The week is still young.

[milano]

Let's pretend it is Monday. What are you drinking this morning? What's on your agenda this week? Did you do anything notable for Valentines Day?

[milano]

I'm working on my third cup of hot coffee now, with chobani creamer. The kids loved their valentines day stuff at school yesterday and came home with so much candy - when did Valentines Day become the new Halloween?! We did stickers and glow sticks. We have a lot of appointments and commitments this week and then are visiting my family this weekend. The forecast is warming up, we had a 65 degree day on Saturday and it was so glorious, we spent the entire day outside.

[stringy]

Just took the pup for a woods walk and its about 9 degrees out but she doesn't even feel cold.

Need to heat up some more coffee...

[sarenu]

Coffee with milk.

I have to present some updated training in an hour, meetings, and getting some Share Point setup.

I need to get take another day of PTO next week before it goes away March 1st.

[tj]

Coffee and a protein shake over here. P sees the ophthalmologist today to explore the bubbles and tracers she sees. She is scared. Mh is leaving for a long weekend to help his dad out with some stuff, and I’m already nervous about being home alone with the kids again. I’ve been helping my parents so much it feels weird to be home alone with the girls.

[tj]

Oh! Mh did get me a super cute gf/df vday gift! It’s an almond bark white chocolate heart:



And you break it open with the little mallet to find all of these gf/df treats!



2 macarons, 2 frosted sugar cookies, 2 truffles, and some chocolate dipped pretzels. It is quite rare to find such a fun allergy friendly treat!

[mintyblueair]

That looks amazing tj!

[mintyblueair]

I'm having my first cup of coffee with cream and sugar. The older two are at school this morning. We're expecting yet another big dump of snow today.

MH and I don't really give each other anything for Valentine's Day, but we did have nachos and red velvet cake for dinner and dessert last night. The kids got chocolates from us but they also brought home a lot of treats from school (N only goes to preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays so she got hers last week). Poor L has a nut allergy and he came home very worried that maybe some of his treats contained nuts (they didn't). I'm so glad he's cautious but his level of worry is high.

[mintyblueair]

Oh, MH did surprise me with a Starbucks mocha yesterday morning so maybe that counts as something 😆

[mc13]

Regular coffee with milk and sugar. I helped out in R's class for her valentines party yesterday and it was so adorable. One of my clients is launching a new product this week so I'm buried in email writing/formatting/sending. And my other client just announced she's pregnant with her 6th kid. I'm still all 😳😳 about it. I mean, I'm happy for them, but also I get overwhelmed just THINKING about 6 kids ranging from newborn-12 + running a business. Hopefully things will calm down next week since the girls are off for winter break. I might take them to my parents for a few days to leave T to work in peace and quiet.

[rugger]

I'm on my 3rd small cup of coffee. It wasn't freezing this morning, so we walked to the bus stop and I brought the dog along so we could play in the field after.

milano Valentine's is totally like a mini Halloween now! The kids school even put out several messages saying candy was strongly discouraged, but the girls still came home with lollipops, pop rocks, and chocolates. We sent pop-it bracelets this year.

This week is super light for me. Still waiting on a client to deal with COVID running through her family, so I'm trying to work through some certification stuff that I've put off for too long.

[rugger]

We did not do anything super special for Valentine's. R had an early hockey game, so I just threw together a quick dinner.

S and I made chocolate covered strawberries Sunday night, so everyone had some of those yesterday. And S bought us an orchid plant, so that was sweet.

I miss the days where we used to pick a new recipe from a cuisine/culture we hadn't cooked before and then cook together.

[charlotte]

tj that looks so good!

mc13 wow at six kids. I feel like I can barely keep my head above water with two!

MH made me chocolate-covered strawberries last night.. we didn’t really do anything else except exchange cards. My kids had a great time at their school Valentine’s parties!

[charlotte]

I am finishing up my second cup of coffee. I had a quick outpatient procedure this morning and now I’m regretting scheduling a bunch of work meetings for this afternoon. I wish I’d milked this situation and taken the whole day off haha.

It’s super super nice outside here! Hoping to take a family walk this afternoon when the kids get home.

[rhymeswithdisco]

I had 3 cups of black coffee. Headed out in a few minutes to grab a grocery order and then do a quick bike ride before I am stuck in meetings all afternoon.

Nothing special here for valentine's day. The kids had an incredible amount of candy and then dinner and crashed out early. I was asleep by 8:30 last night.

[mapleme]

It's really cold in my office. We've been closing up all of the holes in the building (the previous owners would cut holes in the building for exhaust/plumbing/fuel/etc, but not caulk/insulate around the hole). In theory this does great things for the heat in the building. However, our heated make up air (which replaces the air sucked out by the exhaust hood in the kitchen) isn't working properly. So it's off. So we have negative air pressure in the building, which means that we suck warm air from everywhere in the building (instead of just through those hundreds of tiny holes in the walls). So my office, which is 1.5 football fields away from the kitchen, has a breeze and is cold. I really hate how long it takes to get anything fixed right now.

[DGM]

I'm finishing my instant Vietnamese coffee. I set up the auto-brew last night but forgot to put in coffee grounds. They were still in the measuring cup this morning, and I was very mad about a pot of only hot water 🤨

We made and delivered chocolate dipped pretzels with Valentine sprinkles for local family over the weekend and mailed Valentines to out of town cousins last week. When the kids woke up yesterday, they each had a new sticker book, mint chocolate heart, and Valentine balloon waiting at the table! MH and I usually like to do a nice dinner date the weekend before Valentine's but skipped it again this year due to Covid and no childcare. Our church is having a Fun Date Night with child care, catered dinner, and axe throwing next week. I wanted to go but then realized we'd be the only ones masked and may be the only ones vaccinated so no thank you.

[ovenrack]

I’m behind. Hello friends.

I had decaf earl grey this morning. M is now making my tea perfectly, start to finish. It’s amazing. Coffee - she hasn’t perfected the amount of sweetener yet. But it is close.

We are picking up the kittens a week from yesterday - Tuesday - and today is my last day with all the kids in school (school vacation next week) so I’m trying to get everything ready.

I’m tired. I’m cold. But I’m fine.

[tj]

Feb 16, 2022 8:38:50 GMT -6 ovenrack said:

I’m behind. Hello friends.

I had decaf earl grey this morning. M is now making my tea perfectly, start to finish. It’s amazing. Coffee - she hasn’t perfected the amount of sweetener yet. But it is close.

We are picking up the kittens a week from yesterday - Tuesday - and today is my last day with all the kids in school (school vacation next week) so I’m trying to get everything ready.

I’m tired. I’m cold. But I’m fine.