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out of his league

by socialchick~ Mr.Social and I went to a Lincoln Brewster Concert last Sunday. I wish I had pictures but didn't take the camera. So while we were there Lincoln Brewster stopped singing for a while to share a little about his family.

He shared and showed pictures of his two cute little boys and then he put a picture up of his wife. He stopped right here and said can you tell I married out of my league? Then he asked a question to all of the men in the building. "How many of you men know what I'm talking about and married out of your league?" I looked over at my husband and his hand was not raised. Then Lincoln Brewster made the best comment of the night. He said " Guys if you are here with your wife and she is sitting by you and you didn't raise your hand then you are just dumb!"

Thanks LIncoln I couldn't agree with you more. Mr. Social you need to learn a few thing from him. Whether you think you married out of your league or not you could of at least tickled my fancy for the night. lol!

always planning

by socialchick~

Before I start this blog let me just say that this is not for plannerchick. I have not put any hidden messages in it and I am not trying to send her a message within my post. This is something that has been on my heart that I have experienced lately.

We plan out our lives. Even as a small child we plan on when we think we should get married, what we should do for a living, how many kids we want and when we want them.

I had it all planned out; married by 18, have a kid 6 years later, then another one 2 years after that, and maybe one more 3 years later. That was my plan. We have Miss priss and Little Sis but didn't plan on even trying for another one until Little Sis had turned 2. Well needless to say here I am now Miss Priss 3, Little Sis 18 months and another one is on the way.

So where did I ever say in my plan of life, "God what is your plan for me?" I always thought that I would just walk the way that I thought and God would lead me. But then I got pregnant and was a little on the upset side. Because I didn't even stop to think that this was God's plan for me and Mr. Social from the very beginning of our lives.

So you can plan all you want but do you have room for God's plan to fit into your life? We try to plan day to day or week to week or even year to year but do we every say God if this is not your plan for me then please disrupt my plan and show me yours?  Then when God totally changes our plan, do we have a good attitude about it?

I felt like God told me a few weeks back that he was looking for a NOW Generation! A generation that doesn't hold back and ask why or analyze everything. A generation that hears God and immediately responds to what he tells us to do.

So if we have everything planned out for our lives then do we have time to be a Now generation! If God tells us to pray in a business meeting, are we alright doing it knowing that we may loose our job? If God tells us to lay hands on someone in Wal-Mart, do we stop because of the social status we have in our community? A Now Generation doesn't worry about tomorrow, they live in the word of God that he spoke to them at that moment!

A few weeks ago God told me to grab a flag at church and wave it. Well I hesitated and I heard him say, "Do you have enough faith in me to know that I can conquer every battle that you go through?" So I grabbed the flag and began to wave it. That night I started spotting and figured that I was having a miscarriage. Mr. Social grabbed me up and began to pray. That very moment that same soft spoken voice said, "Do you not have enough faith in me to know that I can win every battle that you go through?" At that very moment I had peace! Because of my now actions with waving the flag it built my faith up enough to have faith immediately when the situation looked bad.

You never know what God is preparing you for when he asks you to do something "Now"! Your "now" faith, or your "now" obedience leads to a "Now generation!

Lets stop worrying about how we have planned out our lives and try to pull together and be a sold out living for God Now Generation!

are you kidding me?

by socialchick~ I need your help and I need everyone to comment so that I can win the battle between me and my husband. Here is where the battle started. A friend of mine (a mother of four) told me that I should let Mr. Social name this child because I was having a hard time thinking of something. So I told him that he could come up with a name for a girl because we already have a boy name. We have had it since we were pregnant with Miss Priss. That was a big mistake!

Last night while sitting in bed we started talking about girl names. I thought that we were doing good because we both like Abby but then the conversation took a wrong turn. Mr. Social blurts out with Thursten. I immediately said heck no. He then argues with me that I told him that he could name the baby.

Let me fill you in on where Thursten is coming from. His real name is Theodore and my name is Kristen. So he put the names together. I asked him if he was serious like 22 times and he said yes that he liked it a lot.

So this is where you come in. He told me to put it on the blog and see what everyone else thought. I told him no and that there was no way someone was going to like the name Thursten. He told me that I was scared because you (the readers) would like it. So let me know what you think. If someone actually writes that they like the name, I will get a pistol, find you , and shoot you . Bossychick I'm watching you! Ok, ok, you can write  your honest opinion but I need everyone to comment so that I can have more no than yes. Please don't let me down! Don't make a pregnant person cry!

I love a bargain but...

By Babychick~I love to find great deals, I get a rush out of it. I rarely ever buy anything full price. Unless of course groceries, even then I am looking for the cheapest deal. I like to go to yard sales, and I always go to the sale racks first. I like to get more bang for my buck. Like for instance, these Citizens of Hummanity jeans that I got at a yard sale for $2!

And this table for superbaby's bedroom after his first one was ruined by the humidfier, for only $1!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had been wanting to get some tiki torches so we could sit outside some on summer nights. I found these for a buck each at Big Lots.

Not to mention the consignment sale I am now involved in. Most of super-baby's clothes come from consignment sales, and they are super cute! 

But I am just not sure about this whole coupon thing. I would love to save tons of money on groceries and be able to get more but it looks like it takes a lot of work. I have visited most of the blogs and sites and they do give lots of information. Wait, I take that back, they give TONS of information.

When it comes to saving and bargains, most of the thrill for me is that it just happens.

