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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

July 2013 Update



Book of the month

The Catholic Controversy (de Sales)***Update: I am behind on my reading and it is my fault. I will need to carry some of this book into August.**

Sacrifice of the Month

Not buying frivolous things (this will be hard). I am still thinking of how I will remind myself on this one... I am such an online shopper.....ugh.. **Update: I wasn't too bad on this one. I think my truly frivolous purchase was the make-up. I don't think I purchased anything else that wasn't needed or could be put to good use.***

Corporal/Spiritual Work of Mercy

Continue pro life work and add additional prayers for special intentions.***Update: I wasn't the greatest with this....I never can get it right****

Home Project

The entire yard is my project!***Update: Too hot and wet and I don't want to be outside! On the bright side, I think we have a bathroom remodel coming up!****

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Dr Who Scarf Update


One foot down and 11 to go!

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Make-up Post

I don’t want to come off too excited, but I think I just “hit pan” on my Estee Lauder bronzer!


What? Yep! Creepy crazy but I put a dent in my make-up collection!

Where? In my make-up/guest room.

When? This morning!

Who? That would be me!

Why? Because I am trying to be a good girl and not buy make-up… but don’t ask me what is in the bag next to my dresser.

Uh oh....

Friday, July 19, 2013

Friday's Favorites: Garage Work

Left side of the garage- what a mess!

My husband's "tool area".....and more?

Snap shot of one of the drawers.

15 minutes later and that drawer is more organized!

90 minutes later and we have a workable area!

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Dr. Who for Hubby


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My husband loves the British television show "Dr. Who". 
He has also loved the scarf that one of the doctors (was it the fifth?) wore and I am now hoping to make his dreams come true.  
I found a pattern and picked up colours that resembled the original and I have started the project. If memory serves me correctly, these scarves range from 9 to 26 feet (there was more than one) . I can't remember how long this scarf will be, but I will try to take pictures once a month or so as a I move along. Wish me luck!



Monday, July 15, 2013

Musically Manic Monday




Work: My job has been a bit stressful the last month. I have a feeling it will stay that way for at least another month.

Church: I am trying to incorporate church cleaning into my monthly schedule. I do have an upcoming post about this.

Yard: I hope to work on the yard this week and get something done! ARGH!

Home: Caught a little bit up this past weekend. I hope to get the laundry caught up this week.

Projects: We had another contractor come out to give us a quote. I will keep you posted. 



Sometime this week I need to get my car cleaned.. it is a royal mess!

What is going on in your world?

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Abortion activists caught on camera, possessed by spooky ‘Hail Satan’ chant at Texas State Capitol


You may have heard that Texas is seeking to outlaw late-term abortions — the kind of abortions that kill a nearly full-grown baby who has eyes, ears, hands, a beating heart and can experience pain. The idea that such pre-born human beings cannot be murdered at will infuriates “pro-choice” abortion activists, and the true inspiration for their desire to kill babies has finally emerged.



A truly bizarre, almost “creepy” video has just surfaced, revealing pro-abortion activists chanting “Hail Satan” in unison at the Texas State Capitol building. As you can hear for yourself in the video below, people in the background begin chanting, “Hail Satan!” during the speech of a woman who opposes late-term abortions. It appears at 5:12 in the video and continues for many seconds.



The woman giving the speech is saying, “We have doctors down in Houston who are butchering women, butchering children…” and the pro-abortion people raise their voices, singing and chanting, “Hail Satan! Hail Satan!” over and over again.



Later, pro-life advocates sang, “Amazing Grace,” completing the contrast between the abortion foes and the abortion advocates (who literally worship Satan).



Even the Church of Satan was offended



The chanting of “Hail Satan” garnered the attention of the UK Church of Satan which was offended by it. The church actually tweeted, “Unfortunate to see Satan’s name used in such a diabolical manner.”



Apparently the butchering of 20-week old children is too diabolical for even Satan! But it’s considered a “right” by U.S. abortion advocates.



Obviously, not all abortion activists are Satan worshippers, but you’ll notice that none of them have denounced the Satanists, either. By failing to denounce it, they effectively embrace and welcome Satan worship as part of their cause.



Note that Texas is not trying to ban all abortions; it’s only banning abortions after 20 weeks. You truly have to wonder what kind of woman keeps a baby for 20 weeks and then changes her mind and decides to kill it. This isn’t abortion; it’s the murder of a viable, conscious human being that’s more than 50% of the way toward birth (babies are typically born at 38 weeks).



It is very difficult for any rational argument to be made that aborting a baby that’s 20, 25 or 30 weeks old isn’t the killing of a human being.



Post-birth abortions: kill your baby up to age three



But killing babies just before they’re born isn’t quite enough for these Satan worshippers. As has already been revealed, abortion activists want babies to be aborted even after they are born. The practice is called “post-birth abortion” (or simply “infanticide”) and abortion activists want women to have the “right” to kill their children up to age three!



