Savings

So I've been couponing for about 6 or 7 months now and today earlier I was writing out the bills and checking over the check book. DH ask me how much is in it, I tell him. He ask me to repeat it cas he just can't believe that is what is still in the check book after writing all the bills. He asks me if I remembered to write the house payment, "Yes, dear." "That can't be right!" "It's right." It goes like this a few more times back and forth until he gets it that I've really been slashing the bills with this couponing thing. Like no more $200 at wally world every couple of weeks (sometimes once a month if we really streched it). Now-a-days I've been there maybe 3 times in the last 6 months & only spending maybe $10 bucks! and one time I just went with my DD when she was getting ready for her baby shower. But can you believe it? We haven't touched our stimulus checks yet. And all of our cc's are paid off and we have money in the bank. God is Good!!

Thinking

Note to self (found on web): Simply, until you fear God and weigh him most heavily in your life, you will remain an undisciplined fool.

Don't like to think of myself as a fool.... I want to Fear God - I want to have Him be the weight in my life. I find myself thinking of fluff - I am a fool.

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I found this blog today: http://theologyforwomen.blogspot.com/ wow it's good stuff!!

Wanna Dance?

For all the political people out there, enjoy:

Now doesn't that make you wanna dance? And maybe... vote?

Wonderful Wednesday - Pictures

I just wanted to put in some new pictures of Rain - she's such a cutie and I also had some pictures of the trees changing colors. I found a couple that just were awesome looking.

Rain is sleeping so peacefully in mom's arms.


I remember holding DD this exact way when she was little and DD wanted a picture of Rain sleeping and I didn't want to use the flash so it's a bit dark but she's so cute!!

And my two little princess' - they are just so precious!!! I happen to catch this just at the right time! DD's best friend (awesome photographer) was over earlier in the evening and she took a bunch of pictures that I can't wait to see.

Okay - enough gushing!!! - now on to some pretty trees around town changing colors - this is the only thing that makes the coming of winter be somewhat okay in my mind!!!! (I don't know if you can click on the images to make them a bit bigger but they do look better bigger.)

The tree below - I took the picture cas it looked funny - like pompoms - the leaves changing color and then the next week I took another picture just to see the difference.

The next week's picture of the tree (very gloomy day). I wonder what it will look like next week?



Have a blessed day,

Just a lazy day & some thoughts

So I was supose to do stuff today.... and I didn't.

What I did do? I played on the net... and with Twitter. So I added it to the page. But really what's it going to do that I don't already do with the blog? And I don't expect to be arrested any time soon, so no exciting twitter to say that way but I did it. Just like I have a MySpace page and the blog and a couple other techie things that I "should" have. But sometimes it feels like information overload!!

I did just find another place that makes all these pages into one page (you have weidgets on the page so that you "save time" by just going to that one page). I don't know if that is a good idea or not - I'll check it out, you can too: http://www.netvibes.com/ It seems like it might be a good thing to try and keep all the different things together. We'll see!

By the way, I read a great saying earlier today on Kate McD's blog: “If one bad trauma can alter someone’s life forever, then why couldn’t one good experience do the same?” Isn't that awesome? But it's so sad that so many people don't take the time to try to do this. My pastor at my church - God's House - just finished up a series on getting dirty and it totally went with her posting. So many people don't want to get dirty with others "dirt" that we don't get involved in their lives and they lose out on everything and we lose out on a blessing. I've been trying to figure out where I need to get dirtier (is that a word? or am I just that bad of a speller? :-) and I haven't quite figured it out yet but it was super inspiring to read how Kate gets "dirty!"

Have a blessed day,

More Pictures of Rain

Little Rain looking up at Poppa. Rain's first car trip - she's going home from the hospital.
Tom holding little Rain (Dustin trying to get a little nap in the background.)
Okay that's all for now - hopefully soon I'll have a few more - boy I just can't get enough cute pictures of this little adorable bundle of joy!! But it's hard to take a picture when you can't stop holding her and loving on her!!!!
Have a blessed day!!

Wishing for Virginia Magazines

I coupon and I coupon a lot!! But I get great deals. Last night I bought tons of stuff (two packages of Huggie diapers for only .63 cents plus there was a package of Huggie wipes in that transaction too!!) but I'm wanting more of this certain type of coupon and I don't have it. One is called the Richmond Parents Monthly and the other is Fifty Plus.

I don't know anyone in the Virginia/ Central Virginia area including greater Richmond Charlottesville and Fredericksburg's areas so I was wondering if any of you have seen these magazines? Did you know that they had a little piece of gold in them? Check out my deals or check out a couple of the links to the left or right - you can save money like crazy too!

And if any of you happen to know where you can get your hands on these and would like to send me one (some) - let's talk, I can send you postage!