How was everyone’s weekend? How does the week look for everyone?
Our weekend was great. We had friends over Saturday and every member of the family had a great time. Sunday was so lazy, DS never even got out of his pajamas.
This week looks hard, just looking at my calendar. Today and tomorrow are full of meetings. Wednesday is filling up, Thursday I’m only here half a day because I need a haircut. Friday DD has her cheer camp performance, probably midday because of course it’s at an inconvenient time. We don’t know what time yet. But then Saturday we leave for Hilton Head!
The weekend was exhausting. Saturday, I had to pick up my car from the shop, take the kids to the amusement park, come home, and DH and I headed out to stay the night at a friends cabin. Stayed up way too late and I never sleep well away from home (unless on vacation for the week. Takes me a night to adjust). Sunday I just lazed on my porch swing, read a book ordered pizza, and we watched How to Train your Dragon 3.
This week is looking OK. Meetings all morning, and several meetings this week. I also have a couple of Dr. appointments to fit in. DH is working over tomorrow, so I will need to find pickups for volleyball.
Vent. DH needs new tires for his truck. Not only was this truck more than I wanted to spend. These tires are $1200. For Tires?? We are leaving on vacation in a couple of weeks, and this is putting in an unexpected hit to the budget. He's just like, I need new tires before we leave, like NBD. Anything over $200 is a big deal in my world and I need some warning.
Weekend was mixed. DH and I had a date night on Fri night. With all that’s been happening with DD1 and me starting to deal with my feelings in therapy, I got drunker than I have been since my early 20’s. I very much wanted to die on Saturday morning. Very much.
My nephew graduated high school on Saturday, and received a full academic scholarship to one of his top-choice colleges, so we celebrated. I’m so happy for him. He really wants to go to law school after college, and not being saddled with undergrad loans will be so, so helpful. He worked so hard and was so diligent about the process.
DD has started to back slide after 3-4 days of good behavior. Yesterday was a complete s$&;show. I had to take away her championship softball game on Tuesday. Her sister is having a pool party on Wednesday, and I have to send DD1 to my dad’s house because I don’t trust that she can behave. She totally lulled me into complacency with her good behavior, and I wanted to believe so badly that she had finally turned a corner.
Amusement park on Saturday was a ton of fun. Charity walk for 4-H yesterday was good too. And we still had plenty of chill time and my house got cleaned. I'm still amazed at how much easier a super busy weekend with the kids is now that ExH isn't involved. A year ago I would have been a complete mess and not enjoyed myself at all doing this much in two days with him tagging along. Now? Just enjoyed the time with the kids and still be productive around the house.
Leaving work early to go to an end of the year celebration at school with the kids. That's followed by a date that I'm really looking forward to.
Pretty great weekend - kayaking, hiking, fishing, games, swimming - totally recharged after that little getaway.
DH tried to steal all my spoons as soon as I got home (for lunch even! Home early!) and continued all evening - but I really didn’t let him. Nice change there. I am realizing more and more that he cannot handle any deviation from any plan - can’t park where he thought? He’s going home. Have to wait 15 minutes for groceries? He cancelled the order. I ordered him water instead of soda or tea as I wasn’t sure of his preference in that moment - he told the waiter I don’t know what he likes and left the restaurant. Y’all it’s not me - and that makes it much easier to live with. I kind of feel sorry for him. You know how kids can keep it together at school or an activity and then are train wrecks at home? That’s my husband.
This week is a little crazy but it’s crazy because of good stuff like book club and Airrosti and DD getting packed up and leaving for choir tour (they are performing Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat all across the South/SE - Arkansas to Tennessee to NC, Georgia, Florida).
I have a passion project at work and it’s making for an awesome summer.
My weekend was kind of mixed as well. We got over 6" of rain on Saturday and our town was half flooded, so made it kind of hard to get out & do anything. DH was at work for 24 hrs & I was home with the kids. I went into grumpy/lazy/don't want to deal with anything mode for the rest of the w/end. Ugh. Plus also eating everything in sight which was not great. I get mad at myself when I do that because I overate so much plus didn't get needed things done around the house.
