I am on a quest this week to start eating healthier, so last weekend I bought some Kashi Oat cereal, whole wheat crackers, soy crisps, dried fruit, yogurt, and some low fat cottage cheese. I was all excited to start my new healthy eating plan until I poured a bowl of my Kashi Oat cereal this morning, only to pour it down the drain after three bites! YUK!!! How do people honestly eat that stuff! At lunch today I had planned on having some fruit and crackers, but my hunger pains were craving something a little more substantial than what I had brought with me to work today.
Why is it so hard at times to enjoy eating healthy? It's nice when I see the results of my sacrifice, but until that time, it is hard work to discipline myself to eat things that are at times tasteless! As I pondered about my new eating plan I thought it was a great illustration of my own spiritual walk. There are times that I feel like my devotional life is dry and "tasteless", but I know that if I just pull through the dry times, the results are well worth the sacrifice!! I've decided to keep on track with eating healthy (minus the cereal), I know that eventually it will pay off, and then I will celebrate over a lobster dinner with my husband (without all of the butter of course!!).
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Car Accident
It's been awhile since I last blogged. Last Thursday morning on my way to work I was in a car accident. I was going north bound toward work and another lady was going south bound on the same road; we both had green lights. A lady going east bound ran a red light and hit both the other lady and myself. OUCH!! It's funny; everything happened so quickly, yet every time I play the accident over in my head it's in slow motion. I am alright (thank you Jesus)!! I went to the doctor and I have a few bruises and whip lash that is painful, but God's is healing me quickly! :) As for our car...it may be time for a new one! Everything is still going through insurance right now, so we will see what happens.
The part of this accident that is a miracle is the fact that the lady (Jessie) who was driving the Chevy, Tahoe was going south and the lady that hit us was traveling east, so the Tahoe was hit first and took the brunt of the impact, while I; driving a much small vehicle was hit with less impact. I can't even imagine what would have happened to me if that Tahoe was not hit first. I could be seriously injured right now. Now, I am not saying that I am happy that the poor lady driving the Tahoe was hit the hardest, I am just saying that she had a big vehicle that could handle the impact a lot better than my little car. I am praying for her and the lady who ran the red light too. I know that both of them were hurting after this accident, and I pray that God would heal all of their injuries!!
I spent all day Thursday just thanking Jesus for his protection over me!! HE is our protector and HE made sure I was protected from serious injury! Thank you Lord for your protection over us! "You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance." Psalms 32:7
The part of this accident that is a miracle is the fact that the lady (Jessie) who was driving the Chevy, Tahoe was going south and the lady that hit us was traveling east, so the Tahoe was hit first and took the brunt of the impact, while I; driving a much small vehicle was hit with less impact. I can't even imagine what would have happened to me if that Tahoe was not hit first. I could be seriously injured right now. Now, I am not saying that I am happy that the poor lady driving the Tahoe was hit the hardest, I am just saying that she had a big vehicle that could handle the impact a lot better than my little car. I am praying for her and the lady who ran the red light too. I know that both of them were hurting after this accident, and I pray that God would heal all of their injuries!!
I spent all day Thursday just thanking Jesus for his protection over me!! HE is our protector and HE made sure I was protected from serious injury! Thank you Lord for your protection over us! "You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance." Psalms 32:7
Monday, July 23, 2007
A Fun Get Away
Rick and I had a blast this weekend!! On Friday afternoon I looked up the weather for the weekend, and it called for rain and cool temps, so we decided to drive to the east side of the mountains where the weather was sunny and absolutely gorgeous!! We headed out on our adventure at 11:00 Saturday morning. The drive to the east was beautiful. The bummer is I forgot to bring the battery charger for our camera, so we didn't get to take pictures. :( We are planning to go out there again before the summer is over, so I will make sure I don't forget the battery charger or the camera.
Saturday afternoon we checked into our hotel (which online stated that it was a three star hotel), only to find out that it looked like we were staying in the projects of downtown Chicago. I have to say that I have no idea where Hotwire got the pictures they placed online b/c it didn't look nearly as luxurious in person as it did online! To get a little more visual for those of you reading this; do you remember the movie National Lampoon's Vacation? The hotel we booked looked like the hotel the Griswold's stayed in on their way to Wally World. Well we called Hotwire and after 40 minutes on hold they were kind enough to rebook our stay at a different hotel. The new hotel was A LOT better!! The pool was clean and the place was immaculate! YEAH for us!!
