I had hoped to up-date this but for one reason or another I never seem to get here and post..... I think of things to say but yet don't do it!
Anyway, As you can see I keep changing the title of this blog from one name to another. I just can't seem to find the right title that fits me. I kinda like the new one I have come up with, I'll live with it for awhile and see if I'll keep it.
So much and really nothing has been going one. It is kinda like the running in place and not going anywhere mode. We are facing a rough patch right now and it is very depressing to say the least. My husband is STILL not working, but he is getting unemployment which keeps us some what afloat. We also qualified for food stamps which has been a huge help. What really scares me is the unemployment runs out right after Christmas, that's a really tough time to find a job. He doesn't seemed worried about it at all so I just try and not think about all that.
We are getting audited by the IRS! I sent all our paper work in on that mess, I sure hope they find that the error they are saying which will cost us to pay another $2,000 plus is not correct.
We have been having car troubles, one jeep leaks gas, the other jeep just died when we were at Target for no reason. Had to have it towed no less then a block away - they charged us $60.00 for towing (Yikes). That repair bill was $238.00, we paid the repair guy half and hope to be able to pay him some more from the next unemployment check but we are behind on our electric & car insurance - It never ends.
But as I posted the best thing is that I am a GRANDMA! Kylee is a doll. It really is so different being a grandma compared to a mom. I try and help when I can but I don't want to step on my daughter-in-laws toes. We hardly have gas money to get over to see her but when we do I hold her the whole time I can : )
Life sure does have many seasons, some good, some terrible, but it goes on.
Until Next Time - God Bless!
Friday, November 21, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
I'm A Grandma!!!!!
Isn't she just darling??????
She was born on October 17th at 6:o3am., weighing in at 7lbs. 3oz.
I'm in LOVE : )
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Life Has Taken A Turn For The Not So Good
Sorry it has been so long since my last post!!!!!
Life has taken a turn for the not so good at my house : (
My husband got fired from his job...... needless to say I am a nervous wreak about it.
There aren't many jobs/companies looking for 53 year olds to hire. To be honest with you I am scared to death. As you get older the jobs are just not there any more, the job service he signed up for called and told him about a job being a handyman at a church 3o hours a week at $9.00 a hour! Hello, how the heck could we live on that! That is $5.00 less an hour than he was making and we were falling behind with that. Anyway, the issue that is causing me to loose my mind is food stamps! I have filled out all of the paper work faxing everything over to them that I could, and I mailed a copy of the loss of income form to his former employer to sign. I have no idea if his former employer will take the time to sign it and mail it back to them or not.... he did fire my husband so they aren't on the best of terms. Food stamps says they need him to sign it or I can't get it. So needless to say being a nervous eater I am binging on all the wrong stuff. I have already gained a TON of weight back which makes me so sad : ( I was so proud of myself for losing all of that weight and I had never felt so good in my life about how I looked but that is all out the window. I NEED to get ahold of myself and get back on track but when ever I think of what is all going on right now, no job, no food stamps, no money is makes me grab for something to put in my mouth...... all of the great cool looking clothes I bought at the thrift stores are getting too tight for me to wear which makes me so mad.
Well I'm sorry this post is such a downer!
I hope to get myself out of this funk and find my MoJo again soon!!!!!
Until Next Time - God Bless!
Life has taken a turn for the not so good at my house : (
My husband got fired from his job...... needless to say I am a nervous wreak about it.
There aren't many jobs/companies looking for 53 year olds to hire. To be honest with you I am scared to death. As you get older the jobs are just not there any more, the job service he signed up for called and told him about a job being a handyman at a church 3o hours a week at $9.00 a hour! Hello, how the heck could we live on that! That is $5.00 less an hour than he was making and we were falling behind with that. Anyway, the issue that is causing me to loose my mind is food stamps! I have filled out all of the paper work faxing everything over to them that I could, and I mailed a copy of the loss of income form to his former employer to sign. I have no idea if his former employer will take the time to sign it and mail it back to them or not.... he did fire my husband so they aren't on the best of terms. Food stamps says they need him to sign it or I can't get it. So needless to say being a nervous eater I am binging on all the wrong stuff. I have already gained a TON of weight back which makes me so sad : ( I was so proud of myself for losing all of that weight and I had never felt so good in my life about how I looked but that is all out the window. I NEED to get ahold of myself and get back on track but when ever I think of what is all going on right now, no job, no food stamps, no money is makes me grab for something to put in my mouth...... all of the great cool looking clothes I bought at the thrift stores are getting too tight for me to wear which makes me so mad.
