Friday, December 28, 2012

Freebox The Week of 12/28/12


This week I got:

  • 3 Adkins Diets Bars with coupons and a nutrition guide
  • Sample of Toms Deodorant with $1.00 coupon
  • 1 Full Size Neutrogena Hand Cream and 6 trials sizes (Bzz Agent)
  • 4 packs Emfamil Toddler Formula with 3 $5.00 off coupons
Disclaimer: I am a BzzAgent. I receive free products and share them with friends and family. I get to review them. I do get compensated for these reviews (through mypoints and free products and services). However, any and all reviews I give will be my honest opinion whether good or bad!

Monday, December 24, 2012

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from my family to yours. Please continue to pray for the loved ones of those killed in the Sandy Hook tragedy as tomorrow will be super hard on them. Hug your youngens tight. Thank God that they are safe and happy. 

Here's wishing your health, happiness, love and prosperity in the new year! God Bless!

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Free Box 12/23/12

So I know I am late on this this week, but it's my blog and I can do what I want. HA HA .

Also there is no pic because my cellphone killed over.

I got:

  • Chick-fil-a Calendar
  • Chick-fil-a gift card
  • Free Chick-fil-a Chocolate Chip Peppermint Milk Shake Coupon (very good if you haven't tried one)
  • 2 Poise Pads with a coupon
  • $10 Walmart Gift Card

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Goals for 2013

I really want my life to be more rounded and fulfilling. I hate filling like I am just floating around and taking up space. 

Personal
  1. Read 4 books a month
  2. Workout 3 times a week
  3. Run a 5k
  4. Learn a new hobby
  5. Do 1 DIY project a month
  6. Lose 60 pounds ( 5 month)
  7. Create 12 new habits
  8. Build this blog
  9. Help build the mommies group
  10. Better my appearance
  11. Make a new friend
  12. Take more pictures
Relationship
  1. Write Dave a love letter once a month
  2. Start packing him a healthy lunch
  3. Keep the house more organized (this should and will go under home, but the man is OCD)
  4. Do at least 5 couples Bible studies together
  5. Do 7 Bible studies on a Godly wife on my own
  6. Date night at least twice a month
  7. Do at least on weekend getaway
  8. Get involved in a our life group from couples
  9. Become friends with a couple close to our age that is on the same page with us
  10. Be less snappy ( I really can be a witch)
  11. Get him a just because I can gift
  12. Be more helpful
Kiddos
  1. Make more time to play
  2. Set aside one day for each child a month
  3. Be more patient 
  4. Read more
  5. Play outside more
  6. Get homework done daily
  7. Start stockpiling school supplies
  8. Daily devotion
  9. Enforce chores so they can grow to be responsible and able to handle being on their own
  10. Get Kaden ready for Kindergarten
  11. Read 5 Godly mom books
  12. Make each boy a scrapbook
Health and Beauty
  1. Wear makeup 5 days a week
  2. Fix Hair everyday
  3. Whiten teeth weekly
  4. Mani/Pedi weekly
  5. Eyebrows weekly
  6. Workout 3 days a week
  7. Run 5 k
  8. Lose 60 pounds
  9. Quit Smoking
  10. Drink more water
  11. Find Homeopathic remedies
  12. Cook dinner 6 nights a week
Finances
  1. Monthly money check up
  2. Set pay with cash goals
  3. Set 5 year financial goal
  4. Build Emergency fund $1000
  5. Then Build to 3-6 month saving fund
  6. Build Stockpile
  7. Master the art of coupons
Home
  1. Declutter
  2. Do a yard sale
  3. Home management journal
  4. Do load of laundry everyday
What are your goals? Feel free to comment and link up.

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Monday, December 17, 2012

This Weeks Goal 12/17/12

 Last Week


Loving My Hubby

  • Make Dave lunch to take to work 1 day this week (1 step at a time right?)
  • 2013 I want for us to have 2 dates a month. 1 stay in date night and 1 out on the town date. Time to start researching some fun dates.
Being a Better Mama
  • Spend 1 hour a day homeschooling Kaden
  • Meet on of Eythan's IEP goals
  • Read 2 stories with Carson a day
Personal
  • Start Reading 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life By Crystal Paine
  • Read Have a New Husband By Friday By Dr. Kevin Leman
  • Start Creating Goal List For 2013 (supposing the Mayan Oreo was wrong---haha)
  • Start Couch to 5K
Financial
  • Set up 2013 goals
  • Plan for monthly Financial Check Up
Wow I didn't do well This week!
I have decided there is so much I want to do. I am going to create a goal list to divide up what I would like to achieve. With it being the end of 2012 I am probably not going to have a ton of goals to do for 2012 but more or less be setting up goals for 2013!

