Here I am

I've been MIA again. Seems like that is going to be the norm on here as far as the weekend goes. I don't have time during the weekends to get on here. That's kind of odd, since the weekends are when I am not working. I don't even have time to clean my house on the weekends. I think that's because since I have a routine during the week that I am pretty good at keeping up on, that when the weekend comes around I just take that time to rest and spend time with my family and sometimes friends. I often wake up on Monday mornings with my house a complete disaster area. I've decided to not care about it. I get home Monday evening and cook dinner for the kids and after they go to bed is when I catch up on the housework. And since I have a routine going, I can get my stuff done pretty quick and still have time to get on the computer, and assemble some parts for some extra money.

Today was a little trying though. I was trying to get dinner made when Markie was asking 1000 questions, Ben was trying to escape (he's a master escape artist now), and Charlotte was at my feet crying. I finally get everyone's plates assembled and we had a nice little dinner. Charlotte is eating table food now, even though she still has no teeth. But she does really good with chewing and I make sure she eats soft stuff, so it works great for both of us! After dinner is done, I try to do some cleaning. Markie, meanwhile, is begging for something to drink. For some weird reason when I get dinner together I hate making the drinks. I don't know why that is. It's just laziness I guess. Anyway, I am trying to clean and Markie is being impatient and I am trying to keep my cool. I put down the bowl of green beans that is left over from dinner, stop what I am doing, to get princess Markie something to drink and I open the cupboard, grab a cup, put the stack of extra cups back and BAM! They fall out of the cupboard into the green bean bowl and splashes green beans everywhere!! Oh, what a day! I am very suprised I have remained cool throughout it all.

I do have one highlight of my day though.... I got 2 free tubs of huggies wipes in the mail!! And I mean tubs, not the little single travel packs kind. I am doing an online survey where I have to use the wipes for 10 days each and do another survey about the wipes. I can handle that for some free wipes!! How about sending me some free diapers now?? I could use some of those!! Doesn't take much to make me happy these days, huh?

1 John

I am trying a new way to learn the bible. You read one book in the New Testament for the whole month. That way by the end of the month you KNOW that book. You start with a short book. In this case I started with 1 John. It only has 5 chapters. I read it over and over and over. I wrote down some key verses for myself to remember and apply to my everyday life. Then each month I move on to a new book, divide the chapters up by sections and focus on each section for a month. By the end of 3 years (yes I said 3 years) I will KNOW the New Testament (yes, I only said the New Testament, LOL). Reading the bible is not about reading it front to back, it's about picking it apart verse by verse and studying it. People can say they read the bible, but that doesn't mean they KNOW it. I am going to list the key verses I would like to remember along with my own commentary in red. So here I go....

1 John 1:6
So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God, but go on living in spiritual darkness. We are not living in the truth. (NLT) Here, this verse is saying that if you claim to live by God and follow his rules, but continue to sin and live in darkness, then you are lying. I found myself in this predicament a few years back. I knew I believed in God and tried to be a good person, but deep down inside, I felt I was not a good person. There were things about myself I was not happy with. My dependency on pot, cigarettes, my foul language, the movies and shows I watched, the music I listened to. Every one of those went against the Word of God. How could I have fellowship with Him and continue to think it was alright to live the way I was living. I needed to do some re-prioritizing in my life.

1 John 2:6
Those who say they live in God should live their lives as Christ did.
This is why I (well, not really me. God changed them) changed my ways. I needed to live my life as Christ did. I may not ever be able to be as perfect as Him, but I can try to live as righteous as I can. I try my hardest to live a sin-free life. It isn't easy at all and I do still sin, but I try not to and when I do I repent and do no more. Because I desired fellowship with God, He helped me stop the sins I was doing in order to live in His light.

1 John 2:15
Stop loving this evil world and all that it offers you, for when you love the world, you show that you do not have love for the Father in you. 16 For the world offers only the lust for physical pleasure, the lust for everything we see, and pride in our possessions. These are not from the Father. They are from the evil world. 17 And this world is fading away, along with everything it craves. But if you do the will of God, you will live forever.
This verse is pretty much saying.... well...what it says...Stop loving this world and the things in it. I use to love watching any kind of entertainment news, listening to the latest celebrity gossip, now I cannot stand to watch those type of programs. They are filled with things of the world. Who cares who is wearing what? Who is divorcing who? Who drives what? Why does these things matter to us? Why did it matter to me? Because anything that can get our focus off of God and onto other things it all a part of Satan's plan. You don't have to worship Satan, just as long as your focus is off of God, he is happy with that. Stop loving the things of this world and keep your focus on God! I see the world in a total different light since I have applied that line of thinking to my life. And boy what a release it has been for me!

1 John 2:23
Anyone who denies the Son doesn't have the Father either. But anyone who confesses the Son has the Father also.
Here is where the bible clearly states the you cannot have God without the Son and the Son is Jesus. If you don't believe in Jesus, then you don't believe in God. Simple as that. Because Jesus is God!

