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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
4 below
It's 11pm in Denver and the temp is 8 degrees with a real feel of -4 degrees. It's 1 am in Lake Norman and is 61 degrees. Let's just say I'm not too sad to leave on nights like this. 34 days of freezing to go!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
No Camera Cord=No Bloggin
Well - pretty much ever since this summer when all plans for NC came into motion - I became very lackluster in my blogging skills. I missed MANY significant events and postings. Just didn't have the time with planning and work. Then, since the packing chaos ensued - I've since been just super busy and again have been missing tons of posts of events in our lives. And now - I have no clue what became of our camera cord to plug into the computer since packing. So - I have no pics to post anymore to correspond with my posts. :( Now all my pics are just stuck on my camera. Good news is - my life is pretty boring these days. Just an endless sea of work. Nothing else really new here. Except - Cody turned 26 on Monday - and of course - I worked from 830am-945pm that day. So again-nothing really to speak of outside of work. I could tell you all about the kids I nanny for and potty training in detail - or about the new holiday promotions at Starbucks at length - but I'll spare you!
Almost every day I keep having to remind myself what our goals are and then the work isn't so bad. I am tired though-and I grow weary at times. My moving truck comes January 6th - and I keep that in mind. Health insurance through Starbucks is so close I can taste it!! :) My benes packet is en route in the mail as I type and benes will begin December1st! So our little family will soon be underway and Cody and I will begin "practicing." :) We already have our new apartment all squared away in NC and I'm really excited. I know once we move - Starbucks will be my ONLY job and Cody and I talk often about how great it will be for me to work part time again and have the freedom to be a good wife to him again. Not that I'm awful or anything - it's just my passions are to be in the home and cook and just be domestic - things that just aren't possible right now.
We also read this great article in a magazine recently about living simply and having a smaller home. It's so crazy - but that is totally mine and Cody's hearts. Like right now we have a 2b apt rented in NC cuz it's all that was available waterfront - but we are hoping a 1b opens up so we can downsize into that. We even talked about how since we sold our kitchen table - we just won't buy one at all and make our dining area - our office for now! The article just touched our hearts and it's just funny how God works on your hearts together - with your dreams, desires and goals.
Almost every day I keep having to remind myself what our goals are and then the work isn't so bad. I am tired though-and I grow weary at times. My moving truck comes January 6th - and I keep that in mind. Health insurance through Starbucks is so close I can taste it!! :) My benes packet is en route in the mail as I type and benes will begin December1st! So our little family will soon be underway and Cody and I will begin "practicing." :) We already have our new apartment all squared away in NC and I'm really excited. I know once we move - Starbucks will be my ONLY job and Cody and I talk often about how great it will be for me to work part time again and have the freedom to be a good wife to him again. Not that I'm awful or anything - it's just my passions are to be in the home and cook and just be domestic - things that just aren't possible right now.
We also read this great article in a magazine recently about living simply and having a smaller home. It's so crazy - but that is totally mine and Cody's hearts. Like right now we have a 2b apt rented in NC cuz it's all that was available waterfront - but we are hoping a 1b opens up so we can downsize into that. We even talked about how since we sold our kitchen table - we just won't buy one at all and make our dining area - our office for now! The article just touched our hearts and it's just funny how God works on your hearts together - with your dreams, desires and goals.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Coupons Galore
So - I've just been stashing in lately on the coupons!! Seriously - my new phrase is "coupons are the new black." :) Now that I've been getting so many steals - I just don't have it in me to pay full price for anything when I know I just don't have to if I dig a little for a coupon/deal.
Today Cody&I each got complete Boston Market meals for dinner for just $1.08 each. Go to: moneysavingmom.com to find the coupon - its a few pages back into the postings. It expires Sunday! Oh-and we are cleaning up our house b/c we turn in the keys on Saturday and I even got BOGO on Mr. Clean magic erasers. :) It's the little things that make me smile. By the way - magic erasers really are just that - magical. Little magic cleaning elves must have invented them - b/c they are way awesome!
