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Sept 4, 2018 19:06:29 GMT -6
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Post by bellatrix on Sept 4, 2018 19:06:29 GMT -6
Who is here?
What's new?
I haven't been around much, work is kicking my ass lately & we are still trying to get settled in the new house.
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Post by yellowwallpaper on Sept 4, 2018 20:22:15 GMT -6
I don't really have much to post about, things have been pretty uneventful.
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Sept 4, 2018 21:44:32 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 4, 2018 21:44:32 GMT -6
DD is in school and I'm back into the boring house work routine. Nothing exciting. I've been filling our weekend calendar with activities until Thanksgiving, but it's iffy if we'll actually do them.
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Post by loveswaffles on Sept 5, 2018 2:59:13 GMT -6
I’m here trying to gif... luckily most of you are sleeping 😆
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Post by loveswaffles on Sept 5, 2018 3:01:09 GMT -6
Aahhh, screw it! I’ll take notes next time someone explains how its done 🙄
Not much happening on my side. School started on Monday. Got a mail yesterday that DD now has a spot at our preferred after-school care place so need to cancel the current one. Ordered cake for the office for my b-day on Monday, lemon meringue and chocolate ganache and I am excited!
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 5, 2018 12:09:56 GMT -6
I'm here. We did some major damage in the unpacking craziness over LDW. It's starting to actually look like a home finally so now we're just spending all of our profits attempting to fill it since this house is significantly larger than our last. Seriously though, we're just making the main areas presentable & hiding the rest of the stuff. Lol I feel like I still don't know where everything is. I need to go to Ikea. We're thinking of renting a truck & taking a roadtrip this weekend since we actually have a morning game for once this Saturday. There's just no place like it. Oh yeah, we're on day 2 of school being closed due to the heat as well so there's that.
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 6, 2018 7:41:15 GMT -6
My parent's 40th anniversary is coming up. My mom "invited" us there yet again as a cheap shot to see us with like a couple days notice. Like yeah, no. As a reminder, they haven't been out here since DS' 4th birthday so gtfo (my dad was out once afterwards to pick up my little brother the one time he came to stay with us for what was supposed to be two weeks but it got cut short because he was being a pill & knocked DS down accidentally one too many damn times so that was hardly a visit, it was in & out.)
ANYWAYS, I'm lost for gift ideas. Everywhere that sells stuff has specific things for 50th, not 40th so I guess it's not that big of a deal. Lol What should we go with?
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Post by loveswaffles on Sept 7, 2018 5:18:06 GMT -6
NamasteBirches I see the modern and traditional gift for 40th anniversary is ruby. Maybe something red, then? That’s about as useful as I can be with gift ideas 😬
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Sept 7, 2018 8:17:19 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 8:17:19 GMT -6
NamasteBirches I'm no help, either. I can't remember what we did for my parents' 40th, but I'm pretty sure it was just a card.
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Sept 7, 2018 8:28:54 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 7, 2018 8:28:54 GMT -6
NamasteBirches I'm no help, either. I can't remember what we did for my parents' 40th, but I'm pretty sure it was just a card. right? I think she's making it more big of a deal than it should be
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Sept 7, 2018 8:29:15 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 8:29:15 GMT -6
DH is home sick. He started feeling cold and stuffy last night. He's still sleeping and I'm trying not to wake him with my elephant steps. DD woke up sneezing today but no temp so I sent her to school. FX she doesn't get sick, too. I'm doing well overall from my heart surgery but taking care of two sick people might be a stretch. Plus I run the risk of getting sick, which could be bad for me. It's raining here and supposed to rain all weekend, so I foresee all of us taking it easy with board games and movies.
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Sept 7, 2018 8:29:31 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 7, 2018 8:29:31 GMT -6
NamasteBirches I see the modern and traditional gift for 40th anniversary is ruby. Maybe something red, then? That’s about as useful as I can be with gift ideas 😬 yeah I feel like Ruby is something the husband should give the wife lol Like I ain't giving no rubies 🤣
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Sept 7, 2018 8:30:10 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2018 8:30:10 GMT -6
NamasteBirches I'm no help, either. I can't remember what we did for my parents' 40th, but I'm pretty sure it was just a card. right? I think she's making it more big of a deal than it should be Probably. Knowing years of back story, I'm sure she is.