1 John 2:27
But you have received the Holy Spirit, and He lives within you, so you don't need anyone to teach you what is true. For the Spirit teaches you all things, and what he teaches is true, it is not a lie.
I have always wondered how I knew what was wrong to do without actually having someone tell me that it is wrong. Now I know that it's the Holy Spirit that is telling me that it is wrong. Since He lives within me, He helps me make the right decisions for my life.

1 John 3:1
...but the people who belong to this world don't know God, so they don't understand that we are His children.
It is hard being a Christian. It is hard when my family doesn't completely understand where I am coming from. I am just trying to live my life for God since I am His child. I enjoy my life, I feel it is full of love. God has blessed me. He helps me to see the big picture. I know it's hard for others to understand, I had a hard time understanding at one time to, so I just have to remember how it was for me when I was in their shoes at one time.

1 John 3:10
...anyone who does not obey God's command and does not love other Christians does not belong to God.
This is a good verse to remember when someone is claiming to be Christian but is not acting like one. You can tell when someone is trying their hardest to be a good Christian and when someone claims to be a Christian but is clearly not following the Christian life style. Your actions speak louder then words. The world is watching your actions, so if you claim to be a Christian, you outta act like one.

1 John 3:13
So don't be surprised dear friends, if the world hates you.
Like I said before, being a Christian is hard. People are not always going to understand why you are the way you are, why you do the things you do, why you think the way you think. And it causes conflict. It's nothing to be surprised about. It's inevitable.

1 John 3:20
...God is greater than our hearts, and He knows everything.
God is greater than our hearts.... so that essentially means that we need to listen to God, not our hearts. My heart has been wrong more than once. My heart has caused me pain. My heart had caused me to react in ways I shouldn't have. But God is never wrong. God never causes pain. And God will tell you the right ways to react. Because God knows everything!

1 John 4:2
This is the way to find out if they have the spirit of God. If a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ became a human being, that person has the spirit of God. 3 If a prophet does not acknowledge Jesus, that person is not from God. 4 But you belong to God, my dear children, you have already won your fight with these false prophets, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 5 These people belong to this world, so they speak from the world's point of view and the world listens to them.
This is also another good verse to remember when you have some religions knocking at your door. Ask them who Jesus is. Some might be vague about it, and seem to believe that Jesus is God, but do your own research and see what you find. Never take ANYONE'S word for it, only Gods! If you are not so sure about what others are telling you, again take only God's word for it. And His word is the bible. See what the scripture says, if it doesn't align with scripture then it is not of God, but of the world. And since the God is greater than the world, His word is greater than the worlds.

Well, these are the ones that I wrote down, but there was many, many more. I could of written down that whole book! It is a very good read! I am excited to move on to the next book at the beginning of May. Hope you were able to understand where all this was coming from. I know sometimes my thoughts can be a little scatter brainish, LOL! Thanks for reading!!

Deals I have found!

You can get Huggies clean team wipes for $0.14/ea. at Walmart using this coupon: http://print.coupons.com/couponweb/Offers.aspx?pid=13306&zid=iq37&nid=10 (hit the back button after done printing, refresh page and print off another one). The coupon is $3off/2, so be sure to buy 2! Or 4 if you printed off 2 coupons.

Copied from moneysavingmom.com:
Kroger Deals $0.50/ea for General Mills Items
Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios for $0.50/box using this coupon (you can print at least 6 of these coupons last I checked)
Fiber One cereal bars for $0.50/box or less using this coupon (again, you can also print 6)
Nature Valley Granola Bars for $0.50/box using the $0.50/1 coupon from the 4/20 SmartSource insert

Been MIA

I haven't been on in a while. I am sure I have been missed seeing how NOBODY has stopped by since my last entry, lol. I am not even sure if my last entry was read! Oh well! I'll keep typing and talking to my myself! I've just been real busy with the kids and cleaning. I have some deals that I plan on posting soon. Maybe in a minute if the kids cooperate long enough.

I went to the Dr.'s today because my knees have been killing me from all the walking I have been doing. The Dr. said that I have bruised cartliges (sp?). He gave me a prescription for something, but I doubt I'll get it filled. I can deal with the pain. I'll just try to slow it down with the walking. Anyway, that's all I got to say for now. Post to you soon!

Busy, Busy, Busy

I have been pretty busy yesterday and today. I finally get a minute to make a post (kids are napping - - YAY!). I was a witness at a wedding yesterday at the Lapeer County Clerk's office. My friend Alexa (she was pg with me, our babies are 2 wks apart) was getting married and she asked me to be her witness. It was quick and simple! Then we went out to dinner afterwards. I was exhausted after all that (I had to leave straight from work to the Clerk's office). I got home and didn't do a thing!

