Good morning! It's Monday!

[Deleted]

We have a day off here today, so I thought is check in.

Just getting back from a weekend away in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

Not much else going on here today. I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

Btw, who's on minion baby watch?

[Kahala]

Had the BEST girls weekend to Victoria. We got room upgrades each night, the weather was great, and everything was really easy to navigate.

I got a pair of ROOTS sweats, on sale, which has been on my list but has always been too pricey for me to justify. The 30% off plus strong dollar made it an easier choice.

Annnd i got a sick black jacket from Guess. I saw it in the window from the bus on our way to Butchart garden and had to go back to the stote. Haha. Im so so happy!


Its gonna be a busy long day at work....

Its gonna be a busy

[Deleted]

I have an individual appt with our marriage counselor tonight. I am gonna stay an hr late at work just to eat that time nbd.

[theoriginalbean]

it's definitely monday. my sister went home saturday night and i'm already missing her!

so glad school starts this week.

i'm hungry and i need coffee.

[minion]

Good morning!
We have our last class today, Newborn Care. My supervisor is out today. Work will be quiet this week, we have a couple people who are just coming back from vacation and other people who will be leaving early Friday for the extended weekend.

I'm a little bummed that the weather has changed so quickly.

@uwhuskygirl - does this mean you are back regularly now?
@lauralynne - Good night.
@kahala - Did you guys do the clipper?

Hope everyone has a great day.

[Deleted]

minion, I'll keep popping in as much as I can

[mkate710]

Oh, Monday. I'm pretty sure I'm coming down with whatever cold bug thing is going around. I'm irritated but hopefully it's short lived. Tons going on at work this week and I really need to be here. And mentally present. We'll see how that goes.

[georgeharrison]

Hi guys. We are back from the wedding in Portland. You guys, Tman was SO handsome.   He and his little cousin walked my SIL down the aisle.  It was really sweet.  It was a good time overall, but we were exhausted when we got home.

Feeling low today.  No job, Tman going back to school, etc.  I'm trying to paint on a pleasant face today, though.  I don't want to wreck Tman's last two days of summer. 

We'll do some grocery shopping and I'll go through the finance for the 5th time or so since last Monday and I'm sure it won't be the last time.

I hope everyone is awesome today.  Please have a great week all.

Attachments:

[Deleted]

Aug 31, 2015 10:16:17 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

Hi guys. We are back from the wedding in Portland. You guys, Tman was SO handsome.   He and his little cousin walked my SIL down the aisle.  It was really sweet.  It was a good time overall, but we were exhausted when we got home.

Feeling low today.  No job, Tman going back to school, etc.  I'm trying to paint on a pleasant face today, though.  I don't want to wreck Tman's last two days of summer. 

We'll do some grocery shopping and I'll go through the finance for the 5th time or so since last Monday and I'm sure it won't be the last time.

I hope everyone is awesome today.  Please have a great week all.

Your family is stunning. ugh! ily!!! xoxo

[MrsPotatohead]

@lauralynne ugh I'm sorry. I've worked with people who are really good at their art, but terrible at business and I wish they would just listen to the people who know what they are doing! Is there someone else who could talk to him about it? It's just shooting yourself in the foot to not do it the right way.

georgeharrison you look gorgeous!

Was a bridesmaid this weekend and that was fun. I'm just emotionally exhausted. H has an individual appt today and then hopefully we'll do marriage counseling later this week.

[Deleted]

Kahala I won't believe you about the jacket until you PIP!

I'm cranky with PMS, and have to deal with so much stupid isht and zero patience and having to bite my tongue to tell everyone off. Oh, customer sent their data Friday and approved it and we did all the processing and TODAY they want to add an insert...which means redoing all of Friday's work? I want to charge them for that nonsense but of course we won't. Its more work for us because they didn't have their shit together and we don't have the time right now! Stupid ex-manager lady rubs every single one of my nerves raw when I feel like this, too. At least i get to leave at 2:30 for my MRI today and maybe find out what the problem is.

Good weekend over all. Eye exam Saturday, both eyes have worsened .25 :/ And of course I just had to buy a 3 boxes for one eye about a month ago as they no longer sell them one box at a time. Had dinner at Lot No. 3 with friend from out of town who put the whole bill on his company card since he's in town for work. H won all teh monies at poker. Sounders beat the Portland Timbers yesterday!! AND i randomly got a bug and refreshed all the bedding for my worms, ran the dishwasher, did 2 loads of laundry, changed the litter box and swept the bathroom floor and cleaned out all the dead produce in our fridge before I ran out of steam.

[larzhope]

I resigned from my job today... start a new job Sept 28th. holy crap.

[Deleted]

Aug 31, 2015 12:42:35 GMT -5 larzhope said:

I resigned from my job today... start a new job Sept 28th. holy crap.

You got the other job?!?!? THAT'S GREAT!!!!

are you excited?

[mkate710]

Congrats larzhope!

georgeharrison you look stunning and Tman is just too too handsome. You have a beautiful family.

[madDawg228]

Congrats on the new job larzhope!

I'm having a blergy Monday. I don't think I'm moving on to the next round in the interview process for that job I interviewed with on Tuesday I've interviewed at three places so far in this new job search, I really hope it doesn't take another 3+ years to find a good position this time-around!

[Deleted]

Aug 31, 2015 12:58:47 GMT -5 madDawg228 said:

Congrats on the new job larzhope!

I'm having a blergy Monday. I don't think I'm moving on to the next round in the interview process for that job I interviewed with on Tuesday I've interviewed at three places so far in this new job search, I really hope it doesn't take another 3+ years to find a good position this time-around!

