Thursday my dad and step-mom came up and stayed the night. They cooked back strap, mashed potatoes, green beans, sweet potatoes, and BROWN GRAVY. It was uh-mazing!! They stayed with the kids while I ran to Bryan on Friday morning to run some errands. I never listened to the radio until I was on the way home. It was therapy. Silent therapy. And silence is not a part of my life anymore. Or Cody's for that matter! Annette and I sat outside and talked like we usually do. She always gives the best advice. They love my kids so much and we are so lucky to have them.
Cody and I haven't been to Willis in 3 weeks, which I think is a record. We are usually there almost every other weekend. It's almost as if we have joint custody with my mom regarding the kids. My mom and step-dad have been on a 3 week trip all over the world. They started in Brazil then to France and now they are leaving for Thailand. So, we figured we would stay here and save a little money. Which has not happened. We will talk about that later. In that time frame my sister and dad have come to visit US! Thursday my sister sent a text somewhere along the lines of, "I had plans Friday night but I am lying to get out of them and we are all coming to see y'all." It got better!! My little sister sent a text saying they were coming too and she had all the stuff to make gumbo for the game Saturday morning. I think us girls spent more time in the kitchen washing dishes and cooking than watching the game. We had a blast.
Miranda, Me, Jami
Luke, Uncle Brent, Uncle Stephen
I have been totally slacking on Luke's pictures. We loaded up on Saturday to take some. He is at the stage where it is so hard to get pictures of him. He is kinda sitting up and kinda not. He is too big to put in a bucket or basket. He tries to eat everything he has in front of him. I got to Cody's parents and realized I forgot my SD card. We borrowed one of his mom's but it only help nine pictures. It was hot and I was sweating. It was a disaster but we managed to get a few cute ones....after Cody found cold Miller Lite in his dad's refrigerator.
We are going to start building our house in a few months and I have got to STOP buying everything I see, that I want. I want to start posting weekly about a "money saving tip" that I have found or that I am using. I think it will hold me more accountable. I also deleted the shopping apps and daily deals on my phone and email. I am embarrassed to say how much I spend on unnecessary things each month. My closet nor the boys' closets have room for another single hanger. Cody and I spend money on lunch every day and sometimes breakfast. It's crazy, honestly. My first step is admitting I have a problem. There, I did it. Ha! Besides the fact that I made our lunches this morning and I tried to make cereal to take with me but the milk tasted nasty, I made my own detergent using this recipe over the weekend. I have been wanting to do this for a while. Even before the whole budgeting thing. We have a Dollar General where I live to buy this stuff and that's it. Don't let the Dollar in the title fool you. It is ridiculously expensive. I was buying Dreft for Luke and regular detergent for us. I didn't calculate how much I actually spend but I know between 6 and 7 bucks a piece for a quart sized detergent that may wash 30 loads was reeeee-diculous. I can use this for all of our clothes and its so much cheaper. I have been saving old bottles to be able to pour the new stuff in. These four are full and I think it took me a total of 5 minutes for $1.50. I spent $6.00 on the two items and it estimates 600 loads.
This has honestly been fun for me. It is almost like a challenge. I did not use my debit card once yesterday until Cody called and said to pick up some pork chops for dinner. I am not to the point I want to cut coupons and store ketchup under my bed or Pert Plus shampoo in my pantry. Those people are crazy and I think they buy more stuff they never will use just for the sake of, "its on sale." I just want to be more conscious about swiping that card. It's way to easy. If you have any tips I would love to know :))
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