Thankful Thursday

Once again it is Thankful Thursday. Today, I am taking a moment to consider the things I have to be grateful for. Gratitude every day is important, not just while writing Thankful Thursdays post. Okay, I am thankful for......
Ahhhh...the weather I am thankful for the rain God has provided for us because it is doing the garden wonders. I may have to weed again after all this rain but, the plants are healthy and growing. I can't wait for those fresh veggies! The cooler than normal temps temps have been nice too. It may not be exactly swimming weather but being cooler means we don't have to run our central air conditioning as we can be comfortable with just the windows open. We don't like to run the air because it can be so costly.
Oh yes..I am so thankful for those giveaways from some of you other bloggers. I just found out I won a coupon for a free Tyson heat& eat product. Yaaay! These little things always help believe it or not!
Where would life be without those grandchildren...I am so thankful for all 5 of those little ones. There is something really special about being a grandma or a grandpa. We can spoil and treat the grandchildren more than parents seem to be allowed to. Today, I am thankful for the role my own grandparents played in my life. I miss them.
In my life I have made many mistakes. God has never forsaken me. I am thankful for a God who loves me despite my numerous flaws. There is no other love greater than Gods love. What an awesome God he is!
Life can be stressful and busy and sometimes its hard to remember some of the blessings we have in life. Please remember that even if you don't participate in Thankful Thursdays, be mindful and grateful for everything. You never know when it might be gone.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

By the look on Abby's face I'm not sure if she is too happy with her Mimi for corralling her in the playpen.

Tackle it Tuesday

> I decided to link up to five minutes for mom tackle it Tuesday meme today at http://www.fiveminutesformom.com/ My tackle for this Tuesday is to weed the garden. This morning for the most part I tackled those darn pesky weeds. To keep a nice garden. keeping the weeds under control is a must and a tackle. Here is my garden before weeding. Can you see all those weeds?

This is after! I believe this looks alot better!

Check out this giveaway

http://www.frugalrimama.com is giving away the complete season tw0 3 disk set dvd of 8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter. Hurry because this giveaway ends tonight at 11:59 pm EST. If you remember this show ran 3 yrs on ABC. It was an upbeat family comedy and one of my favorite shows. It's about a sports writer named Paul played by John Ritter who is prompted by his wife Cate's (Katey Sagel) return to nursing to take a more active role in raiseing their 2 teenage daughters. Paul begins writing a column about his struggles with his children and offers advice to pepole who are in his same position. His teenage daughters ar dating which sparks the use of the " 8 simple rules for dating my teenage daughter" Hurry you only have until 11:59 pm EST tonight!

Contaminated fish

We have been informed today by the Department of Environmentalist not to eat any fish from our lake until they determine the cause of all the dead fish showing up on shore. One of our neighbors buried over 35 dead fish that washed up on shore the other day and while we were on our dock and out for a boat ride we noticed lots of dead fish different places in the lake and up on shore. This causes me concern, we have 8 beautiful bluegill sitting in the basket off our dock and we will have to let them go. Its not worth the chance of getting sick and even if you don't get sick, Do you know what chemicals or poison you may be putting in your body by eating the contaminated fish? This problem is believed to be from spraying maybe from the fields and is leaching into the lake contaminating the fish. It is not sure exactly what it is. I am hoping they get this resolved soon so we can get back to fishing and eating those delicious bluegill again real soon.

MENU PLAN MONDAY

Here we are again! Time to post the menu plan! Here is what I am thinking about for this week!

MONDAY- Blackberry pancakes
sausage
mandarin oranges



TUESDAY- Fresh bluegill
french fries
coleslaw

WEDNESDAY- Swiss steak
mashed potatoes
peas

THURSDAY- Eating out

FRIDAY- Spaghetti
garlic bread
tossed salad

SATURDAY- Something really light and easy as we will be out all day at yard sales shopping!
Egg salad sandwiches
chips
fresh strawberries and whipped cream

SUNDAY- On our own!

My CVS scenario 6/7/09

I haven't posted about my CVS runs in awhile so here is my scenario for this week 6/7-13. This isn't as good as I usually do but, I will try to do better next week. The picture shows a 20 0z. mt. dew missing but that is because hubby drank it before I got the picture taken. Anyway, I started this week with 12 ecb's and ended up spending $8.75 for all 14 items and left with 18 ecb's. I am thinking I should have done more than 1 transaction instead and maybe having less oop. but, I have been a bit unorganized lately.


2 dawn dish soap 2/$2.00
2 dove deodorants 2/$5.00
2 dove body wash $14.00
1 dove shampoo $4.00
1 dove conditioner $4.00
1 crest pro health rinse$3.99
1 Gillette fusion razor $7.99
1 20oz mt dew $1.49
1 20 oz diet pepsi vanilla $1.49
2 vanilla frappachinos $5.78
TOTAL= $49.74 plus $2.29 tax = $52.03

I used $5/$20 cvs Q
$12.70 in MQ's
$13.58 left on my gift card
$1200 in ECB's

GRAND TOTAL
OOP $8.75