Why is College so expensive?

As most of you know, my husband just graduated from school! He finished his Masters and we are soooo happy that he did. What I wish that we would have know about back then is that he could have gotten cheaper text books from campusbookrentals.com!
Why didn't we know about this before?!
You think they will still be around in about 16 years when we're sending Chloe off to college? One can only hope, right?
Anyways.....

Campus Book Rental is this great organization in which they offer cheaper text books
- How about saving 40-90% off bookstore prices?! Are you kidding me?! Yes, please!!
- They offer free shipping to you, and also when you send them back! Heck yea, man! Shipping can be expensive!
- You can highlight in the text books!!! And they won't charge you, or refuse to take them back!
- They have very flexible renting periods!
- And one of the best things I found, is they donate to Operation Smile with every text book rental!

Operation Smile is an international children's medical charity that heals children's smiles. They are a mobilized force of medical professionals and caring hearts who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery and related medical care for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.

Every three minutes a child is born with a cleft. One in 10 of those children will die before their first birthday. The children who survive are often unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile. And in too many cases, their parents can't afford to give them the surgeries they need to live a productive life.

Every child deserves a future filled with hope. That's where we come in as the largest volunteer-based medical charity providing free cleft surgeries. Since 1982, Operation Smile, through the help of dedicated medical volunteers has provided more than 3.5 million comprehensive patient evaluations and over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with facial deformities.

Amazing charity, right? 

So, next time you have to rent text books, please remember to use campusbookrentals.com!

And, after you've finished with the textbooks that you have paid all that money for because you didn't get them through campusbookrentals.com (come on....why didn't you listen?) You need to rent them out and get PAID! rentback.com. 

Here's the skinny - 

1. Go to rentback.com and find your books.

2. Ship your books to rentback.com.

3. rentback.com makes your book(s) available for other people to rent them.

4. Your books get rented, and you get paid!

5. Your books get sent back to rentback.com and become available for the next renter.

6. You get paid again and again and again, as long as your books are in demand and being rented!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• I have an obsession with meal planning....I literally get a high from having dinner written down in my planner like 2-3 weeks out.
• I'm sitting in the dark, TV paused writing this right now while hubs puts Chloe down to bed....and I'm really enjoying just listening to the keyboard keys clicking.
• I can't wait to place my Scentsy order at the end of the month so I can try the new Spring/Summer scents! Who wants some?!
• I'm never actually hungry after I eat dinner, but nights when I know I can't eat....like tonight, because I have a physical tomorrow and I have to fast, yea...I'm starving right now. WHY?!?!
• We have an orange bathroom, and I love it.
• Chloe's room will be pink and white with black trim! I cannot wait! Next on the list to buy for her room will be a zebra lamp, and a name decal for her wall.
• I always say that I'm going to use coupons when I go grocery shopping...but I still haven't.
• Hubs kept Chloe home from school on Monday because she had a really bad diaper rash and cried to him that she didn't want to go to school because her butt hurt...lol! What a good daddy!
• We're going to try potty training cold turkey at school next week.....jumping right in, head first! Teachers said that they have had good luck with it doing it this way, so we're going to try it! Most of the kids in Chloe's class are wearing undies to school now, so it's time!
• Chloe stays dry when she's in a diaper and knows that she needs to potty, but when we put undies on her, she pees AND poops....I think she does it on purpose. Just to mess with me.
• I'm starting to think about what I can get Chloe to wear on her birthday! Must be something good with tulle from Etsy, I think! Yep!

Alright, that's all for me! Head over to Shannon's page and tell us what you're saying SO WHAT! to this week....

And wish me luck that I make it without coffee till my Physical is done today. Appt is at 8:30 :-( I'm pretty sure I'm going to have to get a Venti from Starbucks on my way back into work :-/

Seed Florida Vacation 2013

I know it's like almost a month later....but things have been happening around here. We've been living life. We've been painting and renovating, cleaning and getting this house in the shape we want it to be in after almost living here for a year.
So....here they are. These are the phone pictures that I took....I still haven't put the real camera pics on the computer yet, so that post will be another day.

Traffic driving through Tennessee.

Some Selfies for the toddler's sanity.

Out of the carseat! FINALLY!!!!

WHAT?! You're going to let me eat dinner in BED?!?!

Made it to the Sunshine State!

We promised her a beach, and a beach we delivered...only took us 2 days :-)

She loved Florida!

First day in the sun felt SOOOO good!

Hey hey!! Got me some tan lines!

 Pictures I was sending to the girls at work!

Florida sun was treating her real good!

I was looking and feeling really good about myself that day!

Drinking coffee on the beach, wish I could do that EVERY day of my life!

Best drink EVER!

And again....

No tub in the rental house means we bathed in the sink!

Home, back in cold MI....grrrrrr!!!!!!

Fresh paint makes all the difference!

