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Post by sarenu on May 22, 2021 6:55:42 GMT -6
Any plans? Just hiding in bed? Enjoying the weather?
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Post by sarenu on May 22, 2021 7:12:35 GMT -6
My husband and C are off for a hair cut.
I plan to finish up some work on the curtains while I wait for him to get back.
Then I need to run out for plants.
This weekend is going to be overcast and rain tomorrow. So I’m going to try to get as many projects done as possible.
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Post by charlotte on May 22, 2021 7:26:22 GMT -6
I have a SHIT ton of work to do on the computer this weekend. I have no idea when I will be able to do it except for staying up late.
I also need to catch up on our expenditures spreadsheet and plan a trip we are supposed to take in the fall.
In a bit we are taking the kids to the splash pad.
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Post by snowmoon on May 22, 2021 8:39:51 GMT -6
I’m avoiding everything on my list and reading instead. I do have to go to the pharmacy at some point.
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Post by mintyblueair on May 22, 2021 9:19:15 GMT -6
I got up with the baby at 7 and everyone else slept till after 8. Then we made waffles. It's raining and chilly this morning but we will try to get outside this afternoon.
I need to unload the dishwasher, reload it, and then tidy the random toys that are laying around. I desperately need to make a pile of toys and other things to be donated because we just have too much stuff and it's stressing me out. But first I'm going to make a second cup of coffee and read a bit.
Oh, my husband has friends in France who were planning to get married last June but then covid started right at the time we were looking into buying airline tickets. I was secretly very relieved. Now they emailed him to say they pushed the date to June 2022, so he's putting the pressure on again for us to plan to go. We have time to think about it but my instinct is to say no way. But then maybe it would be amazing and I'd regret not going? I don't know😑
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Post by milano on May 22, 2021 10:23:27 GMT -6
MH and J got up at 530 for a sunrise kayak ride. M and I went to swim lessons (I have to get in the water with her or she won't participate...ugh). I'm now very ready to get to the beach because it's 90 today but I'm waiting on the rest of my family to get their butts in gear. We have a ton of leftover Lebanese food from yesterday's takeout so no cooking needed tonight.
Tomorrow we are meeting a couple of our neighbor families at the beach for the afternoon/dinner picnic.
I have several outdoor projects that I need to do but the beach calls me so I'm not going to worry about it for now.
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Post by Speedy on May 22, 2021 11:40:24 GMT -6
We all slept in lol. Hubby went and got groceries so we could make breakfast because we ran out of eggs. He also got fruit which I've been craving, so W got her first taste. She made faces but kept going back, especially for the cherries. DH is going to get his vaccine here shortly, then I have to run to the store and grab some stuff so we can finish the planter box, so that I can FINALLY get stuff in it! I also need to take some plants out of my starter tray so I can harden them off.
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Post by mc13 on May 22, 2021 15:37:11 GMT -6
Knocked a few things off our to do list - hanging curtain rod and curtains in T’s office and breaking down the wooden crate the swing set came in.
R had a lacrosse game this afternoon. Her kindergarten teacher, who has 4 elementary aged kiddos of her own, came to watch her and her classmate’s entire game. Teachers are amazing. R will be talking about this for weeks.
It’s now unexpectedly raining so our evening neighborhood food truck event is canceled so we just fed the girls chips and popsicles for dinner. Might try to get them to eat a hot dog too.
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Post by charlotte on May 22, 2021 17:37:17 GMT -6
mc13 um a lacrosse team of kindergarteners sounds adorable!
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Post by rugger on May 22, 2021 21:00:36 GMT -6
We had A's last soccer game today. Took the girls out for ice cream afterward and then just chilled at the house the rest of the day.
And, we found out that our neighbors are officially moving this summer, so I'm nervous and anxious to have new next door neighbors.
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Post by mc13 on May 23, 2021 4:55:40 GMT -6
mc13 um a lacrosse team of kindergarteners sounds adorable! It IS adorable! They only play 3v3, no goalies (big kids play 12v12 with goalies). R is surprisingly good at defense and getting open, but runs away any time someone goes to pass her the ball. 🤣
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Post by sarenu on May 23, 2021 7:47:07 GMT -6
mc13 um a lacrosse team of kindergarteners sounds adorable! It IS adorable! They only play 3v3, no goalies (big kids play 12v12 with goalies). R is surprisingly good at defense and getting open, but runs away any time someone goes to pass her the ball. 🤣 Okay, I was slightly panicked thinking there were a bunch of 5/6 year olds running around with sticks. But 3 vs 3 sounds perfectly adorable.
