Raising Blessings

Tomorrow Sherwin Williams is having their annual anniversary sale so we are going to buy paint for Sariah and Rebekah’s room as well as some more paint to finish painting the kitchen.  JJ worked for College Pro painters one summer 3 years ago and he still feels loyalty towards Sherwin Williams (the only paint store [...]

With today being the 1st of April one of my plans for the day is to remove all the coupons that have expired in March from my coupon binder and throw them in the garbage. Ever since I started couponing a year ago I have been meaning to find out how I can donate my [...]

A few weeks ago we bought curtains for our bedroom, living room and kitchen. The living room and kitchen are a dark brown and our bedroom is a light cream colour. We decided to go with light walls/dark curtains and dark walls/light curtains. We also need dark curtains for the areas where the kids are [...]

So I have decided to get back to posting my menu plans. I love to get menu ideas from other bloggers so hopefully my meal ideas are helpful to others as well. Monday – Main: Chicken Alfredo. Side: Spinach Salad Tuesday – Main: Tortillas (black beans, green pepper, tomatoes, onions, rice, corn and lettuce) with [...]

Last week I was feeling like a failure, our grass died, our flower garden was a bunch of dying tulip leaves and it seemed that the only thing our vegetable garden could grow was zucchini – I love zucchini but I was hoping for more variety. Well this weekend we dug up the potato plant [...]

Yesterday a friend of mine posted on her blog about how she made reusable bandages for when she donates blood. As much as the thought of needles and blood make me feel sick, this is the most creative way of going green that I have heard of.  And they are probably more comfortable as well. [...]

A day late but thought I should still post it! Monday – Soup (chicken, carrots, onions, celery and black beans with spices) Tuesday – Spaghetti with tossed green salad. Wednesday – Ranch Style Hash it is JJ’s favourite dish that his mom made. It is a one dish rice meal, I’ll put the recipe up [...]

On Saturday we went over to Home Depot to get some supplies to paint and for some other minor home repairs. Sariah was full of energy at the store wanting to touch everything from lawn mowers to light fixtures and of course she fell in love with the Princess wall decor they had.  Rebekah on [...]