Friday, October 30, 2009
take2
So looks like I was off a bit. OH well.. I will take it!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Hate crimes law - ungodly, unconstitutional, unnecessary (OneNewsNow.com)
Here we go again.... no more free speech or thoughts, our constitutional rights have been erased.. soon there will be no more America.. just a government that controls everything we do.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
PBS
Thanks! ;)
Are you serious?
Elijah Friedeman, the Millennial Perspective
CNSNews approached Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill and asked her where in the Constitution does congress have the authority to force Americans to buy health insurance. Pelosi responded with disbelief.
Here's the exchange from CNSNews.com:
CNSNews.com: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”
Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”
CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”
Pelosi then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to mandated that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a "serious question."
Apparently Speaker Pelosi hadn't considered the fact that a law must be constitutional. If she has considered that thought, she obviously doesn't think it serious. She probably views it as a minor detail to be hashed out by lawyers in some back room.
Newsflash to Pelosi and everyone else in Washington: Americans are serious, dead serious, in fact, about this healthcare bill. If you won't take us seriously, then be prepared to pack your bags come 2010.
Listen to Pelosi's comments, or lack thereof, about the constitutionality of forcing Americans to buy health insurance:
Reference: http://action.afa.net/Blogs/BlogPost.aspx?id=2147487489
Monday, October 26, 2009
Take2 consignment sale
www.take2.com
Free Gift Bundle Including a 3 Pack of Lindt Truffles
Homemade Marshmallows
I know this sounds yummy.. but a lot of work!? I would rather just buy them at the store.. but if you are bored and have time I guess it would be fun.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Today...
UPDATE: I missed church altogether because it took me forever to get all my stuff off the racks that did not sell.. there was tons of clothes left behind by others so it took awhile to go through it all. I took in 7 totes worth and only brought home 2 totes worth! Yippee!! I helped them clean up until 7pm.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Animal Rescue Site needs your help!
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Free Pampers Extra Protection Diapers sample
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Baby Einstein DVDs Refund or Exchange deal
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Free QuikTrip Sandwich Coupon -Reset
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Swag Bucks!
Pumpkin Patch Pics
Noah really enjoyed watching the chickens and ducks. Joel and Noah both had fun in the corn crib. The hay maze was really fun, too.
It was a beautiful day!
This is a nice place and they don't even charge an admission fee.
Take2
Please, Lord, help me to get this stuff done!
Thank you, Jesus!
In your name, Amen
Monday, October 19, 2009
Free Sampler box of Dipped Fruit

When you receive the coupon in your email, you can order online by calling the Call Center (877-DO-FRUIT) or take it to any store. If you pick up your box there is no charge but some areas may charge tax. If you choose to have it delivered there is a delivery fee of $12.
Thanks to Smart Cents Mom for the info! Her button is on the right hand side of the page towards the bottom.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Free Sample of Seventh Generation Liquid Laundry Soap

Another free sample! Click here to sign up for a free sample of Seventh Generation Free and Clear Liquid Laundry soap. You can also print a coupon for a $1.00 off any Seventh Generation baby or cleaning product.
You have to register at the site to receive the sample or to print the coupon.
Saturday, October 17, 2009
OCC goodies from Walgreens!
I went to a couple Walgreens and found the jack pot at the last stop! Hair brushes for .25 each and hair things for .33 each! Sticky notes and blank card sets for .25 each! The gum was free after coupons and RR! All the band-aids were free, just paid tax. Several 6-8 pk toothbrushes for .33 each! Crest toothpaste .50 each (after coupons and RR). I went crazy and bought all I could. These will make awesome fillers for the Operation Christmas Child boxes! I am so excited!!!!!
All the stuff in the picture are goodies for the boxes! I spent about $20 for all of it! Can you believe it?!!!
I still need shoe boxes and more boy fillers if anyone can help!
I am looking specifically for:
batteries
small flashlights
glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls (or anything glow-in-the-dark that a child would like)
yo-yo's
If you see any good deals on these around town please drop me a note!
Chicago mayor squelches 'bubble zone' opponents (OneNewsNow.com)
For personal reasons, this story touches my heart! I hope to one day help women who are thinking of doing the unthinkable (abortion). Please pray for the mayor.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Spread the JOY!
