I'm so pumped! After being closed out of early-bird registration at art camp due to a crappy website, DD got into overnight horse camp! This camp is fairly economical, as far as overnight camps go and she is so excited.
I can't wait for her, I think this will be such a good experience.
Post by emilyinchile on Jan 30, 2023 9:11:28 GMT -5
I think this is the first time anything horse-related has ever been described as economical 😂 but that's awesome! I have so many good horsey memories from childhood and really miss riding.
bears our DD2 went to overnight horse camp last year and she’s going again this year. She LOVED it! Begged to go back and for more overnight camps.
This weekend was DD1s freshman formal. We had pre-pics at one of her friends house. There were 30 girls, 30 dates, 30 girl moms, lots of boy moms, some dads, siblings….it was something else. First time in dry January I craved a drink. Also I love teenage boys - they are so sweet. Girls are such a pain in the ass but the boys are so polite and awkward and darn adorable.
I’ve been dying for a new washer and dryer because I hate the ones that came with our house with the fire of a thousand suns. Costco has an LG set I’ve been eyeing up, and now that I finished our H1 at 100% of goal, I was going to reward myself with a new washer and dryer (so adult, right?). Except now they’re SOLD OUT. they’ve been available for weeks, but of course nooooooow that I want to actually buy them? Nope. I’m so mad. I’ve checked multiple other stores and they are so much more affordable from Costco. So, my day is now going to be dedicated to finding myself a new washer and dryer because, god dammit, I will not accept dealing with my current pieces of crap for any longer.
I think this is the first time anything horse-related has ever been described as economical 😂 but that's awesome! I have so many good horsey memories from childhood and really miss riding.
It was only $100 more than the standard overnight camp week. I cannot believe we got into it because most daycamps with horses were a similar price for a week!
Post by chilerellanos on Jan 30, 2023 9:19:12 GMT -5
My youngest is turning 17 today! I cannot believe how fast time has gone! She’s such a pure soul and so beautiful! I remember being just so freaked out when I got pregnant with her and she has brought so much absolute joy to my world!
DS(6) has been awake and coughing since before 5:30am. I'm tired. He's exhausted. I hate the cough part of sickness. Just when you start to feel better then you start coughing and it lasts forever. Ugh.
I found out really sad news about a former coworker this morning. It's leaving me with zero patience for bs today.
DH is going to be OOT for a few weeks, which isn't unusual, but the timing of this trip suuuuuucks. The two weekends he'll be gone are of course the weekend his sister and her family are staying with us and the weekend I booked months ago to get away with a couple of friends. I'm annoyed.
bears, the little girl inside of me is so jealous of your DD's overnight horse camp! I begged my parents every year to go to one as a kid and we just couldn't swing it financially. She is going to have such an amazing experience!
Post by starburst604 on Jan 30, 2023 9:35:24 GMT -5
I had my annual physical this morning and got a cup of tea in the cafeteria after. Then I went to the cashier to pay for my valet parking. As I reached into my bag for my wallet, I knocked the cup of tea over and as I picked it up, the lid came off. I apologized profusely for the mess and fortunately the cashier had a roll of paper towels so I could mop it up. Of course there was a line of people waiting for the cashier behind me. So that’s how it’s gonna be Monday, huh?
Then I waited for my car for about 10 minutes before it occurred to me to give the parking stub to the valet. I visited a relative at a different hospital last week and when I paid it notified them to get my car without me giving a ticket so I was in the mindset that it was the same here. At least I’m in no particular hurry to get to work.
There is a dad who is part of my kid's scout troop who is probably close to 7 ft tall. I'm not a small woman, and I love standing next to him because it's the only time in my life that I've ever felt tiny.
In other news, my teenage son is becoming kind of obsessed with how he can make more money. He already has two jobs and multiple extracurriculars. I keep telling him that he's at his limit but he's hyper focused on being rich as soon as possible. I'm not sure if this is a normal teenage thing or if I should be worried. He does have expensive hobbies, and money is a factor in how much he can do with them, but time is really the bigger factor.
Post by midwestmama on Jan 30, 2023 9:45:05 GMT -5
DD wants a new bed for her birthday. She currently has a loft bed and now wants a bed with storage underneath. I found one on Overstock that I thought she would like, and put it in the shopping cart on Saturday. I use Rakuten as much as possible for online shopping, and at the time, the cash back for Overstock was 10%. When I went to complete the sale on Sunday (I wanted to check around to other stores), the cash back had dropped to 2%. So I lost out on about $50 worth of cash back. Womp womp.
