We participated in the Heart Walk again this year! We had a good time doing the walk and playing a little bit afterwards.
Not much else has been going on, just regular ole stuff, regular ole days.
I did have a girls night at my house last night, and we watched Bridesmaids. 4 of us had already seen it, 2 had not…fun was had by all!
I suppose that’ll be it for now! Happy Saturday!
For the last few months, I have been semi-obsessed with smocked websites. I have no money for smocked clothing. I have no time to browse websites, and look at auctions that I can’t bid on. But, nonetheless, I have been doing it for a few months now. I need to stop soon.
This is the season of consignment sales. And also the season that I have been looking at Zulily every day for a deal on smocked clothing.
Here are some of my recent treasures:
The top picture is 1/2 off day, $31 total. The jeans are both girl jeans, the blue plaid shirt is Williams. The shoes are from Thursday, Stride Rite, $8 ( not 1/2 price, but not a bad deal).
Thursday I went to the main sale, all regular priced stuff, though I tried to be conservative with what I spent.
My bill for this trip was around $80, 5 outfits, 2 shirts for William, a hairbow and 2 pair of shoes ( black shoes from above and a pair of brown mary jane crocs). I was pleased.
This dress is from a Zulily Rosalina sale…I got 3. 
Seriously, like we needed 3 of these. And…my mom also ordered 2. So actually she has 5. That money could have paid my cable bill and actually part of another bill too. In my defense, we didn’t pay more than $25 for any of the dresses AND they are brand new. So…THERE!
What fun we are having!
Happy Saturday!
We started our day at 9 AM, driving a couple of hours to visit the USS North Carolina in Wilmington. It was interesting to see, and my father in law was very happy we did that!
We continued to head home after that….taking the scenic route…we took Highway 17 all the way to Savannah, then jumped on 95 at that point. It took us about 14 hours to get home! All in all though, with a few potty breaks along the way, the trip was fine and Emily and William did great. Overall, we had a great trip, and I’m glad we decided to take this family journey!
First of all, Happy Anniversary to us! 6 years!
We started out the day around 10:00am, heading to Aunt Jean’s house and then over to the nursing home to meet Granny, the babies Great-Great Grandma. The visit started out well, given that she had no idea who we were, but that was expected. We stayed for a while and then we moved to a room with a piano. I knew right away that wasn’t going to be good…my kids love pianos and love to play them, and unfortunately, this one could not be closed. When I didn’t allow them to play the piano, loudly, they became quite upset, so our visit got cut short.
One might think that this would have been a good photo opportunity to have 5 generations photgraphed together…and we thought the same thing. Unfortunately, but the time we got back from buying flowers for Granny…they were gone. 
So, the babies didn’t get a chance to have their picture taken with her.
Just so I’ll remember, when we left to get the flowers, Billy and Christie went into the flower shop, while Chris ( brother in law), and me and the babies stayed in the car. We were in the in-laws Sequoia, which I never drive, way too big for me. So while waiting, William starts pitching a fit, telling me has to go “stinky” right now. Right now. I go inside and of course, there is no bathroom we can use in the flower shop. I trot out and tell Chris he has to take us across the street to Food Lion. Confused, he does as he’s told, and drives across the street. William had decided to take his shoes off, and since this was SUCH an emergency, I grabbed him out, and Emily and proceeded to lug both of them into Food Lion, with Chris in tow, he of course smirking the whole time. We finally track the bathroom down, plop William down and nothing. He fibbed. I wasn’t happy about this, to say the least. Anyway, I digress….
We continue our day’s journey out to cousin Patsy’s farm, she’s 82 and lives alone, she has been widowed for over 40 years. Patsy still cares for her home and her farm by herself, and she was awesome. We picked cotton and watermelons, chased grasshoppers, fed horses…and just enjoyed the country life for a split second. We all agreed, we must go back one day!
Day two ended with dinner at another local place ( don’t as the name), and then back to the hotel for a little night swim. And…icecream!
Well, we left for Smithfield, NC today, to go see some of Billy’s dad’s family, ones he hasn’t seen in years. This is his 60th BD present and one we are all excited about. We left about 6:30am and stopped a few times.
This was the first time they have stayed at a hotel and they were excited about the beds!
We went to dinner with Aunt Jean and cousin Rose, to a local place called Holt Lake, very tasty!
And we ended the night in our PJ’s, watching cable TV ( which we don’t have at home). First day = success!
I have decided to sing Jesus Loves Me continuously tonight, instead of drinking a beer. I didn’t even finish 1/2 of it last night and honestly, that’s not me, so it didn’t fit well…even though, my first few sips were delicious. So tonight, Jesus Loves Me it is!
I had to take William to the doctor this afternoon for a check-up on his ears, and they are all clear, which is good! Both babies were good at the doctor, even though they insisted on dragging blankets thru the parking lot and all around the floor at the dr’s office.
We went to Wendy’s afterwards. This is me in the Wendy’s drive-through:
We got home about 5 mins after this…put Emily’s nasty blanket in the washing machine and this is what we went through for the next 30 minutes:
I am NOT liking this stage of tantrums. Thankfully, she only does it at home, and normally, it’s only with Mama…but it is maddening to say the least. I’m not sure how to handle them, except attempt to put her in time-out, though she won’t stay. Yes, I pop her bottom to anyone who is wondering, but it does nothing. I just let her scream and yell it out, and wont’ let her out until she calms down and we can attempt to talk. I have tried being very loving and also being somewhat tough on her, haven’t seen a difference with either. *sigh* I guess she is just 2 1/2.
Another phase we are going through right now is floor sleeping, which I might have mentioned before. I’m not a fan of this either.
Normally, they are both semi under their beds in the morning. They absolutely will NOT lay in their beds…again, not sure what to do about this. I guess as long as they sleep, it’s alright, but it’s a tad unconventional. I also think there are bigger problems in the world than where my kids sleep, so I’m not worrying about it too much.
Ahhhhh, now off to wash dishes and make lunches. Happy Wednesday!