I semi pulled myself out of it yesterday afternoon, at least did the grocery shopping and bought DH a few clothing items which he really needed. Ah well.
My weekend was a total bust. I had so many things I had to get done and then 3am Saturday morning I woke up to a full blown endometriosis attack. It took 36 hours for me to even be able to stand upright. Spent the entire weekend in bed (but I did get to binge a lot of Downton Abbey!) DH got all the things I needed to get done done, but barely got to do any of the things he needed to do. Instead he schlepped kids to birthday parties, graduation parties, grocery shopped, and did all the housework that I normally do on the weekends. He had so much yard work and landscaping to catch up on that he never got to. And he just needed to paint one wall in DD1s room bc we have a friend coming in today to start work on a mural on it. So last night at 11 pm he finally got to put up the first coat, waited a few hours to put up the second and climbed into bed at 3 am, and his alarm went off at 6:30. Husband and dad of the year for sure.
Friday was our typical pizza and a movie. DS picked and took it very seriously, so we ended up with Nut Job 2 cartoon lol. I was off Friday and did all the cleaning, but our house is already dirty again- ugh.
Saturday, I worked and we had date night and met up with our friend in the city. She is going through a lot which makes it hard because we've been going through a lot (2 deaths in the family and a shattered ankle surgery event in the family), so neither of us are in a great spot to support each other, but it was good to catch up. Her mom has been in the hospital twice and her cat died and lot of other stuff. The date night babysitter has been good, so that has been a great thing that DH did, but I am often tired on our date nights.
Sunday was lots of yardwork and a girl scout party which was fun because I stayed and got to know some of the other moms. But somehow like I said my house was all dirty again probably mostly from DH doing yardwork and tracking in dirt, so I had to set the Roomba up this morning in various places. And drop off for camp was a hot mess for many reasons, but mostly because the staff were not all on the same page. They did not inform the front desk that it had changed due to construction, so she was telling everyone wrong and then the moms were telling everyone wrong, and the counselors were hanging out in the far back room, no sign out, no one at the front door, probably wondering why no one was coming because the dumb front desk lady was confusing everyone and making them walk all over campus. I got to work late which means I leave late.
I had a stomach bug so I need a weekend re-do. I ran myself ragged yesterday trying to get caught up on all the weekend chores (because I spent Friday night and all day Saturday in bed). even though my H did a ton of stuff and managed the kids alone, there was so much to do.
Friday was a good day. DD was out of school and had no camps, so I took a vacation day. We saw Aladdin and then visited DH at work.. she was in awe. It's official, my work is so lame compared to his, especially to the 6 year old set. We got to take a tram, unlimited food, and free ice cream and cake. How can that be topped? We didn't even show her any of the "fun" things on the campus. We also were able to stop by and see my friend's new baby for the first time.. that new baby smell sure does things to this girl.
The rest of the weekend was pretty standard. I did get a run in and some yoga - both for the first time in months.
rere, I just spent about the same amount putting new tires on my car. I wasn't happy about it either. And $2k on DH's car (not tire related). Which I also wasn't happy about.
We had a great weekend at home after the past month of fun but crazy weekends. We didn't do anything special - swimming, playgrounds, grocery store, etc. But it was finally sunny all weekend after all our recent marine layers/May gray and June gloom. Plus all the work on our house we've been doing lately - fixing wood termite damage, house painting, and living room built-in cabinets are finally finished. And the kids were unusually well behaved and self directed this weekend. DS2 turns 2 on Friday and can now really entertain himself. The kids even got complimented on their behavior by an old man at Trader Joe's, which pretty much never happens.
I have 3 crazy work travel weeks coming up, but no more major weekend stuff for a long time, so I'm excited.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jun 10, 2019 11:03:24 GMT -5
I got in my run and bike and decluttered the utility room. I was going to try to work on the kid's play room but I just couldn't do it. That room is a total mystery to me on how to organize it and what we have too much of. Just. I don't know.
