GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!

Ok if you see me go by today, just stay out of the way. It's going to be one of THOSE days. You know the ones, the kind that make you run around all day with two kids in tow (no moms of 3 or more, I don't know how you do it), drive around constantly yelling at the backseat "Knock it off" and "If I have to pull this car over" or even "Leave your sister alone, leave your brother alone, don't look at each other". Crazy huh???

Well it's payday, yep, first let me ask the other military wives who get paid twice a month. Is it just me or was this payday extremely and excruciatingly long???? What happened to the two weeks, this was more like a month LOL

So anyway, moving on. I'm going to be running around all day. Here's what you can expect from me, or what I'm counting on getting done if my kids cooperate.

8:30 am - Pick up report card from school
9:00 am - Airman's attic to donate some stuff and look for a lamp
9:30am - Self help for some grass seed and a carpet cleaner
10:00 am - Bx to get a gift for Jasmine's Teacher (yeah I totally forgot about it so will have to mail it to her)
10:30 am - Taco bell to pick up lunch for hubby, drive to his work, put the lunch in his truck, drive back home and call him to let him know it's there
11:00 am - Commissary for groceries (this I am NOT looking forward to, you don't understand the hell I go through with two kids and a grocery cart)
12:00 pm - Home for lunch
1:00 pm - Pay bills online
2:00 pm - Clean the house and do a load of laundry
3:00 pm - Drive downtown to pay some more bills and go to Walmart for some items
5:00 pm - Grab some take out dinner
6:00 pm - Baths and then mommy can sit down and relax for an hour and half before getting them ready for bed.

Ok I just want to run, right now, far far away. After looking at that list, I'm done, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. *insert song* SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME, I'M TIRED AND I WANT TO GO TO BED!!!!

But here's the good news....after 6 years of truck payments, the truck is officially ours and paid for. YIPPEE!!! It's done, it's finally done, I'm so ecstatic. I know that probably means nothing to you guys, well not even probably, I'm sure it DOESN'T mean anything to you, but to us it's a huge thing.

See being married is one of those things that takes work, which by the way, I want you to go on over to Morning Glory's blog "Seeds from my Garden" and read her post about marriage. It's brilliant and should be required reading for everyone married or thinking of getting married. Go on, what are you waiting for??? I'll still be here, I have nowhere to go. You're back, good!!!

She said it best with this line "Good marriages don't happen by osmosis." Boy have I learnt the hard way. After almost 8 years of marriage we struggled through the ups and downs, the getting to know each other stage and let me tell you something, it's not easy when you are used to doing things one way and then are put to the test by living with someone who does things totally opposite from you. We fought like cat and dog the first few years, and it doesn't help that finances weren't good either.

There's this misconception that military get paid well. HA!!! is all I say. Ever tried getting getting by on $450 for bills and groceries???? It's not easy, and that is what made me the frugal and cheap skate that I am today. Well maybe not cheap skate, but it definitely taught me to budget budget budget.

Here's the one thing that hubby and I say to each other. "No matter how difficult things get and how ticked off we may get with each other at times, divorce is OUT OF THE QUESTION. So deal with it!!!" We make the effort and we make sure the marriage works because there is no way out LOL It's really helped us though, we know we want to be together and when things get tough we have our fights and spats but then move on.

And that's it for me, I'm I have to get ready to leave. Hope you all have a great thursday. :)