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Post by jewels on Sept 14, 2020 18:58:49 GMT -6
I had been looking for a necklace with the kids’ names or birthdates on them but a lot of them that I’ve seen seem ‘cheap’ looking. Or maybe I’m just a snob lol. I wanted to do something just with their birthstones but I don’t particularly care for either one chrisy01 wineallthetime
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lahdeedah
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Post by lahdeedah on Sept 14, 2020 19:13:04 GMT -6
B seems to have a lot of homework, IMO. Starting last week she had some every night. I seem to remember not having homework every night until high school, maybe 8th grade. Is it worksheets, or different things? Seems like we will have at least 1 math page so far. I thought she was sending them home for them to do on hybrid at home days, but today it’s said to expect math homework every mon, tues, thurs. As long as she keeps it to a front/back worksheet, that will be fine. At some point we expect take home readers, too. Hoping that’s it.
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Post by lahdeedah on Sept 14, 2020 19:15:38 GMT -6
So ladies... my birthday is next week. MH keeps asking what I want. I can't for the life of me come up with a single idea. Usually when I can't think of anything, my go to is a spa day away from everyone, but I'm not comfortable with that. We don't usually do super large gifts. Any ideas? I usually do Ulta or Sephora GCs if I can’t think of anything else. I have two unused Ulta GCs waiting to be used. Now a days I’m only spending on skincare though and maybe hair products if need be. ETA: maybe a new cozy sweater- barefoot dreams- for the work from home days?
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Post by yummeecookee on Sept 14, 2020 19:22:06 GMT -6
B seems to have a lot of homework, IMO. Starting last week she had some every night. I seem to remember not having homework every night until high school, maybe 8th grade. Is it worksheets, or different things? Seems like we will have at least 1 math page so far. I thought she was sending them home for them to do on hybrid at home days, but today it’s said to expect math homework every mon, tues, thurs. As long as she keeps it to a front/back worksheet, that will be fine. At some point we expect take home readers, too. Hoping that’s it. It’s about 4-5 worksheets a night. It’s a mix of math, phonics and handwriting.
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Post by chrisy01 on Sept 14, 2020 19:26:49 GMT -6
I had been looking for a necklace with the kids’ names or birthdates on them but a lot of them that I’ve seen seem ‘cheap’ looking. Or maybe I’m just a snob lol. I wanted to do something just with their birthstones but I don’t particularly care for either one chrisy01 wineallthetimeThat’s why he did a blue pearl for L. I’m not a fan of his birthstone.
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Post by lahdeedah on Sept 14, 2020 19:27:56 GMT -6
I forgot to tell you all that M found a little turtle Saturday evening in the neighbors yard. We now have a pet turtle. I don’t know what kind of turtle he is or how big he will get. He doesn’t look like a normal turtle. He maybe looks like he is supposed to stay small. M named him Freddy. The kids took Freddy to swim in the water puddle across the street and some neighbors came out and wanted to give us a tank for him. So now I don’t have to buy one. I just need to buy turtle food. We’ve been throwing in strawberry and tomato scraps for the last few days. 🤷🏽♀️
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Sept 14, 2020 19:28:25 GMT -6
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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 14, 2020 19:28:25 GMT -6
One of my favorite gifts was a necklace with the words baby mine from dumbo on it with L’s name on it and a blue pearl. He gave me a new charm with E’s name in it with a pink stone. Edit to add picture This is SO you!!!
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Post by lahdeedah on Sept 14, 2020 19:29:08 GMT -6
Is it worksheets, or different things? Seems like we will have at least 1 math page so far. I thought she was sending them home for them to do on hybrid at home days, but today it’s said to expect math homework every mon, tues, thurs. As long as she keeps it to a front/back worksheet, that will be fine. At some point we expect take home readers, too. Hoping that’s it. It’s about 4-5 worksheets a night. It’s a mix of math, phonics and handwriting. Every night? No bueno.
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Sept 14, 2020 19:30:43 GMT -6
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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 14, 2020 19:30:43 GMT -6
I had been looking for a necklace with the kids’ names or birthdates on them but a lot of them that I’ve seen seem ‘cheap’ looking. Or maybe I’m just a snob lol. I wanted to do something just with their birthstones but I don’t particularly care for either one chrisy01 wineallthetimeThis is my issue with birthstones. I'm not a fan of my kids either. Well, really I hate the Nov birthstone. Especially with my March baby.
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Post by guster on Sept 14, 2020 19:40:36 GMT -6
I had been looking for a necklace with the kids’ names or birthdates on them but a lot of them that I’ve seen seem ‘cheap’ looking. Or maybe I’m just a snob lol. I wanted to do something just with their birthstones but I don’t particularly care for either one chrisy01 wineallthetimeThis is my issue with birthstones. I'm not a fan of my kids either. Well, really I hate the Nov birthstone. Especially with my March baby. This. I don’t usually like birthstone jewelry, but the March/November combination is particularly awful.
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Sept 14, 2020 19:43:34 GMT -6
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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 14, 2020 19:43:34 GMT -6
This is my issue with birthstones. I'm not a fan of my kids either. Well, really I hate the Nov birthstone. Especially with my March baby. This. I don’t usually like birthstone jewelry, but the March/November combination is particularly awful. It's so bad!
