All plans up in the air this weekend. It is our anniversary, of course DH cannot make a plan beyond the next 15 minutes. We were thinking of going to the lake with another couple, but there is rain. Now we are thinking of picking a lake closer to home and seeing I the weather holds. Who knows. I would just like something to do that is not work.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jun 26, 2020 11:29:21 GMT -5
Today will always be a weird day for beau and I. It is my wedding anniversary and the anniversary of the passing of his late wife.
I'm excited for this weekend. Tomorrow we have tickets to go see the drive-in concert for Garth Brooks. We're still laughing about when I bought tickets. The website had a glitch and I ended up "buying" 14 tickets instead of 2. The company refunded our money and re-issued the correct number of tickets.
Sunday we'll probably go riding at a local ORV park and then out to dinner for our 1 year anniversary of our first date. We plan on going back to the pizza restaurant that we went to on our first date. It's hard to believe it's been a year since we met, but this past year has been great. I can't wait to see what our future brings us.
Me too! I think on Sunday night beau and I are actually both going to be simultaneously kid free for the first time in a couple weeks. It's fun hanging out as a family of five, but I'm really looking forward to just relaxing in the peace and quiet together before we go away with the kids for the long weekend next week.
No big plans here beyond a birthday car parade for one of DS1’s friends. Hopefully good weather for beach and pool. The big kids want to do a baking contest and have me judge.
Post by sandandsea on Jun 26, 2020 12:33:10 GMT -5
I’m ready for a weekend. We need to visit the hot tub store because the quote for a built in “spool” (small spa/pool) came back at double our budget and nearly 6 figures. Time to rethink the backyard plan again.
Also my family members are annoying the heck out of me with their righteous, “we were home educated and have home educated our kids for x years and are glad you all are finally seeing the light. We can help you figure this out because we are so amazing and perfect. Kids should not wear masks, it’s not good for them. I can’t believe schools would request that even!! And don’t use other people/businesses/schools hand sanitizers because you don’t know how safe they are and some have been found to be toxic!!!! It’s your family’s health on the line!!!!” Clutching pearls included.
It’s Eye roll worthy and driving me nuts. I want to block them but at the same time it’s interesting (wrong word choice) to see how others are viewing things. It’s entertaining and maddening at the same time.
I took the kids to my parents beach today and met up with my sister since she lives nearby. It was beautiful... and all of a sudden, black clouds rolled in and the heavens opened up. We got stuck in the beach in a hail storm! We finally made a run for it, everything was soaked and sandy, and the second we got into the car, it stopped raining 😂.
Tomorrow DH and I are going out for dinner tomorrow night for the first time since February I think?? I’m so excited. It will be nice to have an uninterrupted conversation...
Sunday I think we are having DH’s employee and his family over for a cookout. They live 6 hours away and are visiting family nearby. I’m also going to start prepping and packing for our beach vacation, which starts on the 4th.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jun 26, 2020 13:00:18 GMT -5
sandandsea , that is annoying with family members are like that. My cousin bragged years ago how well homeschooling was going for her two kids. Now, one is 30, a meth addict living in a car with whatever guy she meets and is funding her habit by shoplifting and selling the stolen goods online. Her son isn't much better. Of course this isn't typical homeschooling results and homeschooling probably had nothing to do with how they turned out.
ETA: yes, family members have tried to help turn the two kids' lives around but with no luck.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jun 26, 2020 13:29:51 GMT -5
I've been mostly MIA and can't figure out how not to be. DH and I have both worked way too much this week. I've been working from 5:30ish-7 then 9-4 or 5 for 2 weeks, with the exception of the 2 days I took off last week. Today I didn't start until 10 since I slept like shit due to eating like shit. I'm going to try to stop eating like an asshole this weekend. We are going to my aunt's lake house in August and my body is NOT ready for that.
Anyways, our weekend should be calm. I think. DH is at his part time job today but should be home soon. I'm almost done for the day so I might go on a bike ride. Hopefully the kids are in the mood to either chill or play peacefully tonight.
DH works tomorrow. The kids and I are going to hang out with my bff and her son. Her and I will workout, then we will go get lunch. Later in the day, around dinner, I think I'll take the kids to eat and then grocery shopping. Clicklist has left a lot to be desired the last few orders so DH thinks it is time to start shopping for ourselves again. It was a nice 4 year break I guess. I actually don't mind grocery shopping. It's the herding my cat children that I don't love.
Sunday we just have our new niece's baptism. It not during mass so we don't need to attend that. DH may go visit his grandpa through the window of his nursing home, but I don't know if the kids and I will go. Its hard to see him in there, he can't hear the kids or I since we are pretty soft spoken, and the kids last for about 10 minutes. So we shall see.
Post by traveltheworld on Jun 26, 2020 14:09:35 GMT -5
It's the last day of school for the kids and we are trying to organize a little play date / dinner with the 2 bubble families we've been seeing; but the weather is not cooperating and no one is entirely comfortable wtih going inside to hang out yet, so we'll have to see.
