I absolutely LOVE this picture......

I've always tried to imagine what Heavenly Father looks like

My Sweet Grandma Glenna

My beautiful Grandma Glenna just lost her husband of 27 years, my step Grandpa Charlie a little over a month ago. Of course she is heart broken and doesn't know what to do with all of her free time since she was used to taking care of him 24/7....but now she is left with a huge financial burden too. I feel so bad for her. She has gotten in excess of $93,000 worth of hospital bills, had to charge my Grandpa's funeral expenses and is only getting $3000 from his insurance towards that, needs new glasses, has skin cancer that is growing rapidly that will require radiation and will only have a thousand bucks to live on a month not to mention any other bills such as utilities etc. I don't share this to embarrass her by anymeans.

Below is a picture taken with her 5 daughters the day after Grandpa's funeral. Back row from left to right: Diane, Toni, Debbie and my Mom Sherri. Front row: Grandma and Shirley. She has 5 yes FIVE sons as well. She has 56 Grandchildren. 62 Great Grandchildren and one due...and she has 1 Great Great Grandchild with another due soon. What a large family! :o)

So I'm trying to get all of the able family members to contribute some money for her for Christmas for some of her burdens like a cheap car. I figured if everyone contributed a minimum of $25 that she could get a used sedan and if each of us contributed even $5-10 per month to her every month that she could afford to get new glasses and pay some necessities. I know she would be so embarrassed if she even knew I was asking but I can't help but ask I guess I'm taking my chances. I also don't want any family members to feel bad if they aren't able to contribute times are tough and money is tight. I wish I were rich and I could just take care of her. I might have to resort to a fund raiser of some kind like bake sale or something....any ideas???

Here she is the day of Grandpa's Arizona funeral...yes there were two because he was cremated and he is from New Mexico and his brother passed away and so they did a double funeral and burial. She is an angel in my eyes, she is a shining example to me and one day I hope to be half the lady she is. I love her very much and want to do whatever I can to help her, so if you have any good idea's for a fund raiser please let me know.

Going Private for reals & Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Ok so I've been a total blogtard and haven't made my blog PRIVATE yet like I said I would...the biggest reason is because I've not had a lot of time lately and the other reason is that my Mom is worried she won't be able to access my blog anymore. Luckily I will see her this week and will have the opportunity to show her how easy it is even when it's a private blog. So that is what I will do wait until we get back home from Northern Arizona and are full of turkey and I feel like sitting down in front of the computer for awhile.

If you haven't emailed me directly or commented on my previous Going Private post...you have a few more days. :o) Wishing you all a Very Very Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

I'd like to know why we don't hear more stories like this on the news? Our church does so many wonderful humanitarian things and never tries to drum up recognition. They have always done amazing things like this. Isn't this wonderful!?! I think so.

Maybe if all of the protesters stopped hating they would see all of the "LOVE" that our church supports and offers. (see below) Maybe they would realize that it's not HATE that the church is promoting by NOT supporting same sex marriage. I know that Heavenly Father loves all of his children. I also know that he created Adam and Eve not Adam & Adam or Eve for Eve. I know and love some people that have same sex attraction and my heart breaks for them, but it is not morally right and so I could never support same sex marriage. I do not hate them either and just wish they would stop hating on us and our wonderful church.
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Church Sends Aid to Myanmar Cyclone VictimsThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently shipped 142,000 pounds of medical supplies and other aid to Myanmar. United Parcel Service (UPS) provided the cargo plane and CARE International will distribute the supplies to those affected by the cyclone. Watch a video of the Myanmar emergency supply airlift.



Update on Measles Vaccination CampaignThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has partnered with other humanitarian organizations to vaccinate children in 28 countries. The effort is saving lives worldwide.

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I spent a grand total of $92.23 on all of that stuff it was 81.5% Savings! It was at one grocery store Fry's and I had Will come with me. :o)

Nikki - it's not that I'm a great shopper it's that Coupon Sense does the work for me and all I have to do is go on their website and print out their list, clip those coupons and go to the store. I've done Coupon Sense for about 4 years now and I seriously have saved thousands of dollars. You can email me with ?'s or visit their website www.couponsense.com. I can sign you up if you want to try it for $4 for the first month. They do it all over AZ, UT and a few other states.

My Blog Is Going PRIVATE

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I'll be going PRIVATE with my blog and my kid's blogs by this weekend Sunday, 11/23/08. Sudden I know but it is necessary.

So I would absolutely LOVE to add any and all of you...just not those crazies that cruise the elementary schools trying to snatch precious children. So everyone BUT them and you know who you are!!!

So just leave me a comment with your email address and I will gladly add you to the list. :o)

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For any of you that want to start tracking who is viewing your blog you can add that Live Feed off of my blog down by the map on the right. I highly suggest it!

Super Duper Deals!!!

On my day off today I went shopping...yes one of my favorite things to do as Calvin mentioned in my previous post. :o)

Today was so awesome I just have to brag a little....

I SAVED according to my receipts even with the sale prices $344.20!!! So even with my prep time, clipping, organizing and shopping it was 3 hours and so that is $114.73 per hour for my time. I've NEVER had a job where I earned that much an hour!!! Here's what I got:

Take a GUESS at how much I actually spent??? :o) All of this filled my 8 person table & 2 chairs. I love Coupon Sense and today alone paid for my subscription for the next two years! I LOVE saving money honey