So if you are big into this coupon thing, tell me if it takes a lot of work like I think or if it is easy as pie. Because I just don't see it!

changing gears

by socialchick~ All of us chicks have wrote plenty of blogs about our babies and we have given tons of advice but now I need your advice. How in the world do you potty train a dog. I'm not having much luck! Do you have any suggestions or secrets? I know that she is still puppy but I'm ready to pull my hair out and I can't tell you how Mr. Social is feeling. lol! So I need some tips from you animal lovers.

Here is a picture of our sweet little turd sleeping!

back to school coupons

by photochick~ If you're couponing, you might want to check out these back to school coupons in a pdf to print HERE.

A few of the deals:

15% on Birthday in a Box (wish I had that a few weeks ago)

25% off RussellandHazel.com (the coolest binders ever, I blogged about my mini binder once that I use to organize my grown up life)

If you have a Walgreens close by, I also read somewhere that they have a Back to School coupon booklet near the door by their regular sale paper. Might be worth checking out.

Do you have any links to coupons or good avice for saving money for back to school supplies?

love yourself

by socialchick~ I don't know why I'm writing this post except that I feel like someone needs to hear it so to whoever you are here you go.

STOP taking yourself so seriously and love who God made! Sometimes we try to be so serious and walk the right line that we don't even enjoy who God has made. Stop trying to change who you are because God created you and loves you! Don't let anyone else try to change you either. You are who you are and that is a great person! Stop trying to please everyone else and always trying to be the mature and responsible one. Enjoy life. Enjoy your personality.  Just enjoy you!

I had to learn this many years ago. I thought that because I am loud and like to talk that I should change. Well I was wrong. I like that I'm loud, crazy, and enjoy any situation that I am in. If you can't have fun with what you have or what you are doing then when can you have fun!

Sometimes we get so caught up in our own problems and stress that we don't realize the hurts and problems of others around us. That is an attack from satan. If he can make us concentrate on only our own problems then we forget about loving our friends and neighbors. So what, you have a few problems to work out. Stop focusing so much on your problems and try to help someone else and your problems may disappear!

This is not to any individual person or anyone I know. It is just something that has been stirring around in my head. Have fun with life because you only live it once. Have fun with what God created! Use what God has created for your advantage! Don't put it down and try to destroy it.  Embrace it and love it because you are His masterpiece!

mother of the year

by socialchick~ Ok ladies and men it is time to fess up. That's right, it is time to tell all of your mother or father of the year moments. What are mother of the year moments?  Well we (the chicks) say that these are moments that we mess up big as mothers.

Let's make each other feel a little better about making mistakes. So I will start. When Ms. Priss was a couple of weeks old I was lotioning her up after a bath and the lotion bottle slipped out of my hands and fell right onto my new tiny's face. I called Mr. Social crying as he calmed me down and told me that she was going to live and that it was an accident.

When Little Sis was 11 months old I took her to Disney World with the flu. What was I thinking? Someone should of shot me and made me stay home. The doctor said that it would be fine and to go ahead but I should of listened to that mommy voice in my head.

I will tell on someone else. I'm not going to use names. Mother of the year carried her little girl to the babysitter like she does every morning and kissed her good bye and off she went. Baby had been there a couple of hours when babysitter went to make her a bottle because it was time to eat. Babysitter could not find a bottle. That is right. Mother forgot to bring a bottle. So needless to say babysitter had to hold baby off for about 30 minutes until someone brought a bottle for baby. The mother felt horrible but we all make mistakes.

My mother in law tells a story about leaving a child behind. My husband is the oldest of five so I'm pretty sure that it could be hard to keep up with all the kids. One day theygot home from church and realized someone was missing. That is right they left Mr. Singerchick at church. He didn't load up when she called and she didn't realize that he didn't get into the vehicle. This is something that she looks back and laughs at now and so do all of us.  But I'm not sure Mr. Singer thinks it's funny.

So what are some of your mother of the year moments? You know, the mistakes or bad decisions you have made that make you feel like someone should come and take your little one from you because you are not the best mother for them. Please share all! It is something that you can look back on now and laugh.  So let's all laugh together!lol!

do i have to

by socialchick~Remember plannerchick sharing with you her mountain high of laundry that she hates to do. Well I thought that I would share with you the chore that I hate the most. It seems like I have to do this everyday and it gets so repetitive and boring. Please do not judge me but here I go.

 

I hate, let me repeat myself, I HATE loading and unloading the dishwasher. I HATE washing and drying the dishes. I have no problems with cooking and eating but I hate cleaning up after the meal. I usually don't let it get this bad but I have been dreading it.

So what chore do you hate the most? Do you ever let your kitchen get this bad or am I the only one?

organizing idea for little girls

by photochick~ I saw this an in Parents magazine, I believe, while waiting in the doctor's office last week and thought it was so great and simple . . .

To organize all of those tiny barettes, and later little earrings and necklaces, you simply use ice trays. Yep, ice trays. They are stackable and have tiny compartments to keep barettes and jewelery organized by color, theme, etc. I mentioned it to my mom and she said she's seen the idea before for organizing grown up jewelery. Hmmm . . .

Then I found THIS article about 5 things to organize with ice trays. Good ideas. I especially like the one about using an ice tray to sort your pocket change (isn't sorted change easier to SPEND?). Not that I scrapbook, but I read several scrappers' blogs for some unknown reason and I couldn't help but think how many tiny embellishments would fit perfectly in a stackable ice tray.

Yes, I'm crazy. So, I like to organize. Not that you could tell from looking at my house. And the ice tray idea is particularly great to me because they are so cheap. Have you priced organizers lately? Forget the container store, even at Wal-Mart and Target they can get pricey. So a cheap solution is one I'm game for. Any other ideas for tiny items you could organize with ice trays?