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Post by sarenu on May 23, 2021 7:53:47 GMT -6
I hurt all over today. My husband got most of the bricks cut to complete the spacing in the patio. 10 cuts to go. We ended up ripping out 2 areas to level it better and moving a bunch.
I came home with a bunch of vegetable plants yesterday and ripped out the last of our annuals and planted veggies.
The area gets decent sun. So I’m hoping they grow well.
I should go grab 2 bags of top soil and fill our front planter a little better before I finish planting flowers.
We are in desperate need to power wash the house, gutters, and front brick work. And I need to do some research on shady area plants. The garden bed up front is in need of a makeover.
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May 23, 2021 8:51:25 GMT -6
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Post by grumpycakes on May 23, 2021 8:51:25 GMT -6
I got up with the baby at 7 and everyone else slept till after 8. Then we made waffles. It's raining and chilly this morning but we will try to get outside this afternoon. I need to unload the dishwasher, reload it, and then tidy the random toys that are laying around. I desperately need to make a pile of toys and other things to be donated because we just have too much stuff and it's stressing me out. But first I'm going to make a second cup of coffee and read a bit. Oh, my husband has friends in France who were planning to get married last June but then covid started right at the time we were looking into buying airline tickets. I was secretly very relieved. Now they emailed him to say they pushed the date to June 2022, so he's putting the pressure on again for us to plan to go. We have time to think about it but my instinct is to say no way. But then maybe it would be amazing and I'd regret not going? I don't know😑 If you like the group of people that will be there, you should definitely go. I was very hesitant to spend the money on going to one of DH’s friend’s destination weddings and it ended up being just epically fun and something we still talk about 15 years later. We also traveled across the country for my childhood BFF’s wedding and it was hard to make it work, schedule-wise, but was also just a fantastic time. We made friends with her new husband’s crew of college buddies and it was like we’d known them for years. And it was so cool to visit and see where my BFF lived. Basically...travel weddings are great. 10/10
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Post by mintyblueair on May 23, 2021 9:18:44 GMT -6
I got up with the baby at 7 and everyone else slept till after 8. Then we made waffles. It's raining and chilly this morning but we will try to get outside this afternoon. I need to unload the dishwasher, reload it, and then tidy the random toys that are laying around. I desperately need to make a pile of toys and other things to be donated because we just have too much stuff and it's stressing me out. But first I'm going to make a second cup of coffee and read a bit. Oh, my husband has friends in France who were planning to get married last June but then covid started right at the time we were looking into buying airline tickets. I was secretly very relieved. Now they emailed him to say they pushed the date to June 2022, so he's putting the pressure on again for us to plan to go. We have time to think about it but my instinct is to say no way. But then maybe it would be amazing and I'd regret not going? I don't know😑 If you like the group of people that will be there, you should definitely go. I was very hesitant to spend the money on going to one of DH’s friend’s destination weddings and it ended up being just epically fun and something we still talk about 15 years later. We also traveled across the country for my childhood BFF’s wedding and it was hard to make it work, schedule-wise, but was also just a fantastic time. We made friends with her new husband’s crew of college buddies and it was like we’d known them for years. And it was so cool to visit and see where my BFF lived. Basically...travel weddings are great. 10/10 I do really like the friends who are getting married. I wouldn't know anyone else and they would all be French, but if I have enough to drink my French magically improves. I'm sure we would have f The thing is, my husband wants to bring all the kids because he seizes upon any opportunity to go to France so that we can also visit his family. That's the part that gives me anxiety. I have a strong fear of flying, especially with kids, and then travelling around with 3 kids sounds exhausting and stressful. I wish I was one of those people who was breezy about travelling with kids but I'm just not 😑 I asked him today if just he and I should go, but he sees it as a missed opportunity for his family to get to know our kids, and I get that. Another option that we had kind of planned the last time we were thinking of going is to bring my parents along. They're always up for travelling and would be a huge help. He wants it to be a 2 week endeavour, one week in the North where his friends live, one week with his family near Paris.
