BTBAM and He Is legend Part Deux (or why I hate hardcore dancers)

So as I said yesterday, last night Monica and I went to a Between the Buried and Me and He is legend concert at the Macon Venue Project. Before the show we went by Cheddars and ateâ€"if you have never been there, the Monte Cristo is awesome, and so are the buffalo chicken wraps, and almost everything I have ever had there, I tried a Blue Moon wheat beer (with orange slice) and it was absolutely wonderful (so try it if you haven’t yet). We then ran by the Pet-Smart store down the road and bought

Seven Facts about me.

As I was tagged by Kelly, and she's been having a day,  I figured I would be nice and post on this. 1.  I'm related to a former president of the United States.  Yup Herbert Hoover was my great great great great uncle.  What makes this especially fun is that he's being talked about now, since he was the President who 'led' the country into the Great Depression, and every time I hear him mentioned on the news I go "OOH it's him" and then I go "Ah dang it...it really isn't a good thing that they m

Seven Facts about me.

As I was tagged by Kelly, and she's been having a day,  I figured I would be nice and post on this. 1.  I'm related to a former president of the United States.  Yup Herbert Hoover was my great great great great uncle.  What makes this especially fun is that he's being talked about now, since he was the President who 'led' the country into the Great Depression, and every time I hear him mentioned on the news I go "OOH it's him" and then I go "Ah dang it...it really isn't a good thing that they m

Budget Review: Stepping Up My Game

Hard to believe another month has gone by! November was really a month of slow bleeding in our budget. We had to dip into our emergency fund to pay our car insurance deductible, and I started Christmas shopping. We've been busy with the kids, so we ate out a bit more this month than we did in October. On a positive note, our gas budget has gone down dramatically! I was so happy to put half a tank of gas in the minivan and have it only be $20 instead of the $40 it was just a few months ag