I'm so tired and am ready for a break from work. I've worked too many weekends in a row. On the other hand, my kids are also being annoying, so hanging out with them all weekend, with pouring rain restricting our ability to go outside for extended periods of time, is also not looking to be fun.
We'll be cleaning the house and yard to prep for our annual birthday parties celebration with my family next weekend. I really want to organize the kids' toys a little better since they seem to be all over the place. Then we need to figure out the menu for said party. We're inviting our immediate family (so ~20 people). I like the idea of ordering food - just have to figure out from where. Maybe we'll get some artwork and pictures back up on the living room walls since we finally finished painting and installing baseboards. Then I plan on relaxing and maybe starting to plan my class for the fall if I'm up to it (probably not )
We are heading up to the family cottage. I am going first with the kids, and then DH will be heading up later because he has some projects he has to get out. I am just excited to be somewhere else.
Post by librarychica on Jun 27, 2020 12:50:29 GMT -5
We’re just hanging out. Cleaning, girls and I are baking a yellow cake from scratch because one of them asked (don’t fail me trusty old Taste of Home cookbook), later we will swim. Heat this weekend is bordering on unbearable so the yard is just gonna do what it’ll do.
Whenever someone brags, it might go badly for them. My sister was super mom when they were babies. Now she has teens, and I think she’s going to be in real trouble. Neither of them care at all about school which is her husbands fault, but I think she’s given up a bit there too.
We have a bathroom that opens off our breezeway so from the pool you don’t have to come in the house wet if you need to use the bathroom. Every year, I’m the one who has to clean it out to open it up, which means cleaning out the dead bugs and stuff that have gotten in all winter. This year, I just refused. I so refused that the last couple of days I’ve let DS pee in the bushes while we’ve been outside swimming. DH is aghast I would let him do that, so DH as we speak is cleaning out the pool bathroom. #winning
I just cleaned out my entire basement. Ten years and two babies worth of junk - gone! I am so happy! But also now dreading dealing with the rest of my house as I have to prep to sell and move... Ugh!
twinmomma- did you guys decide to take the plunge??
We did!! I think we are both equal parts super excited and totally nervous. His lease is up this fall so we are prepping and starting the house hunting process now. The kids are SO excited and our families are really happy for us too, which helped make the decision feel like a good fit. The other night his son chose to snuggle up next to me instead of beau when we were at the ice cream stand. I melted. My girls give beau such huge, genuine hugs every time he leaves. It just feels right.
Fyi,I have found the perfect social distancing activity. Floating on a lake. At no point does anyone get within 6 ft of you while on a float. This may be my new activity until fall.
rere, that’s one of the activities they shut down in Texas, but on rivers. Here there’s a whole economy around renting out floats that all hook together and then gigantic groups go down the river together. Like often over 100 people. I can see how on a lake it would work.
DH and I went out to dinner last night for the first time since this whole thing started. We had the best time, and I think it was handled well. We wore masks while waiting and whenever we left the table (restroom or to leave - I actually didn’t even use the ladies’ room). Servers wore masks, no one seated at any tables around us. No one allowed at the bar except people waiting for takeout - and no service there - they’d just stand and wait. It was so nice to feel normal for a little while.
On another note... one of the older kids in the neighborhood is texting DD1 a lot of inappropriate things. She has an app on her phone that allows her to write over the other texts in the group, so she’s replacing photos with really awful images and texts with “I’m gay”. DD1 was all upset, we had a long talk about why that is wrong, and I had to screenshot it and send it to the kid’s mom. The mom is horrified. So I guess that’s good.
rere, that’s one of the activities they shut down in Texas, but on rivers. Here there’s a whole economy around renting out floats that all hook together and then gigantic groups go down the river together. Like often over 100 people. I can see how on a lake it would work.
DNW to be hooked to 100 people in a river. I need to float serenely by myself. Plus, I am sure many are not getting out to pee.
Fyi,I have found the perfect social distancing activity. Floating on a lake. At no point does anyone get within 6 ft of you while on a float. This may be my new activity until fall.
I do this in springs and spring-fed rivers. It was a summer staple when I was a kid but I’ve never taken my girls. It actually gets pretty crazy in the summer weekend but I plan to surprise the girls by taking a random Wednesday off and driving north to some of more far-flung springs!
rere , that’s one of the activities they shut down in Texas, but on rivers. Here there’s a whole economy around renting out floats that all hook together and then gigantic groups go down the river together. Like often over 100 people. I can see how on a lake it would work.
I found it kind of weird that it was on there as a bullet point in the order, right below bars! I mean I know it's big here, I just didn't know it was THAT big!
rere, I love paddling but the boat landings are so insane here that it isn't worth the stress. Being out on the lakes/rivers are amazing but fighting with 50+ people at the landings for put in and take out are causing me to much stress.
rere , I love paddling but the boat landings are so insane here that it isn't worth the stress. Being out on the lakes/rivers are amazing but fighting with 50+ people at the landings for put in and take out are causing me to much stress.
This is a private lake and cabin of a friend. So just us and 3 other couples floating around on a 2 acre lake. I think our coolers were even social distanced.