TGIF & weekend

[186momx]

Waiting for the furnace guys now. Then the plan is house chores. DD is having a friend sleepover after open gym tonight. Tomorrow is outside chores after friend goes home. Sunday I'm planning on walking dogs with a friend in the morning and then we have a dinner play date with family friends starting at 3.

[mommyatty]

It’s a busy weekend for us. Both kids have tee ball pictures and games tomorrow. Then Sunday is DS’s birthday party.

A slight vent. Three people have RSVPed today (two in person at the trike race they had at school this morning) for the party on Sunday. We reserved space for 15 kids. Going into this morning, we had 13 kids including mine. Now we are at 16. If anyone extra shows up or we have an unexpected sibling, I’m not going to have enough plates, cups, party favors, etc. So today I’m heading out to buy extra party favors and plates. So annoying. I’m glad I took today off.

[supertrooper1]

I pick up DS tonight for my week. I have so much packing and purging to do this weekend. I went through my closet last night and took out all of my old uniforms. I now have a huge pile of shirts that I have to figure out what I'm going to do with, as I can't donate as is because of the patches on them. But it will take forever to take all of the patches off. This afternoon I'll be renting a storage unit to start moving my stuff out of the house. STBXH will be there this weekend to help with the purging and the rest of his stuff. I hope he stays civil. I've been thinking of outs in case he goes off his rails again. I have a lot of stuff to take to Goodwill that I will use that as an excuse to get out of the house and away from him while he cools off.

[waverly]

We have parents night out at the local church. It is only 2 hours, so not sure if it is worth it, but maybe we can just have a local dinner some where without the kids...

Tomorrow is dance. We would have had a pool party birthday party to go to, but I never RSVPed yes and then I felt crappy, so thought OK we won't go. I wonder though if going in the pool would help DD's hand. She got a palmful of splinters, and I got most out, but soaking them really helps. She was running her hand on an old wooden fence rail even though we had told her 8 billion times not to do that and she would get splinters. So anyway, torn on the pool party, but not going.


Sunday DD has a G.S. tea party, but now I am wondering if I am staying or dropping her off, probably dropping and I don't think I ever did the permission form either. Whoops...Dropping the balls on a lot of levels over here.

[k3am]

My mom is coming up for the weekend and leaving at some point, she's not sure when.

DH, my sister, and I have all made our bets. I'm predicting 3 complaints about the bed/guest room, they've each got their money 4. But I also have slept on the new bed and OMG is it comfortable. So if there are complaints, it's just complaints for the sake of complaining. 50/50 shot of her falling somewhere and requiring a hospital trip.

Hopefully it's an uneventful trip.

[rere]

Today I am planting flowers and tomatoes. Ds brought home extras from his greenhouse class at school. Tonight he is having about 6 boys over for pool, cards, burgers and a bonfire for his birthday. Dd is going to a birthday party.

Tomorrow we have volleyball at 8. Since I am no longer the coach, I am going to get my run in during their 30 minutes of warm up. Tomorrow night we are going to a friends to see all if the kids in their prom attire then hang out after.

Sunday, we are taking ds to his favorite Mexican restaurant since it is his actual birthday. Dh is working, so we will celebrate again next week.

[waverly]

k3am, I hope she doesn't fall. My mom does the complaining to complain although it's a bit more along the lines of commenting. For example, we paid for the vacation rental house, but she mentioned 1500 times that the kitchen was not super stocked. Yes you are right, there are not a lot of spices, but it's free for you so... stop.

[mae0111]

DH is away for the weekend, closing on the house we bought for MIL. DD1 has softball tonight at 6, tomorrow at 9, Sunday at 9, Sunday at 2, and Monday at 6. DD2 has tennis at 9 as well, so my mom is taking her there.

After some relative peace, DD1 melted down in a horrible, ugly way last night. I didn’t handle it well. I’ve been crying off and on today, and have been having trouble resetting myself. I need to figure out how to gather myself before the game tonight.

