Photoshop Fun

I've been having fun with my photos and trying to learn photoshop. Although, I have been posting most of my photos on Facebook, I have also been uploading them to deviantART.com. For those of you who do not have facebook, I thought that I would share my fun little adventure....right along with my new recipe fun...which, sadly, has taken a back seat to work since Clinique is currrently in bonus mode. *whew* 40 hours a week with late nights and no weekends is wearing a girl out!
Anyway, here is the link to my profile if you would like to check it out. Enjoy! :D

http://ripsiara.deviantart.com/

New furniture....kinda

We were out garage sale'ing for a few items and we stumbled across this cute little couch. Kiera ran up to it at the garage sale and plopped right down, looked up and smiled. How could we not get it? It was in great condition and only $5! She loves to sit on it with her toys or read books.

Don't throw your expired coupons away!

Found this on one of my grocery coupons websites. It is great idea, way better than just throwing them out and it helps all those who serve our country! THANK YOU SOLDIERS!

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Stop tossing those expired grocery coupons in the trash! Our U.S. military families stationed overseas are able to use them on base for up to six months after the manufacturer's expiration date! Help us keep our list of participating bases up to date... if you know one that would like to be added to our list please contact us with their current mailing information today.

Keep in mind the time it takes to mail your coupons internationally--usually many weeks--so do try to get them sent off soon. Some bases even welcome you to send your coupons directly to them even if you do not personally know a military family overseas, and these are the bases we list on our site. They will either distribute the coupon donations to needy families or place them in an area where they can be picked up by families at the PX and Commissary. (Please note: They can only accept regular manufacturer's coupons; no "in store" coupons or internet printed coupons.)

GrocerySavingTips.com maintains our base address list on a monthly basis, unlike other coupon address lists you may find on the Internet that may or may not be current.

Please Note... The USPS may request a person's contact name when mailing your coupons, please explain to them that we cannot maintain a list of personal contact names because they change so often. We are a volunteer group just donating grocery coupons to help our military families stationed overseas. The postal worker can also open and inspect the package if that will help and verify that the contents are just grocery coupons being sent to our U.S. commissaries overseas. Addressing the package directly to the Commissary or "Family Services" will also help.

Also, according to the USPS, "Do not include the country or the base camp's city, as it might be routed through the host country's mail system." We include this information in our address list below so you will know where they are located, but when you mail your envelopes you may address them like this...
Family Services (or Information We Have Listed)
Unit Number, Box Number
APO AE 00000

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In addition... we would like to suggest that you contact the base first, especially if you are sending a large amount of coupons as a group, to make sure they are still accepting coupons. Their circumstances are changing on a monthly basis and we are doing the best we can to keep our mailing list current for everyone. Please keep us posted! :o) Also, please read more tips from our readers below our list of addresses.

U.S. Air Force:

This military base address list is managed by www.GrocerySavingTips.com, please check back with us for updates before mailing your expired grocery coupons. We update our list every month. Thank you for your support! :o)

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Fairford, UK

Airman and Family Readiness Center
PSC 36 Unit 4820
abs/sv3
APO AE 09456

(Message included by Fairford... "The coupons are greatly appreciated by our military families!")

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Alconbury, UK

RAF Alconbury
ATTN: Family Services
423 ABS/DPF
APO AE 09470

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Incirlik, Turkey

Airman and Family Readiness Center
39 MSS/DPC
Unit 7075, Box 175
APO AE 09824

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Osan, Korea

Airman and Family Readiness Center
Unit 2097
51 MSS/DPF
Osan AB
APO AP 96278-2097

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Yokota, Japan

Airman and Family Readiness Center
374 FSS/FSFR
Unit 5123
APO AP 96328

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Okinawa, Japan

Airman and Family Readiness Center
Unit 5134 Box 80
18 FSS/FSFR
APO AP 96368-5134

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U.S. Army:

Mannheim, Germany

Army Community Service
Unit 29901 Box 25
Bldg. 253
APO AE 09086-9901

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Stuttgart, Germany

Army Community Service
Unit 30401
APO AE 09107

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Vilseck, Germany

Army Community Service
Unit 28130
Bldg. 244
APO AE 09114

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Bamberg, Germany

USAG Bamberg
IMEU-BAM-MWR-ACS
Army Emergency Relief Manager
CMR 459
APO AE 09139

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Illesheim, Germany

Army Community Service
CMR 416
Bldg. 6510
APO AE 09140

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Lakenheath, UK

Airman and Family Readiness Center
48 FSS/FSFR Bldg 950
Unit 5200, Box 105
APO AE 09461

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Brussels, Belgium

Army Community Service
Unit 8100
Box 08
APO AE 09714

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Okinawa, Japan

Volunteer/Outreach Coordinator
ACS - 10th ASG
Unit 35115
APO AP 96376-5115

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Marine Corp:

Iwakuni, Japan

Marine and Family Services
Bldg. 411
PSC 561 Box 1863
FPO AP 96310-0009

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U.S. Navy:

Rota, Spain

Fleet and Family Support Center
PSC 819 Box 57
FPO AE 09645-5500

A turn of events

So, it turns out that the job Paul was supposed to have for the entire summer was just cut short due to budgeting cut-backs. His last day is on Tuesday and we (mainly me) are struggling to be okay with the fact that money is again really tight and VERY uncertain. With only my paycheck we cannot pay bills, rent, etc AND eat ~ with is pretty important if you wanna stay alive! :)

Please pray for Paul and that a job will come to him swiftly. Thank you in advance for all your prayers and support!

We love you all!

Awesome Blogger

The photography and art work on this blog is phenomenal!

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Answered Prayers

Who would have thought that the answer to our prayers would be Paul going BACK to school. He has a great opportunity to basically go to graduate for little cost. Through the TA job Paul maintained throughout his undergrad schooling, he is able to go to school only having to pay for tuition fees and books. So, there you go, we asked for an answer to prayer and we got one. Not exactly the one we thought that we were going to get ~ we were looking forward to actually having a savings account, buying a home, and getting some babies! Oh, well, guess God must have something else in mind for us.

So, to all those who were praying for us - THANK YOU! The answer came swift and with a great peace.

Maybe one of these days Paul and I will do something interesting enough to put pictures up on the blog! Until then, we hope you don't tire of our writing.

THANKS AGAIN!

Beautiful Seattle