This time around a found a Black and Decker weed eater for $9.00 and it came with 2 brand new batteries. We also found a used laser challenge game for 1.99. And a really nice water bottle for .69… We love to spend big bucks at the Goodwill.
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Posted a new article
Feb 9
We were stuck in our car for 30 more miles and our oldest son started asking us some questions that made us very nervous. Read about it here http://tinyurl.com/yhq7oa4
Chemical pregnancy
Jan 9
I did a video slide show of our recent experience having a chemical pregnancy (otherwise known as a very early miscarriage). We were pregnant by accident for just 5 days. See it here.
Aaron
We found a Goodwill in Dibol, Tx that had some awesome stuff. We found A cyclops mini projector ($3.00) A Playdough burger factory ($2.00), a model rocket ($1.00), a new in the box genuine Wii remote ($5.00). We got everything home and it all worked great!
Remember to check your Goodwill and check it often!
Aaron
We have found the following items from the goodwill.
#1 Best item so far the Delonghi Cafe Nabucco Espresso machine. All parts working and in amazingly good condition. We paid 2.99 for this bad boy and I have made about 30 lattes with it. Anyone have any good recipes for lattes? The hazelnut and vanilla is getting a little old.
#2. USB Foam dart rocket launcher. This very expensive item set us back a whopping .99 cents. It worked and after a fresh set of batteries and a free driver download I was shooting foam darts at the kids.. Always amusing.
#4. Nintendo DS. Yup found one for $50. This one was actually our worst buy. I say that because I had to replace the touch screen (2.00 for the screen and 1.50 for the tool) so it came in at only a little cheaper than a used purchase at gamestop. Still not a bad purchase nonethless.
#5. A palm zire, $10.00. All cd’s, a carrying pouch, and all the cables to go with it. My kids broke it after a month.
#6 Board games. these never cost over a $1.00 a piece and include the following (almost every game had all it’s pieces.) Cadoo for kids, Zingo, Twister (in a vintage 1964 box), Life, Thomas the train, connect four, and something else I can’t remember. All in all we saved over $50.00 verse buying these new.
Books. OMG I love books, and I have picked up all kinds of books from the Goodwill. Most I got at a 3 for $1.00 sales so they really broke the bank. I found college and highschool textbooks, a writers guide (I’m still working on that one 
), The choose the sex of your baby book, and countless others.
We’ve found lot’s more treasures that we couldn’t figure out how to move so we had to leave em ( I need a truck). But the Goodwill is a great place to find some real bargains.
Good treasure hunting,
Aaron
A poem I wrote
Aug 5
I wrote a poem and published it online. We printed it out and it’s going in the front pages of our memory book. Our memory book is going to be where we jot down what happened this week and what we felt and thought. You can read our poem here. I try to capture some the reality that everything we have is “on loan” from God. I’m more attached to some things He’s given me than others but I appreciate them!
We have saved a huge sum of money by changing where shop for things. I use to buy things full price at places like Wal-mart or Target, but now we hit the Goodwill first. The best Goodwill is about 50 miles from us, but it is well worth the drive. They have a huge selection of books, clothes, furniture, and electronics. The Lord has blessed us with lot’s of games that have all their pieces or almost all the pieces. Either way the Goodwill has been a huge blessing to our family.
Home made laundry soap
Jul 22
I got this recipe from the Duggar’s section on TLC You can follow that here.. Well we tried it and it works! The only thing we do different is we have started adding 1/2 a cup of vinegar and using oxyclean in heavily soiled loads. Similarly I have also found several recipes for dishwashing powder one here and the other here. Once I run out of my Cascade I shall try these out and report back with my results.