How awesome is this???

Totally stole this from www.ragamuffinsoul.com and proud of it! Just too good not to share, especially with all my soul-bearing talk last week!

My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. But I believe that my desire to please you does in fact please you. And I hope that I have that desire in all that I am doing. I hope that I will never do anything apart from that desire. And I know that if I do this you will lead me by the right road though I may know nothing about it. Therefore will I trust you always though I may seem to be lost and in the shadow of death. I will not fear, for you are ever with me, and you will never leave me to face my perils alone. – Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

Oh Coupon, Coupon Where for art thou Coupon?

I had to WORK HARD for these deals this week… sorta! It was a fairly easy week, however temporarily lost all of my online coupons but they were found (after about an hour of looking)!! Whew!

• Lloyd’s BBQ Pork – 74 cents a tub
• T. Marzetti’s veggie dip and chocolate dip (YUM) – 84 cents each
• Arm & Hammer toothpaste – 49 cents each
• Pup-Peroni Dog Treats (Apollo and Bailey are VERY happy) – 84 cents each
• John Frieda shampoo – $1.69 a bottle (GREAT DEAL as this is the fancy stuff haha)
• Tums – $1.25 a bottle
• Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, etc. – $2.30 for 12 pks
• Velveeta – FREE

Sorry boys for the rest of this post… but too good of a deal not to share with the ladies! You can stop reading if you want…

• Kotex tampons – 85 cents a box
• Kotex liners – 85 cents a box
• Kotex pads – 60 cents a box

So pretty good week! Even after all the “extras” we saved $75 and spent $63!

Weekend Update

I’m DRAAAGGGING! Yeah can’t play like I used too on school nights! haha It was an exhausting but great weekend…

Friday – went to dinner and a movie with Brian and Crystal. When in Rome was SUPER funny…  

Saturday – Daniel had to work BOO! I worked on my managed care class for awhile then had a little coupon-searching fiasco… couldn’t find the ones I’d printed online for nothing! Daniel got home from work and I dragged him up to my work to see if they had fallen out on my desk or something… no such luck! Gave up and went to see Dear John. It was okay… not as good as I thought it would be HOWEVER I did cry

Decided to go home and look one more time for my coupons (didn’t want to miss some good deals this week). Daniel and I both turned the house upside down and couldn’t find them. Decided to search the car one more time… walked to the driver’s side back door, opened the door and coupons flew out of the car! Somehow the envelope got wedged in between the seat and the door. Go figure!

Anyways… headed to Publix, went over the game plan with Daniel and can I just say that he handled all of the coupons himself while I went to customer service to get rainchecks! SO PROUD!!! I know he secretly loves the thrill just as much as me! haha

Sunday – was a GREAT DAY!! So blown away by everybody that came and helped us get our new church ready to be inhabited! It was a W.R.E.C.K.!! But just about the whole church showed up to help. Everybody busted their butts and got so much done… and I’m pretty sure a lot of fun was had by all too! Still have a lot of work to get done, but it’s coming together really nicely!!

Funny story though… for some crazy reason, the menfolk sent Crystal and I on a Home Depot run. Thought that was an okay idea until we were walking out of the store and realized that we had NO IDEA how we were going to make a 14 foot long piece of baseboard actually stay in the truck. Then we had another issue… a 5 gallon bucket of paint. Not really sure how much that weighs but we were just about to hoist that sucker into the back of the truck, when two very nice men came to rescue us. I don’t mind one bit playing the damsel in distress when it comes to lifting heavy objects and keeping me from running down the road to pick up lumber that more than likely would have fallen out of the truck since we had NO idea how to make it stay in there…

Anyways… they loaded all our junk in the truck and bungie’d our lumber down. It was a LONG ride back to the church though… one time I hit a bump and thought for sure the baseboard (which was hanging 6 feet off the back of the truck) was going to snap in two! And just to make God smile (with a porsche behind us) I took a corner too fast and the baseboard flipped on it’s side! WOOPS! haha But we managed to get back to church with everything intact!

Anyway… got home around 5, showered and were over at the Kilgore’s at 6 for a Superbowl party… So much fun! I teared up watching Brees with his baby!! agghghgh so sweet!!!

SO yeah… I’m tired now! I have every intention of going to bed early tonight! Sure it won’t happen, but oh well!!

