Post by arehopsveggies on Sept 16, 2023 12:23:08 GMT -5
My mom took the kids so I had a morning to myself. I was pretty lazy and read in bed for a while instead of doing homework. Now it’s time to go pick them up and I haven’t accomplished much. Oops.
I had a pair of 15 year old boots that finally fell apart and just found a really similar pair on Poshmark. I hope they make me happy. I’m really excited to find something so similar but also nervous I’ll hate them and feel bad for wasting $50.
Post by rosiebear on Sept 16, 2023 12:33:20 GMT -5
I’m very bummed out right now. I was supposed to be visiting my daughter at school this weekend but my H got Covid so out of an abundance of caution (she’s student teaching and is trying so hard to avoid getting sick. She has so many teaching days she must get in this semester and if she misses too many she’ll have to stay into December which messes up her plans to visit her boyfriend in Brazil. It’s complicated, lol)
We haven’t had the easiest relationship and the fact that she wanted me to visit made me so happy. I’ll try again in two weeks, but I’m still sad today.
Finished my first week back in the work world. I only wanted to quit about ten times! It's not because of the job, although the job is a little bit different than explained. I just miss my freedom and feeling authentically me. Being in an office always makes me feel a little bit like an alien in someone else's world. But the people are super nice and so are my bosses.
Today is H's birthday and we're not going out tonight in case there's a power outage. But the hurricane mostly missed Portland; it's just a little windy. I would LOVE to go sit on the beach and watch the waves, but it's not something H would be into, and it's his day. I baked him the NYTimes gluten free cookies he loves, made him is favorite lunch, and tonight if there's power, we'll have a family movie. Next weekend, we'll go out to a hot new spot H has been wanting to try.
Post by 1confused1 on Sept 16, 2023 14:36:20 GMT -5
I slept 10 1/2 hours last night. Why am I still so tired?!
I can’t seem to do anything right in my daughter’s eyes today. I’m really hoping my friend calls me to get together this afternoon, I need a mom break.
We just got home from DS 2's soccer game, and I'm WTF-ing the other team's coach hard. It's rec soccer, and yes they're U 14 and some of them are going out for HS teams in the spring, but it's REC SOCCER. Our team was out there having fun, and he has two assistant coaches on the sidelines with clipboards doing something with plays and screaming at the players. Then just after halftime their goalie took a ball to the face, and he got the team so worked up about how our team was playing too rough (we weren't) that one of their players probably should have gotten a red card for how aggressive he got with our guys. The coach had to pull him off the field to calm down, and proceeded to get him and the other players on the sidelines all worked up again when the refs called for a water break.
Oh, and at the end he put an eighth player on the field against our seven and the refs didn't say anything.
This league has historically been proactive with parents about how we need to remember that it's just recreational, but I think they really need to talk to their coaches too because this guy was seriously too much.
We just got home from DS 2's soccer game, and I'm WTF-ing the other team's coach hard. It's rec soccer, and yes they're U 14 and some of them are going out for HS teams in the spring, but it's REC SOCCER. Our team was out there having fun, and he has two assistant coaches on the sidelines with clipboards doing something with plays and screaming at the players. Then just after halftime their goalie took a ball to the face, and he got the team so worked up about how our team was playing too rough (we weren't) that one of their players probably should have gotten a red card for how aggressive he got with our guys. The coach had to pull him off the field to calm down, and proceeded to get him and the other players on the sidelines all worked up again when the refs called for a water break.
Oh, and at the end he put an eighth player on the field against our seven and the refs didn't say anything.
This league has historically been proactive with parents about how we need to remember that it's just recreational, but I think they really need to talk to their coaches too because this guy was seriously too much.
It’s all sports. We had a coach flip out last year that his club team lost to a town team in a tournament. We played them again and they came head hunting and the refs did nothing until the tournament director yelled at him to get things under control. It’s awful- they are kids.
