Just a Canary Bird...

I have read the entire 50 Shades of Grey trilogy. Okay, if I am being honest I have read the series twice, but who is really keeping track? Anyways, when I heard that they were going to make the series into a movie I was skeptical. There is a lot of inner dialogue in the books, so I wasn't sure how or if they would portray that in the movie and how would people understand what was going on? Last night the Hubby had an away basketball game, so I decided to head to the movies and check it out. Let me just preface this with saying I went to the 6:10 pm showing and the theater consisted of me and two 65+ old couples.... talk about awkward... I think the movie was okay. It's hard to make a movie like this accurately portray what you imagined while reading it. I feel like the actor choices were okay. I wasn't sure about the main characters, but I do feel like they fit the roles better than I expected.  I know a lot of people are on opposite sides of the fence about

Some days are better than others. When things don't go your way, you just have to pick yourself up, learn from that and move on.  Concentrating on the negative never does anything for you but bring you down. Sometimes you just need a pick-me-up to remind yourself that not everyday will be this way. The road of life is full of bumps along the way and you just have to learn to shake them off. Life is too short to be focused on the negative, because you just might miss the next wonderful thing to happen in your life. Until next time, Kara

The Hubby and I don't really exchange gifts on V-day. We usually like to do something together. I think memories last a lot longer than gifts. Who knows what we will do this year, but it doesn't matter as long as we are together! I can't believe I got so lucky to call this guy My Valentine for life.  I love this song, it makes me think of my husband every time I hear it. Here is a Valentine's Day print out. Feel free to print it off for your sweetheart! Happy Valentine's Day!  I hope you all enjoy your Valentine's Day weekend with that special someone!  Until next time, Kara

It's Friday again! Whew, glad that week is over. I am counting the days until our Spring Break vacation. It can't get here fast enough. It has been a pretty uneventful week, but that's not a bad thing! We have watched a couple movies and shows over the past couple of weeks. Some were good, some were not so good. The Hubby wanted to rent Nightcrawler . He said it was one the best movies he has seen in awhile. I didn't really care for it, because I hated the main character. It's hard to enjoy the movie when you can't stand watching the main guy throughout. The story is about a man starting his own news recording company and getting to be the best at it, no matter what it takes. We have been getting our money's worth from Netflix this month. Besides watching our favorite show, The Office, we have been watching some movies. The Interview , let's just say it wasn't very good. There were a couple parts we laughed, but mostly it was just dumb.

Many times people think that you have to make a lot of money to have nice things or to accomplish financial goals. That is not true. You have to have a desire to set a goal and have the drive to reach it. Finances can be tricky. For the longest time the Hubby and I used a strict budget form that we created on the computer. We used an Excel spreadsheet and recorded every penny we spent each day.  This allowed us to really see where our money was being spent each month. You would be surprised to see what your thought process becomes when you realize you have to write down your purchase.  For example, I allotted $30 for myself to spend on "Shopping". This meant clothes, crafts, decorations, etc. So it really would make me think, "do I need this?" or "will I want this tomorrow?" If I couldn't answer myself with 100% yes, then it wasn't worth spending the money on, because I knew I would regret my purchase later in the month.  If money is tight

Another week has flown by! I can't believe we are already into February, time is going by so quickly! The Hubby and I have started bowling again. Our local bowling alley has a deal on Sunday's for $19.95 you get 2 hours on a lane. It's so much fun!  The Hubby is just so good at it. I really can't compete with his high games. He got a 248 the other day....really?!? You haven't bowled in a year and you come out with a 248? I will say that I got my all time high game of 160 the other day! Whoop, whoop! I am trying to convince the Hubby to do a Valentine's Day bowling event at our local bowling alley. It's some kind of Scotch Doubles tourney...the only problem is neither of us is very sure what that is or what to do! We finished the basketball season this week. Now we just have the banquet and the Hubby will be done with 8th grade basketball. This year has worn me out. Right now I am looking into starting to make all my own baking mixes and product