my 86 cent shopping spree
the shampoo even came with a free styling gel
can you guess the only item i payed for?

long story short
our car needs a new engine
not good at all
prayers for funds
prayers that mark or i can find a salvaged engine
prayers for my sanity
all most welcome

so our car broke down today
thankfully i noticed something was wrong and pulled off the road before we got to the tunnel
which was the next exit!

anyways
prayers are needed
jonas starts preschool friday so i need to leave tomorrow evening at the latest
they haven't called with an estimate yet
and the tow truck dropped if off around 2
also money is an issue
i have no idea how much this is going to cost
and in my head
i can't think of what could possibly be right with the car
nothing works as far as i know
including the electrical stuff
the only money we really have is our money to take jonas to disney when tom gets back
we can't touch our savings
its a military run savings account, and we can't get into it until tom retires
lastly
no one is watching the cats...
i just left them extra food and water since i planned on being back tomorrow morning

please keep this situation in prayers

i just spent 2 hours baking home made fudge rounds for one of the guys tom works with
he's deployed (not with tom) and now one has sent him anything
eat your heart out little debbie
100 times better than the ones in the box



also as promised
here is jonas on his scooter
and one of hayley in a swing
just because :

i got to talk to tom last night :)
he's doing good
he was pretty tired
but other than that he's good
i'm glad i've gotten to talk to him as much as i have
they way his phone are there, its just like him calling from his work here to the house
monitored and everything haha
because his phones are like that he gets to call once, sometimes twice a week
and he usually tells me if he isn't going to be able to call for a few days

jonas starts preschool next friday
so we are going to have to cut our VA trip short by 2 days
well i guess he doesn't actually start that friday
but he has orientation
he got his shots yesterday
that was not fun
i'm not afraid of needles
as is apparent by the various piercings i have and had
but when i saw the needles for the shots
my heart jumped into my throat
i don't remember his shot needles ever being that big
she said they were one inch needles but i swear they were bigger
maybe it was just fear taking over
but i really think they might have been the wrong needles
jonas went into hysterics
screaming shaking sobbing uncontrollably
he has for a chocolate milkshake as we were going home
i gave in pretty easily
jonas wants to go outside but its not even 10 yet and the heat index is already 95
tomorrow its supposed to be cooler
movies are pricey, but its always cool in the theater
maybe we will take in a flick
we'll see
right now he is pretty intent with building a fort with my couch cusions

big lots deals?
sometimes
maybe
the last few times i was there, i noticed they had 3 drawer rubbermaid rolling organizers for 11 bucks a piece, not a bad price
except walmart sells them for 9
i scored a 4 gig SD card for 10 bucks a few weeks back
but when i went this past wednesday they had them 'on sale' for 12
their ad had them 'on sale' for 10
so i pointed this out to them
they said they would fix it
so now i wonder how many people got ripped off
this week they have cans of hunts tomatoes on sale for a dollar a can
but i can get them at harris teeter for a dollar
walmart for 89 cents
or the commissary for 75
they had betty crocker cupcake mix for a buck, which is just half a box of cake mix
a whole box of cake mix is under a buck at the commissary and like a 1.10 at walmart
the stuff would be fresher too.
i noticed most of the name brand toys cost more too
most not by too much, just like 50 cents to a dollar
but they are supposed to offer 'closeout prices'
the linens and kitchen stuff are pretty well priced, but most of the kitchen appliances are off brand and really cheap looking
anyways
jonas insisted on getting coffee at starbucks this morning
first some older men decided that i jonas and hayley were not important and proceeded to order as if we were not standing in front of them
but the girl behind the counter pointed out we were first and the men grudgingly waited their turn
second the girl was a but confused when i ordered a 'short' coffee
a short coffee is an 8oz coffee
not many people no that :)
apparently not even the baristas
i changed it to a kid sized coffee, which is the same size, and i asked her to only fill it about half way with decaf
jonas was very happy with his half coffee half milk quarter sugar concoction
after we left starbucks he decided he wanted pancakes from mcdonalds
they are only 2 bucks so i didn't fight him
that took a lot longer than needed because the guy ahead of me refused to move forward to the second speaker box, ours has two but they rarely ever use the first one
because he refused to move forward, even after he was asked to, the speaker box he was at kept recording his order and it backed everything up
that was fun
time to get cleaning
then do sunday school with jonas :)
but first i think hayley wants to snuggle

is tax free weekend really worth it?
im not so sure
maybe if you plan on spending hundreds of dollars
but even then if you are spending that much its only 7.50 per hundred spent.
i got most of jonas' school stuff last weekend as i don't usually like shopping on tax free weekend
i did venture out out this morning to get him some shoes
i figured it wouldn't be so bad today since every one was still at work
then i made the mistake of heading to walmar
it wouldn't have been so bad if they were not in the middle of reorganizing the entire store
now my cat is puking up a piece of straw plastic
because jakob is stupid and eats plastic
i tried to get it out of his mouth before he swallowed it, but i didn't have any luck with that
i love jakob
but he truly is a moron
now he is curled up in jonas' back pack
now he is curled up next to me
such an odd kitty
but i love him :)

jonas got himself a scooter with his birthday money
we took it down town and he rode it around
he thinks its great
and he is pretty good on it
its pretty cute, i'll post pictures when i get the camera out of the car

heading to VA next week
hopefully
jonas has appointments for preschool next week
but the week after that is free

hayley is awake now
and i have a giant wet sweat mark on my leg from where she was laying
she and jonas sweat a lot when they sleep

i sure wish i could hear from tom
2 months down
about 6 1/2 weeks left?
7 trips to moes
3 more pay days haha
3 pay days makes it seem shorter