Well, happy Easter in a couple of days anyways! Figured I might as well wish you a joyful one before the festivities start :)
Itโll definitely be a joyful one over in the Money household now that Iโll be able to drink beer again! WOO-HOO!!!! Almost lasted 40 days without alcohol, and unlike other habits Iโve given up over the years, this one just gets harder each day, hahaโฆ I probably sound like an alcoholic sharing that, but itโs the dang truth! I miss my nightly beer! Itโs good for your heart, you know? ;)
On the other hand, Iโve saved at least $50-$100 taking on this mission so far. $50 just from the beer I drink at home, and another $50 or so from going to my first happy hour not being able to drink anything, hahaโฆ THAT was rough. Although I must say it was nice having time slow down for once and actually remembering everything! :) Thatโs the worst part of bars/parties/clubs/etc โ you have so much fun and so many drinks that it all just whizzes by and the nightโs over before you know it. Cuz of course happy hour should REALLY be called happy hourS โ itโs never just one!
So yeah, Iโll be one happy โ and slightly buzzed โ camper come Easter. Iโm sure my tolerance has gone down being old and all too, making it even more interesting for those around me ;)
What will you all be doing for Easter this weekend? Visiting family or friends or just life as usual? I know not everyone celebrates it, of course, but hopefully youโll have fun whatever it is youโre getting into this weekendโฆ Hereโs a list of stuff weโll be doing (outside of drinking):
- Easter egg hunt! Been a tradition for at least 30 years now and it doesnโt stop with or without kids ;) (Though now weโre okay in that department since our family is growing by the years)
- Easter basket exchange. Moreso now for the kids and โcouplesโ, but my mom still loves giving us little goodies and we still enjoy eating them. And all the siblings put stuff together for a nice one for our mother as well โ itโs kinda nice.
- FOOD FOOD FOOD!!! Lots of tasty homemade food courtesy of my parents at their home.
- Lots of quality time together. Doesnโt matter if weโre just watching movies, or playing games, or even taking out the dogs on a walk โ itโs nice to just spend some time with family and forget about work/problems/etc for a while.
Lots of traditions still being kept in our household :) And I hope to do the same as little Money and his future brothers/sisters come along too (weโre having at least 7, did I tell you that? Donโt tell the wife!).
Anywho. Happy Easter or whatever else youโll be celebrating this weekend :) May God bless you and our family and even all that money youโre saving up in those accounts! Weโre all super fortunate to be here right now, and itโs always good to stop and be thankful for things when we canโฆ like having awesome blog readers such as yourself ;) Be safe, my friends!
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PS: How did you guys do on your Lental giving ups this year?
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I did pretty well! I gave up watching tv alone. It was really hard at first but overall so helpful. I could spend more time with my baby, get more done around the home, read my Bible more and other books, and get outside more!
I bet!! Are you going to keep it up now that Lentโs almost over, or just do less of it still?
Definitely going to stick to a reduced schedule; no more mindless searching for a new show addiction! Especially because I donโt want my son to grow up crazy about tv. So I need to curb my own viewing before he is old enough to even understand.
I hear that. We get addicted to tons of reality shows ourselves, but so far weโve been good about only watching them in the evenings after the baby goes down. Now the only problem is keeping up with them all! :)
We celebrate it, but are fairly low key about it. Weโll just have fun with our kids and make a nice meal for Sunday after church. Life has been way too busy the last two weeks to plan anything big. ;)
That sounds really relaxing :)
We gave up alcohol again this year for lent, and have been successful. Similar to you, there are two bottles of wine waiting for the green light.
Quick question. How come when you stop drinking, there are so many opportunities for free booze that arise? Not cool.
I know, right? Itโs just the Big Man trying to make sure we stay on our game ;) Heโs smooth like that.
Happy almost Easter! Sounds like you will enjoy the time with family.
Congrats on making it for so long without caving โ Iโm like that with my wine, but lately more often than not, Iโve been passing on it so that I can save the calories. Iโm trying to reach a goal of losing ten pounds and alcohol is so calorie rich!
Iโm making my parents, SO and brother do an Easter Egg hunt. Youโre never too old!
Awesome!! One day we should try and do the White Houseโs egg hunt when we have kids old enough to have an excuse to be there ;)
Hoppy Easter to you as well!! No choccies here this weekend Iโm afraid.
had to look up โchocciesโ โ interesting name! :)
This Easter will be my little oneโs first โwalkingโ Easter, so she will be able to get in on the Easter egg hunt. Iโm pretty excited about that.
Cool!! I canโt wait for ours to be walking for that โ youโre gonna have so much fun :)
Have you noticed that whatever family you have been invited to, itโs always about eating and drinking. Whatever happened to Jesus in whose name itโs celebrated.
On Sunday, many folks get drunk.
Heโs still there, just more in some places than others :) Iโm sure he likes people spending quality time together too.
I gave up dairy to start, then gave up alcohol partway through after a bad experience. I suppose itโs not the point of lent, but it is nice when it also helps out the health and the pocketbook
So true on the being thankful part. Thanks for the reminder!
All I know, is Iโm about to tear some food up!
Happy Easter J Money!
Yeah dude โ one of the best parts!
My in-laws are having us over for some yummy dinner :)
We didnโt have a really strong Easter tradition growing up. It was basically go to church for an extremely long mass. Iโm catholic :). My mom says there where some years we skipped church because she got tired of our complaining. We had sunday lunch, and then, maybe if we were invited somewhere we would go somewhere for Easter.
Haha yeah โ they are pretty long on Easter :) Our wee one didnโt want to sit still at all too so we had a lot of bouncing and walking around this year!
My husband, who really does not speak of God at all, always say that Easter is the holiest day of the year, go figure. Have a Blessed Easter J Money et al.
Well, congrats on the happy hour feat! And we all went for a picnic on Easter, a big family get together, played some games, ate lovely food, lay in the sun and just enjoyed the fact that is was a good weekend. As for your money saving venture โ itโs amazing how small changes to our lifestyles can change our financial lives so drastically!
Love your blog name! Thatโs dope.
Happy Easter to you as weโll,