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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 12:28:20 GMT -6
And I am living it up.
My husband took both kids on the train to grandparents' for a week. I have a week plus two whole weekends to myself.
I'm blasting music and cleaning the house and I am going out for a drink with a neighbor (it's like our first date!) tonight.
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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 13:38:26 GMT -6
Oh and 14 years ago today, my husband had a kidney transplant. I was feeling extra emotional today watching him walk away with both kids and carrying a giant backpack.
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Post by goldenbird on Jul 27, 2024 14:33:43 GMT -6
All that alone time sounds amazing piratecat!!
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 27, 2024 14:36:36 GMT -6
piratecat that sounds amazing! My sister is in a similar situation right now- BIL’s parents took her kids for a week. I’m jealous! We are on our way to my MIL’s house right now, so at least we will have more hands on deck for a bit. We have one week at MIL’s and then one week at my parents’ house. I did a bunch of cleaning right before we left, including clearing out the fridge. I’m already looking forward to my big Costco trip after we get back. 😂
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 27, 2024 14:38:40 GMT -6
I swear every time we make this long drive, we see some sort of produce scattered on the road. Today it was tomatoes- poor guy blew a tire on his semi. Fortunately it didn’t look like too much of his truckload fell off.
Traffic hasn’t been bad, and the kids have been fine in the car… hoping that holds for the next 2.5 hours.
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Post by goldenbird on Jul 27, 2024 14:46:53 GMT -6
I'm working on laundry and drinking wine. 19 Crimes Snoop Dog's Cali Red, one of my fave reds. I started The Decameron on Netflix and it's hilarious.
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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 14:49:48 GMT -6
All that alone time sounds amazing piratecat !! Highly recommend!
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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 14:54:11 GMT -6
piratecat that sounds amazing! My sister is in a similar situation right now- BIL’s parents took her kids for a week. I’m jealous! We are on our way to my MIL’s house right now, so at least we will have more hands on deck for a bit. We have one week at MIL’s and then one week at my parents’ house. I did a bunch of cleaning right before we left, including clearing out the fridge. I’m already looking forward to my big Costco trip after we get back. 😂 My H has done it with the big kid every summer since little kid was born but this is the first year he's taking both kids. Coming home to a clean house is the best -- good job!
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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 15:03:37 GMT -6
It really feels like I'm going on a date. I don't know what to wear and what if we run out of things to talk about?
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Post by goldenbird on Jul 27, 2024 16:24:53 GMT -6
It really feels like I'm going on a date. I don't know what to wear and what if we run out of things to talk about? Lots of sips of drinks to fill any silence lol
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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 16:53:25 GMT -6
It really feels like I'm going on a date. I don't know what to wear and what if we run out of things to talk about? Olympics, binge worthy shows, last movie/book/concert they saw/read, hobbies, favorite parks around town, You got this! Hope the conversation flows and you just roll from one topic to another I’ll use this as a cheat sheet. 🙏🏻
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Post by justbecause on Jul 27, 2024 17:25:29 GMT -6
I went to see Twisters. It was really fun.
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Post by piratecat on Jul 27, 2024 19:46:24 GMT -6
I did it! I think it went well and I only had to bring up the Olympics from my cheat sheet (which didn’t get me very far).
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Post by skategirl128 on Jul 27, 2024 20:47:28 GMT -6
It’s our 6th anniversary today and DS2 turns 3 tomorrow! If someone had told me these things 10 years ago I would have never believed them!
My sister and I spent the day party prepping for tomorrow since DH is working. We have such a fun bluey party planned for DS2. DS1 really got into planning and had a great time prepping pass the parcel and keepy uppy for the littles.
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Post by klw on Jul 27, 2024 20:50:38 GMT -6
It’s our 6th anniversary today and DS2 turns 3 tomorrow! If someone had told me these things 10 years ago I would have never believed them! My sister and I spent the day party prepping for tomorrow since DH is working. We have such a fun bluey party planned for DS2. DS1 really got into planning and had a great time prepping pass the parcel and keepy uppy for the littles. Happy Anniversary! And Happy Birthday to your DS. A Bluey party sounds cute. 💙
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Post by DGM on Jul 27, 2024 22:20:34 GMT -6
piratecat that sounds amazing! My sister is in a similar situation right now- BIL’s parents took her kids for a week. I’m jealous! We are on our way to my MIL’s house right now, so at least we will have more hands on deck for a bit. We have one week at MIL’s and then one week at my parents’ house. I did a bunch of cleaning right before we left, including clearing out the fridge. I’m already looking forward to my big Costco trip after we get back. 😂 IIRC your parents are in my area (San Francisco/Manteca Great Wolf Lodge LOL)? School starts this week or next week for most districts so your kids will get to enjoy empty parks and splash pads except for us weird homeschoolers 😉
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Post by thatgolfb on Jul 27, 2024 22:23:42 GMT -6
piratecat that sounds amazing! My sister is in a similar situation right now- BIL’s parents took her kids for a week. I’m jealous! We are on our way to my MIL’s house right now, so at least we will have more hands on deck for a bit. We have one week at MIL’s and then one week at my parents’ house. I did a bunch of cleaning right before we left, including clearing out the fridge. I’m already looking forward to my big Costco trip after we get back. 😂 IIRC your parents are in my area (San Francisco/Manteca Great Wolf Lodge LOL)? School starts this week or next week for most districts so your kids will get to enjoy empty parks and splash pads except for us weird homeschoolers 😉 Ooh good to know! Yes close to the GWL there 😊
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Post by wasabi on Jul 28, 2024 17:01:13 GMT -6
I would do a lot of unsavory things for a whole week to myself.
