It is supposed to rain many inches this weekend. We don't really have much planned. DH and I talked about going up to the local bar and grill and splitting a bucket of beer and getting some good bar food.
FFFC I was asked to chaperone DS and DD's field trip in March. DS's reaction was less than thrilled, which really hurt my feelings. Now he is back peddling saying he was joking and telling me to go. I am on the fence. This may be one of the last chances I get to go on a school trip with him. Part of me says forget it and part says get over it kid I am going. It's not like I am going to embarrass him and tell everyone about changing his diapers or squeeze his cheeks in front of everyone or something. I am mainly there for the girls, both of the teachers are guys and it is an overnight trip.
rere one of the reasons I like this board is the perspective it gives me on kids of different ages. I get annoyed sometimes with my kids begging me to go on school field trips - but I know that won't last forever so I should probably do it more often.
I have zero plans on the agenda for the weekend aside from spending time with beau. Beau keeps joking that we're at the stage where we can do boring stuff like chores and errands together and it's ok and I fully intend to take him up on that this weekend. I have a mountain of laundry to fold, so he is welcome to watch a movie with me while I do it. But I have to get chores done this weekend. I've been slacking really badly since Christmas.
Post by traveltheworld on Jan 10, 2020 13:12:49 GMT -5
We have a busy weekend ahead. The kids are going back to their usual activities; and we are hosting a colleague of mine and his family for dinner tomorrow night. Sunday is my birthday, so we'll go to brunch with my parents.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jan 10, 2020 13:13:19 GMT -5
It snowed a little bit overnight and the forecast is calling for more over the weekend and next week. DS has a basketball game tonight and tomorrow. The one tomorrow is at a school closer to the mountains, so that may get cancelled if it does snow like they're calling for. DS is with his dad this weekend and beau and I are going to be lazy. We might take a trip to an outlet mall to get some cold weather clothes for a snowmobile trip we're planning in February. I took Monday off for an eye exam, an ultrasound on my liver(I think my doc is being extra cautious on this one) and so I decided to treat myself to a pedicure at a fancy spa.
I'm so happy it is finally Friday. DD was arguing with me this morning over practicing spelling and kept telling me it was only Thursday and I had to remind her no it was Friday she had a quiz. It has been a very long week for both of us.
I have tax update class all day tomorrow. Dropping DD off with grandma in the morning when I pick up my dad for school as DD and grandma are going to the first home college gymnastic meet. I'm leaving DH a honey do list to hopefully get him to do some household chores.
I'm dead in the water at work until the ink for the copy machine arrives. We thought we had a whole box of it and pulled down the box and all that was in it was the waste container. Ugh. UPS guy normally come near lunch time.
DD's family and friend birthday parties this weekend, and potentially a foot of snow. I'm doing the friend one solo at a place because DS and DH are winter cub scout camping (thank you cub scouts for not ever telling us about things more than two weeks in advance). But it will be fine. Hopefully the family makes it over for her family party and we don't get a foot of snow.
Tonight, the kids and I are solo since DH is going to a soldering workshop. I plan on making leftover pizza for dinner. Tomorrow, we'll hit the gym and then head to my parents' place for brunch. My friend and her baby and parents were supposed to come, but she just found out yesterday that her son needs to have another spine surgery for his spina bifida. So she is taking the weekend to prep for that on Tuesday. My heart goes out to my friend. Her son has been through so much and he is only a year old. Not to mention that her and her husband separated shortly after the baby's birth and is really not making things easy. I'm hoping to take some leftovers to her and her parents since they really appreciate me delivering meals.
I think Sunday will be a lazy day. I'd like to start removing wallpaper from the hallway. Anyone have any good tips for getting the wallpaper and glue off of dry wall?
Post by librarychica on Jan 10, 2020 14:41:58 GMT -5
I was deep in concentrating mode this morning when I got a call from the dean of students at DD1’s school. A kid found a note that could be construed as bullying in his desk and after a lecture to the whole class, she confessed. We have never even gotten a “DD1 talks to much” note and now she will spend Monday working in the dean’s office in isolation. Thankfully neither he, the teacher nor even the kid involved think she was being truly malicious and considering she’s young and immature for her age, voluntarily confessed and has no history with this kid she won’t have anything official on her school record. She apologized to the kid willingly enough but I am a tad concerned that she is following the lead of other kids to be liked since the dean said he had “been the target of disrespect” from some off the other children. I am anxious to see how she explains this one.