Post by maudefindlay on Sept 16, 2023 16:52:29 GMT -5
I agreed to take DS2 and 2 friends downtown "to play Pokémon Go" this afternoon. I let them go off on their own with me to check in. No answering the phone. Slow to respond to texts and responses are mostly asking questions. Then he tells me one friend who I thought we were taking home is being picked up at 9 or 930. What?! We got here at 330. I want to be home and showered in pjs before then. Just talked to them and we've settled on 630. This whole thing was a lot. Trying to give him more independence by letting him make plans with us to approve them as DS1 could do that when he was a 7th grader, apparently DS2 is not ready yet for that.
Then I'm getting face timed from DD and she made brownies and is afraid to put them in the hot oven and when will I be home?! Go get your father, he is home right now! Then she sent this photo. Making charcuterie boards too. She probably made a video of herself doing it too.
We went to a little neighborhood block party last night hosted by Good Neighbor. She's the one who lives in-between horrible dog boarding neighbor and new Rooster Neighbors, and who is basically the social link for everyone in our otherwise pretty introverted neighborhood.
I got to meet and chat with Rooster Neighbors, and they were pretty friendly and they actually seemed mildly apologetic about all the rooster noise. I didn't quite catch the whole story, but there are actually way more roosters than I thought (I thought only 2, but if I heard right there might be 9), and it was because they got screwed when buying chicks in the spring and ended up with a ton of roosters instead of laying hens. They'll be harvesting all but 2 of them in the next week or two, so the noise should be dropping at least somewhat fairly soon.
I also met another neighbor who offered to give me duck eggs. I don't know if she'll follow through, but I appreciate the offer.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Sept 16, 2023 17:56:37 GMT -5
I am SO tired. I had book club Thurs. night and was out till midnight, which was late even for us. Then Fri. my dh, bff and her dh went to see Steve Martin and Martin Short, which was awesome, but another late night, plus my kids were at the football game and still up when we got home because the grandparents are pushovers. Then today is dd's birthday, so we opened presents this morning, then she had a soccer game, then we had her birthday party, which is actually still going on. 12 year old girls are awesome, but so exhausting. My ears need a break. We went to a pottery studio to paint, then did tie dying at our house, plus snacks and dinner and cake, and now they are running around outside. I'm ready for bed.
maudefindlay, random question but do 6 people sit and eat comfortably at your table in the pic? I need a round table and chairs for 6 and sometimes it looks cramped.
I started on DS2’s ninja turtle shell for his costume last night and it’s going to come together way faster and better than I was anticipating. I’m excited.
I’m up way too early. I should just get out of bed and go drink some coffee. I need to grocery shop before DS2’s soccer game anyway.
I have book club after the game, but otherwise this weekend should be very low key. Great weather, so hopefully some family time outside. And I want to see how close I can get to wrapping up the shell pieces of this costume, since that’s really the primary work for it.
My DS is going to be a ninja turtle too, I suspect he will be one of many this year 🤣 How are you making the shell? I usually do a mix of DIY with some store bought accessories, so far in thinking a green sweatsuit with felt pieces hot glued on but I haven't gotten much further than that.
I found a cosplay tutorial to make one out of those foam puzzle mats people use in their home gyms.
This is what it looks like so far (edit with tonight’s progress):
I’ll do a chest piece using the same materials but obviously not as curved and am thinking of maybe adding snaps or something so I can do sort of sandwich board straps that will hang over his shoulders to keep them in place.
Aside from that, easy peasy green leggings and shirt from Primary, plus a torn up tshirt in whatever color he ends up going with for the knee and elbow wraps and mask. I need to make whatever weapon too. Currently he’s doing Donatello, but he keeps hopping back and forth between that one, Leonardo, and Michaelangelo, so I’m just focusing on the shell pieces for now.
maudefindlay, random question but do 6 people sit and eat comfortably at your table in the pic? I need a round table and chairs for 6 and sometimes it looks cramped.
We are 2 adults and 3 kids, so usually the 6th chair is unused/sits there empty and it works fine.
Post by followyourarrow on Sept 16, 2023 19:14:07 GMT -5
One of the cats woke me up at 2 am because he had poop stuck in his tail. Omg. I had to cut it out, he’s a long haired cat.
I start my new job on Monday after 3 weeks off. I’m looking forward to the new job, but I’ve really enjoyed my time off and still feel like I have so much that still needs done at home.
