Black Frursday

Ahhh the sound of christmas music and smell of cinnamon and turkey in the air...it must be holiday time again. I personally for many many years have participated in the black friday trend.  From losing my black friday virginity in the shock of the chaos, to racing for a christmas tree, mistakingly taking a infant in with me, the hours standing in line to checkout after the big gift hunt, working at target during the morning one year, ive really done it all. Its been a part of our holday tradition with our family for years wed tag team and grab deals for each other and fight off the crowds all in good fun and weve made many memories. I still have many items and i can vividly recall the story behind them on how i got them on Black Friday. Over the years it definatley has changed though from people being nicer and friendly to bout having to cuss a person out for invading personal space so intentionally but no matter the drama id see and deal with it its always been a fun shopping hunt. Weather i was going solo or teamed up with family members i was always sucessfull and ready to get home and start wrapping ;) 
Last year they really started it up with the sale going on thursday instead of friday and i will admit i went, My husband was deployed and so i guess that made it not such a big deal also i left very late as in after supper and i didnt really seem to grasp what was going on but now my tune has changed. I really am just aghast at the thought of the sale starting on actuall Thanksgiving day! I mean the Cowboys game will still be playing and some of the stores are expecting me to leave my family and go just for a few bucks saved? Um i think not! Before it was fun for the girls to meet up the morning after thanksgiving and do christmas shopping together but to just pick up and ruin the actual Thanksgiving traditions weve held on to for decades for more sales? No thank you I draw the line! My family time is actually worth so much more and my kids Thanksgiving memories will be of me at home with them surrounded by love and food with football playing throughout the house. Thats what il pay for thats what matters most. I will not be participating in this Black Friday now Thursday phenomenon anymore. So sorry stores you can wait till the weekend as you should to get any of our buisness we will be home enjoying our family.

A Not So Cool November Wakeup

Yay its November 1st 2014! All i can think is Wow what a wakeup! Something that doesn't happen often when my husband quietly snuck out the door this morning and shut it behind him me hearing all the kids up in the living room he had decided to let me sleep in. I was also thankful and surprised so I took the opportunity to roll back over and try to go back to sleep a little longer. Next thing I know I'm waking up to the sound of the smoke alarm in my house going off imediately get up out of my bed and open the bedroom door to my husband and ask him quickly what's going on? I'm expecting a quick answer on Oh something was left in the microwave or no worries the toaster burnt the bread anything little like one of these normal answers is what I expected to hear come from his mouth. But no I hear him say I don't know I just smell the smell . I quickly at the same time he says that take a mental picture and see two kids standing in my eye shot so I asked him where's the third and he answers she's right here so I think ok no kid is immediately sticking anything in a light socket. So I think crap theres gotta be a wire or something plugged in I'm going to have to go through the house and check it out keep in mind all this is happening was in probably 60 seconds I'm still standing at the doorway of my bedroom not clothed. So I tell him ok get the kids out and I turned back to my bedroom to throw on some clothes when I smell the familiar smell but it's been so long and I turn around to ask him did you turn the heater on? He answers yes and I know in a second to let my guard down because it's just the first time the heater has been on since last year and it set off the smoke alarm from the strong odor it put out at first. Oh what a morning what a wake up call I wish I could go back to sleep but there is no way that's happening at all.