Yay for Friday!

[erinshelley21]

k3am that picture will be one you all treasure. And she has awesome hair now!

[erinshelley21]

We have a pretty chill weekend planned, which I am very happy about. One of my goals for 2019 is to be home more on the weekends.

Today we are cleaning and picking up groceries. DH is at a class for work so he's missing all the fun. I think tonight will be family movie night.

DH works tomorrow, so I'll be solo all day. We are going to go shopping and to lunch with my mom. Then I need to do some meal prep. I also need to do a bit of work so I may load my stuff up before we go to my moms and work at her house.

And another +1 to preparing for the polar vortex. That will be 3 weeks in a row of major winter events and I'm over it!

[k3am]

Jan 26, 2019 9:22:18 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

k3am that picture will be one you all treasure. And she has awesome hair now!

I have had so many moms tell me they cut their kid’s hair short because they love her short hair. No one has a clue that it wasn’t a choice. Or any idea of what she went through. It’s so nice.

[sandandsea]

I’m part of a partner track program and have to choose my executive coach by Monday. I’ve watched all the videos and read the bios and am debating. Do I choose someone to help with one specific big goal (business development) or someone I feel more connection with who is a working mom with a less defined approach to help with all your goals (bd, balance, presence, etc)?

Actually in writing this out I think I know my answer. I need to choose what’s best for me and my own path vs trying to mold myself into the traditional mold of a partner. I’ve done it my way all along and should stick to it because really that is what’s in everyone’s best interest.

Let me know if I’m making a bad choice. The choice is confidential.

[traveltheworld]

Jan 26, 2019 10:34:51 GMT -5 sandandsea said:

I’m part of a partner track program and have to choose my executive coach by Monday. I’ve watched all the videos and read the bios and am debating. Do I choose someone to help with one specific big goal (business development) or someone I feel more connection with who is a working mom with a less defined approach to help with all your goals (bd, balance, presence, etc)?

Actually in writing this out I think I know my answer. I need to choose what’s best for me and my own path vs trying to mold myself into the traditional mold of a partner. I’ve done it my way all along and should stick to it because really that is what’s in everyone’s best interest.

Let me know if I’m making a bad choice. The choice is confidential.

I think you are making the right choice. It's your life and your happiness.

I think someone on here recommended the book "I Know How She Does It" by Laura Vanderkam and have found it very helpful. It gave me some ideas about how to better manage my time and career. I don't know if it's the book or the fact that I'm finally not overwhelmed at work, but I've been giving more thought to my career and for the first time in half a dozen years, have signed up to do some networking events. I strongly encourage everyone to read the book if you haven't already.

[waverly]

I hate doing art with the kids especially paint because of the mess. Well my SIL whom I complain about on here a lot - got DD a rotating swirl paint. I know the rotating was concerning but it had a splash guard so it wasn’t too bad. But 3 of the 5 paints were hard and wouldn’t come out. So in an effort to actually use those colors I did a small cut in the nozzle and squeeed hard- nothing. Cut more squeezed harder the whole thing goes crazy up DS in his hair, on the floor on the walls and pictures and on the ceiling. So I clean up the lowest part. And move up the ceiling where I can’t wipe it off because it’s a bit more dry, it’s flat paint where nothing wipes off and part of the other paint and drywall is coming off. So I try to paint over it with out leftover ceiling paint but it needs to be sanded and repainted.

Luckily DH is busy helping DS organize his room (I know shocking). I swore the kids to secrecy but let’s face it they spill secrets like immediately. I guess I will be spending more time sanding and painting just because DD wanted to do the stupid art kit I would have never bought. She opened it so it wasn’t like anything I could hide from her. Next time We get something like that it is going in the trash when she isn’t home.

[phdmomma]

waverly, that is the stuff that disappears into the donation bin when my kids aren’t own.