January In Movies

01.  Refuge
02.  The New Daughter
03.  The Longest Yard
04.  The Equalizer
05.  Venom
06.  Jack Ryan:  Shadow Recuit
07.  The Diary of Preston Plummer
08.  Abducted:  The Carlina White Story
09.  In the Name of God
10.  She Made Them Do It
11.  Get Low
12.  Lost Boys:  The Thirst
13.  The World’s End

Done In Love

 

I read an article about the Bonnie and Clyde Teens, who went on a crime spree.  Upon finding out that his girlfriend was only 13 years old, the 18 year old boy realized there was nothing he could do because “he was already done in love with her”, his mother said.  This got me thinking about the things in my life that are nonnegotiable because I’m already done in love.

1.  Family
There are a total of three people that I completely trust without a doubt:  my parents and my husband.  Those are also the three people that can do no wrong in my book.

2.  Mountain Dew
My soda obsession has been going strong for years.  I once had an ex-boyfriend accuse me of loving Mountain Dew more than I loved him.  Sadly, that was the case since he’s long gone and I’m still over here with my Mountain Dew.

3.  MusicMusic has owned my life since the beginning.  Even though I can’t play or sing, I love everything about music.

4.  AnimalsI grew up on a farm, so animals have been a huge part of my life.  Sometimes I think I love animals more than people.

5.  ComputersI really started getting into computers in middle school and life has never been the same!  Social media has completely exploded and it’s so easy to stay connected to everyone and everything.  Back in my day, I had to sit in front of a computer, on a desk, in a room.  Right now, I’m typing this on my couch!

Throwback Thursday

My dad and I doing Journey Behind The Falls in Niagara Falls, Canada, circa 1999.

In Sadness

My second cousin passed away two weeks ago.  She was only 39 years old.

I remember hanging out with her and her husband a couple years ago at our family reunion.  We had such a great time together and it’s one of those things that I still think about. 

She was such a loving and caring person.  It’s so sad that she’s gone.

Grocery Issues

One of the major “adult” things I struggle with is grocery shopping.  Here are the top three things I struggle with:

1.  I don’t plan out meals in advance:  I’ll just grab a ton of things at the store & hope for the best.  I’m so messed up that I don’t even really have staples that I buy.  I have a love/hate relationship with milk and eggs.  I buy them, but then I’m dumping the milk down the drain and throwing the eggs away, so then I don’t buy them and really need them for something!

2.  I don’t have all of the ingredients for anything:  The problem with grabbing a ton of random things at the store is that I don’t have every single ingredient for anything.  Like I’ll have everything for tacos except the meat!  Or I’ll have pasta and no sauce or something.

3.  I’m a fruit & veggies person…except I’m not:  I’m all up in the produce section, picking up fruits and veggies that I’m totally going to eat…except I don’t.  By the time I’m ready to eat them, they’ve turned to mush in the fridge.  I’ve gotten way better at this because I just stopped buying fresh produce altogether, but some times I’ll slip up and end up with a fridge full of rotten produce.  I looked at some cut fruit I picked up and was surprised to find it wasn’t out of date!  I was so proud!

I totally wish I could be like Danielle from Blissful and Domestic.  She’s the best at everything frugal.  I found her blog a few years ago  through an AOL story and got super inspired.  Her family lived off $14,000 a year.  I really like some of her grocery tips, like shopping once a month & freezing  whatever you can to make it last.  If only I can muster the willpower to get this done!