On Saturday evening after we got settled in our room we swam at the pool, and then got cleaned up and headed out for a nice Italian (my favorite) dinner downtown Yakima. It was yummy!
On Sunday morning we went to church with our friends Doug and Sandy who were out the same direction we were visiting family. The service was incredible! I'm so glad that we overcame the temptation to sleep in on Sunday morning, because I know we were supposed to be at that service! After church we went to lunch with our friends and then headed to the beach to swim and get some much needed sun! I finally have some color on my skin other than white!! No more sunless tanner for me (at least for this week!).
The drive home from our little excursion was neat! We put in Chris Tomlin's CD, Arriving; and worshipped the whole way home. When the song, "How Great is our God" came on we were driving over a bridge that was surrounded by tall green pine trees and mountains all around us. I sang that song with all my heart, and both Rick and I got goose bumps! He sure is a great God! I love admiring his artistry - what an awesome creator we serve!!
I am thankful for such a great trip. I learned and grew more than I thought I ever would when we left on Saturday morning.
Saturday afternoon we checked into our hotel (which online stated that it was a three star hotel), only to find out that it looked like we were staying in the projects of downtown Chicago. I have to say that I have no idea where Hotwire got the pictures they placed online b/c it didn't look nearly as luxurious in person as it did online! To get a little more visual for those of you reading this; do you remember the movie National Lampoon's Vacation? The hotel we booked looked like the hotel the Griswold's stayed in on their way to Wally World. Well we called Hotwire and after 40 minutes on hold they were kind enough to rebook our stay at a different hotel. The new hotel was A LOT better!! The pool was clean and the place was immaculate! YEAH for us!!
On Saturday evening after we got settled in our room we swam at the pool, and then got cleaned up and headed out for a nice Italian (my favorite) dinner downtown Yakima. It was yummy!
On Sunday morning we went to church with our friends Doug and Sandy who were out the same direction we were visiting family. The service was incredible! I'm so glad that we overcame the temptation to sleep in on Sunday morning, because I know we were supposed to be at that service! After church we went to lunch with our friends and then headed to the beach to swim and get some much needed sun! I finally have some color on my skin other than white!! No more sunless tanner for me (at least for this week!).
The drive home from our little excursion was neat! We put in Chris Tomlin's CD, Arriving; and worshipped the whole way home. When the song, "How Great is our God" came on we were driving over a bridge that was surrounded by tall green pine trees and mountains all around us. I sang that song with all my heart, and both Rick and I got goose bumps! He sure is a great God! I love admiring his artistry - what an awesome creator we serve!!
I am thankful for such a great trip. I learned and grew more than I thought I ever would when we left on Saturday morning.
Friday, July 20, 2007
Road Trip
It's Friday afternoon and I have one hour of work left before the weekend! I love Friday's!! Unfortunately, the weather here in Seattle this weekend is going to be crummy. It supposed to be in the 60's with rain. Rick and I decided to plan a spontaneous road trip to Yakima (eastern Washington) where the weather forecast this weekend calls for 80 degree temperatures and sun (now that's more like the summer's I grew up in)! It's amazing to me that you can drive two hours east and have warmth and sun!! I think we are going to go hiking and canoeing on Saturday, so that should be fun!! I'll be sure to update all of you on my trip when we return. Enjoy the weekend!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
The Ultimate Giver
I was reading a passage in Matthew today that I have read a hundred times before, but today it spoke to me in a very significant way. Let me share the passage with you.
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Matthew 7:7-11
I have been asking the Lord over the past couple of months for some important things in my life. There are days when I doubt that He is even listening or cares (yes, even as Christians we have those days!). After reading this passage today it became clear to me again that God has the best in store for my life. He knows what need even before I ask him. Jesus wants us to pursue him and NOT to give up after a week or a month when we don't have the answers to our prayers. I am not a mother yet, but I love verse 11 of this passage. "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! I know that when I am a mother someday I will want to give my children "good gifts". I love to give gifts to people now, and encourage; even surprise them, but our heavenly father wants to give us so much more than we could ever give to those we love. The Bible says that all we have to do is ASK!
