Crazy Coupons!!

I Saved 72% on my grocery bill for march... Using coupons! & made $40.00 using rebates. I didn't buy anything generic all were name brands. :) I am thinking I have taken on a new hobby, lol. I may just teach coupon classes.

Promoting to Senior Consultant

YAY!! I got a promotion to my Senior Consultant this past week! I am working very hard to obtain my directorship with the Pampered Chef. As most of you know I don't like health care, All my life it was what I wanted to do. I had never thought of myself as a sales person, even though I always won those things in middle school where you do the fundraiser sales. However, I have discovered with being a pampered chef consultant, that I love to sale. I am now thinking of getting a degree in marketing or my MBA. I love pampered chef and being able to work my own schedule with it. The benefits of getting to go on trips, and the money is so easy! If your interested in hosting a show/catalog show, becoming a pampered chef consultant and making anywhere from $150- $1,800.00 or more a month contact me! I'd love to get you started!

Team of Rivals

Not many post this week, my head is going to be consumned in this book which is about as thick as the bible, for a book discussion and research paper due Thursday. Yuck

Rainbow Is Back

Rainbow Is back in Alabama.
Living near the Talladega has its advantages, every year or so about 200-1,000 people come to reunite amongst their travels in the national forest. Working in the ER, you get to see a great many things on a daily basis, but when the Rainbow Family comes around, things get a bit more interesting. I am amazed as to the modern day hippies can give up common things like air conditioners, razors, electricity, soap, etc and rough it in the woods.
I had a girl as a burn patient in the ER Friday as they are thumbing their way through Talladega county and riding their peace bus (picture above from our WalMart Parking lot) The girl got dehydrated and fell into an amber fire burning her left arm. I love burn pts so I was all over this! AS I was cleaning the burn, applying ointments and non adherent dressings, giving instructions on burn care I began to ask questions about their lifestyle. The girl came from a Catholic family, the other had no religion. I asked them what they did at their reunions and She said they get together and pray for peace love and harmony. I then asked what/ who do you pray to? She said that they are all open to different beliefs, that she did like the bible but didn't believe in a lot of the "tales" that were written in the bible. The other girl which was her friend says, "Yeah, like how can a man get swallowed by some fish and live, Seriously?" Then the pt says, "Yeah, like I don't believe All Things are possible with God." I was struck with dismay, but I have regretted the opportunity to share how my life seemed like I was swallowed by a fish, spit back out and am alive today because of God's Awesome love. The girls go on to tell of how they have thumb'd their way through many states, how one has kids at 21 and is marrying her fiance (who is 58) July 4th and their next big reunion . The lifestyle has just awed me all weekend. I am praying for these two girls who are a year younger than myself & the life that they are engaged upon..

Spring Cleaning.

"The United States spends more on trash bags than 90 other countries spend on everything. The receptacles of our waste cost more than all of the goods consumed by nearly half of the world's nations.'"

Feeling the need to downsize. To Simplify. Tomorrows goal is to organize just one corner. For those of you who know me, there are piles of clothes in my room and closet. & I live out of my car. I'm spending 30 minutes tomorrow to clean. Hey, don't hate, its a start. I have too much junk in my trunk. However, I really think it is a national problem. I mean if we are as Americans are spending more on trash bags than 90% of countries spend on everything. Sounds like America has a lot of junk. It reminds me of what Jesus said about the Pharisees. He said outside they were clean but inside they were full of dead men's bones -Matthew 23:27-29.

Over & Over Americans play the same role of life. Divorce rates go up 50% to 67% for the second marriage and catapults to 73% for the 3rd. Instead of learning from our mistakes more people repeat them. If only they'd cleaned house rather than cleaning the outside, then their trunks wouldn't be carrying past experiences into contemporary relationships. For those like myself, we find ourselves trapped in an unhealthy workplace environment that we're afraid to leave. Because of the junk in our trunk, we can't see beyond the short-term needs for a paycheck. And, even if we seek a new position, it does no good to change jobs if we retain old attitudes.

The last closet to clean is the one between our ears. It gathers more debris than any attic, more soot than any chimney. The worse part is no one but you knows whats there. Cleaning out my old memories of unforgivness has been more difficult than I have ever thought. I say I don't hold grudges, but in all reality It is very hard for me to forgive someone. I have always thought that unforgivness would punish someone that has hurt me or done me wrong. But, It doesn't. What it has done is keep my heart filled with anger,hostility, and bitterness. Forgiveness isn't for the benefit of the person who hurt me. Forgiveness is a gift that I need to give myself. Through trying to forgive others, I hope to unhook myself from the past and free my soul to escape the dismal and experience the delightful again.

Believe me, dealing with Junk isn't as easy as it sounds. When looking at research done by td jakes on Junk... he quotes Ancient Eastern philosophies like feng shui that proposes that physical things have energy. They can represent the old relationships, which could mean old hurts and disappointments. For example, holding on an old photo to someone who lied to you or a piece of jewelry from some old guy that did you wrong, each time you look at the physical item, whether you are conscious or not you are reminded of sadness & pain. So in this moving process, my goal is to burn some old pictures, pawn some jewelry and sell some things. Because that is exactly what I do. Ive always been the keep sake person, the hold on to it because it has a special meaning. Nah... Not when I need to break through, I love myself more than a few old pictures.

I haven't personally cleaned my room in three years. Seriously, there are clothes, dust, trash, paper piles, shoes, baskets filled with paper, or clothes,& I can't remember the last time I vacuumed... & when I think about it I haven't cleaned since people started really hurting me. Why? Psychologically maybe it has to do with holding onto something, Maybe it doesn't. Bottom Line, If you don’t like the story line I'm currently rocking… then I have the power to CHANGE IT! It is all on me to change my mind about whatever does not work for me.We always have a choice as to how we will view a situation and I am suggesting viewing your life in a way that empowers you and taking responsibility for your own happiness…because you are the only one who can.Remember fear is just a FEELING, not a FACT.

The bad part about this is, that its not going to happen over night. Breaking these cycles require making decisions. It doesn't matter how many mistakes I have made, how traumatic the circumstances from which I have come, or how distant I feel from the childhood dreams that once motivated me. If I want to change. I can. But, I have to want to move on with my life.As the saying goes, Before you can catalyze you must cauterize.

Going Rogue

As I walk into the medicine, stale vomit aroma of the place I call work I am greeted by the melody of "twinkle twinkle little star" as the entire hospital celebrates the birth of the new baby that a woman has just delivered. Oh to be a female, the joys and the drags. 

I need a breathe of fresh air, my world has become so stagnated with working all the time, that I have realized that I bring myself no happiness. I do nothing for me. I simply rely on my boyfriend for entertainment and a laugh. No, I am not on a depression, I'm just on a mind boggling need to break through and enjoy my life.. 

There are times I wonder if this is just life. That all there really is to life is working and bills. I ask myself daily why it is so hard to better yourself? Why is every struggle at this point seem like a mountain? I am
sick of this rut. I need an escape. I do way to much for my age. I need a break, a breathe of air, I am smothering in my own work tactics.

Goals:
enjoy my life this week
find a better job in the day time
finish this class
find a healthy budget
SIMPLIFY. Simplify. simplify...
Do something that makes you happy.