wow....

i can't believe thanksgiving is this week. time really does go by faster as you get older. i haven't been blogging much. i don't have much to talk about. i'm dealing with this awful issue of bitterness. i'm so bitter about so many things right now. i won't go into detail. it's just something i'm so sick of dealing with. i know deep down God has a plan, but it's so very very hard to continue living in the same situation with no light at the end of the tunnel, i guess is the best way to put it. aw, billy the exterminator... sorry commercial distracted me. i love billy. i love that he hates to kill things. plus they're good ol louisiana folks. can't go wrong with that. i'd be closer to home if i was there... well south louisiana. i'm rambling now, i realize that. you know i used to put a lot of stock in education, but i really don't anymore. my husband has worked so long and hard for his education, and it's unfortunately getting him nowhere. well, if you know me you know that's what's taking its toll on me. as always, five years of taking its toll on me. i'm so tired... mentally, physically, and spiritually...

my crafty weekend....

friday, i made a cowl...

saturday, i made a wreath...

and today, i made my first attempt christmas tree topper bow. bows are not my specialty...

on a quest....

to get myself more organized. i am for the most part, but i get messy with it. this has all started with my coupon binder. it is becoming a pain in the behind to keep up. i clip all these coupons and never use most of them. so i'm going to the whole insert method. all the bargain sites i use list coupons by dates and inserts anyways, so why was i wasting all this time clipping coupons. that project is in progress.

i can't stand a messy house. period. and my house gets messy very quickly. so that's my next step. getting some sort of plan together to keep up with the housework.

i am proud to say i am well ahead of the game on my christmas shopping for this year. of course, the gifts are piling up in my spare bedroom and making that room a mess now. i just hate to pull out my wrapping paper. ugh. the spare bedroom closet, du-du-dum... that place is a bottomless pit of stuff. maybe that should be my next goal, get rid of stuff.

disney fund update....

it's been such a crazy month that i've forgotten to update my disney fund. here's my deposits since my last posting about it:
9/28 - $30.44 - leftover cash from our monthly budget areas
10/3 - $5 - for being a neilsen digital voice participant
10/19 - $11.12 - leftover cash from our grocery budget
10/19 - $60 - from toluna surveys
10/25 - $30 - for being a neilsen tv family this week. i love being a neilsen family.

so that brings our grand total up to $338.98. as i say each time, this is all from couponing, budgeting, and doing some surveys and fun stuff online.

on another note, i'm thinking of starting another blog on my passion, saving money. it feels so good when people say i should teach a couponing class. i would love to share my knowledge, tips, and hints with the world. there's so many savings sites out there, so i'm gonna think long and hard how to differenciate it from others.

october, october....

this is usually my favorite month. i love crisp fall weather and halloween. well, this had been a rough one. my previous post explains my best friend's dad's situation. which he is pretty much still in. it's been a roller coaster, and i just can't imagine what they are going through. so continued prayers for them please.

week ago this past friday, we had major kitty emergency. long story short, wound up with an emergency surgery to remove part of a suction cup out of my baby's intestine. he's recovering well thank goodness. he get his staples out this week. poor kitty

and this morning, i start my week off wonderfully. i got rear ending coming into work. just scratched my car up pretty good and i thought nothing else..... well, i get into work and sit down to start my day and my back starts killing me. so according to the doc, my back took most of the jolt and i'm gonna be "stow up" for about three or four days. this will be fun.

prayers please....

please stop the minute you read this and say a prayer for gary case. he's my best friend's dad. he suffered an aneurysm yesterday followed by a stroke. he was airlifted to umc in jackson. he's in critical condition but has made progress since yesterday. his sister said he started showing some response this evening, but it's still very very critical right now. he is in recovery from brain surgery. i should have posted this sooner, but i've been trying to keep up with the family. being in a different state stinks when people you care about are hurting. so please, pray for complete healing. a miraculous healing from the Great Physician. wow.. amazing peace just from knowing He is the Great Physician. pray for a miracle in their family and all praise and glory go to Jesus Christ. thanks everyone...

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Saint Francis

Anyone who knows me knows I am a huge animal lover. I am a vegetarian on top of that, so I’ve always admired Saint Francis of Assisi. When I had the opportunity to check out Saint Francis by Robert West, part of the Christian Encounters Series, I was very excited. I have never been one to enjoy biographies, but West is definitely a talented writer. I felt more like I was reading a fiction novel because he told the story of Saint Francis’s life like a story. I did not know much about the life of Saint Francis, and unfortunately, lots of details of his life are possibly rumors, hear-say, and the like. But West did a great job interweaving fact and fiction. I really did enjoy reading this book. I look forward to checking out other books in the Christian Encounters Series.

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