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/index.php/OCC/
I plan to make 100 boxes this year.. I have never done Operation Christmas Child before and I can't believe I never did! I need to take time and do this! God has called on me!! What a wonderful project! What awesome joy these boxes bring to these beautiful children! I have enough stuff to make 30 boxes at least just need to find the boxes!! Anyone have any shoe boxes lying around and lots of Christmas paper? I have several Christmas paper rolls (..but I will need tons!!) but no boxes.. I used them all and I don't need to buy any new shoes right now. HEHE.
I am so excited to spread the message of JESUS!!
Email me if you have any boxes or paper to gift for this project!
UPDATE: I will probably only do 30 because I have to pay $7 on top of everything I put in the box! We can handle $210 but $700 is quite a chunk of change!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Swag Bucks
Click Here to Join Swag Bucks and earn free stuff!

Yesterday, I got a point for searching "Michael Jackson."
Just got another point by searching "crystal lake"
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Parentalrights.org - Protecting Children by Empowering Parents --
Call and voice your opinion today! Our children need us! They need their parents to take a stand for them!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
American Education - Do You Know What You're Paying For?
Live Webcast: American Education - Do You Know What You're Paying For? will be a two and a half hour look at the issues that challenge Christians regarding the education of their children.
Topics will include:
1) The biblical foundation for education
2) The history of modern education
3) Current issues and philosophies in the classroom
4) How to choose the best options for your children
Hosted by AFR Talk's Crane Durham, in-studio guests will include Geoffrey Botkin and William J. Federer. Also joining the broadcast will be Congressman Todd Aiken, Congressman Pete Hoekstra, Ken Hamm and others.
We will be taking your phone calls and comments/questions from the website from 9:00 PM to 9:30 PM Central.
We encourage you to register now for the free live webcast. Then, on Tuesday, all you have to do is to enter your e-mail address!
Free Sample of Organic Snacks

Monday, October 12, 2009
Are Christians Demented?
Christian people are often angry and surprised when people of the world declare them to be mentally unbalanced. Many of us are concerned that persecution of Christians around the world is on the rise; and that criticism and hostility toward Christians in America continues to increase. Perhaps what is most annoying is the presumptuous way that critical remarks are made about Christians in the media. For example:
Slipped ever so casually into a New York Times profile on Dr. Francis Collins, the new director of the National Institutes of Health, is this stunning and not-so-objective example of reporting:
"First, there is the God issue. Dr. Collins believes in him. Passionately. And he preaches about his belief in churches and a best-selling book. For some presidential appointees, that might not be a problem, but many scientists view such outspoken religious commitment as a sign of mild dementia."
Excuse me. Rewind the tape, please. Did the New York Times just say that people who believe in God and talk about it have dementia?
In an otherwise unremarkable profile, this offhand remark, which is never backed up by anything that could even remotely be considered "evidence," is included as part of a discussion on whether Dr. Collins, who happens to be Christian, could possibly handle the reins of NIH and believe in God at the same time. "
– Reference (1) at bottom.
Anger (the righteous kind) at "this sort of ideologically-biased reporting is appropriate. But surprise? Christians who have even superficially read and studied the Bible should never be surprised when the world thinks we are odd. Why?
[The world will despise Christians.]
"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you."
– John 15:18-19 [NASB][Jesus was called insane and said to be demon possessed.]
"Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?""
– John 10:20 [NASB][Christians who are insulted and persecuted because of Jesus.]
"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you."
– Matthew 5:11-12 [NASB]
To the world, we are odd. Get over it. Spend just a few moments reflecting on the secular-progressive world's Weltanschauung (the original German word for worldview), and you will have to agree. From the secular-progressive world's perspective Christians are very odd.
Thumbnail sketch of the secular-progressive world's current naturalistic-materialistic Weltanschauung:
There is no spiritual reality; only physical reality.
There is no afterlife. This life is all there is.
There is no God. Hence, of course, no Jesus. No Salvation. No Heaven. No Hell.
There is no objective good and evil. Good and evil are man made conventions.
There is no absolute moral truth. Morals are relative to time and culture.
Science is the only real source of truth. The Bible is a book of fairy tales and myths, written by deluded, religious fanatics.
Traditional notions of morality (such as marriage being between one man and one woman) are passé and outdated.
What should we do in the face of such biased mentality? I think at least five things:
1) Endeavor to insure that if the world despises us, it is because we follow Jesus, not because we have committed acts that are worthy of censor or punishment.
2) Do not be dismayed about the world’s animosity; but do not cultivate a paranoid expectation of it. Remember that Jesus said, “Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves."
– Matthew 10:16 [NASB]3) Study and know what the Bible actually says, not what worldly people want it to say.
