Prayer

In todays day it seems like everything is going wrong. My dad is in Iraq, while my mother is home with 7 kids, one with cancer, 1 teenage boy (we all know about that :-)), and in the process of adopting the 2 youngest. My sister is cancer free, but it'll be a long journey. Our aunt is going in for open heart surgery as I type this. And to think this morning I was worrying about a vacuum, the fact that my car randomly flashes it's lights and rolls down the windows, that I need to go and shovel my drive way.
These little things were stressing me out, and what did I want to do, just complain. And then to hear that my aunt is strugling for her life, while I complain about snow. Lord! Please help me see things how You would, help me be more like You! I remember when I first heard about my sister Kel and the cancer. I couldn't imagine why God would do something, and then I remembered that He IS in control of everything, He KNOWS all. I learned so much from that and yet I seem to slip back into my self centeredness. Thank you Lord for helping me see how much more I need to grow in You. Thank you for giving us your Word to help us grow and lean on you. We serve an awesome God, even though we don't understand why He does what he does. I just felt like sharing a piece of my heart, thanks for listening.

Copps/PickNSave Deals

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• Pillsbury Dinner Rolls, Crusty French Loaf, Bread Sticks, or Pizza Crust, are on sale B1G1 there are a number of coupons out there, some for 25c or 35c off 1, or a IP for 50c off of 2, advertisement says save up to $2.69. So doubled it may be great.

• Nabisco Oreo Cookies, Nilla Wafters, or Honey Maid Graham Crackers 2/$5, there is a IP for 75c, again doubled is the best way to work this. Makes these $1

• Dean's Dip is on sale for 10/$10, there is a $1 off 2, so doubled makes both free!

• Pillsbury Ready to Bake cookies, are 2$5, there is a coupon out there for $1 off 2 so doubled makes them $1.50 each, which is pretty good, they make a 24 cookies

• Quaker Simple Harvest, True Delight, or Chewy High Fiber Omega 3 Bars are on sale for 2/$5 there are IP and regular coupons for $1 off one box. Doubled makes them 50c a box!!

• Buy 1 Dole 2lb of Blueberries at regular price and get a Roundy's 1 pint ice cream free. There is a 75c coupon out there, it may not be worth it but it's a try! :-)

• Kellog's Cereal 12-20 oz 3/$9 there are IP Frosted Flakes for $1, there is also 70c off of any Kellog's Cereal. Doubled would make this a great deal because you get a coupon for 1 free gallon of milk for your next purchase.

• Chex Mix, Bugles, Gardettos or Chex 100 Calorie Snacks, or Cheerios Snack Mix, select varities, buy 5 bags and get $5 off your purchase. This happened to me, and I went to the Customer Service desk and they said they weren't sure why it didn't work, so they just gave me $5 in cash. There are 60c IP out there for Cheerios, and 50c Cheerios or Chex. Doubled makes theese good. I believe they were $2.69 each.

• There are a number of other IP coupons, and regular coupons out there for some good products that you may want, ie juice.

• Oh and don't forget the Mac and Cheese that's 39c a box with in-store coupon, there is also a IP coupon out there for $1 off Kraft Mac&Cheese when you buy 1 Kraft Deluxe Mac&Cheese or 1 Velveeta Shells & Cheese.

• There is also a coupon from last weeks paper for a FREE Doublemint juicy fruit, Wrigley's Spearmint, Big Red, or Winterfresh slim pack

I hope I did this right, if you have questions just let me know!

