fighting the fight

You know the saying "be a lover, not a fighter"...well, I don't necessarily agree with this saying because I am a fighter...

I am a fighter for the people that I love
I am a fighter for the truth
I am a fighter of asthma
I am a fighter for self confidence
I am a fighter for justice
I am a fighter for self worth
I am a fighter for standing up for what I believe in
I am a fighter for friendship
I am a fighter for children
I am a fighter for respect
I am a fighter for love
I am a fighter for me

Whether or not these statements reign true today, at one point in my life I was (and quite possibly still) fighting for these things. People don't typically think that people like me with a bubbly, outgoing personality who almost always has a smile on her face is allowed to have a bad day. But, I do. And today was one of those "terrible no good very bad days" but I have to pick myself up and keep fighting the fight. And today, I'm fighting the fight for myself and for Mark. To me, this saying means "fight for the things that you love" and that's exactly what I'm gonna do.

sleepless nights

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you couldnt sleep? That was me last night.

I had so much going on in my brain that it was so hard for me to focus enough to actually fall asleep. I had a to-do list generating at 100 mph, 4532 ideas for the class that I am teaching this summer at Sr. High Camp and then I had about 29 different scenerios in which my job and camp schedule could possibly happen with me having my cake (gluten free, please) and eating it too. Everything about the latter scares me the most. I don't think I could actually afford to quit my job (even though its the worst) because I am thankful that I do have a job but on the other hand, I'm not happy - none of my co-workers are happy so it's nice to know that I'm not in this alone - and it's causing me stress, misery, illness...the list could go on. But...I NEED to be at camp (and I WILL be at camp) I just hope that I can please everyone involved in this situation, including myself.

So, I'm off, too possibly get a good's nights rest...wish me luck!

Peace, hugs & smiles,
J

proud couponers

I used to keep my couponing a big secret and only my family and my boyfriend knew about it because I thought I would get made fun of. I recently was able to share my love of coupons (and saving) with two of my very close friends. Fast forward to today...I just received a text from one of those friends telling me that she was able to get $93 bucks worth of groceries for $59 dollars. I am sooooo very proud of her. It's expensive to live, let alone living as a college student in grad school while doing an unpaid internship so mad props to you, Alicia for jumping on the coupon bandwagon and saving a TON of money and having "food for the rest of your life" haha.

In addition to coupons, I loooove getting free money in the mail. Okay, okay, it's not a $10 bill that comes in the mail but Kohl's sends me $10 cards all the time. It's a gift card for $10 off any purchase which means that you can technically get $10 worth of items for free - I like to keep my OOP (out of pocket) cost down as much as possible so I tend to go for cheaper items. On Friday, I went to Kohl's to see what I could scrounge up for $10. I needed another rug for the kitchen so I picked one up for $7.99 (originally $24.99) and then I found a pair of Xbox 360 boxers for Mark on clearance for $2.80 (originally $14.00) . I was able to get $38.99 worth of merchandise for .85 cents. Yes, you heard it right .85 cents. Thank you Kohl's!!

Have any of you scored some pretty sweet deals on anything??

Peace, hugs & smiles,

J