Lady of Proverbs 31 Saving at Krogers

As a Lady of Proverbs 31, I try to save as much money as I can grocery shopping.  I like to think that I am "like a merchant ship, bringing her food from afar, she gets up while it is still dark; she provides food for her family and portions for her servant girls".  Of course, I do not have to get up to meet the merchant ships to gather my food from afar (Proverbs 31:14-15).  I only have to go to the local grocery store.  But I do like to save as much as I can while feeding my family.  I use coupons and request samples of new products to see if I like those items.  I try to buy what is on sale and stock up if possible.  I scan newspaper and online ads to see what store has the best deals for my grocery dollars.  I have even contacted the manufacturer of my favorite products to see if I could obtain some coupons for the items.  I have been pleasantly surprised by the amount of savings I achieved by doing these few tasks.  But sometimes it feels like I need to do even more to save even more on my grocery budget.  Unfortunately, I don't always have time to go from one store to another for great savings.  There are times, I have too many things to accomplish and I have to find one store that does it all for me.


Luckily for me, Kroger is one such store that offers incredible deals to stretch the grocery dollar even farther than it would normally go.  Kroger offers a Deal of the Day from February 25, 2011 to March 12, 2011 in their Cartbuster program.  The Deal of the Day is available each day while supplies last.  In addition to the Deal of the Day, Kroger offers big savings all over the store.  But to make this even better for a Lady of Proverbs 31 is you can add your coupons to add to your savings on your families needs.  But Kroger is not done with the great savings.  You can enter for a chance to win the Deal of the Day for free!


Check out Kroger's web site to check out the Deal of the Day, current advertisement and pick out the coupons you need.  You can print the coupons out or use the electronic coupons they offer.  Your shopping cart will be busting with items you bought at a fraction of the cost.  


The Lady in Proverbs 31 worked diligently at all tasks she undertook.  She "watches over the affairs of her household" and you can too with a bit of help of Kroger (Proverbs 31:27a).  I look out for the items my children need.  I have one picky eater and a college student that no longer eats meat.  I have to find great deals on items my picky eater with braces will actually eat.  It can get very expensive purchasing some of those items.without coupons.  Sending care packages to my college son can be expensive depending on the items in the box.  You do not know how relieved I am when I can save more than what the postage costs to send the package.  


I hope you will check out your local Kroger store and take advantage of the incredible deals from today to March 12, 2011.  You will be pleasantly surprised by how much you will save on the foods your family loves, even the picky ones!

“I wrote this blog post while participating in the SocialMoms Kroger CartBuster blogging program, for a gift card worth $50. For more information on how you can participate, click here.” 

Taking care of the written word, 

Dannielyn

At the Merchants Gate, A Lady of Proverbs 31

A Lady of Proverbs 31 is someone who is providing for their family as in Proverbs 31:18.
“She sees that her trading is profitable, and her lamp does not go out at night.”

My husband and I agreed that I would embark on a career path of freelance writing and working on pursuing publishing of my bible studies and fiction series. I looked over our finances and found a wonderful avenue for me to save on our health and beauty needs while bringing additional income. I have become an Avon representative. I was an Avon representative way back when I was in high school. Since that was quite a while ago, I found some great changes have occurred since then.

You can purchase your Avon products online! That is incredible and convenient. If you are interested in finding out what is new at Avon and take advantage of all the great products and incredible prices go to www.youravon.com/dannettfrey

I recently signed up as a representative and was surprised to find out that the cost to become a representative is only$10.00. I received brochures for the two upcoming campaigns, order book, sample pack, a cute bag and other items necessary for me to begin selling. I also have an opportunity to sell products off of my FREE Avon website. It is so easy to customize your page as Avon has all the work done for you!

If you are interested in becoming an Avon representative go to www.youravon.com/dannettfrey and find out just how easy it is. The incentives, prizes and earnings make this a great idea for additional income.

Chocolate for a Lady of Proverbs 31

Humility-”the willingness to submit” James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.

It is sometimes hard to remain humble when you have done something “good”; harder still is when you feel you did a great job. It often seems after a moment of greatness there is a series of moments when you feel small and easily embarrassed. How do we deal with moments of humility?

We have to humble ourselves even more. It is not always easy to understand what that means, humble yourselves even more. I believe we are to go to our Lord in prayer and ask Him to humble our hearts and our minds. We have to ask him to take away our pride and instead fill us with a desire to be less in order to do more for him. How can we know what He wants us to do for His kingdom, if we are only worried about our lives and how we look.

Humility is hard for everyone to learn and at times even harder to accept. But if we remain his faithful servant; he will not only show us how to be humble, he will lift us up while we are being humbled.

Making Life Easier for Moms and Dads

I am all for making life easier in any manner possible. I spend a lot of time on the internet researching all different topics and I bookmark quite a few of those sites I have researched. I was sitting there one day searching through the multitude of bookmarks wondering if there was an easier way to find the sites that I use all the time. It hit me, what about a site that lists a number of highly popular topics and the most popular sites regarding those topics.

That is what Taking Care of the Written Word is. All the sites that make a difference in a person's life will have links on this website. Pages will be added all the time to cover the topics of most interest.

That is where you come in. You can suggest topics that are important to you and sites that cover those topics. It will be a great site for anyone looking to make their life easier.

Take a look, make a comment or two and get involved in this site. Together we can make this a great resource for everyone.

A Lady of Strength, Proverbs 31 Series part Three

Back when we were little girls pretending to find the man of our dreams and planning our beautiful wedding, we had no idea just how hard marriage was really going to be. We thought it was beautiful clothes, fun activities, deciding to have a baby and ta-da here was our beautiful baby with beautiful hair and never making a sound except for what the pull string made the baby say.

Imagine our surprise when we found out that marriage often is boring, hard work, struggles, and our children, if we are lucky enough to be able to have them. Our children are nothing like our little dolls we played with and care for so tenderly.

Take a few minutes to write down what your expectations of marriage and motherhood and then write down what you life is really like right now. Are you surprised by your thoughts and feelings regarding your expectations and your realities?

In Proverbs 31, verse 10 in the message starts off “a good woman is hard to find, and worth far more than diamonds”. The first verse already left me feeling a little hopeless. Who can find a good wife? I asked myself, why I would want to take any time and become an excellent wife if no one can find one. That is the human and selfish side of me. I had to really look hard into my heart and ask myself what the writer was really saying to me. What did the writer want me to experience or take away from the verse?
I had determined that the writer was telling me that I needed to hear the statement clearly. I was not going to be an excellent wife just by being a wife. I needed to take those words and hide it deep into my heart. I needed to believe those words with my whole being. I cannot be an excellent wife just because I am a wife. I need to study and pray and strive to be the wife my husband could call excellent.

I needed to be determining what the qualifications are that would deem me to be an excellent wife. I know that in the upcoming verses I would be receiving instructions on how the Lady of Proverbs 31 was perfecting her role as wife, mother, Christian and community member. But right now, I needed to accept that becoming a Lady of Proverbs 31 was a lifelong, day in and day out, 24/7 process that I needed to take on. I don’t know if I am strong enough to do that process all on my own, but I willing to try. I am willing to take what I need from those verses and pray about how to apply to my life those principles. I am willing to look deeply into my heart and look at the shortcomings I suffer. I am willing to redirect my thoughts and my deeds and move them closer to the path I am to take.

Taking care of the written word,

dannielyn

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