Busy

It's been a while since I've blogged. I've been super busy and haven't had time to sit down and do it. Last week, I went on a mission trip to Kentucky. We did Backyard Bible Clubs in two neighborhoods. I did music with the kids. We had a good time and I think the kids enjoyed it but I have to say I missed my kids and was ready to come home and see them.

This week, I'm busy spending time with my kiddos but also planning for our Vacation Bible School. I'm doing preschool music with our kids and it's completely different music and motions than the Backyard
Bible Club so now I'm learning and planning my lessons as well as deciding how I'm going to decorate my room. VBS is a lot of fun for the kids so it'll be worth it.

I've also been saving up my money to order the curriculum we will be using in homeschool this coming up school year. I finally ordered it the other day and am super excited. I can't wait for it to arrive. That's the nerd in me coming out. I ordered Heart of Dakota, which I decided on after months of research and reading and hearing reviews from friends. It's a Christian based curriculum and I can't wait to get started. Hopefully, the kids will like it just as much as I think I will.

Well I think that's about it for now. I need to go work on VBS.

10 year anniversary

On this day, 10 years ago, I got married to my wonderful husband. It doesn't seem like it has been that long. Time flies! A lot has changed in 10 years though. We went from the two of us and our two dogs living in a small house in town to adding a baby and the three of us plus the dogs moving to a bigger house. A year later, a tornado came through and destroyed that house but thankfully God kept us all safe. We moved to a rental house and had our second child while living there. Our new house was built back on the lot where we lived previously and the four of us plus the dogs moved. Then 3 years later, we added a third child. Recently, we lost one of our dogs and it was very sad, since she had been there from the beginning of our family starting. Now their is five of us, plus a dog, 2 fish, 2 hamsters and 1 baby hamster who is still waiting on a home. (If you want her, please let us know) I am very blessed to have such a wonderful husband and family. 

Tonight, in celebration of our 10th anniversary, we had date night. This is something we don't get to do very often. My sister came over and watched the kids. The hubby and I went out to eat and hung out by the riverfront. Then we went to our favorite frozen yogurt shop. It was nice to get away without the kids for a change. Happy Anniversary to us!

Price Check

Have you ever been to Wal-Mart in the checkout and been stuck behind that person who slows the line down? You know who I’m talking about. Well I hate to admit it but I was that person the other night. But let me explain… I absolutely hate it when a store advertises a price and even has that price listed on the shelf but when it rings up; it rings up a higher price. Wal-Mart is the worlds worst about this. In fact, when I was in college, I had a marketing class and our assignment was to go to two different stores and purchase the exact same products. We didn’t only have to purchase them but we had to carry a notebook in the store and write down the listed price and then compare that price with our receipt once we got home. Wal-Mart had many higher priced receipts than the listed price and our professor said that this was always true of Wal-Mart. So with all that being said, I was at Wal-Mart the other night and I was buying ice cream. My youngest son can’t have milk products, so I spotted a small container of ice cream made with coconut milk. It was listed as $3.00. Now $3.00 is a bit high but seeing as he’s not supposed to have the other kind of ice cream, I decided to buy it for him. When I got to the register, it rang up $4.48. I stopped the cashier and said, “Sir, this is supposed to be $3.00.” He looked at the register tape and said, “No ma’am, it’s $4.48.” So I kindly replied, “it’s SUPPOSED to be $3.00.” He rudely said “well it’s not, do you want it?” (Did I mention, customer service is not their strong suit, anyways, that’s a whole other blog) I said, “Yes I want it, but I want it for the price that it says on the shelf, $3.00.” He said the only way he could give me that price is if he saw if for himself. Now, I know he and the people behind me wanted me to say, don’t worry about it, but I actually said, “Ok, it’s right over there on that first freezer aisle”. He looked at me and said ok and walked away. I know to some people $1.48 may not be worth the trouble, but to me it is. Plus, it drives me crazy that they do this. The lady behind me turned to the man behind her and started saying something about waiting, not exactly sure what she said, but I know it was an ugly statement intended for me. I did hear the man behind her reply “I don’t mind waiting, I’m in no hurry.” She then turned back around and looked completely irritated so I said to her, “Ma’am, I apologize for making him leave, I know that’s very frustrating for you and the people waiting but I simply cannot stand the way Wal-Mart lists a price and then it rings up higher. It drives me crazy, so I’m sorry.” She looked at me and said “Oh it’s ok, at least you’re paying attention.” I wanted to say back to her, well that’s not what you just said to the guy standing behind you, but I didn’t J. Anyways, the cashier comes back and says “You’re right, it is supposed to be $3.00, I’ll change it.” He then said I don’t know why Wal-Mart does that.” Really?! This is a big pet peeve of mine, because I know it’s just $1.48, but let’s say that happens to several things on your list, you could wind up paying much more than you planned. My little rant is over now; check your receipt when you leave there. 

Disclaimer: I'm not saying don't shop there, just pay attention when you check out. 

What would you do?

As we were leaving from getting an oil change today, we look across the road at a little boy, probably only 5 -6 years old, walking down the sidewalk. This was not in a neighborhood; this was a busy street. I pulled over to a parking lot beside him and watched him as I tried to figure out what to do. I wasn't sure if I should get out and talk to him, I definitely didn't want to scare him but he was heading toward an extremely busy intersection and there’s no way that I could leave. I watched him as I tried to see if anyone else was with him. I saw a police man coming through the intersection, who thankfully stopped and talked to the little boy. He sat and talked to the boy for a while, so I decided to go on home. The only thing I can think of is this little boy’s ride from school must not have picked him up as it was 3:30 and relatively close to a school. He was also wearing a little back pack. I felt scared for this little boy. I hope he is ok and I am sure the police made sure he made it home. I’m not sure if someone called the police or he was simply in the right place at the right time, but so glad he was there. What would you have done?

Another similar thing happened to me about 1 year ago. I was on my way to take my daughter to Mom's Day Out. I had my youngest son and daughter in the car with me, it was raining that day and as we turned off of our street, there was a toddler standing in the road splashing in puddles. The child was only about 18 months old and no adult was in sight. I stopped my car and asked her through the window where her parents were. She looked at me and kept splashing. I pulled into the nearest driveway and asked her to come here. She actually came running right to me. I walked to the door and rang the doorbell and the man inside had no idea she had gotten out. He was the grandpa and was babysitting for his daughter. My heart was pounding and I was so glad that I happened to find her and nothing bad happened to her. Definitely a scary moment for both of us.