Repeat February

 Repeat February. Last February was rough.  To say the least.  Some hurtful things going on.  

But there were some good days and these were two of them. Last year was Winterfest Princess, this year was Queen. Last year was Hamilton on campus this year was Mama Mia at the Fox.  Last year it was just her and I for Hamilton.  This year it was both daughters,  my little sis, my mom and my sweet niece. Such a fantastic night with the girls and great Christmas present for my mom.  More nights or days like this please!

#moregirlsnights  #february #showtime 

Makin it look easy

 

The song I posted to Instagram with this was MeghanTrainor’s Don’t I Make It Look Easy. Apparently there are rights keeping the music from being saved with the video.  So I switched it to snazzy surf music for the blog. 

First of all I’ve seen a lot of games at school assemblies but this was one of the most entertaining.  She ended up having to do it twice. One of the penalties of being small. But yeah she makes it look easy. She makes life look awesomely fun and easy. And no one sees her cry.  She’s busy lifting everyone else up and putting them first and being one of the greatest friends I’ve seen. I wish the world to my kids but this song really makes me wish the world to her today.  

#lovemykids #fundoingeverything  #winterfest

Making a list and checking it twice

 Nope. Not Christmas. 

It’s true. I’m really good at filling my Amazon cart. That scroll is about half. But a lot of items have been in there for months. When I think I’ll need an item down the road I throw it in there as a placeholder. I spend months watching prices or just deciding I no longer need or want and then I remove it. It gives me time to really decide and prioritize what I need or really want so that I don’t impulse buy.  Some of these items I really do need for vacation but I have time to buy them. So I will let them sit in there so that I can budget things I need by month and not overspend!  After all the vacation budget is separate from the monthly spending budget. 

Can’t wait for vacation, rather special trip, we have talked about for several years.  I’ll elaborate more on what brought it to fruition suddenly, later  

 #vacationbudget #monthlybudget #noimpulsebuying #slowdown

Hugs make the world better

 

Hugs are universal. Hugs cannot always fix a feeling or situation but I can release you and make you feel better. It makes the person giving feel better and the recipient feel better. My husbands accident was 16 years ago and this person’s simple and random act of kindness still makes me cry. It didn’t fix what was going on in the room upstairs but it gave me a release that I needed before I walked into that room. 

Two of my five kids are very huggy. I was not raised that way. But as much as I’m sure some of our behaviors have rubbed off on them I have taken on some of theirs as well. Nature vs nurture is an interesting concept. 

Give someone that hug they may need. Give someone you love a hug just because you need it. After a long day at work a hug can feel really good. 

Be persistent and be nice.

 Just be pleasant and persistent. I decided to give the local store another try since the previous call to the manager that was in resulted in boring because he didn’t believe me. I ended up with the general manager by luck. I explained how many tickets I put in with no contact back from anyone at Dominos. I explained the charge, what happened and the coupons that I had a screenshot of. I told her it was $21.49 plus tax. She insisted on refunding $50 for my trouble. I told her she really didn’t have to and thanked her. Two days later it went through. 

#itsyourmoney #keepyourmoney #benice

Keep fighting for what’s right

 Yeah I’m that girl that returns things that don’t belong to me and at all costs is honest to a fault. So I expect the same in return.  This company doesn’t know me.  I don’t like being taken advantage of  I work too hard to let a corporation steal from me.

It’s exhausting and yes my time is worth more but…. If you keep letting corporations do this they’ll just keep making more money. It’s a bait and switch to give you an “emergency pizza” that is free and coupons to use and then after you hit “place order” they disappear. Only you don’t know it because the email doesn’t come for 10 more minutes and by then you’re in your way to pick up the pizza. I’ve been fighting this $21.49 + tax over charge for over a week now.  I’m prepared to complain to the attorney general if I have to. I’ve called the local and corporate Dominos 3-4 times, created 3 tickets and I only get told they’ll have someone from the franchise call. But it never happens.   Keep going. #dontletthemsteal #keepyourmoney #stealingiswrong 

Cooking together….couple time

 I love toying with flavors and I’m pretty good at it. God love him he tries hard but he needs to stick to recipes. He was wanting to put tomatoes and everything bagel seasoning on the sushi bake.  In his defense, he thought when I put furikake on it I was putting that on instead.  

He always offers to help me. And I know he means well but unless I don’t have enough hands to do it all I feel like I have to explain what I need in such depth it’s easier to do myself.  I generally like to be alone in the kitchen except cutting up onions.  And I’m the messiest cook so I also have to clean up.  No one deserves to clean up after I cook  

#sushibake #cookingtogether #funwithcooking