Well.................. I have a confession to make. Some will be very surprised, shocked even and some will just nod their heads and grin (because they were already aware of the information). My confession is, well it's........um.................... okay, okay. I am NOT frugal. Not even a little bit. There, it's out. Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need prayer friends!!!!!!!!!!!!
With the recent turn of economic events and the Lord's prompting (for about 20 hundred months it seems) I realize I need to be. Frugal that is. I am sure so much more also but, one thing at a time. I have decided I will start meal planning, something I loathe more than ironing, and I will clip coupons and I will STICK to my list. Yes, I will continue shopping organic and all-natural of course but I will try to do it with much more wisdom. I can only do what I can do. That is one reason you pray over your food right? I think! No, really.
Here is a funny for you along those lines. When Big Daddy and I were first married, and I really was not a great cook he would pray over our food "Lord bless the hands that prepared it and Lord, if there is anything harmful in it.................needless to say THAT prayer did not last long- for many reasons. I am sure one was self preservation on Big Daddy's part. Now when he sits down to eat he looks and says "What yummy gourmet meal has Mommy made for us tonight?" Thank-you Lord!
On a different note, when the children and I were at Target yesterday morning, another thing I will cut back on, we saw a friend from Germantown Baptist Home-school group. Her son is in little man's nursery class. She asked me if little man had been sick or any of us. Apparently Tuesday night, we have classes Tuesday morning, Conner (her son) had gotten sick with a stomach virus and it went through all of her four children and her. At that very moment there was panic in me, but then I thought wait-I have a COVERING that keeps us safe and I happened to fast that day because of the bible study we were facing. Thank-you Jesus for your protection! Also I was talking to very blessed Mommy of six yesterday afternoon and was telling her the story. She told me that her daughters were telling her of all the people that had the stomach flu from their classes. The Lord NEVER ceases to amaze me at his greatness. I fully expect my prayer for this coming class to be answered- and the devourer to be silenced.
My Sabbath plans have worked about half way so far. I did not get any dinner in the crockpot- we will grill out & have a salad from a sack. I did get all the laundry done, and all the baking done, including 2 loaves of wheat bread. By the way friends, I used "Marilyn's" recipe with "Tammy's" conditioner and it is a yummy, soft, lovely loaf.
Time to go friends and family, little man is standing here, hands up for me to pick him up, crying so...........................
Love you all & have a blessed "Lord's day".
1 comment:
girlfriend, I have known you for a very long time, and I would NEVER have called you frugal! LOL
But, we love you--warts and all!
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