Saturday, January 19, 2019

No/Low Spend January 19 -Grocery Shopping Total and Spending Money

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Part of our No/Low Spend January challenge has been to cut our grocery bill down to $50 a week. A couple of weeks ago we went over when we decided it was time to go to the Mennonite grocery store to stock up on meat. I'm so glad we went then because the roads were great with no snow or ice. I didn't go grocery shopping this past week to make up for the big overage. The trick is though the husband did! We still will make it!

Mennonite store:

The thing about this store is they just ring up the total and it just says meat, grocery, or produce. I'll do the best I can with it though.

2 bags of apples -$1.99 each
Lemons $2.99
a huge jar of Pickles $4.99
Picnick potato sticks
Bugles
Nuts (walnuts) -$4.62
Steak $13.57
6 pkgs of Bacon (4 extra thick slices and 2 regular)
6 pakages of Smithfield Smoked Pork Chops

Total $89.62

Minus -$15.00 from an item sold on Facebook

$74.62

None of the meat was old but it was getting close to the sell by date.

Husband went shopping too! Aldi's $24.62 (no picture)

Grand total for the week: $99.24 -overage of $49.24

We still have one week to go on grocery shopping in January but I have one more thing to sell to help us along. Thank goodness!

What I did with my $20 spending allowance for the week:

I don't remember much! It was like it was there one minute, then it was gone. I do remember taking the kids to the dollar store on a snow day and giving them permission to buy two toys a piece. Then the grand boy said he couldn't make it through school without a donut (I wanted him to make it through). It just was amazing how fast that $20 went.

How's your grocery shopping been this week?

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Friday, January 18, 2019

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Thursday, January 17, 2019

Review, Blog Tour, and Giveaway of Who I Am With You,by Robin Hatcher!

Who I Am with You (A Legacy of Faith Novel)

About the book:

For these two broken hearts, the first step toward love will be a huge leap of faith.

Jessica Mason isn’t looking for love when she meets Ridley Chesterfield. Instead she is still reeling from the tragic, unexpected loss of her husband and daughter—and awaiting the arrival of her unborn child. Harboring the secret of her husband’s betrayal, her pain is deeper than anyone knows.

Ridley Chesterfield is hiding out in Hope Springs, Idaho, avoiding a political scandal and the barrage of false media headlines that have tarnished his good name. The last thing Ridley wants is a relationship—but when fate leads Ridley to form a friendship with his reclusive and pregnant neighbor, he wonders if this small-town hideout might be more of a long-term destination.

When Jessica begins to read her great-grandfather’s Bible, she finds a connection with a man she never knew. Somehow the verses he marked and the words he wrote in the margins open her heart to healing. And as Ridley and Jessica help each other forgive the people who have broken their hearts, they must decide if the past will define them or if they will choose to love again.

Who I Am with You weaves together a modern-day romance with Jessica’s great-grandfather’s story from the 1930s, reminding us that some truths can cross generations and that faith has the power to transform families forever.

Who I Am with You is the first book in Robin’s new “A Legacy of Faith” series.

Clickhere to read an excerpt!

MY REVIEW:

I loved the weaving of the stories spanning the generations in Who I am With You by Robin Hatcher. I can relate to both generations and felt their heartaches and pain. Sometimes what seems like wonderful life on the outside can have a whole lot of pain on in the inside.

Jessica stood out for me and so did her grandfather. They both leaned on God when the going got rough but of course at times that didn't happen overnight. They learned to go on living when the times got rough because they knew with him all things are possible.

The settings were described so well that I felt as though I was in the 30's with grandfather and in the 2000's with Jessica and Ridley. Robin Hatcher took us from the farm, to the city, and back to the outlying suburbs with ease.

Two great true to life love stories that will capture your heart.

A great, great read!

About the author:

Robin Lee Hatcher is the author of over 75 novels and novellas with over five million copies of her books in print. She is known for her heartwarming and emotionally charged stories of faith, courage, and love. Robin is an ACFW Carol Award winner and an eight-time finalist and has won two RITA Awards and been a finalist eleven times. Her numerous other awards include the Christy Award, the HOLT Medallion, the National Reader’s Choice Award, and the Faith, Hope & Love Reader’s Choice Award. She is also the recipient of prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards from both American Christian Fiction Writers and Romance Writers of America.

When not writing, she enjoys being with her family, spending time in the beautiful Idaho outdoors, Bible art journaling, reading books that make her cry, watching romantic movies, and decorative planning. A mother and grandmother, Robin and her husband make their home on the outskirts of Boise, sharing it with a demanding Papillon dog and a persnickety tuxedo cat.

For more information, visit www.robinleehatcher.com, Facebook:robinleehatcher, Twitter: @robinleehatcher and Instagram @robinleehatcher.

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I received a copy of the book from Audra Jennings PR. All opinions are my own.

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