Also -today I just cashed in on a sweet deal regarding Christmas cards. I always like to send out photo cards but they aren't that cheap - plus you gotta add postage. Well - use the link through: moneysavingmom.com to vistaprint and they have a deal where you get 100 FREE postcards for the cost of shipping!! (which is $6.61 - but it takes 21 days for them to arrive - so hurry!) If you want to add a pic to personalize your postcard more it's an additional $2.49 - but still I just got 100 Christmas postcards (which postcard stamps are only like 0.28or0.29 cents each to send) for just $9!! Isn't that awesome! It was super easy to customize the card - pick a nice holiday theme, add my pic and all the text I wanted. I honestly liked it even better than the usual photocard templates. So cash in on this one!
Looking for some new shoes?? Go to oprah.com and print out the 50% off coupon for your entire purchase at Payless Shoes. It expires tomorrow though.
Tomorrow is FREE BAGEL FRIDAY at Einsteins. Go to: moneysavingmom.com to print off your free coupon and grab one before 11am - you bet Cody and I will. :)
And - last but not least - Saturday (Halloween) is Free Boo-rito day at Chipotle. Catch is - you gotta dress up like a burrito. So Cody&I generally don't do these types of things (like dress up like a cow for a free chick-fil-a, etc) but 2 of our friends are gonna do it with us - and it's easy -so we are gonna wrap ourselves up in tinfoil and all 4 of us snag free boo-ritos! :) Ha!
Happy Couponing!
OH-one last coupon deal. FREE spag/meat sauce at Fazolis. Coupon doesn't expire til January. Just gotta buy a drink. So again - like $2 for Cody and I to eat. Awesome! Again - moneysavingmom.com and look it up!
Today Cody&I each got complete Boston Market meals for dinner for just $1.08 each. Go to: moneysavingmom.com to find the coupon - its a few pages back into the postings. It expires Sunday! Oh-and we are cleaning up our house b/c we turn in the keys on Saturday and I even got BOGO on Mr. Clean magic erasers. :) It's the little things that make me smile. By the way - magic erasers really are just that - magical. Little magic cleaning elves must have invented them - b/c they are way awesome!
Also -today I just cashed in on a sweet deal regarding Christmas cards. I always like to send out photo cards but they aren't that cheap - plus you gotta add postage. Well - use the link through: moneysavingmom.com to vistaprint and they have a deal where you get 100 FREE postcards for the cost of shipping!! (which is $6.61 - but it takes 21 days for them to arrive - so hurry!) If you want to add a pic to personalize your postcard more it's an additional $2.49 - but still I just got 100 Christmas postcards (which postcard stamps are only like 0.28or0.29 cents each to send) for just $9!! Isn't that awesome! It was super easy to customize the card - pick a nice holiday theme, add my pic and all the text I wanted. I honestly liked it even better than the usual photocard templates. So cash in on this one!
Looking for some new shoes?? Go to oprah.com and print out the 50% off coupon for your entire purchase at Payless Shoes. It expires tomorrow though.
Tomorrow is FREE BAGEL FRIDAY at Einsteins. Go to: moneysavingmom.com to print off your free coupon and grab one before 11am - you bet Cody and I will. :)
And - last but not least - Saturday (Halloween) is Free Boo-rito day at Chipotle. Catch is - you gotta dress up like a burrito. So Cody&I generally don't do these types of things (like dress up like a cow for a free chick-fil-a, etc) but 2 of our friends are gonna do it with us - and it's easy -so we are gonna wrap ourselves up in tinfoil and all 4 of us snag free boo-ritos! :) Ha!
Happy Couponing!
OH-one last coupon deal. FREE spag/meat sauce at Fazolis. Coupon doesn't expire til January. Just gotta buy a drink. So again - like $2 for Cody and I to eat. Awesome! Again - moneysavingmom.com and look it up!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Once Tarnished
So tomorrow is the big move and I've been busy packing, working and making trips to Goodwill. Yesterday I packed up my clothes and had bags and bags to donate so I swung by Goodwill and then meandered inside. Whoops!
Staring at me was this tarnished silver teapot. (I've ALWAYS wanted a silver teapot - but they are usually kinda pricey at Antique stores.) Well, it was awful looking -almost totally black and must have been overlooked many times - but I stared at it and saw its beauty underneath - I was determined to restore it to its original glory days and make it mine. Especially for the deal I got at Goodwill.
