The Little Red Henley

Good morning yall!! This Monday, we can actually call it a good morning because of the snow! I might not be a fan, especially since it’s almost April and it should be warm, but all this snow has let out all the schools and cancelled work for a lot of people, so even if I still have to go to work, I know most of yall are enjoying the day! And even I got to go in a little late, so that’s extra time I got to spend with my son!

Having a day off is always nice, though I've learned that once I graduated from college, there’s really no such thing as a day off anymore. With a house, husband, and child to take care of (2 children if you count my husband!), there are a million things to do in day, and since I've started couponing, there are even more things to do! It’s a great money saver, but as I've said before, it’s also hugely time-consuming, taking hours every week to clip, sort, and file the coupons, and then to go through and match up the coupons to the sales of the week.

The rest of it is just sort of mindless work that I can do while I watch Revenge (did anyone else catch last night’s episode by the way??? Ah I can’t wait for next week!), but this last part, matching the coupons to sales, is hard, and it makes me really glad that my parents instilled the value of hard work in me. As I said before when I was talking about couponing, it was my friend Jennifer who got me hooked on it, and she’s a really great help when it comes to it. She’s pretty sharp, and it seems to come pretty easily to her, and she’s offered to give me as much help as I need.

But I don’t just ask her every week what coupons she used with which sale, and then go out and copy her. Honestly, I think I probably could. She wants to help me with this, she’s gone out of her way to help me learn, and she’s offered up the deals that she gets. But, I think if I were just to copy her it would be taking advantage of a new friend. And besides that, it would be lazy of me, and leave me totally dependent on her. Dependence is only detrimental in the long run. What if, when she has her second child, she doesn't have time anymore? I’d be lost if all I did was copy her! I'd rather have the knowledge and ability to things for myself.

The Bible tells us in 2 Thessalonians 3:10, “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat,” meaning that if you aren't willing to put in the time and effort required for something, you don’t get to reap the benefits. My husband offered to take my coupons and stop by the store on his way home from work, and I told him, “No sir!” I put in all the hard work organizing everything and finding the deals- by golly I was going to get to have the fun of spending the money (or in that case, getting the store to pay me for taking items! That was a good day). My husband was actually trying to be helpful rather than just trying to enjoy the benefit of my hard work, but you can see my point I’m sure. I'd rather be the little red hen who gets to eat the bread than the pup who was too lazy to help harvest the wheat! I'll keep on keeping on, even if it is difficult, because I want to be able to have the fun of knowing that I'm earning what I get. Instead of being the little red hen from the story, I'm the little red Henley! (Am I red? Well, maybe not. The little blonde Henley? Is that better? It sounded like a cute analogy when I got started anyway.)