Five Years ago today we lost Jim’s Dad.  Grandpa Charlie.  I miss him so much.  He was such a wonderful man. He raised Jim as a single Father from the time jim was about 16.  He struggled all his life to do the very best and he did an awesome job.  Charlie was a very give and kind person.  He stode up in our wedding just months before he passed away and I thank God every day that he was able to stand up in our wedding.

A lot of wifes dont get along with their inlaws but I have to say I love my Mother in Law and Father in Law more then anything and I could not of asked for better inlaws and the extended family that came with them.

Jim, Haylee and I found Grandpa Charlie and that is something we all three struggle with on this day.  But we also need to remember to Praise the Lord for taking Grandpa Charlie up to Heaven so that we can be with him again one day.  Praise God for the Man he created when he created Grandpa Charlie. Praise God for the Son that Grandpa Charlie help make Jim into today.

July is a very difficult month for our family because we lost both of our Dad’s in the Month of July and many times we just wish we could skip July all together but we can’t so instead we rejouce in the family that God has Given us and the love that God has surrounded us with.

Jim is home from work this week so I am going to be cooking full meals this week and we have company coming in town for the 4th of July and we are going camping Tuesday and Wednesday.

Monday ~ Pork Chops and Rice (did not have it last week)

Tuesday ~ Camping ~ Hamburgers and chips

Wed ~ Eat out we are going to the movies with friends and dinner

Thursday ~ Meatloaf and Potatoes

Friday ~ Baked Chicken and pasta salad

Saturday ~ 4th ~ Hamburgers, hotdogs, pasta salad, chips, red white and blue cake with red white and blue frosting, and lots of munches

Sunday ~ Roast, potatos, onions, carrots, and fresh biscuits

We all deal with anger in our own way.  And some of us may not speak anger but that anger still shows through in your body language.  Like the old saying goes actions speak louder than words.  When you are in relationship anger seems to creep up on you at the worst time.  And although you bit your tongue and hold your anger in you still need to deal with your anger.

I seem to find that anger hits me at the worst times.  It slaps me in the face and I just lash out without thinking.  I say or do mean things before I have even had a chance to think about my words or actions.  I regret it of course as soon as I do or say it but sometimes it is too late and the damage is done.  And sometimes that damage is hard to fix.

And although it is too late and I have already said mean things to hurt my husband, I turn to the Lord and ask him to help me deal with this anger.  I know that everyone deals with anger but more important than that is what does the bible and the Lord say about anger.

Stop your anger! Turn from your rage! Do not envy others – it only leads to harm Psalm 37:8

That right there says it all.  If you can remember this scripture and recite it before you let your anger spill out it will stop you in your tracks and make you really think about what your anger is going to do and the effects it will have.

“Don’t sin by letting anger gain control over you.”  Don’t let the sun go down while you are still anger. Ephesians 4:26

This one is another very good one because no one should remain anger for too long.  The longer you let anger remain in your heart the harder it is going to be to not only get rid of it but also the more you are hurting the one the anger is toward.

The LORD is merciful and gracious: He is slow to get angry and full of unfailing love. Psalm 103:8

This is God’s Promise to us. And following in his footsteps we too need to be merciful and gracious.  Just as the Lord does not get angry with us we need to learn not to get angry with our loved ones. We need to control our anger and remember what the bible says about anger.

This week I will be reading Proverbs 10-22. This section not only deals with anger but has many wise sayings about life in general.

Let’s go to the Lord in Prayer:

Dear Heavenly Father, You are wise beyond any other. You teach us something new every second of every day and the more we follow you and the more we learn from you the closer we become to you.  Anger is a wicked sin and although we all are angry at one time or another and we all deal with anger in our own way you forgive us.  I thank you for forgiving me when I am angry but more then that I thank you for teaching me how to deal with my anger and giving me the tools to learn to control my anger and deal with my anger.  Please work with me in dealing with anger and continue to fill my heart with love and stop the anger dead in its tracks before it makes me spew out evil.  In your name we pray.  Amen

Recently I was selected to participate in the Roberts Dairy Program.  I was super excited because we are such huge dairy eaters and drinkers.  When I got my great package in the mail I had some wonderful and awesome things in there.  First there was:

• 3 coupons for a free 1/2 gallon of Roberts Milk.   WOOOO HOOOO we love milk at dinner time or with biscuits and gravy
• 2 coupons for free 16 oz Roberts Dip or Sour Cream.  We love chips and dip and we love sour cream so this was perfect.
• 2 coupons for free 24 oz Roberts Cottage Cheese.  We could each cottage cheese with lunch and dinner every day if you let us.

