I do not service my machine ever year. I do open it up and clean/dust it and oil the places that need oiled. You can google that info online. I have had mine for 5 years. I simply can not pay for service unless it is needed. I do a lot of sewing and this has done well for me and it is the way my mom always took care of her machine. She has had the same machine for at least 20 plus years and as far as I know has had it serviced once. :)

They really do not show up on EBAY often. The other places already mentioned plus the Classifieds here are the best places to check.

Terrified. My son flopped really bad last year. Totally froze in the group test room he was in and barely did any of the test. Thus he has to retest this year as our state requires the record. :( He is just really not a test kind of a kid.

It is way late in the day but I really need to tackle something anyway. I have been extra lazy recently and when I saw this thread I thought maybe it would give me a boost. So here I am at 4:46 in the afternoon off to finish school with my 9 year old and add snaps to some aprons I promises my MIL a year ago.

I have everything ordered. The only thing we may need mid year would be random supplies such as pencils, Math if they finish a guide, and supplemental fun stuff for our small co op.

I believe my Daughter has now finished the Dragon Slippers trilogy by Jessica Day George which is kinda fluffy. She is reading the Hobbit and rereading Ruby Holler. (she says this one is because she can't decide which of her other books to read next) After posting this I realized my signature is very outdated. :)

Our local comic book /game shop has dice in every shape and style. I might try and see if you have a local shop like that.

In my dreams I wish for, A hair cut, A pair of flat (no heals) brown cute boots, A Blue Ray Player. Some new work shirts, New work shoes, Coffee shop gift card, and of course both vehicles fixed or maybe replaced. :) In actuality the only thing I might actually get would be the haircut and work shoes.

DD 11 (12 in Jan) is probably getting the new LOTR lego game and either a LOTR Lego set or maybe a Lego friends set DS 9 Is getting the Crayola Digital Light Designer and a new pair of headphones. DS 6 No idea yet DS 4 (5 Dec) is getting 2 Hardback whers waldo books a homemade wheres waldo hat and maybe the wheres waldo wii game or a waldo shirt if I can come up with one :)

My 4 and 6 year old like to listen to Curious George, Mike Mulligan and the Steam Shovel, Frog and Toad Collection, Mouse Tales. They do enjoy books we own so they can read along.

Beatrix Potter has a lot of gardening and my little ones enjoy listening to it. We also read The complete book of flower fairies and that one makes them love the garden, they have built little fairy houses out there. :)

I am such a repeat movie kinda girl. Here are some of the top ones I have watched over and over. Princess Bride Ever After Knights Tale Much Ado About Nothing Adventures in Babysitting Lady Hawke Australia While you Were Sleeping BBC Pride and Prejudice Labyrinth Clue City of Ember Sahara The Secret World of Arriety (newer favorite) Oh and so many more. :)

I voted one dog, one lizard, and one other. The other is actually 7 stick bugs.

That is pretty much normal. It will likely return, they may be adding seasons or they may be in between contract. I have things go on and off all the time. Good thing is as soon as it returns it will re-add itself to your queue.

Thanks for the reminder. I have had that card sitting in my wallet for ages. Now I get a shiny coupon too.:)

So far I was feeling pretty decent about this month. My husband brings home his first pay check tonight and I am hopeful it will cover the first half of the bills. The really frustrating thing is that my work has not only decided to cut us all back to half the hours we have been working they took away 6 hours I had planned on for this week. :( We have groceries for the entire month but we have to paint the house due to insurance and so far we only have the primer. Our tire is flat/popped on one car so we are sharing the van until we can afford to replace it, and I need to be able to pay the other half of the bills next payday. So for now the only thing I can do is use as little electricity as possible, cut out unneeded trips to town, and keep up with packing dinners for my Hubby so he does not eat out. (That I have been doing very well at so far) I have also been making and taking my own coffee everyday I work. :)

So far Iam doingvery well. My husband downloaded one kindle devotional for .97 cents I put 25$ Gasoline in the van, I will fill up with my 10 cent off a gallon once we get paid Friday. It has been kinda hard not to spend money at my own work this week since a lot of items went 90% off, but I just walked out everyday. :) I have cooked and packed a lunch for my Hubby every day so far and he has not had to eat out. We go grocery shopping tomorrow. Plan is to buy only needed items, especially items I can do freezer meals with. I also got inspired this last weekend and baked 4 batches of muffins and some baked oatmeal to freeze for breakfast. That should help school days go smoother.

I am so in on this. WE have had a seriously rough financial year and suddenly this month had to reroof the house. We were blessed to have family and friends help with the labor but had to put the supplies on the horrid Visa. So we will be having no frill spending/very tight spending the rest of the year. Specifically this month I plan on, -No eating out (which we have gotten bad about) -No Drive through coffee on the way to work -I need to pack lunch for my husband, or he ends up buying something out -Make and stay in the grocery budget, -Make and freeze simple foods for the kids breakfast since they are home with Daddy and he has to feed and start school before I get home from work each morning. - No online curriculum shopping or buying, we still need tons for this year but it is all for later and I can wait until at least Jan to even start looking. - Make A Christmas gift budget and list and start saving and searching. This will be very tight this year - Pay all extra money toward the Visa so we can get it paid off before Jan. Phew okay I feel better just typing that out.

If you have anyplace that carries the safari brand toobs, they have one with fairies in it. They carry them locally at our Michaels craft store. Also our Fred Meyer carries Schleich brand which has some fairies but they look more elvish than cutesy to me.

A bucket of KFC chicken always seems to show up. :) Bags of chips with dip Veggie trays Millions of salads Baked Beans Burritos (Usually plain bean and cheese) Chex mix Muddy buddies Cookies, cake, brownies Sliced Melon

We also get internet from the cable company. We do not have cable TV though. As for netflix if you have a laptop or iphone maybe you could sign up at like the library for the dvd only option. Of course if that did work you would have to use the internet maybe once a month to go on and add movies to your queue.

For the first 11 years of marriage we had a 2 bedroom house when we moved it was all 4 in a room. Now we have a 3 bedroom and DD has her own small room while the 3 boys share the largest room in the house.

It is illegal to block streets for more than a specific number of minutes inside city limits here. I have not called myself but I know people who did when it had become a huge problem a few years back. They called local police and after enough complaints the trains changed routines.

It could hve been milk or juice in that spot previously. I have seen similar mistakes made when I am shopping and I try and point them out. Not that people could get away with it anyway. WIC is preprinted checks that only work for the listed items. So no one can convince the store that they need the cool whip instead of milk sadly. Haha

I have been on wic for years. Cool Whip is not a wic item. :) Someone in that store made a mistake.