What I'm Thankful For

I'm thankful for my Jesus. He is my King. Through His love, I have the rest of my list.

The Husband
The Oldest
The Youngest
My Mom
My Sisters
My Niece
My Grandmother
My Brothers-in-Law and soon to be Brother-in Law
My 4-H friends
My church family
My country

Coffee
Home
Internet
New tile grout
New car
Old cars
Homeschooling
New furniture
Old furniture
A warm fire
Free firewood
Coupons
Other people scrap booking for me
Crochet
And so much more

Well, the congress is holding hearings. I went over budget on the tile work in the bathroom and The Oldest found the receipt. Part was the president's (aka, The Husband) charges because he found more work for them to do. Part was mine because I found more work for them to do. But, the bathrooms looks great. I have to wait until Monday to mop. I can't wait to see the final outcome.

We had a great day yesterday. The church we are going to is encouraging people to volunteer at a local low-income, high-risk public preschool. The boys and I went yesterday to volunteer. We spent about an hour playing with them and reading to them. The boys enjoyed it and it seemed they were useful and encouraging to the kids. We have done other volunteer work that hasn't gone as well; work that was not easily done by children. Then, we went to Give 2 the Troops to pack Christmas boxes for the troops. That was good work for them to do also. Everything seems to get packed, and then packed and then packed some more. First in zip lock bags, then in stockings or goody bags, then in boxes. I also got to go crochet last night at the tea shop/book store. It was a good day.

I have someone coming today to re grout the bathroom floors. I asked The Husband if I could spend some money without telling him what it was for. He was worried and told me to get The Congress (aka, the boys) to approve the request. I'm hoping it goes well and encourages The Husband to let me get started on some other, bigger projects around the house.

Well, I made it to triple coupons at Harris Teeter yesterday. It is the first time in a long time that I have made it on the first day. I'm going out of town today and I will not be able to go the rest of the weekend. So, it was worth the extra gas to make a special trip. I really did well. A while ago, HT had a promotion where you got a $25 gift card if you transferred a perscription to their pharmacy. You also got a $10 electronic coupon on your loyalty card for each perscription filled, including the perscription you earned the gift card with. So, I still had the $10 e-coupon and money left on the gift card that I used to shop with my coupons. I spent just under $2.00. Some of the things I got were: 2 loafs of bread, laundry detergent, 3 containers of disenfecting wipes, 3 boxes of tissues, smoked sausage, whipped cream, cereal, 6 cans of soup, yeast, condensed milk, and worstershire sauce. It was a good day.

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Last night at dinner we were talking to the kids about what they needed to pack for their boy's weekend with The Husband. We told them they needed clean under ware. The Oldest asked why they needed under ware for a boy's weekend. I told them "Real men wear clean under ware." The Youngest replied "But rednecks don't."

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I'm ready for my weekend with my mom and sisters. The kids have been getting to me lately. They just can't seem to talk to one another. They have to whine, yell, hit or push instead.