Settling down with a new Bible
Monday, February 8, 2010
How do you read your Bible? I'm just curious because I want to try something new. I think it's time to settle down with a new Bible. On Sunday while I was sitting in church, I turned to Josh and asked him if we could go buy me a new Bible . . . today we did just that. I already have several Bibles (The Message, an NIV study Bible, NLT Life Application), but I wanted something more "slim" and with only Bible text . . . no commentary on the bottom. Lately I have been really thinking about how I have been slacking in my reading and need to start being more faithful to it. So, I was thinking about buying some colored pencils and color-coding and linking related "touching" verses with the side margins. I have no idea where to start though! I was Googling tips on how to organize your Bible and color-code and all that. I have an idea about what I want to do, so I will have to sit down and think long and hard about it and make sure it's right. :-]
I have just wanted to choose one Bible that is my favorite and start writing in that one. I think it would be cool to have a Bible that is mine. The Bible I found is a "slim," black leatherbound, NIV with silver page trims. AND only $15 with my coupon! I really like its simplicity. I wanted to get my name engraved on it, but their machine was down. Maybe next time we go to that store. I really want it!
Also, while checking out, the employee showed me some $5 items they have on sale, one of which was Louie Giglio's Indescribible DVD. Krissy introduced me to him and ever since then, I have loved his movies; they really get you thinking about God's awesomeness and how tiny, yet important we are to our Creator. I thought this would be a great movie to have and share with people. Haha, I get really excited about these kinds of things, so I think I automatically assume that everyone else will, too! :-]
So, my question at the beginning wasn't rhetorical. Really, how do you read your Bible?
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We saved $20.53 with coupons!
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Today was my second time using coupons. I am definitely not a seasoned vet, but I think we did pretty darn good; we saved $20.53 with our coupons! :-] I think it is has become clear that you cannot just stick to one grocery store (Walmart, like we always do) if you want to get the good deals. We stopped at 4 different stores, each with different sales that matched well with our coupons. We got 3 really good deals today: 2 boxes of Special K bars for $3.50 and we got another box for free (catalina coupon), 2 bags of salad came with 2 pounds of bananas for free (catalina coupon), and my favorite Aveeno shaving cream for .99 (manufacturer coupon), normally over $4! We bought $60 worth of groceries (after coupons), so I think we did pretty good . . . and got our week's worth of things we needed. :-] I think I have been doing a really good job at impressing Josh with my new hobby haha!
Does anybody have any good advice for using coupons?
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Big dinners, long jackets, and new employees
Friday, October 2, 2009
I kind of had to pause my night for just a second because I felt the need to blog. Not about anything particular, but just because it has been an interesting night.
Me and Josh planned on going out to dinner at Olive Garden tonight since our How Sweet The Sound "date" kind of fell through (because of too much traffic) the other night. Anywho, today Josh got a card from a friend that just moved pretty far away. In the card, there was a gift card to Olive Garden (just a "thank-you-for-being-such-a-good-friend" card). It worked out perfect because guess how much we had to spend . . . only $16 (not including tip)! That's a good deal because Olive Garden is pretty expensive, especially for people that eat like me and Josh do!
As all of us have noticed, the weather is beginning to be more Autumn-like. Very cold, rainy, and windy. I have a North Face fleece jacket, but I felt like I needed something a little more sophisticated and warm, so Josh said we could go and get me a nice jacket! We went to the mall and I got a really nice long, wool Calvin Klein jacket marked at $375 for only $100. Yeah, I'm not going to lie, money is tight, but you need a winter jacket, right? And not to mention, that's a really good deal (and it'll last me a while since it's higher end). Bargain hunter, yes!
One quick funny story . . . Me and Josh have a new addiction. Oberweis ice cream. I love, love, love their coffee toffee waffle bowl and Josh gets their hot fudge brownie sundae. After dinner, we went and got ice cream. Their new employees wear this "I'm new" badge (kind of embarrassing!). Well, when we pulled up to the window, the "new" kid gave us our ice cream. I asked Josh if he can ask the kid to put some toffee bits on there because there weren't any. So he nervously said, "Oh yeah, I knew I was forgetting something." So, he puts some toffee on the ice cream. When he came back, he brought our drinks to the window, his arm knocked my glass bottle over, spilled half of it all over the counter, it's fizzing all over the place, and then said, "Do you really want a new one?" Umm, yes, I want a new one . . . did he plan on giving me a half-empty, flat Diet Coke? When he ran back to get a new one, I couldn't help but laugh and ask Josh to tip the kid. He completely embarrassed himself and was new. So, Josh tipped him $5 and the kid's face lit up! I was really happy we did that. Poor kid.
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