Happy Monday MM!

[winnieandwine]

It was SO HARD to get out of bed this morning. It's dark and foggy outside and I got to spend the last three days with Winnie and H.

This is my last work week at current job. Cannot wait to kick this commute and some of the squicky practices goodbye.

Because I definitely need a pick me up first thing Monday morning, here's a video of Winnie learning to say "please." High value treat? Bits of New York pizza crust. vimeo.com/148865734

How does your week look?

[cajunmom]

Busy week ahead for us. Extra acro for DD2 b/c she just got the choreography for her new routine this past Friday, school parties for both girls, gymnastics christmas party on Friday evening, H's work christmas party (at our house!!) on Saturday. He volunteered our house for it so I said I'm leaving on Saturday and will be here at 5 with his co-workers, lol.

[winnieandwine]

Dec 14, 2015 7:54:31 GMT -5 cajunmom said:

. He volunteered our house for it so I said I'm leaving on Saturday and will be here at 5 with his co-workers, lol.

Excellent call

[explorer2001]

Dec 14, 2015 7:59:42 GMT -5 winnieandwine said:

Dec 14, 2015 7:54:31 GMT -5 cajunmom said:

. He volunteered our house for it so I said I'm leaving on Saturday and will be here at 5 with his co-workers, lol.

Excellent call

Wow! He's bold. I'm glad you are leaving it up to him, cajunmom

Every inch of my body is sore from yesterday's marathon of dog park, errands, decorating, wrapping, etc.
Tonight, dinner with a girlfriend, printing pictures for cards finally, getting further on the cards and getting them ready to mail.
Tuesday night dinner with my grandparents before they leave for the holidays to visit other family including introducing them to Boyfriend.
Wednesday, mailing everything I haven't sent yet so basically hanging at the post office.
Thursday finishing baking, shopping for Saturday's party, etc.
Friday my mentee is staying the night to celebrate her birthday, including cleaning out my closet (she gets her pick of my clothes and loves this), taking her Christmas shopping for her mom and brother, etc.
Saturday I'm hosting my annual holiday party.
Sunday is an early birthday dinner with my parents because my birthday is the following week.
Somehow in here I have a full time career that has shit hitting the fan with a proposal in Congress which would reek havor on my niche industry that I'm supposed to "fix". Oh and Boyfriend can barely keep his head above water with the increase in holiday orders for his business this year and is a special kind of stressed, overwhelmed and not super helpful. He's trying and all but its a lot.

So yeah I'll sleep when I'm dead.

[Deleted]

I bought my MIL the best Christmas gift ever. Cesar Millan, "the dog whisperer," is going on tour in 2016. He brings his dogs out with him, and apparently the show is a mix of motivational speaking, dog training, and dog tricks. I bought us tickets to go, and I was going to spring for the meet & greet and say it's a Christmas/birthday combo gift, but it was (surprisingly) sold out, so we got cheap seats in the back.

Since the meet & greet didn't work out, I bought tickets for us to go see "Motown the Musical" for her birthday.

I'm super excited about both.

Also, at work we have jeans days, and non-jeans days. Well today's a non-jeans day, and I wore them. I don't have any important meetings so my legs will be under my desk about 7 hours of the day today, so I'm thinking I can "sneak" my jeans.

One last random: my workplace Secret Santa gave me a six-pack of local Michigan beer today!!

[mbcdefg]

I have a half day today, and I'm taking the kitten to the vet. She's been yowling non-stop this weekend so she must be going into heat. I was hoping they could spay her today, but first they need to do an exam and get her up-to-date on shots and then I have to make another appointment for the spaying. She also has this weird thing with one eye where the pink part sticks out a bit, and I'm hoping she won't need surgery for it.

We need to finish putting away clutter and then deep-clean the house for our party this weekend. 

I also need to do a big grocery shopping trip to pick up ingredients for party food. I went to Costco last week but only got a few things - frozen mini quiche, frozen spanakopita, a box of assorted crackers, and the cranberry goat cheese recommended by tacosforlife . 

I still have some more Christmas shopping to do. I need a "main gift" for MH ... not necessarily high-budget, just sentimental or something he really needs. I found a paper with his mom's signature and I thought about scanning it and having an Etsy seller make a keychain with their last name in her handwriting - hopefully there's still time to order it but I doubt it. (Confession: I'm hoping I'm pregnant this cycle so I can just make a cute announcement as his "big" gift, lol.)

