Five on Friday - Swimming Pool, DVD Storage, and a New Movie

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This week has been spent doing laundry, getting packed, and prepping the house for the house sitter, because in two days WE ARE OUTTA HERE!  But first some favorites!

O N E – $20 Swimming Pool

Last summer, we purchased this pool for just under $25 at our local Walmart and we used the mess out of it last summer.  I’m happy to report, it survived winter in the storage shed and is still as good as new so we will be using it again this summer.

It’s ten feet long so it’s big enough for the kids to really be able to play well in it, and that also means that it’s plenty big for Mommy and Daddy to get in there with them.  And very comfortably, I might add. 

It’s actually only $19.88 if you get it online, so if you’re looking for something to keep your little ones busy all summer, look no further!  You just can’t beat $19.88 for this big ol’ sturdy thing, y’all!

T W O – New DVD Storage

I posted about our new DVD storage on Instagram stories a while back, and I had so many questions about where the piece of furniture was from.  Well, it’s just a plain white dresser made by Davinci, and you can get it online at lots of different websites.  Find it here on Amazon and here at Walmart... it's the same price everywhere, though.

The dresser is absolutely perfect in that space, and it’s very well made, and I’m just so pleased how the whole thing turned out.  We have all of our DVDs organized in alphabetical order, spine up, vertically, and it will easily fit around 188 of them.  Once ours fills up that way, I’ll probably start stacking them front to back and it will hold significantly more that way.

T H R E E – Movie Filming Here

It was announced recently that Bruce Willis is going to be filming a movie right here in our hometown, and my littlest brother will be working on the movie!  He just graduated from film school here in Georgia and this will be his very first one as an intern.  I have loved Bruce Willis since Die Hard, Armageddon, and Friends, so it is now my life goal for the next twelve weeks to hunt him down and meet him while he’s here.  Lol.

I mean, hey, it worked back in 1999 when the movie We Were Soldiers was filmed here!  I met Chris Klein because he came to the movie theater when I was working, and I also saw Mel Gibson and Greg Kinnear (and maybe Sam Elliott, too?) at a local hockey game.  I also have several friends who spotted Keri Russell at a couple of our bars regularly, but I wasn’t old enough to be in the bars at the time.  Now, how to meet Bruce… I mean!!!!

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F O U R – Natural Deodorant Update

I mentioned natural deodorant a couple of weeks ago here on the blog, and I received lots of suggestions from y’all about which one to try next.  To recap, I love my Native deodorant, but I don’t love that it leaves white marks on my clothes.  Well, the overwhelming majority of you said to try Primally Pure or Lavanila... apparently, both are great at keeping you fresh and dry, but neither of them leave white marks like Native does. 

I really wanted to try Primally Pure… it was my number one choice!  But unfortunately, they only sell on their own website, which means that in addition to paying the expensive price for the deodorant, you also have to pay $5 for shipping.  I’m sorry, but I just cannot and will not pay $19 for one stick of deodorant ($14 for the stick + $5 shipping).  Why oh why can’t they just get on board and sell on Amazon like everybody else so I can get the free shipping?!

Anyhoo, because of that, I went with the Lavanila because they do sell that on Amazon.  Are you listening, Primally Pure?  ;o)  I’ve only been using it for a couple of days and I already like it better than Native.  It truly goes on clear and does not leave white marks on my clothes, and I also feel like it leaves me feeling even more dry than Native does.  I was worried about the scent being too overpowering, but it's not at all.  I have the vanilla lavender and I love it.  I highly recommend this one!

F I V E – Weekly Funnies

Ready for some laughs for the week?

Pick me up at 6 and you've got yourself a deal.  Hahahaha.

Exactly!

Okay, y'all might not think this one is that funny, but B and I have laughed over this thing for dayssss.  This was SO MY DOG growing up!  If the door was open like three inches, he would somehow manage to squeeze between your legs and open it the rest of the way with his nose and he was GONE.  I can't even tell you how many times I had to run after him in the 13 years we had him.  And WHYYYY THO?  We treated him like a king!

I'm still laughing at this one and I'm fully prepared for #AllTheWhining as we enter the summer season.

Be sure to follow along on Instagram stories starting Sunday to join in on the beach fun!

*Linking up with A Liz Adventures and Carolina Charm for Five on Friday, A Little Bit of Everything for Friday Favorites, Meet @ the Barre for Friday Favorites, and By BMG for High Five for Friday.