As I mentioned in the previous post, a lot has been happening these past weeks.
Rosa and Tony are our friends from church. They are a really sweet couple! Tony is our youth pastor at church. Rosa is one the nicest people you would ever meet, she is always full of joy.
On Jan. 20th Rosa went into labor to have their long awaited baby (since we thought little Emily was going to come since November). She gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Emily.
Soon after delivering she went into cardiac arrest, started seizing and her heart stopped twice that night. Both times the doctors revived her. That night they learned that she had an amniotic fluid embolism.
The main concern at that time was her lungs and her heart. Those turned out to be fine.
However Rosa's brain swelled. They put in a brain monitor on her brain to monitor the pressure. The doctors also gave her drugs to help the swelling decrease. They worked for a little while, but the swelling and pressure got even worse.
To help to get the pressure down she was put into an induced coma I believe on Tuesday or Wednesday this week.
The pressure still didn't decrease. So the doctor decided to do a risky procedure and put in a drain to help ease the pressure. That was last night. The operation carried a risk of her hemorrhaging. But if it was not done the pressure could build up so much to where the brain cannot get oxygen.
The operation was successful, but has not helped the pressure.
At this time the doctors have exhausted all options and there is nothing else they can do.
All that we can do now is wait for God to work. He is the ultimate doctor, God made Rosa, he knows her the best and he is the only one that can heal her.
So if you are reading this please, please, please pray for Rosa and her husband Tony.
My heart breaks for Tony. Rosa has been on my mind since everything started happening. Compared to what is happening to her, everything seems small.
I don't even know what else to say. Just please pray for Rosa and Tony. Pray that Rosa's swelling will go down. Pray for Tony for strength.
**Edit 2/11
Rosa was taken out of the induced coma, I believe last Wed. She was doing well. She was starting to move more, and her brain pressure has been staying down by itself!! Which is a true blessing! :D
The doctors have been a little worried about a blood clot that is in her right arm. Which they can't give her blood thinners till the drip is out from her brain.
She now has a Staff infection now. Which we haven't been able to see her since it is contagious.
Tony told us yesterday that they took the drip/drain out from her head and they are planning on putting her on blood thinners to help with the clot. Rosa is also on antibiotics to help with the staff infection. Tony said she is looking really well, her swelling is way down. Which the last time we saw her,which was Sunday, she was looking really well! So continue to pray for her and Tony! God has done some amazing things already with Rosa! I am looking forward to seeing Him work more and more in her and Tony's life! :)
Friday, January 29, 2010
Shopping Trips+ Mail Freebies!
A lot has been going on lately. However that is for another post. Since this one will not be serious enough for what has been happening in this last week.
Right now Kroger is having their Mega 10 event!! :D That is where you buy 10 participating items and save $5 at the register. I got 10 items for UNDER $10! :)
Right now Kroger is having their Mega 10 event!! :D That is where you buy 10 participating items and save $5 at the register. I got 10 items for UNDER $10! :)
I got:
4 nut clusters
3 boxes Wheat Thins
2 Bars of Kraft cheese
1 Box of Chewy bars
All for $9.18!!
All the items I had coupons for which made them even less plus I got the $5 off at the register! :D
Plus I got this:
Woohoo!! It was a total nice surprise!
The past few days have been a great mail day! The things I have got online (the freebies) have started coming in! :D
I received:
- A coupon from Stacy's Pita Chips for a FREE bag of chips
- A coupon from Recycle Bank for a FREE bottle of natural all purpose cleaner.
(I don't use the Recycle Bank service, since we don't have a recycle pick up. But they were doing a 100 free points for signing up and you can redeem the points for stuff, so I picked the cleaner.)
I also signed up to get this cute sippy cup from Juicy Juice.
I figured that I could give to someone who has little ones. :)
Plus I received 3 different calendars in the mail!! One of which I hung in the kitchen, I think I'm going to give one away and keep the other one, since they have yummy looking recipes in it :)
Today I went to Target to get my free cleaner and to scope out the clearance items ( I like looking to see if I have a coupon and can get some cheap stuff)
This trip cost me....
