Kroger Mega Sale

Buy any 10 participating items and save $5 instantly!!! It's one of the best grocery sales any of the local stores does and they are doing it more often now (about once a month)! Combine these deals with coupons and you'd be crazy not to shop this sale!

Here are the deals I got!

Q=5 - Bic Soleil Twilight Disposable Razors - FREE
Q=8 - Playtex Living Gloves -FREE
(bonus they are pink in support of Breast Cancer research)
Q=4 - Maruchan Noodles - FREE
Q=12 - ScotchBrite Ultra Nail Saver Sponges - $0.13
Q=4 - Wonka Nerds Bag Candy - $1.50
Q=3 - Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa Mix - $0.49
Q=12 Hormel Can Chili - $0.12
Q=9 - Campbells "Cream of" Soups - $0.58
Q=5 - Chapstix - $0.50
Q=2 - Flintsones Vitamins - $3.00
Q=4 - Pillsbury Simply Cookie Dough - $0.99

Subtotal = $166.39
Coupons & Plus Card Savings = $133.98

I Paid = $32.41 (that's a savings of 81%)

Clarification Needed

In my "Rest In Peace" blog I wrote that I thought Jeremy might be depressed about going back to work and being away from Raegan and me so much. I did not mean anything negative towards Jeremy's work at all by this statement. It was simply an observation on my part and in no way was I complaining about Jeremy's job. I am very thankful for his job (we both are).

I guess I could have phrased it differently. What I was trying to say...

I think that fear and regret are very normal grieving emotions. And since the loss of his mom, he seems to regret not spending enough time with her and seems afraid that something similar is going to happen to another loved one. That's all...nothing more!

Sorry for any confusion and I hope no one reads anything further into this other than the fact that Jeremy is taking the loss of his mom in stride.

Laney

For Jeremy's Mom

She knows...

no more aches

no more pain

no more suffering

no more fear

no more sadness

no more illness

no more heartbreak

no more abuse

no more evil.

She is now in the presence of our awesome and all mighty God!

She sits high above us with a new and beautiful pair of wings

watching down and looking after us.

And while we cannot physically see or touch her anymore,

we know she is here with us in everything we do!

Rest In Peace Brenda Diane Harris (6/30/48 - 10/14/09)

There's so much I want to say so this may seem like lots of randomness, but I've got to get it all out!

As some of you have seen on Facebook, Jeremy's mom passed away last week. And as you probably saw in my previous posts, it has been rocky, but we thought she was on the road to recovery. So the news of her passing came as a bit of a surprise. And the fact that we were at home when we got the call at 7:15 am on a Wednesday morning didn't help the matter. We were both very upset then had to spend the next 2 hours fighting traffic to get to his family in Cobb County.

As for what happened...the doctors in the Cobb ER called it a heart attack because they couldn't shock her heart back into a rhythm. However, the nurses that took care of her in the hospital speculate otherwise. She had blood clots in both legs. The clot in the right leg was larger and doctors didn't think it would dissolve on its own like the one in her left leg. So they put an umbrella in her right groin to catch the clot should it start to travel. This only protected her from the clot in the right leg, as they didn't think the left leg clot posed any threat. The way her husband describes her last minutes and breaths it sounds to most like the left clot went to her lungs causing a Pulmonary Embolism. But this is just speculation and we may never know what actually happened.

Next are funeral arrangements. Never fun, but unfortunately necessary. We spent the next few hours finding out that she had no current life insurance policy and no savings. Talk about adding insult to injury! She had 4 children, none of which had an extra $7,000 or means to get it in the 2 days before the funeral. Thank you God for our little funeral angel! I don't want to call this person out but thank Heavens for them!

I know I've called on your prayers a lot lately, but I need another! Understandably so, Jeremy seems to be a bit on the depressed side about things now. He is down that we live so far from what's left of our families, that he doesn't spend enough time with his family, and that he has to work and be away from Raegan and me so much. I'm sure this is just part of the grieving process, but I hate to see him like this. He's usually a very happy, upbeat, glass half full kind of guy, even in some of the worst situations.

That's it for now. Hopefully happy happenings next time!

Laney

Lots Of Updates!

Its update time…so settle in…this may take a while!!!

My baby is ONE. My goodness how the time has flown! It’s very bittersweet. I was really looking forward to this, but now that it’s here…it makes me a little sad that my baby isn’t a baby anymore. I know she will always be “my baby” but you moms know what I mean. I’m already getting emails about my toddler and that really makes me sad! She’s growing and learning so much. She is running and walking all over the place (she doesn’t crawl anywhere anymore). And she talks all the time…some of her favorite words/sayings are “uh oh” “belly” “baby” “tickle, tickle” “hey” "sponge bob" and of course “mama” and “dada” (we are working on mommy and daddy) and this week she’s started asking for “more”. We successfully made the transition from formula to cow’s milk the day after her birthday and we haven’t looked back since…thank God…that crap is expensive!!! However, I can’t get her off the bottle…she will occasionally take the milk from a sippy cup but only if she really, really wants it and just refuses to take anything but the bottle at bedtime. Any advice would be appreciated!!! That’s about it for Raegan…for now!

Jeremy’s mom was admitted to the hospital on September 2nd and sent directly to ICU with an ecoli infection that started in her kidneys and quickly moved into her blood stream. She spent more than a week in ICU. For most of that time she was on life support and 24 hour dialysis. The doctors really weren’t sure what to expect and actually prepared the family for the worst. There have been several setbacks (bleeding ulcers and blood clots), but as of now she is set to come home tomorrow. We are all still praying for her continued recovery and thanking God for the awesome progress made so far.

In light of Jeremy’s mom being in such critical condition and us being so far away, we have decided that living out here just isn’t for us. I am so glad to say that we will be moving back to Cobb County when our lease is over in February. As of right now the plan is for us to move in with my mom (she lives alone). We are going to help fix up her house (it needs updates and some fixes) then sell it and buy something with an in-law suite for her to live with us. And for the foreseeable future I plan to stay at home (thank you Jeremy for making this possible)!

And last, but certainly not least…I’m so hesitant to say this…but I am expecting again!!! I am almost 12 weeks and have already heard the baby’s heartbeat (which was 167-so I’m calling GIRL now). I’ve been so scared for the last 12 weeks...with every trip to the bathroom I get nervous that it’s going to happen again (the picture below is the baby at 11 weeks and 1 day). But this time I’ve had other pregnancy symptoms that I didn’t have last time and the doc says that’s a good thing! He also says my chances of miscarrying after hearing the heartbeat are down from 20% to almost 10%. I like those odds. My prayer every night is that God put his hands on my womb and allow me to carry this baby to term and deliver a healthy baby boy or girl (whichever he wants for us). Needless to say, I’ve been much more emotional this time around. I cry with the mention of any miscarriage as well as any healthy baby delivered. I’m pretty sure Jeremy thinks I’m losing my mind. My little sister is also pregnant (she already knows it’s a GIRL). Her due date is February 22nd and mine is April 26th. I’m super stoked that our babies will be so close!

I guess that’s it for now. I’ll try not to wait so long between updates next time.