Free Audio Book: “The Pursuit of Holiness” by Jerry Bridges
FREE Audio Book Download:
For the month of January Christian Audio is offering a free download of their audio book “The Pursuit of Holiness” by Jerry Bridges. He has several other well known books you may want to check out as well. Make sure to submit your order by January 31, 2011 to get your free audio book. Thanks Christian Audio!
Movie – “Secretariat”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4wvRAjTbm0
My husband and I had a relaxing evening together last night after a busy week of family visiting. Having some quiet time snuggling with my man and watching a wonderful movie together was a perfect way to unwind. If you enjoy animals, horses in particular, this is a great movie for you. The neat part is that it is based on a true story of a family and an amazing horse. The main character is a Housewife and Mom, Penny Chenery Tweedy, who after her mothers death takes over her parents Virginia-based Meadow Stables. She goes against all odds with the help of veteran trainer Lucien Laurin, a loyal secretary, a gutsy rider, and a talented horse “Red” who has a personality of his own. Together they manage to navigate the male-dominated business and ultimately the first Triple Crown winner in twenty-five years. The triple crown hasn’t been won since “Red”. The only thing that made me twinge a couple times is her married name is “Tweedy” and when they said her name it sounded like “Mrs. Tweety” from “Chicken Run”! Really enjoy sharing this movie with my man and recommend that you check it out if you are looking for a great movie to see in the near future. Go here for more information about “Secretariat” .
Save A Lot | Rite Aid: Deals for the week of January 5-11, 2011
Here are this weeks deals at Save A Lot | Rite Aid stores.
Meats and Seafood
Banquet Brown ‘N Serve Sausage – $2.99
Use $0.35/1 coupon found in package (Expires 2/1/11)
$2.64 each after couponGround Beef (5 lbs) – $8.95
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts – $5.99
Country Style Ribs – $2.49 per lb
Fairgrounds Jumbo Hot Dogs – $1.29
Carolina Ground Turkey (16 oz) – $1.00
Oscar Mayer Fully Cook Bacon – $2.49
Use $1/2 printable coupon from Kraft
$1.99 each after couponFridge and Freezer
Wylwood Frozen Broccoli Cuts – $1.29
Household
Xtra Laundry Detergent – $1.99
Charmin Basic – $5.00
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/28 Proctor & Gamble (Expires 12/31/10)
$4.00 each after couponFacial Tissues – $0.99
Produce
Bananas – $0.39 per lb
Fresh Express Salad Mix Bags – $0.99
Use $0.50 printable coupon from Fresh Express
$0.49 each after couponGrocery
Pepsi & Pepsi Products (12 Packs) – $3.33
Malt O Meal Giant Size Cereal (Assorted Varieties) – $2.99
$0.75/1 printable coupon from Malt O Meal
$2.24 each after couponHargis House Chili with Beans – $0.99
Krunchers Potato Chips – $2.00
JJ’s Fruit Pies – $0.33
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix – $0.39
Sundia True Fruit Cups – $0.89
Mantia’s Grated Parmesan Cheese – $2.49
J. Higgs Potato Chips – $0.99
Del Pino’s Canned Pasta – $0.69
Life Savers, Swedish Fish, Sour Patch, Twizzlers, Troli, Haribo, or Black Forest – $1.00
LeCour’s Gourmet Sandwich Creme Cookies – $1.49
Simplify Soda – $0.79
Marcum Iodized Salt – $0.39
Bay Mist Juice Cocktails – $1.99
Health & Beauty
Aleve – $8.99
$1 UP Rewards
Use $2/1 printable coupon from Coupons
Use $1/1 coupon from 10/24 Red Plum (Expires 1/31/11)
$5.99 each after coupon and UP RewardsBayer – $8.99
$1 UP Rewards
Use $11/1 coupon from 1/2 Smart Source (Expires 3/31/11)
$6.99 each after UP RewardsRite Aid Acetaminophen, Ibuprofen, Aspirin, or Naproxen Sodium – B1G1F
Fructis Shampoo, Conditioner, or Stylers – $3.0
Use $2/1 printable coupon from Garnier
Use $1/1 coupon from 12/5 Red Plum (Expires 1/15/11)
$2.00 each after couponMotrin PM – $3.00