In support of the practice of murdering infants, two bioethicists, Alberto Giubilini and Francesca Minerva, recently authored a paper that was published in the Journal of Medical Ethics entitled, “After-birth abortion: why should the baby live?”



The “scientific” paper actually argues for the killing of babies as follows:



[W]hen circumstances occur after birth such that they would have justified abortion, what we call after-birth abortion should be permissible. … [W]e propose to call this practice ‘after-birth abortion’, rather than ‘infanticide,’ to emphasize that the moral status of the individual killed is comparable with that of a fetus … rather than to that of a child. Therefore, we claim that killing a newborn could be ethically permissible in all the circumstances where abortion would be.



It also states that, “newborns do not have the same moral status as actual persons” and “the fact that both are potential persons is morally irrelevant.”



The conclusion of the paper states, “…if a disease has not been detected during the pregnancy, if something went wrong during the delivery, or if economical, social or psychological circumstances change such that taking care of the offspring becomes an unbearable burden on someone, then [killing the baby is morally justified.]”



In other words, if the parents simply decide they no longer want the baby after it’s born, it is completely justified to kill it. This is the actual position of these abortion advocates.



To make it all easier to understand, the paper should have simply concluded with “Hail Satan.”



http://www.infowars.com/abortion-activists-caught-on-camera-possessed-by-spooky-hail-satan-chant-at-texas-state-capitol/     YOUTUBE LINKhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OgfAAIpHns

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Things My Husband Says

My husband describing magnetic stays for his collar:

Perfect for the business casual dresser. Don’t really need them if you are buttoning the top button/wearing a tie. But since I rarely do that for work, sometimes the collars just splay all over, even though I have the stays in. The magnets keep them fully in line. Check it out when you get home tonight --- I’m wearing them now.



You don’t know how much of a pain it’s been walking around half the time looking like a character from the 1970s.


No good if you have a pacemaker, though.


   

Friday, July 12, 2013

The Day of Random



Do you ever have a day where structure just isn't on the list of things to do? Well, this post is about one of those days. This was "The Day of Random"!  The rules are that you do whatever comes into your head or whatever you happen to pass. You know what I am talking about- those things you keep telling yourself to do but then forget. Well we weren't going to have any of that! 

Random List 

Pray
Read
Made coffee
Washed dishes
Washed bed sheets
Scrubbed down the front porch
Weeded the front garden
Worked on the air conditioner project
Made lunch
Made dinner

I walked by this bed and decided that it needed to be vacuumed. Yes, I did make sure to sanitize the vacuum attachment.

The I looked up and remembered that the filter needed to be changed and I needed to wipe everything.

I found a fan... it was dirty so I took this sucker apart and scrubbed it down.
More ironing!
We have to put together our work outfits!

After working outside, I stripped down and ran upstairs and headed to the shower but look what I found. There was the vacuum in a hallway that needed to be cleaned. What was I supposed to do? Here I was, naked and in the hallway on The Day of Random. Don't you think that arm is rather bare???


Thursday, July 11, 2013

How Do Organize Your Coupons?

I have visited many blogs and read the posts regarding how to organize coupons to ensure the best deals in the least amount of time. I still have my full size binder with all of those plastic inserts. I also have a photo album with each page labeled for a specific product and a special bag for all my coupons. Well, none of those worked well for me. I might be organized, but I am not that organized... kind of like a messy organized working towards a goal that never can be reached. Yep, that sums me up!

I know you are wondering how I manage the deals that I work at CVS - well, wonder no more! This is how I break it down!
This is  one of those clutch wallets. I keep this in my handbag.

I keep my Extra Care Bucks and any coupons I will be using that week.

Here is my planner and what is peaking out of the planner???

Coupons! I keep the coupons I am not using that week in my planner.

So, usually on a Sunday afternoon, I will go through my coupons and shred any that are expired. I will then peruse through the CVS ads for the week and see if there is anything that I want/need. I go through my coupons and cut only what I will use for that deal. I do take the rest of the coupons with me in the store just in case I see something so I am ready for a anything that comes up while I am at the store. 

Lastly, I schedule 30 minutes in the store to work out my deals. Yes, I have an idea of what I am going to do, but it isn't exact. I tend to work the deal while I shop in the store and very rarely make a mess of my deals. 

 Just so I am not overwhelmed, I stick to one store and one set of deals to work. I used to work CVS, Riteaid, and Walgreens and it was too overwhelming for me. 

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Wheelin' Wednesday: Birchbox

 I think I have mentioned Birchbox before. It is a subscription service where you pay a monthly fee to have higer end samples sent to your home. You can then sample the products and review them on the website. Each review earns points to be used towards a purchase on their website.  Most of the samples aren't all that, but the reviews can really add up. As you can see in the screen shot below, I had earned $40.00 in redeemable points and then received a coupon for 30% off my purchase. This left me with a grand total of $2.00 and an awesome pair of headphones !




