Monday randoms

[twinmomma]

How is your week starting out? 

[twinmomma]

My kids and DH left first thing in the morning yesterday for two weeks and by last night I was already feeling lonely and bored. I got to finish up a bunch of sewing projects, which was nice. But now I'd kind of like some company. I'm lame, I know. I'll go see them this weekend, come home for Monday/Tuesday next week, and then I'm on vacation for the rest of the week next week. So I'm really only alone for a small portion of the time. I need to take advantage of it!

If anyone has any good Netflix or Amazon shows to watch, fire away!

I'm considering asking for a special WFH case next week so that I don't have to drive all the way home for 2 days of work. It's 2-2.5 hours each way. It's not typically allowed, but my boss is the most lenient one here with the WFH requests, so I feel like I might be able to swing it. I'm feeling torn about it - I don't want to take advantage but it would make life 1,000 times easier.

[xctsclrx]

Since you asked;

Last night my DH woke me up around midnight to let me we had a leak in our ceiling ( due to air conditioning.) So that was fun. Not looking forward to that bill

I have to go back to my drill until this weekend for some extra classes I will need to make future training possible (at least I am getting paid)

and on a positive note DS just wanted to snuggle with momma this morning so that was really sweet.

[erinshelley21]

Saturday night I heard a popping sound a couple in our kitchen while I was cooking dinner, so DH killed the power to basically everything in there but the fridge and lights until he can look at it which will hopefully be today. The dishwasher should be getting fixed today, even though it dried the dishes completely twice over the weekend. DH thinks it would be silly to not just go ahead and replace whatever part they are replacing today. Because, you know, money grows on trees.

Speaking of money, I cringe every time I hear the asshole leave his office. I'm just waiting on him to come ask me if he can get paid today.

SFIL called me to complain about MIL and let me know they got into an argument over watching my kids basically.

I'm a huge ball of guilt today.

[akafred]

Saturday I got a bill from a collections agency. It's from the car wreck; apparently when I called back with Geico's claim number a couple months ago they never wrote it down or sent Geico the bill. But the lady on the phone is pulling the bill back in house and handling it. So hopefully that will be taken care of. I also found out that the bill for my MRI in April wasn't sent to Geico so that's at least 2 bills they don't have yet. The guy keeps calling me to settle so I am glad I have been procrastinating that.

Oh, and did I mention I am still eating crackers for DH? He took DD to a concert last night at a restaurant. They have seen this singer (who is 16 and awesome) a few times and every time he takes her without me. The first few times I probably couldn't or wasn't feeling up to it or whatever. The last time we were going to go all together but he backed out. This time it's been "I'll take her" kind of conversation, like assuming I wouldn't go. I honestly felt left out. This happened after I took DD to a birthday party at the skating rink for a school friend (DH declined to go; it seems to be a current rut that I do birthday parties alone and he does concerts). First she shoved the hell out of an older girl's rear end (it was a game, I guess, but she shoved her HARD and could have broken her arm or leg or something!) and had to have a time out that lasted until the kids were all in the party room, where she drank pink lemonade and lied to my face about it (she is not allowed to have red dye), so I had to take her home before the party got started (they ate cake at 2 for a 1:45 party; we left by 2:15) and deal with the meltdown all the way home.

[rere]

Vent: I am working a full week. Between vacations and days off with the kids, I haven't really worked a full week yet this summer. At least the kids will be with their cousins all week.

Celebrate : I have a lot scheduled at work this week. This may not sound good, but I like it better with various things going on and the days go by fast.

[mommyatty]

DS came and told me when he needed to poop this weekend and then he did it in the potty! This is huge. I read that you should tell them you have to throw away poop underwear and then do it where they can see you throwing them away. We did that this weekend. First time was traumatic. He cried for a good 15 minutes. Second time he accepted the consequence but was sad. And then poof! "Mommy I'm starting to poop and need to hurry to the potty." He hadn't started yet. I was so proud.

Great weekend. Next weekend DH and I are going to be in NY for our first weekend away from the kids. I'm already kind of a wreck. Kids are thrilled they get to stay with Grandma. Grandma is excited. DH and I are nervous as hell.

[erinshelley21]

It finally happened. We were chatting and at the end he said "I need to get my check today." I told him he could as long as there was a check in the mail because we only have $300. He said okay and I heard some grumbling as he walked back to his office.

I would do the same. I get it. This just really fucking sucks.

[Covergirl82]

Had a great weekend! We went camping up north with some friends, and it was a great time. We took the kids to a town that DH went to a lot growing up because his grandparents had a cottage close by. You can find Petoskey stones on the beach (if you put a little effort into it), so we spent an hour or so walking the beach in search of Petoskey stones. The kids loved it, and it was a free, fun activity, so a win all-around. We went to a drive-in theater Saturday night and got back to the campground around 2:30 am on Sunday morning, so I am super tired today. Definitely will take a few days to recover from that.

