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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2020 6:44:47 GMT -6
What's everyone up to?
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Post by guster on May 16, 2020 7:01:53 GMT -6
Morning! Kids are eating breakfast, mh is cleaning the deck and I’m trying to make pretty popsicles for this afternoon.
Josie has tap this nothing but then I’m hoping we’ll be outside the rest of the day.
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Post by nam2013 on May 16, 2020 7:11:58 GMT -6
Tell me about the pretty popsicles guster! |
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Post by nam2013 on May 16, 2020 7:16:42 GMT -6
Morning. I went out to a Moroccan butcher/grocery store, got all sorts of nice goodies, but somehow forgot that I’m not allowed to eat everything 🤦🏼♀️. So I’m bummed no. Readers here, I need some inspiration. I like modern day novels, set in England/Ireland or the the us (especially love New England because I’m a familiar with the area) I love it if there’s something whimsical in them. Any of you girls know a good one one? Currently reading this;  |
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2020 7:24:18 GMT -6
nam2013 I love to read, let me think on it. Did you read Eleanor Olephant Is Completely Fine? I really liked that one, it was set in Scotland, iirc. My all-time favorite book is Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher (set in England), but it's WWII-era. If you want to fall in love with characters, though, it's a good one. I re-read it once a year and it always makes me want to go to the English countryside. Maeve Binchy was a fairly prolific Irish novelist in the 90s and several of her books were set there. So a bit older, but she had some good ones.
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nam2013
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Post by nam2013 on May 16, 2020 7:36:27 GMT -6
nam2013 I love to read, let me think on it. Did you read Eleanor Olephant Is Completely Fine? I really liked that one, it was set in Scotland, iirc. My all-time favorite book is Coming Home by Rosamund Pilcher (set in England), but it's WWII-era. If you want to fall in love with characters, though, it's a good one. I re-read it once a year and it always makes me want to go to the English countryside. Maeve Binchy was a fairly prolific Irish novelist in the 90s and several of her books were set there. So a bit older, but she had some good ones. Yes! I’ve read that one, I liked it! Maeve Binchy too btw. I’ll go trough WWII phases (for lack of a better word) not at the moment though, but I’ll save it for the future  . |
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2020 7:37:48 GMT -6
Morning!
DH just went and got breakfast for us; this morning we're undertaking some packing/prep and promised the kids if they entertain themselves and let us get things done, we'll play outside and/or swim in the afternoon.
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2020 9:17:17 GMT -6
Live blog: we’ve gotten all the drapes taken down and DH just put the vertical blinds back up in the playroom (they have a Montgomery Ward sticker, so you know they’re ancient😳). I think I can hear the house crying.
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tgrimes
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Post by tgrimes on May 16, 2020 9:28:13 GMT -6
Live blog: we’ve gotten all the drapes taken down and DH just put the vertical blinds back up in the playroom (they have a Montgomery Ward sticker, so you know they’re ancient😳). I think I can hear the house crying. LOL to montgomery ward. |
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Post by tgrimes on May 16, 2020 9:29:37 GMT -6
M came to get me at 4am because of all of the lightening and thunder. It was insane outside. H slept right through it.
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2020 9:46:02 GMT -6
My quarantine/moving husband rant: there are 75,000 things to do. We’ve done this a half-dozen times (him even more). I shouldn’t have to direct your every move. Also, if you use the bathroom one more time I’m calling your doctor.
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kim22
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Post by kim22 on May 16, 2020 9:55:14 GMT -6
Sitting on the beach watching the little boys dig up sand crabs and DD do some gymnastics. I’m so grateful the house I loved fell through last year because it was at a public beach. Our private beach is never crowded so hoping to have a nice, relaxing social distancing summer here. If gymnastics doesn’t reopen, I may just stay all summer.
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tallb
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Post by tallb on May 16, 2020 10:12:19 GMT -6
Sitting on the beach watching the little boys dig up sand crabs and DD do some gymnastics. I’m so grateful the house I loved fell through last year because it was at a public beach. Our private beach is never crowded so hoping to have a nice, relaxing social distancing summer here. If gymnastics doesn’t reopen, I may just stay all summer. By private beach, does that mean you need beach tags? My aunt's beach is like that.. granted we can't go and stay with them this year 😢 |
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Post by tallb on May 16, 2020 10:17:59 GMT -6
Hi from a field watching batting practice. I feel like I have 100 things I want to get done today. I started sorting baby clothes to get out summer stuff and realizing that K is a lot bigger than N was, so I'm going to have to squeeze her into some outfits before retiring them. My friend has a bday today, so I kind of want to drop something off as a surprise if I can get my act together.
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klong11
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Post by klong11 on May 16, 2020 10:37:37 GMT -6
tgrimes, Cadence slept through it too. The cats were freaking out! Some of that thunder sounded like explosions over our roof. But, I took a muscle relaxer and went to bed. 
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klong11
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Post by klong11 on May 16, 2020 10:38:59 GMT -6
I'm at the office. My officemate is moving upstairs. WOoHoo!! It's because when I come back to work June 1st we wouldn't be 6 feet apart, so the office manager is "making" her move. Bye!