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Post by bobyn on Jul 28, 2024 17:24:44 GMT -6
Starting tomorrow, I have two weeks off from work and I am so looking forward to sleeping in and doing the bare minimum to get us through our days. I'm finishing laundry for the week tonight and groceries have been picked up, so now I just get to sit on the couch for the night!
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Post by piratecat on Jul 28, 2024 18:31:50 GMT -6
I would do a lot of unsavory things for a whole week to myself. What should I be doing?
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Post by angelashly on Jul 29, 2024 8:43:20 GMT -6
I went to see Twisters. It was really fun. We saw it as a family last weekend and it was so good
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Post by angelashly on Jul 29, 2024 8:44:09 GMT -6
I can’t believe we have 3.5 weeks left of summer break. I’m not ready.
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Post by icedcoffee on Jul 29, 2024 9:02:44 GMT -6
I went grocery shopping this morning and omg that made me ready for school to start again. Lol.
My wallet is ready for the free B&L at school
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Post by icedcoffee on Jul 29, 2024 9:04:02 GMT -6
I just hate spending so much money on FOOD. Like I'm totally the vacation and going out to eat person, don't mind spending money on that. But just regular boring everyday food costing this much all the time?? Seems so unfair 🤣
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Post by CurlieWhirlie on Jul 29, 2024 10:09:20 GMT -6
piratecat that sounds amazing! My sister is in a similar situation right now- BIL’s parents took her kids for a week. I’m jealous! We are on our way to my MIL’s house right now, so at least we will have more hands on deck for a bit. We have one week at MIL’s and then one week at my parents’ house. I did a bunch of cleaning right before we left, including clearing out the fridge. I’m already looking forward to my big Costco trip after we get back. 😂 IIRC your parents are in my area (San Francisco/Manteca Great Wolf Lodge LOL)? School starts this week or next week for most districts so your kids will get to enjoy empty parks and splash pads except for us weird homeschoolers 😉 Dang your school districts start so early! We still have three and a half weeks of summer left.
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Post by angelashly on Jul 29, 2024 10:18:44 GMT -6
I just hate spending so much money on FOOD. Like I'm totally the vacation and going out to eat person, don't mind spending money on that. But just regular boring everyday food costing this much all the time?? Seems so unfair 🤣 Grocery prices have gone insane. I keep hearing they have gone down but my wallet isn’t feeling it much and we use coupons and sales
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Post by skategirl128 on Jul 29, 2024 10:45:12 GMT -6
I just hate spending so much money on FOOD. Like I'm totally the vacation and going out to eat person, don't mind spending money on that. But just regular boring everyday food costing this much all the time?? Seems so unfair 🤣 Grocery prices have gone insane. I keep hearing they have gone down but my wallet isn’t feeling it much and we use coupons and sales 100% this! I’ve seen no decrease whatsoever. Inflation has been killing us over here! I have to shop sales, use coupons and use Flashfood to try to help our budget.
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Post by wasabi on Jul 29, 2024 11:19:14 GMT -6
I would do a lot of unsavory things for a whole week to myself. What should I be doing? Nothing! I would actually go to all the yoga classes I could, maybe organize my storage closet (that sounds lame huh), order in some good food.
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Post by icedcoffee on Jul 29, 2024 11:42:09 GMT -6
I just hate spending so much money on FOOD. Like I'm totally the vacation and going out to eat person, don't mind spending money on that. But just regular boring everyday food costing this much all the time?? Seems so unfair 🤣 Grocery prices have gone insane. I keep hearing they have gone down but my wallet isn’t feeling it much and we use coupons and sales I get like alllll my kids desserts/snacks/bread in the clearance section and freeze it. I like going early Monday morning cuz they have a ton of cookies/cupcakes/donuts from the weekend on sale. And I buy the managers special stuff for fruit and veggies a lot. And it's still a lot of money!!
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Post by angelashly on Jul 29, 2024 13:45:36 GMT -6
I would do a lot of unsavory things for a whole week to myself. What should I be doing? Watching tv Reading Sleeping Eating good food I would probably purge my kid’s last little kid stuff Nothing
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