cagoldi
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Post by cagoldi on Feb 25, 2018 11:08:33 GMT -6
You're all so #fanceh with your custom house plans.
I would buy a new, big house. Preferably one with a MIL unit for our parents when they get old.
We would probably pay off the mortgage on our current place and give it to my sisters. Misty is disabled due to her lupus so I like the idea of them having a place together.
I'd definitely quit my job, put away enough for college for the kids, and do a lot more activism.
Also, animal sanctuary, of course.
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Post by lfig on Feb 25, 2018 11:26:15 GMT -6
I’m glad I’m not the only one who’s attending mystery-children’s birthday parties! As long as B knows, you're good! Didn’t someone here attended a party for a kid they didn’t know accidentally. Like wrong day or something? I feel like it was maybe wedding or snoopmommymom. But I could be totally wrong. I just remember thinking how funny it was!
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Post by snoopmommymom on Feb 25, 2018 11:27:35 GMT -6
As long as B knows, you're good! Didn’t someone here attended a party for a kid they didn’t know accidentally. Like wrong day or something? I feel like it was maybe wedding or snoopmommymom. But I could be totally wrong. I just remember thinking how funny it was! Wasn’t it melaniesue?!?
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Post by lfig on Feb 25, 2018 11:30:59 GMT -6
So this weekend didn’t turn out how I expected it to, but at least we got a break from the kids. I know this is going to sound very selfish, but just once I’d like to do what I want to do. I’m sorry that it didn’t go the way you want. I completely understand. I feel like our lives revolve around MH and his hobbies and interests when it comes to what we are going to do.
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lfig
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Post by lfig on Feb 25, 2018 11:32:33 GMT -6
guster, I'm eating gross Jif peanut butter right now because I really don't want to stir my new jar... makes me think of you! FFSC : I’ve never eaten any peanut butter other than Jif.
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lfig
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Post by lfig on Feb 25, 2018 11:33:37 GMT -6
wedding how much longer till your surgery?
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chrisy01
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 25, 2018 11:38:05 GMT -6
Hi from work. I just caught up on all my emails that I ignored while I was out. I was clearly missed last week
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Post by lfig on Feb 25, 2018 11:39:20 GMT -6
If I won the lottery we’d do the typical too...pay off debt, buy or build new house, share with the family, new boats (river boat and lake boat - since both of our current ones are older). Then would contribute substantially to the Hydrocephalus Association and the Epilepsy Foundation. And probably other orders that are close to our heart for cancer, animals, kids. Basically I want to help everyone. Lol. But still have plenty to enjoy life!
And of course, take all you lovely ladies on vacation! 😉 And I will bring in a team of nannies to help with the kids.
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 25, 2018 11:39:41 GMT -6
I would buy a new house. I would still work but probably wouldn't work as hard. I would sign LO and eventually E up for this private school that I fell in love with but can't afford.
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chrisy01
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 25, 2018 11:40:32 GMT -6
Also if I won the lotto I hope all you ladies like Hawaii. I've put a lot of thought into it
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 25, 2018 11:40:59 GMT -6
The office smells really bad today. I might get sick just from the smell.
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Post by melaniesue on Feb 25, 2018 11:41:51 GMT -6
Didn’t someone here attended a party for a kid they didn’t know accidentally. Like wrong day or something? I feel like it was maybe wedding or snoopmommymom. But I could be totally wrong. I just remember thinking how funny it was! Wasn’t it melaniesue?!? It was me! I went the wrong day and there just happened to be a party for the same time on Saturday for a kid also named Grayson. What are the odds?!?
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 25, 2018 11:44:28 GMT -6
It was me! I went the wrong day and there just happened to be a party for the same time on Saturday for a kid also named Grayson. What are the odds?!? That was such a funny post.
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Post by chrisy01 on Feb 25, 2018 11:45:21 GMT -6
I really don't want to work so I'm listening to Hamilton to help me get through the day.
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lfig
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Post by lfig on Feb 25, 2018 11:45:23 GMT -6
This is kinda my last week off work! I leave a week from tomorrow for a conference in WV. But when I get back I have another week off before I go back for good. So I went and picked up my gov credit card and computer access card on Friday because I have to turn them in each winter before I get furloughed. So yesterday I ran down to the office to get my laptop. I logged in last night and spent 2 hours going through emails from the last 2.5 months. Tons of junk mail and some important. I wish they would turn it off so people couldn’t send me emails during that time. It was annoying.
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Feb 25, 2018 12:02:42 GMT -6
Post by flamingo on Feb 25, 2018 12:02:42 GMT -6
guster , I'm eating gross Jif peanut butter right now because I really don't want to stir my new jar... makes me think of you! FFSC : I’ve never eaten any peanut butter other than Jif. I am a Peter Pan fan, myself. Creamy only, no nuts. That's what my grandmother bought, and that's what my mom bought, so I have carried on the tradition. Of course my mom has since switched to something else (crunchy JIF?) and my sister buys Smuckers Natural or similar. So now I'm the peanut butter outcast.
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Post by slenle on Feb 25, 2018 12:06:41 GMT -6
I went to bed early last night and slept like a rock. Woke up still feeling like crap but am doing a little better now. We got more snow in 3 days than we’ve had all winter so we tried taking the kids outside to play. H wasn’t a huge fan so i brought him back inside. Then they had hot chocolate and he asked to take a nap.
I need to get to the grocery store at some point but other than that, it’ll be a low key day.