[MNH2013]

I need to look for rentals for our NY trip. We had one we really liked and emailed the owner, they aren't sure if they will be out of town on our dates. So if anyone has good rec's for a rental in Brooklyn I'm open!

This week I have two tests for my night class. Not much else going on other than that.

[raangoli]

I just need to make it through a lot of work this week so I can be off the next two. Being here is not helping my case, hah.

We do have dinner with a friend from out of state tomorrow so I am looking forward to that.

mbcdefg Fingers crossed for you this cycle. I hope that's not creepy.

ETA: Can I add an annoyance? I found a chair/rocker that I love. It would convert to a regular chair after we're done using it as a rocker. But noooo I can't have it because it won't it in the opening of the hallway that leads to the bedrooms. Curse you narrow doorway and your decorative moulding taking up space! 

[audette]

I managed to drag my butt to the gym this morning, so I am extremely proud of myself at the moment.

This is a short week - we leave on vacation after work on Wednesday!!!

Which means I need to fit almost a full week's worth of work between now and the end of Wednesday. Fun times. And do laundry and pack and finish my Christmas knitting...

[irene adler]

Three more days and I peace out of work for 2016.

On the other hand, I have less than three days to do almost all of my Christmas shopping and pack. Oops.

[v]

Last day of a four day weekend to finish off my vacation days for the year. I am not working any full weeks in December, and this week I have my department holiday lunch and office holiday party, and the following two weeks are 3 day weeks, so the year probably might as well be over

Today's plan is barre class (done), making a bunch of returns, and then hopefully day drinking with a friend who is in between jobs.  :drink:

And my husband's bonus gets paid out tomorrow  <) <) <)

[womet]

We closed on our house in GA this morning. And we are signing a lease on a place in MD this afternoon. H and I have been living apart since the end of August while we made the transition from GA to MD. We'll be under the same roof on Wednesday and sleeping in our own bed. Woohoo!!

[ally]

It was sunny when I walked to work, but it is now nearly dark at 1pm, but it is still in the mid-60s in NW PA in December.  Crazy!

Tomorrow my mom and I will spend the day Christmas shopping.  I have mixed feelings about it, but it is tradition, and at least I won't be at work.

Then work the rest of the week.  A few things scheduled, but I expect it to be very quiet.  Finals were over on Friday and I have only seen 1 other person so far today.

[genet313]

Also looking forward to DH's bonus being paid out tomorrow!

And...I got my squatty potty in the mail today!!  Whoooo....now the ONLY question is do I try it out myself this week before I wrap it up and put it under the tree?   Dh is horrified.  I'm already excited to watch people open this sucker up.

[krisandgrace]

We adopted a rescue puppy from Mississippi yesterday afternoon. Her name is Birch. Our other two dogs are still a little confused but I think they will warm up to her, we are giving them their space. She is so ridiculously cute.

[Deleted]

I got notified of my annual bonus today! I had a great year at work and secured multi-million dollar projects I have been working on for 3+ years. The bonus wasn't great in light of that, but I'm really happy to have gotten anything with the state of o&g and the international economy. Plus I have (a fully paid) maternity leave to look froward to starting in a few weeks. woohooo!

[hamster]

Ugh. Heard a strange sound this morning in the mcdonalds drive thru and a couple of minutes later my low pressure light came on. At the tire place now. And they forgot my damn hash brown this morning!

[raangoli]

mbcdefg - Did you see the news item that says that Harry is dating Pippa? I'm going with that's just wishful thinking. And weird.

[Deleted]

krisandgrace Burch is SO ADORABLE! I want to rub that sweet tummy.

I'm starting to regret that I'm not taking any vacation around the holidays. Nearly everyone else is and I have way too much time to get the few things on my list done in the next 3 weeks. I'm saving my vacation for actual travel that I have planned, so nobody should feel bad for me, but I might go crazy from loneliness/boredom between now and January 4th.

[mbcdefg]

Dec 14, 2015 17:25:05 GMT -5 raangoli said:

mbcdefg - Did you see the news item that says that Harry is dating Pippa? I'm going with that's just wishful thinking. And weird.

I did see that ... weird! I'm going with "untrue."