We got about a foot of snow from last Thursday through the weekend. I'm ready for winter to be done. March is usually still winter weather here in MI, so I just have to think about April being only 2 months away.
My 17 yo is super into making as much money as she can and is very financially motivated.
She does work a lot of hours but has a really favorable school schedule to allow it, and a job she really enjoys.
I feel like it would be problematic if it was cutting into school time or stressing him out and he’s not functional in other aspects of his life. He’s not too young to learn about work life balance.
Post by maudefindlay on Jan 30, 2023 9:56:40 GMT -5
Getting everything lined up here to register DD for 2 camps this summer, both are a Su to F schedule. One is a general camp with horseback riding, archery, hiking, swimming etc and that one she is attending with her BFF. The other camp is a swim camp at mine and DH's alma mater, a Big10 school. She did a bball camp last summer at a different Big10 school and 2 days before drop off we were notified she would be in a room by herself. That ended up negatively affecting her experience. She hated being alone, so if no roommate for this camp we will have to commute, which will suck, but it's a limited time.
There is a dad who is part of my kid's scout troop who is probably close to 7 ft tall. I'm not a small woman, and I love standing next to him because it's the only time in my life that I've ever felt tiny.
my cousin is 5'2" and her husband is 6'10". Seeing them together is always funny. I see them regularly and I still am always shocked at how tall he is, lol.
Post by NewGirlNic on Jan 30, 2023 10:39:28 GMT -5
DS was complaining of a sore throat last night before bed. He woke saying it hurt worse and it's hard to swallow. It doesn't look red. He doesn't have a fever or any cold symptoms. I think he's pulling one over on us. I told him he could stay home today, but this is his last "rest" day of the school year and he's not staying home again unless he's really sick (fever, puking, bad cold symptoms etc)
Since I didn't have to drive him to school, I decided to stay home and work remotely. Monday and Wednesday are supposed to be in office days. We had our weekly meeting this morning and there were only 4 people in the office. Everyone else was working from home either due to their own illness or kids being home sick.
H and I are supposed to go to Toronto Friday for an overnight to celebrate my birthday. It's going to be so so cold on Friday. The high is 7 and low -10. Ugh. I'm considering canceling and maybe just staying in Buffalo and rescheduling TO for the spring. We went to Toronto a few years ago for my birthday and it was also a super cold weekend and we froze trying to walk anywhere.
I just got denied for an internal lateral move by a 3.5-minute rejection video. 🤨 HR professionals, please don’t do this. After watching it, I now just feel convinced that I need to leave the company and I can’t imagine that was supposed to be their intent.
We're in the planning stages of a kitchen remodel and OMG nothing has ever exhausted me more. So many decisions to be made. What style doors? Colors? Countertops? Lighting? Flooring? Paint? Backsplash? Hardware? Not to mention the measurements and numbers swirling around in my head. And I swear to Christ if one more person asks what I'm going to do without a kitchen for 4-6 weeks I will scream. I am not the first person on planet earth to completely gut their kitchen, I promise.
After leaving our 3rd cabinet consultation Saturday, I got in the car and just burst into tears. Everything is so overwhelming.
mel do you have a GC? We did two bathroom remodels with the same GC and the first one was pretty overwhelming, but he did provide some design input. For the second one, he worked with a cabinet place that had an on-site designer who was so helpful in providing insight. I really wish we had worked with her on both bathrooms.
Taking a sick day. 2nd day of my period. I don't have anything on the calendar and not busy enough that taking a day off would be punishing. So I just decided to call in sick.
Also proof January is WAY too long. This is my 2nd period of January. WTF lol.
I was told two different hurtful things by my father and my MIL this weekend, and they’re really getting to me, even though I truly don’t think either is valid.
We're in the planning stages of a kitchen remodel and OMG nothing has ever exhausted me more. So many decisions to be made. What style doors? Colors? Countertops? Lighting? Flooring? Paint? Backsplash? Hardware? Not to mention the measurements and numbers swirling around in my head. And I swear to Christ if one more person asks what I'm going to do without a kitchen for 4-6 weeks I will scream. I am not the first person on planet earth to completely gut their kitchen, I promise.
After leaving our 3rd cabinet consultation Saturday, I got in the car and just burst into tears. Everything is so overwhelming.
