Daily Dose

1 Thessalonians Chapter 5

Verses 16-18

Be joyful always; pray continually; give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Weekly Groceries!

Total this week $58.90

I had to spend over $10. for Homemade Icecream ingredients, $4. for paper plates (yes I should have been better stocked), and $3.50 for S'mores ingredients. I was very happy that my total was only a little over my $55. budget!

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I still need to spend around $5. for cold meat and cheese.

BUT for having a birthday party and camping all weekend, I think only being $10. over was pretty good. It's so nice to have stocked pantries to pull snacks and food from for vacations!

The Receipt Run Down...

At Meijer I spent -- $35.90 for 35 items

At Kroger I spent -- 23.00 for 33 items saved 57%

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Spent $58.90 for 68 items -- .87 cents per item

Saved $79.38

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Oh yea I almost forgot I got a $3. catalina back for the kraft BBQ deal!

Did you have a good week???

Free Blue Bunny Yogurt!

Melissa emailed me to let us know about free Yogurt!

Only good 5/23-5/25 if you buy Blue Bunny Aspen or Sedona Yogurt Granola Novelty,

Blue Bunny will pay you back.

Limit one per household.

Just print this form and send it in with receipt and UPC.

Allow 4-6 weeks

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Thanks Melissa!

Loving Our Husbands...

"Loving my Husband Friday"

with Shannon at the Peer review!

To see the first 24 ways to Love your husband go here
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25. Give him time to be alone. (This energizes him to reconnect at other times.)

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26. Admit your mistakes; don’t be afraid to be humble. Peel away your pride.

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27. Defend him to those who disrespectfully talk about him. Remember that love protects

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For more ways to Love your Husband
go here and link up!

Daily Dose

1 Thessalonians Chapter 4

Verse 11

Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own busines and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody.

PakNac Winners...

Thanks to everyone who entered the PakNak giveaway!

The 2 winners are...

# 49 Spitfyr323 and #63 Becky Marshall

Here are your random numbers:49 63
Timestamp: 2009-05-22 00:37:44 UTC

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I have sent an email to each of you. If you didn't get it please email me at

dailyessentialsanddeals @ gmail.com

You will have until Tuesday at noon (since it's a holiday weekend). If I haven't heard from you by then I will choose new winners.

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Thanks again to PakNak for sponsoring the giveaway!

For those of you who didn't win. They are still offering a 20% discount off your entire purchase using code Pac20. Start shopping here!

Awesome Garage Sales!!!

I got up early this morning and took 4 kiddos to garage sales! (yea I'm a little nutty)

It was a lot of fun minus a few mischievous kids at times!

I left the kids in the car at one point, Yea I'm a bad mom!!! Anyway you'd think that a 10, 8, and 6 yr old could keep a 3 yr. old from getting out but nooooooooo to my amazement here he comes running across the road alone (not busy housing addition road thankfully). Obviously from then on he came with me! Guess that blows the mother of the year award... Oh wait never mind I lost that Jan. 1!!!
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But Best of all I got to meet a fellow blogger in person! Susan had won one of my giveaways a few months ago and when I asked for her address I noticed she lived 20 miles from my house. Sometimes it seems it's such a small world. We've been in touch since then.
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She's the one who told me about the awesome sales. She emailed me the address of the sale she would be at... Well somehow when I checked this morning I had deleted the email. I was bummed, I knew there was NO WAY I would just happen to come upon her at all the sales. Well at the very last sale I went to there she was!! I couldn't believe it!
It was great to meet you in person Susan!

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So on to the deals I found!

I was able to get tons of much needed boys and girls clothes!!

Total for all these clothes was $34.00 WOW! There is another 5 pair of jeans not pictured ( they were in the washer before I took the picture)!

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All together for the boys I got...

11 pair of jeans -- no holes, most hardly worn, and very name brand

2 pair Khaki pants

7 pair sweat pants - nice ones!

6 shirts -- nice "church" shirts

1 set of PJ's

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For my 8yr girl I got...

4 shorts

9 shirts (she really needed these)

3 pants

I wish I could have found more for her...

Where do all the families with girls live???

