Dd and I have had some great conversations the last few days about people being transgender and non-binary, except she keeps saying “bon-ninary.” Lol. And, I realized I really need to work on they/them pronouns.
I have to run to the mall today to make some returns, and I don’t feel like it. Otherwise, just cleaning and housework. Lots of excitement over here.
We had grand plans to go to the National Holocaust museum today, but they are doing limited timed entry tickets and I kept getting errors when I tried to get them at 7am, so I was unable to get them. I am disappointed, I haven't been there since I was 13 and my H has never been, so we had hoped it would work out. I don't know what to do today now... Maybe just staying home. My H just got a new video game yesterday that he is pretty excited about, so I think he might be content just relaxing today.
Maybe I will finally do some painting? Right now I'm just reading and drinking coffee. I am not usually up before 7 on a weekend.
We had grand plans to go to the National Holocaust museum today, but they are doing limited timed entry tickets and I kept getting errors when I tried to get them at 7am, so I was unable to get them. I am disappointed, I haven't been there since I was 13 and my H has never been, so we had hoped it would work out. I don't know what to do today now... Maybe just staying home. My H just got a new video game yesterday that he is pretty excited about, so I think he might be content just relaxing today.
Maybe I will finally do some painting? Right now I'm just reading and drinking coffee. I am not usually up before 7 on a weekend.
I haven’t been there since high school, but I still remember it pretty clearly. It definitely made an impact.
It’s just after 6am and I’m awake but refusing to get out of bed at this time on a Saturday. I have a bunch of housework I need to get done but that I don’t want to do. I was hoping today was going to be sunny like yesterday so I could get a good walk in, but it’s supposed to be rainy and windy. Ugh!
I bought most of what I need to redecorate DS1’s Mario room last night. Today I need to grab new bedding and take him to Home Depot to look at paint options. I’m also going to look at paint for my office. I’m ready for this house to have some color.
We have zero plans this weekend and I am here for it. Looking forward to getting the usual stuff knocked out and just hanging out.
Post by ProfessorArtNerd on Feb 19, 2022 10:01:20 GMT -5
H woke up and promptly got into A MOOD about the kids’ stuff everywhere, and is blaming the cat’s angry pooping outside the box on them.
I don’t get it. Clean up, fine (that is, incidentally, what he promised to do while he was on paternity leave). But he makes the kids feel guilty and stupid for being, in my mind, kids. Like. What child do you know that will clean up unasked, or join in when the grown ups are cleaning, unprompted. It’s like he’s never met a child before- but he has tons of cousins and a brother and a sister!
We had grand plans to go to the National Holocaust museum today, but they are doing limited timed entry tickets and I kept getting errors when I tried to get them at 7am, so I was unable to get them. I am disappointed, I haven't been there since I was 13 and my H has never been, so we had hoped it would work out. I don't know what to do today now... Maybe just staying home. My H just got a new video game yesterday that he is pretty excited about, so I think he might be content just relaxing today.
Maybe I will finally do some painting? Right now I'm just reading and drinking coffee. I am not usually up before 7 on a weekend.
Just signed DS1 up for his class trip to DC. A sign of normalcy as the trip hasn't happened in 2 yrs. They will go end of October. I really hope they can go to this museum. They have a list of places to go to, but skip ones with long waits to get most out of the day. My BIL walked into a glass wall there a few years ago, like hard thud and left with marks. It made an impact on him in more ways than one.
My kid has been laying down on the floor with his hands behind his head saying “it’s a nice day at the beach” and then he passed out sunglasses and said “sun so bwiiiiight”…he’s been to the beach once in his life and we live in Colorado. No idea where this came from but it’s very cute! I wish we could go to the beach right now.
Today should be fun. Gymnastics for him this morning, then butterfly pavilion later on today. I’m feeling creative today so I may work on some pottery. Meal planning + grocery also needs to happen at some point.
