Thinking on a Monday...Always a Not-Good Idea that Means Rambling!

Monday is officially our Hangover day...hahahahaha!! STOP! NO! We don't get wasted every Sunday night.  Pinky promise.

It's just that I miss Tyler...and the kids miss him...and I miss happy kids (due to Dada's presence)...and order...and the rhythm of being with my soul mate.

So thusly (Wow I am SHOCKED that is a word) Monday is here known as our "Hangover Day" and because this schedule of laundering sorta had my type-A personality wigging-out if I was on the wrong load of laundry, Hangover Day can also be called Laundry Day or even Neglect-the-Entire-House-for-the-Sake-of-Clean-Underwear Day.

Quality time a la commode.

And how do I blog while amidst the throes of clothes and whiny (and feverish, today) children on Mondays...because I let them do things like this

macaroni flinging.  It's a lost art, people.

Did I tell you our latest news?!

We joined Sam's!!

I have sold my soul...to Wal-Mart corporation.

I still won't shop at Wal-Mart...but Sam's, you can be my hero bay-bayyyy!

*I think that I wish we had a Costco or a Trader Joe's, etc etc but all I got is Sam's-Mart and dat, ma cher, is what dis family done get!

They were mostly excited.  Rita kept exclaiming, "Momma! This is a beautiful grocery store! Thank you for bwinging (bringing) me to a beautiful grocery store!"

There ya have it - Sam's, the Beautiful Grocery Store.

Ok, but seriously.  Look at those faces.  Melting.  As nutty as they make me feel, these kids melt my heart and wring it out. All in a day.

Anne at MMD has a link-up for your bookshelf.  But seeing that our books are packed away in anticipation of selling this house and buying a new, one all before Easter...madness...moving on!...all I've got are my cookbooks.  But I think they will do.  I use them all, minus the "Sacred Feasts" - but that's sorta my goal, to make more soups, so the cookbook is a patient (and pretty) reminder.

Thanks for all the support and ideas when we were budget-busted last month.  We are again busted this month thanks to my klutzy tendency to react instead of act (sorry to let you down Auntie Leila!)...because hell-ooooo four pairs of glasses broken in two years....um, no, make that ONE year...means only one thing: get some contacts, sista! And in humble (ACTUALLY SUPER EXCITED!!!!) obedience to my husband I am now wearing contacts.  It's like so miraculous and has eliminated just another one of those totally unnecessary why-have-I-been-doing-this-for-so-long battles.

But as Tracy pointed out, it takes a while to get the budget train on the right tracks.  We are making strides.

I'm so so so excited for Rachel of Intentionally Simple - they just announced baby number three!  Congrats and prayers your way sista! 

Speaking of budget and a simple momma:

For the FIRST. TIME. EVER. in our marriage we ended last month UNDER budget with $18 and some change.  Incredible.  Praise Jesus!  Hoping for the same this month - just gotta get to selling some stuffs on ye olde Craigslist, or something like that.  But first, the laundry.  

Happy Day to you!

P.S. I wrote this whole post and then realized Anne's link-up is not until Wednesday (I think I should make another cup of coffee!!!)  Case-in-point of why I should not think (or blog!) on Monday-Hangover-Laundry day.

Thanks for reading y'all! Muah!