Food Waste Friday - Sour Cream Gone Bad!

I hate throwing out food, it's money down the drain! I'm starting to participate in 'Food Waste Friday' - hosted by The Frugal Girl.

Last night I made soft tacos for dinner and went for my sour cream and it looked like this:

The thought actually went through my mind "hmm, I wonder if I can salvage some of this, not all of it has mold growing on it" - but I was worried that I would make us sick. Has anyone actually done what I was only thinking?

Wordless Wednesday

God will fully satisfy every need...

Since we've started our 'Financial Freedom' bible study by Jim Sammons (http://iblp.org/iblp/discipleship/financialfreedom/) I have tried harder to let God supply our needs thru prayer and patience.

Today was another one of those wonderful days in which God supplied our needs.

We have been wanting some folding chairs for when we have family and friends over to the house - since we have limited seating - and I have been putting off purchasing folding chairs to see if God would supernaturally intervene and he has! We received two very nice metal folding chairs thru Freecycle.

The other need we've been putting off is getting our carpets cleaned. I really want to get them clean since the babies are starting to play on the floor more and I can't put down a blanket without them rolling up in it anymore. Last week I priced out renting the carpet cleaner and decided to wait till this weekend to rent it while the boys were at my parent's for their weekly night over. However, today, during my Chiropractic Massage, thru small talk with my massage therapist, she has a really nice carpet shampooer she doesn't need anymore and is going to give it to us!

God is awesome!

Philippians 4:19

And my God will fully satisfy every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

I want to challenge you to let God work in your life supernaturally and supply your needs. Sometimes his response is instant and sometimes it takes time.

Remember - God's timing is always perfect!

Conquering the New Year…

OK, so it’s almost the middle of January, but I finally feel like I’m ready to begin a ‘New’ year starting TODAY. I have a few GOALS that I’d like to accomplish this year and thought that posting them would make me feel more accountable.

I’ve thought about my LIST for a few days now as well as HOW and WHY these items are on my list. What are my priorities? What would I be proud of accomplishing when this year comes to an end? How can my GOALS positively impact me and my family?

There are many things I could put on this list, it could easily be 100+ items long, but if I narrow things down and make some general and some specific, I think my list would be all-encompassing without being too long (I’d get tired writing it). Plus, I think I’m going to use these as SUBJECTS for FUTURE POSTS.

So, here’s my list, and I challenge others to making GOALS as well.

I want these to be LIFESTYLE changes…

· Spend more time reading the BIBLE and in PRAYER
· Turn the TV OFF

(I’d really just like to throw it out the window, but Mike wouldn’t be too happy)
· Limit my time on the INTERNET and be deliberate in what I’m doing

(it’s easy to waste time)
· Continue towards FINANCIAL FREEDOM, being DEBT FREE

and out of FINANCIAL BONDAGE
· Strive to be FRUGAL (easy on the wallet and the ENVIRONMENT)
· Wake up EARLY – go to bed EARLY – have more quiet time and reflection
· Spend more QUALITY time with my HUSBAND and CHILDREN
· EAT HEALTHY – I hate dieting, but it's easier if I focus on HEALTH
· Be more JOYFUL in all that I do

Our BIGGEST FUTURE GOAL we are working towards…

· Purchasing PROPERTY for a home with CASH ONLY

Some small PROJECTS we would like to accomplish this year…

· Putting up a PRIVACY FENCE around our home
· Putting up a CLOTHES LINE
· Building a greenhouse for a GARDEN
· Replacing our back DECK
· GRAVELING our driveway

Magna Doodle Excitement

We've been working with Michael Jr. on reading and writing. He's done really good and is writing his first and last name now for a while. He's so funny, he'll write 'notes' for us and come and tell us what he's written.

I'm so proud of him! (I do have to add that we sometimes instigate things by bribery - but it works!).

Michael will be turning 4 in February, so I'm pretty proud that he's acomplished writing his name this early.

Connor likes to get in on the action too and says, "I'm going to write my name, see - I did it!" and comes and shows us and there's about 20 'o's - but at least he's getting the idea!