Saturday, July 30, 2011
HOMEMADE LAUNDRY DETERGENT!
Over at A Southern Lady's Ramblings she is cooking up something in the kitchen you don't normally see: LAUNDRY DETERGENT! Check it out!
http://asouthernladysramblings.blogspot.com/2011/07/homemade-laundry-soap.html
Friday, July 8, 2011
Staples Back To School Sale!
One Penny Sale (Sunday – Wednesday) Limit 2 Each *$5 Minimum Purchase
Staples Arrowhead Cap Erasers (Pink) – 12/Pack – $0.01
Staples School Glue (4oz.) – $0.01
Bic Round Stic Ball Point Pens (Black 8/Pack) – $0.01
$0.25 Specials (All Week) Limit 2 Each
Slider Pencil Case Assorted Colors $0.25
Bic Student Choice Mechanical Pencils (5/Pack) – $0.25
Stickies 1/2″ Tape Flags (Assorted Colors) – $0.25
2-Pocket Poly Folder (Assorted Colors) – $0.25
$1 Specials (All Week) Limit 2 Each
Staples Mini-Stapler (Assorted Colors) – $1
Staples Paper Clips (Assorted Colors and Sizes) – $1
Westcott 5″ Scissors (2/Pk.) – $1
Westcott 5″ Scissors 7″ – $1
Staples Glue Sticks 4/pk. – $1
Sharpie Permanent Markers – Fine Tip/Black 5/Pack – $1
Staples 3-Hole Binder Punch – $1
Staples Mini Writing Pads, Legal Ruled (3.5″ x 5.25″) Yellow 3/Pack – $1
Staples Letter-Size Writing Pad – $1
Staples 5.5″ x 4.25″ Fat Memmo Book (200 Sheets) – $1
Post-It Die-Cut Notes (2/Pk.) – $1
Top – Bound Journal With Pen (Assorted Colors) – $1
$2 Specials (All Week) Limit 2
Crayola Write Start Colored Pencils 8/Pack – $2
Staedtler Xcellence 10-piece Math Set – $2
Zebra Z-Grip Animal Print Ballpoint Retractable Pens 5/Pack – $2
Staples RollerBall Pens (0.7mm-black) 12/pk. – $2
Staples Hype Retractable Highlighters (4/pk.) Assorted – $2
Staples 3″x5″ Faux Leather Memo Book 80-Sheets – $2
Staples 3.4″ x 3.4″ memo Pad- Twirl – $2
Easy Rebate Deals: (Limit 2)
Staples 8.5″ x 11″ Multipurpose Paper 500 Sheets/Ream – $5.99
Send-in for a $5.74 Staples Easy Rebate
$0.25 each after Staples Easy Rebate
HP Everyday 8.5″ x 11″ Photo Paper (50/Pack) – $9.99
Send-In for a $8.99 Staples Easy Rebate
$1 after Rebate
All Back Packs 25%-50% Off
Staples 1′, 1.5″, and 2″ Better Binder Buy 2 Get 1 Free
Thanks goes to Frugal Living and Having Fun!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Recycled Playdough Container Wreath!
Recycled Playdough Container Wreath by Heather
When you visit Infarrantly Creative, Jaime from That's My Letter guest-posted with this wonderfully colored wreath that is made from recycled playdough containers and dollar store plastic tablecloths! It is weatherproof, and hangs on an outdoor playset, I love it! [how to make a recycled playdough container wreath]
It is very cute and ingenious!
Blessings,
A Butterfly In My Stomach
When you visit Infarrantly Creative, Jaime from That's My Letter guest-posted with this wonderfully colored wreath that is made from recycled playdough containers and dollar store plastic tablecloths! It is weatherproof, and hangs on an outdoor playset, I love it! [how to make a recycled playdough container wreath]
It is very cute and ingenious!
Blessings,
A Butterfly In My Stomach
Friday, March 4, 2011
Free Bottle of Hyland’s Cold ‘n Cough 4 Kids
Get a Free Bottle of Hyland’s Cold n Cough 4 Kids!! Just clck the link which will take you to the Mothering.com page and Hyland's and then follow the instructions.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Do you have it bad? Read this!