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Sept 7, 2018 11:25:03 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 7, 2018 11:25:03 GMT -6
DH is home sick. He started feeling cold and stuffy last night. He's still sleeping and I'm trying not to wake him with my elephant steps. DD woke up sneezing today but no temp so I sent her to school. FX she doesn't get sick, too. I'm doing well overall from my heart surgery but taking care of two sick people might be a stretch. Plus I run the risk of getting sick, which could be bad for me. It's raining here and supposed to rain all weekend, so I foresee all of us taking it easy with board games and movies. healthy vibes for all!
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Sept 7, 2018 14:07:14 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 7, 2018 14:07:14 GMT -6
Apparently this weekend is just going to torrential downpour here & our Ikea location which is 2hrs away. There's another one outside of Detroit but it's just a tad farther away. Looks like cloudy weather there. Idk what to do. Maybe we'll just wait til next weekend bc even if we go out, we'll still be potentially driving through a mess coming home & unloading in rain so that would suck. Womp womp
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Sept 10, 2018 10:47:46 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2018 10:47:46 GMT -6
It cooled off quite a bit after all that rain. It's 70* and feels great. We've had our windows open all weekend for fresh air. I think I'll make meatloaf for dinner. Nothing like fall weather and comfort food.
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Sept 11, 2018 9:31:01 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 11, 2018 9:31:01 GMT -6
We're also getting a tease of fall weather but the hotness is back on the horizon. I've been a bum lately. I should be utilizing my time more wisely at home but I just can't seem to get off the couch. Tonight's therapy night & that's a whole pita because then it's gonna be a fight to do homework when we get back after dinner which will be later & most likely takeout since it's a late night. It always sucks. Actually this whole week will suck bc tomorrow night is soccer practice then Thursday night we have a game. Kill me now.
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Sept 11, 2018 10:33:50 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2018 10:33:50 GMT -6
We're also getting a tease of fall weather but the hotness is back on the horizon. I've been a bum lately. I should be utilizing my time more wisely at home but I just can't seem to get off the couch. Tonight's therapy night & that's a whole pita because then it's gonna be a fight to do homework when we get back after dinner which will be later & most likely takeout since it's a late night. It always sucks. Actually this whole week will suck bc tomorrow night is soccer practice then Thursday night we have a game. Kill me now. That's a busy week. FX it goes quickly and not too stressful.
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Sept 11, 2018 10:38:59 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2018 10:38:59 GMT -6
I ordered tickets for the IN zoo and children's museum for the weekend of Thanksgiving. DH has a 4 day weekend and we're making the most of it. I'm very excited to go away for the holiday.
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Sept 11, 2018 10:40:37 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 11, 2018 10:40:37 GMT -6
I ordered tickets for the IN zoo and children's museum for the weekend of Thanksgiving. DH has a 4 day weekend and we're making the most of it. I'm very excited to go away for the holiday. I want to do this as well. Just trying to figure out where. In dire need of a vacation. 😩
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Sept 11, 2018 11:28:58 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2018 11:28:58 GMT -6
I ordered tickets for the IN zoo and children's museum for the weekend of Thanksgiving. DH has a 4 day weekend and we're making the most of it. I'm very excited to go away for the holiday. I want to do this as well. Just trying to figure out where. In dire need of a vacation. 😩 This'll be our family vacation for the year since I was sick for most of it. It's a three hour drive, so not too far for us. I'm excited about the hotel, too. It's a king suite with a sleeper sofa for DD.
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Sept 12, 2018 13:38:55 GMT -6
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 12, 2018 13:38:55 GMT -6
Also I mentioned it briefly but DH is coaching DS' soccer team. We are honestly stuck with not a good group. People have been wishy washy with showing up to practice. Coming to games late. We put up a message today since we have a game tomorrow saying if you can please just let us know if you're not gonna be there (we didn't say this but there's a minimum amount of players you need to play) so it's like just give us a freaking heads up. There's a girl that's injured so she may or may not be playing & someone else just posted saying they have some kind of obligation they can't back out of. We're only a 9 player team. It really really sucks to not have subs. Like why sign up if your not gonna commit? It's rude to everyone else on the team, not to mention the coach that's volunteering their own time to coach these kids to try & win a darn game. Gahhhhhhhh
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Sept 13, 2018 12:09:00 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 12:09:00 GMT -6
That really sucks NamasteBirches. Didn't soccer just start? When is the season over?
