Today I went shopping to buy a birthday present for my mom and oldest sister. My oldest sister told me not to buy her anything because then she'd feel bad about not paying me to babysit. I told her that one day she will babysit my kids for free so she shouldn't feel bad. She said "True, but still..." I couldn't not get her something for her birthday!!!
I went shopping at Walmart and they are having some pretty amazing back to school sales:
Crayola Crayons 24 ct for 50 cents
Spiral Notebooks for 17 cents
Filler Paper 150 sheets for 88 cents
Plastic Prong Folders for 50 cents
Paper folders for 25 cents
Glue sticks for 25 cents
The list goes on...
I bought a few notebooks, but I will probably need to go buy a few of everything on the Kinder school supply list since there are always a few kids who don't bring school supplies.
After dinner, we watched G.I. Joe Retaliation. Manny got it all ready and I walked over to the couch to find this...
A tupperware full of ice cream with two spoons and a box of cookies. I laughed!!
The ice cream is in a tupperware because the tub it was in broke. We didn't realize it was broken which is probably why it was on sale for 99 cents. Psh! A half gallon of butterfinger ice cream for 99 cents!?! Who can say no to that??
G.I. Joe Retaliation was a pretty good movie. *Spoiler Alert* Channing Tatum gets killed off right near the beginning. What I find humorous is that his character's name is Duke which is his character's name in the movie She's the Man.
After the movie, we went to Lowe's because Manny needed a bolt to fix the strut on his truck. I was also looking for something for my next project :-) (Lowe's didn't have what I needed, but Home Depot did. Luckily both places give military discount. I take Manny with me places just to use his discount. HAHA! Totally kidding.)
Ok so I saw this picture and I asked Manny what was wrong with it. He couldn't figure it out...
Which side of the gate is the mom on?? Manny said that is the norm nowadays. Parents don't watch their kids. How sad! This company that makes the gates is encouraging locking your child in a room so the parent can do whatever. Manny said "Those used to be for dogs, now they're for children." Hahahaha!
Alright well insight for the night from Exodus 17... The Israelites were fighting the Amalekites and as long as Moses held his hands up in the air, the Israelites would start winning, but when his arms and staff went down, the Israelites would start losing. This shows that as long as we keep praying, God's power will keep working and flowing through us. But when we stop praying, that's when things get bad because God's power has stopped flowing through us. We've stopped letting Him work through us. People, that is when it gets dangerous and scary. Don't stop praying!!! Let God use you! He wants to :-)
I've always been told that you shouldn't go grocery shopping on an empty stomach, but I had never been told not to go grocery shopping with your husband... We were walking around Kroger buying our groceries for the next two weeks and stuff for dinner tonight since my parents are coming over, I needed to get some leave-in treatment for my hair so I tugged Manny's shirt to get his attention. This older man gave me a strange look, but hey, he was following his wife around like a puppy dog so maybe that was a face of "help me!" So I get Manny on the shampoo aisle... While I'm looking for leave-in, he's off farther down the aisle. All of a sudden I hear him yell "Hey! Do you need more underwear?!?" I turn to see an old man giving us a weird look because Manmy was holding this up...
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OLD PEOPLE UNDERWEAR!!!!!!!! I guess that's payback for all the times I did the same thing to my mom at Walmart. Hahahahaa!! This isn't the only reason not to take your husband grocery shopping though... We ended up with candy, cookies, and ice cream. I know he works hard for his money, so he's allowed to splurge...Sometimes. I'm definitely a penny pincher, so allowing him to splurge is hard for me. Eeeekkk!!!
So there you have it, don't take your husband grocery shopping. For me, I don't have a choice. I do not push shopping carts! Gross. I refuse to even touch one when it's been wiped with a disinfectant wipe. I don't do shopping cart germs, so Manny pushes the cart. I had a dream last night that I had to push a shopping cart. Manny's response was "That must've been a nightmare!" It was. I will load my arms up and take multiple trips before I'd push the cart.
On a dream side note, I had a dream that my sister had her baby. It was a beautiful baby girl. My oldest sister got to see the baby first, so I asked her what the baby's name was. I thought she was going to say Emma because my sister always liked that name but nope! They had named the baby Manone (muh-no-knee). Not sure the origin of that name, but we were all excited! The baby had long black hair, brown eyes, and olive skin. So cute! But probably switched at birth... My sister and brother-in-law have blue eyes, light skin, and brown hair.
I have been having some crazy dreams. Not sure what's been going on in my head. Alright well time to wake up my husband so we can fire up the grill! Yay! I love summer :-)
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