Friday, January 30, 2009

Curly Journal

I have a new blog specifically for my new curly hair journey. I know that may seem strange, but I seem a bit silly talking about hair here with everything else. So my spot to be a bit vain is www.newcurly.blogspot.com. So for those who are interested in my hair journey I'll have pictures up soon.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Trusting God

Yesterday marks a week from my last interview, and when all was said and done I knew I didn't have a chance. So I called back the temporary job to let them know I was going to find out where the other job was at and turn it down. My plans are not their plans obviously, because the temporary job had been filled. So I had a good cry, not knowing about the other job yet. I emailed the powers that be yesterday afternoon to see where the process was and where I stood. When I woke up this morning there it was in my email, rejection number two. I have what ifed my self all morning. If I had only said something about knowing sooner in the interview. If I had only emailed earlier. Honestly the temporary position was filled on Friday, the day I still thought I had a chance at the other position. So even though I went to the office on Monday, it still would have been too late.

There is some reason God didn't allow either of these to happen. I am trusting that he is in control. While it would be nice to have two incomes, at this point, it is not necessary. We are learning about our needs and wants. There are never sure things and we always must rely and trust God to provide. He always gives us what we need, and sometimes he throws in our wants to surprise us. I think he is trying to make me more thankful for what he does give us.

I'm going to explore the talents he has given me and not take them for granted. I want to enjoy what he has allotted to me.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Coupon crazy!

So today after much planning and organization yesterday we went shopping, Kroger and Corner Market.

Corner Market had Toasters Strudel 2 for 4... with a coupon for $1 off 2... $1.50 a box!

At Kroger the mix and match huge sales event is going on... buy 10 items save $5 at check out
While a good deal we couldn't afford to get the snacky stuff this time around... oh well but here was the breakdown.

Should have gotten colgate toothpaste free but the card coupon didn't work, so $1.50
Hamburger helper 3 for 5, card coupon .75 off paper coupon $1 off... 1.08 a box
Coffeemate 3.29 paper coupon for 1.00 off... large liquid coffeemate 2.29 same price or less than the small one
Green giant frozen steamed veggies 1.59 with a paper coupon of .60 also a bonus coupon of .60... $.39 after!

Some card coupons won't always work... shortcuts worked this time, but cellfire didn't. Which I have heard of problems the other way around... so you never know.
Also Kroger won't accept online printed coupons over $1 but to make up for it I'm pretty sure they double any coupons under $1

It is almost a game trying to match sales and coupons. I'm not saying these were the only things we bought, but as for coupons this is what we saved.

Easy way to organize coupons is to get a three ring binder and page protectors. I have a page protector for each category that I thought was important (snacks, meals, bread, beauty, other) as well as store only coupons such as target and Kroger card loaded. I labeled them on the side as if they were dividers (which can be seen through the other pages). This was I can keep my printed out shopping list from kroger's web site with the deals I want to check out and the circulars I pick up as I walk in to check if there is anything I missed. Today was the first day I used my note book, but I hope it continues to work.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

I sooo Have curly Hair!

The experiment has been proven... I have curly hair.

Thanks to a great curly friend who cut my hair and showed me how to fix my hair, my hair is big and curly, and I am learning to love it! It seems so strange to no longer brush my hair... but I guess it works. I am also learning that I will never be able to control my hair, but I don't think I was meant to.

After the hair cut my friend made a comment about how it works with my face shape... who knew that God had a purpose for giving me curly hair. I'm learning so much in this process... who knew!

Monday, January 19, 2009

Too many thoughts

I couldn't really sleep last night. Too many thoughts, what ifs and how abouts going through my head. All of it has really just kept me on edge. I'm just tired of thinking! Joe is still hard at work helping with what he can so we are unable to get away and disappear. There is so much that has been done to prevent anything else from happening but my brain just doesn't seem to want to understand that. All in all I think I have come to the conclusion that I think too much.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

So much for a quiet weekend!

Please pray that no more incidents will happen. Thanks

Friday, January 16, 2009

Curly?

I have been searching the internet for ways to tame my unruly hair. So far I have found that if my hair IS indeed curly, I have been doing everything I could possibly do wrong! Apparently there is a not so new book out called curly girl that says it is bad to shampoo curly hair, especially with most of the shampoos out there. Anyway here are a few links I have run across. I'll tell you how things turn out.

www.naturallycurly.com
Got curl
curly girl method

Coupon update

I still haven't used the ones on the kroger card, but I did go shopping today. And while I am not as good at this as some, I did save a total of 9.28 including kroger savings. This was the break down.

Manufacture's coupons- 6.00
bonus coupon savings -1.00
Kroger plus savings- 2.28
total savings 9.28

sadly there is a down side... some coupons were lost in a printing error and therefore can't be printed again... that is why we are going to have two coupon accounts, one on each computer.

Just to let you know, hamburger helper is 10 for 10 at kroger, and there is a coupon to take money off of three at either www.coupon.com or www.smartsource.com it is defiantly worth creating another account on a different computer for the savings.

happy shopping!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Interviews, Duty nights

I had another interview today, and because it is a temporary job we are waiting until after the job interview I have on Wednesday afternoon. So hopefully one way or another I will have a job! I just wanted to let you know.

