Well...its the middle of the day on a day that I LOVE...its Trashy Tuesday.  Stop by my house on this day and you will see why...is my house dirty?  No.  Stinky...nope.  BUT its a strong possiblity I am...along with my kiddo's.  Yes folks Tuesday are one heck of a lazy day here at the Pluntke household and I am not embarassed to say it.  I WILL get outta of my pajama's...but its pretty much just to get back into a pair of yoga pants and an old Tshirt.  My kids are more than likely naked

                                           (see I told you...don't hate because its warm here)

 and IF they are wearing clothing...its probably doesn't match and comes from a thrift store (wait...all their clothes come from thrifts stores these days...but thats another whole post!).

                                                  (or in Gabby's case: Captain America!)



I will say I feel accomplished.  I finished an 8 page paper, completed my 7 page newsletter for our Navy command we belong too, AND I can honestly say there isn't ONE piece of dirty laundry.....it may not be all put away...but its clean!  Yay me!  These accomplishments may be minor to some...but they are huge to The Pluntke clan!  We also had a fun improptu playdate this morning with a couple of neighbor kids and now I am blissfully listening to a little Jack Johnson Curious George sound track and wondering WHERE IN THE HECK IS MY COUPON BINDER?  I have a small internal fear that I may have left it at the grocery store two weeks ago.  This my friends is PARALYZING!  Not only do I worship the ground my coupon binder often lays on....I NEED IT FOR MY (small) SHOPPING TRIP TOMORROW.  This could seriously be a catastrophy.  *SIGHS*  This is the other kicker that surrounds this dilema....my coupon binder is HUGE.  Gigantic some might say.  It is actually a stampin up scrapbooking binder..but the cheapo in me converted it to a coupon binder...why you ask?  Because it was free of course!  Dah!  When I grocery shop I get ackward stares and the occassional..."wow you must be an amazing couponer."  How much are you going to pay for all that?  $10?"  And my favorite..."I watch the show...you must be one of the best."  No folks I am just a lowly couponer saving my family a few bucks here and there.  My grocery bill still skims $200 and I do not get things for free (well sometimes I do...but not TOO often).  So you all now see why I am shaking in my nikes....literally.  I NEED THOSE COUPONS.  I think I may need to install a tracking device on it....just like everything else in my life (children included) ask my family...I have a small tendency to loose almost everything that may be important.

So I gotta be truthful about the real reason I am starting to blog.  I wanna win stuff.  Ya.  All these vendors/companies that have facebook pages and do giveaways always have mega entries for people who blog about their product.  I like to write...I like to expose my life to the general public.  Why on earth do I not blog.  So here I am.  Blogging. 

My favorite company right now is Epoch Designs.  Look them up on Facebook...you won't be sorry you did!  They are a furniture company who makes some of the nicest furniture I have seen.....well the nicest NEW furniture I have ever seen.  I have a special place in my heart for vintage (as we all know...especially Hans who is lucky enough to see some of the vintage awesome I bring home everyday...even when it needs work *cringe*)  Anyway back to Epoch....AWESOME.  Whats SO awesome you ask.  They GIVEAWAY furniture.  ALL THE TIME.  One of their main distributors is Costco.  Yay...you know the giant warehouse COSTCO.  When a customer orders something online, buys something from the store...gets it home...doesn't like it...etc....they return things.  Well when a piece of Epoch Designs furniture gets returned or refused at pick up....THIS company decides to give it away to someone in the area (is there a costco close to you? reletively close? yay...its there) TOTALLY FREE.  They make everything from dressers, to beds, to nightstands, to desks, to YOU NAME IT.  Picture below is a bunk bed set that they are giving away AS WE SPEAK to someone in Northern California....yeah...Northern...not Southern.  Boo for me.  BUT yay for someone up north!!!  Isn't it beautiful!!!

Some of the pieces may have small defects but we are talking FREE expensive furniture people. Wanna know my ONE complaint? I have now helped THREE friends/family WIN pieces of furniture. BUT I don't win. nope. not yet anyway! :)  i have faith my day will come!  ;)

Here is the linky for Epoch on Facebook:
Epoch Facebook Page


So since I know I have now lost you all and most are probably snoring away I am going to go and search for my coupon binder a bit more and pray that I find it hiding out in, oh I don't know, that bathroom or something. 

Hope all is well and for now...keep pushing through the days...because tomorrow just might be that day you have always dreamed of. 

T. Pluntke "aka" The Mom.