Loving My Hubby

  • Make Dave lunch to take to work 1 day this week (1 step at a time right?)
  • 2013 I want for us to have 2 dates a month. 1 stay in date night and 1 out on the town date. Time to start researching some fun dates.
Being a Better Mama
  • Spend 1 hour a day homeschooling Kaden
  • Read 2 stories with Carson a day
Personal
  • Start Reading 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life By Crystal Paine
  • Read Have a New Husband By Friday By Dr. Kevin Leman
  • Start Creating Goal List For 2013 (supposing the Mayan Oreo was wrong---haha)
  • Start Couch to 5K
Financial
  • Set up 2013 goals
  • Plan for monthly Financial Check Up

Friday, December 14, 2012

Prayers


What kind of sick moron could hurt a child!? Seriously, it would have been tragic even if just his mama was killed, but if he felt the need to kill her...fine! Why these babies! They were BABIES!!!

Hug and kiss those you love, because tomorrow is never guaranteed. I was thankful to come home and kiss my babies tonight. 

Praying for the families who can not love on their loved ones tonight!

"1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear,though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging. "Selah" 4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. 5 God is within her,she will not fall; God will help her at break of day. 6 Nations are in uproar, kingdoms fall; he lifts his voice, the earth melts. 7 The LORD Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. "Selah" 8Come and see the works of the LORD, the desolations he has brought on the earth. 9 He makes wars cease to the ends of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear, he burns the shields with fire. 10 "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." " Psalms 46:1-10

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Green Mountain Coffee


I just finished a Green Mountain Coffee BzzCampaign. All I can say is yummy!!! Green mountain coffee is a Fair Trade. This means that they farmers are compensated well for the coffee beans. In return, Green Mountain Coffee get higher quality coffee beans. It is a coffee that you can feel good about drinking. It taste great and is also available in Kcups! I was very impressed. There is a Green Mountain plant here in my hometown but I had never tried it. I am so thankful for this opportunity.

Have you ever tried Grean Mountain Coffees? Is fair trade important to you?

* Disclaimer: I am a BzzAgent. I get the products to try for free and am often compensated to the review them. However, I will always give my honest opinion on the product I am reviewing.

Freebies This Week 12/13/12


Love Freebies:

  • Box of fruit (from a friend who is a truck driver)
  • Cafe Bustelo Coffee
  • Where's Spot (Imagination Library)
  • Centrum Adult Chewable Vitamins plus $2.00 off coupon
  • Nivea Moisturizing Body Wash plus $1.00 off coupon
  • Nivea Men's Hair and Body Wash plus $1.00 off coupon
  • Opera News Magazine
  • Betty Crocker Calendar
  • 3 pack tea sampler
Kaden put the Twix Bar in the background because he got it free from the parade!

What was in your freebox? Please post pictures of what you got for free this week!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

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Request your Always $2.00 Off Radiant and $1.50 Off Liners coupons on facebook. Your coupons should arrive in 4-6 weeks. These should match up with some store deals making them free or almost free!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

I seem to be collecting...

gray hairs.  Yep, 26 years old with a crap ton of gray hairs. So I am a bottle red head now! I miss my natural red. The bottle just never seems to get it the right color! That's okay. I think that just means it is time to coupon and stockpile hair color.

Another thing that I am collecting is clothes that do not fit. I have anything from a size 00 to a size 15. I am a solid size 10 and dropping quickly. I was a 00 when I got pregnant with Kaden and a size 15 after! I really need to put cleaning out my clothes for a garage sale on my to do list!

Paper. I seem to be collecting paper. It seems that there are papers all over this dang house! Bills, envelopes, homework from the kiddos, blah blah blah. I can not stand the clutter! IT IS KILLING ME!!! Okay, maybe that was a bit dramatic but not far from the truth.

What are you collecting?