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Anyway That's like 43 items.

And as many of you know I like to figure out...

it's .79 cents per item! WOOHOO!!

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I couldn't believe how cheap they had really nice clothes priced!

I was VERY excited!

Okay I'm shutting my trap now!!!

Thanks for letting me ramble and share my excitement!
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So is anyone else lovin' garage sales??

No Coupon Inserts this week!

Reminder....

There will be no coupon inserts this weekend!

Enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend CLIP FREE!!

Things I Love Thursday

We love Camping!!!

And we're going... See you Monday!!!

We love the hiking, the biking, the campfires, the talks, the time doing nothing, the stories around the campfire, the games, and of course the food. There's so much we love about camping... well actually there's not much we don't like!!
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In fact tomorrow afternoon we're going camping!
I'll be back on Monday... I have most of my regular posts scheduled but I won't have any internet (I know deep breath) to make sure everything goes smoothly or to respond to your wonderful comments!
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So I hope you enjoy your long Memorial Day Weekend. I know we will! I'll be sure to take some fun pictures and share them with you soon!
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Let me know if you're a camping family too!!!
Next week I'll post "What we ate Camping"... Yum!!!

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Sarah @ 8Muddyboots is having internet trouble.. So I'm sure she'll be back next week for Things I Love Thursday... For now go sign up for her truck giveaway!

Daily Dose

1 Thessalonians Chapter 3

Verse 13

May he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

Medibag Review

I had the chance to review another

really cool product...

The Medibag

This is a great family owned and operated company. I think it's awesome that all of their products are made in the USA. They use only 100% recycled, US/EU lead free plastic. All of their products consist of latex free contents and what's even better is that all of their products are assembled by the disabled. What a great idea!
As soon as I opened the package the kids were all over the medibag! We loved it. It was so appealing. We opened it and there was tons of stuff inside. My 3 yr old kept taking me to the bag because he kept saying he had an owie!
Too cute!!!
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Finally after a week (not that I was hoping for my kids to get hurt!!) but my 3 yr old actually did get a owie on his foot. I was able to grab the medibag and have everything I needed. Antiseptic wipes, Antibiotic ointment, and Band-aids!
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I think this kit would be great to keep in the car or the camper too.
With 4 kids, it seems we're always needing to bandage something!

Can you believe all this comes in the medibag...

30) Assorted Kid-Friendly Bandages
(12) Junior Bandages
(20) Antiseptic Wipes
(4) 2 X 2 Gauze Pads
(4) 3 X 3 Gauze Pads
(2) Knee & Elbow Bandages
(1) Anti-Itch Ointment
(2) Antibiotic Ointments
(1) Burn Gel
(1) Eye Wash
(1) First Aid Guide

(1) Instant Cold Pack
(2) Blue Kid-Friendly Exam Gloves
(1) Hypoallergenic First-Aid Tape Roll
(1) Plastic Disposable Tweezers
(10) Application Swabs
(1) Sting Relief Pad
(1) Emergency Information Label
(20) Kid-Friendly Fun Stickers
(1) Kid-Friendly Organized Doctor's Bag
(1) Coupon for a Free 45 Item Refill Kit
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I couldn't think of anything it was missing!
A very complete kit.
And you even get a coupon for a free refill kit!
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To get yours you can order online at one of these sites
or check this page for a store in your area.
They have several other products too so be sure to check them out!
I definitely recommend their Medibag!
Thanks Medibag for allowing me to review your product!

Wordless Wednesday

My 3 yr. Old

Caught Red Handed

In the Candy Cupboard!

In His Word Wednesday -- Thanks

Psalm 118 Verses 28-29

You are my God, and I will give you thanks;

you are my God, and I will exalt you.

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

his love endures forever.

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We really need to remember to thank Him for EVERYTHING!

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What has God been teaching you lately. Do you have a prayer request? Do you have a Bible verse that has stuck out to you? Even just words of encouragement. I would love to hear from you!
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You can even just leave your words or prayer request here as a comment. We'd love to know how to pray for you. If you don't want to elaborate just let us know you have an unspoken prayer request. We can still pray for you because God already knows
Hope your week is going great!