Well our Covid shot appointment was canceled because they didn’t get a shipment. At least they called before I went all the way there.
shit! I had a flu vaccine appointment yesterday that I completely forgot about. I stupidly forgot to put it on my calendar because I only made it Thursday and how could I forget in <24 hours, and I cannot function without reminders.
in other news, there was a couple arguing loudly in the street tonight. I admit to being nosy neighbor and sticking my head out to see what was going on (we have one neighbor that get crazy angry and yells at others over leaves blowing into his yard the wind). Friggin neighbor called me out and said I never come outside unless there is drama. He made some comment about cars, and earlier this week, the nose/can of an 18 wheeler came into view of my office window 3 times, and then back up. So yeah, I stuck me head out because, it’s a normal residential street and garbage trucks can barely make the turn in the cul de sac.
isabel the shell looks amazing!!! Not to overcomplicate things but you could add a battery rope light strip to the outer edge of the shell so it lights up when he is trick or treating at night.
rubytue you need to master the art of peering out windows discreetly! Oh and strategic placement of security cameras. Fellow nosy neighbor here. XH used to call me Mrs Kravitz lol.
rubytue you need to master the art of peering out windows discreetly! Oh and strategic placement of security cameras. Fellow nosy neighbor here. XH used to call me Mrs Kravitz lol.
The house layout is such that the garage blocks the window facing drama direction. 😂 And dang if the dog refused to go out for a potty when I tried to leash her up. Next time, I’ll take out the trash I guess.
isabel the shell looks amazing!!! Not to overcomplicate things but you could add a battery rope light strip to the outer edge of the shell so it lights up when he is trick or treating at night.
Yesss! I love it. Actually, if he sticks with Donatello, we have purple string lights from his ender dragon costume last year. Good idea!
And thanks! I’m excited with how it’s coming together.
My DS is going to be a ninja turtle too, I suspect he will be one of many this year 🤣 How are you making the shell? I usually do a mix of DIY with some store bought accessories, so far in thinking a green sweatsuit with felt pieces hot glued on but I haven't gotten much further than that.
I found a cosplay tutorial to make one out of those foam puzzle mats people use in their home gyms.
This is what it looks like so far (edit with tonight’s progress):
I’ll do a chest piece using the same materials but obviously not as curved and am thinking of maybe adding snaps or something so I can do sort of sandwich board straps that will hang over his shoulders to keep them in place.
Aside from that, easy peasy green leggings and shirt from Primary, plus a torn up tshirt in whatever color he ends up going with for the knee and elbow wraps and mask. I need to make whatever weapon too. Currently he’s doing Donatello, but he keeps hopping back and forth between that one, Leonardo, and Michaelangelo, so I’m just focusing on the shell pieces for now.
That looks awesome, I currently have expensive shells sitting in my Amazon cart. I bought green sweatpants and think I’ll get a ninja turtle hoodie thst he can wear all winter.
This is what it looks like so far (edit with tonight’s progress):
I’ll do a chest piece using the same materials but obviously not as curved and am thinking of maybe adding snaps or something so I can do sort of sandwich board straps that will hang over his shoulders to keep them in place.
Aside from that, easy peasy green leggings and shirt from Primary, plus a torn up tshirt in whatever color he ends up going with for the knee and elbow wraps and mask. I need to make whatever weapon too. Currently he’s doing Donatello, but he keeps hopping back and forth between that one, Leonardo, and Michaelangelo, so I’m just focusing on the shell pieces for now.
That looks awesome, I currently have expensive shells sitting in my Amazon cart. I bought green sweatpants and think I’ll get a ninja turtle hoodie thst he can wear all winter.
To be fair, this isn’t cheap. I spent $44 on materials and I think I need another $5-10 worth of stuff to make sure they sit right on his body.
But I save up for their Halloween costumes all year. Lol
isabel did you use a heat gun like he did in the video? Yours turned out so good!
I used my hair dryer on it, but I honestly don’t think it really did anything. Probably not hot enough.
I used the liquid glass leading stuff and that seemed to do a great job as a base coat. I didn’t feel like the acrylic paint I used to finish it sunk in at all. Finished pic is in the Sunday thread.