Post by maudefindlay on Feb 19, 2022 10:10:39 GMT -5
3 day weekend for the kids here. My Mom just picked up DD for an overnight. Going to get pizza and breadsticks in a bit for DH and the boys and I. Some organizing bedrooms as we will paint DS2 and DD's rooms next weekend. Aqua for DD and an orange for DS2. I ordered new PB Kids rugs for them and delivery just got pushed back. Oh well, we can do all the rest next weekend at least.
Tomorrow we are leaving the boys home and driving into the city north of us to pick up a new cabinet for DS2's room. We are going to have lunch somewhere nice and as the weather will be 20 to 30 degrees warmer tomorrow we will go for a nice walk. Then stopping by Trader Joe's as our city doesn't have one. It's been years since I went to one and I'm bored with our food. Will take your top TJ meal recs. We will pick up DD tomorrow night.
Monday DH will work and kids and I will loaf around unless I can get them to ride bikes to the park with me.
Post by underwaterrhymes on Feb 19, 2022 10:11:01 GMT -5
isabel, will you share photos when you’re done? I just did K’s room as a SpongeBob theme and N has requested a Mario/video game room, so that’s my next project.
here are pics of K’s room, which I’m proud of because I super loathe SpongeBob, but I think I managed to appease his fandom while also making it look cute.
Yes, I’ll share when it’s done. It’s going to be another month or so because this is technically a birthday gift for him. I might decide to knock it out before his birthday if I can get everything on time. I started ordering early so that I wouldn’t run into issues getting what I wanted. There will be an errant Donkey Kong and Pikachu thrown in there too because of stuff I let him pick based on the art prints I found. Lol
Post by underwaterrhymes on Feb 19, 2022 10:17:47 GMT -5
Thank you! When he asked for SpongeBob, I groaned, but immediately went on Etsy and found some stuff I actually like. He’s thrilled too, which is what really matters.
Lazy morning for me and DS, DD is away with church youth group until tomorrow, and DH gets home this afternoon. DS is sleeping over at my parents' tonight, so DH and I are actually going out for a nice dinner.
DD also texted me out of the blue this morning with an inside joke that's kind of our shorthand for thinking about you/love you and it made me all gooey inside that she's away with her friends and still took a minute to do that.
We had grand plans to go to the National Holocaust museum today, but they are doing limited timed entry tickets and I kept getting errors when I tried to get them at 7am, so I was unable to get them. I am disappointed, I haven't been there since I was 13 and my H has never been, so we had hoped it would work out. I don't know what to do today now... Maybe just staying home. My H just got a new video game yesterday that he is pretty excited about, so I think he might be content just relaxing today.
Maybe I will finally do some painting? Right now I'm just reading and drinking coffee. I am not usually up before 7 on a weekend.
Just signed DS1 up for his class trip to DC. A sign of normalcy as the trip hasn't happened in 2 yrs. They will go end of October. I really hope they can go to this museum. They have a list of places to go to, but skip ones with long waits to get most out of the day. My BIL walked into a glass wall there a few years ago, like hard thud and left with marks. It made an impact on him in more ways than one.
Hopefully they accommodate school trips! I know they do advance tickets, too, but it looks like they don't have any available anytime soon either. Maybe by October they won't even be limiting capacity (beyond normal). I think they are still being cautious with COVID.
I don't remember a ton of details from when I was a kid, but I do remember it was one of the more impactful things that we did on that trip. I think it will be a different experience as an adult, so I hope we get to go someday. We only live an hour-ish away so at least today wasn't our only shot to go. I guess the bright side is that it's in high demand so that means lots of people are learning/care about the the topic.
H woke up and promptly got into A MOOD about the kids’ stuff everywhere, and is blaming the cat’s angry pooping outside the box on them.
I don’t get it. Clean up, fine (that is, incidentally, what he promised to do while he was on paternity leave). But he makes the kids feel guilty and stupid for being, in my mind, kids. Like. What child do you know that will clean up unasked, or join in when the grown ups are cleaning, unprompted. It’s like he’s never met a child before- but he has tons of cousins and a brother and a sister!
Omg, are you my sister wife? H is in the same mood. I swear, he wants dd to just sit and watch her iPad all day so she doesn’t make a mess.
