Tidy--not yet!

I have been following a blog all week called Homespun Heart. She is hosting a week long event called "Making you Home a Haven" I'm a little late but Monday was "Tidy" Day. Okay better late than never!! Well yesterday I took a look at this closet and could hardly believe my eyes. It has gotten way out of hand. It's one of those closets where things get thrown in and then we just close the door. Can't believe I'm showing you this but here it is!!!

Out of sight out of mind...Do you have any of those areas???Please tell me I'm not the only one!!!

Anyway it's time for a cleaning as we move from fall jackets to winter coats, hats, and mittens. I think all the summer sandals are still somewhere on the bottom.

Well I'll be back later to show you how it went!!

Daily Dose

Matthew chapters 27-28

Chapter 27 is all about His Crucifixion

Chapter 28 is His Resurrection
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chapter 28 verse 6

He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.

verse 19-20 Jesus says

Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Sporit. and teaching them to obey everything. I have commanded you, And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Daily Dose

Matthew chapter 26

verse 41

"Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the body is weak"

verse 64

"But I say to all of you; In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven."

Weekly Meals

Here is our Weekly meals that I just planned. This is actually next weeks meals. I usually shop on Fridays and in order to get my grocery lists ready I have to plan a week ahead!!

Monday--Vegetable soup

Tuesday--Ham Steaks, cheesy potatoes, and salad

Wednesday-- pigs in a blanket and fries --Wednesdays is kids night. (the pigs are hot dogs wrapped in crescent rolls) I wasn't sure if this is something everyone knew or not!!

Thursday--Cavatini and salad

Friday--leftovers??

Saturday--Homemade Pizza

Sunday-- Whole Fryer Chicken in crockpot, potatoes, veggies
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I will also add a segment at the bottom. This will tell you what I had to buy this week that I didn't already have on hand to make all our meals!

This week I only had to buy sour cream, eggs, and a bag of potatoes. (Note-- I also need milk but I buy all my milk at CVS with the deals.)

I think this is the goal of couponing. If I can use the majority of my budget for whatever is on sale and I have a coupon for then I can turn our small $55. grocery budget into a lot of food!

feel free to ask questions or leave comments!

Daily Dose

Matthew chapter 25

verse 40

"The King will reply, I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

Meijer 11-9

Meijer is nothing too exciting this week. Here is what I've found.

Miracle whip 2/$5. -$2./2 Mealbox Q = 2/$3. buy 2 get a free grey poupon.

Jacks pizza 2.50 each -.75MQ= 1.75 Then if you buy 4 use $2./4 Mealbox Q = $1.25 each

Lysol products 1/2 off --not sure how much this will make them

Warm delights 1.25-.50MQ doubled= .25cents

Chex Mix 5/$5. -.50MQ = FREE

Bob Evans breakfast bowls 1/2 off - .35 MQ doubled= .88cents???I read this online I'm not sure how much these are.

tic tac chill 3/$4. =1.33 -1MQ= .33cents

Bob Evans breakfast sandwiches 1/2 off.-- not sure how much these are.

Taco shells are back on the mealbox list so you can pick up a few more for free if you'd like!

What did I miss...What are you getting at Meijer this week??

Daily Dose

Matthew chapter 24 verses 36-51

Verse 36-37

No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.

Walgreens 11-9

A few Walgreens musts this week!

Betty Crocker frosting .99 after in ad Q -.55MQ = .45cents

Progresso soup 1.25 after in ad Q-1.10MQ printable= .15 cents

Kellogs cereal 4/$10. get 2 RR wyb 4 -$1./1MQ printable = 4/$4. after MQ and RR not sure on the kinds included...

Smucker jelly 3/$5.= 1.66-.35MQ = 1.31 not too bad

Libbys Pumpkin is .99 after in ad Q - $1./2 printable = .49 cents each

What are you seeing??

CVS 11-9

Sorry this is a little late...not too bad of a CVS week!