I would encourage those of you reading my blog today to keep on believing for those things you have asked the Lord for! He is the ultimate giver and he wants to give you more than you could even think to ask for, and even more than you could possibly imagine!! Keep asking, keep seeking, and keep knocking. He is faithful and he will answer!
"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! Matthew 7:7-11
I have been asking the Lord over the past couple of months for some important things in my life. There are days when I doubt that He is even listening or cares (yes, even as Christians we have those days!). After reading this passage today it became clear to me again that God has the best in store for my life. He knows what need even before I ask him. Jesus wants us to pursue him and NOT to give up after a week or a month when we don't have the answers to our prayers. I am not a mother yet, but I love verse 11 of this passage. "If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! I know that when I am a mother someday I will want to give my children "good gifts". I love to give gifts to people now, and encourage; even surprise them, but our heavenly father wants to give us so much more than we could ever give to those we love. The Bible says that all we have to do is ASK!
I would encourage those of you reading my blog today to keep on believing for those things you have asked the Lord for! He is the ultimate giver and he wants to give you more than you could even think to ask for, and even more than you could possibly imagine!! Keep asking, keep seeking, and keep knocking. He is faithful and he will answer!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
I Sing Because I'm Happy
Today has been a really busy day! The phones have been ringing all day at the switchboard. Students are calling to get everything squared away to come back in the fall. It's hard to believe that school will be back in session a month from now! What is even more crazy than that is the fact that I have been out of college now for seven years!! Where has time gone?!! Those were some of the most fun and memorable days of my life!
Well...nothing really eventful has happened today (other than the phone ringing over & over again), but one thing I will say is that despite another rainy day in Seattle; I am happy! I spent some time digging into God's word this morning and at lunch I went to the gym and worked out, and now I just feel great!
For some reason I have had the hymn, "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in my head all afternoon. It's weird because I haven't heard that song in quite awhile. I love the lyrics to that hymn! Especially the chorus:
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
For his eye is on the sparrow,
And I know he watches me.
Those of you who know me really well know that I like to sing ALL OF THE TIME!! Most of the time it is a random song that gets stuck in my head, because someone said something that reminded me of that song. For instance if you said something like, "I don't like Monday's", I would break out in to song like this:
"It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another manic Monday
For those of you who don't know this song, it is by The Bangels and it came out in the 1980's. I don't know why, but to this day I still love 80's music!! Okay, now I went from having "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in my head to having "Manic Monday" in my head. I better get the other song stuck in my head again because Rick doesn't really like when I belt out 80's music in the car on the way home from a long day at work!
Well...nothing really eventful has happened today (other than the phone ringing over & over again), but one thing I will say is that despite another rainy day in Seattle; I am happy! I spent some time digging into God's word this morning and at lunch I went to the gym and worked out, and now I just feel great!
For some reason I have had the hymn, "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in my head all afternoon. It's weird because I haven't heard that song in quite awhile. I love the lyrics to that hymn! Especially the chorus:
I sing because I'm happy
I sing because I'm free
For his eye is on the sparrow,
And I know he watches me.
Those of you who know me really well know that I like to sing ALL OF THE TIME!! Most of the time it is a random song that gets stuck in my head, because someone said something that reminded me of that song. For instance if you said something like, "I don't like Monday's", I would break out in to song like this:
"It's just another manic Monday
I wish it was Sunday
'Cause that's my funday
My I don't have to runday
It's just another manic Monday
For those of you who don't know this song, it is by The Bangels and it came out in the 1980's. I don't know why, but to this day I still love 80's music!! Okay, now I went from having "His Eye is on the Sparrow" in my head to having "Manic Monday" in my head. I better get the other song stuck in my head again because Rick doesn't really like when I belt out 80's music in the car on the way home from a long day at work!
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Rain Rain Go Away!!