I'm sorry, I have been there. We redid our kitchen in 2020, and the sheer number of decisions was so incredibly overwhelming. It was already so much money, I wish I had just paid for an actual interior designer to help me. The "cabinet designer" was basically just the cabinet salesman, in retrospect I wish I had gone with someone who could provide more direction in what would matter and what wouldn't, and who could help tie the whole room together.
I also became so overwhelmed at people making suggestions and telling me where I should shop or who I should call for a quote for this or that, or bugging us about things like living without a kitchen, that we actually took a 4-6 month break from planning the reno. When we resumed, we told none of our friends or family until the week before the contractor was showing up.
Living without the kitchen was really not that bad. We had one room that we kept construction-free, and had our fridge in there, plus a big folding table with our microwave, toaster oven, paper plates, utensils, and food. We grilled a lot and ate outside or at the coffee table in that room. That part was totally manageable.
Post by expectantsteelerfan on Jan 30, 2023 11:18:19 GMT -5
Dh had to work over the weekend, and I realized I had tickets to see Jagged Little Pill downtown (it was my 1st time seeing this and it was SO good by the way, highly recommend!) at the same time dd had a basketball game, so I asked my inlaws to take her to her game for me. They came early to have lunch with her, and I had to ask them to move their car so I could get out of our driveway. Well, last night, dh was out on our driveway shooting hoops with dd, and our neighbor came over and asked if someone was out our house with a white bmw hit their mailbox when backing out, and it was totally FIL when he was moving the car to let me out. Apparently another neighbor saw and told the neighbor. I didn't notice, but when we called to ask about it, FIL was like yeah, I broke my taillight, but I didn't think I damaged the mailbox. It was totally crooked and turned! We are both so embarrassed that he did tell us or leave a note for them or something!
Snow day for the kids due to very icy roads. Apparently the highways were a complete shitshow last night, and temp isn't expected to get above the low to mid 20's today. I think the district made the right call.
I'm a little more than halfway done with a 20-piece embroidery order. It's a nice one, bc each piece is fairly quick. The lady who ordered doesn't need them until mid-March, and I quoted her mid-Feb, but I'll probably have them done by this weekend.
I've been really into "puzzle" movies lately - action-y type movies that have some sort of mystery or puzzle to solve. National Treasure 1 & 2, the Dan Brown movies (DaVinci code, et al), Knives Out/Glass Onion, the Agatha Christie reboots (Orient Express, Murder on the Nile). Does anyone have any other movies like this they could recommend? I'm gonna burn these out if I keep rewatching lol
Post by chilerellanos on Jan 30, 2023 11:27:26 GMT -5
There was a kidnapping yesterday morning the next block over from us. The mom loaded her kids up in the warmed up car, and ran inside to grab something she forgot and someone hopped in and stole her car.
Then they realized there were three kids in there and let the 1 ans 5 year old off in the alley (windchills were -20), and the 7 mo I their car seat on a farm house porch.
cereal K, Finding Ohana is like this, kind of similar to Goonies. There is also now a National Treasure TV series you can stream on Disney Plus. It's a different cast from the movies.
Post by fluffycookie on Jan 30, 2023 11:28:17 GMT -5
I decided to change up dinner tonight and make salsa verde enchiladas because I didn't take the chicken out in time for it to defrost. I threw the chicken in the crockpot with some chicken broth so it would be ready at 5pm and I could make the enchiladas for dinner at 6/6:15 since we need to leave for DS's hockey practice at 7:10. But tonight's practice isn't at 8pm like normal it's at 6pm and we need to leave by 5pm. Looks like we'll be having a late dinner.
I am very unmotivated today. We had a busy weekend and I feel like I got nothing done and I keep staying up way too late. I need to get a handle on my sleeping and go to bed earlier. I am not as young as I used to be and it's catching up to me...lol.
I just got denied for an internal lateral move by a 3.5-minute rejection video. 🤨 HR professionals, please don’t do this. After watching it, I now just feel convinced that I need to leave the company and I can’t imagine that was supposed to be their intent.
I have never heard of this. Was it a personalized video or some kind of produced thing that they send to everyone?
Scheduling interviews and this guy is like "my work computer doesn't have a camera." And I said "well do you have a personal computer you can use?" Then he says no, he's currently in Honduras.
Ummm, we are not in Honduras. So I emailed him and said "just confirming with you for the job in Virginia and it's not remote?" Also we're not offering any relocation, so everything is on him to get to the commuting area.