Guardians of the Galaxy

If you love Super Hero movies, you'll love Guardians of the Galaxy. It has adventure, action, a little romance, and shows the importance of friendship and working together. We watched it in 3D and loved the effects. For my husband and one child it was $25, but I used my AMC Stubs card so it went towards my $10 reward. With the AMC card for every $100 you spend you get a $10 reward to use toward movie ticket purchases or at the concession stand also you can upgrade your drinks to the next size. Make sure you stay until after the credits for the hidden egg. I love how Stan Lee makes a cameo in his movies too.


We ate at Tequilas afterwards. My son ordered the 3 steak taco dinner, my husband ordered the chicken chimichangas, I ordered 3 tacos to go for my son at home, and I ordered the #6. I love their chips and salsa. We even had enough leftovers for supper.

I love the Cedar Cove series on the Hallmark Channel. It's on Saturday nights at 7PM Central Time. I read the books by Debbie Macomber and loved them too. It's a good family series on that the whole family can watch.

I'm watching the Brady Bunch (1996) on tv now. It is hilarious. I loved the series as a kid too.

A cheap and easy snack: place some tortillas on a plate, top with shredded cheese, heat in microwave for 20 seconds. Yum!

My wins for July

I decided to start writing it down on the calendar every time I win something, because sometimes I forget how much I win each month because it's usually little prizes here and there. For July I won: a $5 Burger King gift card, a 1 year subscription to Better Homes and Gardens, $5 Pizza Hut gift card, $6 Credit for On Demand Cable from M&M's, $5 Wal-mart gift card from Centralia Ford, $6 Movie Credit for On Demand Cable from M&M's, Jason won a Kubota Hat, Keurig Tea 4 pack, M&M's $6 movie credit again , M&M's $6 Movie credit, $5 CVS gift card, free coupon for hair color, and a $20 Virtual visa card which I used on my phone bill It's a fun hobby and I've won some neat stuff anyways

Monty Python's Spamalot Play + Gateway Fun Park

My husband and I had a date night last night and went to see Monty Python's Spamalot Play at Salem Community Theater. It was great! They really did a good job casting each person for the different roles, it was hilarious, the singing was good, and we were thoroughly entertained. The tickets were $12 a piece, sodas were $2, popcorn $1, and candy bars $1. We have watched other plays there as well and they were great also. I like when they did Wizard of Oz and where the witch was melting, you didn't see the grown witch for a moment then a little girl witch comes running out as if the witch melted. We also saw Night of the Living Dead, which they did a spectacular job on.

We decided since we didn't really have a lot of money to spend on vacations this year that we would do a day trip. I got on Groupon and found a deal for $50 for a family of four - armbands at Gateway Fun Park in Collinsville, IL good for unlimited rides for 2 hours. This would have been great, but it started raining after we got there, so we couldn't do the bumper boats or the go-carts. We played two games of miniature golf in the rain and spent the rest of the two hours playing bumper cars. We still had a great time, so that's all that matters. Gateway Fun Park is right beside Splash City Water Park. On the way home, we stopped by White Castle to take home a Crave Pack. I love to stop there any time we are near a White Castle. We had stopped at LottaWattaCreek on the way for lunch and split our meals in half for supper and the White Castle Crave Pack was meals for the next day.