So ready to just chill tonight, plus my workday consist of shopping for craft supplies for a Christmas Party service project for one of my classes.
Tomorrow, up early with DD for breakfast with Santa. I am in charge of pancake toppings. It gives me a ridiculous amount of joy to put whip cream and sprinkles on the kid's pancakes, probably because these are not my kids and I can sugar them up and send them on their way. DD will volunteer also.
Tomorrow night we have a steak dinner, reverse raffle for the school. I am going with girlfriends since DH is working. You have a chance to win $2500.
Sunday the kids and I go to my aunt's for soup before our little town parade. It is a good time, but not much of a parade. Everyone lines the streets for a police car, 4 fire trucks, around 5 floats, about 30 decorated ATVs, several horses, and Santa. I wish we could go back to my aunt's after, but we have volleyball at 3:30.
This is a terrible time of year to have volleyball camp with a lot of people starting holiday activities. I wish we could skip Sunday, but we are skipping next Sunday because we have our annual candy making day. I told the coach we wouldn't be there that day and he was like OK we will have a make up day on the 23rd. The Sunday before Christmas Eve??? We won't be there then either. That is our cooking day and my brother and his family are in from DC.
Going to see the new Fantastic Beasts movie tonight with my BFF. We chose the theater that serves drinks so we can celebrate.
Then I'm spending the weekend quilting. I decided to make my employees each a lap blanket because our office is a frozen tundra. I've made the pattern before and can crank out a full blanket in around 3 hours, so I'm hoping to get all 4 done this weekend.
I also intend to wrap every gift and then drop them off at my sister's so she can hide them in her empty basement until Christmas. Will likely drink wine and watch holiday movies while I do this. Can't wait!
Post by justcheckingin73 on Nov 30, 2018 10:46:04 GMT -5
It has been a really long week.
I’m participating in a reindeer run 5K tomorrow which DHs office paid for. There is 100% chance of rain and it’s supposed to be windy. UGH! I’m so mad. I was hoping to go for a PR on this run and I’m not sure if I’ll get it in those conditions. We also have a fundraiser Saturday night and will probably put up Xmas decorations during the day.
Sunday is probably online Xmas shopping, laundry and getting ready for my London trip the week after. I leave on Friday night but don’t have anything going on until Monday. I saved a good $1500 doing that but I hate missing my whole weekend. Although a couple of days in my own hotel room? Not complaining that much!
To add to the stress, DH mentioned that he has a partner retreat on two fo the days I’ll be gone which means that we need to find someone to do drop offs and pick ups of the kids.
Post by covergirl82 on Nov 30, 2018 10:59:30 GMT -5
It's been a busy week...but we leave for Disney World tomorrow (for a week), so I'm excited!! I'm ready to have a solid week to enjoy time with DH and the kids.
DH checked us into our flights for tomorrow, and found out that his trip to Malaysia a few months ago bumped him into a higher rewards level, so now we each get a free checked bag! That will save us over $200 (roundtrip), easy!
Unfortunately, we have something that is leaking or overflowing water in our utility room, so we have to get that figured out. I was able to get a plumber to come out later this afternoon, but without a visible leak, they said it might be hard to diagnose. If the plumber isn't sure what's causing it, we're going to see if we can shut the water softener off and see if that fixes it. My parents are staying at our house while we're gone to take care of our dog, so at least my dad can keep an eye on it.
Post by librarychica on Nov 30, 2018 11:24:26 GMT -5
Maybe this should go in TWERKS, but do y’all remember my bitching about our rental? The tile repair happens on Monday. So excited. H has fixed the AC so now we can finally list the damn thing. Though for reasons of hardware stores seem unusually incompetently staffed it took me well over an hour to buy 12 boxes of tile this morning.
That said, woof, this week has been rough. Work is insane, H was gone until an hour ago and the 4yo has been having a time. She work up before 5 today, climbed in with me, didn’t really fall back asleep and pretty much cried from 7 to 8:15 when I loaded her in the car, 20 minutes after we should have left. I would have kept her home since it’s my day off but H and I had plans after he got home, which he canceled. He is now taking conference calls while I glare at the door.
librarychica - make your own plans! The door glare will only make you feel worse. Not that I have personal experience (haha).