DH is going to look at a newer used truck today. The one he has (a 2014 model year) has had some larger issues the past year (had to replace a piston, had to replace the brake vacuum, it sometimes shifts hard), and we are concerned that we'll continue to have issues. It's still on the extended warranty, but we were planning for DS to get this truck, and with as many problems as we've already had, I want him to have a vehicle that's dependable. So we might have another car payment (although a small one, because DH's current truck is paid off), which we weren't planning on. We were making double payments on my car, but I went in and changed the recurring payment back to the normal payment amount, so that will mean my car probably won't be paid off until 2020 now.

DS's birthday is Wednesday, so I have some gift wrapping to do tonight! I'm taking the afternoon off on Wednesday so I can spend some extra time with him.

I scheduled a PTO day in August so I have a day to work on projects around the house, and I'm so excited about it. My plan is to tackle some painting and organizing.

[k3am]

DH kept me up all night snoring. In the few moments he wasn't snoring, either DS was crying or DH was rolling over and hitting her closet doors with her feet. (She's been insisting on sleeping on a camping cot in the small space between her bed and the closet.) Kids are cute, but they'd be cuter if I were able to sleep.

[leap]

We spent all day yesterday at the water park. It was great. Both kids are big enough to do almost everything (DD1 can do everything) and are such great swimmers. We spent a lot of time in the wave pool and lazy river. This morning we all had a hard time getting up and moving.

Saturday was a crazy relaxing day. The girls spent most of the day playing with a neighbor at her house. My husband and I folded laundry and watched TV - more TV than I have watched in years. It was strange in a really good way.

[traveltheworld]

We had a great weekend, other than my constant battle of getting DD to eat something. It was a balmy 90 degrees outside, but DD started shivering after 20 minutes in the pool - this is what happens when you have zero percent body fat!! Grr... She also didn't fall asleep till 11 on both nights. I don't understand how that girl survives - she neither eats or sleeps. We had a nice dinner with our friends - it was good to catch up and have a real adult conversation. But more importantly, we may have found a house! The listing came on yesterday morning, we went to look at it and quite like it. We are going back today for a second viewing and I'm 95% sure we'll put an offer in. We'll have to do some renovs but that's not a big deal.

[billie]

We got to our beach hotel last night. The weather is gorgeous and we've been hanging out at the pool. After lunch when it's not that hot we'll hit the beach. This is the beauty of living in a tropical country - it's in the forties in the mountains where I was last week and in the nineties here on the beach. We're here til Friday.

The baby has been napping for 1.5 hour. DD has been entertained by hotel kids club staff for hours. I'm so relaxed you guys.

[mellym]

We visited our friends about an hour away on Saturday so we could get our baby stuff back. It was nice to see them again and feels good to check something off the list. They have a one year old so it was so cute to watch DD2 play with her - she was finally the older kid and loved being the leader, taking care of a younger friend. She is going to make a great big sister.

[sandandsea]

I'm hosting a baby shower on Saturday and feel really overwhelmed by it all of a sudden. I have a friend bringing decor and another bringing the cupcakes so all I have to do is the food (snacks and apps as it's mid afternoon) and so idk why I'm worried. One friend and her family is starting with us this weekend too and I'm super excited to see her and her dh and meet her baby (same age as ds2).

So for the shower we will have 14 people and I have the following
Mini bundt cakes
Brownies
Pretzels
Olives
Salami
Crackers
3 kinds of cheese
Dried cranberries and apricots
Popcorn
Baby carrots and hummus
Chips
Icecream punch
Iced tea
Water (infused with whatever I have on hand that day)

It's from 1:30-4:30. Do I need anything else?

[beachbum2]

I haven't had much to say lately and am slipping back into lurkdome. I also have to work a full week for the first time in a few weeks. My mom and 12 year old nephew just left from an 11-day visit. DD was out of daycare that whole time and I think it was really good for her.

I have felt a bit down lately. We are trying for a second and I think it just makes me ponder whether working is really the right thing. Also, my sister is trying to move her family from Washington state to the Midwest town where DH and I live. If this happens, my parents would likely soon follow suit. This is good and bad. My sister is in recovery from meth addiction and is a single mom to two kids. I love her, but she always has a lot of drama in her life. The knee jerk decision to move came after someone slashed all of her tires. Less than a year ago someone also sawed off a few feet of her exhaust pipes on her car. The kicker is that she thinks two different guys did these separate incidents. These are the type of people she brings into her life and DH and I don't want them dragged into our life.

[beachbum2]

Jul 17, 2017 11:28:08 GMT -5 sandandsea said:

It's from 1:30-4:30. Do I need anything else?

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Looks like a great spread. I might add some fresh fruit (just because I love it). This time of year a cut up watermelon is always easy.

[twinmomma]

sandandsea, I'd probably do one kind of "heartier" appetizer to go with it all. This veggie pizza recipe is super easy but filling and popular whenever I make it. You can use whatever fresh veggies you've got on hand too, doesn't have to be these specifics: www.pillsbury.com/recipes/easy-crescent-veggie-pizza/4b2c60ae-69e5-4a1a-bed1-219a69cd4514

[sandandsea]

Jul 17, 2017 11:31:03 GMT -5 beachbum2 said:

Jul 17, 2017 11:28:08 GMT -5 sandandsea said:

It's from 1:30-4:30. Do I need anything else?

