did this great thing where she got matching jammies for the entire family and on the back of the kids' t-shirts, it had a number identifying which # of grandchild they are...so cute.
Cade with his favorite: a ball.
Grandma, the mastermind behind the amazing Christmas parties & fun. She really outdid herself this year. Also, Jeff's sister Belle on the left. We were so glad to get to spend so much time with her & Jon this year!
The kids all got teddy bears with matching jammies, even down to the # on the back so that they could always find their own bear. She made all the jammie bottoms for the bears (14 of them) and also for the youngest kids, because she couldn't find matching ones. I loved it!
Miss Maddie played 'Mary' in our rendition of the Christmas story...she was sooo cute!
Cole was a wise man!
We didn't know it, but Grandma had enlisted the girls' help for another part of the program and they all sang a song together. It was really fun to see Madlyn perform.
Cole with his Uncle Jon. These two had a special connection...it was cute to see.
The oldest of the LeCheminant girls: Madlyn, Taylor, Macy, & Anna. These girls had sooo much fun together over the couple of weeks: we miss them already!
For those of you who didn't get highlighted with a picture, it's only because I didn't take one of you, not because I don't love you and not because we didn't have fun with you too! We love you all and it's just too bad that we didn't have anything exciting happen this year, like Grandpa's pants catching on fire or something like that. Oh well, we'll always have memories of Jeff's 'sleazy' impression, "Do you know Sho-seanie", double-dutch in the driveway, etc. Good times, good times. Love you!!
1.12.2009
Time Flies
Wow, I can't believe it's almost been a month since my last post. We had a great holiday season with both of our families and the kids got lots of good cousin time. Madlyn even had a few glorious days in the mountains with G & G D. She got to help at the store, play with her friend Hunter, and stay up late on New Year's. We missed her though and the boys did NOT get to stay up late on New Year's; we put them down at 8:30 so we could party!! Christmas was great - we spent it with Jeff's family and it was so much fun. The best part was that we did not have sickness going around like we did 2 years ago (although there were a few that did not feel well for part of the time). We got to spend a few days at my parents' house and loved it. Stanton spoke in church and did an AMAZING job and we know he will do great on his mission. He reports to the MTC on Wednesday and we will miss him. Anyways, I don't have much time now but I will write more later and post some pictures.
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