This morning I decided to brave the stores with ALL 3 KIDS!! And it wasn't all that bad! Ben was a little booger when I tried to get him back in his carseat, but other than that they were all pretty good. I was suprised! I was so brave, that I ended up taking them to one more store. I thought I was pushing my luck, so I made it quick. I had to get Charlotte a bigger carseat since she is outgrowing her infant carrier. I wish I would of brought my camera because I had to stick the carseat in the back of the cart with Ben, so he sat in the carseat and kicked his legs up on the edge of the cart and just relaxed. It was so stinking cute! I bought the kids Mc-D's since they were so good. After we got home was when the chaos started - - go figure! But now the little ones are in bed napping and Markie is sitting here talking to me and driving me nuts, as usual ;)

Savings at Meijers

I just went to Meijers today. My total bill was $75.06 and after coupons and sale items, I only paid $37.02! My total savings was $38.06! WOO-HOO! This is getting to be fun, people!

Grocery Deals I've found this week (ending 04/20)

Here are the deals I have found this week. The coupons are all from 04/06 sunday paper and 04/13 sunday paper. I bought 3 papers to get 3 coupons of each. Here's my short list of ones I am using this week:

Meijers:
Adidas Deordorant: $3.99, Coupon: Free, Total price: Free
Ziploc Bags: $2.50, Coupon: $0.40, Total Price: $2.10/ea. (Meijer's doubles up to $0.50 so total is actually $1.70/ea.)
Jello Pudding: $2.50, Coupon: $0.55, Total Price: $1.95/ea.
Auntie Millie's Whole Wheat or Italian Bread: $2.99and B1G1, coupon: $0.35 (use 2), Total Price: $0.95/ea. ($2.69 for 2 loaves minus the $1.40 from double 2 coupons)

Walmart:
Bic Comfort 3 Razors: $3.64, Coupon: $3 off, Total: $0.64/ea.
Malt-o-Meal Cereal: $1.00, Coupon: $1.50 off, Total: Free plus $0.50 overage using coupon from here: http://bricks.coupons.com/TAF.asp?tqnm=rblucre82406938&o=51975&c=MO&p=ZXQOG8wR&cl=&cp=&eb=&ci=&bq=&r=&lang=&cista=50
or just free from $1/off coupon here: http://www.malt-o-meal.com/email-blast/Thankyou/landing-page.html?Source=email2

Sorry if this seems so confusing to you! I am new to this and not so organized yet. I'll get there, I promise! LOL! Happy shopping!

Hair colors

I have this neat program called Paint.net. I just learned how to change my hair color and wanted to show you all the results. Post a comment on which one you like best. Thanks!

Another day of walking

It was such a nice day out today! I am so glad spring is finally here. I did another mile walk at work today. Then after dinner today I took the kids on another mile walk. If I can keep this up everyday, that will be 2 miles a day. After our walk, the kids and I just sat in the backyard and I watched them play. They are so happy they finally get to play outside. And I need to quit being a hermit sitting in the house. It's good for the kids to get outside with the fresh air. It's good for me too. Overall, it was a pretty good day. Just wish it was the weekend. It would of been perfect kite flying weather. Mark and I took the kids kite flying about 2 weeks ago and it was a blast. I've never flown a kite before. I can't wait to do it again.

Getting back in shape

I just started walking about a week ago. Me and a few girls from work are walking during our lunch break for about 15 minutes. We are power walking a mile a day. It's been so nice being active again! I have a hard time keeping up the the ladies though, lol. One is like 6ft. tall, so her normal stride is my jogging speed and the other is a active soccer coach, so she's use to all this. I have to run and catch up with them because I keep falling behind. At 28 years old I am out of shape! These ladies are pushing 40 and here I am struggling to keep up with them!

I am hoping that I will lose about 10 lbs. I also walked the kids today. I put them in a wagon while I pulled them along. And was speed walking. I am hoping that I can get my lazy butt out of bed in time in the morning to take the dog for a walk too and try to squeeze in another mile a day and maybe even start walking Markie to her bus stop everyday. I have to think of any way I can squeeze this stuff in since I am a busy mom. Please pray that the Lord gives me the energy and the strength (and time too!) to keep this routine up, so I can be a healthy and active mom for my little ones! Thanks!! -- Oh! And pray for Mark to get his butt out and walking too! The dr. told him he needed 30 minutes of exercise everyday. Thanks for reading!

My First Entry

Hello to all my dear readers! My name is Kelly. I am a full time working mom of 3 wonderful (sometimes crazy) kids. I am married to Mark for almost 7 years now. We have a wonderful life, living in God's word and keeping Him the center of our lives. My kids names are Markie, Benjamin, and Charlotte. They are the joys of our life! In this blog, I think it would be nice to keep family and friends updated on the kids and share some happenings that have been going on in our lives. I hope you enjoy reading my blog! God Bless!!!