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Looks like a great spread. I might add some fresh fruit (just because I love it). This time of year a cut up watermelon is always easy.

I forgot I got strawberries too!

[186momx]

I have an emergency chiro appointment in an hour!!!!

DD has camp this week so I'm coming into work late and leaving early each day plus have my annual exam scheduled on Wednesday. The week is going to fly.

DH seems to be needing more and more me time and alone time and it is frustrating me as I'm getting zero me or alone time. Next weekend he is driving close to 3 hours to go play golf alone and will be gone all Saturday then DD has a play date Sunday afternoon with family friends so he decided while we are there he can go help the neighbor out. This doesn't count all the time during the week that I'm off running DD places while he gets to be home alone. I swear he times it so he gets home from work just late enough that he can't help run her. Yesterday he couldn't even sit outside and watch her in the pool he had to be in the front yard which forced me to delay starting dinner so I could supervise pool play. I even asked him to come watch her and he was like in 10 minutes I should be done and by the time he was done so was she. Grr!

[frozenpeas]

beachbum2, I think it's natural to feel torn and maybe a little uncertain in your situation. You've got a lot of potential life changes on the horizon. Feel free to continue lurking, but it's good to see you posting again, too!

[jlaok]

We leave for vacation on Wednesday and today is my boss's first day back from vacation. I have zero motivation and he has ALL the motivation. I need to coordinate vacations with him better. ; )

[greenmonkey1]

Day one of being a SAHM and I could not remember if I brushed my teeth this morning. I need to up my game

DS3 is already growing out of clothes so I am in the middle of switching sizes. My house looks like a laundry bomb exploded. To top it off I am organizing the donate/sell piles. For those people who have sold at a children's resale shop - do you keep a list of what you give them or just give them a big bucket of clothes? I kind of want to just donate it all and be done with it. The little bit of money I can make will be nice given that we just dropped to one salary.

[sweetptater]

Today is day 1 of my KID FREE WEEK! DS and DD are at my parent's house. DH and I are heading up there Friday afternoon. I have no idea what we're going to do with ourselves this week. Probably go to happy hour and eat out every night.

I'm so excited not to have to get the kids up, ready, fed, and out the door in the mornings. That alone is priceless.

[beachbum2]

Thanks frozenpeas. We had a ton of life change all at once when DD was born. We finally felt ready to have another and agreed not to make any other big changes for awhile. Now with the family dynamic, I feel cheated out of my false sense of stability. Really though, my sister requires court approval to move due to a parenting agreement, so we'll see what happens. It could be a great chance for her to make some changes.

[mustardseed2007]

I had a triathlon this weekend - I signed up last minute, I wasn't originally going to race it. I guess it was a good choice b/c I got 2nd place in my age group. My first podium. I have another race in 2 weeks and then I'll be off of racing for a little while.

We had a funeral this weekend - a coworker passed away from cancer. Life really stinks sometimes.

Now a bit of an irk. MIL watched the kids for us while we went to the funeral. She started really saying she really wants us to go on their family trip next year to the river. MIL, FIL, DH's brother and his wife go, as well as their neighbors. It would probably be a fun trip. But she suggested that we share a cabin with BIL and SIL. I've mentioned on here before that they very often fight and it's very often huge blow up fights. Including on family vacations. Hell. Sometimes just during family dinners!
I really don't want to go on any trip with them. But I am N-O-T having my children share a sleeping space with them. I told H he needs to tamp that shit down with his MIL before she suggests it to them but I think he has no idea how to do it. Awkward conversations are way outside of his comfort zone.

[mae0111]

We were on a beach vacation last week, and DH and I spent most of the week working through his next steps since his boss pulled his ownership offer. He's going out on his own, and I'm going to help for a while. We decided in a name, we're working with an attorney to establish a legal entity, and he had a call with our accountant today to determine how to fund this thing. I locked up a couple of URLs and started building his website today.

DH finally saw his boss today for the first two me since he pulled the offer. Boss was sheepish, would not look DH in the eye. DH did not tell him that he's planning to leave.

We are supposed to go to a wedding this weekend for the 3rd guy that would have been an owner. I don't want to go because I honestly don't think I can control myself around Bossman. I don't want to cause a scene. Bossman is a hothead, and I cannot hold my tongue. DH was so hurt by the whole thing - he thought that Bossman was his friend and he trusted that he'd do the right thing. It will be better for all if I don't go.

[mae0111]

One more - my next door neighbors have created a giant grass pile in the corner of their yard - which borders where the pool area is in our yard. For the past several days, it has smelled like a corpse rotting out my our pool. Very enjoyable for us and our guests. I'm trying to think of a nice way to tell them to do something about it.

[supertrooper1]

We got home from vacation to find out we don't have water. We're on a well, so DH automatically assumed it was our pump and started calling well companies. Soonest they could come was Wednesday. I started troubleshooting and he got pissed and wanted to leave it to the experts. He finally found a plumber that could come out tonight. I'm hoping it's our pressure tank and not anything with the well. Hopefully I'll have water back in a couple of hours.

[erinshelley21]

supertrooper1 I've been there and that is frustrating. I hope it's just the pressure tank too!