Otherwise it is H and I’d anniversary. We went out for a nice lunch and have nothing pressing planned this weekend.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jan 10, 2020 15:58:42 GMT -5
Our weekend just got interesting. I returned home from dropping the kids off to find a leak in our bathroom. 90% sure it's from the roof, which was just put on in October. The other 10% is wondering if it's from the shower, which is also new. The entire freaking bathroom from the insulation in is new. Thankfully it is a slow leak, like less than a cup of water all day and it has rained all day. But still. Why?! Naturally DH is gone all day, I can only do so much looking around before my skillset is tapped out, and we are having friends over for pizza tonight. I'm not canceling because we could use some fun and we havent met their new baby yet.
As for other weekend plans. DS has art tomorrow afternoon and MIL takes him to that. While he is gone I'm hoping to make serious progress on getting this house in order. DH will be driving around helping a friend that wants to borrow our trailer but can't pull it. I wanted to go buy closet organization materials but I dont see how that is going to work.
Sunday my mom wants a family dinner to celebrate my brother and his wife finding out baby number 2 is a girl. She offered to host since my house is now leaking and its one more thing on my plate. I told her that having it at her house almost adds more stress since thats an hour of drive time for us.
Post by covergirl82 on Jan 10, 2020 15:58:46 GMT -5
I spent the morning at interview. I think it went well. It is between me and another candidate, and the hiring manager said I would hear back on Monday. The manager and his team each have a WFH day a week, so I'm confident I'd be able to WFH one day a week as well. One of the managers on the interview team is a girl I worked with years ago, and she was pretty candid with me that the hiring manager is a great guy and very flexible with schedule when it comes to taking kids to an appointment, WFH on bad weather days and when the kids are sick, etc.
After the interview, I ran a bunch of errands on that side of town and got groceries.
DS has baseball practice (indoor) for his travel team tonight, but that's our only plan now. We're supposed to get an ice storm tomorrow, so tonight I also am going to do some laundry, vacuuming, and run the dishwasher. Depending on if/when we lose power tomorrow, I'll probably read and play board games with the kids. I just hope that power isn't out for days. Thankfully we have a generator that will run everything in the house, so we will have heat and can keep the fridge and water (we have well water) running.
My dog is not doing well. She can barely walk, and I think DH and I are going to have to make a decision soon about having Heaven at Home come so she isn't in pain anymore. She is a 13.5 year old German Shepherd, so she's lived a few years past the average for her breed, but I'm so glad for those extra years.
I am particularly cranky with friends FB posts. Yes, you have the flu. You're not dying, it could be worse. No, being a teacher is not the equivalent of brain surgery. Teachers are amazing, but the comparison is not there for me. You screw up, no one dies. I'm particularly bitchy about this one after two brain surgeries.
Post by sandandsea on Jan 10, 2020 17:49:39 GMT -5
I removed Facebook from my phone and don’t miss it. Too many annoying ads and irritating posts and it would never show me what I actually cared to see.
This was supposed to be a DH/DD YMCA dad/daughter camping weekend, but they decided not to go. I'm kind of glad about that because it makes my weekend easier, and I get to do my normal sleep in morning and workout on Sunday. So we don't have much planned, which is nice. I've been meaning to take the kids to check out the tide pools at a beach near us, and low tide tomorrow is an hour before sunset, so that should be awesome.
sandandsea, I keep FB because it's basically the closest my kids will come to having a scrapbook. I basically use it for posting kid pictures and scrolling through product reviews/beauty tutorials (aka how I found the one step styler).
Today its 55 degrees - 25-30 above the norm. I’m walking with my neighbor this morning, and then DD2 has a play date at the playground and an arcade (I don’t have to go 👍). DD1 will be angry about this, of course, so I’m trying to find her a friend to hang out with. If not, I will take her to a hitting and fielding softball clinic. DH and I are trying to find a sitter for tonight but it’s not looking good so far.
Tomorrow the kids have basketball. With a little juggling, I will coach one game then run over to another, sending DH home to meet our contractor and a plumber for the kitchen reno.
Post by covergirl82 on Jan 11, 2020 11:02:24 GMT -5
Saturday morning update: Power flickered a few times around 8:30 am, but it's now 11:00 am and we still have power! I've cleaned the kids' bathroom and I'll work on cleaning the rest of the bathrooms today as long as the power stays on. DH and I also talked through each day of our Disney trip and changed some things around.
My dad texted me last night after I posted that my aunt is apparently "failing fast." She is now in hospice care after falling down her stairs a couple times (coming down to the main floor from her bedroom upstairs) and they are brining a bed for her to sleep in on the main floor.
Post by sandandsea on Jan 11, 2020 13:57:58 GMT -5
We have a fun and relaxing but social weekend planned. Ds1 has basketball and soccer today while ds2 has a play date. Tonight we are hosting a game night with my coworkers and tomorrow dh and ds1 are going to a hockey game.