I just felt like writing about my 'blessings' weekend as I am calling it. (I will post pics tomorrow) First I found out some good news at the doctors, or as good news as surgery is. Got to spend some time with my family, who I love and miss. Got to see my sister, Kelly, who is cancer free and doing awesome. My other sister, her husband, and niece! All gorgeous and wonderful!! My brother Noah's birthday! Glad he liked the "Axe" products but we'll have to do something about the sweater, he didn't like that so much! Getting to see Sam, how he's grown, and become so strange! ;-) Mary Clare who is almost more of an adult then the 3 of us older girls together. Her awesome calligraphy, which I am going to hire her to do some work for me. Josiah, who has a awesome house, with chairs and a book shelf with a ton of cool books on it, in his game that I can't spell. And as always it's awesome to see my 2 youngest siblings John and Joy, crazy, funny, and most of all lovable! I am so blessed to have such an awesome family. And to top it all off, my mother! Who gave me a lecture about needing to tough it up and get over being scared, and encouraged me in my devo's and walk with the Lord. And what can be more important then our walk with the Lord. Mother and I may not always agree, but it's so wonderful to share a sisterhood in Christ with her. Now the weekend would have been perfect except daddy is serving our country and couldn't make it back this weekend! ;-) And Fred and Mel must enjoy the warm weather too much!
We were able to do some fun things as well, I went ice scating on the lake for the first time in years! I majorly sucked at it, but I did get out there and gave it a try. I wore my dads snow pants, my brothers HUGE Miami Dolphins jackets, some big black gloves with a hole in the thumb and a purply headband thing to keep my ears warm, oh and to top it off, my dads winter boots that are 10 sizes to big! It was fun, it was snowing so hard, but it was great!! A funny story about this weekend, mother and I went to the store to get some groceries. Got back to the car, while it was snowing heavly the entire time, and my windows were all the way down. Don't know how they got that way but they were and the car was full of snow! What fun!
My weekend go better on Sunday, with a safe ride up to church, and a good encouraging message about the sanctity of life, and how every life is sacred to God. And how in our country and state we need to be helping and praying for pregnancy care centers. A somewhat enjoyable meal, although heavy, of burgers from Red Robin. Which I got a awesome surprise, Steph my cousin was there! She normally doesn't work on Sunday but is, so she can come up for cousins weekend. It's so nice to see family in my 'neck of the woods' and to see I am not alone up here! She's so sweet! Had a somewhat restful afternoon of resting and cutting out coupons and figureing out deals for the week (kel that comment is for you! ;-)). And then tonight on the way to church I got 6 reeses whips, razor and 4 bottles of Axe for free!!! Sweet. Then a great service at my church, Joe Fox (our youth pastor) did a presentation about technology and how to use it wisely, for parents in regards to their children. It was awesome! Really showed that it can be used for good, and how you need to guard the TV, internet, cell phone and mp3players, with as much discretion as you would anything else in your Christian walk. It was video taped, so I am sending 1 to mom and dad. Went back to Walgreens, where I did the deal above and got renolds wrap, 6 reeses and a razor for -$1. Meaning they paid me a $1 to buy the stuff!!! Awesome!! Seth and I had a good ride home, and now I am resting just thinking about how blessed I am! I love you all!

~Molly

I will be updating this blog to appeal my sister Kelly who doesn't like the whole couponing thing all the time!

Menards Deals

February 15-March 1

Remember that all of these deals require a purchase of $10 of non rebate merchandise. A gift card is a great way to get your $10 if there isn't anything else you want. Although Menard's has great plastic tubs, awesome for storage!! Check out for full deals and other great tips! http://dailyessentialsanddeals.blogspot.com/

Alkaline Batteries Free, after $2.00 mail-in rebate.
4 pack "AA" limit 4 packs per household.

Although not free but almost--99cents after $4.00 mail-in rebate
Limit 1 rebate per household

For first timers to Menard's deals, you can buy everything in one purchase (and only spend $10 of non rebate items). Also if they don't have a certain product in store, as about a 'Sorry' card. You can send it in for a rebate even if it's over the time mentioned.

Copp/Pick'nSave
Deals for February 15-21

Tuna-- 39c with coupon from weekly flier

Green Giant Veggies--$1
There are coupons out there, 50c or more

Yoplait yogurts 10/$5
There are coupons out there

Coffee Matte 2/$4
There are coupons out there, $1 off one (doubled get them free!)

Dollar Deals: Rice a Roni, Lunchables (4.1-4.5oz varieties), Creamette pasta (12-16oz varieties), Roundy's split top bread, Kemps Milk (32oz varieties), Gatorade, Budget Gourmet Entrees (8oz varieties), Whole White Mushrooms, Hormel Little Sizzlers links or patties (10-12oz varieties), Kraft dressing, BBQ sauce or Specialty sauce (8-18oz varieties), Fresh Express Whole Leaf Spinach, Jell-O or Pudding, Kleenex (85-110 count), and SoftSoap Liquid Handsoap.

There are coupons out there for Rice A Roni, Jell-O, Kraft dressing, Kleenex, and SS liquid soap. You can buy some these coupons at:

http://www.thecouponmaster.com/index.php
Or
http://thecouponclippers.com/coupons/search.php?mode=search

Remember because of the holiday the coupons won't ship until Tuesday and so won't arrive by Wednesday. It's normally best to buy the coupons on Sunday afternoon, that way they should go out on Monday and should arrive by Wednesday. Also e-bay is a great place for coupons.