Hey all,
Yes I am back. I needed just a *little* (o.k. 48 days is a long time in blogosphere) break from my blog. I am back, recharged, and ran over this post on Whitehot Truth.
The title: why you’re privileged: perspective from the dark side
I know I love to send out moneysaving, timesaving, thrifting, and God-inspiring tidbits. But this is, well, what it is: a perspective from the dark side.
Here is what Danielle Laporte wrote:
why you’re privileged: perspective from the dark side
If you're reading this, the highest probability is that you are living in the western world, above the poverty line, in a democratic environment.
Your heart may be broken, you may not have enough money to get to the end of the week, you may be fighting for your life.
But by many accounts - you are extremely fortunate.
By many accounts, you and I have every advantage to be happy, healthy, and deeply fulfilled.
Somewhere else...
: Are you gay? If you're found out, you will get jail time.
: If you were unfaithful to your spouse, you would be stoned, likely by your neighbours.
: Want to convert to a religion other than the one you were born in to? That would warrant execution.
: Thirsty? Clean water is five miles away. Walk to get it. You have one bucket.
: You may want to play soccer with the other boys your age, but you have weapons training.
: Have you complained about the government in an email? You're going to court.
Women...
: Long to be thin, to run in the sun? Forget it, men in your village like large women and you are force fed.
: Raped? Refuse a marriage proposal? If you're lucky, they won't kill you, they'll just throw acid in your face.
: Long for (word omitted by me) pleasure? It's difficult since your grandmother cut out your clitoris with a razor blade when you were twelve.
: If you're menstruating, you will miss school rather than face the ridicule.
: You can't get a job because by law, women are considered "half the value of men". Hey (she used another word), you can't even vote. You can't even look a man directly in the eyes.
We could go on with the atrocities and restrictions -- from the extremes of human trafficking (the average American girl is thirteen when she is forced into sex slavery,) and torture, to what we consider basic health-care, like clean needles and dentistry. The heck (she used another word) that is Haiti, and parts of Uganda, Sierra Leone, West Bengal...and our own cities...
Sometimes, the most direct route to appreciation is through the darkness - even if it's merely imagined. Facts, faced: even in our struggles, most of us are privileged. We have so many rights, must we exercise the right to complain?
I'm writing this from an airport because I missed my flight - which derails my luxurious escape plans for a day. I'm lucky to have plans, to be sitting by a $2 million dollar sculpture, in a gun-free airport, drinking my peppermint tea, in a new warm coat, using free wifi. I'll choose to be appreciative.
Your mother had the right idea: eat your dinner, there are children starving in the world.
That fresh salad you get with your entree; the insurance on your car; the clothes you wear, where you want; the hands you hold in public.
That vaccination scar on your arm.
Your innocence.
The light you're reading by.
Really, what's the worst of your problems?
Perspective isn't everything in terms of have's and have nots. But you can work it to your very great advantage.
Wow, how bad do we have it, really? God bless you all!
Yes I am back. I needed just a *little* (o.k. 48 days is a long time in blogosphere) break from my blog. I am back, recharged, and ran over this post on Whitehot Truth.
The title: why you’re privileged: perspective from the dark side
I know I love to send out moneysaving, timesaving, thrifting, and God-inspiring tidbits. But this is, well, what it is: a perspective from the dark side.
Here is what Danielle Laporte wrote:
why you’re privileged: perspective from the dark side
If you're reading this, the highest probability is that you are living in the western world, above the poverty line, in a democratic environment.
Your heart may be broken, you may not have enough money to get to the end of the week, you may be fighting for your life.
But by many accounts - you are extremely fortunate.
By many accounts, you and I have every advantage to be happy, healthy, and deeply fulfilled.
Somewhere else...
: Are you gay? If you're found out, you will get jail time.
: If you were unfaithful to your spouse, you would be stoned, likely by your neighbours.
: Want to convert to a religion other than the one you were born in to? That would warrant execution.