Yesterday, I discovered that my 12 (almost 13) year old downloaded what is essentially porn from kindle unlimited.
Now do you go from Big Nate to 50 positions to satisfy you (not the actual title) or Erotic Stories...
I knew that I had to watch out for his computer and phone....just didn't think of the kindle.
Now I have to figure out how to block this content. And I'm wondering if I should read the books he read...
I had a conversation with him... essentially he said he was curious and he knows it was inappropriate and he said he didn't read everything.
I left it at that for now and I will talk to him again later. I don't know how to parent teenage boys.
Hmm interesting. I would read it, lol. I'm also wondering...maybe this is better than watching porn videos since they can be problematic for young people who may not understand that much of its fake?
Post by turkletsmom on Feb 19, 2022 10:44:18 GMT -5
We're taking the kids to two Mardi Gras parades tonight (for the first time since March 2020). I'm so excited. It's been too many years since I've stood on the street with my kids and a daquiri lol.
Post by seeyalater52 on Feb 19, 2022 11:10:28 GMT -5
I’m convinced my baby is the cutest human to ever live. We have an extra long weekend and I’m just so happy to be chilling out and noodling with him. I’m thinking we will go to the playground later today and maybe the zoo tomorrow even though it’s kind of chilly. It’s going to be super warm on Monday though so maybe we will try to do the zoo before we head to the vaccine trial appointment.
Yesterday, I discovered that my 12 (almost 13) year old downloaded what is essentially porn from kindle unlimited.
Now do you go from Big Nate to 50 positions to satisfy you (not the actual title) or Erotic Stories...
I knew that I had to watch out for his computer and phone....just didn't think of the kindle.
Now I have to figure out how to block this content. And I'm wondering if I should read the books he read...
I had a conversation with him... essentially he said he was curious and he knows it was inappropriate and he said he didn't read everything.
I left it at that for now and I will talk to him again later. I don't know how to parent teenage boys.
I had to notify a relative when I got a goodreads update from kindle and the cover was a topless photo. My nephew hadn’t learned not to share all “reads” lol made for an interesting convo with my sibling and then they had to talk to him about what he was looking at!
I am bummed about losing my 2-month wordle progress because I cleaned my browser's website data trying to fix the stupid AA website that won't let me search for flights. Oh well.
Monday is not a holiday for me, and north TX weather is looking ridiculous next week, lol. Like 78 to 28 (highs) over 2 days.
Yesterday, I discovered that my 12 (almost 13) year old downloaded what is essentially porn from kindle unlimited.
Now do you go from Big Nate to 50 positions to satisfy you (not the actual title) or Erotic Stories...
I knew that I had to watch out for his computer and phone....just didn't think of the kindle.
Now I have to figure out how to block this content. And I'm wondering if I should read the books he read...
I had a conversation with him... essentially he said he was curious and he knows it was inappropriate and he said he didn't read everything.
I left it at that for now and I will talk to him again later. I don't know how to parent teenage boys.
Hmm interesting. I would read it, lol. I'm also wondering...maybe this is better than watching porn videos since they can be problematic for young people who may not understand that much of its fake?
Maybe? Haha. I don't know, just didn't imagine my teenager would read porn....on my Kindle unlimited account.
I changed my Invisalign trays for the first time Thursday and fuck, my teeth hurt. Advil handles it fine but I don’t want to have to rely on it for the next year. At least I know my teeth are moving.
My parents dog had me up at 7:30 this morning. Newp. I’ve changed my mind. I no longer want to help my parents more than I dislike their dog. When they return from this trip I’m telling them I am no longer their dog sitter.
I randomly discovered I have Marriott points that cover a night at a hotel, so the kids and I are going for a staycation just to swim all night. They are over the moon!
We are planning to redo a bathroom this year and I have no idea what I’m doing. Pick everything out and then call a contractor? Call a contractor and have them help me design it? Price is important to me, so the latter option sounds dangerous! But I am very much not a designer or decorator.