Luckily I haven't closed up my cleaning supplies box yet - so I got home - took out my silver polish and worked on this little pot furiously. I talked to it and told it it was beautiful - that I would restore it and happily call it mine. It took A LOT of love, polish and elbow grease - but I love it. It's still not perfect looking in all its dainty intricate places - but I'll work on that after we arrive in NC. For now I wanted it to be beautiful, restored, loved and mine. :)
As I stood there polishing it God spoke to my heart. This is exactly what he does for us. He bought me at a price, called me his, scrubbed away all the tarnished places and made me shine again beautifully. And although not all my little intricate places are perfect - he sees me as perfect - in all my imperfection. After I finished the polishing my hands were covered in black filth and my fingernails are still dirty despite the many washings. Just like I have the dirt of my little teapot - Jesus took on all of my dirt. This is one beautiful little teapot that I know is from my heavenly father. I can't wait to use it and display it in NCand think of all he's done for me.
I hope you think of your personal teapot story and thank God for how good he is today! :) We were all once tarnished.
Staring at me was this tarnished silver teapot. (I've ALWAYS wanted a silver teapot - but they are usually kinda pricey at Antique stores.) Well, it was awful looking -almost totally black and must have been overlooked many times - but I stared at it and saw its beauty underneath - I was determined to restore it to its original glory days and make it mine. Especially for the deal I got at Goodwill.
Luckily I haven't closed up my cleaning supplies box yet - so I got home - took out my silver polish and worked on this little pot furiously. I talked to it and told it it was beautiful - that I would restore it and happily call it mine. It took A LOT of love, polish and elbow grease - but I love it. It's still not perfect looking in all its dainty intricate places - but I'll work on that after we arrive in NC. For now I wanted it to be beautiful, restored, loved and mine. :)
As I stood there polishing it God spoke to my heart. This is exactly what he does for us. He bought me at a price, called me his, scrubbed away all the tarnished places and made me shine again beautifully. And although not all my little intricate places are perfect - he sees me as perfect - in all my imperfection. After I finished the polishing my hands were covered in black filth and my fingernails are still dirty despite the many washings. Just like I have the dirt of my little teapot - Jesus took on all of my dirt. This is one beautiful little teapot that I know is from my heavenly father. I can't wait to use it and display it in NCand think of all he's done for me.
I hope you think of your personal teapot story and thank God for how good he is today! :) We were all once tarnished.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Sanity
Okay - so I had to post just a few pictures of my house PRIOR to the packing explosion. I honestly get tense and nervous in chaos so I'm really edgy right now because my house is in such disarray with boxes. I had to take a moment to regain my sanity and reflect on how it used to look. :) Also to look at my old table and cream couch which we recently parted with via Craiglist. :)
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Packing, Packing &More Packing
What a mess!
Don't even get me started on our garage!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Coupons it is!
So i t looks like I'm gonna stick with my couponing ways. :) This week I bought $80 worth of groceries for $49. Some stuff was totally free - like Ester-C vitamin C drink sticks. (We need all the C we can get!) Cody said he looked over our budget from the month before to this past month and I cut our grocery budget to 1/3 of what it was. Yea!! Plus, I get a little joy every time I leave the grocery store - so I've gotta stick with it. Now that I know how easy it could be - how could I pay full price again?
Oh - and this week I snagged some sweet deals @Walgreens. They had Campbell's soups on sale with a Wags coupon 2/$1 which they were normally like $1.69each. So that in itself is a good deal....but then I had a manufacturer coupon for $1 off 2 cans. So they were free! Ha - love it! I also picked up 2 Glade candles that were normally $6.49each marked down to $3.99 on sale, plus I had 2 $3.50 off 1 candle coupon - so each candle was $0.49each. All in all - 2 soups and 2 candles for $1!
Oh - and this week I snagged some sweet deals @Walgreens. They had Campbell's soups on sale with a Wags coupon 2/$1 which they were normally like $1.69each. So that in itself is a good deal....but then I had a manufacturer coupon for $1 off 2 cans. So they were free! Ha - love it! I also picked up 2 Glade candles that were normally $6.49each marked down to $3.99 on sale, plus I had 2 $3.50 off 1 candle coupon - so each candle was $0.49each. All in all - 2 soups and 2 candles for $1!
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