Renovating

Well here are some rough pictures of the renovations so far.......

A Beautiful Day

So this past Sunday we took advantage of the wonderful weather and went to the park with some friends for the afternoon!

Coupon clipping inadequacy!

So I have been really excited about clipping coupons! I started back in the fall (and saved some money like $20 per grocery visit), but was quickly thrown off by the move and Christmas! Well I am back at it and frankly I have become very intimidated. Over the last three months I have found some very serious coupon addicts. They have this down to a science. Well when I sit down I get way to overwhelmed. Where do I start! Did I file that coupon under refrigerated or canned? Because before it was opened it was probably on the shelf, but then after opening it has to be refrigerated. You would think that was easy, but it just kind of depends where I filed the coupons depending on the mood I was in. So here I am jumping back in to the coupon game. Wish me luck.......
On a different note- Meal planning! This is the one thing I hate about being a wife! I don't know what I want to eat or what he will want to eat next Tuesday. I feel like I fall into the same routine over and over again. But I found this website with a lady who plans meals on Mondays! I think I will join her. And where I see fit I shall copy her menu. Saves me time and if its yummy it will totally work.

God is good all the time!

Last week began with Rob coming home with walking pneumonia on Monday. So needless to say he was out of work all week. His co-workers kidded him all day today about possibly having to send him his last will and testament. But as much as I hated Rob being sick last week, I did treasure our time together. Although, I think he would have perferred different circumstances. By friday he was still running fever so back to the doctor he went. He came out with a new perscription and a coupon for it. When the doctor gives you a coupon you know that the price of the drug is not going to benefit the checkbook very well. So of course we being newlyweds don't have a lot of extra cash lying around. So in my mind I am trying to figure out how we are going to swing two doctors visits and LOTS of medicine( that was previously perscribed during the first doctor's visit that didn't help one bit) and now the new medicine. Well we go to the pharmacy to pick up the new medicine and it was $58 ( for ONLY 5 pills) and that was after a $25 off. Wow.... I was like this better be a miracle drug, which it was. He was better within 24 hrs so it was totally worth it. But the most humbling thing was when I went to the mailbox that day we recieved a letter from the gas company. I quickly came inside and asked Rob "did you overpay the gas company?" He quickly replied " Nope, I just paid what they said we owed". Well the letter was to inform us that we had overpaid our last bill. Attached was a check for $58. WOW!! I say God will provide all the time, but it was so amazing just to feel him smiling at me and saying "you worried and I told you I would always take care of you."
So by Saturday Rob was feeling well enough to do light house work with rest periods. How much our house transformed this weekend. First of all it is completely clean with the exception of the basement. But isn't everyone's basement unorganized? Anyway that will come next off week. I even go to clean up the yard. It is all ready for spring plants! Mom is already planning where things will go.
Right now my life is truly a blessing! Day by day I am seeing the Lord's provisions for me and my family. I just pray that I will seek humility and don't become jaded to His will.