4) Study, know, and exert your rights as a citizen (The Apostle Paul did, Acts 21:37-40).
5) Make vigorous use of your 1st Amendment rights to freedom of worship and freedom of speech.
Item one through four above can all be effectively exercised in a solitary fashion. So can item five, but in addition it needs to be exercised through collective action. Obviously many of us are accustomed to exercising our freedom of worship collectively. The Bible commands us to “...let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another...” [Hebrews 10:24-25 (NASB)].
But many of us are unaccustomed to collectively exercising our freedom of speech. Why is that?
There are numerous possible reasons. But, I think the two most likely reasons are the facts that most of us have been reared in a culture that places high value on individual accomplishment and on individualism (self-reliance and personal independence). Also, for most of our lives, and probably for our parents during their lives, collective free speech activity has often been associated with radical (often Marxist), political activity. Hence, collective free speech activity has taken on an unspoken characterization of a less-than-desirable activity. It is here that some of us may need to explore and rethink a vague feeling that could possibly arise from an unexamined, ingrained assumption.
I suggest that you give serious thought to becoming involved with some organization or organizations that provide venues for serious collective expressions of free speech, especially applied in the political, social, and cultural realms.
I would be derelict if I didn't recommend the American Family Association (AFA) for this type of activity...so I do.
FOOTNOTES:
(1) Labeling Belief as 'Dementia'Sunday, October 11, 2009
Huggies deal at Walgreens
this week they are 2/$18 with a $4 Register Reward that prints out.
You can use (2) $2/1 manufacturer coupons (or print some here) to get the total down to $10 after RR and coupons. 2 packs for $10 or $5 each isn't too bad in my book if you need them.
There is also a $1/1 coupon for Huggies diapers/pullups in the Walgreens coloring book (this book is .99 found by most pharmacy dept. or thrown in with the clearance!? Depends on the store I have seen them in a few different spots.) but it would not scan so I let it go. I will try a different store tomorrow.. :)
Then the cost would be 2/$8 or $4 each! That sounds much better!
Wait there is more!!
On top of that.. you can send in your receipts to caregiversmarketplace.com (click for info) and get .75 a package back! I have only done this once. You have to send in at least 5 eligible items or more at a time and before 2009 ends (each year it starts over). I didn't send in the UPC's but I would recommend doing so as I didn't get my full amount back I was expecting.
If you don't need your Huggies Diapers or Pullups coupons I would love them! I have lots to trade, email me!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Free Chestal, ColdCalm, Oscillococcinum
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Friday, October 9, 2009
Went garage saling again!
I found cute kids wrapping paper (Blues Clues, Pooh, Pink Polka dots) on the roll for .25 each!
Lots of nice size 5-6 kids clothes for Joel .50-$1 each! (Mostly name brand sweaters, jeans and tops for church too!)
Step 2 water and sand table for $15
Really nice trike with bucket on the back $10
Bed Pillow .50 (Dean grabbed one, too, since he needed one!)
A couple nice books for .25 each
Like New Soccer cleats for Joel $2
Wooden Puzzles .50 each
Will post some pics once I bring it all in!
It was great fun with Grandpa Dean riding along.. stopped at Wendy's for lunch quick to get Joel a kid's meal and Dean some fries (that is all he wanted!!). I went across the street and grabbed my free QT sandwich.
Then I picked up my craigslist items (Enfamil Next Step) and my dsmreuseit (freecycle type group) things (egg cartons for sister-in-law and hangers for brandie).
Don't Forget to use your QT free sandwich coupon!
I chose the turkey and cheese.. it was delish!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Momicillin
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Animal Rescue Site needs your help!
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Starfall website-Awesome FREE learning resource for K-2
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Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Turkey Helper
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
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All this for only .60!
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Friday, October 2, 2009
Free Prevue Magazine*
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Thursday, October 1, 2009
Entertainment Book 2010 deal
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Parents! We need you!!
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What Do You Do All Day?
A man came home from work and found his three children outside, still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard. The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess. A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife. He was worried she might be ill, or that something serious had happened. He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door. As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor. Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel.
She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. He looked at her bewildered and asked, 'What happened here today?' She again smiled and answered, 'You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world I do all day?' 'Yes,' was his incredulous reply. She answered, 'Well, today I didn't do it.'
Thanks Trenches of Mommyhood blog for letting us share this funny (but so true) story!
Seth is Sick again! My poor baby...
-mommy



