Jokes and Pranks

April 1 is always going to be a date that makes me paranoid. My family is always loving jokes and pranks, and April Fool’s Day is like the Super Bowl of practical jokes to them. Every year they try to out do each other on April Fool’s Day. The only restriction is that a person or animal cannot be physically hurt during or as a result of the prank.

Sometimes my brothers go to incredible lengths to plan out complicated pranks. I know one year my youngest brother plotted his prank for over a month and was able to get cooperation from several people outside of the family to help him pull it off.

Gifts for loved ones

When it comes to buying gifts for my loved ones, I am always looking for sales on good gifts. Sure you can rely on online Black Friday deals, but they are only once a year. I much prefer finding my sales on a daily or weekly basis. I have a budget and I do my best to stay on it. Sales are the best way to save money when you have a family. My family budget is not static, but I do try to keep it within certain limits. The kids helps as much as children can, by conserving on that kiddie stuff, but it doesn’t always do the job.

As frustrating as it can be to create a budget and stick to it, we do our best. It always helps to have the children involved in the budgeting and saving. There are many ways to achieve this. Coupons are one of the best ways to save money. You can find coupons for just about any product out there. Weather you are buying diapers or formula, it doesn’t matter. If you work together on your budget you can actually have a better marriage. Money is the one thing that every couple argues over. It is actually the easiest thing to overcome.

Once you have decided on what kind of lifestyle you want to have, you can agree on how to save your money. There are green lifestyles, as well as the I am not involved kind of lifestyles. No matter what you are into, you can save money.

I really like this for Halloween

I found a tutorial for Halloween makeup to be the Corpse Bride. This is really easy and so I thought I would share it with you. There are tons of tutorials for many different looks on YouTube. I was amazed by how many I found. Last year there were not nearly as many. Anyway, here it is. Hope you like it.

Labor Day weekend

How was your Labor day weekend. Ours was fabulous. We spent time with family and friends at BBQ’s and out on the water as well one day boating. The kids had a blast learning to waterski and water board. We found a great spot to BBQ on an island in the middle of the river as well as play some volleyball in the water. By the time the weekend was over, we were all slightly burnt (even though we used lots of sunscreen) and totally beat. I guess you can say we played hard this past weekend.

 

More fireworks

One of the towns nearby wasn’t able to have their fireworks celebration due to rain, so they are having it today. I have decided to take the kids, so they can see another fireworks show. They don’t know yet and I am not telling them. We will load up and go there later on and let them be surprised. I really love surprising the kids with special stuff like this.

Happy 4th of July

I just wanted to give a shout out to all our men and women in service as well as to wish everyone a Happy 4th. Today is going to be a great day, we have lots of activities planned and I know that we will have a blast. We are going to a BBQ and then will shoot off fireworks while we watch the big fireworks from across the water. It is great having friends with the perfectly placed house to see fireworks from.

Happy 4th of July
Have a great 4th!

Memorial weekend

Memorial weekend was a blast! We took the boat out on the river and camped out for the first big weekend of the summer. There were several other families that are good friends of ours as well as the river being chock full of boats and people. The sand bar was so full, boats were tethered to each other out into the river to keep from floating away. A great time was had by all! Since I was gone all weekend and didn’t have time, Thanks to all our veterans!

memorial day
Thank you!

My Jeep

I am getting a new Rugged Ridge Bumper for my Jeep. I am so happy, because I finally get to start upgrading my ride. I want everything ready to go for camping and four wheeling season. Mine will have a winch in it for those times when I need to pull myself out or help someone else get unstuck. It never hurts to be prepared after all.

We have been making plans to go to a few really big gatherings this coming summer. We want to travel a bit and be able to take the kids to places that we have never been before. There are massive four wheeling events all over the United States. No matter where you live, you can find at least two or three in the surrounding areas to go to. I have never lacked for places to go four wheeling. I fell in love with big trucks and mudding when I was in high school. I used to go on the weekends with my friends on ATV’s and a few trucks as well.

My Jeep is my baby, just like my fiance’s Jeep is his baby and we are very particular about how we want them to be. His Jeep is just about finished thanks to me and the Christmas presents I bought him for it. There are only a couple of things he wants to get for it and then he will be completely done. Now it is my turn and I get to go all out for mine. I have picked out a bunch of stuff for it, but haven’t totally decided exactly which to buy. There is just so much that you can do to a Jeep to upgrade it, that choosing can be difficult. My fiance will help me narrow it down some and then I will make the final decisions. We are actually sketching out what it will look like with all of the new parts on it.

Still Waiting for My Package

I have been waiting forever for a package to come in the mail. I made the mistake of ordering something on Ebay without checking the box for only in the US. It is coming from China and was supposed to be here before Christmas. I even paid for over night shipping. I have a feeling that when it finally comes, it may not be what I even paid for. I usually never make that mistake after the last time this happened. It took six weeks to get what I ordered and I was not happy about it. I hope that it comes soon though.

Not sure if I told everyone

My grandfather passed away over the holiday season. It was actually Christmas Eve morning. It was brought back to me today when my cousin contacted me on facebook and asked me if I was aware of it, because no one had told her till this morning. She found out on facebook, not even a phone call. I was so upset. I had thought that everyone had been contacted and didn’t think to call her or at the very least to shoot her a message telling her to call our aunt. I feel so badly because of it. I don’t know what happened, although it was a very confusing time. All I could tell her was that I was sorry she hadn’t found out from one of us. I hope she forgives us for the lapse.