We had an impromptu invite from our buddies this morning to join them for some berry picking. It was THE perfect outing for us! The weather was so nice (read: not hot)! And it took us less than 10 minutes to get to the farm and the kids LOVED it! Thanks so much for inviting us, A and C!
As expected, I'm three days behind on my idea for a regular Funny Friday post. Funny Monday has a pretty good ring to it though. Especially if you say Monday like Southerners do...MUNdee. Funny MUNdee.
I have three funny things to share this week, although I'm sure I could bore you with 30 or even 300 these days.
1. We were riding in the car going from my parent's house to my sister's house. PawPaw had given Boo some Cheerio box Star Wars pens (prizes for hitting a target with a Nerf gun). Now, Boo KNOWS he's only supposed to write on paper and he's pretty black and white about these kinds of things. So, when he asked if he could hold the pens in the car, I was SURE that he would hold them and wouldn't dare write on anything because we only write on paper. The end. So, we were about half way to Aunt R and Uncle D's place and I heard him say...."Uh-oh. Mama, a little bit of pen got on me." My immediate response, knowing who I was dealing with here (a guy who doesn't like to be dirty), was that it was okay, no big deal. Sometimes you get pen on you and it's fine. It will come off when in the bath. We continue our drive with not a peep more about the pen getting on him. And when we got to Aunt R and Uncle D's place, this is what I discovered...
A "little" bit of pen, huh?
Lol!
2. Lil Bit has learned to say the word 'no'. And she says it in response to every yes/no question. Even when the answer should be yes, she says no. And it's so cute. And so funny sometimes. I got this video of her at supper tonight.
3. And finally tonight I leave you with this:
One of the local churches here in town puts on a Tea Room in the Spring. They have a wonderful Southern Menu and delicious desserts. It is so Southern and so yummy! So, we met up with BeBe and Aunt R to lunch with the ladies. They opened at 11:30 and so we were there right after 11:00 to get in line. These folks are serious about their Tea Room. Imagine a huge crowd of senior women Sunday school classes meeting for lunch. Now, it's not all seniors, but a Tea Room does draw a large older population. I was so nervous about how the children would behave. But, they did very well inside and ate almost everything on their plates. It wasn't until after lunch that this story takes a turn for the funny side of things. So, BeBe was inside checking out the gift shop or something like that and the rest of us were waiting outside. Boo and I were playing a game of Mother May I in the courtyard outside of the Tea Room. Ladies were still waiting in line along the sidewalk of the courtyard to get seated. Well, he started doing the potty dance. So, I told him that we needed to go potty. I turned around to tell Aunt R that I was going to take him inside so that she could watch Bit. And when I turned back around, Boo had already pulled down his shorts in the middle of the courtyard and was telling me that he was just going to pee here. Outside. In the middle of this open courtyard. With all of these PEOPLE AROUND!! I was whisper yelling, NO, NO!!! PULL. UP. YOUR. SHORTS!!! By the time I reached him, he was starting to pull down his underpants and was pointing to a drain in the ground...I'll just pee in there. WHAT???? More whisper yelling. NO. YOU. WILL. NOT!! I snatched up his pants and drug him off to the bathroom. Oh my goodness! And he had no clue that this was inappropriate! Will wonders never cease. Haha!
Azalea Park is a beautiful park in town and it is right next to Boo's school. The flowers are in FULL bloom right now and everything is so pretty. We've had a little rain which has washed the pollen away, thank goodness.
Boo had picture day at school this week. In addition to the student's personal photos, the school offered time slots to get sibling photos or family photos done as well. At no cost for them to take the picture! Isn't that awesome? The pics were taken on the playground of the schoolyard.
I decided that since they were already dressed so cute and since I've been reading up on my camera, I'd take Boo and Bit to the park and try to get some photos of them myself. I tell you what...you definitely need another person to help you when you're taking photos of children. I was not winning any parenting awards out there! Apparently, trying to put the fear of God in them is not a good way to get them to cooperate! Lol! Just kidding. Sort of.
It was starting to rain too, so I was trying to hurry. I had great intentions of reading my camera settings and trying different things, but it just turned into me shooting as many pics as I could because I didn't have time to look at anything else. I took 170 pics in about 10 minutes time. I ended up keeping these seven.
They are so cute! It was all worth it!
She was eying the playground across the parking lot.
Look! Water!
What's down there?
"Oh, I better get this leaf!"
Cutie pie!
The only way I could get them to be still. Not a good idea if you want them to look up at the camera.
The ONLY one out of 170 where they are looking. Lol!
First, let me say thanks for all of your support! It is hard and the months are LONG! Even February was long! It would have been long even without the extra day for leap year.
Carrie, I did keep thinking, "Does it make sense to buy envelopes in order to decrease spending?"
I went back and forth over it and then I just decided that it probably would help me to have them. So, I put them in the budget! Good question.
Also, I reworked the budget so that every budget category that I was going to use cash for was rounded to the nearest twenty. ATMs only distribute in multiples of twenty. I found that out real quick. So, to make it easier, I budgeted in multiple of twenties.
Something else that I'm doing to decrease costs is tweaking pizza night We used to go out/order in pizza every Friday night. Food is so expensive now! So now, we order in once/month and buy frozen pizza from the store or make our own for the other Fridays. This is a definite money saver.
I also use coupons, but only if it's convenient. BeBe and Granny hand over the ones they don't use and I use them if I can. I don't have the time to really delve into it right now by matching competitor and store coupons with items on sale. I also don't have a printer. But, every bit helps.
Okay, that's all about the budget.
I was fiddling with my camera and took some pics of the pups...
My Sandy girl!
I have a picture of her like this when she was an itty bitty puppy and she was lying on the a/c vent to cool off. Same pose. I wonder where that photo is now.
She caught me on this one!
Still looking like a puppy despite the gray hairs on his chinny chin chin.
Squirrel watch. (I know, I need to clean the window)