$2 UP Rewards when you buy 2
Use $2/1 coupon from November All You Magazine (Expires 1/31/11)
Use $1/1 printable coupon from Motrin
$0.00 each after coupons and UP RewardsAirborne – $5.99
$1 UP Rewards
Use $1/1 coupon from 11/14 Smart Source (Expires 1/8/11)
$3.99 each after UP RewardsListerne or Reach – $4.00
$3.00 UP Rewards
$3.00 each after UP RewardsCaress or Lever Bath Bars or Sauve Body Wash – $1.99
Use $1/1 Lever printable coupon from Coupons
$0.99 each after coupon
Aveeno Shampoo or Conditioner – $5.99
$1 UP Rewards
Use $3/2 printable coupon from Coupons
$3.49 each after coupon and UP RewardsMonistat 1 Day Treatments – $16.99
$2 UP Rewards
Use $2/1 printable coupon from Coupons
$12.99 each after UP RewardsRite Aid Protective Underwear – $12
$4 UP Rewards when you buy 2
$10 each after UP RewardsRite Aid Tussin – $3.99
Rite Aid Pink Bismuth Stomach Relief – $2.49
Baby Items
Huggies Big Pack Diapers – $19.99
$2 UP Rewards
Use $3/1 printable coupon from Coupons
$14.99 each after UP RewardsEnroll in the free Rite Aid Wellness Rewards Program and earn up to 20% off drugstore purchases as well as UP Rewards. Remember to use any UP Rewards you currently have to get additional savings on your purchase.
For more information about Save A Lot | Rite Aid’s coupon policies go here.
If you discovery another coupon for additional savings let me know and I will add it.
Save A Lot: Deals for the week of January 5-11, 2011
Here are this weeks deals at Save A Lot. There are not a lot of coupons for extra savings, however, there are several really good deals even without coupons. Sign up for the Smart Shopper Club, by doing so you will get a $5.00 off of $25.00 coupon!
Meats and Seafood
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast – $1.49 per lb
Ground Beef (73% Lean) – $1.79 per lb
Fairgrounds All Meat Hot Dogs – $0.75
Banquet Brown n’ Serve Sausage Links (40 count) – $2.99
Carolina Ground Turkey (16 oz) – $1
Shaner’s Chicken Breast – $5.79
Fairgrounds Lunchmeat – $2.99
Pick 5 for $19.99 promo on going: Pick any 5 specially marked packages of your favorite cuts of fresh, frozen or smoked meats and pay just $19.99 (about $2 per pound).
Fridge and Freezer
Take & Bake Pizza (Pepperoni or Sausage) – $5.99
Armour Lunch Makers – $1.99
Wylwood Broccoli – $1.29
Coburn Farms EggsZactly – $1.49
Coburn Farms Low Fat or Light Yogurt – $0.50
Tony’s Crispy Crust Pizza – $0.8
Use $1/2 printable coupon from Tony’s
$0.39 each after couponHousehold
Xtra Laundry Detergent – $1.99
Charmin Basic Double Roll Bath Tissue (12 rolls) – $5.00
Use $0.25/1 coupon from 12/26 Proctor & Gamble (Expires 1/31/11)
$4.75 each after couponFacial Tissues – $0.99
Produce
Iceberg Lettuce – $0.89
Fresh Pineapple – $1.50
Yellow Onions – $0.99 each
Grocery
Malt O Meal Frosted Mini Spooners or Berry Colossal Crunch (42 to 50 oz) – $2.99
$0.75/1 printable coupon from Malt O Meal
$2.24 each after couponJJ’s Apple or Cherry Pies – $0.33
Krunchers Kettle Cooked Potato Chips (Assorted Varieties) – $2.00
Mantia’s Grated Parmesan Cheese – $2.55
Save-A-Lot Soda – $0.69
J. Higgs Potato Chips – $0.99
Caskey’s Chunky Soup – $1.49
J. Higgs Crackers – $0.79
Del Pino’s Canned Pasta – $0.69
O’Days Mac & Cheese – $0.33
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix – $0.39
Mantia’s Spaghetti – $0.79
Sundia True Fruit Cups – $0.89
Instant Oatmeal – $1.49
Del Monte Spaghetti Sauce – $0.79
Kool Aid Bursts – $0.99
Manwich Sloppy Joe Sauce – $0.99
Hargis House Vienna Sausage – $0.37
Hargis House Chicken Vienna Sausage – $0.37
Hargis House Chili with Beans – $0.99
Hargis House Beef Stew – $1.79
Hargis House Corned Beef Hash – $1.49
Hargis House Chili without Beans – $1.29
Remember you can use the $5/$25 printable coupon to sweeten these deals! Plus you can earn up to 5 additional $5 off $25 coupons for sharing the coupon with your friends.
