My Dreams for the Future

Brita tagged me in the very inspiring blogger award! Whee, thank you Brita! (I also noticed we have a lot in common. I also hate coffee, love tea and I met my husband on Ok Cupid just like you!)

For this award you are supposed to tell 7 facts about yourself, but I decided to just say 7 things I want to accomplish in the future.

the day I dressed like a pineapple. dream come true!

• The one thing I really want to do in the next 10 years is to start making money from knitting and crochet. Either from selling patterns, making YouTube videos or simply through creating hats and scarfs--I just want to start a business!

• I want to learn to spell and use grammar better. If you've read my blog for an amount of time, you may notice that I struggle in this area. I'm learning ways around my dyslexia and trying to memorize grammar rules. I feel like I've come a long way. And I have--if you'd seen my writing a few years ago, you might have thought my case hopeless.

• I want to reach my goal weight. It's 150 pounds for me. Right before I got pregnant again, I lost 17 pounds and I was weighing 158. I can't worry about my weight right now because I'm growing a baby--but I'm still dreaming!

• Read the Harry Potter books, and the entire Robert Jordan series as well.

• Join a foster kid program and foster a kid in need. This has been on my heart for awhile. So many kids are hurting!

• Convince my husband to sell his motorcycle. Probably never going to happen, but I worry for him. Motorcycles are very unsafe mostly because other cars don't see them.

• Buy a heat pump. We heat our house with a wood stove. It's messy, takes a lot of work, and in the winter everything perpetually smells like burning. Including myself. I want a heat pump. 

So yeah, those are some of the dreams I have. What about you?

Blog Critique #2

Today is the second rendition of the BLOG Critique!

Here is how it works:

Simply leave a comment with your blog address in this post. I will visit your blog and write up a detailed critique highlighting the things I think you are doing AMAZING on and then a few things you should improve upon.

I will then e-mail this directly to you!

If you have any suggestions about MY blog, please don't hesitate to e-mail me! I'm terrible at spelling (-_-) *sigh* and grammar....I'm sure I probably did something wrong even in this post!

I am super excited to read all your wonderful blogs! :) :)

Grocery Price Blog Link Up!

Since I've gotten married (feeding a man now!) I've noticed my weekly food budget has drastically increased. Food already was SO expensive when I was on my own (even through I really eat *nothing* compared to what my husband consumes). I'm very glad my sexy beast of a husband helps out in the purchasing department now, or I would be flat broke. And probably in debt.

I noticed once I began bargain shopping that food prices at our three main stores vary slightly. I keep seeing so many different $$ amounts out there when I shop, from Krogers, to Food Lion, to Walmart. And even those prices within the specific store increase and decrease weekly or monthly!

Because I wanted to be a good homemaker my husband asked me for budgeting purposes to keep track of what I pay for food I started saving receipts. But then I noticed something. Sometimes the price of the item differs week-to-week! So on top of watching my our money disappear at the grocery, I also wanted to watch the fluctuation of the price of food inside the store. Therefore I took a few pictures to help remind me.

I shop mainly at Food Lion and Krogers. Both of these are right down the street from where I live. I wanted to be able to compare food prices monthly and also yearly, so in December of 2013 I can see how much they have really changed in my area since 2012.

I'd love to link up with you ladies! To participate, do a blog post highlighting one or more of the foods I have listed here. I will be updating every Thursday and I would love to know how things differ world-wide! For example, what is your gas price right now? For my area in VA, gas is 3.09/gal for regular. Next week I will be comparing and contrasting the prices to see if anything has changed. I challenge you to do the same!

Please link one (or more) of the following foods in your post. You can link others also, but try to use one of these so I have something to compare with!

• Potatoes
• Bread
• Bagels
• Milk
• Bacon
• Cheese
• Yogurt
• Gas