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Feb 25, 2018 12:07:38 GMT -6
Post by flamingo on Feb 25, 2018 12:07:38 GMT -6
So this weekend didn’t turn out how I expected it to, but at least we got a break from the kids. I know this is going to sound very selfish, but just once I’d like to do what I want to do. Not selfish, totally normal. As a mom, our needs so often go on the back-burner, so it's exciting when you think you're going to have a (rare) chance to do what *you* want to do without considering everyone else's likes/schedule/needs, etc....definitely a let-down if it doesn't work out.
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Feb 25, 2018 12:09:23 GMT -6
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Post by kim22 on Feb 25, 2018 12:09:23 GMT -6
I promised DD I would take her to a broadway show because she's been so super helpful. I gave her the list of every kid appropriate one and she didn't like any. Then I found The Wizard of Oz playing at a local theater for $12 a ticket and that's what she wanted. Feels like a win to me.
If I won the lottery, I would want to take the kids to see the world. My travel history is pitiful. My parents didnt travel outside of our yearly trips to the Jersey Shore. I have only been to Canada and The Caribbean, both as a guest of friend's families. The other day I told DH I wanted to talk to our travel agent about a trip to Europe. The next morning I was complaining that I will never be able to pack for all of us to go to PA for 3 days for a hockey tournament.
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Post by dapostrophe on Feb 25, 2018 12:11:26 GMT -6
flamingo I totally get it. It sounds like you met my neighbor. She's the only one in our cul de sac with a pool, but I just can't bring myself to take one for the team. Those kinds of convos are exhausting and uncomfortable. tgrimes Did I miss what you guys ended up doing for your b-day weekend? I'm sorry it wasn't what you hoped for. FTR wanting your b-day weekend to be enjoyable for you is NOT selfish.
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Post by tgrimes on Feb 25, 2018 12:35:42 GMT -6
dapostrophe MH wasn’t feeling well Friday so we picked up some food, which wasn’t that good, and was in bed before 10. Yesterday I purged my clothes and then did yard work all day. We at least got to go to dinner last night. Today I did laundry and cleaned. We’re currently headed to a boozy brunch and then to the galleria, where hopefully Tory Burch and the gap will take my money since they don’t want to online.
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Post by tallb on Feb 25, 2018 12:57:56 GMT -6
Hi hi.
Team jif, what's all this hate?
MH has already said if we ever win the lottery we'd tell no one and not change a thing for a year, and then hopefully know what we are doing so we don't end up miserable and poor like a lot of lottery winners. Beyond that I don't know what we'd do. Start a non profit of some sort, travel a lot, etc.
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Feb 25, 2018 13:03:30 GMT -6
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Post by klong11 on Feb 25, 2018 13:03:30 GMT -6
Cadence just left with mh to go get a bike helmet and then head to his Dad's house.
We already did the grocery shopping this morning, so I'm just hanging out and cleaning up the house. My lower back is killing me so I'm doing very minimal actual cleaning.
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Post by Sunny41 on Feb 25, 2018 13:12:04 GMT -6
klong11 do massages help when you have some of these pains? I started using a foam roller and watched some youtube videos on how to workout tight muscles. I love it. I don't have to wait for a massage and it really does amazing things with my sciatic pain.
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Post by nam2013 on Feb 25, 2018 13:15:27 GMT -6
klong11 do massages help when you have some of these pains? I started using a foam roller and watched some youtube videos on how to workout tight muscles. I love it. I don't have to wait for a massage and it really does amazing things with my sciatic pain. Tell me about this. I could really use this.
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Post by Sunny41 on Feb 25, 2018 13:17:14 GMT -6
Did you hear about that case in PA where the woman went to court so she could get her millions of lotto winnings anonymously? I don't know what the outcome was but I can't blame her at all!
I would probably buy a beach house somewhere convenient to travel. Maybe finish getting that pilot license and buy a plane. Or just a boat. I wouldn't work. I love what I do but not that much. And I would have a pool boy for the pool and a pool house.
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Post by wedding on Feb 25, 2018 13:18:23 GMT -6
wedding how much longer till your surgery? 19 days. But who’s counting!
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Post by Sunny41 on Feb 25, 2018 13:23:16 GMT -6
klong11 do massages help when you have some of these pains? I started using a foam roller and watched some youtube videos on how to workout tight muscles. I love it. I don't have to wait for a massage and it really does amazing things with my sciatic pain. Tell me about this. I could really use this. There are a lot of good videos on YouTube but this is what it is. The knobby parts are supposed to be for deeper tissue and the smooth is for less pressure. Last weekend I just had mh roll it on my upper shoulder for a weird knot. It was easier for him to do than use his hand. (E likes to put it on his butt and call it a beaver tail). ProSource Discounts Ultra Deluxe Revolutionary Sports Medicine Roller, Blue www.amazon.com/dp/B00AR1PNS6?ref=yo_pop_ma_swf
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Post by wedding on Feb 25, 2018 13:23:50 GMT -6
I just asked Dh what he would do with a lotto win and he said he would pay off our debt, change nothing and tell no one. Sounds like he would get along with your H tallb!
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Post by dapostrophe on Feb 25, 2018 13:24:14 GMT -6
dapostrophe MH wasn’t feeling well Friday so we picked up some food, which wasn’t that good, and was in bed before 10. Yesterday I purged my clothes and then did yard work all day. We at least got to go to dinner last night. Today I did laundry and cleaned. We’re currently headed to a boozy brunch and then to the galleria, where hopefully Tory Burch and the gap will take my money since they don’t want to online. Gotcha, so you are saying cleaning and yard work is not your idea of a weekend of thrills? Today sounds promising though!
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