This afternoon we have a boozy play date. Then after DH gets home we were going to the tree lighting in our town but it’s supposed to rain. So we may watch a Christmas movie instead. I also found an almond flour DD can have so we may try it for holiday cookies. I would be SO excited if it worked!
Tomorrow is volleyball, finishing phase three of my mom’s door, doing her meds and then a bday dinner for SIL. At some point I have to buy her a gift as well. Heading to the local mercantile place for something cute.
Sunday is church, groceries, laundry, a sip and shop and hopefully a park play date.
Tomorrow, DD and I are going on a bus trip to the Air Force Museum. There is a lot to see there, but we're focusing on the space exhibit first. We leave at 6:30 am and won't be back until 10 pm. I'm looking forward to spending some 1-on-1 time with my nerdy girl.
On Sunday, I think we will go downtown to see Santa and see the gingerbread house exhibit. It is supposed to be a gorgeous day (60's and sunny) so I hope it's not too crowded down there.
We are going to cut down our tree tomorrow. Later, our town’s police force is running a “full the cruiser” day for the local food pantry. I got a huge bag of toys today and am making the kids go with me to donate. We will decorate tomorrow as well.
Sunday DD1 starts basketball in another town. I’m coaching with 2 dads, one is her friend’s dad from her new school. I’m looking forward to it. Then we will go to my parents to steal trimmings from their out of control gigantic holly tree. We will use the trimmings to make and decorate small trees to sell at the kids’ bazaar next week.
Next week will be insane. There is a ton of stuff happening at school, I’m still trying to land that client, and I have a dentist appointment and a mammogram. DH has kind of checked out trying to wrap up year end stuff with his company, so its all me. I anticipate drinking.
Not much planned this weekend. DD didn't have school today so we've run errands, had a private lesson, now watching Trolls. I'm hoping DH will just chill this weekend and not want to go wander around just to be out and about.
Post by supertrooper1 on Nov 30, 2018 20:51:11 GMT -5
I'm working this weekend. Today was so busy that I created a to do list with 8 tasks that I need to accomplish this weekend at work. Usually I'm able to chill and do the minimum in my office over the weekend.
Tomorrow night is a Christmas lighted parade that DS always enjoys.
Post by librarychica on Dec 1, 2018 9:01:44 GMT -5
I got so busy going on about Friday that I forgot about the rest of the weekend! Today I do a little prep for the girls’ birthday party tomorrow and then go to a friend’s roller skating party. We taught them to skate last weekend in prep (and neither H or I had been on skates in a decade so that was funny) but I expect I’ll be skating with them today to help the4yo. I can’t belleve we have a 4yo and a nearly 7yo! It’s gone so fast!
Tomorrow we have 15 kids and assorted adults descended on our house for a combo kids party. Send no-rain vibes my way. My brother made a photo booth and it’s awesome but would be hard to fit in my living room. Plus my backyard is lovely but the interior of my house is currently covered in paint swatches.
Post by librarychica on Dec 1, 2018 9:04:19 GMT -5
Oh 2chatter, Good advice. H emerged long enough for us to go out to lunch and then I had a relaxing afternoon puttering and reading at home. He sprung another trip on me for next week or maybe the week after (he’s pinning down dates) and I think I’m going to schedule a facial one morning after that one.
I'm having a cranky SOS Saturday. Mainly DH can't chill and is now pissed off because after he drug us out to get the correct camper part, then we stopped at Cabelas so DD could see Santa. But he wanted to just wander the store not looking for anything because he didn't want to go home. Both DD and I were done as neither of us wanted to do out in the first place. Its raining and cold and I just want to curl up in my pjs and not do a thing and DH just can't get that through his thick head. I would rather he go out alone to wander but no he will only go if we go too. Argh!