But since I didn't do that, I enjoyed the afternoon lounging in front of the tv and eventually doing laundry while DH took the kids to see his bio mom who was visiting out of town. I can't stand her and I can't stand how H is with her so I was very glad to stay home. When he got back he said "I found out that I had a chance to see my mom when she was living in China but Dad wouldn't let me go." Dude, your dad would not send you across the globe to a foreign country visit a woman who had voluntarily surrendered her parental rights to you and so actually wasn't even your legal guardian and no telling how she was living at the time. I mean. Reasonable minds may be able to differ, but the doesn't change that declining to send you was a reasonable decision. He's so easily swayed by her it's sad and it makes me dislike her so so much.
AW of before and after new built ins. Waiting for my Modsy designs to come back before starting on the rest of the room.
Obviously slightly different angles and the ‘before’ is after we already mounted the TV - it used to be on the entertainment center on the right - but you get the idea
We had shelves and larger wicker bins, and despite purging 8 million times I could not contain the mess. So I broke down and got the Ikea set up for toys. Little bins are bigger than big bins for containing stuff and not dumping it out as much. We got 2 of these www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S59102997/. I wanted white bins, but our store was out, so we have green which isn't terrible but white would also help make it look better, I think. Big items can go on top, so now we pretty much have nothing on the floor besides ride on type toys, a trampoline and a doll stroller.
Post by covergirl82 on Jun 10, 2019 11:41:23 GMT -5
We had a pretty good weekend. Saturday afternoon we went to visit family - one of my cousins was in town with her new-ish husband that no one had met before. He seemed nice, but it's a bit weird to me...my cousin is 9 months younger than me (she's 36) and her husband is about the same age as her parents (early 60s).
Sunday after church, I took DD to meet a friend at an indoor trampoline park.
We've finally made it to the last week of school! Three half days this week, and then we're done. I'm taking Wednesday off so I can take the kids to do something fun after school.
Weekend was okay. I was a total lazy ass on my Friday off but I guess I needed the extra sleep. I also started a paint by number craft for myself. It's going to take me forever to do. Saturday picked 1 bucket of strawberries. B-day party was cancelled because friend was sick. DD was bummed as she wanted to workout at the gymnastic gym it was being held at as she is just this close to getting a skill. Sunday we went back and picked 3 buckets of strawberries. I got half cleaned and freezing and will do the other half tonight. DD made up a diorama for her bison project. It turned out pretty amazing but between her working on that and DH making tomato cages I didn't get anything done as I kept either getting dear...hold this or mom...I need more sticks/tape/glue/paper so I was the gopher. DD even sewed a little felt stuff bison for her Oregon Trail themed diorama as that was an important time in the bison's history.
My allergies are killing me. My nose is red and raw, I want to claw my eyes out, I have snot dripping everywhere, and the only place I find any relief is when I'm sleeping. Plus they are predicting a longer season this year. Normally grass pollen drops after 4th of July but the damn weather guys said not until August.
sdlaura - love the built ins! Total transformation in there!
I copied a friend’s playroom and put the ugly shelves with fabric bins behind the couch and put a pretty lamp and framed photos on top of a runner - looks SO much better. And functional not just for storage, but now we have two functional areas -shotgun style room is now half TV/reading and the other half work/crafting/legos. I love it so much.
I agree with 2chatter, we do have a TV section and another more active section of the playroom (basketball, trampoline, storage, workout stuff), and storage in both areas.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jun 10, 2019 13:43:45 GMT -5
rere, I also spent that much on tires a few months ago. They're so expensive!
I had a good weekend. Saturday, I spent the day with DS and then went to a concert with my mom. It was a great concert, even though the audience was a little strange. Several people were kicked out by security and people were constantly up to get drinks or walk up to the stage for autographs in the middle of the show. Not what I'm used to a small, mellow country concert. Sunday I felt hung over due to lack of sleep. I picked up DS early and we just hung out and made a trip to the mall for dinner and Target.
I signed title papers this morning for the sale of the acreage. It's nice to know I have that money eventually coming to me, even if it will sit in escrow until STBXH and I figure things out. He served me with papers on Friday. The process server startled me in the parking lot of work on Friday. I went to my car to get my tennis shoes to go for a walk with my coworker and a toothless scrubby looking guy was walking towards me calling my name. He apologized for handing me dissolution papers but he got a laugh when I said this was a good thing.