Have you ever noticed that it is a lot harder to get out of bed when it is raining? That was my predicament this morning. After hitting the snooze button three times I was finally able to drag myself to the shower. After I arrived at work I checked weather.com to see what the weather was going to be like this week and sadly enough it is supposed to rain from now until Sunday. Yes, you heard me correctly the WHOLE rest of the week!! :( I understand that rain is important for the earth, so that things can grow and look pretty, but right now I just need a break from the rain!
I know that I have already blogged about the weather and the fact that it rains in Washington A LOT more than I would like, but I am just writing what is on my mind and right now that seems to be at the forefront! I know the sun will come out again soon, and I am looking forward to that day! This is the first summer that I have had to buy my tan in a bottle! I guess self tanner is a lot healthier for my skin, so maybe it's a good thing it's raining! :)
I know that I have already blogged about the weather and the fact that it rains in Washington A LOT more than I would like, but I am just writing what is on my mind and right now that seems to be at the forefront! I know the sun will come out again soon, and I am looking forward to that day! This is the first summer that I have had to buy my tan in a bottle! I guess self tanner is a lot healthier for my skin, so maybe it's a good thing it's raining! :)
Monday, July 16, 2007
The Hike With A Purpose
I could hardly get out of bed this morning after my alarm went off! I am so sore!!! On Saturday Rick and I went on a 5 mile hike on Mount Si (2.5 up and 2.5 down). It was the most gorgeous hike, but also the most strenuous and exhausting hike!! I took some pretty amazing pictures that I will post once I get them downloaded from my camera.
Something really cool happened on the hike that I wanted to share. Saturday started out with a fun picnic that I packed for Rick and I. We ate our picnic at this beautiful park right next to Mount Si. After we ate we drove to the trail to start our hike. It is four miles to the top of this mountain (most of it uphill with lots of stones everywhere). After about .5 miles (notice the period before the five, which means half a mile!), I was ready to turn back. I guess I am more out of shape than I thought I was!! Rick convinced me that I could make it at least a mile, so I was determined to make it ONE mile. After we hit the one mile marker I thought I would have to camp out at this point b/c I had no energy to walk all the way back down!! I sat on a rock and drank a bottle of water, and after a 5 a minute break my energy was restored. Rick said he would really like to make it half way up the mountain, which was at 2 miles, and that he believed we could do it! I didn't have as much faith as he did, but after the little break I was ready to give it a try. Well I did it....I made it to the two mile marker!!!! I was really proud of myself. So proud that I actually went another half mile!! As I said before this hike was intense...people actually train before hiking all the way to the top!!
Okay...so here is the really cool part of the story. On our way back down from the two and a half miles we hiked up, Rick and I ran into two guys that were hiking on the trail, and one of them was sitting on a rock keeled over in pain. Rick stopped and asked if everything was okay. The injured man said that he had pulled his hamstring and his muscles in his legs were all locked up. We offered him water and Rick helped this man all the way down the mountain (which was a lot harder to hike down than up b/c of all of the fallen rocks everywhere). You are probably wondering why the injured man's friend did not help him down the mountain (okay so maybe you weren't wondering, but I sure was that day!!).
The man's friends name was John and I started talking to him as we walked down the mountain. It turns out John asked Don (injured man) to go on the hike with him that morning and Don thought the hike was only a one mile, so he decided to run up the mountain. John warned Don that it was a long way up, and to pace himself, but Don continued to run. To get to the point...John didn't have much sympathy for Don and therefore wasn't much help. Rick helped Don down the mountain and also got the opportunity to talk to him about a lot of things including church and God. And at the end of the trip Don and Rick exchanged cell phone numbers. Don was so thankful to Rick for his help and care. We are hoping to get together with Don and his family sometime. I'm glad that we hiked up to the two mile point b/c I believe God really used Rick to help this man down the mountain, and to open the door for great conversation!
As for my soreness today....I took some Advil. I am determined now to get in shape so that I can hike the 4 miles to the top of Mount Si. I think I will try it in two weeks. I'll keep you posted.