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Post by mintyblueair on May 23, 2021 9:20:51 GMT -6
We planted flowers and a couple of tomato plants this morning. It was misting while we were planting, which was nice. MH bought the flowers yesterday (only one person can go to stores here, so I couldn't go along) and bought kind of a weird assortment.
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Post by charlotte on May 23, 2021 9:42:02 GMT -6
The good news- I finally updated my expenditures spreadsheet for the month of May.
The bad news- the amount we spend on groceries depresses me so much every time.
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Post by grumpycakes on May 23, 2021 9:56:37 GMT -6
If you like the group of people that will be there, you should definitely go. I was very hesitant to spend the money on going to one of DH’s friend’s destination weddings and it ended up being just epically fun and something we still talk about 15 years later. We also traveled across the country for my childhood BFF’s wedding and it was hard to make it work, schedule-wise, but was also just a fantastic time. We made friends with her new husband’s crew of college buddies and it was like we’d known them for years. And it was so cool to visit and see where my BFF lived. Basically...travel weddings are great. 10/10 I do really like the friends who are getting married. I wouldn't know anyone else and they would all be French, but if I have enough to drink my French magically improves. I'm sure we would have f The thing is, my husband wants to bring all the kids because he seizes upon any opportunity to go to France so that we can also visit his family. That's the part that gives me anxiety. I have a strong fear of flying, especially with kids, and then travelling around with 3 kids sounds exhausting and stressful. I wish I was one of those people who was breezy about travelling with kids but I'm just not 😑 I asked him today if just he and I should go, but he sees it as a missed opportunity for his family to get to know our kids, and I get that. Another option that we had kind of planned the last time we were thinking of going is to bring my parents along. They're always up for travelling and would be a huge help. He wants it to be a 2 week endeavour, one week in the North where his friends live, one week with his family near Paris. Oh I totally get that. Both of my experiences were child-free. Bringing your parents sounds like a good compromise!
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Post by mc13 on May 23, 2021 11:25:17 GMT -6
If you like the group of people that will be there, you should definitely go. I was very hesitant to spend the money on going to one of DH’s friend’s destination weddings and it ended up being just epically fun and something we still talk about 15 years later. We also traveled across the country for my childhood BFF’s wedding and it was hard to make it work, schedule-wise, but was also just a fantastic time. We made friends with her new husband’s crew of college buddies and it was like we’d known them for years. And it was so cool to visit and see where my BFF lived. Basically...travel weddings are great. 10/10 I do really like the friends who are getting married. I wouldn't know anyone else and they would all be French, but if I have enough to drink my French magically improves. I'm sure we would have f The thing is, my husband wants to bring all the kids because he seizes upon any opportunity to go to France so that we can also visit his family. That's the part that gives me anxiety. I have a strong fear of flying, especially with kids, and then travelling around with 3 kids sounds exhausting and stressful. I wish I was one of those people who was breezy about travelling with kids but I'm just not 😑 I asked him today if just he and I should go, but he sees it as a missed opportunity for his family to get to know our kids, and I get that. Another option that we had kind of planned the last time we were thinking of going is to bring my parents along. They're always up for travelling and would be a huge help. He wants it to be a 2 week endeavour, one week in the North where his friends live, one week with his family near Paris. I’m definitely on team go with the kids! We travel with our girls (Paris/London last year at 5yo and 3.5yo twins, planning Japan next year) and from our experience, the anxiety build up before leaving is always way worse than actually doing it. I think taking your parents would be a great compromise. Then you’d have extra hands through the airport and can even spread the kids among the adults on the plane, not to mention babysitters for while you attend the wedding.
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Post by Speedy on May 23, 2021 11:35:19 GMT -6
okay, I went to the store yesterday and got the stuff, and also some peppers since my best friend put the ones I grew out in the sun and they got sunburnt and died. I wound up not taking anything out to harden off because they're calling for possible frost tonight and I'm a lazy hardener (I just leave everything on my shady patio). It's pouring rain today so not much is getting done, but the gardens will love it so I can't complain!
