We Are Family
I’m finally able to just sit. That damn chicken. I’m never making it again. I used this McCormick packet for chicken and veggies — same one I used last time — and the darn chicken cooked for almost 2 hours because it wouldn’t cook all the way through. I hate making chicken to begin with because I’m deathly afraid of poisoning my family with Salmonella. Never again!
Anyhoo, I slept a little after Mario left to work and I’d given the boys breakfast. I didn’t let Alaethia sleep more than 15 minutes 2 different times all day yesterday (I’m trying to train her to sleep earlier) and she still didn’t go to sleep till 1:50am. At least it’s progress. At least it’s not 2:30. Mario and I were ready to go to bed by 12 (after we’d watched TV while eating popcorn and Tostitos cheese in bed), but Aly had other plans.
(Mario just told me he envisions me as Sam’s mom, from Transformers, when we get older LOL.)
After I slept for a little bit I got up, made some coffee and started making lists. Of groceries, house supplies, and toiletries with the price of each next to it so I could tally everything up and come up with a budget. Then I added up the last three bills we needed to pay (it wasn’t much, just $36), cost of movie tickets and snacks (most of which I bought at H-E-B. I’m boycotting the expensive ass candies they sell at the theatre), and gas and extra money for Mario. I waited for John to get out of work because he needed to go buy groceries too, and then we left to the bank while Mom babysat the kiddos.
The plan was to get money out of my Target Visa. No such luck. They didn’t have a cash advance machine and I couldn’t just go to an ATM since I barely ordered my PIN number. John agreed to lend me the money and I’d pay him back when the PIN came in. Awesome. I went to an office to drop off copies of my diploma and transcript for some jobs I applied to, put some gas, then off we went.
I stayed within my budget at Walmart ($10 less, even) and within my $100 budget for two weeks of groceries at H-E-B (I was actually $4 under). L33t. I was wondering about this when I was idly scanning the isles while shopping: how much do you spend on groceries a week/every two weeks? Do you shop only for a few days at a time or do you shop for a long span of time, like I do? I buy enough for two weeks for the 4 of us (I don’t count Aly since she doesn’t eat our food yet) and try to stay under $115.
I feel so much better about everything. Bills are paid off and we won’t starve. Thank God for my little brother. It works out even better for us since Mario was going to sell John a brand-new amplifier for $100 and he said to knock it off the money we owe him. Awesome.
AND we’re going to the movies on Friday after all on top of everything else. I’m so excited! Mom’s going with us, so we’ll be taking Aly. This shall be interesting. Mom offered to stay but I told her, “Oh, yeah right! You have to go!” I’m gonna need an isle seat, though. If the last few times we’d taken Aly to the movies are any indication, I’m going to be on my feet for the duration of the movie. Must remember to wear comfortable shoes!
Yup…she did it again. I put her in her crib when she fell asleep at 11:45 and now, at 12:11, she’s awake again. Little booger! I should have Eenan make her crack up laughing like he was doing earlier to tire her out. It was the cutest thing hearing her expel these huge belly laughs.
This is all for tonight. Let me try this again…
I am so, so glad that you are feeling better about everything since your last blog entry! I always feel so terribly when there’s something wrong I can’t do anything to MAKE IT BETTER. But you know what will make EVERYTHING better? If Harry Potter 7 were to come out RIGHT NOW. I’m about to keel over and DIEZ from the anticipation. Here’s how I want it to end, although I’m pretty sure that Harry’s going to, you know, die. I think that if Harry lived, since Voldemort only has 5/7ths of a soul or whatever, it should be that you need to be completely alive in order to kill someone. (Kind of like how you can’t kill ghosts because they’re already dead?) Ergo, if Voldie were to stuff it, everyone he directly killed would come back to life. This includes James and Lily and then Harry could have his parents at last and OMG the TEARZ. At the same time, it would make all of the consequential deaths of Voldemort’s reign even more tragic and poignant including Sirius, You-Know-Who-That-Snape-Offed, Cedric, etc. Neville’s parents would still be debilitated and Bill would still be quasi-werewolf so it’s not TOTALLY happy and still leaves a strong message. THAT would be a great ending. That is, like, my main wishful theory. I also have one involving the phoenix but that is for another time because this comment is going to be three pages long.
I love how you were like, “L33T!” when talking about your grocery shopping. I was all, “For the WIN! PWNED!” OMG. We. Are. Such. Nerds.
I need to see Transformers! You make it sound so totally good!
Tell Aly not to fret about needing a seat on the end of the row. I need an aisle seat whenever I go to movies too. But that is because I am a little old lady and I constantly have to pee. LOL! Take care!
glad to hear ur doing better. As far as groceries go, I shop once a month (every once in a great while twice) and spend about $100. Believe me, I make everything I buy last lol. I hate going to the store.
Wow, I wish we had $36 worth of bills! But seriously, I’m glad you got everything paid and are still able to go to the movies. Have fun!
BTW, what does L33t mean?
yay i am glad everything is better, isnt it wierd how everything just kind of comes together in the end, I LOVE that. lol
Thank you, Erin :). I do feel SO much better. I hate that bills and money can dissolve me to tears and just make me feel like my life is over. Why can’t we just buy things with…love? š
YES. That would make everything better. I feel the exact same way — the days aren’t getting here fast enough! And now I’m clawing at my face because the movie comes out tomorrow (tonight!) and I have to wait till Friday! Argh!
Yup. They had to rub it in at this PRECISE moment and show the huge line of people that are waiting for OotP at the theatre right now (at 10:14). I want to be there…
Anyway, love your prediction/wish. You should’ve totally written this book. Because if it doesn’t end with a happy ending (i.e. Harry lives!) I’ll shrivel up and die.
I sort of have an ending made up in my head about the phoenix, too. Does yours have to do with Dumbledore? LOL
LOL @ PWND. My brother and I say that, out loud the way it sounds, ALL THE TIME! I love being a nerd :P!
You’ve got to see it — the part you described to me in a previous comment is so totally awesome and funny! The whole thing is perfect!
Thank you, hun :). Oh wow, I wish I could go just a month. I’m with you — I hate grocery shopping. I hate the lines, the crowded isles. And for $100, that’s awesome!
I wish our total amount of bills equalled to $36 each month! Or at least every two weeks! I’m glad we at least had enough with Mario’s paycheck for the “big” ones. Thank you so much. I’m glad we’re getting to go, also. I would have been the biggest drama queen and cried for days if we wouldn’t LOL!
L33T is how “hackers” and gamers say Elite, or “awesome”. It’s an on-going joke between my brother and I LOL.
Thank you! I’m so glad everything worked out how it did!