I thought I would have the posts on God's Sovereignty up over the weekend, but it hasn't turned out that way.
Here's what's going on in the McGuire home... I have two sick kids. Sarah's been sick about 4-5 days, and Anna just came down sick overnight - lastnight.
I'm scheduled for another procedure on my back this week. I suppose that might be changed if I should come down with whatever the girls have. God forbid!!
So, I suppose in His sovereignty, He'll help me to get the writings together when the time is right. :o)
I appreciate any and all prayers.
Abiding in His grace,
Lori
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Upcoming Series on God's Sovereignty
I just wanted to let you usual readers know that I'm going to be writing a series on God's Sovereignty in the next week - ten days.
This past Sunday, we were invited back to our home church - The Church at Brookhills - to share our testimony of our lives parallel to the life of Job. We were able to share with our family life group there the things going on with the church plant that we are currently involved in, and to share lessons learned from our own lives. They have been studying the book of Job, and our life has had some similarities for sure, though we've not lost everything as Job did, we've had many lessons we've learned as we studied through that portion of God's Word during our struggles.
So, anyway, just wanted to give you a heads up that the series is coming. It will be a six part series including the following:
This past Sunday, we were invited back to our home church - The Church at Brookhills - to share our testimony of our lives parallel to the life of Job. We were able to share with our family life group there the things going on with the church plant that we are currently involved in, and to share lessons learned from our own lives. They have been studying the book of Job, and our life has had some similarities for sure, though we've not lost everything as Job did, we've had many lessons we've learned as we studied through that portion of God's Word during our struggles.
So, anyway, just wanted to give you a heads up that the series is coming. It will be a six part series including the following:
- A crisis of faith.
- Has our sin brought this on us?
- He knows us intimately.
- An act of worship and faith.
- He is in the midst of our suffering.
- Restoration - a reminder to continue our praises.
So, get ready for some heavy material. Different from my money saving posts of the past month! But, please know that I'm headed to Walgreen's tomorrow for a huge shopping spree, and the number of coupons I have to take on this trip is unreal!!!
Couponing my way through, and abiding in His grace,
Lori
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A few new pictures
Hi Everyone!!!
This is the group that traveled to Guatemala, I'm not sure they are all pictured here, along with the people whom they worked with while they were there. This is the outside of the home they built while they were there that week. In this photo, Anna is in the front row in a brown jacket, and Todd is kneeling just to the right of her.
These pictures were recently taken while we were visiting with Todd's Aunt Sara, Uncle Pete and their family, at the end of last month. As almost always, there were no good pictures of Anna and I (No reflection on the photographic abilities of Todd's brother, Brian, who took these great photos!). Anna and I seem to make horrible candid shots. Somehow we do alright with posed pictures, but if someone tries to catch us "in action" the results are just downright scary photos sometimes :o) .
So,without further ado, here are two fantastic pictures of Sarah Beth and a picture of Todd - S*M*I*L*I*N*G!!!!! See, he does smile. I'd love to know what he was laughing at, he doesn't often laugh outloud, teeth showing and the whole bit. The other gentlemen in the photo is Todd's dad, and my fantastic father-in-law, Kerry.
I also unearthed some photographs of the group that went to Guatemala on the mission trip this year that Todd and Anna also had the privilege of being a part of. I can't remember if I posted them at the time, so, I'm going to go ahead and post them here now.
Enjoy!
Lori
Lori
This is the group that traveled to Guatemala, I'm not sure they are all pictured here, along with the people whom they worked with while they were there. This is the outside of the home they built while they were there that week. In this photo, Anna is in the front row in a brown jacket, and Todd is kneeling just to the right of her.
This is an outdoor stove that is installed on the outside wall of this home. The cane behind is used as a windshield.
Todd and Anna pictured here in front of one of the volcanoes in Guatemala, and Lake Atitlan. Lake Atitlan is known as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. You can certainly see why!
I can't believe how much Anna has grown-up and changed in just the last 6 months or so! Unbelievable, she's really turning into quite a beautiful young lady. (And yes, I am completely prejudice when it comes to the beauty of my own babies, both the big one and the little one!)
Thursday, February 4, 2010
My Current Read(s)...
Well, along with my ever present daily time reading God's Word, here are some others I'm currently reading...
Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey
by the ladies of http://www.thekrazycouponlady.com/
This very informative read about the ins-and-outs of couponing is also quite humorous. I have found myself, and my renewed couponing habit, on many of scenarios on the pages of this book already. In case you don't get the title, this is what you would say to the poor person(s) who get in line behind you as you whip out your multitude of coupons and price match advertisements. So, in your best Southern Drawl you'd just say, "You might want to 'Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey'."
Another book I'm muddling my way through at the moment is
Your Money Or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.
The jist of this book so far, is just the art of thinking through your purchases as it relates to the time of your life spent to make what you spent. Or, if - God forbid - you charged it, how long will you have to work to pay that off with interest!!! In other words, let's say you make $25.00 per hour in your career, which equates to an annual gross of $52,000.00/year. If you go to the store and drop $200.00 on a hand bag, you gave an entire day of your life to work for that!!! One whole day of your life, gone, for a purse!!!???? Or a coat??? Or a pair of shoes? Or a piece of sporting equipment?? Or a ___________________ (fill in the blank with your favorite purchases). It helps me remember, when I'm tempted to splurge on something for the kids, instead of buying at consignment shops, or really watching for sales AND couponing - just how many hours did Daddy have to work for us to go to the mall this particular trip. That's days of his life spent away from us! Sobering thoughts indeed, and I think you get the point.
There are a number of other books I'm currently reading, but sticking with our money saving theme, I'm only sharing these few.
Continuing to learn about how to save even more, by spending even less,
and as always -
Abiding in His grace,
Lori
Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey
by the ladies of http://www.thekrazycouponlady.com/
This very informative read about the ins-and-outs of couponing is also quite humorous. I have found myself, and my renewed couponing habit, on many of scenarios on the pages of this book already. In case you don't get the title, this is what you would say to the poor person(s) who get in line behind you as you whip out your multitude of coupons and price match advertisements. So, in your best Southern Drawl you'd just say, "You might want to 'Pick Another Checkout Lane, Honey'."
Another book I'm muddling my way through at the moment is
Your Money Or Your Life, by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin.
The jist of this book so far, is just the art of thinking through your purchases as it relates to the time of your life spent to make what you spent. Or, if - God forbid - you charged it, how long will you have to work to pay that off with interest!!! In other words, let's say you make $25.00 per hour in your career, which equates to an annual gross of $52,000.00/year. If you go to the store and drop $200.00 on a hand bag, you gave an entire day of your life to work for that!!! One whole day of your life, gone, for a purse!!!???? Or a coat??? Or a pair of shoes? Or a piece of sporting equipment?? Or a ___________________ (fill in the blank with your favorite purchases). It helps me remember, when I'm tempted to splurge on something for the kids, instead of buying at consignment shops, or really watching for sales AND couponing - just how many hours did Daddy have to work for us to go to the mall this particular trip. That's days of his life spent away from us! Sobering thoughts indeed, and I think you get the point.
There are a number of other books I'm currently reading, but sticking with our money saving theme, I'm only sharing these few.
Continuing to learn about how to save even more, by spending even less,
and as always -
Abiding in His grace,
Lori
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Coupon trip #2
Okay, so for those of you following the couponing adventure, here's my latest trip, and will be the last one I post, because I don't wish to do this weekly. ;o)
This was all purchased at CVS on Sunday the 31st.
This was all purchased at CVS on Sunday the 31st.
- I purchased 3 pks of toilet paper (12 double rolls ea.) at $6.99/ea. Real cost $21.00.
- A tube of our preferred toothpaste at $2.99.
- Batteries (2 pks AA, 1 pk AAA) at $2.99/pk for a cost of $ 9.00
- 3 - 12 pks of Coca-Cola products (we keep these on hand for guests and parties) 3/$11.00
- 2 of Todd's preferred deodorants at 2/$5.00
- 1 Fuze drink (an individual serving purchased just to get my Coke products total up to the amount needed for the Extra Bucks) $1.00
- Jillian Michael's product for weight loss - Fat Burner $29.99 and an Apetite Supresant $29.99
My total cost was about $110.00.
I had coupons for the toilet paper, a coupon that CVS sent me by email, and Extra Care Bucks from my last trip totaling $26.00, and I earned new ECB's for my next trip totaling $32.00. So that brings my amount down to $52.00 for $110.00 worth of products.
What will I spend the next $32.00 in ECB's on????
Lori
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