: Thirsty? Clean water is five miles away. Walk to get it. You have one bucket.
: You may want to play soccer with the other boys your age, but you have weapons training.
: Have you complained about the government in an email? You're going to court.
Women...
: Long to be thin, to run in the sun? Forget it, men in your village like large women and you are force fed.
: Raped? Refuse a marriage proposal? If you're lucky, they won't kill you, they'll just throw acid in your face.
: Long for (word omitted by me) pleasure? It's difficult since your grandmother cut out your clitoris with a razor blade when you were twelve.
: If you're menstruating, you will miss school rather than face the ridicule.
: You can't get a job because by law, women are considered "half the value of men". Hey (she used another word), you can't even vote. You can't even look a man directly in the eyes.
We could go on with the atrocities and restrictions -- from the extremes of human trafficking (the average American girl is thirteen when she is forced into sex slavery,) and torture, to what we consider basic health-care, like clean needles and dentistry. The heck (she used another word) that is Haiti, and parts of Uganda, Sierra Leone, West Bengal...and our own cities...
Sometimes, the most direct route to appreciation is through the darkness - even if it's merely imagined. Facts, faced: even in our struggles, most of us are privileged. We have so many rights, must we exercise the right to complain?
I'm writing this from an airport because I missed my flight - which derails my luxurious escape plans for a day. I'm lucky to have plans, to be sitting by a $2 million dollar sculpture, in a gun-free airport, drinking my peppermint tea, in a new warm coat, using free wifi. I'll choose to be appreciative.
Your mother had the right idea: eat your dinner, there are children starving in the world.
That fresh salad you get with your entree; the insurance on your car; the clothes you wear, where you want; the hands you hold in public.
That vaccination scar on your arm.
Your innocence.
The light you're reading by.
Really, what's the worst of your problems?
Perspective isn't everything in terms of have's and have nots. But you can work it to your very great advantage.
Wow, how bad do we have it, really? God bless you all!
Saturday, December 18, 2010
A Presence A Day: Homemade Christmas Star Cookie Wreath : Day 12
Is this star COOKIE wreath so adorable?
The tutorial made by The Farm Chicks is here!
Mt 2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
I love how this verse says the star went before them....We all have a star within us...our soul. Also, our soul has Jesus in it or it doesn't. Our soul is saved or it is not saved. Our soul is seeking the young child or it isn't.
I am so glad when I first heard THE king that I departed from old self (flesh) and followed the star to where Jesus was and is! A lot of times I say, "All I know for sure is that I am saved!" I know this for a surety! Thank you Lord for bringing salvation down to me and countless others.
God bless your Christmas!
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| Cookie wreath made by The Farm Chicks! |
Mt 2:9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was.
I love how this verse says the star went before them....We all have a star within us...our soul. Also, our soul has Jesus in it or it doesn't. Our soul is saved or it is not saved. Our soul is seeking the young child or it isn't.
I am so glad when I first heard THE king that I departed from old self (flesh) and followed the star to where Jesus was and is! A lot of times I say, "All I know for sure is that I am saved!" I know this for a surety! Thank you Lord for bringing salvation down to me and countless others.
God bless your Christmas!
Friday, December 17, 2010
A Presence A Day: Homemade Candy Dish: Day 11
How does this look?
Want to make it? YES? OK! The tutorial is here! Thanks goes to Keen Inspirations and Creations!
This lovely dish is great for entertaining. Entertaining is mentioned in the Bible too (nice segway, huh?)!
Heb 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Now, I always assumed this meant to have company over and be a gracious host. This verse could include that assumption....BUT the verse is bigger than that...
Being a preacher's wife, I have been more open to people than I ever have in my life. When I say "open" I mean that I really listen and I try (don't always) to put myself in their place...to see where that person is coming from. There are countless times that I have had "encounters" with people that have helped me spiritually. I hope I have returned the favor and have helped them too! Help people, not just family...I know family is important, don't forsake them, BUT there is a SPIRITUAL FAMILY also. How often do you entertain your SPIRITUAL FAMILY? If you don't even know what I am talking about, you may be estranged!