Re: toy room organization. We got Intermetro shelves at the Container Store. They are expensive but very sturdy. We also have clear plastic bins with chalkboard labels for all our toys. A few lessons I’ve learned:
- my kids couldn’t manage those bins on rails. They just couldn’t get the hang of putting them back on without accidentally dumping them out. - anything not see-through results in kids not knowing where stuff goes and/or not playing with it - if it doesn’t go with a group of other toys, it gets pitched. - if we have so many of something that they are spilling out of their bin, we thin out (little cars fell in this category) - make your kids help you figure out toy categories because they think about stuff very differently than we do and if the categories make sense to them, they are more likely to keep it picked up. For example, we have a shelf that has jump ropes, bats, and foam shields that go with their foam swords. Those are categorized by my kids as “weapons”. They use them all to play knights and dragons and princesses. I would not have ever put those together. But when my kids are picking up, if DS asks where something goes, DD will say “Weapons” or “Dress Up” or “Building Shelf” and DS immediately knows where to put something. He’s getting the hang of it and actually successfully argued to his sister that toy soldiers should go on “Building Shelf” instead of “Pretend Toys Shelf” because they play with them with Magnatiles and not with their dollhouses.
Weekend was busy but really good. Friday was the last day of school so I picked DD1 up and then the other kids to get to DD1's soccer game at 5. We went out after her game to celebrate. I'm relieved to be done juggling all the school stuff and now we only have one pick-up and drop off location for the summer.
The kids were in races on Saturday at a local festival so we stayed for the day to enjoy the park and activities. Movie night when we got home. We knew DD1 was fast because she's all over the soccer field but found out she might be really fast. She took 1st amongst 7 year olds and 3rd in the 9 and under category. Two 9 year olds beat her. This is the first time she's ever ran a mile too. DH is now looking into running clubs...
We went to a baseball game on Sunday and were gone from 8am until 6:30pm. I remember why I haven't gone to a game in years. Kids had a blast with their friends and it was nice to meet parents. I'm used to leaving Sunday nights free to get ready for the week so I'm really dragging today.
It was a jam packed weekend and now I'm dragging. We went to a concert in the park on Friday evening. DH and I lounged on a blanket while the kids blew bubbles and chased them. DD had 2 softball games on Saturday. After the second game, we went to Wendy's to get dinner. DH bribed DD and DS1 to try a pickle. They both tried it so we stopped at Target on the way home so they could pick out a small toy. Yesterday, I went to the gym and then we went my uncle's birthday party. All of the kids were so tired by the time we got home that they didn't put up a fight to go to bed. This morning, my parents took the kids and I dropped off DH at his dad's house on my way to work. FIL's surgery was this morning and it went well. FIL is now recovering in a room and will be released tomorrow. FIL will be miserable the next few days due to the catheter, but that will be removed in one week and hopefully he'll return to normal quickly.
Post by traveltheworld on Jun 10, 2019 16:17:21 GMT -5
DH and I spent the weekend in NYC and had a good time overall. I think his unemployment is getting him down though, he was more clingy than usual and asked me a dozen times if I was enjoying myself; which I was, until he asked.
This week is going to be crazy at work as I try to get as much done as possible before I leave for London for a week next week. I feel like there's just too much to do and not enough time to do them.
Post by librarychica on Jun 10, 2019 18:32:45 GMT -5
My weekend was decidedly mixed. Some good points — a nice dinner out with H, but those were followed by things like projectile vomiting cats. (He’s fine). Also it has rained so much we are going to need an ark. Even for Florida, this is a lot of rain. My backyard is lake and I don’t live on a lake. It’s hell in my pepper plants and I’m running out of dry work shoes.
Anyone want some recently lake front property in Florida?
I am supposed to spent next week at the beach and then forecast is rain, rain and rain. Mosquitoes and being locked in a beach condo with antsy kids, my in-laws and a dog. These are a few of my favorite things.
Today was fine, I guess. I decided to start a diet because I’ve gained some weight and so now I can’t have wine and am in a mood.