A PENNY!!! :D
The cleaner was free (with the coupon above)
The Visine was 1.99- had a $2 coupon
The ivory soap was $1.07- had a $1 coupon
I used a reusable bag got $.05 off and the total came up to be $.01!!
It was AWESOME!! :D I was very excited!
I also got 6 Reach toothbrushes for .85 at Walgreens this week! :) Yay!
That's all folks! :)
Have a lovely night!
A Delicious, Cheap Dinner
Even though I cooked this about a few weeks ago, I wanted to share with you my excitement about how cheap this dinner was!! :D
Here it is:
Here it is:
French Bread Pepperoni Pizza!
I found the bread in the discount bread section at Kroger for $ .87.
The sauce was Ragu that I got for $1.99
The cheese (pizza blend) was on sale for $1.49
The pepperoni was free!! :D
The total cost of this meal was $4.35!! Woohoo!
We each were able to make 2 pizzas and we ate two and froze the others, which didn't last long we ate them before the next week! :) So 4 pizzas cost $1.08 each to make!
Plus we still have some cheese and about a forth of the pepperoni left!
If you are wondering how to make these:
1. We had the oven at 350. (we have a gas oven so things cook faster than normal)
2. Cut french bread in half (hamburger way, then hotdog way)
3. Get your Ragu. Use very sparingly. I read if you put too much then it will make it soggy.
4. Put on your toppings! With cheese try not to put it too close to the edge so it doesn't melt off.
(There is a blend of Kroger brand cheese that says pizza blend, that is what we used)
5. I believe we put them in the oven for 20 minutes. Basically enough for the cheese to melt and the bread to get crispy.
(If you need more instructions, there are many recipes for it online)
Such a simple dinner and it was SOO yummy! :D
*Edit* 1/31
Tonight I made mini English Muffins pizzas! I did the same as above, and cooked them for about 8 minutes. They were really yummy! So it seems any type of bread you want to try or is at a good price will be yummy made into a pizza! :D
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Back to Life...
Back to Reality... Sorry couldn't resist! :D
This past week school started for me. Which coming back from a month off is a little hard... actually it's just the waking up early. I enjoyed my sleep when I was on break :)
This semester will be an interesting one for me! I am starting practicum. Practicum is where I do 45 hours and teach 7 lessons, I do that before student teaching. And honestly I'm a little nervous! It has been a whole year since I have been in the school teaching lessons, last semester I had no field work. So I think if anything it is just the habit of getting in the school, once I get started it's not bad and I'm not too nervous. :)
I'm happy because teaching lessons is not too bad anymore! I still get nervous, but not like I'm-about-to-get- sick nervous!
It is crazy to think that I will be graduating this December!! AHH! That's a little nerve-racking and exciting all in one!
Back to thinking about the now...this semester I am taking:
- Evaluation and Accountability- it's about giving tests...for the 1 class I've had (it's a Mon night only class) it was boring.
- Preschool Curriculum and Instruction- a Wed night only class...I'm hoping this will be fun. But it's with the same professor as the class above, and I have already gotten the classes mixed up when trying to do homework! lol
- Essential Elements of Music- right now we are learning the staff and the notes, beats, pitch, etc. Which I have already learned in band. Should be an easy A :)
- Wellness and Fitness for Children- my 1 credit hour class. I think it'll be fun
- Practicum- which will be MWF mornings.
The great thing is most of the same people are in most of those classes. Actually one of my friends is in all of them (excluding Practicum) :) I actually have the same group of friends in Evaluation, Preschool, and Wellness :D
Other than school not much has been happening.
I went to visit my great grandma, but that was before school started. She was having a good day and was so happy me! She is so funny! At one point she said "Eww something stinks" Donna (my mom's cousin, she's been taking care of her for about 5 years now) was there too and she asked granny if she farted. Granny said "No", pointed to Donna, and made a funny face as if Donna did it. lol That is one of the things I love about my great grandma, she always has had a great sense of humor! She will be 95 this April, and she is still hilarious!