Well I'm sorry this post is such a downer!
I hope to get myself out of this funk and find my MoJo again soon!!!!!
Until Next Time - God Bless!
Tuesday, August 12, 2014
I Am So Excited My 1st.Mini Coupon Haul : )
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
Monday, August 11, 2014
Couponing & Estroven
Hey All
I started my couponing journey!
I am reading two great books on the topic:
Extreme Couponing by Joni Meyer-Crothers
Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey by Joanie Demer Heather Wheler
I am really enjoying both books! I am just starting to understand what I have been doing wrong all these years while shopping - You never just go to the store and just buy when you need an items, Your paying too much doing that. You need to wait till the items you want go on sale and then "stacking" both store coupons and manufacture coupons together for that item you get it at rock bottom prices! Of course how do you go from grab and go shopping to having enough on hand to be able to wait out until the next sale is the issue. These gals all stock up big when they find a sale, they buy enough to hold them off for about 6 to 10 weeks until that item comes back on sale so that they never pay full price for anything. Sounds really good but I am trying to wrap my mind around it all and implement their tips & ideas to get it up an running a my house. At this point I don't have a dime extra to be buying in large numbers but I am hoping once I get the method down pat I will be able to save some of my grocery money and put it towards stocking up. I cut out a number of coupons and went to Target yesterday and saved $32.00, That's a good start!
One of the items I did buy yesterday was Estroven - Mood & Memory, my doctor had recommended it to me the last time I was in there for yet another urinary tract infections. She said that Estroven may help with it by increasing lubrication down in the old women parts. I read the box and it said you need to take one pill each day with food for a minimum of 60 days, so I'm guessing I wont see any changes till the product has gotten into my system for awhile. If you might want to also try this product you can go to their website and get a $3.00 off coupon. Target had it for sale at $9.39 I had my $3.00 coupon, so I paid $6.39 for it. I'll keep you up to date on how this product is working out for me.
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
I started my couponing journey!
I am reading two great books on the topic:
Extreme Couponing by Joni Meyer-Crothers
Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey by Joanie Demer Heather Wheler
I am really enjoying both books! I am just starting to understand what I have been doing wrong all these years while shopping - You never just go to the store and just buy when you need an items, Your paying too much doing that. You need to wait till the items you want go on sale and then "stacking" both store coupons and manufacture coupons together for that item you get it at rock bottom prices! Of course how do you go from grab and go shopping to having enough on hand to be able to wait out until the next sale is the issue. These gals all stock up big when they find a sale, they buy enough to hold them off for about 6 to 10 weeks until that item comes back on sale so that they never pay full price for anything. Sounds really good but I am trying to wrap my mind around it all and implement their tips & ideas to get it up an running a my house. At this point I don't have a dime extra to be buying in large numbers but I am hoping once I get the method down pat I will be able to save some of my grocery money and put it towards stocking up. I cut out a number of coupons and went to Target yesterday and saved $32.00, That's a good start!
One of the items I did buy yesterday was Estroven - Mood & Memory, my doctor had recommended it to me the last time I was in there for yet another urinary tract infections. She said that Estroven may help with it by increasing lubrication down in the old women parts. I read the box and it said you need to take one pill each day with food for a minimum of 60 days, so I'm guessing I wont see any changes till the product has gotten into my system for awhile. If you might want to also try this product you can go to their website and get a $3.00 off coupon. Target had it for sale at $9.39 I had my $3.00 coupon, so I paid $6.39 for it. I'll keep you up to date on how this product is working out for me.
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
BeingThrifty Using Coupons
Have you all used coupons?
I know I'm late to the party on this one, but that's me always the one lagging behind everyone else!
