I went black friday shopping for the first time ever. I must say, it was kinda fun. I didn’t get to the stores so early that my heels got run over, and I also wasn’t shopping for any big ticket items. I just love a good deal. I like to challenge myself to see how creative I can be and keep Christmas cheap, while still finding some great gifts. Overall, there were only a few stores with “great” deals. Walmart and Kohls had several very decent deals. Walmart has streamlined black friday very well, they know what they are doing for the most part. Kohls on the other hand, had a line to the back of the store that was very unappealing. It almost wasn’t worth the deals to stand in line that long, but I decided to b/c there were some good deals that I wanted for gifts (and I had time).
We had a very good thanksgiving. We went down to my dad’s house in the morning and then followed him into town at noon and had thanksgiving dinner with his wife’s family. We ended up staying all day until about 6:30pm. We had such a fun day. We were pretty exhausted by the time we got home. I planned on getting some sleep before waking up for black friday shopping, but our hispanic neigbors decided they were going to blast their music and have a fiesta. My husband asked them once to turn the music down and they just turned it back up later. They were singing and carrying on over there, so my husband called the cops about the noise around 11:30pm. After the cops left they were still carrying on and then we heard them having a fist fight, so my husband called the cops again. Finally they settled down well after midnight. Needless to say I didn’t get that much sleep. We really can’t wait to get out of these townhouses with paper thin walls. Owning a home is going to be well worth it for that alone!
I’m still trying to catch up from my wisdom teeth removal down time. I’ve finally put a dent in getting my coupons sorted and cut. I am still behind but no as far. I sat and wrapped most of the Christmas presents last night, but now we have nowhere to put them in the house. My sink is full of dishes as usual, but all in all my house is not that bad. I’m learning to let go more and more to the little things like dishes and baskets of laundry. I’m realizing with 2 very young children, my expectations may need to be a bit lower so I don’t stress myself out too much trying to make things perfect. I can relax and spend more time with my kids.
On the way home from thanksgiving dinner, my husband and I had a very long and wonderful discussion about where God is leading us in our service to him. We’ve discussed attending theological seminary online to further our understanding of scripture and prepare ourselves to serve him more. Recently I came across RTS Virtual : Reformed Theological Seminary Online. It looks very good and I am going to look into it more.