But It gets even better.  We also received 4 recipes that included Roberts Dairy Products.

1. Lite creamy broccoli lasagna
2. Noodles with Sour Cream
3. Chicken Enchiladas with Cottage Cheese
4. Spinach and Meat Manicotti

So we have tried the Chicken Enchiladas with Cottage Cheese and the Noodles with Sour Cream.  And My family begged me to make both of them again.  I could not believe how super awesome they were and how the family just ate them up.  Roberts Dairy also has hundreds of other recipes that you can see at http://www.robertsdairy.com/recipes.

I also wanted to share with you that Roberts Dairy offered money saving coupons to me and my readers.  Yes that is you.  Just go to http://www.robertsdairy.com/coupons to get your money saving coupons.

Today I vowed to go out and shop and buy nothing over .99 cents.  Now I can’t say I did it 100% because I did have to pick up about 5 things that were over but all in all I have to say I did a pretty good job.  I want to thank    The Coupon Coup, Money Saving Mom, Chicks Dig Deals.  These three show great deals and have really helped me get to where I am going.

Target

Gillette body wash 3.49 - 1.00 coupon = 2.49
Fusion rasor 7.99 - 4.00 coupon = 3.99
=6.48 - 5.00 gift card for purchase = 1.48/2
Final cost each item .74 cents

A1 Steak Sauce 2.44 - 2.00 coupon = .44 cents

Pace speciality sauce 2.09 - 1.00 coupon - .50 cent coupon = .59 cents

wonder hamburger buns 2.89 -1.90 in house savings = .99 cents

Eggo’s waffles speciality bake 1.50 - 1.00 coupon = .50 cents

Edy’s icecream single serving 1.19 - 1.00 coupon = .19 cents

Vaseline hand lotion trail .97 - 1.00 coupon = .03 cents in my pocket

Nexcare 20 ct bandaid 1.43 - .55 coupon = .88 cents

Three things over .99 cents

Chipotle tabasco sauce (hubby can’t live without and coupon almost expired) 2.54 - 1.00 coupon = 1.54

Bisquick (instead of buying biscuits I am going to start making them and other things so this will save me in the long run) 2.99 - .60 cent coupon = 2.49

Cereal (dauther all out) Name brand twice as much bought store brand =1.75

Totally 17.27 - 5.00 target give card for first item = 12.27

CVS

2 x kraft bbq sauce 1.00 each = 2.00 - .50 coupon = .75 each

Total = 1.50

Super Saver

Mac and cheese 4 x .53 = 2.12 - .53 = 1.59 for four or = .40 each

Snickers bar .50 -.50 coupon = Free

Bread .99 cents

Roberts sour cream .83 - .35 coupon = .48 cents

Roberts Dip .83 - .35 coupon = .48

Two things over .99 cents

Ruffles Potato chips (hubby can’t live withouth chips) 1.96

Roberts Milk 1 Gallon 1.98 - .50 coupon = 1.48 (I normally buy two half gallons for 1.00 a piece with coupon) so for two half gallons I would of been right at .75 cents a piece

Total = 7.42

Grand Total for weeks groceries and extra’s I am putting away

= 21.19

Monday ~ Kailbasa Soup

Tuesday ~ Chicken helper made with left over chicken from this weekend

Wed ~ Hamburger Helper

Thursday ~ Pork Chops and cheesy rice

Friday ~ Italian Hamburger Casserole and Peas

Saturday ~ Lamb Burger and Tator Tots

Sunday ~ Burritos and Rice

Good Morning.  Been two weeks since I have done fitness Friday.  Last week on Friday I weight myself and lost two pounds.  This morning I weighed myself and I just have three words for you.

-2 lbs BABY!!!

That is what I am talking about.  Down two more pounds.  I am down to 184.  If I remember right I started at 195 but I can’t find my orignal weight but when I looked at my wii fit I started at 195.  SO in two months I am down 10 lbs.  That is great.  Moving right along toward my goal.