Dining Room:

Before

During

After

Downstairs Bathroom:

Before

After

After

Next on the list to do is the Family Room and Chloe's room.....as soon as those get started, I'll post them!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• It took me a whole week to get back to eating right and healthy enough to lose a little bit of my vacation weight. Yes, I only gained 3 lbs, but I know it's going to take me at least a month to lose it...
• I'm loving the fact that I can now ask (demand) the hubs to take Chloe up to bed now that he doesn't have homework to do all the time....oh I love that he's done with school!!!
• I'm desperate for some orders, so here it goes. Guys, As you know, I sell Scentsy, and I have to make a goal of $150 a month now, and if I don't within 3 months, I'm cancelled on the 1st of the 4th month....so, please! If you need/want ANYTHING Scentsy, I'm your girl!!! www.cseed.scentsy.us
• Chloe's 2.5 years old, and she's JUST now starting to like to eat what Mommy and Daddy eat for dinner. Thank you sweet Jesus!!
• Our downstairs bathroom is now orange, and I'm in love with it!
• I'm feverishly scouring Pinterest now because I'm in major home reno mood!!!! I want to change and fix EVERYTHING!
• I can't wait to get Chloe's room painted....and get stuff decorated! I'm going to make it her Big Girl room and it's going to look so good!
• Chloe shit on the floor last Friday. Yep, I said it.
• Chloe's been off and on with potty training.....it's annoying, but we have our successful days, so it's ok.

Head on over to Shannon's page and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Scentsy, Say WHAT!

Cold Pizza, Burn Rubber, Smokehouse, Cola, Woodshop and Divot....those are the new scents that Scentsy has come up with as a package deal for the man or men in your life. Can you believe it?!

It's the Scentsy Man 6 pack. Now, what's not to love about this? If your man has a Scentsy Warmer in his "man cave" this is the perfect Father's Day, birthday, or even just because gift. I tell you, I'm really interested to know what "Cold Pizza" smells like! What about you??

We also have the Mother's Day gift!

Contents are subject to change, but what you see if pretty much what you get! The Mother's Day warmer, Sincerely Scent Mother's Day card, 3 scent bars, a gift box and ribbon! All for just $45! That is an amazing deal, and for everything, retail is $60?! Say WHAT! Great gift, and this is only available from April 10th - May 10th! So, hurry and get this while it lasts!! Trust me, your Mother will love you for it!

SO WHAT! Wednesday!

This week I'm saying SO WHAT! If:

• Last week was the first time EVER since I've been blogging that I missed SWW! I blame it on vacation....and I just didn't feel like blogging, nor did I have anything to bitch about!
• We're ready for potty training...Chloe just needs to get her head in the game! She's totally aware of her bladder, and she knows how to hold it, she just needs to start becoming more consistent. We're getting there...
• When Chloe sees a new MMCH that she likes, she wants to watch it over and over and over and over again....so we have 2 episodes that are permanently saved on the DVR.
• I gained 3 lbs on vacation, and I call that a win! At least it wasn't 5!
• Andy and I both had to lay with Chloe last night because of the thunderstorm....she wasn't really scared, she just didn't want to be left alone. I was ok with that!
• I need to get some kind of tupperware drawer thing or something to store my Scentsy Bars....yes, I have that many. It's sick. What would you expect?
• I'm jealous of all you with nice weather this week...Michigan weather can suck it!

Head over to Life After I "Dew" and tell us what you are saying SO WHAT! to this week!

Scentsy in April

This month in an interesting month for Scentsy....
The Scent of the month is a new Manly Scent. It's called Business Casual and it's described as:

Confident and complex. Just like your favorite man; a fusion of exotic cardamom, intriguing caraway, lively pepper and fragrant woods with a powdery wisp of orange blossom.

The Scent bar is 10% off for the month of May making it just $4.50.

This is a new one for Scentsy. This warmer isn't a "new warmer" persay, but the different frames are new and that's what makes it unique. Since this warmer is already a stocked item in the Spring/Summer catalog, it's not discounted for the month of May. So it's full price at $35.00. However, you can get the different framer at just $7.00.

Let me know if you are interested in these items. They will be available for order on May 1st! But contact me for a great special!

April Host Exclusive

You guys, this is huge, and by huge, I mean Scentsy BRICK huge!!!!!

Here's the deal:

Bricks are available in the following scents

Baked Apple Pie

Black Raspberry Vanilla

Christmas Cottage

Clean Breeze

Perfectly Pomegranate

Pumpkin Roll

Skinny Dippin'

Sugar Cookie

Sweet Pea & Vanilla

&

Welcome Home

If any of these scents are your faves, then all you need to do is host a party, have your party exceed $150 and YOU can get these bricks with your hostess rewards!!! It's that easy! 

Contact me if you'd like to host a party!

www.cseed.scentsy.us