Do you donate clothes to a charity (Goodwill, St. Vincent De Paul, Good Samaritan)
Do you help stock the food pantries in the community (Grayson has very low donations this year!)
Do you visit nursing homes? I haven't in a while, but we are going to get back to it.
Don't only use your home to entertain angels (although this is VERY important as an example for your children to follow) but every activity in your day could be used to help others. Also, when you do help someone, don't look for instant gratification....actually, don't look for any reward. Do your alms(deeds) in secret and your father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly (hint: your reward may not be monetary!). Jesus helped us all, and his reward was the cross. So carry your cross, and use Jesus as your example.
In a traffic jam? pray to God and get the cobwebs out of your spirit (not judging, if you pray all the time lift me up too!).
Nasty coworker? Something has happened to them (probably something very bad) that has shaped them. Put your spiritual glasses on. There was a phase in my life that I always tried to be as Jesus and I would try to "see" them as Jesus would....It was a rewarding time...I need to do it again...
Kids acting rude, rebellious, and ungrateful? How did YOU act at their age..Understand where they are at and talk WITH them not AT them...Then after you have bonded, DISCIPLINE them (they may have had a bad day, but they need to know that disrespecting parents is never tolerated --take phones, computer time, and games away as examples)
Disconnected from your BETTER HALF? Pray together. If he/she refuses, YOU pray! God can change your heart.... You may think that God needs to help your spouse in a certain area but he may be wanting to change you. Pray to him to find out.
We all have the choice everyday to entertain strangers....what will you do with it?
God bless your Christmas!
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| 1997 “Good Thing” feature from Martha Stewart |
Want to make it? YES? OK! The tutorial is here! Thanks goes to Keen Inspirations and Creations!
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| Keen Inspirations and Creations made this! |
This lovely dish is great for entertaining. Entertaining is mentioned in the Bible too (nice segway, huh?)!
Heb 13:2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
Now, I always assumed this meant to have company over and be a gracious host. This verse could include that assumption....BUT the verse is bigger than that...
Being a preacher's wife, I have been more open to people than I ever have in my life. When I say "open" I mean that I really listen and I try (don't always) to put myself in their place...to see where that person is coming from. There are countless times that I have had "encounters" with people that have helped me spiritually. I hope I have returned the favor and have helped them too! Help people, not just family...I know family is important, don't forsake them, BUT there is a SPIRITUAL FAMILY also. How often do you entertain your SPIRITUAL FAMILY? If you don't even know what I am talking about, you may be estranged!
Do you donate clothes to a charity (Goodwill, St. Vincent De Paul, Good Samaritan)
Do you help stock the food pantries in the community (Grayson has very low donations this year!)
Do you visit nursing homes? I haven't in a while, but we are going to get back to it.
Don't only use your home to entertain angels (although this is VERY important as an example for your children to follow) but every activity in your day could be used to help others. Also, when you do help someone, don't look for instant gratification....actually, don't look for any reward. Do your alms(deeds) in secret and your father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly (hint: your reward may not be monetary!). Jesus helped us all, and his reward was the cross. So carry your cross, and use Jesus as your example.
In a traffic jam? pray to God and get the cobwebs out of your spirit (not judging, if you pray all the time lift me up too!).
Nasty coworker? Something has happened to them (probably something very bad) that has shaped them. Put your spiritual glasses on. There was a phase in my life that I always tried to be as Jesus and I would try to "see" them as Jesus would....It was a rewarding time...I need to do it again...
Kids acting rude, rebellious, and ungrateful? How did YOU act at their age..Understand where they are at and talk WITH them not AT them...Then after you have bonded, DISCIPLINE them (they may have had a bad day, but they need to know that disrespecting parents is never tolerated --take phones, computer time, and games away as examples)
Disconnected from your BETTER HALF? Pray together. If he/she refuses, YOU pray! God can change your heart.... You may think that God needs to help your spouse in a certain area but he may be wanting to change you. Pray to him to find out.
We all have the choice everyday to entertain strangers....what will you do with it?
God bless your Christmas!
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