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Free Yogi Tea


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Free Esscence of Beauty Hand Cream for CVS Minute Clinic


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Free Tom's Of Maine Antiperspirtant


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Free Sample of Propel Zero

I love free offers and if I am going to take advantage of it I will share it with you! 



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Monday, December 10, 2012

I love Sweepstakes and Giveaways

I love to enter to win free stuff! Tonight I won A Chick-Fil-A Prize Pack. Woo hoo!

YTD winnings: Several Coupons, Gift Cards and Food. Now my prize pack!

Meal Planning Monday

Breakfast
Cereal
Oatmeal
Toast
Cottage Cheese

Lunch
Ramon Noodles
Potato Soup
Sandwiches
Chicken Nuggets
Baked Potato

Supper
Swedish Meatballs
BBQ Chicken
Gluten-Free Pasta with Mushroom Alfredo Sauce
Pinto
Hot Dogs

Goals for This Week 12/10/12

I have decided there is so much I want to do. I am going to create a goal list to divide up what I would like to achieve. With it being the end of 2012 I am probably not going to have a ton of goals to do for 2012 but more or less be setting up goals for 2013!

Loving My Hubby

  • Make Dave lunch to take to work 1 day this week (1 step at a time right?)
  • 2013 I want for us to have 2 dates a month. 1 stay in date night and 1 out on the town date. Time to start researching some fun dates.
Being a Better Mama
  • Spend 1 hour a day homeschooling Kaden
  • Meet on of Eythan's IEP goals
  • Read 2 stories with Carson a day
Personal
  • Start Reading 21 Days To A More Disciplined Life By Crystal Paine
  • Read Have a New Husband By Friday By Dr. Kevin Leman
  • Start Creating Goal List For 2013 (supposing the Mayan Oreo was wrong---haha)
  • Start Couch to 5K
Financial
  • Set up 2013 goals
  • Plan for monthly Financial Check Up



Yay ME!!! HAHA

I am Sarah. I am a 26 year old nurse. I am a southern girl. I don't try to be a formal writer. With this blog, I am just me being me! I love to be outdoors. Reading is one of my favorite things to do, though I don't seem to do it enough. I despise cleaning though I really need to do it more and am going to focus on making that a habit! I love to bake. Recently, we went gluten-free (for the most part like 95% of the time). We do splurge, but I pay for it later. I am trying to learn the ways of gluten-free cooking on a budget. We are also egg-free.

I married my wonderful husband 6 years ago, but we have been together my whole adult life! We met horseback riding in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He is from Florida and I am from Tennessee. I have been around horses my whole life. Him... not so much! He saved my friend's purse from a tree, because Lord love her she was ding dong and got it stuck in a tree while riding. We have been together ever since. Things aren't always perfect but we are trying and getting better everyday.

Four years ago, we were blessed with one of the sweetest boys you could imagine! Kaden was a surprise because we were told that I would never have children. That was God's joke on the doctor because though he was a preemie, he was huge! He was an 8 lb 2.8 oz preemie! Nice and healthy! Two years later, we got our sweet little Eythan. He was a super preemie. By that it means he was born at 7 months. He was very sick and had to stay at the NICU for 2 weeks! Though he quickly grew, he still has many delays. We have therapy several times a week because he still doesn't talk and is delayed in many milestones. But he is getting better everyday!!! The interventionist believes he has Autism (well a form of it) but he has not been formally diagnosed with it. I am hesitant about letting them diagnose him with the progress that he is making. It could really effect him later in life if he is just a bit slow and not truly Autistic. Those poor children go through so much and people really don't understand what it is about. We treat him as if he were Autistic and when people out at Walmart say something about his "melt downs" we will just say he is Autistic. Then about a year later came Carson. My first full term baby! The last baby that was mine.I almost died having him and we decided that it was time we stop having babies. My heart is broken because I have always wanted 5 children. But it is all about God's plan, not mine.

We recently started going back to church and trying to get our lives straight. We have had many bumps in the road that have thrown us into a bad path. God has really been laying it on my heart to change and I am going to answer his call.

This is a blog for me to share whatever thought is in my head! 

Disclaimer: I am occasionally given products to test. I am sometimes compensated for the review, but I am always ALWAYS going to give my honest opinion. Also, my husband says I have a shut up valve disorder. Meaning: whatever is in my head usually comes out of my mouth.