For more information about Save A Lot’s coupon policies go here. If you find additional deals or savings please let me know and I will add them to the list.
Candy Cane Smile Pancakes!
Now that our Christmas festivities are done with family and friends I am trying to come up ways to use some of the extra goodies. Somehow throughout the various Holiday celebrations we accumulated a stack of candy canes and as we begin the first quarter of 2011 we are having fun finding ways to use up the remaining ones. Instead of sprinkles on the girls pancakes we decided to have candy cane smiles. They loved having minty pancakes for breakfast and the smiles added extra cheer for everyone, smiles really do spread cheer! Do you have a creative recipe or way of finishing up the last few candy canes around your house?Song: “Healing Begins” Tenth Avenue North
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFUHrXfuNU4
It is easy to put walls up around us when we are going through a trial. The tough times are when God is molding and stretching us. Just because someone looks like they have it all together, doesn’t mean everything’s perfect, God knows our hearts. Having the support and prayers of family, friends, and church body makes an eternal impact on our lives. Do you have family and friends praying for you? Are your walls coming down?
Song: “Hold Us Together” by Matt Maher
Every day we have opportunities to help someone.
“This is the first day of the rest of your life”
How are you going to live it?
You know I do a lot of smiley faces for the girls when…..
The girls start coming up with food smiles on their own. I was baking the Beary Cute Cookies and asked Brina to help unwrap and sort the candies. This is the plate of goodies she handed to me. Yes, it made me smile. I am thrilled to see her willingness to participate in the kitchen and love the creative side coming out as well. Thankful for some extra cooking time with my sweet Brina. Everyone has been enjoying the goodies that we baked together this weekend. Hope you are having a wonderful time celebrating the last day of 2010 too!!!!Allergic Reaction to What?
A couple weeks ago I ran out of the dish soap I was using so grabbed the next bottle on the shelf that I had gotten with coupons. I was busy making supper for a new Mom so didn’t really pay attention too much as I was baking and cleaning the kitchen. When I got all the goodies packed up to deliver and was on my way I noticed that my hands were burning. With the cold weather lately my first thought was that they were probably chapped and needed lotion. I put some lotion on, visited the Mom, dropped off the meal and was on my way back home when I realized that my hands were getting worse.I started thinking about all the stuff I had done in the last few hours and realized it had to be the new dish soap. As soon as I got home I put benedryl cream on my hands and started reading the ingredients on the bottle trying to figure out what it was that made me react so badly. The amazing part is the bottle (even though it was a well known brand) didn’t list the ingredients just said “botanical” but it had a picture of a white flower and the soap was blue. A couple years ago I had a reaction to a flower shampoo that was blue as well so maybe it was the same type of flower or something about the blue color either way I would have to go through testing to figure out what it was that did it so for now my brother’s family has extra soap and I will avoid flower soaps that have a blue color.
Even though it has been a couple weeks my hands, although better, are a still a little rougher despite all the extra cream that I have put on them. It is amazing how one 10 minute dish washing session can effect even your hands if the soap doesn’t agree with you. I am grateful to have relatively few allergies compared to many people. Thankfully, the allergies I do have are manageable like avoiding blue soaps. Do you have allergies? How does it effect you?
My Parents Are Coming!
Mom & Dad's picture from our 2010 Cruise adventure together! I am very excited to have my parents come out for the Holidays this year. The majority of my family lives in the Midwest (Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, and Missouri areas). We were not able to make it out there this year for the Christmas season so they are coming to see us along with my youngest brother Josh. The girls are very excited to see Grandpa Russell, Grandma Penny and Uncle Josh. We will be celebrating Christmas and enjoying family time during their few days in South Carolina. Thankful to have parents who love us and enjoy spending time with our family.
Somehow I managed to wait until the last moment to finish cleaning and organizing for visitors. I have some major projects completed but they are flying into Atlanta today and will be arriving early afternoon yet I still have cleaning to do….hm…. I will still be posting on the blog but they may a little shorter during the time that our family is staying at our house. If anyone is bored today you can help me power clean! =) Hope you have enjoyed time with your family as well over the Holiday season!