Sunday and Monday only
L'oreal Advanced revitalift 11.99 get 11.99 ecb limit 1
St. Ives Bodywash 18oz 3.99 get 3 ecb...If your Walgreens takes comp coupons then you can use the $1./1 St Ives Q in the Easy Saver Book. This would be free with Q. lmt 4

Deals all week
Glaceau smart water 1L. 1.59 get 1.59 ECB lmt.1= free
Garnier Fructis sham,cond, or styler 2.99 get 2ecb...use $1./1 MQ = free lmt 1
Listerine Mouth rinse 3.99 get 3 ecb---use this printable for $1./1 = free lmt5
Palmolive dish soap 1.49 get 1ecb---use .40MQ or .25MQ to get it for .09 or .24cents lmt 5

Here is how my trans. worked today

2.99 milk
2.99 milk
1.49 palm dish soap
2.99 garnier
3.99 listerine
1.59 smart water
11.99 loreal
3.99 st ives body wash
3.99 st ives
3.99 st ives body wash
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4x.xx
-.40 MQ pal dish soap
-1.00 st ives - Walgreens ESQ
-1.00 st ives
-1.00 st ives
-1.00 listerine
-1.00 garnier
-1.00 loreal
-3.00 had a crt for $3./10 any body wash purchase. perfect for this week
-12.00, -6.98, -4.00, -2.58, -1.98, -2.00 ECB-- 29.54 used aprox.
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1.06 oop and got back 11.99 loreal, 9.00 st ives, 1.00 pal, 2.00 garnier, 1.59 water, 3.00 listerine = total 28.58 ecb back

So altogether I got all this including 2 gal milk for 1.06 oop and used up 1 ecb. Love this game!!

My math is aprox. I didn't use a calculator...I just estimated sorry if you see a math error

Have a great week!

Daily Dose

Today is Sunday and it's been a while but I usually do Psalms on Sundays!!

Psalm chapter 6-7

Verse 17

I will give thanks to the Lord because of his righteousness and will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.

Daily Dose

Matthew chapter 24 verses 1-35

This is titled in my Bible "Signs of the End of the Age" I encourage you to read it.

Jesus in verse 35 says

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

This should be a huge encouragement and a rock to stand on. God has always been and will always be Forever and ever.

"Couponing" What does it really mean??

8 months ago I would have told you couponing was silly. I mean how is it worth it to buy a Sunday paper for 1.75, Take all the time to clip them, then use a couple of coupons to take my $115. weekly Walmart bill down a whole $2.25 cents to 112.75 I couldn't figure out how that was worth it at all!! 8 months ago I bought almost all my groceries at Aldis, but this was my "coupon" thinking and Aldis didn't take coupons even if I wanted to use them. If this is what you think couponing is then keep reading....THIS IS NOT COUPONING!!!

Here is my story in a nut shell and then hopefully soon in part 2 I will tell you how to get started saving up to half of your grocery bill!!


It all started when Shannon (my Sis in Law) told me about Money Saving Mom. This is how my whole couponing mind set changed completely. I started slowly and began to look at CVS. I thought "what you want me to buy stuff at CVS"?? That's the kind of store I only stepped into when it was an emergency or to get a script filled. But I began to understand the ECB (extracare bucks). I tried a couple transactions and it worked unbelieveably well. Within a few weeks I had free or really cheap toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo, conditioner and tons of other stuff. I was officially hooked!!

I kept reading online and researching and began to get 4 Sunday papers and clipping all the coupons. I started shopping at Kroger, Meijer, and Walgreens along with CVS of course. I still had to continue shopping Aldis for a few months to get things that weren't on sale that I needed. This continued for several months and I began to need less and less at Aldis because I was getting a stockpile.

I set myself a weekly budget and would try to use most of the budget to buy items that were on sale and I had a coupon for. It worked awesome. I was getting twice as many groceries for about half the money.

I also began to see my cupboards fill up. I never had much stock of anything before and my freezer was maybe a fourth full. Before I couldn't stay in budget only buying the things we needed for the week let alone stocking up on something else.

So What does couponing look like today 8 months later??? How much do I spend????How much do I have stocked up in my pantry today???How do you begin doing this????
Stay tuned to part 2...hopefully soon!!

Daily Dose

Matthew chapter 23

Verse 12

For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Verse 26

Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean.

We must remember that appearing from the outside to be a good christian means nothing and gets you nowhere. We must be clean and accept Christ in our hearts ... from the inside. Then the outside will follow.