Yes, that is what my wonderful husband calls me, his "wifey." No, you cannot pronounce it "wife-e," it is "wif-ey." We thought, well at least I thought, that we were the only ones who used that pronunciation. Then while I was searching the wonderful world wide web, I found a blog, called "Thrifty Wifey." Her blog is great, a nice combination and balance between coupon clues, freebies, giveaways, and other randomness. My favorite part about this other "wifey" is that she is "a Christian, and proud of it."
In our household, we strive to put Christ first and be excellent stewards of all we have been given. This includes our finances, but also the groceries we buy, our bodies, our time, an our goals in this world. Over the last few months of logging onto to different websites and searching for all those neat free items and good deals, I somehow managed to get a subscription to Martha Stewart Living and Everyday Food. This last week, I did it all-just like Martha, minus the insider trading and jail time.
Monday, we had the last group visit of the summer (knock on wood), and it was amazing-those Miss South Carolina contestants were ALL on our campus! For dinner, I made a delicious couscous with chicken, asparagus, peas and lemon zest. I followed up the dinner by doing the dishes with Mark, and then a two mile run.
Tuesday, after a full day at the office doing cleaning and moving, I made a homemade chicken pad thai, minus the MSG and all the tummy issues I seem to get. Afterwards, I went to an all levels flow class at Soul Flow Yoga Studio.
Wednesday, I was a girl. Crystal, Cummings and I used a little comp time, left at lunch, and saw Eclipse. That evening I made a very simple meal of turkey wraps and blueberries for my stinky.
On Thursday morning, I ran to yoga class, and was glad that both Jill and Lola offered me a ride home. That night, I sent my husband off to work, and did the same on Friday night. While Mark was working, Lola and I had the opportunity to see Knight & Day (thank you to Costco for the discounted tickets) and then had dessert at City Range. A sinfully delicious chocolate molten cake a la mode.
Saturday morning, Lola and I met with the intention to run about three miles. However, we ran just over four, before we made it to the farmers market where we both picked up our delicious dozen free range chicken eggs. When I arrived home, Mark was sleeping, so I cleaned and did some laundry. Because we knew that no big plans (other than chemistry studying) were going to be part of the Saunders' family plan on July 4th, I turned Saturday night into our major fun night! To begin, we had an early dinner at Outback (using a giftcard, of course). Mark tried the new wood fire grilled method of steak prep, and I tried the horseradish cap/crumbles (which was more than I needed, but delicious regardless). We then drove to Cleveland Park in Greenville, parked the car, and walked into downtown for gelato at Luna Rosa Gelato Cafe.
Then finally today, after my sweet husband left for another shift today at 5:45 am (he covered for another PCT who had plans with her kids for the 4th of July), I was all work. Cleaned, clipped coupons and licensed to a few great podcasts. So when Mark came home, I ran out to Publix (best place to shop with coupons, I spent $12 for $47 worth of groceries). Dinner tonight was an Israeli couscous salad (amazing!), followed by a little public television, The Birth of Freedom.
All in all, it was a good week. The best part being seeing my husband happy and full of yummy food in his tummy.
