Happy Time...

Wow the weather has been so beautiful here in Colorado Springs... gentle breeze a bit cloudy but warm. I'm only working 2 1/2 days a week for summer, all teachers are out of the building now and it is super quiet. I walked into one of my 2nd grade classrooms and it was so empty just knowing the teacher is over in Afganistan made me sick to my stomach.. he left school about 6 weeks ago and was deployed on Sunday. Everything in his class room was gone as if he was never there, he will be gone for a year I will be praying for his safe return. My husband went back to work yesterday after 2 weeks off and he had to work a double but atleast the inmates were mellow. I'm enjoying my days off I can now get my house back in order from all that full time i was working to help out. I'm hoping to get my basement painted and start my crafting again very soon I'm looking for a sewing machine to buy. I hope everybody is having a great week... God Bless You ALL!

Spending Money

So I have been looking at a few articles online, it seems I'm not the only wife with a spending husband. You all know I have been working for the last few months and the money has gone towards bills and a new deep freezer. I'm about to get my third check and I have been working full time even though I have a part time position to help out at work. I had planned a trip into Denver to take the family to The Bass Pro Shop and my daughter into Torrid to buy a few things. I asked my husband to work atleast 3 overtime shifts for the extra money for this trip I planned and of course he didn't do it he had excuse after excuse why he couldn't do it, but now he has made plans to buy a new Turkey gun and a blind.....<----- Expensive!. I don't know how to make the money stretch now because I have bills and need a newer washer n dryer not to mention I need some new bras... and those cost about 30.00 each at Lane Bryant. We have no savings for retirement we took what we had when we moved to Colorado a year ago. I'm pulling my hair out!! all my kids live at home and my 24 yr. old is only getting anout 12-18 hours a week if she is lucky but she has credit car bills. My 20 yr. old works at Pizza hut she brings home about $550-600 a month.. not much. Its hard for my kids to help out when they have no money either... So here I was thinking I would have my checks free for extra stuff and savings but thanks hubby now you don't want to work any over time :( What should I do?? my hubby is like a child sometimes if he doesn't get anything he gets depressed and angry... so I usually put back the things I need so he can get what he wants but its unfair.
I thought I was the only woman going through it but I guess there are a lot of childish men out there judging from what other women are saying. I hope none of these men mind living in a card board box when they are older because none of them want to save for retirement.

New Ideas

So I have been told that i am a negative person because i talk to much about whats going on in the real world... I don't feel negative i feel informative :) So i actually had a friend drop me from facebook because of it and that kinda hurt my feelings until I stood back and realized that this is a person who drinks everyday and has her head in the sand. So onto a brighter note.. hehe, it is a beautiful day here in Colorado Springs but I do miss Arizona a bit. I miss the palm trees and the sun but not the heat so much however I miss that everything is new all the stores and shopping hubs, and of course Trader joes, Paradise Bakery and some others. I am hoping for a bigger n brighter day ahead. God Bless all my followers I pray The Lord will keep you always.

HiYa..........

Well after having no real access to a computer for a few days it feels good to be online. I have decided to do what I can for stocking up but I'm gonna try to mellow out on the world news if you now what I mean.. ( my last few post) I believe The Lord will take care of us. I was really depressing my kids talking about all that stuff I mean we are aware but no more deep conversations so I can keep my family mentally safe. I still like my job so I guess thats a good thing...lol
God Bless you all

Japan Tsunami

This is so sad to watch, unreal and unexpected. I'm praying for all of the people who are living this tradgedy. Now we have the president telling us of our down fall to all this... our economy!!
So I have been posting about some videos that I have been watching and some stuff i'm reading about,people stocking up on food,water,supplys just incase of a tradgedy happening like the one in Japan. Now I know I'm not extreme and I know I will be using a lot of my paychecks to buy supplies and canned food and other things for my family just incase I prefer to be safe then sorry. Please keep Japan in ur prayers....
Lord please bless us all and keep us in your hand....

Economy Crash 2011

Wow the more I do some research the more interesting it becomes.... I guess it is possible for our country to fall easier then i could ever imagine. I read my bible and I look at ther book of Revelation and compare to America and other countries and we are definitly living the last days in my opininon. I find it odd and yet awesome that so many people are moving on to their own land and so many beautiful mommys are now staying home with their kids and making meals from scratch, I always felt left out because i stayed home with the kids... but now these women are actually perparing their families for what could lay ahead and don't even realize it. I am gonna start learning to can meat and also want to raise meat chicken and get one of those nifty electric pluckers... I want to learn more about solar power, find my land and get self sufficiant just incase anything does happen atleast I will have a little comfort of knowing we can grow our food raise our meat process it and have solar to run what we need. Maybe I'm being extreme but what if what alot of different people are saying is true?? atleast my family will be prepared right?.

Well on a different note.... i love the new job, yes I clean but its only part time and the 4 hours goes by really fast. I am gonna really think hard about what is needed and not just wanted with my checks...
God Bless.....

Can It Be So???

So i was reading an article on the web about 2011 economy crashing. Do you know that our US dollar has dropped 11% in the last 7 months of 2010?. I went on you-tube and was watching some videos that people have posted about food storage, some people have made their basements into food storage as well as plenty of emergency supplies. I'm wondering if these people arre extreme or just wise?. I guess I will start stocking up on some things, but right now I'm just trying to mainly focus on starting a garden. Are any of you doing the same? if so what are you stocking up on?
God Bless..............

New Job

I just am so Blessed, the Lord has heard my prayers and I finally got a part time job. I went on Friday to get my Military clearance because I am now employed at the elementary school on the Army base. I am only a part time custodian but I make 13.21 hour and I get all the benefits. I work 20 hours a week and I clean all the time at home so why not get paid to do it??... So now I need to decide what I will use the money for other than to catch up bills because I need a newer washer and dryer as well as a new refrigerator because mine freezes the produce sometimes. Thank goodness my utilitys will never have to get shut off again. :)

Other new things: we are deciding what to plant this year because produce and fruit are so expensive we are gonna try a large garden and then canning... I can't wait.
God Bless you all....

Happy Saturday

Well another week gone by... I am planning to work in my craft room today I'm still working on getting that craft closet together. A trip to Hobby Lobby today I may pick up alittle something.

A Day In My Shoes...

So today I got up and cooked breakfast at 5:30 am made coffee and fresh juice for my husband and son .My husband left for work and I got my son off to school. I went back to bed for awhile only to wake up to my daughter yelling for me and telling me we have no water!! not what I wanted to wake up to. I called the water company and sure enough they turned my water off for nonpayment. I am not a proud person I can be very humble so I will tell you I had no money to pay my water bill, so we counted and rolled change and finally came up with 88.00 to pay so we can get our water turned back on. I had to make a decision do I pay the water or buy food??? so I bought food :) . We have been a bit strapped now that there is a light at the end of the tunnel with my husbands prison job we are playing catch up... we had $29,000 in june but the move to Colorado broke us with house rental, deposits,uhal truck plus trailer and then having to make another trip back to Az. to get the rest of our stuff not to mention we had to buy a truck and fix our car and buy my mom a good used car but she is paying us back 200.00 a month. Money goes fast when you have no job and you move from one state to another. I went over every reciept we had and we really didn't waste that much money. So like I said I'm humble!!!
Times are so hard right now, if you work in retail hours are down my daughter and mom are in retail. I'm not looking forward to the prices on gas and food rising but they are and just went up again yesterday, what are the paycheck to paycheck familys suppose to do? really if you think about it alot of us are one paycheck away from being homeless. I know this blog was alittle depressing I'm sorry my next one will be happy... :) how is everybodys day going?