Something really cool happened on the hike that I wanted to share. Saturday started out with a fun picnic that I packed for Rick and I. We ate our picnic at this beautiful park right next to Mount Si. After we ate we drove to the trail to start our hike. It is four miles to the top of this mountain (most of it uphill with lots of stones everywhere). After about .5 miles (notice the period before the five, which means half a mile!), I was ready to turn back. I guess I am more out of shape than I thought I was!! Rick convinced me that I could make it at least a mile, so I was determined to make it ONE mile. After we hit the one mile marker I thought I would have to camp out at this point b/c I had no energy to walk all the way back down!! I sat on a rock and drank a bottle of water, and after a 5 a minute break my energy was restored. Rick said he would really like to make it half way up the mountain, which was at 2 miles, and that he believed we could do it! I didn't have as much faith as he did, but after the little break I was ready to give it a try. Well I did it....I made it to the two mile marker!!!! I was really proud of myself. So proud that I actually went another half mile!! As I said before this hike was intense...people actually train before hiking all the way to the top!!
Okay...so here is the really cool part of the story. On our way back down from the two and a half miles we hiked up, Rick and I ran into two guys that were hiking on the trail, and one of them was sitting on a rock keeled over in pain. Rick stopped and asked if everything was okay. The injured man said that he had pulled his hamstring and his muscles in his legs were all locked up. We offered him water and Rick helped this man all the way down the mountain (which was a lot harder to hike down than up b/c of all of the fallen rocks everywhere). You are probably wondering why the injured man's friend did not help him down the mountain (okay so maybe you weren't wondering, but I sure was that day!!).
The man's friends name was John and I started talking to him as we walked down the mountain. It turns out John asked Don (injured man) to go on the hike with him that morning and Don thought the hike was only a one mile, so he decided to run up the mountain. John warned Don that it was a long way up, and to pace himself, but Don continued to run. To get to the point...John didn't have much sympathy for Don and therefore wasn't much help. Rick helped Don down the mountain and also got the opportunity to talk to him about a lot of things including church and God. And at the end of the trip Don and Rick exchanged cell phone numbers. Don was so thankful to Rick for his help and care. We are hoping to get together with Don and his family sometime. I'm glad that we hiked up to the two mile point b/c I believe God really used Rick to help this man down the mountain, and to open the door for great conversation!
As for my soreness today....I took some Advil. I am determined now to get in shape so that I can hike the 4 miles to the top of Mount Si. I think I will try it in two weeks. I'll keep you posted.
Friday, July 13, 2007
A Tragic News Story...
This morning I am sitting here at my desk with hot cup of french vanilla coffee and a heart that is heavy with grief over the loss of a missing Tacoma (about 25 minutes from where I live) girl who was found dead yesterday. Her name was Zina Linnick and she was a twelve year old girl who was kidnapped from an alley by her house while watching fireworks. If you want to read the whole story you can go to http://www.foxnews.com/ it's the top story for today.
Last night I caught the first headline of the news...Zina Linnick's body has been found. For some reason I started to cry. I didn't know this girl or her family, but my heart was grieving in a way that it would if I had lost someone dear and close to me. Now I watch the news often and hear about a lot of tragic things that take place, but this one was different. At first I started to think about the horrible person who killed this sweet little innocent 12 year old girl! I hoped that he was caught and thrown into prison for the rest of his life! Then somewhere in my fiery and anger I started pray; Lord save this man from his sin, and help him to realize that what he did was horribly wrong. "You were to Israel a forgiving God, though you PUNISHED their misdeeds." Psalms 99:8.
I started to think about Zina's family and how they took the news when the police informed them that her body was found; the verse Psalm 34:18 came to my heart, The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." I started to pray for her family, and then my thoughts were brought to the moments leading up to Zina's death. What was going through her mind? I'm sure she was full of terror and scared beyond belief. I know this is a horrible thing to think about, but I couldn't help but wonder. Then the passage from Psalm 23 came to my mind...the last verse of that chapter says..."and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever". My prayer is that Zina is in heaven with Jesus today rejoicing with the angels with her innocence and beauty restored!
I realized this morning that my thoughts and emotions from last night and even into this morning were directly from the Lord. I believe He put this story on my heart for a reason. I will continue to pray for this family as they go through this horrific loss. It's kind of neat that as Christ followers we get the privilege of being called upon by God to pray!! I'm so glad that I know HIM and HE knows me!!
