I started this blog back when I was laid up from having knee surgery and had alot of time to sit and write. Now that my life is back to normal (if there is such a thing) I don't seem to have enough hours in the day to blog along with alot of other things.
To update to the last blog a few months ago, I am still couponing and doing really well. I don't know if I'm as good as the people on the show, but I can see myself getting that way! :o) I am saving my family so much money, its nice to have a little extra cash in my pocket. It is like having a second job, it takes alot of time and research to hunt out the best deals, but totally worth it! I think my children think I'm nuts when I come home with 13 bags of rice or 9 bottles of body wash, but they don't see the savings and understand what it means to stockpile. If anyone out there is at all interested in extreme couponing please let me know and I can answer any questions you might have. I can do some blogs dedicated to it if I have anyone interested.
I also still have my mind on moving. Things just haven't been working out so that we could do that right now. So I'm taking that as a sign of this isn't the time. One thing is the housing market isn't so good right now for us to sell. I defiantly don't want to end upside down. So we take things one day at a time.
I have been homeschooling my daughter. Things are going really really well with it. Until summer came along and she still had some school work to attend to and the rest of the kids and neighborhood kids were out playing and enjoying their time off. She couldn't seem to stay focused on her task at hand. I am looking into continuing this for next year or really researching schools to find one that will work with her needs.
As if all of these things aren't enough I have been dealing with some personal demons, which have made me do alot of thinking about my past present and future. I knew that I had some issues with people/things in my childhood but never thought that it would effect me the way it has recently. I have been watching a show for the past year or two called Ruby about a lady who weighted 700 pounds and is working on losing it all without surgeries or pills. Just good old fashion diet and exercise. Watching this show she has found out that alot of the reason she is overweight is from abuse she received as a child. I myself am overweight (not as big as Ruby but defiantly overweight) and after thinking about my childhood and all the way up till now, I have had to deal with alot of stuff that I might think is contributing to my weight issues. I have been considering seeing a councilor that deals with these problems and see if that helps. If anyone else is having the same problems I would love to hear from someone who shares my views.
