Our weekend

We had a pretty good weekend. Saturday we went to Tyler's birthday party...it was a "Cars" theme. The kids had a great time. They had the party in a community center in Bruce, so all the kids had plenty of room to run around and be wild. !!! And they took advantage of it! They had a pinata, which took all of the little ones quite a while to bust. It was so cute. When it finally did bust though, they were like a pack of wild animals, or vultures, going for the candy! After it was over, Lily and I picked up the rest of the candy off the floor and put it in a big bag and Janella (Jessie's sister) tried to make me take it home. Like we (especially me) need all that candy! So I sneakily left it there. I'm sure she was thrilled to find she was still stuck with it. :)

On a sad note, Jessie and I went to visitation at the funeral home in Fulton yesterday. A couple that go to our church had a granddaughter pass away. She was only 4 years old, her name was Abby. She died of complications of the flu. Being a parent of kids around that age, it's really hard to comprehend and so scary. Its comforting to know, though, that she's in heaven and her family will be reunited with her again one day. It's so sad, though, more than I can express.

This morning was SO hectic. I couldn't find the kids coats, or mine, so I was running around the house like a crazy woman. You know how cold it is in the morning, and Seth has to stand outside and wait for the bus, so I had to find him something. I ended up bundling him up in this sweatshirt hoodie/shirt and then putting a pullover thing on him, complete with hat and gloves. So he was bundled pretty well. :) Then after he left, I found the coats. Go figure.

We did our taxes yesterday! We really wanted to try and do it over the internet or something (the slower, cheaper way), but a check of our outside gas tank revealed we only had 5% left in the tank! So I ran inside and told Jessie we HAD to get some and he was visibly upset because our budget was going to be messed up (not to mention we didn't have an extra $230 lying around - that's how much 100 gallons costs) - so we decided to head over to H & R Block, where we usually do our taxes, and get them done. Jessie's dad was horrified a few weeks ago when he found out that we do our taxes there, because they take a good little chunk of it for themselves. But as much as we wanted to take his advice like a good son and daughter-in-law, we had to have some money quickly. Luckily, we got back a good amount. Enough to pay our furniture off and the rest of our debts! (yay!) And enough to heat our house for a little while longer, a necessity that we cannot do without. But the H & R Block we go to in Amory....its usually a good experience, with nice people, etc. This time, the people were still nice...but the place smelled like 50 ashtrays. It was HORRIBLE! There was a very visible NO SMOKING symbol on the door, but the "team leader" did not heed it, obviously. Both kids (of course) had to go to the bathroom while we were there, so as I was walking back to the front of the store with Seth, the "team leader" lady was in the back, and she just lit up a cigarette! I was astounded. It stunk so badly in there, I'm telling you. Anyway, enough complaining. Getting our check soon will be enough to erase those bad memories, I think. But if that store smells like that next year, I think we'll take our business somewhere else. :P