[2chatter]

waverly - DH will not use anything at house rentals. I now pack all coffee, condiments and spices and bring them from home to save $. Makes me crazy.

I am going out to dinner for a GNO tonight while middle DD is at a human sexuality seminar at church. Tomorrow she plays one volleyball game then goes back to the seminar for the day. I am picking up my mom and doing the local drug take back and finding oldest DD a dress for her golf banquet and taking my mom to lunch. If all that happens by 2:30 when I have to get back to middle DD, it will be an awesome weekend.

I need to start the 5th grade slide show and clean out the garage from the garage sale. May see one of my sorority sister’s kids play soccer because they are super close to my house after church on Sunday.

Doing the grocery order today - middle DD got “choose what’s for dinner” in an Easter egg and came into my office yesterday to drop her preferred menu with separate shopping list, just to be sure I got it right.

[librarychica]

Apr 26, 2019 11:37:13 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

It’s a busy weekend for us. Both kids have tee ball pictures and games tomorrow. Then Sunday is DS’s birthday party.

A slight vent. Three people have RSVPed today (two in person at the trike race they had at school this morning) for the party on Sunday. We reserved space for 15 kids. Going into this morning, we had 13 kids including mine. Now we are at 16. If anyone extra shows up or we have an unexpected sibling, I’m not going to have enough plates, cups, party favors, etc. So today I’m heading out to buy extra party favors and plates. So annoying. I’m glad I took today off.

Oh i’d lose my mind. I hate the RSVP drama with a passion.

[mae0111]

Forgot one thing I’m really excited about this weekend... DD2 has a Flat Stanley project due on Monday. We sent Stanley across the country to my sister. My BIL works with pro athletes, several of whom took an interest in Stanley and agreed to take photos with him. We have so many cool photos and DD2 is so excited about them. We will make a big poster tomorrow.

[waverly]

librarychica , me too. I hate RSVPs so much. Then when I told my MIL this she accused me of sucking on RSVPs (which I admit I do sometimes), but this was for DH's sister's 3rd wedding reception. DH aint got no fingers broken- he could have called or emailed them. Why is it the woman's job?

[rere]

Dh just texted that I need to drink some wine. I suppose to chill out. Duh. Tell me something I don't know.

[polecat8]

DD has a softball clinic tonight.
We'll head to the gym in the morning. DS1 has a soccer game tomorrow at noon as long as the fields aren't giant mud puddles from all the rain we are getting.
Then I would like to get an oil change for my car and pick up some new accessories for my newly remodeled bathroom.
On Sunday, I might go visit my friend and her baby. She had a baby boy in December who was born with spina bifida and a chiari malformation. He's had two surgeries and is having an MRI next Friday to take a look at the increased fluid levels in his brain. I'm hoping her baby just needs a shunt adjustment. So far, he's a happy little guy and seems to have use of his legs. In the middle of all of this, my friend and her husband are going through a divorce. She's been staying with her parents so they can help her care for her son. I feel so bad that I haven't been able to visit more often. But I have been sending her messages and calling when I can.

[librarychica]

Y’all I am so sick. I don’t even know what’s up with me. My mild cold of yesterday has spun out of control. I’m going to struggle bus through a meeting and then go home. I am tempted to go by the house for a hot shower before getting the kids. Poor H got up with the pup all night, I’m such a mess.

So that’s putting a damper on the weekend plans. Bright side, there was a benefit I really wanted to go to that I later decided to cheap out on. Glad I didn’t drop $300 for tickets to something I’d be too sick to enjoy!

DD1 has riding lessons tomorrow and we have a party at my parents Sunday. I’m hoping a lazy day tomorrow will put me to rights.

[phdmomma]

Umm...it's supposed to snow up to a foot here.....So we supposedly have soccer games this weekend, but who knows. Also have church stuff, SIL's birthday, swim lessons, and breakfast on the farm. But, again snow. And I need to get some work done this weekend.

