JC Penney Coupons

In the spirit of the holidays, I came across a couple of good coupons for JC Penney. Not my particular store du jour, but a popular one nonetheless. (Admittedly, I do use one staple item from there, though I will not say what.)

Here's 15% off your order...


And this coupon rocks that one. Here's $10 off $25 or more- translation: that's OVER 15% off an order up to $65. So, you spend $65 or less, use this link. You spend over $65, use the above coupon.

Enjoy.

A Bird in Hand...

Literally. This was a picture taken at random at our house. We have a screened in porch with a hole in the door created by/for the dogs. Occasionally a wandering feathered friend finds its way onto the porch.

We take great care in releasing them back into the wild when it happens. We just happened this time to have the children and grandpa taken by the wonder of this small creature. The lighting, the positioning, the bird... it all just struck me as so perfect in the moment. All taken with the default settings on my (awesome) Canon SD850 IS. Best point-and-shoot there is in my opinion. How can you argue with results such as this...

The Greatest

Here's a song performed by Kenny Rogers, with lyrics by Don Schlitz, that my kids listen to all the time in the car, as it is on a home-made CD from a relative. It took me a few times (half) listening to it before I realized the sincerity and humor in the song. But it grew on me and now I truly enjoy it, so I though I would share its lyrics here...

Little Boy, in a baseball hat
Stands in the field with his ball and bat
Says I am the greatest player of them all
Puts his bat on his shoulder and he tosses up his ball

And the ball goes up and the ball comes down
Swings his bat all the way around
The world's so still you can hear the sound
The baseball falls to the ground

Now the little boy doesn't say a word
Picks up his ball, he is undeterred
Says I am the greatest there has ever been
And he grits his teeth and he tries it again

And the ball goes up and the ball comes down
Swings his bat all the way around
The world's so still you can hear the sound
The baseball falls to the ground

He makes no excuses, He shows no fears
He just closes his eyes and listens to the cheers

Little boy, he adjusts his hat
Picks up his ball, stares at his bat
Says I am the greatest the game is on the line
And he gives his all one last time

And the ball goes up like the moon so bright
Swings his bat with all his might
And the world's so still as still can be
And the baseball falls, and that's strike three

Now it's supper time and his mama calls
Little boy starts home with his bat and ball
Says I am the greatest that is a fact
But even I didn't know I could pitch like that