It’s Monday Let’s Caffeinate!

[sarenu]

How is your week starting out?

[charlotte]

Good morning!


I am v stressed about work this week. And I acknowledge that most of it is me stressing about stuff that isn’t worth stressing over. I am who I am.

On a positive note, I’m excited to cook some yummy meals this week. And we are having pretty great weather so I’m going to try to walk the dog over lunch every day.

Also I kept up with my budget/spending spreadsheet every day this month 🥳. Next step is to work on reducing the spending in our problem categories next month.

[sarenu]

Kids are all in school/daycare.

Today or tomorrow we should hopefully hear from the city about our garage.

I need to figure out the length of my dress and skirt size. So I can start cutting fabric tonight. I think I want it to fall just below my knee. And I’m trying not to waist fabric.

[milano]

I have downed a few cups of coffee, while facilitating a virtual school day for J. After lunch we will head out into the snow and do some exploring/shoveling. M had school today but I kept her home, bc snow. This week is moderately busy. MH's birthday is Sat so I'm trying to plan some celebrations for that - we are going out to dinner that night with some friends. He has never had an actual birthday party and I was hoping this would be the year I could throw him a big surprise bash, but I guess we will try again in 2023. I have zero ideas of what to get him for his birthday.

[rugger]

New, local coffee (espresso roast) in the tank. It's really good. Will buy again.

Got in a 15min play/train session with the dog. Dishes are done.

I need to work out, then check the dollar store for a dog collar I could use to modify her muzzle strap (trainer soap box: consider muzzle training your dog just in case they need it for medical reasons or poop eating management, etc).

I also want to get some small canning jars for storing her raw food. Just need to decide if the 4oz jars are enough, or if I want to jump to 6oz, but not fill them completely (she gets 4-5oz each meal).

R has a hockey game tonight, so hopefully that goes well. Ooh, maybe I should snag her some better socks today to wear with her skates.

It's supposed to snow 6-10 inches tomorrow night, so I'm preparing myself for a virtual day on Wed.

[pbandj714]

I'm stressed. We're expecting a decent amount of snow later in the week so I'm sure the kids will have a snow day...which falls on me since I WFH. It feels like they haven't had a full week of school yet this year.

Scheduled the dog for surgery. She's been 3-legging and none of her meds are working for her anymore so the vet wants to remove the pin in her hind leg that's been there since 2011 when she suffered a bad break (before we adopted her). I really hope it goes well and helps her. She is my heart animal.

Planning to work after the kids go to bed each night this week so that I won't fall behind when my days are inevitably shit shows.

[ovenrack]

I made bad coffee. What did I do?

[charlotte]

Ugh pbandj714 I hope this week goes easy on you.

[mintyblueair]

I'm having a second cup of coffee right now. I'm exhausted.

After weeks (months, actually) of waffling on whether or not we should take a family trip to France this spring/summer, I officially chickened out and said no. MH is going to go by himself. He'll go to his friend's wedding and then visit his family. He was waiting on his brother to give him dates for our niece's baptism because he had mentioned he wanted to do it while MH is there and he just...never got back to him. So he booked his ticket today and it was almost $300 more than it would have been if he had booked it two weeks ago. I'm annoyed. I also feel guilty that we're not all going. I just think it'll be a bit easier on all of us if we go next year (or the year after, since I will likely be in school next year).

Anyway. My plan this week is to call some roofing contractors about our roof issues. And I have a lot of reading to do.

[sarenu]

I hate cutting out patterns.

And yesterday I discovered I am 3 different sizes for a fitted top (and petite) Plus I think I’m going to modify the zipper to go higher on the dress.

No wonder dresses look like crap on me unless they are a specific cut.

[rugger]

Jan 31, 2022 13:02:16 GMT -6 ovenrack said:

I made bad coffee. What did I do?

Wrong ratio? Is it too weak or too strong?

New bean that's not great to begin with?

[milano]

For those with snow, or expecting snow:

Make this! www.gimmesomeoven.com/how-to-make-snow-ice-cream-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR0MPrfp4WUAkswwzBFfJPw3WurwybdjLPwm3duXkPSvTi6pUM9dAwtn4tM

It's super easy and super delicious. Also can be made DF. Mine isn't real quite because my granulated sugar is tan so my kids said it looks like pee snow, but I promise it doesn't taste like it.

[tj]

Jan 31, 2022 15:00:16 GMT -6 milano said:

For those with snow, or expecting snow:

Make this! www.gimmesomeoven.com/how-to-make-snow-ice-cream-recipe/?fbclid=IwAR0MPrfp4WUAkswwzBFfJPw3WurwybdjLPwm3duXkPSvTi6pUM9dAwtn4tM

It's super easy and super delicious. Also can be made DF. Mine isn't real quite because my granulated sugar is tan so my kids said it looks like pee snow, but I promise it doesn't taste like it.

My grandma used to make us snow ice cream when I was little! But she used sweetened condensed milk and vanilla though. But omg it was always just so good.

[tj]

I’m so tired today. We had a long crazy travel weekend and taking care of my parents. Then I couldn’t fall asleep for a while last night and when I finally did, I dreamed soooo hard. Like here it is almost 4, and I feel like I could close my eyes and go right back into my dream.

But we still have soccer practice and a game tonight after I get off work. So it’ll be a late night and another sleepy day tomorrow.

[ovenrack]

Jan 31, 2022 14:46:51 GMT -6 rugger said:

Jan 31, 2022 13:02:16 GMT -6 ovenrack said:

I made bad coffee. What did I do?

Wrong ratio? Is it too weak or too strong?

New bean that's not great to begin with?

Same beans. I pre-grind my coffee about once a week because A keeps his regular beans in the grinder usually (mine are decaf).

I dunno what’s up. I’ll chalk it up to a bad morning.

[mapleme]

Today was wall to wall meetings and we didn’t even get all the meetings done. So much meeting.

[nikkipal]

Today was my last day of a 5 day stretch off. Last Thursday was my 40th birthday, so we went to this amazing spa resort in the mountains (but for only 1 night, bc omg the prices). My mom kept M and we got a couples massage and hung out in the spa for a few hours. It was a really nice getaway.

I was using a lot of coffee creamer, so I’ve switched to using vanilla almond milk or some caramel protein shake. It’s definitely not as delicious, but I’m used to it now.

[charlotte]

Happy belated birthday nikkipal!

[stringy]

Jan 31, 2022 18:36:32 GMT -6 charlotte said:

Happy belated birthday nikkipal!

And [mention]ovenrack [/mention] !!

[Speedy]

I'm super late to the party today lol. I had to call the doctor today because they were supposed to send a bloodwork request by email and I just never got it? So going for bloodwork tomorrow. Then I worked. My life is so exciting lately lol. I did run some muffins over to my bestie and it was so weird to get out of the house. Between snow and sickies I basically haven't gone further than my mailbox in a while. BTW, use whatever banana bread recipe you have and make it with applesauce. SO GOOD.
I can't remember if I mentioned it here or not but I got super into budgeting at the beginning of the month (yay ADHD brain lol). I calculated the other day and this past month I managed to save $150 while paying off an extra $300 of debt. It may be a bit addictive lol.

[ovenrack]

I made better coffee today.