Texas Floods of 2015 in Pictures

Words cannot express how devastated most of the state of Texas is right now. From Dallas south is just soaked and there is more rain in the forecast. There are still so many people missing, power still out, and families who lost everything. 

If I wasn't working full time and in need of my paycheck right now Dave and I would be up there right now working this whole week while he is off hitch. But we cannot afford for me to not work so the next best thing we could do was spearhead collecting donations and drive them up ourselves. 

San Marcos was a hard hit central Texas area. I actually was coming back from my parent's place in Georgetown on Sunday morning when I got work they had shut down I-35 because it was under water. Thank goodness for the 130 toll road. Dave went to college at Texas State in San Marcos. He loved it. It is by far one of his favorite places when it comes to the Texas Country Music Scene. 

Facebook rallied and within hours groups were created to disseminate information and provide means of communication for people to help. I was able to reach out to a Teacher at Travis Elementary School and the 38 families there became our main focus for our donations.

To find the Facebook pages you can look up 

Wimberley Flood Information 2015

Wimberley Citizens Disaster Relief

Wimberley Flood 2015

San Marcos Flood 2015 

Please pray for the missing, please pray for those lives that were lost, and please pray for healing for everyone affected by mother nature. It will take weeks and months for us all to recover but as Texans do, we help each other out no matter where we are in this big state! 

For more information on how you can help the city of San Marcos visit their Flood Resources Page 

Hello Fresh Meals & $40 off your first box!

There are quite a few fresh food delivery companies popping up all over the place but I have only found one that will deliver to the tiny town that I live in. This is how Hello Fresh works.....

Hello Fresh is unique in the fact you can choose the meals you want each week and you can choose to have either a meat or veggie box delivered each week. To better fit your schedule you can even skip certain weeks!

I chose to get the veggie box because it was a little bit cheaper plus we have plenty of home processed meat that I can add to our meals. 

I got my first box almost two weeks ago and I really enjoyed making the meals. The directions were easy and everything was portioned out and labeled. 

If you want to try it for yourself you can use my coupon code and get $40 off your first box of awesomeness!! 

Just type in 2FC8TS

For my oilfield wives this is great if you want to make healthy meals for yourself while your man is gone. The boxes come in sizes for two people or four people. I chose the two person box because we do not have children so the two person box works out when he is gone because then I have leftovers for lunch the next day. You get enough to make three two person meals or 6 single servings. It won't last you the whole week but it has been neat adding the recipes to my routine without the guessing and buying a bunch of ingredients that I may never use again.