[lagom]

Dec 14, 2015 13:43:27 GMT -5 krisandgrace said:

We adopted a rescue puppy from Mississippi yesterday afternoon. Her name is Birch. Our other two dogs are still a little confused but I think they will warm up to her, we are giving them their space. She is so ridiculously cute.

Adorable! I'm in love.

[crashgizmo]

I wish I could take a vacation day this week. DH and I decided to get all Pinterest-y and are making homemade Pomegranate vodka and syrup to give as gifts this year. The syrup tastes AMAZING, but it's such a long process. I am bottling a few at a time in the hopes of finishing them all by my Friday holiday party.

Speaking of, running a non profit org and planning a holiday party is such a PITA. Everyone wants champagne on a beer budget and I am so tired of trying to make everyone happy. And I had an employee today ask if she could bring her brother who is in town. Um, no. This is during the work day and there are no plus 1's invited.

I think I'm going to order take out.

[sfy]

I'm still miserable from my procedure, feeling horrible and very grumpy. Insert Debbie Downer gif here . I really am in awe of my husband, however. I've kind of always known that he's a better person than me lol. I'm nicer on the surface, but he's nicer inside. He volunteers more. He doesn't secretly hate his friends when they want an airport ride or need help moving. He doesn't mind strangers small talking him. But, me being sick is really proving it. I am so over the level of intimacy we've had over the past few days. He's seen and heard things I'd hoped would he would never see or hear and he isn't even repulsed. I ace the health part, but I definitely should have considered how well I might do in the time of sickness. I don't think I'd do too well. I'm the one who's sick and I just want to get away from me. Meanwhile, he's just acting like it's all perfectly normal. This is also driving home how much I've taken good health for granted. I'm going to be kinder to my body, because I can't handle when it malfunctions.

[AAM2012]

Dec 14, 2015 13:43:27 GMT -5 krisandgrace said:

We adopted a rescue puppy from Mississippi yesterday afternoon. Her name is Birch. Our other two dogs are still a little confused but I think they will warm up to her, we are giving them their space. She is so ridiculously cute.

Oh my, she is super cute!!

[winnieandwine]

sfy I'm sorry you've not been well. I totally understand how it feels to share things about your body you hoped to never share; the good news is those memories fade in time (or so H tells me). I'm glad to hear your husband is so good to you though. Feel better!

[sfy]

Dec 15, 2015 7:34:02 GMT -5 winnieandwine said:

sfy I'm sorry you've not been well. I totally understand how it feels to share things about your body you hoped to never share; the good news is those memories fade in time (or so H tells me). I'm glad to hear your husband is so good to you though. Feel better!

Lol I hope that's true!

I think I only posted once or twice about it, but I had a procedure to kill off my uterine fibroids.

[winnieandwine]

sfy repression is a powerful thing.

Sounds painful. Hang in there!

[Pom]

Dec 15, 2015 7:46:27 GMT -5 sfy said:

Dec 15, 2015 7:34:02 GMT -5 winnieandwine said:

sfy I'm sorry you've not been well. I totally understand how it feels to share things about your body you hoped to never share; the good news is those memories fade in time (or so H tells me). I'm glad to hear your husband is so good to you though. Feel better!

Lol I hope that's true!

I think I only posted once or twice about it, but I had a procedure to kill off my uterine fibroids.

No wonder you have pain! Did you have the UFE?  I hope you feel better very soon.  

My BFF had one done last January after a failed ablation.  Her fibroids were so big, they wouldn't discuss a hysterectomy. She told me yesterday that she started a heavy period this weekend and that her surgeon has not scheduled any follow-ups since last year. I was all WTF.

Make certain you communicate any pain and they take good care of you. I am glad Mr. sfy is being a total stand-up guy!  Hugs.

[sfy]

I did, Pom. I had 12 in total, the largest the size of a grapefruit. I would have taken a hysterectomy, but my gynecologist didn't even want to discuss it. I guess that recovery would have been worse, so it's probably for the best. That's so awful for your BFF, I hate to hear that . I hope this last cycle was a one off, but she should definitely follow up, even if it's with someone new. Unfortunately, there is no way to stop new ones from cropping up except for the hysterectomy. It sucks.

[Mashara]

I took the day off yesterday, so I wasn't even here too answer. And we finished our Christmas shopping (except some last minute thing for an uncle), so double yay!