HOLY SHIT. 

I read this as I'm having a baby Monday. 

I need another glass of wine. 

But you still get some hugs. 


(hug) (heart) (hug2)

[karebear219]

larzhope congradulations!!!
Hugs LL that totally sucks. That is so frustrating.
Baby A I hope things look better for you soon.

I am having a usual day here. Not much to report.

[georgeharrison]

Aug 31, 2015 10:28:53 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Aug 31, 2015 10:16:17 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

Hi guys. We are back from the wedding in Portland. You guys, Tman was SO handsome.   He and his little cousin walked my SIL down the aisle.  It was really sweet.  It was a good time overall, but we were exhausted when we got home.

Feeling low today.  No job, Tman going back to school, etc.  I'm trying to paint on a pleasant face today, though.  I don't want to wreck Tman's last two days of summer. 

We'll do some grocery shopping and I'll go through the finance for the 5th time or so since last Monday and I'm sure it won't be the last time.

I hope everyone is awesome today.  Please have a great week all.

Your family is stunning. ugh! ily!!! xoxo

Does the bolded mean ugly? 

[Deleted]

Aug 31, 2015 13:45:18 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

Aug 31, 2015 10:28:53 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Your family is stunning. ugh! ily!!! xoxo

Does the bolded mean ugly? 

NO! ILY means I love you

ETA and UGH means man im jealous!! adopt me.

[georgeharrison]

Aug 31, 2015 13:48:54 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

Aug 31, 2015 13:45:18 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

Does the bolded mean ugly? 

NO! ILY means I love you

ETA and UGH means man im jealous!! adopt me.

Oh hahahaha! I was thinking, "Man, she didn't have to SAY it if she thinks we are ugly."

[Deleted]

Aug 31, 2015 13:50:27 GMT -5 georgeharrison said:

Aug 31, 2015 13:48:54 GMT -5 @aellasbeth said:

NO! ILY means I love you

ETA and UGH means man im jealous!! adopt me.

Oh hahahaha! I was thinking, "Man, she didn't have to SAY it if she thinks we are ugly."

lol I WOULD NEVER!!!

[dana86]

Just a quick one. We are still enjoying the inlaws, they are here for another week and a half or so. H is going to work a couple days so I need to figure out things to keep us busy while he's gone so we aren't just hanging at the house.

[monsterz]

Jr is only in camp for 3.5 hours a day this week which means I will get almost no work done. I put in a call to a nanny service so that we can get some extra help. I may be going back to work full time once school starts and will be traveling about once a month so extra help is a must.

[fiddles]

Aug 31, 2015 12:42:35 GMT -5 larzhope said:

I resigned from my job today... start a new job Sept 28th. holy crap.

YAYAYAYAYAYA!

So happy for you

You know how we should celebrate?  A 100 minute run on Saturday! haha

[MrsPotatohead]

Aug 31, 2015 13:59:21 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

Aug 31, 2015 11:50:54 GMT -5 MrsPotatohead said:

@lauralynne ugh I'm sorry. I've worked with people who are really good at their art, but terrible at business and I wish they would just listen to the people who know what they are doing! Is there someone else who could talk to him about it? It's just shooting yourself in the foot to not do it the right way.

Therein lies the problem - our manager guy is amazing at business.  Retired Boeing project manager.  And not only that but connected to a lot more people who are even smarter than he is and he's been talking to them.  And reaching out to people who own businesses similar to ours to get advice from them.  So he's the answer.  And my husband just isn't listening. And not only that but he's digging his heels in.  
Here's a sample of what I'm up against - our business is pretty big, we have 4 employees plus my husband, a full size commercial shop (we restore classic cars).  Currently we have 20+ cars in the shop, all are in some stage of restoration or repair.  This isn't a shade tree operation.  I said to my husband last night "You need to run this business like an actual business" and his reply was "I bill hours and send invoices - I don't know how much more like a business it gets!"  My point exactly - he needs to oversee the employees, manage their time, do the project management there and work on the timelines of the cars that are there so that he has a handle on how long they're taking and how much time and money are spent on each one, he needs to track the budget and forecast our expenses, he needs to actually manage the business and not just deal with emergencies as they arise.  That's what he's been doing.  And he THINKS that is business.  
You guys, I could scream.   My husband is brilliant at cars but hates the business side of things - but will not let anyone else handle that side.  I mean seriously - how is that supposed to work?

that would drive me bonkers too. Is there some underlying reason why he would react that way? Ever since I got all introspective (Brene Brown style) I've realized how often we react to things without realizing the root cause. It's also made me empathetic when H (or my MIL...) does something because I have to stop and think about what he might actually be feeling. Is he afraid of failing? Embarrassed he can't do it on his own? Reminding him of something that happened before?

[larzhope]

LOL fiddles I though it was 120 minutes?

[Kahala]

@ivankitteh

[Kahala]

ummmm this is the first time ive ever been successful at posting a pix, sweet!

[fiddles]

Aug 31, 2015 17:58:02 GMT -5 larzhope said:

LOL fiddles I though it was 120 minutes?

Wait isn't this the 6 hour recovery run?

Damn. No rodeo for me!

Sent from my SM-G920T using proboards

[larzhope]

Sept 1, 2015 0:06:53 GMT -5 fiddles said:

Aug 31, 2015 17:58:02 GMT -5 larzhope said:

LOL fiddles I though it was 120 minutes?

Wait isn't this the 6 hour recovery run?

Damn. No rodeo for me!

Sent from my SM-G920T using proboards

shoot you're right. It is a 6 hour run!