I picked up our prints of our wedding photos that I ordered on Friday...in the icky weather. We got an album with our package deal for the wedding, but I wanted some prints to put in frames. I ordered cute ones of Joey and I, some of me and my dad, and one of Joey and I with his granddad and G-ma.
Other than that I have been just doing housework...cleaning up after the kitties. They make such a mess, but I love em'! It's either that or telling them not to do something or to get off of something. Usually it's the table. They love to get on it, and it being forbidden for them to get on just entices them even more! Little stinkers!
Burney has a new weird habit of going to a corner of the wall and stretching up (standing on his back legs) and scratching the wall with his front paws. The sound is horrendous!! Like nails on a chalkboard. I'm hoping he'll grow out of that!
Alright, I feel like going and being productive. So I better go and do stuff before I don't feel like it anymore! :)
Have a sunny day!
This past week school started for me. Which coming back from a month off is a little hard... actually it's just the waking up early. I enjoyed my sleep when I was on break :)
This semester will be an interesting one for me! I am starting practicum. Practicum is where I do 45 hours and teach 7 lessons, I do that before student teaching. And honestly I'm a little nervous! It has been a whole year since I have been in the school teaching lessons, last semester I had no field work. So I think if anything it is just the habit of getting in the school, once I get started it's not bad and I'm not too nervous. :)
I'm happy because teaching lessons is not too bad anymore! I still get nervous, but not like I'm-about-to-get- sick nervous!
It is crazy to think that I will be graduating this December!! AHH! That's a little nerve-racking and exciting all in one!
Back to thinking about the now...this semester I am taking:
- Evaluation and Accountability- it's about giving tests...for the 1 class I've had (it's a Mon night only class) it was boring.
- Preschool Curriculum and Instruction- a Wed night only class...I'm hoping this will be fun. But it's with the same professor as the class above, and I have already gotten the classes mixed up when trying to do homework! lol
- Essential Elements of Music- right now we are learning the staff and the notes, beats, pitch, etc. Which I have already learned in band. Should be an easy A :)
- Wellness and Fitness for Children- my 1 credit hour class. I think it'll be fun
- Practicum- which will be MWF mornings.
The great thing is most of the same people are in most of those classes. Actually one of my friends is in all of them (excluding Practicum) :) I actually have the same group of friends in Evaluation, Preschool, and Wellness :D
Other than school not much has been happening.
I picked up our prints of our wedding photos that I ordered on Friday...in the icky weather. We got an album with our package deal for the wedding, but I wanted some prints to put in frames. I ordered cute ones of Joey and I, some of me and my dad, and one of Joey and I with his granddad and G-ma.
Other than that I have been just doing housework...cleaning up after the kitties. They make such a mess, but I love em'! It's either that or telling them not to do something or to get off of something. Usually it's the table. They love to get on it, and it being forbidden for them to get on just entices them even more! Little stinkers!
Burney has a new weird habit of going to a corner of the wall and stretching up (standing on his back legs) and scratching the wall with his front paws. The sound is horrendous!! Like nails on a chalkboard. I'm hoping he'll grow out of that!
Alright, I feel like going and being productive. So I better go and do stuff before I don't feel like it anymore! :)
Have a sunny day!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
My Free items for this week!
I love getting free stuff!! This week I got 18 free items!! :D This week was a great week at Kroger for free stuff!
Kroger:
- 2 G2 Gatorades $1.00 each
- 2 Yakisoba .89 each
- 1 Steamfresh Veggies $1.00
- 1 Hormel Pepperoni $1.00
- 2 Starkist $1.00 each
- 2 Wonka Gummies $1.00 each
Used:
From Newspaper:
- 2- .50 Gatorade coupons
- 2- .50 Yakisoba
- 1- .35 Steamfresh Veggies
Online Printable coupons:
- 1- .35 Hormel pepperoni
- 2- .50 off Starkist
- 2- $1.00 Wonka Gummies
Target:
- 2 Reach floss .97 each
- 2 Cat treats 1.07 each
Used:
- 2- $1 Reach floss
- 1- 2.00 Cat treats
- 1 - $1.00 Target coupon for cat treats
Here is my Walgreens Trip I have previously talked about.
