Posted by Luanne | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 16-07-2008
Hello! this is Luanne’s husband,Daniel,aka dsto. Luanne asked me to drop a line to you all.
We returned from our mission trip this weekend tired and glad to be home. We were also humbled by what we saw and encountered while in the Appalachians of Kentucky. We sometimes forget that there are people right here in our own country (and we really do not have to leave our own city to see that!) And the thing is…many,many times food and clothing are the last thing some folks need.
Luanne,Krisha, and I worked with a group called Youth on Mission as a family. 5 or so other families were there from our church as well. Part of our group did a bit of re-hab on a local home near Pikeville,KY. Some of us went and served at a Senior Center in Wheelwright ,KY, an old coal mining town.(we delivered meals, and painted and visited with some folks) We all worked at a distribution center called Thankful Heart. We also did a small “Vacation Bilble School” type deal with some kids at a local apartment complex.
Overall we stayed busy and tired. It was all worth it. Even though I brought some sinus bug home, it was a blessing. Crazy how we do that isn’t it? We go to serve and we get blessed? That’s good. But did we actually serve and do some good? I pray that we did. It is hard not to come home from a mission trip and talk about “us”. It is a struggle in all things not to put “us” first. At home,on a mission trip,at work….whatever. Let’s all work on missions everyday, wherever we are and let’s not even put “us” in the mix.
Luanne is now on her way to Dallas,TX for the annual MK seminar. She will be back next week with her regular schedule and her amazing tips and tricks and deals! Pray for her safe trip and a refreshing time with freinds and co-workers. My wife is amazing as many of you know first hand. She deserves the best. Whether in her buisness or personally. She amazes me…
This is Works for Me Wednesday and the best thing that I have going for me right now is my BFF Jenny!
As many of you know, she is “The Coupon Lady.” I’m sure you also know she specializes in CVS stealing shopping. Several weeks ago on WFMW I wrote a post called “Couponing.” The point of the post? Couponing doesn’t work for me. I have issues. I just can’t seem to get it together. I’m not hostile towards saving money, I’m just incompetent.
Luckily my BFF loves me anyway, despite my handicap. She loves me so much; she took over my shopping for me. Not kidding! She is doing my shopping for me. If you have never seen her in action, you haven’t lived (too strong?) You get my point. She took me with her so I could watch. First of all, she had me go to Tim Horton’s on the way to get a box of Timbits. Because she was hungry? No, to bribe the CVS associates. When we walked in the assistant manager threw up her hands and said, “Yes!!” They know they’re gettin’ suck up treats when they see her comin’. Gotta love it. Jenny was amazing. I still don’t know how she did it, but I want to show you what she got me (and yes she had me make a list of everything we needed, specific brands and all, and she got it all!) Guess how much? For all of this it was….
$18.67
NO LIE! IT WAS AWESOME! She used $29.76 in coupons, did it in four transactions in which she earned $76.00 ECB’s that she turned around and used to pay for it all. If I would have paid for this normally (put it in my cart, took it to the register with no coupons or ECB’s) it would have cost $124.41.
JEEAALLOUSS?
The point, couponing still doesn’t work for me, but Jenny does!!! Go to momminitup.com and check out all of the awesome deals she has gotten. Make sure to comment and tell her how awesome she is. If you don’t get it, ask her to explain it. She would love to fill you in.
For spititual, mental, phyisical and emotional health……laugh a little…..or alot!
Sorry for the delay in getting this up, we had technical difficulties due to weather.
(p.s. we were shooting a video for brothersstudios.com , called “It’s Not The End Of The World, But You Can See It From Here” , and Luanne had a little trouble getting started, she couldn’t stop laughing for about 5 minutes straight! So go check it out here. )
Posted by Luanne | Posted in Blah, Uncategorized | Posted on 30-05-2008
Today I opened my Comment Moderation page and there was a truly creepy spam comment. Are we safe anywhere? What really creeps me out is that advertisers would not take the time and spend the money on all of this spamming if it didn’t really work. How sick are we that we would respond to something gross and sexual on the spot from a complete stranger. I really feel sad for our men. They are being bombarded every day. I am so thankful for my faithful husband. I am scared for our youth. There is something to the fact that if it is not available or if it is hard to get, it is less gotten….do you know what I mean? Now a days, you can just about get whatever you want whenever you want and nobody even has to know about it. It really scares me. We have all three of our computers out in the open where everyone (including me) can be monitored during use. We also have an awesome accountability system called Covenant Eyes. We each log in to Covenant Eyes when we get on the computer. It logs our usage individually. It sends an email every month of every site we have gone to to whomever we choose. Daniel & I monitor each others and then we each get one of the girl’s report. It is easy to read because it rates sites and if there is a concern, it is posted in red at the top of the page. It just takes seconds to glance at it and know your family has been safe. Thanks for letting me rant. Check out Covenant Eyes if you don’t have a safety system in place. We are all tempted and we are all capable on falling to temptation. I love accountability. It helps me keep things in check.
This is Works for Me Wednesday and the best thing that I have going for me right now is my BFF 
