Personal Challenge - Day 3

Yesterday was quite interesting. It didn't go exactly as I had planned, but sometimes a plan isn't always necessary. I would have loved to have watched Conference yesterday, but my husband had me helping him in the yard and I was also attempting to keep peace between the kids. He mowed the yard and cut down branches.

Roger took the Nik and Bri for a ride in his truck, which they really enjoyed. The truck just gives the feeling of adventure! Although, there is soo much more Roger plans to do to it. The kids and I love it!

When they returned home we went to Walmart, JoAnn's, Party America, and Five and Below. Roger and the kids had fun trying on different masks.
Bri had fun trying on the different masks,

I was shocked she wasn't scared of them, even when Roger and Nik were putting them on:

Roger ended up buying this one. He's looking forward to scaring his mom by sneeking into her house with this mask on. lol

Although Bri wasn't scared of the masks, she was scared of the hand that moved (it was a bit creepy lookin')

and the $60 hanging skelleton.

I soo wish I had money to spend on Halloween! I'm not sure why, but scaring kids (and its even better if its an adult) is soo much fun!! I love seeing their reactions. I know that may be mean of me, but it's just soo funny.

When we came home I made some Pot Pies and Rice -something I love!- When mom would leave for work when dad came home to work a night shift, I remember dad always making pot pies and rice, chili, TV dinners, or fish sticks. Unfortunately, these are my comfort food dinners.

After dinner I finished up some homework while Roger gave all the kids baths. Then him and I sat down together and watched a movie on TV called HitMan. I've been very cautious about watching rated R movies because I don't need the graphic images distorting my mind. Since HitMan was on TV they deleted certain scenes that made the movie rated R. Although, it was a decent movie.. I had a hard time watching it because of all the gore and graphic images. When you go from watching only PG movies for a while, when you finally stumble across an edited R movie on TV, you wonder why they even show such violent and degrading images. The movie would have been just as good, getting the same point across, if it simply changed scenes or even focused at a wall during the hardcore images.

My husband and many around me don't understand why I refrain from watching rated R movies, but honestly... Why subject yourself to such graphic images? Is it really a thrill? When you see such images, they are locked in your mind, never to come out. For example, I remember watching the movie The Patriot in theaters, one of my absolute favorite Rated R movies..BUT, I will never be able to remove the image of Mel Gibson shredding a body to pieces with a hatchet. Is this something I really want replayed in my mind? My answer is NO.

Overall my day went smoothly and it was really nice snuggling up next to my husband when it's so chilly in the house. However, I believe if I was able to surround myself with more things that I love, I would have been happier as a result.