Text to daughter: Mama's taking the family down!
Daughter: MOTHER!
Mom: No groceries this week princess.
Daughter-Mom, are you serious?
Mom: Maybe no 8th grade grad dress either. Mama needs to have fun too.
Daughter-Whatever.
(She really does know I will meet her needs-trust me-she knows)!
Hubby and I celebrated eight years of marriage this weekend. Our actual anniversary is tomorrow. ;) I cannot believe it has been that long. And then again, I can. ;) We have had so many trials....but the good has outweighed the bad-by far! That means the good is GREAT!
Every anniversary we try to go on a little get away. We don't buy each other gifts. We simply go away and spend time together. The trip is our gift.
This time we decided on a trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma. I ended up sponsoring a track meet the night before....ugh...miserabe eight hours that I will never get back from my life! MUST learn to say NO!!
Anyway...so we slept in the next day, totally took our time getting around. A casual breakfast, shower, check email, burn CD's (songs) of music we like so we can take on our trip, vacuum the car, clean everything up (don't like coming home to a mess-neither of us) , spray febreze, and got out of the house about 3:00. Decided on Miami, Oklahoma. Just over an hour away. Spontaneity! The key! Once we finally GET OUT! LOL
I am not a gambler AT ALL. I do not like to blow my money and to be honest, I have always heard it was a sin. Need the verse. Not denying it-just would like it for anyone who knows it to share it-no offense taken...anyway, off the box now. ;) I know it MUST be in the bible for all the grief that gamblers take. Perhaps it is the atmosphere. I am not a drinker-once in while I will have a margarita or a smirnoff-not often and I detest smoke. ugh That was the biggest downfall of the night-the smoke!! I do not go in with the deed to our house or the need for grocery money. ;) We go to the Stables casino. We are not pros at this. We walk in, sit down at the penny slots and play a couple of dollars. Passing the time. Decide to try Buffalo Run. Walked in, sit down at the penny slots and parked it. Hubby just watched me. I am sure he was concerned. ;) I was winning. And I was making a few extra dollars. We were there about 2 hours. Enough to get ahead $25-cash out and go to our motel. I know when to stop. I am cheap. I am delighted I came out ahead.
I do hope to go again. I have a strategy. A plan. I am not addicted. But I did enjoy it. EEEEEEE
Text to daughter: Mama won. We get to eat.
hee hee
I know to be an example to my daughter, but I am not a faker!
CHA-CHING to eight years!!!
Sunday, April 6
CHA CHING!
composed Jean 2 at 3:36 PM
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Donna,
Congratulations on 8 years of marriage. Coming from where I am at I know how big a deal that is.
I too don't drink (except on special occasions), or smoke but I am proud to say that I do enjoy gambling. If you go in with the mindset that you are going to enjoy the process and you are going to lose winning is just icing on the cake.
I think I enjoy it so much because there is always the chance of "what if". I have to admit though that my "what if" is just a whisper because I can't bring myself to leave the quarter slots!
Carey
Happy anniversary! We did almost the same thing to celebrate ours. I too, am a cheapskate. I take about $40 and that is it. When it's gone, it's gone. However, if I win enough to get back to my original $, then I quit. It's fun. Not to be taken too seriously.
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