Last night I caught the first headline of the news...Zina Linnick's body has been found. For some reason I started to cry. I didn't know this girl or her family, but my heart was grieving in a way that it would if I had lost someone dear and close to me. Now I watch the news often and hear about a lot of tragic things that take place, but this one was different. At first I started to think about the horrible person who killed this sweet little innocent 12 year old girl! I hoped that he was caught and thrown into prison for the rest of his life! Then somewhere in my fiery and anger I started pray; Lord save this man from his sin, and help him to realize that what he did was horribly wrong. "You were to Israel a forgiving God, though you PUNISHED their misdeeds." Psalms 99:8.
I started to think about Zina's family and how they took the news when the police informed them that her body was found; the verse Psalm 34:18 came to my heart, The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." I started to pray for her family, and then my thoughts were brought to the moments leading up to Zina's death. What was going through her mind? I'm sure she was full of terror and scared beyond belief. I know this is a horrible thing to think about, but I couldn't help but wonder. Then the passage from Psalm 23 came to my mind...the last verse of that chapter says..."and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever". My prayer is that Zina is in heaven with Jesus today rejoicing with the angels with her innocence and beauty restored!
I realized this morning that my thoughts and emotions from last night and even into this morning were directly from the Lord. I believe He put this story on my heart for a reason. I will continue to pray for this family as they go through this horrific loss. It's kind of neat that as Christ followers we get the privilege of being called upon by God to pray!! I'm so glad that I know HIM and HE knows me!!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
100 Degrees!
Yesterday in Seattle it was 100 degrees and all of the natives of the fine state of Washington were freaking out. I on the other hand thoroughly enjoyed it!! Hot weather just makes me happy - I could probably live somewhere where it was warm all year round. Well...except at Christmas time, because you have to have snow on Christmas! I guess I could just fly home to Chicago at Christmas time for the cold weather and snow. It's funny (or sad) out of all of the states I could live in I am living in one of the rainiest, coolest (not cold, just cool), most dreary places in the nation. I know that Seattle doesn't get the most rainfall when it comes to inches of rain per year, but we have to be up there for the amount of days that it rains per year. I didn't think I would see the day when it got sunny again in 2007!!! Okay, so I need to stop talking about rain and just rejoice that it is sunny and warm now. One great thing about this state is that b/c of the rain everything is so green and lush! The mountains and lakes are all so beautiful too! My advice...take a family vacation to Washington during the months of July or August, but don't move here unless you really enjoy rain nine months out of the year (there are lots of people out there who do!).
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
The Dollar Store
I am dedicating my first blog to Bethany Scottberg for her recommendation for me to blog :) I love to write, but it's usually done privately in my journal rather than posted on the internet for the world to read. I know I'm a little behind the times, but I'm catching up!
Since I am dedicating my first blog to Bethany I thought it would be appropriate for my first blog to be about her. One of the greatest things Bethany has taught me in life was how great The Dollar Store is. I never really stepped into many dollar stores until my sophomore year of College when Bethany took me shopping at one to buy things for our dorm room. I couldn't believe how many things you could actually buy for one dollar each!! We bought candles (mulberry), cleaning supplies, snacks, dishes and the list goes on. To this day I love the Dollar Store (just ask my husband!). Now I know there are some things that you just don't buy at the Dollar Store, but there is much more than expected that you can purchase for only ONE DOLLAR!! I want to thank you Bethany for introducing me to a store that has saved me tons of money through years!!
Since I am dedicating my first blog to Bethany I thought it would be appropriate for my first blog to be about her. One of the greatest things Bethany has taught me in life was how great The Dollar Store is. I never really stepped into many dollar stores until my sophomore year of College when Bethany took me shopping at one to buy things for our dorm room. I couldn't believe how many things you could actually buy for one dollar each!! We bought candles (mulberry), cleaning supplies, snacks, dishes and the list goes on. To this day I love the Dollar Store (just ask my husband!). Now I know there are some things that you just don't buy at the Dollar Store, but there is much more than expected that you can purchase for only ONE DOLLAR!! I want to thank you Bethany for introducing me to a store that has saved me tons of money through years!!
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