First week of Summer vacation. We celebrated yesterday with lunch and a movie. The hubbs and I only went to the movies maybe two times a year before we had kids. Once we were blessed with the boys we started taking them to the movies more often. Big T went to see Finding Nemo in an infant carrier, he was only a few months old but Sprat was three and totally enthralled by it all. I do not remember my folks taking us to the movies as kids. When I was in seventh grade we used to go to the movies as a group and then walk across the parking lot to Burger King where our moms would pick us up.
My husband is a big kid so he has always loved taking the boys to their movies. The Marvel comics struck gold when they started making the super hero movies. All the little boys that grew up reading those comics now have children and what better excuse to go to the movies than taking the kiddos. I view this as daddy son bonding time. I go sometimes but for the most part that is the boys time with their daddy. They always invite me to go but, it has gotten so darn expensive to go to the movies that for most of them I take a pass. I hope that my boys will pass this tradition of the movies on to their kids.
Yesterday, I did go because this is one that I had been wanting to see. Now You See Me 2, was a great movie, we loved the first one and this one did not disappoint. Sprat has always enjoyed a good magic trick and he loves card tricks. He is actually pretty good at them, I told him he should perform for kids birthday parties to earn a little extra money. He is constantly trying out new tricks on all of us and I will be honest some of them would blow your mind. I think I have convinced him to do some of his card tricks at our Church picnic and lawn party when we have it.
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
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Monday, June 22, 2015
Happy Monday. . . .Read On. . .
I have said numerous times that I read all the time; if it is not a text book it is a novel, magazine or blog. My hubby is also an avid reader, of course he loves his war novels and history. He loves Stephen King and has many of his novels. I am very thankful that our kiddos both like to read. Big T took after his daddy with a love for history books and Sprat likes a good mystery just like his mama. I did not find my joy of reading until I was out of college and I found Robin Cook. If you do not know him, he writes medical mysteries and I love them. I was never a Harlequin romance girl, I did not care for those at all. I even found a series of knitting murder mysteries, yes knitting. They are easy and very interesting. Give me a good murder mystery and I am set. In the last several years, a group of my girl friends formed a book club and I joined. I thought I needed to broaden my literary awareness beyond murder. I have really stepped out of my zone in the books I have read with this great group of ladies. This is not a hard core book club so if we do not finish the book it is no big deal. We all have families and kids and they are very understanding when life happens. I have tried to read every book but, I must admit there have been a couple that I did not read.
One of our books we chose was sort of a murder mystery, "Gone Girl." I was finishing this one up when my dear hubby got hurt. He decided he needed something new to read and when I finished he started reading it. I do not think we had ever read the same book, I thought this is going to be fun to talk about when he was finished. I was very impatient for him to finish because I wanted to know what he thought and I wanted to see the movie. I swore I would not see the movie until we both had finished the book. I think you can gauge a good book by how you feel about the characters, I had definite feelings about both of these main characters. I will not spoil the story or the movie if you have not seen it. You will have definite feelings about this book and the movie. The hubbs is now reading, "The Help," another good book and movie if you have not read or seen it.
I have started a new Stephen King book that my mom gave Big T. He is knee deep in another book right now so I did not think he would mind if I borrowed it. I will let you know how I like it. I only have a few months before I am back in my text books for school. I will be taking a public speaking class and a Constitutional Law class. Looking forward to August.
One of our books we chose was sort of a murder mystery, "Gone Girl." I was finishing this one up when my dear hubby got hurt. He decided he needed something new to read and when I finished he started reading it. I do not think we had ever read the same book, I thought this is going to be fun to talk about when he was finished. I was very impatient for him to finish because I wanted to know what he thought and I wanted to see the movie. I swore I would not see the movie until we both had finished the book. I think you can gauge a good book by how you feel about the characters, I had definite feelings about both of these main characters. I will not spoil the story or the movie if you have not seen it. You will have definite feelings about this book and the movie. The hubbs is now reading, "The Help," another good book and movie if you have not read or seen it.
I have started a new Stephen King book that my mom gave Big T. He is knee deep in another book right now so I did not think he would mind if I borrowed it. I will let you know how I like it. I only have a few months before I am back in my text books for school. I will be taking a public speaking class and a Constitutional Law class. Looking forward to August.
Friday, June 12, 2015
Last Day of School. . . .
Whoot Whoot!!!! Last day of school!!!!! Yes, I am glad school is out for my kiddos. In fact they are not going today. Sprat did not have an exam today so he does not have to go and Big T will not have anything going on. They are both sound asleep right now. One of my friends referred to days like today as mental health days for the kids, it is more of a lazy day for me. My dear hubby heads back to work on Monday so we are going to enjoy a nice day all together. We are going to check out the new "Jurassic World" movie. The hubbs and I went to see the first two at the movies when they came out. We were not big movie goers before we had the kiddos, we would only go to a movie once or twice a year. When the boys were old enough to go to the movies we went to most everything that came out for their age. Big T saw "Finding Nemo," or slept through it in his little infant carrier. Ahhhh, the good ole days. They enjoy going to the movies and it is just one other thing we do as a family. I do not remember my mom and dad taking us to the movies when I was little. I do remember going when I was in 7th and 8th grade. Mom would drop us off at the theater and then come back and pick us up at the Burger King across the parking lot. That was our Friday night thing when I was younger, we all went as a group.