Really have you had success with them? I have reserved a few books on the subject at the library which I hope to pick up tomorrow. The internet is filled with tons of sites which I was surfing today and you know what I screwed up my computer downloading something I shouldn't have - maybe I picked up a virus I don't know. Any how, I am worried I will buy a ton of stuff I don't need going this route. I signed up for the free 4 week trial over at Grocery Game, they do all of the searching for you and tell you just where to find the correct coupons to use. I bought the newspaper on Sunday to start my coupon collection but it boggles my mind how you can "stack" coupons to come out with something free. I REALLY need to lower our food bill, we are really struggling with our bills so I figured why not give coupons a try. I will update you on what I find out and how it works out for me.
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
I know I'm late to the party on this one, but that's me always the one lagging behind everyone else!
Really have you had success with them? I have reserved a few books on the subject at the library which I hope to pick up tomorrow. The internet is filled with tons of sites which I was surfing today and you know what I screwed up my computer downloading something I shouldn't have - maybe I picked up a virus I don't know. Any how, I am worried I will buy a ton of stuff I don't need going this route. I signed up for the free 4 week trial over at Grocery Game, they do all of the searching for you and tell you just where to find the correct coupons to use. I bought the newspaper on Sunday to start my coupon collection but it boggles my mind how you can "stack" coupons to come out with something free. I REALLY need to lower our food bill, we are really struggling with our bills so I figured why not give coupons a try. I will update you on what I find out and how it works out for me.
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
Friday, August 1, 2014
A Work In Progress
Isn't it funny to think at 51 I still feel like I am a "Work In Progress"!
I have an inner craziness going on that I really just can't explain.
Today's issue on my mind is: Thinning hair!
I have always had a lot of hair, I wouldn't say thick, but full would be a better word. I am now seeing that it looks like the hair at my temples is getting really thin and receding. I am not sure if this is from being over worked (I have used my hair dryer & curling wand more than ever these past few months), or is it another sign of the dreaded "menopause" or maybe it is just that I am getting OLD.
What ever the cause, I don't like it!
My hair has never been one of my better qualities, but since moving down to Florida it has gotten even worse. It goes without saying that the Florida sunshine can reek havoc on hair and my hair is no exception. I like to sit out in the sun and read a book towards late morning to get my daily dose of vitamin D (I know I hear you screaming at me - That's no good for your skin, just makes more wrinkles!) and all that sun must damage & dry the heck out of my hair. I have also been trying different brands of shampoos & conditioners (I haven't found any to be exceptional yet) which may also be some of the cause of my hair loss since I seem to be washing my hair way too many times each week.
A few of the books I have read said that possible options are to take the women's equivalent of Viagra (I don't think my hair loss is at that point yet), they also suggested shampoos that add volume - I might try that and get back to you. I'm not sure if maybe a shampoo that takes care of dryness might not be the answer also since the hair looks sooooo parched!
If anyone out there has had experience with this problem, I'd love to hear what you have done to either help the hair grow back or at least stop the hair loss.
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
I have an inner craziness going on that I really just can't explain.
Today's issue on my mind is: Thinning hair!
I have always had a lot of hair, I wouldn't say thick, but full would be a better word. I am now seeing that it looks like the hair at my temples is getting really thin and receding. I am not sure if this is from being over worked (I have used my hair dryer & curling wand more than ever these past few months), or is it another sign of the dreaded "menopause" or maybe it is just that I am getting OLD.
What ever the cause, I don't like it!
My hair has never been one of my better qualities, but since moving down to Florida it has gotten even worse. It goes without saying that the Florida sunshine can reek havoc on hair and my hair is no exception. I like to sit out in the sun and read a book towards late morning to get my daily dose of vitamin D (I know I hear you screaming at me - That's no good for your skin, just makes more wrinkles!) and all that sun must damage & dry the heck out of my hair. I have also been trying different brands of shampoos & conditioners (I haven't found any to be exceptional yet) which may also be some of the cause of my hair loss since I seem to be washing my hair way too many times each week.
A few of the books I have read said that possible options are to take the women's equivalent of Viagra (I don't think my hair loss is at that point yet), they also suggested shampoos that add volume - I might try that and get back to you. I'm not sure if maybe a shampoo that takes care of dryness might not be the answer also since the hair looks sooooo parched!
If anyone out there has had experience with this problem, I'd love to hear what you have done to either help the hair grow back or at least stop the hair loss.
Until Next Time - God Bless!!
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