Subtotal
$60.00
Discount (30-Box Anniversary Discount - 30%)
-$18.00
Shipping & Handling (Standard Shipping - Flat Rate)
$0.00
 400 reward points
-$40.00
Grand Total
$2.00

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

YET ANOTHER BUDGET POST…..



Hubby and I only have the mortgage as a debt with a continuous balance. All other debts are paid off every month and do not incur interest charges. I currently pay extra on our mortgage, but should I do that when we are actively looking for another home?

Monday, July 8, 2013

Just Another Manic Monday




Work: My work partner is coming back from vacation this week which will greatly relieve me! Last week was a bit of a challenge and I pray this work week will be easier.

Home/Cleaning: The house exploded.... we kept it up so well in June and now I worry old habits will come back! I am going to try to do 20 minute cleaning runs each night which can be hard when you don't come home until 7:00 p.m..

Yard: My hubby (not yours) mowed the entire lawn! I want to work more on the the landscaping aspect by the end of the week.  June 17th listed shrubbery shaping and Hubby and I have worked on this. I want to tackle more of that this week.

Budget: I actually worked on this (see my Conversion post)


Pro-life: One of the families from my parish came out to pray and plan to come more often! I love it!
I am scheduled to go out to the clinic again this week.

Church: Hoping to throw in two hours of church cleaning. I have this dream of polishing the church floor but it always end in the nightmare of everyone slipping all over the place because it is so slick!

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Saturated Saturday: Another Confrontation

There I was, minding my own business...just listening to music as I cleaned the house (this is how I listen to music).
Just as I twirled around with the broom, Mrs. Steam Vac appeared! 

"Look at this floor! Don't tell me you haven't noticed a sticky feeling even AFTER you have mopped! Get your bubble butt in that kitchen and clean this floor!" I argued and ran away but she managed to drag me back into the kitchen.


Mrs. Steam Vac was right (of course) and here is what I pulled up from just the kitchen tiles! Afterwards, the floor felt squeaky clean!

Friday, July 5, 2013

Conversion




So... I stole the table I was using for the organization of our bills (albeit, poorly). 
Then I ran downstairs like a crazy person and stood before my Amish server. 
See, back in the day, I had a roll top desk, but there wasn't a place to put it in our house. I gave it away and have now been floundering when it comes to our filing system.
"A server? For your bills? Dear, do you know what you are doing?" I am pretty sure that is what you are asking yourself as you read this post. My question to you is, why not? It has drawers and cabinets.. it is spacious and it isn't like we have non-family members in our house... we are like the brown recluse spiders or something.... 


Thursday, July 4, 2013

Yes, I Am Fluent....

Let me premise this by stating that Hubby and I had gotten into an argument... and a couple of days had passed. I was trying to normalize everything but the eyebrows said otherwise. 

 We were sitting on the couch watching a movie or something and I could tell things weren't "quite right".
Me: " Are you still upset?"

Hubby: " I am not doing anything. I am just sitting here watching the show." 

Me: " I can tell you are upset. I am fluent, you know."

Hubby:" Fluent in what? I haven't said anything mean to you."

Me: " I am fluent in eyebrows... your words might say one thing, but your eyebrows say another!"

At this point Hubby just looks at me weird, but he knows that I do speak fluent eyebrows and his eyebrows weren't speaking the language of love!  We eventually mended our fences and I knew it was so because his eyebrows told me so (yes, that rhymes).



Happy Independence Day! 

Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Wheelin’ Wednesday: Insurance



Hubby and I recently received our renewal bill for our home owner’s insurance. YIKES! It had increased substantially from the previous year. I contacted the insurance company to talk about our coverage costs for vehicles and house. While we weren’t able to obtain a discount on the home owner’s insurance, I was able to lower the auto insurance by $150.00 every six months.

The amount of time it took me to save $300.00 per year was less than 30 minutes.

We could drop the home owner’s insurance coverage premium a bit more if we increase our deductible. What do you think about that?

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Tasteful Tuesdays: Just A Bit of Cooking....


I managed to cook three meals at once to help me with the rest of the week. Sometimes I need to come home and work in the yard and a pending dinner always messes with my mind. 

Scrambled eggs with cheese
Chicken Stir Fry
Two salads
Steak with mushrooms


Yum!

Monday, July 1, 2013

July 2013



Book of the month

The Catholic Controversy (de Sales)

Sacrifice of the Month

Not buying frivolous things (this will be hard). I am still thinking of how I will remind myself on this one... I am such an online shopper.....ugh..

Corporal/Spiritual Work of Mercy

Continue pro life work and add additional prayers for special intentions.

Home Project

The entire yard is my project!