I remember the first 3D movie we took the boys to, it was "Journey to the Center of the Earth." It was a great movie and great in 3D. We had gotten a big tub of popcorn for us to share and about mid way through the movie and elbow deep in the popcorn Big T starts fussing about his eyes burning. I am sure you can imagine, he said the 3D glasses were burning his eyes. He had rubbed his eyes and had gotten the popcorn stuff in them making them burn and sting. To this day he still blames those 3D glasses.
Here is my financial part of this post. Since my hubby has been out of work for his knee we decided we would get a few things done with our finances. Dave Ramsey has what he calls ELP's (endorsed local providers), these are financial consultants and real estate agents that are in your area that follow the Dave Ramsey system. I decided I would look into an ELP to help us with a few things, this was several years before I actually took the Dave Ramsey class. I told you I had read everything about him before I took the class. At this time the hubbs company was going to give us control over his 401K and let us manage it rather than pay someone associated with the company to manage it. I was not confident enough in my own knowledge about a 401K to take on that responsibility myself. We found an ELP close to us and they were associated with the company that was handling our college fund for the kiddos. That was just perfect. I met with them originally and set everything up, they made recommendations with regard to the 401K and also made some recommendations with the college fund. I took their suggestions and we made the necessary adjustments, this was almost nine years ago. Flash forward to about a week ago. The hubbs and I went to see our ELP to make a few more adjustments and to see if there was anything we needed to change with the 401K. Dave Ramsey says, if you are getting a 12% return on your investment that you are doing good. Our ELP said that we had made well over the 12% on our college fund and the 401K each year since we had been with them, that was a very pleasant surprise. We had stopped funding the college fund while we were paying down our debt so now that we are debt free (except for the house) we started funding the college fund again. We never stopped funding the 401K, you never turn down free money (aka company match).
My tip for the day: check out Dave Ramsey and his ELP for your area I would bet that most would offer a free consultation. www.daveramsey.com You will find the ELP section toward the bottom of the page. Check them out and see what you think, it never hurts to talk and gather information. I am all about gathering information before I make a major decision. The more you know the better off you are. If you have not read about Dave or his books I recommend checking him out, go to the Library.
I remember the first 3D movie we took the boys to, it was "Journey to the Center of the Earth." It was a great movie and great in 3D. We had gotten a big tub of popcorn for us to share and about mid way through the movie and elbow deep in the popcorn Big T starts fussing about his eyes burning. I am sure you can imagine, he said the 3D glasses were burning his eyes. He had rubbed his eyes and had gotten the popcorn stuff in them making them burn and sting. To this day he still blames those 3D glasses.
Here is my financial part of this post. Since my hubby has been out of work for his knee we decided we would get a few things done with our finances. Dave Ramsey has what he calls ELP's (endorsed local providers), these are financial consultants and real estate agents that are in your area that follow the Dave Ramsey system. I decided I would look into an ELP to help us with a few things, this was several years before I actually took the Dave Ramsey class. I told you I had read everything about him before I took the class. At this time the hubbs company was going to give us control over his 401K and let us manage it rather than pay someone associated with the company to manage it. I was not confident enough in my own knowledge about a 401K to take on that responsibility myself. We found an ELP close to us and they were associated with the company that was handling our college fund for the kiddos. That was just perfect. I met with them originally and set everything up, they made recommendations with regard to the 401K and also made some recommendations with the college fund. I took their suggestions and we made the necessary adjustments, this was almost nine years ago. Flash forward to about a week ago. The hubbs and I went to see our ELP to make a few more adjustments and to see if there was anything we needed to change with the 401K. Dave Ramsey says, if you are getting a 12% return on your investment that you are doing good. Our ELP said that we had made well over the 12% on our college fund and the 401K each year since we had been with them, that was a very pleasant surprise. We had stopped funding the college fund while we were paying down our debt so now that we are debt free (except for the house) we started funding the college fund again. We never stopped funding the 401K, you never turn down free money (aka company match).
My tip for the day: check out Dave Ramsey and his ELP for your area I would bet that most would offer a free consultation. www.daveramsey.com You will find the ELP section toward the bottom of the page. Check them out and see what you think, it never hurts to talk and gather information. I am all about gathering information before I make a major decision. The more you know the better off you are. If you have not read about Dave or his books I recommend checking him out, go to the Library.
Saturday, July 6, 2013
Family Day. . .
The first Saturday we have not had a baseball game or practice in quite a while. We slept in, well, everyone else did, I never sleep in. Today we are going and doing things family style. Dad fixed chocolate chip muffins and Sprat learned how to start his own biscuits in the oven. We are going to see an early movie, "White House Down." We are then running errands and later grilling out. I made some fresh sourdough bread last night. One of facebook friends gave me her recipe for cinnamon rolls, I may try this one out tonight since we will be home at a decent hour and not traipsing all over the county to play ball. I will do anything to make my kids happy, with in reason. I would go to the ends of the earth for my kids but I will not lie, it is exhausting and I do enjoy the down time. Today we enjoy down time and maybe a good game of dominoes.
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