I got all of these for free!! :D
This week's total would have been:
$30.02!!
Wow!! How awesome is that! $30.02 worth of groceries for free!
Of course none of this would be possible without God blessing me with finding these deals and the resources to be able to go to the stores! I want to give the glory to where it is due.
Hope you enjoyed and this helped in some way! :)
Have a great day!
Kroger:
- 2 G2 Gatorades $1.00 each
- 2 Yakisoba .89 each
- 1 Steamfresh Veggies $1.00
- 1 Hormel Pepperoni $1.00
- 2 Starkist $1.00 each
- 2 Wonka Gummies $1.00 each
Used:
From Newspaper:
- 2- .50 Gatorade coupons
- 2- .50 Yakisoba
- 1- .35 Steamfresh Veggies
Online Printable coupons:
- 1- .35 Hormel pepperoni
- 2- .50 off Starkist
- 2- $1.00 Wonka Gummies
Target:
- 2 Reach floss .97 each
- 2 Cat treats 1.07 each
Used:
- 2- $1 Reach floss
- 1- 2.00 Cat treats
- 1 - $1.00 Target coupon for cat treats
I got all of these for free!! :D
This week's total would have been:
$30.02!!
Wow!! How awesome is that! $30.02 worth of groceries for free!
Of course none of this would be possible without God blessing me with finding these deals and the resources to be able to go to the stores! I want to give the glory to where it is due.
Hope you enjoyed and this helped in some way! :)
Have a great day!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Dissapointed
It has happened. I have fallen behind in my 90 day reading plan as I have previously talked about. (I am trying to follow the plan to read the Bible in 90 days).
However I could feel my failure before I fell behind. I waited until right before bed to read the chapters for the day. I was sleepy and trying to read at least 10 chapters a night. Not a good combination. Why did I wait till the last moment to read. I had plenty time during the other part of the day, but I didn't read. Instead I was doing other things. Things that could have waited until after I read.
Today I just finished Exodus. I am supposed to be in Numbers already. Ugh! Why did I do this?!
I guess because I didn't set a time. I don't have a designated time each day for reading God's Word. That made it harder for me to sit down and read.
So I have decided that I will read along with the 90 day plan schedule, but I will just take 94 days! :) I will read in the morning once I wake up. I have practicum so I will have to wake up early to begin with. So this makes me a little nervous saying that. But I can do it. I don't want to be selfish, I want to spend time reading my Creator's words.
Pray for me that I can make myself get up and read my Bible. I've heard once you do something for 21 days it becomes a habit. I want reading my Bible to be a habit. I want to know more. I want to long for and be hungry for the Word.
However I could feel my failure before I fell behind. I waited until right before bed to read the chapters for the day. I was sleepy and trying to read at least 10 chapters a night. Not a good combination. Why did I wait till the last moment to read. I had plenty time during the other part of the day, but I didn't read. Instead I was doing other things. Things that could have waited until after I read.
Today I just finished Exodus. I am supposed to be in Numbers already. Ugh! Why did I do this?!
I guess because I didn't set a time. I don't have a designated time each day for reading God's Word. That made it harder for me to sit down and read.
So I have decided that I will read along with the 90 day plan schedule, but I will just take 94 days! :) I will read in the morning once I wake up. I have practicum so I will have to wake up early to begin with. So this makes me a little nervous saying that. But I can do it. I don't want to be selfish, I want to spend time reading my Creator's words.
Pray for me that I can make myself get up and read my Bible. I've heard once you do something for 21 days it becomes a habit. I want reading my Bible to be a habit. I want to know more. I want to long for and be hungry for the Word.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Target, Kroger, and Walmart
This and the last post were not right after another, this trip was last week :)
Kroger had a great Catalina going on and a good deal. Target had some free stuff (with using coupons) that I wanted to pick up!
