Monday (March 24)

[jennybee1018]

Hello?! Where is everyone? We need to get this board moving!

Did you do anything fun this weekend? What's on the agenda for today?

QOTD: Favorite movie theater snack? Popcorn? Candy? Slushees? :-)

[VillainV]

Good morning!

This weekend we took an infant/child CPR class, and met up for lunch with some friends that we hadn't seen in a long time, so that was nice :-) Overall, I'm just exhausted and don't have the energy to do much, so I'm kind of boring these days :-) Nothing on the agenda for today -- maybe go for a walk since the weather is nice, and do anything else I can think of to try to go into labor (I'll take any suggestions!).

QOTD: I'm a popcorn girl. I love it. And if I get popcorn, then I have to get soda too :-)

[potatopie]

Hello. Had a nice weekend (it was a long weekend). We rented a beachhouse with friends. The house was beautiful, but the weather wasn't nice. So we didn't get to appreciate the beach or pool. But it was still a nice getaway.

Today is just a regular old Monday...BUT, I'm meeting with my boss on Wednesday to discuss starting part-time hours ASAP. I'm so happy! I have not been handling full-time with baby well at all.

QOTD: I love it all! In an ideal world, I would get popcorn, a box of Dots, and a slushee and share it with my sister so I didn't make myself sick.

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I outed myself on the Got Pregnant board: about 5 weeks along.

Yes, we are insane: we're going to be flying with three kids! Shit, we're going to be paying for five full flights at some point.

Fingers crossed all goes well. Have had two friends have very bad losses recently so I'm feeling cautious.

DH away on a work trip so weekend was a bit of a grind. Still on a high from my solo Paris trip from February so not feeling too sorry for myself.

QOTD: Real American movie theatre popcorn. We often bring our own (they only do the sweet stuff here). I'm a big fan of stove top popcorn with real butter. There are two movie theaters here and one has a concession and the other just has a vending machine (yes, it's small here).

Speaking of movies... I am really hoping to see The Grand Budapest hotel this week. Trying to coordinate a sitting swap with a friend.

[jennybee1018]

Morning!!

I had a fun weekend! Took a day trip to Bahrain with some friends, and had a great time! (Got to meet up with jupiter2311, yay!) Saturday, I spent all day on the couch, just relaxing for once. That so rarely happens!

Today is relatively quiet at work, and I'm just cleaning up some things before the next set of deadlines is upon us :-) Then I have Zumba tonight!

QOTD: Ditto @bandwife - real american movie theater butter popcorn all the way, with chocolate covered raisins and cherry coke. So good!!! The popcorn here is either salt or caramel I think. And they only have M&Ms and Malteasers. Not the same!

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Good morning! I'm irritated because i keep trying to buy my plane tickets for August and it keeps getting refused because the spending limit for one month is less than the cost of the tickets. So I call the bank, but its closed on mondays. I call the airlines to see if we can pay with two cards which would solve the problem, but they said no. So I get to call the bank again tomorrow to see about raising my limit, but they told me that if I've already spent 800€ on my card in the past 30 days, that I won't be able to purchase the tickets because that would put me over the highest limit for my card. Well what, exactly, do they expect me to do? Nobody accepts checks anymore, so my card is used to buy groceries, gas, and any other major expense that we have (and as we are buying stuff for the new baby, there are a lot of major expenses popping up).

I'm irritated.

So after that rant....I'm going to a movie and lunch with a friend, which is probably a better idea than me just sitting at home stewing over the bank/airlines problem

QOTD: As I'm heading to the cinema right now, I definitely need to think if there is soemthing I want! maybe some popcorn or ice cream....

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@myblue could you get a prepaid visa?

[aMrsin09]

We had a really nice weekend. It stopped raining for a day, it was cool and there was no humidity!
H took me on a Harbour cruise then we had dinner on the Esplanade and finished up with Blood Orange gelato.