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Post by yummeecookee on Sept 14, 2020 19:47:16 GMT -6
So ladies... my birthday is next week. MH keeps asking what I want. I can't for the life of me come up with a single idea. Usually when I can't think of anything, my go to is a spa day away from everyone, but I'm not comfortable with that. We don't usually do super large gifts. Any ideas? I’d start off the day w a fancy coffee, even better if you can get someone to bring it to you. If any of your fave restaurants are doing carry out, maybe you can get that for lunch/dinner. As far as physical gifts.... any nice handbags you’ve had your eye on, wfh luxuries like the barefoot dreams cardi that lahdeedah mentioned, joggers and sweatshirt sets?
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Post by yummeecookee on Sept 14, 2020 19:48:02 GMT -6
I love the Nov birthstone! You don’t see it often on jewelry.
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Post by flamingo on Sept 14, 2020 19:54:09 GMT -6
I love the Nov birthstone! You don’t see it often on jewelry. Me too! Man, all these haters... It is also my birthstone and while I didn't love it as a kid, I love it it now set in white gold/platinum. I have several pieces that are really pretty.
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Post by wineallthetime on Sept 14, 2020 20:01:50 GMT -6
I love the Nov birthstone! You don’t see it often on jewelry. Me too! Man, all these haters... It is also my birthstone and while I didn't love it as a kid, I love it it now set in white gold/platinum. I have several pieces that are really pretty. Eek, sorry!! I think I'd like it in jewelry if it went well with Arlo's March birthstone, but....nope. I also don't like my own birthstone (August).
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Post by wedding on Sept 14, 2020 20:07:35 GMT -6
I had been looking for a necklace with the kids’ names or birthdates on them but a lot of them that I’ve seen seem ‘cheap’ looking. Or maybe I’m just a snob lol. I wanted to do something just with their birthstones but I don’t particularly care for either one chrisy01 wineallthetimeSomeone on GD said once that they didn’t like their kids birthstone but wanted a mother’s ring so she got what she wanted and it is still symbolic to her. I plan to do that if/when I finally get the sapphire ring I want. I’ll probably have Cs name engraved in it.
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Post by wedding on Sept 14, 2020 20:12:01 GMT -6
jewels dh and I stopped getting each other gifts because we usually just buy what we want and it felt like we were making things up just to satisfy this gift requirement. We do a nice dinner. This year with Covid I got nice takeout and we had a date after C went to bed.
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Post by vino on Sept 14, 2020 22:15:16 GMT -6
I’ve grown to love the Nov birthstone. I’m sure I’ve shown you guys, I had a duplicate of my wedding band made with the citrine stone and wear it with my wedding band daily. If I wear the set it’s wedding band, engagement ring then birthstone ring.
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Post by nam2013 on Sept 14, 2020 23:14:13 GMT -6
jewels I feel you on the birthstones... October/May is not a good combo (pink and green...). I got the birth poster last year which I love a lot, I also still adore my Rebekkah brooks ring/necklace I got in Boston last year. They have more pretty stuff, just not sure it’s ‘you’. Normally Dh and I aren’t big on gifts, so last year was exceptional! You could always get a gift certificate for a spa day for when things settle down a bit again (I mean they have to before your next birthday right right?!). I also love just ordering a pile of books . Eta I can sort of see you wearing this, but it might be too dainty for your likings. rebekahbrooks.com/collections/necklaces/products/small-swallow-pendant
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Post by nam2013 on Sept 14, 2020 23:15:46 GMT -6
@yummeecookie every night?! That’s an insane amount of pressure for kids this young, I’m sorry.
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Post by tgrimes on Sept 15, 2020 7:20:01 GMT -6
First gifts were bought in July over here. Ditto. Same here.
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Post by tgrimes on Sept 15, 2020 7:34:24 GMT -6
So ladies... my birthday is next week. MH keeps asking what I want. I can't for the life of me come up with a single idea. Usually when I can't think of anything, my go to is a spa day away from everyone, but I'm not comfortable with that. We don't usually do super large gifts. Any ideas? Right now my list would be: -skincare, I have a few more pricey items my mom gifted me that I love -pajamas, I've recently started getting super soft PJ sets and they're the best -a new purse -new fall booties and I want leopard print loafers - jewelry, I want a pretty necklace with the kids names or thin stackable rings with the kids names -wood wick candles, I loooooove these even though I can't smell! I can't stop laughing about the candles since you can't smell them.
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Post by guster on Sept 15, 2020 7:41:22 GMT -6
MH did buy me birthstone jewelry for each kid when they were born. I look at them more like pieces I treasure, not pieces I’m always going to wear. For November, they are simple drop earrings with the birthstone surrounded by diamonds, and for Charlie it’s a little funkier and the aquamarine is nestled as the leaves of a tree in a medallion fit a necklace. It actually does look really nice as a statement piece, and I always get compliments when I wear it.
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Post by peachsmama on Sept 15, 2020 8:36:19 GMT -6
I love all my kids birthstones, just not together..
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Post by trtlcrzy on Sept 15, 2020 14:37:10 GMT -6
There are alternative birthstone options if you don’t love citrine. I originally really didn’t like it, but have grown to appreciate it. DH gave me a couple of gift cards to our jeweler and I purchased these a few years ago. I plan to gift them to H eventually when she’s much older. They are diamonds and citrine, I don’t wear them super frequently. This is a terrible picture, but you get the idea.
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Post by jewels on Sept 15, 2020 14:44:39 GMT -6
Thanks - I ended up finding 2 different necklace options I liked so I send the links to MH and told him to decide between the 2
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