A Child's Prayer

I love this sign that I made for my kids' room. I bought the letters a couple of years ago, but they were stashed at the bottom of a drawer in my craft room for ages! Before my second baby was born, I was determined that I would finally get the project done. I really wanted these precious pictures and message to be the focal point of their room. These are dear to me because my beloved Aunt gave them to me. She saved them in her hope chest since she was in high school, I believe. I am so grateful to have them! They were copyrighted in 1944 and 1945. Of course, they deserve to be properly framed and matted. I would love them to be in white frames to match all the furniture, but money is tight so this is my way of using what I have and being able to enjoy them now. You'll probably notice they aren't even matted, but I love them anyway. I am a believer that things don't have to be perfect to be beautiful!

Carmen

Good Deals!

I love a great deal at the grocery store, just like anyone else, but I hate driving all over town to get it. Usually I stick with one employee owned grocery store that always has the lowest price on everything. But lately I've been trying to pay attention to the coupon sales and one particular store (that I hate and always avoid) was having a sale and I had extra coupons and then the store clerks had even more coupons. Well, I ended up with 12 boxes of cereal, 4 large canisters of oatmeal, and 4 boxes of oatmeal packets for $16.00. That averages out to be .80 per item! I was pretty excited about that, especially since the week before they were having another sale and I got 4 jumbo bags of Pampers diapers for $11.50 and 18 wipes refills for $11.50. If any of you are used to buying diapers and wipes you will know that is a great deal. Anyway, I stocked up and got 12 bags of diapers and 18 wipes refills. I wish I could have gotten more, ( I know I'll need them! ) but I didn't have a limitless budget. I mean we still have to eat this month, Ha Ha. Well, I love getting a great deal!

Carmen