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 13, 2018 12:24:43 GMT -6
That really sucks NamasteBirches . Didn't soccer just start? When is the season over? It did but at the same is going incredibly fast. Tonight is game 4 which puts us halfway. There's 8 games total.
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Sept 13, 2018 12:33:14 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 12:33:14 GMT -6
The Florence thread on GD reminded me to go through our emergency bag. We're in the midwest and tornado season is over, but I probably should anyway.
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Sept 13, 2018 12:35:08 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2018 12:35:08 GMT -6
That really sucks NamasteBirches . Didn't soccer just start? When is the season over? It did but at the same is going incredibly fast. Tonight is game 4 which puts us halfway. There's 8 games total. We'll, at least it's half over. I hope enough kids show up tonight.
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 13, 2018 12:57:55 GMT -6
Today is picture day at school. I hope DS handled it well. It's the first year I didn't go in to instigate & make sure he looks right since we're new. Luckily in this district, they only have one special & it's at the end of the day so chances are pictures happened before then. It's a pretty small school with just 2nd graders so hopefully he was still put together like when I left him. I drove him in so his hair still looked good so I guess we shall see.
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Post by loveswaffles on Sept 14, 2018 5:18:34 GMT -6
DD’s hair is the bane of my existence on photo day. I hope this year it will be long enough to stay in a ponytail or a plait.
I am glad its Friday, hoping for a relaxed weekend.
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Post by NamasteBirches on Sept 14, 2018 9:47:19 GMT -6
Beware of bitching up ahead.. TLDR so last night was another soccer game. we decided to have dinner first since it didn't start until 6. It was an away game as well so we were kind of acknowledging that we wouldn't show up at our usual time which is a 1/2 hour before the game starts & it's important to note, that we are usually the only ones there for a good 5-10 minutes anyways so who gives an eff even though we tell people to show up early to get some practice in (see what we're working with here?) So we left late, there was traffic. We got there about 15-20 minutes later than when we are usually there. A parent & her SO were filling in & I noticed I had a text "ARE YOU ALMOST AT THE FIELDS?" I should start texting people when they don't show up to practice, late to games, don't show up to games. Like my god, it's okay for you guys to flake out on us but this ONE time we do it, it's the end of the world? I'm so over these people. The referee showed up late anyway & it was real sunny on the parents side of the field so before he showed up, people randomly started moving their chairs on the players' side. DH & I looked at each other like wtf are they doing? He didn't say anything & told me if the ref calls them on it, then whatever. So when he came & did his shpeel he said not to be stingy or anything but we can't have parents on this side & they were sort of away from where I was & the kids like on the corner so when DH relayed the message (really the referee should have), I heard them moan & groan & say, "we should just say we're all coaches." Is that supposed to be a dig at me? Coach's wives are always on that side. I do the communication to everyone & listen to their kids when they're telling their stupid stories & am volunteering OUR family's times to coach these kids that are not taking this team seriously at all due to your lack of parenting so you can just go to hell with that. It really pissed me off. THENNNN this year somehow turned into DS being the best goalie & as you guys know he is seriously not the best athlete but somehow his skills have just gotten really good. Compared to these kids on this team, like he is legit playing the game. Everyone else is like doing these stupid dances & spacing out. I'm regretting not moving him up a team level even though DH is against that. So he was blocking like a million goals but had no damn defense like there was a point where the ref let us put an extra player in because it was 6-1 & these kids still couldn't help him out & with DS, he takes it so personally. He was yelling out DEFENSE!!!! & when the quarters were over, he'd be super upset, almost crying. Afterwards, we had to reassure him that he was playing an awesome game, it's just honestly his team let him down. Like I am in no way saying he is the best player in the world, it would just be nice for him to have like-minded teammates. It's like we have practice & then on the field, they're just lost. I don't get it & it sucks for DS because this is the year that he's actually into it. Like he's really impressing us. GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Sept 14, 2018 11:28:10 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2018 11:28:10 GMT -6
I'm sorry NamasteBirches. That's so shitty of the other parents. They need to get their acts together and get their kids to attempt to play.
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