Fabulous Friday!

[klong11]

Morning ladies!

[klong11]

Happy Birthday mwhip!

[mwhip]

Thanks klong11!

Working today. :-( I wish we were closed for Good Friday. Think we may have driveway drinks tonight if Evie takes her shot quickly. Also hoping to get our of work a little early.

[wedding]

mwhip, Happy Birthday!

[nam2013]

mwhip happy birthday! Hope those driveway drinks will happen, they sound fun!

[guster]

Happy Birthday, mwhip!

[guster]

Hi! Today we’re celebrating 3 years in our house! I ordered the stuff to make a good dinner and a bottle of champagne.
I stuffed Easter eggs last night — I think
We’re going to hide them inside bc it won’t be warm enough on Sunday morning.

[inthekitty]

Hope you get to celebrate tonight or this weekend mwhip. Happy birthday! 🎈🎁🎉

[nam2013]

Morning ladies! Schools is closed for Good Friday, so I had both kids and and a nap refusing baby... I send dd&ds upstairs to clean their rooms while I set up an Easter craft. I used slightly heavier paper then normal printer paper, cut out eggs and drew on them with a white wax crayon. The kids coloured them with water paint and the pattern I drew would show up. After they kids were done painting I made a Garland out of them. The first batch of eggs didn’t work that well because I drew to lightly, but the second batch turned out better and the ‘magic’ eggs kept them entertained for over and hour, so a win in my book.

The two big kids went to my parents, where they are having a dress up party, so cute. Dh just got home and I’m running a bath, so I can relaxed for a bit before the kids get home.

[inthekitty]

I'm in a weird mood. We're going to Oregon tonight to stay with my parents for the first time in over a year. The girls are thrilled. But I have to be in the office today and the house is a disaster. I've told them we're not leaving until the house is clean because I hate nothing more than coming back from vacation to a dirty house. I'm so sick of the kids trashing it. I'm ready to have a garage sale so they can witness as I sell all their stuff to the neighbor kids.

I'm trying to stay positive though because once we get on the road I should have several days of peace. On Monday the kids are staying with my parents through Wednesday and MH and I are going to stay in Portland for a few days.

[trtlcrzy]

Good morning. All the kids are home for Easter break. H is being a real brat about sharing the switch so that’s fun. It’s going to be nice today so we will play outside, maybe even go to a park.

Happy birthday mwhip!

[lahdeedah]

mwhip Happy Birthday! Hope you have a good day and get to have drinks later.

inthekitty Hope everyone cooperates and your weekend can begin stress free. Safe travels and have fun!

[nam2013]

inthekitty ooooh I hate that too! Hope you can leave the office on time (or even early!) and the girls and your h help clearing the house!

A few days sans kids does sound amazing... especially in Portland! There’s a toystore there I would love visit and of course all the breweries. I’ve always thought Portland would suit Dh and me, based on web research only 😂.

Eta Yes I’m that obsessed with beautiful toy stores, even pre-kids I would always look one up wherever we went, it weird I know.

[lahdeedah]

Morning.

I’m at work. Not a bad day. The boys have a haircut appt at 10 and I called Mh early to let him know how I wanted M2’s cut. I casually reminded him it was probably time to get up and going so the boys have time to eat before leaving because they were all still asleep. Guess what time the outside motion camera caught them leaving... 950. 😒 Its at least a 20min drive from our house if traffic cooperates. I won’t mention it to him because pick your battles and all. 🤷🏽‍♀️

FIL is dropping off MIL just after lunch and she’ll be with us this weekend so the boys are excited. I’m glad to have the extra hands because MH and I will be trying to pack up some things for him to take back with him so he has what he needs. I’m also planning to go through his side of the closet and purge. Time to get rid of those old button down shirts from 20yrs ago. 🙄

[inthekitty]

nam2013 Portland is a great city. I'm not really a city person, I'm a suburb/medium town type. Portland is perfect. It's not that big but still has the great things about a city without being overwhelming and tons of nature and greenery right in the city. Wonderful public transportation.

We're actually staying at an Airbnb in Beaverton by where we used to live and right on the Max line so we can just take the train.

I think on Monday I want to hike Multnomah Falls if the weather cooperates. Tuesday I was thinking of maybe a walk around Forest Park, perhaps go to Powell's bookstore, and good food in the Pearl District. There's also a food cart mall right by where we're staying. When we lived there we had so many good food opportunities. The town I live in now has a major good restaurant decifit so I'm looking forward to it.

[inthekitty]

I'm in my office today and it's freezing. I used to have a contraband space heater for so I was looking for it and opened a box that ended up being a bunch of old school crap. I got rid of the vast majority of stuff from school, but I graduated over a decade ago, I can't believe I still have any of this shit. Like what the hell do I need Rorschach cards for? No one uses this stuff. I have results from an old psych battery I put my husband through. Ted Bundy's Rorschach test results. My notes from my license exam. Oi.

[nam2013]

inthekitty see that sounds like our kind of place! We live in a city, but for US standards it’s tiny (160.000 people). Although we visited a lot of cities, they often feel to big for us, and I love seeing some greenery!

Eta our city is big enough to have tons of restaurants, school, museums etc, but it is also a 20 minute bike ride to the dunes and a 30 minute ride to the beach, for us its perfect.

[lfig]

Hi! We are on our way to FL but broke down on the side of the Highway in AL. Waiting for a tow to the dealership. Fun times.

[guster]

Hope they get you up and running soon, lfig!

[nam2013]

lfig oh no! Hope you’ll be in your way again soon!

[peachsmama]

It's been so long that I forgot how exhausting it is to vacation with children....

[nam2013]

inthekitty hope you’re (almost) on your way home and good to go! Safe travels .

[wedding]

I hope you are back on your way soon lfig.

[wedding]

I’m watching that Mrs Pelegrine movie and I’m having a hard time squaring the main character with his character on Sex Education 🤣

[lfig]

So turns out the transmission went out. Good news is we have a lifetime warranty on it. Bad news is, it’s back ordered and they have no clue if it will be in this week or in 3 weeks. So we happen to have a friend who lives 30 minutes from where we broke down in AL. So he came to get us, we are staying with him tonight. Tomorrow we are going to rent a car and drive the rest of the way for our trip. Then pray our truck is ready when we come back through in a week. If it’s not, we will drive rental car all the way home. And get our truck later.

[inthekitty]

Oh man lfig. That sucks. I'm glad you had a friend nearby. Have you ever been to the Peanut Festival in Dothan, AL? Good times.

wedding lol! I kept thinking of him as Otis too. 😂

[kim22]

mwhip Happy Birthday 🎂

inthekitty enjoy your kid free time!

lfig glad you are off the road and you have a place to stay tonight.

lahdeedah hope you can find some time for yourself this weekend after solo parenting the past few weeks.

The big kids had a great time today even though it was sooo cold there were actual snow flurries hitting us in the face. I managed to only ride 3 rides and they rode every open rollercoaster so that was a win. My fingers and toes will never be warm again.

[chrisy01]

Happy Birthday [mention]mwhip [/mention]

[chrisy01]

[mention]lfig [/mention] I’m glad you are safe.

[chrisy01]

Yesterday was our 15th wedding anniversary and we did a good event, which was sort of fun but hard since I can’t eat most foods right now and it was over 90 degrees.

I also started one of my prerequisites on Monday and I’m already 3/4 of the way done. I want to get all 3 classes done this month so I don’t have to pay another fee. Then in may I officially start my masters. I’m super excited. My degree for my bachelors was sent to the printer today so I should get it hopefully in a week or two. Lots going on here