Other deals

The Swiss Colony is offering some awesome deals for Valentines Day and Easter, go and check them out!

http://www.swisscolony.com/home.jsp?PIPELINE_SESSION_ID=620615d1c0a8726501deadf02ed523cc

If you are someone who enjoy's awesome roast beef sandwiches, go to this link print off from Arby's

http://arbys.fbmta.com/members/ViewMailing.aspx?MailingID=27917289205&StoreCode=1014&MemberID=27920403825

If someone is looking for a great gift idea for any woman who enjoy's saving money, All You magazine is an awesome idea. There is a ton of coupons in each issue and ton's of great deals and ideas. http://www.allyou.com/

The best thing to do to start couponing is to get Sunday papers, one local one (for local deals) and a big city one (ie Chicago, Milwaukee). You can also buy coupons from sites like http://www.thecouponmaster.com/ and http://thecouponclippers.com/. You can look up the item that you are looking for and it will show you what coupons they have to offer. Many times you have to order a certain number of them, and double check when they are going to send them out, it say's it on the left side. Also occasionally check ebay, but don't get carried away, unless it's an awesome deal you usually don't need 10 plus of them.

I thought I'd give you a taste of what can be yours. There is a grocery store in our area called Festival. They had skippy peanut butter for $1 with in store coupon, and Ragu pasta sauce for $1. I ordered 20, 50cent coupons on 2 ragu sauses, and 60cents off skippy peanut butter. So I got 75 cent ragu and 40cent skippy. With deals like these it may be a good idea to stock up and get a pantry. I know Maggy and Melissa you two don't have huge amounts of space, but finding a few plastic tubs and loading them up! Let me know if you have any questions.

Copps/PickNSave deals for February 8th-14

These deals are from the Copps weekly flier although it is probably the same as Pick'nSave
Just remember that if you spend $25 you can double up to 5 coupons, you can use more but only the 1st 5 will be doubled. And you only have to get it up to $25 before coupons. Double check with your store at the Customer Service desk to make sure they accept IP coupons, most do but only up to $1 and IP coupons for free items.

Roundy's Eggs 99c

Vine Ripe Tomatoess (3 per container) 1/$2 (with coupon, you should be able to find this on the web and print it off)

Kellogg's Cereal, Poptarts or Keebler chips deluxe or Town house Crackers 4/$10
~When you purchase $25 of selected Kellogg's or Keebler items get a coupon at checkout for a free gallon of milk at your next purchase
There are a few Kellogg/Keebler coupons out there

Kraft shredded, Chunk or Crumbles Cheese 3/$4.98
Blinkie 75c off one package

Buy 2 Ocean Spray Grapefruit Juce (64oz) at 2/$5 and get a 5lb 0ag of grapefruit free
You can find coupons for the juice at http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/

Hunt's Pasta Sauce 1/$1
You can find coupons for this at http://www.afullcup.com/

Vitamen Water 1/$1

Barilla Pasta (16oz) 1/88c

Yellow Onions 3lb bag $0.98

Bolthouse Farms Carrots 1lb 2/$1

Ocean Market Tilapia, Salmon, Catfish or Scallops 4oz 2/$3

Roundy's Ice Cream 16oz 1/$1

Youplait Original Yogurt 6oz 10/$5
IP $1 off 8, MQ 40c on 6

Buy 2 Axe Products and get a catilina print out for two free movie tickets, if anyone wants to know more just ask me.

Quaker Oats 42oz 4/$11
If you buy 4 quaker oats hot cereal products you'll get a $2 coupon off a future order
There are coupons out there for quaker products

Betty Crocker Warm Delights or Pouch Cookie Mix 2/$3
There are 50c coupons out there for both, and doubled it will be a great deal!

V8 or V Fusion 3/$9
There is an internet printable coupon out there, it's really only good if you double it

Healthy Choice Entrees, Steamers or Panini 5/$10
There is a $2 off 2 cafe steamers , but it's only good if you double it.

Nestle Cookie or Brownie Dough 2/$4
There is a $1 off 1, again doubleing it is best

Yoplait Fiver 1 or Yo+Plus yougurt BIGI
There is a $1 off coupon

Campbell's soup is on sale, it would be a good idea to take your soup coupons with you and see if there is any soup that you want. I have over stocked my pantry with soup.

If there are certain products that you are looking for, just let me know and I can send you coupons, or show you the links to go to order the ones that you want. And I will try to update this as soon as I find out the new weekly deals.

Sites to check multi times a day--http://www.moneysavingmom.com/, http://www.commonsensewithmoney.com/, and http://www.afullcup.com/. These sites are updated regularly and are wonderful.