Other than that Joe is on duty from now until Sunday night, so we are praying the hi jinks stop. Maybe we can have a somewhat peaceful weekend.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Almost sandies jam thumbprint cookies

So yesterday I had a huge craving for something sweet and snacky. (I blame it on switching BC.) So I pulled out my pink cookbook to see what ingredients we had and what would be easy. So I stumbled across a thumbprint cookie recipe that called for finely chopped walnuts, which I didn't have so I substituted pecans I had leftover. Anyway, I was trying to figure out what the taste was... sandies! So here is the recipe

Jam Thumbprints (from the New Cookbook)
2 eggs
2/3 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup finely chopped walnuts (pecans)
1/3 to 1/2 cup jam or preserves

1. Separate eggs; place yokes and whites in separate bowls. Cover and chill egg whites until needed. In a large mixing bowl beat butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 sec. Add sugar. Beat until combined, scraping sides of bowl occasionally. Beat in egg yokes and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in any remaining flour. Cover and chill dough about 1 hour or until easy to handle.

2. Preheat oven to 375 F. Grease a cookie sheet; set it aside. Shape dough in to 1-inch balls. Slightly beat reserved egg whites. Roll balls in egg whites, then walnut (pecans) to coat. Place balls 1-inch apart on the prepared cookie sheet. Using your thumb, make an indentation in the center of each ball of dough.

3. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until edges are light brown. Transfer to wire rack and let cool. Just before serving, fill cookie centers with Jam.

if you just want the sandie taste don't put a thumbprint but just leave as balls.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Coupons

Clipping coupons may seem old fashioned but I am trying to get back in to the money saving mindset. So I just thought I would post a few links to help others save as well.

www.pgesaver.com

www.pillsbury.com

PGesaver has become high tech, the coupons are added to your shopper card. I haven't used it yet, but it saves me from searching through coupons in the checkout line.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Life as a college grad in the dorms

I love our home, but I don't love somethings that come with it. We never know what will happen in the middle of the night, and that hit me this morning after some craziness yesterday. My husband has had trouble sleeping but he has so much to deal with that there really isn't a dull moment for him. I enjoy being back where we met and in a city we enjoy. I love hanging out with our friends. So I guess it comes with it's ups and downs. When we are able to get away for a little bit it makes it so much better.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Something Good

I am listening to the Ingrid Michaelson CD Be Ok. I had heard the title song a few weeks ago and absolutely love it. Two days ago while hanging out with an amazing person the cd peaked around the corner of a Barnes and Noble shelf, and screamed to my friend to buy it. We listened to it on the way home and I feel in love with Ingrid's voice! My husband got the cd for me as an Itunes copy so I have been enjoying it most of the morning.

I realise that I get so busy that I don't have a chance to enjoy music. So now because I have time, I will enjoy.

I have some pretty strange resolutions this year... some of which I still haven't started yet but here they are.

-Read my Bible everyday
-Wake up before 9:30 every morning
-Work out in some way every day
-Get involved in a Church
-Drink 8 glasses of water a day
- By the end of the year I want to learn how to knit socks.

So there they are, the working out and water have kind of been missed, but other than that its going pretty well. Other than that finding a job should be on there, but that is a week by week resolution. I still have tons of resumes out there, so who knows!

Right now I am just enjoying music and coffee, and I am about to get up and do more around the house since I have the time.

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Interview, Jobs, Decisions

I had another interview today, at a local preschool. I was offered a job, as an assistant for older twos... potty training twos. I asked for some time to think about it and I had until this afternoon. I turned it down. I kept asking God for wisdom, and it just didn't fit. Could I do the job, probably, would I be stressed, defiantly. I'm still waiting to hear back on a couple of jobs, so who knows.

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Crazy google problems

Here is my story:
A couple of days ago I felt the need to blog, I was excited about my new coffee maker, and the resolutions I am a little too ambitious about, but all in all I wanted to write about it. So I pulled up the log in page and began to type in my user name and password and the same screen came up over and over it was the log in page with my info, but it got me no where. So I tried to reset everything, simple enough I thought... so I followed the directions, and check my email. It sent me somewhere else and then told me to check an email I no longer have anymore with the fine print stating that if you no longer have access to the email address, wait a week and try again. I felt like Harriet with out her notebook! I just wanted to write, and here Google was telling me wait a week for the chance to write, if it decides it wants to work. Well, I was able to accept my fate until tonight the same thing started to happen with my gmail. My gmail that is on all of the resumes I have handed out... well that was just not going to work! So I saw a small link that said, having problems... and thought, are you mocking me? Well I clicked it anyway, because even though it is a bad time to mock, I needed access to my email. I clicked a couple of boxes and reset some stuff in firefox and there it was my gmail! Well I figured that if there was a problem on that side and it was fixed, maybe my blog would be fixed as well... so I typed in the address, went to the sign in box and waited. It was only a couple of seconds, but a lot can pass through my mind in a few seconds. I am not the technology buff in the family so I never know if I've made something better or lost a lot of important information. The screen popped up and there was my site! And for the first time I actually fixed my computer problem, I mean with help from the google troubleshooter, but still! I don't really know what I reset, so there may be problems later, but I still have my bookmarks so I don't have to hunt down my fav blogs again so for now all is well.

Seeing that it is late the coffee maker and resolutions will have to wait. Tomorrow is another day of job hunting, so I must sleep.