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Post by mintyblueair on May 23, 2021 15:42:45 GMT -6
I do really like the friends who are getting married. I wouldn't know anyone else and they would all be French, but if I have enough to drink my French magically improves. I'm sure we would have f The thing is, my husband wants to bring all the kids because he seizes upon any opportunity to go to France so that we can also visit his family. That's the part that gives me anxiety. I have a strong fear of flying, especially with kids, and then travelling around with 3 kids sounds exhausting and stressful. I wish I was one of those people who was breezy about travelling with kids but I'm just not 😑 I asked him today if just he and I should go, but he sees it as a missed opportunity for his family to get to know our kids, and I get that. Another option that we had kind of planned the last time we were thinking of going is to bring my parents along. They're always up for travelling and would be a huge help. He wants it to be a 2 week endeavour, one week in the North where his friends live, one week with his family near Paris. I’m definitely on team go with the kids! We travel with our girls (Paris/London last year at 5yo and 3.5yo twins, planning Japan next year) and from our experience, the anxiety build up before leaving is always way worse than actually doing it. I think taking your parents would be a great compromise. Then you’d have extra hands through the airport and can even spread the kids among the adults on the plane, not to mention babysitters for while you attend the wedding. Yeah, I'll have to bring it up with my parents soon. I'm sure they'll agree to come and that would make it 1000x easier. I'm pretty sure I'll need Ativan or lots of booze to survive the flight so if there are other functional adults on the plane that will be good! Plus the kids will be almost-6, 4, and 21 months, which seem like good ages to go! I'm going to have to suck it up and do it, I think.
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Post by rhymeswithdisco on May 23, 2021 16:01:13 GMT -6
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Post by Speedy on May 23, 2021 18:18:39 GMT -6
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Post by mapleme on May 23, 2021 18:25:50 GMT -6
We had M's birthday party today. We invited 5 classmates from school and had it at an outdoor park shelter. It was supposed to rain, but just ended up being suuuuper windy. M turned 7, so I was on the fence about a drop off vs parent's stay party. The GD board advised that since it was an outdoor location I should make it parent's stay. So I indicated as such on the invite. One parent asked if they could drop off, which I said was fine. And two other parents just did anyway. I mean, it's fine. I can wrangle a lot of kids, but it surprised me. Fortunately, one of the parents who did stay and I totally hit it off. She's relatively new to the area and her son is M's current BFF. We already planned for a playdate by the end of the party.
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Post by sarenu on May 23, 2021 19:29:26 GMT -6
Well I got through shortening 4 curtain panels and connecting the shear panels in the big window.
Cleaned the house, had the 9 year old do laundry, paid the 9 year old $5 for moving laundry and bringing it up stairs for the last 3 weeks.
Also my husband sanded and filled the holes from the old vertical blinds and I painted them. Time to sit down.
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Post by rugger on May 23, 2021 20:04:01 GMT -6
We modified the chicken coop today and it looks much better. But now we're burnt. Oops.
Took the girls to iFly as a sorta birthday gift and then to Cava for dinner.
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Post by nikkipal on May 24, 2021 7:12:36 GMT -6
We went camping at a lake about an hour away this weekend. We stayed 2 nights, which gave us lots of time to hang out and relax on Saturday. Our site was right on the lake, so we had our own little beach. The weather was perfect, so we spent a lot of time just lounging in inner tubes in the water. It was definitely our best camping trip to date. We’ve been camping a lot lately, but we need to take advantage before it gets too hot and gross to go.
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May 24, 2021 8:27:26 GMT -6
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Post by tj on May 24, 2021 8:27:26 GMT -6
We also had P’s bday party this weekend. Classmates and my parents. A tea party that I went entirely overboard on. I am exhausted. We got P her first 2-wheel bike. But it’s been too rainy for her to try it out.
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Post by ovenrack on May 24, 2021 10:14:44 GMT -6
Did I post? I thought I did? I went to a memorial service somewhat unexpectedly this weekend, so I need to catch up on everything in life including HiH.
Hi everyone.
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Post by tj on May 24, 2021 10:45:08 GMT -6
Did I post? I thought I did? I went to a memorial service somewhat unexpectedly this weekend, so I need to catch up on everything in life including HiH. Hi everyone.
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