Weekend Blessing

Crabtree Falls in Virginia

Hi All ! I hope everyone has a great and blessed weekend !! I will start the series Weekend Blessing on this blog and share with you the bible verses that bless my husband and I. And prayerfully will bless you as well !!

Today I will share my husband favorite verse to open this series !!

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not

 

Galatian 6:9

Repurpose Night Stand Into A Shoe Rack

Have you ever found yourself always thinking of something when you see furniture sitting in your dumpster. I found this nightstand sitting by our dumpster without any drawers. Automatically, I asked my husband for help to take it into our apartment while some projects were playing in my mind. Of course with grumpy happy face my sweet hubby did it for me.

 

This is how it looked when we retrieved it from our dumpster. We my husband started to put elbow grease into it. Sandpapering and cleaning it to prepare for stain and paint.

 

 

I was thinking to use it as a shoe rack by our entryway. Since we didn't have a shoe rack by the front door, this could serve as an entry table plus shoe rack. I didn't do anything with the shelves, just clean them and leave them as is. I paint it with blue color ( I forgot the shade of blue but it was from Valspar ). I stained the top with a mahogany finish 2 coats and put polyurethane to finish.

 

 

 

 

 

This night stand serves the purpose of keeping our everyday shoes in order. Also, I have a little table to decorate to greet me when I come home.

 

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Goodwill Finds

Hi all ! Happy Tuesday ! I hope you have a wonderful day !

This afternoon, I went to the Goodwill in my area and found some nice stuff. I found out that they have lots of goodies. I think because it is Summer and lots of people  are doing yard sales. What they didn't sell of their stuff was just donated to GW. That is why they had lots of stuff on the shelves. If you live close to GW and love to shop then this is a good time to go.

Since I found out that I have a Goodwill outlet not far from my house, I've gotten spoiled and barely go to a regular GW store. But today I just wondering what kind of deal that I can get from a regular GW store.

I found this B. Makowsky messenger/ cross body bag for $4 and still in very good condition without damage, discoloration or anything bad. I quickly took it without giving it a second thought. I know this bag is very popular and a good brand. They are very good quality bags. That is why I just go ahead and take it. If I decide not to keep it for my self, I can always sell it on eBay ( which I might do :)

New pair of cutting edge Cherokee shoes for my niece. They are still brand new donated by Target. I paid $3 for a pair ( not sure how much they are in Target ). I hope they weren't overpriced !!

Nice curtain and still in good condition.  I think it was salvaged from Target as well. I paid $3.99 for it. I can use it for my spare bedroom.

After all, I did pretty good with this hunting mission at GW. I still don't want to get a lot of stuff from their regular store. Especially since Goodwill's price recently is almost the same as a regular retail store. I just get things that I have a hard time finding at the Goodwill Outlet.

Have you recently went to GW and what did you find ??

 

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Canary Melon Smoothie

Happy Monday !! I hope you had a wonderful weekend !! Ours was wonderful.

Have you enjoy your summer so far? This is my favorite season of the year. I used to this weather all year long. I grew up in the tropical Island. On this hot weather, don't you get thirsty a lot? And you are looking for something fresh to drink !

Today, I will share my new favorite smoothie Canary Melon. We went to farmer's market very often. And we got a couple of fresh fruit every time we go. One of them is Canary Melon.

 

 

Canary Melon Smoothie

 

Ingredients:

1/2 Ripe Canary Melon

1/4  cup sugar *

1/2 of lemon juice

about 6-8 ice cubes

 

Directions:

Scoop out the seeds from the Melon and cut into cubes.

Put all the ingredients into the blender and mix it.

*(optional if you want healthy recipe you can leave this out )

 

And ready to serve !!! Easy and you have this fresh drink on this hot summer weather :)

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I Got All Of These For $0

Happy Friday All !! I'm so proud of myself today ! If you have been reading my blog for couple of times you will know by now that I love to save money in everything. One of them is through couponing. So, I will post about couponing from time to time on this blog. I hooked up to this couponing thing since last year and still need to learn a lot about it.

These are a couple of couponing blog that check very often everyday moneysavingmom, hip2save and you can Google to find out another blog out there lots of them. I'm not extreme couponing by any mean ( way far from that :). But every pennies that I save will count to pay the bill, saving or ( sometimes helping others )

I went through my coupon bag yesterday and found out that my $5 ECB from CVS will expired tomorrow. This afternoon I went there. First things I do when I get to the store is to scan my CVS card on coupon machine by the door. This red machine will print out a bunch of coupons. Today I got paper towel coupon save  $ .79  on one. I was browsing through the store and thinking what can use my $5 ECB for ( stuff that use for sure ).

I saw honey bunches cereal for sale 2/$4. So got 2 of them and 2 liter of Coke for $.88 also paper towel for sale $.79 ( remember I got $.79  off from coupon machine so make it free ). The cashier was so nice so she adjust my coupon to $.69 because I was over $.10

 

 



 Isn't  it make your weekend much better when you go shopping and pay nothing out of your wallet for the stuff you bring home!

 

Have a happy Friday all !!

 

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How Do I Buy Stuff For "Free"

Hi all ! Oh my...it's hot here ! I have been painting outside and God knows how much sweat I have had. I will show you later in other post what I'm working on.

Are you one of those people who love to get " free" stuff. I do ! Last year I was reading a blog and
talked about Swagbucks. I read and learn about it from their website. I give a try and I was hook ever since. You can get point by just searching, watching TV and printing out coupon,  there are so much more to do to earn the point. After you get 450 point you can exchange it into $5 gift card from Amazon.

I started this swagbucks thing around late August last year and I've already earn $120 on gift card  from Amazon so far. That is a lot consider I didn't do much. You can do more than this if you do survey or other stuff they offer. And I buy stuff from Amazon when they have a good sale for the things I need. This way I got more for my money.

Here are some stuff that bought with my Swagbucks money ( pictures below). I have got stuff for my house, gift for nephew/niece or even some toy for my husband :) So you can make someone special in your life happy without breaking your bank !!

Don't you just love that :)

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Before and After Faux Bamboo Coffee Table

Happy Monday to you all !! I hope you had a nice weekend with your family and friends !

Finally, I finished my project with this beautiful faux bamboo coffee table. I love this table from the beginning I laid my eyes on her. Love everything about bamboo, just not willing to pay the price. I got a good deal with this one that is why I took her home with me.

It has a good bone and it says made by Lane company on the bottom ( not sure if this company still around ). I did some TLC on her, I clean and did a little sand paper. I paint it with Valspar base paint. And after it dry I spray painted it with Rust-Oleum semi gloss white. I spent almost 2 can of spray paint on her.

This beauty still looks beautiful and showing more her true beauty after those make over with the spray paint.

The white color showing more the detail of the bamboo shape.

 

This project is consider easy compare to some other furniture project I'm working on. And I love how it turned out ! I wish I have this kind of project all the time :)

 

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