Annoyed

A few girlfriends and I went to the cheap movie theater last night to see Shall We Dance. Now, I didn't pay much money to watch BUT I did go to watch a movie, not be annoyed by children! Some rude people behind us brough their schoolage kids to the late movie which started at 9:35 (my 7 &9 year old children were in bed by that time) Now, I have no problem with kids being at a movie...late or not...what I DO mind is if the kids are noisy, restless, kicking my seat, dropping their water bottle, whistling and their parents are talking a great deal during the movie. I shushed them once and turned around a few other times. If your kids aren't theater friendly (or their parents too for that matter) STAY AT HOME and rent a movie!

Merry Christmas!

Taking the time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! We had our little family Christmas last night as we are off to the in laws today and won't be home until Christmas night. It's so fun to watch the kids, they get excited about the littlest presents...like socks! Even our dog was quite happy with his new toy! (he's pulled most of the fuzz off of it already)
So, enjoy the season...Eat, drink & be merry!

Love of Music

Today my daughters attacked and cleaned their rooms. My youngest daughter who is seven, has a lot of "special" items she has a hard time parting with, but I am extremely proud of her today, she purged a lot of pictures, and what I call garbage from her room. In sorting items, we found a tape, unlabled so we popped it in her tape deck. It was Abba. Now, if you know me, you may know I enjoy Abba tunes, I especially like to do housework to Abba. I was surprised to see her leap into dance and an attempt to sing along to Mamm Mia, in fact, she rewound the tape and listened to it 3 times in a row. It's great to find out your kids like something you do!

Freebies

Being a "trifty" person, as my neighbor likes to call me, I'm always thrilled when you get something of quality for free. Today my husband was buying me a nice coffee from Starbucks drive thru window after church. Again, being cheap, I mean thrifty, I got a grande regular coffee but I was eyeing the eggnog latte that of course costs about $2 more. I went for the regular coffee...save the $2 for tomorrow's coffee at work. Once we were at the window, their debit machine wasn't working after 2 tries (not because our account was empty) so they just waved us on and said the coffee was on them today...alright! I did have a moment where I thought "doh...should have ordered the expensive latte".

Bathing suit blues

Well, I tried on a bathing suit this past week in hopes I'd look fabulous on the beach in a few months without having to break a sweat. Unfortunately, it wasn't a pretty sight. How depressing, although my seven year old told me I looked great... So, today in our work newsletter they are offering different work-out classes. I am seriously thinking of going, the pain that it is going to bring won't be fun. How do I get through Christmas...all those goodies!