QOTD: popcorn. double buttered popcorn. But, if the popcorn smells stale, I go straight for the raisonettes!

[dulcemariamar]

Congrats @bandwife

Finally got to sit down after chasing my toddler around all morning. I need a vacation.


QOTD popcorn and I am eating some right now

[irish]

Morning.
Dd2's christening was yesterday afternoon so spent a good bit preparing for it. Just both sides of the family. It went well.

Congrats @bandwife!

QOTD: I can't remember the last time I went to the cinema! I prefer chocolate, so a packet of malteasers for me please! Popcorn is too salty for my liking!

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Mar 24, 2014 3:26:05 GMT -5 @bandwife said:

@myblue could you get a prepaid visa?

The bank is closed today so I cannot do anything with them right now Yay for banks being closed on mondays. France rocks sometimes. :/


Congrats on the pregnancy!!! Wishing you a nice and uneventful 9 months

[doctoranda]

Congrats @bandwife!

I got a new job and so this weekend I spent some time organizing things so that when I start my life is organized. I will be doing two different jobs and then all the political stuff and I can imagine that it'll be a big adjustment and less time to switch gears and less time in general to get stuff done. So I had a super productive weekend, I cleaned out my closet, our storage, my desk, did laundry, cleaned the house including the fridge and freezer. I did also watch a bunch of episodes of Castle together with DH and went running on both weekend days. It was a great weekend. Now it's Monday and I am slow and unmotivated lol.

QOTD: popcorn! I <3 popcorn.

[crimsonandclover]

Congratulations @bandwife!!

QOTD: Popcorn with salt and butter (although I never actually get the extra butter)!! At the theaters around here they just have nasty sugared popcorn. No. Just no. I know lots of people like kettle corn, but I am not one of them. Butter and salt. It actually makes me frustrated when we go to movie theaters, and if there were one around here that offered salty popcorn, I would be a regular patron.

[Wanderista]

Congrats, Bandwife!

I had a busy weekend because I'm friends with the family of someone who is running for Congress, so they are having me help with the campaign. Even if he doesn't win, he'll probably run for other future offices. It has been tiring but eye-opening and fun. I have bumped into a few well-known politicians. (It's not the first time that has happened to me but it is still interesting.) I will delete that later.

I saw The Grand Budapest Hotel over the weekend and I totally loved it. "Take your hands off my lobby boy!" It's now one of my favorite phrases hehe.

QOTD: I like these strawberry smoothies, I guess they are a slushie hehe. They taste really fruity though. If I can't have those, I'll get an Icee or similar. I also like red licorice and I sometimes like movie nachos even though I know that I should not. I occasionally get a pizza. I remember that in England, I often did not get anything, maybe a water. There was one posh place that had chilled chocolate bars but I never ordered that by myself. I have also done a few fancy movie theatres abroad that had a sort of "first class" with hors d'oeuvres. I've done that in places that had a favorable dollar exchange rate.

[VillainV]

Mar 24, 2014 15:37:07 GMT -5 crimsonandclover said:

Congratulations @bandwife!!

QOTD: Popcorn with salt and butter (although I never actually get the extra butter)!! At the theaters around here they just have nasty sugared popcorn. No. Just no. I know lots of people like kettle corn, but I am not one of them. Butter and salt. It actually makes me frustrated when we go to movie theaters, and if there were one around here that offered salty popcorn, I would be a regular patron.

REAL kettle corn is sweet and salty -- and AMAZING :-)  Every now and then our Tesco has bags of "sweet and salty" popcorn that is pretty close to kettle corn, but doesn't quite have the right texture because you can only get that when it's fresh out of the kettle.   

[oneslybookworm]

Congrats @bandwife!!

I'm a day late...hell, maybe two. Whoops. Weekend was good...spent both days trying to find a dress for a wedding in Seattle in May. Finally found one, so that was good.

QOTD: popcorn is good, but I don't add anything to do. A soda is a must, and if I'm lucky, anything sour. I love sour candies!!