Here is what I bought
It looks like I paid a ton. However I was given a late Christmas gift ($20!)
Target Trip
- 2 Johnson &Johnson First Aid Kits
- 2 Axe Body Washes w/ manly puffs attached
- 1 pack of lightbulbs
-1 spiral
-1 pack dishwasher tabs
- 1 basket
- 1 colander
What I used:
- 2 $1 off J&J product - made them FREE! (normally .97)
- Axe Body Washes were buy 2 ($5.00 each) and get $5.00 gift card
(I had 2 $1 off coupons, but only one went through, making the total paid for both $9 or just $4 if you count the gift card)
- $1 off coupon of lightbulbs + what I thought was a $1 off Target coupon for the lightbulbs, but now I think I accidentally used 2 Manufactors coupons (which they normally will not let you use. The cashier didn't look, and I didn't do that on purpose)- made them FREE!
- $2.50 off Finish dishwasher tabs- made them .68!
- The colander was on clearance for $3.17
- The basket was on clearance for $3.38
1st Transation:
- Dishwasher Tabs
- Lightbulbs
-Axe
Normal Total: $23.87
Paid: $9.47
Saved: $14.40
Recieved a $5 gift card
2nd Transation:
- Basket
-Colander
- 2 First Aid Kits
- Notebook
Normal Total: $12.34
Used $5 gift card
Paid: $3.29
Saved: $ 4.05
This whole trip I used my Christmas money. And I still had $7.21 left! :D
Kroger Trip
- 2 Pantene Shampoo- $2.88 each
- 3 Ragus - $1.99 each
- 2 Special K water mix in 2 for $5
What I did was I bought the 3 Ragus to stock up on them since there was a buy 3 and get a $2 catalina ( $2 to use on your next purcase). Which the new Kroger in Rosenberg/Richmond did not automatically print the catalinas, my cashier didn't even know what that was! The lady had to call over her manager and I had to explain the catalina deal to the manager. The manager sent the bag boy to go and check to see on the shelf if it said what I told her. It was a long ordeal. But totally worth it!
1st Transaction:
- 3 Ragus $1.99 each
used .75 off coupon
- 2 Pantene 2.88 each
used 3.00 off 2 coupon
Got $2 catalina
Paid: $7.98
2nd Transaction:
- 2 Protein mixes
used $1 off of 2
were on sale for 2 for $5
used $2 catalina
Paid: $2 for both!! $1 each!
Total for Kroger: $9.98
Total Saved: $12.55
Walmart Trip
-Fusion razor blades
I used the rest of the Christmas money I had and I only paid $8.46
Total for all these trips: $18.44 that I paid (not counting the $20 gift)
Total saved: $31 plus the $20 I had so like I saved $51!!
I was so happy to find such a great deal on Axe and the Pantene. Joey now has stuff in the stockpile :)
Other than these deals, I found some great Christmas stuff deals at Target, which were on sale for 75% off. I got some Christmas time Kleenax and York Peppermint Patties for .74 each. I got the Peanuts Christmas special CD for $2.49!! I used some other Christmas money for deals too. Lol I couldn't resist the cheap Christmas stuff!
Just yesterday I went to Walgreens. Here is a great deal, if you have the B1G1 free coupon for Oust. I went Sunday. Right now Walgreens has a sale for Oust B1G1 free. I wasn't sure if this would work, but it did!! I combined the Walgreens sale with the 2 B1G1 Free coupons I had. I got 4 FREE!!! No our house is not that stinky...it will go into the stockpile! I couldn't believe it! Usually I can never find deals at Walgreens! Our's is usually out of the product or the deal doesn't work.
So if you have that coupon and need some Oust or are even driving by, stop in to Walgreens and try to get your free 2 Ousts. I heard though that they might actually want you to buy one, so grab 4. You will get 3 free and will have to pay $4.29.
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