I’m Tiffany and that’s your weekend update!

I needed this…

Funny how a song will get dropped in your life at just the right time?? Feel like I needed to hear this… thought I’d share just in case someone else needed it to   Great picture of how God loves us despite all our crap and even though we may run away from him… we are STILL the love of His life!!

Love of my life
Look deep in my eyes
There you will find what you need
Give me your life
Lust and the lies
The past you’re afraid I might see
You’ve been running away from me

Well you’ve been a mistress, my wife
Chasing lovers that won’t satisfy
Won’t you let me make you my bride
You will drink of my lips
And taste new life

You’re my beloved
Lover I’m yours
Death shall not part us
It’s you I died for
For better or worse
Forever we’ll be
Our love it unites us
It binds you to me
It’s a mystery

Excerpt from “Beloved” from Tenth Avenue North

Therapist – Day 2

Yeap looks like I’m still in a contemplative mood… You must be a great listener! haha

I’m SCARED! Scared not just of spiders or that we’ll never rid our kitchen of mice permanently… but SCARED that we won’t live up to whatever God has planned for us, SCARED that we will become satisfied or content with the status quo, and even worse SCARED of what exactly God’s plans for us will be!

I’m scared of the uncomfortable situations he might put us in, scared of the heartaches he might ask us to overcome, scared of the sacrifices we will have to make, just plain scared!

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7

Wanna be a therapist?

Well here’s your shot! I’m kinda feeling like I need to unload some junk on someone… so what better than my cyber therapist… YOU!

You ever get that feeling like you’re running and running and running… running so intently that you can’t stop to catch your breath and see what’s around you… running so hard that you’re completely exhausted… so desperately grasping for “something” out there… only to find that you’re on a treadmill and not really “going” anywhere!

Yeah kinda feeling like that lately. Like I’m always pushing towards something but never really getting anywhere.

Does anyone else feel that desperation to do something but you just can’t quite figure out what that “something” is? So you just keep running like a hamster on a wheel and hoping you figure it out in time to not waste half your life!

I’m screwed up… but it’s okay. I’m pretty sure my God likes to use really screwed up people!

Sorry for the transparency.

More Chex Mix??

Yes Daniel… more Chex Mix! I managed to deplete our stock of chex mix to about 10 bags or so… Have started to get a little panicky when I can actually find shelf space in my pantry these days

Oh well… sales not too great this week so decided to cut back and only get a few things!

• Rotel – 40 cents each
• Knorr Sides (rice, pasta, etc.) – 37 cents each
• Chex mix – 24 cents a bag
• Gatorade 32 oz – FREE!!

Now off to check out the new sales!!

Weekend Update

For some reason last week I decided I wanted a stomach virus. Just about every other day I wanted to die. Don’t know what that was about but now Daniel’s picked it up (sorry sweetie). Friday was one of those days for me. Made for a very interesting day at work… very long! But as quickly as it came on, it went away. Good thing because I had been looking forward to Daniel grilling out since about uh Tuesday! He grilled out teriyaki shrimp and chicken kabobs… also cut up a fresh pineapple and made some rice! OH MY GOSH!!!! SOOOOO good!!! THAT MAN CAN COOK!! I live such a pampered life! haha

After dinner we watched Lions for Lambs or something like that. Kinda weird movie. It was aaaiiiggght… then of course we watched an episode of Man vs. Wild which is our new obsession. If you don’t know what it is, it’s about this guy that puts himself in these crazy situations and shows you how to survive. Dude is FASCINATING. Only thing I can’t handle very well is some of the stuff he finds to eat. It’s like a cross between Fear Factor and Planet Earth – Extreme version. But anyways…

Saturday slept in a little… Daniel headed off to an Elder’s Meeting and I worked on some school stuff. Managed to finish up one module and take a test (which I passed with a 19/20! YAY ME!). Then played on facebook for awhile which I haven’t done in pretty sure a year! haha

After Daniel got home I made a sacrifice (haha) and decided to get him out of the house before his boredom kicked in. Went to see The Book of Eli! OH MY GOSH!!!! GREAT MOVIE!! It had some pretty dang violent junk in it but made me wanna go home and hug all of my Bibles afterwards.

