The Beauty of Fandango

The best part of using Fandango? I was able to purchase tickets for the movie Ryan really wanted to see and tell him we were going to see something else. I told him we were going to the 1:20 showing of Limitless but actually, we went to see Hanna. He didn't notice anything (including the display above the door -- clearly shouting HANNA 1:20) until the movie started and then he turned to me and smiled.

He had been had.

It was my way of saying thanks because I went to babysit last night during our quality date time. But a friend was in a bind & her children are super cute, so instead of Los Porchs, I had a movie date with two children under the age of 5 & we watched Despicable Me (which, let's be honest, is both better w/ children and something I probably would have made Porch watch at home anyway).

Like anyone could resist this?!

Capped off our afternoon w/ trips to Target & Dominicks to pick up some essentials for the week and now each have a beer in hand & are relaxing to prepare for the week ahead.

Personally?

I'm most excited for chocolate marshmellow eggs at Grandma & Grandpa's for Easter! What's your favorite part of the Easter season?

Comments

It is not 1950; I do not vacuum in pearls.

Hi, it's me - I know it's been a while, but I've been deep inside that bubble I mentioned when everything first happened in November 2020 and I am starting to emerge having done some serious healing and navigating within the trauma of being a suicide survivor and a sole parent. This has nothing to do with that though. I'm dumping this thought here because I need it documented: You know how the conservative crowd tends to use "Well I don't have any children, why should I help pay for the schools?" and "People are just too lazy to work, I don't know why we need social services to help people pay for their child care and food?" I'm noticing those are the same voices I hear in restaurants complaining that there are no servers. No bartenders. No one available to change their oil or to do other trade work. And no one to watch their children. The CEO of the company I work for posted a big response about how child care is the gatekeeper to folks...

Momma K

It's true. I love my mom. She's my best source of advice & wisdom, even though it took me roughly 20 years to figure that out. I just wanted to take a quick second and thank her for all that she's done for me and especially for the things she didn't do for me. =) I wouldn't be the person I am today without her. Love you mom! We're pretty fabulous, no?

That time we sold our house.

Porch, Charlotte, and I are excited to share that we are moving! If you follow us on Facebook, you know that we put our house up for sale on Thursday. By Saturday afternoon, we had 3 offers on the table and we accepted! I can't even begin to express our shock, our joy, our excitement, and our nervousness about the months ahead. We put an offer on a house closer to my new job as Charlie attends the center and being closer means that Porch can drop her off on my early shift (6am-3pm) and pick her up on my late shift (9:30-6:30pm) so Charlie isn't spending all of her waking hours in child care. We're ridiculously excited, yet cautious. The new house has 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and is begging for a series of updates. There are a number of projects that await us but we're so excited to call this new place home and to make it into something that's truly ours. A home we can grow into. A home we can share with our family over the years and create ...

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