[2chatter]

phdmomma - that weekend sounds stressful then add in the snow - FOOT of it - and I cannot even imagine. Hope the snow either holds off or provides the perfect level of cancellations?

[sandandsea]

Dh and ds1 are goingto the track tomorrow. Not sure if going with DS2 or if we will stay home.

We have a 7:30 soccer game on Sunday. I’m debating having a play date for ds1 after. He also has to do a lot of schoolwork to stay caught up since they’ve introduced scratch on the iPads so he’s even more distracted during the time he should be doing the reading app. But he mastered scratch jr in a days we know he’s smart, just unfocused and only wants to do what interests him.

[k3am]

In mom news... she is.. somewhere. Her plan was to go to bowling and then leave to drive up here (~5ish hour drive not counting breaks) and I asked her to call before leaving and again when she was getting close. Crickets. She hasn't answered the phone or text messages. My sister tried to track her on Life360 (I have no idea how it works, but they use it frequently) and it's not updating her location. =\

[divanerd]

Yeah it's Friday left work early went to my mother's house for pizza night and played tennis and took my lil one to the playground.

This weekend we have 2 parties.

On another note I am pondering assuming a remote role with larger responsibility local travel in my state.

Interview is next week with CEO.

[mommyatty]

Aaaaaannnnnd.... two more RSVPs. Glad I got more of everything else and more swords (the party favor).

[traveltheworld]

The kids and I all have colds, so my plan is to lay low. DH will be out of town next week and my work will be crazy, so I'm trying to brace myself for that.

DS and I started reading Charlotte's Web so I plan to finish reading that as well.

[madringal]

Last night was super chill - girls had swim practice and a friend came home with them for dinner, that led to a sleep over. Lots of playing and giggles, and basically everything I love about being a mom to girls.

I had to come in to work for a few hours today, but we have no plans today! So I will get a workout in when I get home, do some cleaning, and then it the grocery store. A friend is in a school play tonight, so I will take my older girls to see it.

Sunday is church and then hopefully get some work done in the yard. We have a new patio being poured next month sometime, and we have a lot of prep work do to do get it ready.

[k3am]

We’ve made it 15 hours with no major falls, but she has tripped over/missed the same step 3 times already, so the prospects between now and Tuesday are not looking good.

[mae0111]

Friday night softball was canceled. Saturday morning softball was supposed to start at 9, didn’t start until 945, and finally ended due to time at 1145. It was 42° and raining for part of the game. But DD got a hit - one of only a handful of kids to do it. Grounded out and walked at her other 2 at bats.

More softball tomorrow morning and afternoon, then 2 games Monday evening.

[mommyatty]

Omg. The party today was fun, but the bounce place is so freaking expensive. The party favor was a foam sword, and the kids lost their minds over them. The party ended with a gigantic group sword fight.

I’ve put DS to bed three times now after reading two long stories. He’s having such a hard time calming down after such a big day.

ETA: On the rsvp front. 72 hrs before the party we were at 14 kids including mine. We ended up with 20, including one who didn’t rsvp and a no-show who did.

[twinmomma]

mommyatty, That's crazy! I'm amazed that many people just didn't RSVP but still showed up. I've forgotten to RSVP before and just told my kids we couldn't go for a random reason because I would never just show up unannounced to a party at a venue. Those cost money, people! It's not like a backyard play date!

I'm about to embark on birthday planning hell here. It's the first year we're not inviting the entire class for both kids. But with two kids in two classes, the numbers spiral out of control so quickly. And my kids are not subtle, so I'm afraid they'll be telling everyone about the party and we'll look like jerks.

[mommyatty]

twinmomma- only one didn’t rsvp at all. The rest just waited until the Very Last Minute. It was crazy.

[k3am]

Status update: she fell. No hospital trip required, but she hasn't tripped since, mainly because she's moving even slower than normal.

I do not want to get old this way.

[2chatter]

k3am - I am so with you. It’s why I work out. My mom at 65 was slow and shuffling. Not going to be me.