Sunday was our last worship service at Luella Middle School… kinda bittersweet but not really! Last time showing up at the butt-crack of dawn to unload all of our COLD equipment, set everything up, then load it all back into the trailer… can’t say I was too sad! Was a GREAT service!!!! Worship was ridiculous and pretty sure that was one of the most powerful services we’ve ever had!!! We also got to hear about where our next chapter’s gonna take place! I’m SOOO psyched about it!!!! We’ll have our very own space to use EVERY SUNDAY!!!!

Anyways, had a little Mexican after lunch. And just a note… when you want to have a super-productive Sunday afternoon and get lots of studying done, DON’T eat Mexican for lunch. Pretty sure I was half asleep just driving home. I didn’t even try to crack a book! There’s no way I would have retained anything. Oh well…

GOOD NEWS?? I decided to open the mail Sunday afternoon (the only productive thing I did) AND the hospital decided to give us 3/4 of our vacation time back! WHICH MEANS?? I now have enough time to go on the church missions trip to Memphis!!!! AGHGHGHGH SOOO VERY HAPPY!!! Can’t tell you how depressed I was that I wasn’t going to be able to go… but now… YAYAYAYYA!!!

Okay… I’ve calmed down now (sorta). In other news… Anthony and Megan got married on the way to our small group, Daniel’s apparently decided we’re gonna be mormon and get a new wife (aka chick that works at little caesars), and pretty sure there’s a hole in the Explorer’s center console because I wouldn’t “obey”! haha Yeah you just had to be there to get any of that…

Anyway, had small group Sunday night! Oh my gosh we have so much fun! We are sooo blessed! Have such great discussions and I can’t tell you how GREAT of a cook Jessica is! She made this chocolate cake last night that was STILL WARM!!! WOW! I’m still dreaming of that cake! hmmm

Alrighty… guess that’s about it! Have a great week everybody!!

I love breadsticks…

Yeap… these are deals I’m working this week at Publix

• Krusteaz Muffin and Cake mixes – 85 cents a box
• Kraft Salad Dressing – 84 cents each (We go through some Catalina!)
• Ritz Crackers – 89 cents a box
• New York Frozen Breadsticks – 64 cents each (have you tried the breadsticks stuffed with cheese? OH. MY. GOSH!!!)
• Johnson & Johnson First Aid Kits – they are PAYING ME $1.51 PER KIT!

That’s about it… now off to figure out what sales are starting tomorrow!

I like big guns and I cannot lie…

Okay so I ripped off Sir Mix A lot a little… but it’s true! I LOVE to shoot me some guns… more about that later…

Was a great weekend… left Friday afternoon with Brian, Crystal, Caleb, and Daniel to head up to Anderson, SC for the weekend. Spent Friday night eating Mexican and playing Wii…

Saturday morning had breakfast, got sucked into the show “Made”, then headed to the mall with Crystal for a little shopping.

Saturday night went over to Brian’s relatives to shoot some guns and eat some food Really have no idea what I was shooting but it was fun anyway I have the itch to buy some guns now! haha

Tried beer-butt chicken which is now my most favorite type of chicken. Think we’ll be trying to make that ourselves some time soon… also had homemade onion rings, stuffed mushrooms, cole slaw, strawberry cobbler and cheesecake! YUUUUMMM!!! Pretty sure I found another show to Tivo… Ghost Adventures. Pretty awesome except for the host who I’m pretty sure might be a little hyped up on roids…

Sunday we got up at the butt-crack of dawn and drove to the Bi-Lo Center in Greenville for NewSpring Church’s 10th anniversary celebration! 15,000 people attended with 350-400 giving their lives to Jesus! Pretty freakin awesome! It’s been so neat to follow this church that has just EXPLODED and is trying so hard to change everything that’s wrong with “religion” and point everything back to Jesus. It was quite an emotional THREE HOUR SERVICE! And I’m so proud that I didn’t cry like a baby… wanted to several times but I held it together! haha Just can’t help but be hyped up about how God’s blessing them…

Tried to visit Bucky’s BBQ after church just to find out that they aren’t open on Sunday’s… but worked out for me because we found a McAlister’s which I’ve been DESPERATELY missing since ours closed down…

Headed back to Brian’s grandparents, packed up and drove home in the torrential downpour… FUN FUN! But I got some studying done so can’t complain too much! haha

So pretty fun weekend!!!