I have been missing this week and I am sorry for that.  Did I mention a few weeks ago when I started back doing some blogging that I could not guarantee constancy as life changes at a moments notice???

Well I had in the back of my mind that I may end up having surgery on my shoulder as at the time I was going to physical therapy with no improvement of my shoulder, in fact it worsened.

So how did I injure my left shoulder?

• In December (1 week after my husband left) I was stretching my daughter’s tights for ballet in a bathroom stall and my left hand slipped and flew backwards up by my head hitting the stall door.  Then two weeks later while taking my daughter out to the bus I slipped on the front porch and grabbed the railing with (of course my left arm) to stop myself from falling and hyper extended my arm back again but this time around my waist.  Needless to say both time I experienced EXCRUCIATING PAIN.  Being the single and well STUBBORN women I am I ignored it for a month but the pains was to great, 8 weeks of physical therapy, MRI and here I am.

What have I injured?

• We now know I have torn my Labrum and possibly the Bicep Tendon and my shoulder is no longer sitting in it’s proper place.

How to fix my shoulder:

• My Dr. the day of the surgery needs to see the extent of the damage to determine one of two options.
• To Start Off With – I am going to start of with having a nerve block in my neck to put my arm to sleep. I have to be awake  for this procedure so I can  communicate that I have no feeling in my arm. My doctor has to do that because even though I will be a sleep for the surgery my nerve will be awake and as my shoulder is so painful it will still communicate message to the joint and the muscles. So he needs to put the nerves asleep to be able to move my arm freely.
• Option 1 – Drill holes into the bone and have “tie downs” instead over the tear and time it down to the bone. Then have to grind away bone to make it bleed to stimulate circulation to help facilitate healing. Recovery 5-6 months and I may end up with a frozen shoulder. DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A GOOD OPTION TO ME!
• Option 2 – If the tendon that attaches to my bicep is also torn (which is putting pressure on the tear) is bad the only solution is to cut the tendon and relocate it to the outer aspect of my shoulder. Recovery 3-4 months and I may end up still not having full range of motion.

What that means

Well seeing as the surgery is less that 2 weeks away (May 7th) this single mom has 1001 things to get done:

• Make plans for my daughter to stay with her dad 2 weeks post surgery
• Get Elmer the Basset Hound groomed and to the vet for his allergy shot
• Clean out the flower beds for spring
• Grocery shopping
• Find people to mow my 2 acre for a while
• Shopping to find a comfy bra (cuz I won’t be able to have much pressure on my shoulder)
• Get my guest bedroom ready for my mom to stay to help me out
• and…and…and…and

So needless to say

• I won’t be blogging again for a while
• When I can I will update you all here.
• Wish me luck and I hope to be chatting with you all soon!

I have sent notification to all winners listed below!

Yesterday while at Wegmans I sampled their new ice cream called “Under the Boardwalk” and OMG is it fantastic!  It was sweet and smooth but the sea salt added a nice twist on the flavor!

They have some awesome new flavors out for the summer:

• Under the Boardwalk – Carmel ice cream with seat salt carmel swirls & caramel truffles
• Banan-a-Peel’n – Banana flavored ice cream with marshmallow swirls, fudge ribbons & peanut butter cups
• Cherry Licious – Cherry flavored ice cream with fudge pieces, bing cherries & black cherry ribbon
• Dark Chocolate Chill – Dark chocolate ice cream with mint crackle fudge swirls & white fudge flakes

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Tops Shopping Trip April 21, 2013

So you know I LOVE my Wegmans….well I LOVE my Tops also!

I am very strategic when I shop at Tops taking advantage of the Bonus Gas Point/Save Instantly Deals!  I have already filled up with my first 30 gallons of FREE gas and I am working towards my next.  We have this week and next week left for earning gas points so I don’t think  I will get to the $3.60 mark but I am surely going to try! 

I plan on doing 4 more orders of the Granola bars and probably another of the Sandwich and Pretzels.

I am VERY LUCKY!  I shop at Canandaigua, NY Tops where I get to double dip and take advantage of the 200 Bonus Gas Point deals but I also get to save $3 instantly!

Here are my (3) transactions broken down:

• Total OOP – $12.68

• Gas Points Earned – 720

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If you are a regular follower of mine you know how much I LOVE shopping at Wegmans.  In my area their meat and produce is the freshest and sold at a good price.  I also like that when an item is on sale, it is for a few weeks so you don’t have to run out and get it ASAP.  I can order some coupons and purchase a few items here and there.  I also like the CLP items, they are hard to beat (often lower than Aldi’s).

So here is my recent shopping trip.  I try not to use a lot of coupons as Wegmans is not “a coupon friendly” store IMOP.   I plan on going back and purchasing several more of the items above.

You will see I have several coupons that are listed as regional.  Each Sunday I compare what coupons I received in my insert vs what “higher” regional coupon is.  Often times I will order the higher value coupon through a coupon clipping service.

• Go here to see my Wegmans Extended Sale List
• Go here to see my Wegmans $1 and Under Deals

Happy SAVIN!

This is a new weekly post.  I hope you like it!

You will see I have listed some regional coupons.  If you did not receive these you may want to consider ordering some from a coupon clipping service.

Each week I match up coupons we receive in our Sunday inserts and post any deals worth taking a look at IMOP.

As coupons can be regional I also look to see what other face value coupons are available.  If you did not receive the regional coupon you may want to order some from a coupon clipping service.

• Go here to see my Wegmans Extended Sale List

I LOVE Dr Pepper and I LOVE Milky Way bars!  Though I am trying to watch what I eat as the short and swim suit season is just around the corner (a little treat never hurts)!

Here is a new coupon issued today for $0.75 off Dr Pepper & ONE 3M or Milky Way Bars,

Wegmans Price:

Happy SAVIN!

Happy SAVIN!

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Here is the link to the $1 Shout Trigger Triple Acting Formula Coupon.