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kim22
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Post by kim22 on May 16, 2020 10:39:55 GMT -6
Sitting on the beach watching the little boys dig up sand crabs and DD do some gymnastics. I’m so grateful the house I loved fell through last year because it was at a public beach. Our private beach is never crowded so hoping to have a nice, relaxing social distancing summer here. If gymnastics doesn’t reopen, I may just stay all summer. By private beach, does that mean you need beach tags? My aunt's beach is like that.. granted we can't go and stay with them this year 😢 Until a few years ago, it was private in that you had to be an owner, renter, or guest of an owner in the company of the owner to get on the beach and the beach was fenced on both sides Now there is a law that makes that illegal on N.J. beaches but there is no street parking or parking lots in my entire community, no bathrooms, no food etc so while they can’t legally stop people from buying a badge for the day, it’s not an easy place to be a day tripper. Also, the roads are still private and we are supposed to wear our beach tags even to walk the streets. We have our own lifeguards, badge checkers, and security but we pay taxes to one of the big mainland towns and they do stuff like our garbage pick up and EMT calls. I thought I wouldn’t like all the rules but in this situation, it’s nice because even on the most crowded day I can remember last summer, we could still stay 6 feet apart. |
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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2020 11:31:32 GMT -6
My quarantine/moving husband rant: there are 75,000 things to do. We’ve done this a half-dozen times (him even more). I shouldn’t have to direct your every move. Also, if you use the bathroom one more time I’m calling your doctor. 🤣🤣🤣 |
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Post by peachsmama on May 16, 2020 11:35:59 GMT -6
I got my nails done this morning and feel like a new person. I went to the grocery and again spent a fortune. I told A he's grocery shopping from now on. I brought back lunch and now I'm relaxing on the golf cart while MJ naps on me. Its a humid/rainy day but its breezy right now and feels great.
M wants to go to Japan when the virus is over. Sure kid, I'll get right on that.
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Post by lahdeedah on May 16, 2020 11:41:18 GMT -6
Live blog: we’ve gotten all the drapes taken down and DH just put the vertical blinds back up in the playroom (they have a Montgomery Ward sticker, so you know they’re ancient😳). I think I can hear the house crying. OMG Montgomery Ward is like ancient. I used to go there with my grandmother in her Cadillac when I was very young. Like 6-7. |
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Post by lahdeedah on May 16, 2020 11:42:38 GMT -6
Sitting on the beach watching the little boys dig up sand crabs and DD do some gymnastics. I’m so grateful the house I loved fell through last year because it was at a public beach. Our private beach is never crowded so hoping to have a nice, relaxing social distancing summer here. If gymnastics doesn’t reopen, I may just stay all summer. I’m quite jealous of you. Private beach summer house sounds amazing right now. |
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2020 12:16:10 GMT -6
I'm at the office. My officemate is moving upstairs. WOoHoo!! It's because when I come back to work June 1st we wouldn't be 6 feet apart, so the office manager is "making" her move. Bye! Woohoo, for sure!! |
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2020 12:16:41 GMT -6
I got my nails done this morning and feel like a new person. I went to the grocery and again spent a fortune. I told A he's grocery shopping from now on. I brought back lunch and now I'm relaxing on the golf cart while MJ naps on me. Its a humid/rainy day but its breezy right now and feels great. M wants to go to Japan when the virus is over. Sure kid, I'll get right on that. Lo wants to go to China to the Great Wall. He learned about it on ABC Mouse and has been obsessed with it. |
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2020 12:17:15 GMT -6
I'm at the office. My officemate is moving upstairs. WOoHoo!! It's because when I come back to work June 1st we wouldn't be 6 feet apart, so the office manager is "making" her move. Bye! Woohoo, for sure!! +2 |
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Post by flamingo on May 16, 2020 12:18:25 GMT -6
Live blog: we’ve gotten all the drapes taken down and DH just put the vertical blinds back up in the playroom (they have a Montgomery Ward sticker, so you know they’re ancient😳). I think I can hear the house crying. OMG Montgomery Ward is like ancient. I used to go there with my grandmother in her Cadillac when I was very young. Like 6-7. Yeah I’m pretty sure these are from the early 80s. They are SO bad. |
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Post by klong11 on May 16, 2020 12:18:27 GMT -6
I got my nails done this morning and feel like a new person. I went to the grocery and again spent a fortune. I told A he's grocery shopping from now on. I brought back lunch and now I'm relaxing on the golf cart while MJ naps on me. Its a humid/rainy day but its breezy right now and feels great. M wants to go to Japan when the virus is over. Sure kid, I'll get right on that. Lo wants to go to China to the Great Wall. He learned about it on ABC Mouse and has been obsessed with it. Cadence keeps talking about Idaho. I have no idea where she learned about Idaho or why she has retained so much information on it. |
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2020 12:28:49 GMT -6
Lo wants to go to China to the Great Wall. He learned about it on ABC Mouse and has been obsessed with it. Cadence keeps talking about Idaho. I have no idea where she learned about Idaho or why she has retained so much information on it. Does she play on ABC Mouse if she does that’s where. It has a lot of information on a lot of places. |
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Post by klong11 on May 16, 2020 12:30:00 GMT -6
Cadence keeps talking about Idaho. I have no idea where she learned about Idaho or why she has retained so much information on it. Does she play on ABC Mouse if she does that’s where. It has a lot of information on a lot of places. Nope, she refuses ABC mouse. When she realized they were trying to teach her things, she wanted nothing to do with it. |
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2020 12:30:39 GMT -6
Dropped of a caterpillar 🐛 [mention]cagoldi [/mention]. Lo named his caterpillar Quita Moz and E named it Olaf. We are documenting it for his teacher.
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Post by chrisy01 on May 16, 2020 12:32:35 GMT -6
I have 2 papers due this weekend and I’ve only started with one of them. We are making banana bread and Amish friendship bread.
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