The Pentons

So this weekend we rented a couple of movies including "Dan in real life". We had seen it in the theaters a while back, but I've forgotten how funny it really is. I was laughing so hard through the whole thing. So if you're in the mood to laugh and you're looking for a good, clean flick (ps its also a love story) then I highly recommend it!!

So, I know I posted a comment yesterday about shopping at the thrift store for clothes, well I wanted to post another comment today about shopping at the thrift store for the classroom. My favorite rack at the DI is the book rack, they have childrens books for fifty cents each. Most of them aren't in really bad condition either, they're not new but when you are looking at a first grade classroom, half the books will be ruined by the end of the year anyways. Another thing that I like to get there for my classroom is stuffed animals. I'm going to have a corner of my room where I'll have a little couch and lots of stuffed animals and when the kids are done with their work, they can go to the corner and read to a friend (the friend being the stuffed animal). The stuffed animals average about $1 a piece, and if you just throw them in the wash, they are as good as new! I will send pictures of my classroom once I have it all set up for the new year :)

When I was in high school I would always shop at the thrift store but I found that many times I would buy the clothes becuase they were a good price and not becuase I actually liked them, so I haven't been back since, but today I got that urge to go in and I remembered why I like thrift stores so much. I ended up getting an entire outfit that I paid just $10 for. Wow thats a deal.

Word to the wise...Craig and I have been looking forward to the new Batman movie for a while, and tonight we went and saw it. For any of you out there who read my blog, don't see the movie, its of the devil, literally. I'm not really sure what our world is coming to.

Uneventful day full of work and laundry :) I did get to read a couple of chapters in my book which I haven't been able to do lately. I'm reading the "wheel of time" books and I like them, its good writing but it moves really slow and so I usually end up putting it down for a week or two and then I pick it back up and read a couple of chapters, no wonder its taking me all summer to read it. I also played a little super smash brothers with Craig, good bonding time :)

So my new goal is to write a little bit about every day. Kinda like a journal online.
So today was great because:
1. I finished my work early so that I didn't have to go back at night
2. I was pleasantly surprised to spend only $4.19/gallon on my gas which resulted in a $40 gas bill--that has been the lowest I've paid all summer.
3. Craig took me to glow-golf in the mall. It is a mini golf place in the dark so our balls glowed, etc. He won, but only because he got a hole in one when on the same hole I had to hit it 5 times.
4. We went out to eat at a new Mexican place (Puerto Vallarta), it was really tasty.

1. Today is my baby sister Adrienne's birthday. I called her up and left her a crazy song on her voicemail. I think shes at girls camp this week, but when she gets back she'll have a little surprise waiting for her on her voicemail :)
2. I bought some school clothes, a skirt and a sweater for under $15, I love Ross!
3. Craig bought me a cute pair of school shoes that I was too cheap to buy my self. What a sweetheart!
4. We went and saw the movie Hancock for free, compliments of my good friend Shelley (Thank you Shelley it was fun!)
5. We were able to get in and out of Wal-mart in less then 30 minutes, I hate the wal-mart here because usually they have like 3 checkers and a million people, divide that up...you do the math. Today though it was a pleasant trip in and out.

We are excited to announce that yesterday we joined the world of gaming and we bought a Wii! We got up and we were the very first customers in Best Buy where we grabbed the only wii on the shelves (can you believe the manufactuers still can't keep up with the demand!) We also purchased some games to start out with. Craig wanted to buy Super Smash Bros., he loved the one for Nintendo 64 and it was on the top of his list to get. According to him, its a lot harder then the Nintendo 64 one and there are some new moves that you can do with a lot of the characters. We bought Guitar hero which is Amanda's favorite, it makes you sick if you play it for more then 20 minutes, which is good incentive not to play on it all day long. Basically you jam out to songs on a guitar and you pass through different levels to unlock more songs. I'm still on the easy setting, but its pretty tough. We also bought a racing game. We really want Mariocart but they are sold out of it everywhere (apparently its a hit) so we got a different racing game that we haven't tried yet. We are enjoying our new little toy and welcome anyone who wants to come play with us.