From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Not Me Monday Insanity!

June 29, 2009

Time for the weekly therapy session! I don’t know if it’s more helpful for me or more scarring for you, my readers!! Any idea that you may have about my spectacular homemaking capacities can now be brought down to where the rubber meets the road…exactly where I live… We do not live in an imperfect [...]

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Got My Yard Sale Fix…For $12.50!

June 28, 2009

On Friday morning, I had to go to my in-law’s home and water my mother-in-law’s million and one plants. Seriously, there are at least that many plants!! Ridley and my youngest brother, Joshua went with me. On the way home, we saw so many yardsales! I couldn’t believe how many there were. I finally decided [...]

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Sunday Meditations–

June 28, 2009

Most people are familiar with the hymn “Come Thou Fount Of Every Blessing”, but how many people know all the verses. I didn’t. I heard the unfamiliar words while watching a friend’s wedding video. In our modern hymnals, verses two and three have been combined and the fifth verse has been completely omitted. I hope [...]

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Publix Savings This Week

June 26, 2009

6 Sweet & Salty bars (1.62 ea)2 Grape Nuts (1.50 ea)2 Chex Mix bars (1.40 ea)2 Wheat Thins (FREE)2 Ritz crackers (0.99 ea)2 Ragu Sauce (0.59 ea)4 Taco Seasoning (full price *sniff)1 Lemon Lime “coke” (full price)1 Tostitos (2.50)1 pkg chicken breast (5.83)1 Kotex (0.57)2 Claussen pickles (0.90 ea) Value: 78.74Paid oop: 38.84 including our [...]

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Finding Satisfaction in Imperfection

June 26, 2009

Imperfection? Hmmm. This is one of the most difficult lessons that I have had to learn lately. Even though it’s really hard, this one ranks as one of the best, most useful lessons that I can carry through life and practice until the day I die. I have always been a perfectionist. I mean seriously, [...]

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Things I Love Thursday–Mixing Bowls

June 25, 2009

I just had to share my love for these wonderful bowls with you today. Prince Charming and I received these Williams-Sonoma melamine mixing bowls for a wedding gift. The bowls we have are a really cute apple green (set of 3) which apparently WS doesn’t sell any longer. It’s especially sad because my largest sized [...]

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