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Post by flamingo on Aug 19, 2017 21:54:20 GMT -6
flamingo not sure where in VA you are but if you have a Wegmans they probably have a place to drop your kids off. I don't think they are this far south/east yet. Down here it's Farm Fresh, Harris Teeter, and the occasional Kroger and Food Lion. I have heard rumors that we are getting both Publix (my personal fave) and Wegman's but not sure if it's actually true :/
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 19, 2017 22:02:03 GMT -6
flamingo not sure where in VA you are but if you have a Wegmans they probably have a place to drop your kids off. I don't think they are this far south/east yet. Down here it's Farm Fresh, Harris Teeter, and the occasional Kroger and Food Lion. I have heard rumors that we are getting both Publix (my personal fave) and Wegman's but not sure if it's actually true :/ You may as well get your guest room ready for me if you get a Publix. Wegmans is amazing, we had one up north, but everything is second to Publix. We have a Food Lion and an Acme with rotten produce. Which is why I Amazon Fresh every week.
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Post by vino on Aug 19, 2017 22:06:43 GMT -6
sophiegrace I feel sorry for your sister. She clearly lacks confidence and trust. Her head is spinning with all this shit and is looking at all the small 'problems' and lashing out at everyone instead of analyzing whats happening within her four walls.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 19, 2017 22:09:25 GMT -6
We're home and both kids are in bed.
H was a rockstar the whole trip.
M was not delightful to travel with...
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Post by vino on Aug 19, 2017 22:10:02 GMT -6
Julia went to bed at 7:15pm, B was out by 8:20pm and MH was out by 8:55pm. Day 2 of me outlasting every one in the house. Is everything settling back into a nice routine? Gosh, that has to be so wonderful to have everyone under one roof. We are actually all adjusting pretty well, so far. Day 1 hour 1- the kids were 'helping' him unpack and he came down the stairs with the words 'I appreciate you so much'. Lol, one hour and his head was spinning.
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 19, 2017 22:19:28 GMT -6
TOM PETTY!!! please take note of the giant cloud of smoke...
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Post by jubilantsquirrel on Aug 19, 2017 22:45:58 GMT -6
I did snap things... i think. Maybe.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 20, 2017 6:27:48 GMT -6
I don't think they are this far south/east yet. Down here it's Farm Fresh, Harris Teeter, and the occasional Kroger and Food Lion. I have heard rumors that we are getting both Publix (my personal fave) and Wegman's but not sure if it's actually true :/ You may as well get your guest room ready for me if you get a Publix. Wegmans is amazing, we had one up north, but everything is second to Publix. We have a Food Lion and an Acme with rotten produce. Which is why I Amazon Fresh every week. I'm strongly considering driving to Richmond every couple months just to hit a Publix bakery and deli. Weird?
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 20, 2017 7:07:29 GMT -6
You may as well get your guest room ready for me if you get a Publix. Wegmans is amazing, we had one up north, but everything is second to Publix. We have a Food Lion and an Acme with rotten produce. Which is why I Amazon Fresh every week. I'm strongly considering driving to Richmond every couple months just to hit a Publix bakery and deli. Weird? Would do
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Post by tjanca22 on Aug 20, 2017 7:12:20 GMT -6
Morning! H is working this morning and will be home in an hour or so and then I'm going to a baby shower for my friend; this is the one where she didn't want kids, so it's kid free afternoon for me. I might make a stop at target and old navy on my way home since I told my H they'd 'prob need me to stay and help clean'. L needs some fall clothes and I need a new hair straightener since mine basically died last week.
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Post by kleigh on Aug 20, 2017 7:18:56 GMT -6
Hello errrrrrbody ! sophiegrace It sounds like she's letting the outside pressure of trying to impress or please everybody else creep in. Hard to avoid when you want your IL family to like you. Hopefully she stays at an 11 and doesn't get BSC days before the actual wedding. But reading about it reminds me how much I love wedding stuff and how much I miss those days. I am most definitely requiring that we do a vow renewal for the sheer fact of getting to do the planning and crafts and partying with the same small crew in NOLA again. jubilantsquirrel Omg I hope when I close out of here and check SC that there's a present or two waiting 🤞🏼🤞🏼 Love the Lumineers and I feel like TP is one of those "for the books" shows - like the legends. tjanca22 Have fun on kid free afternoon ! starbuck How's K feeling? Have you been able to make any progress with tomorrow's move ?!?! Edit tag
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Post by kleigh on Aug 20, 2017 7:29:54 GMT -6
Just watching my LOs take their morning nap on the couch. Love these few minutes of peace.
Most of our families aren't around this weekend so we'd normally visit wth both sides today but I think it's going to be a quiet day at home.
I just sorted through boat loads of hand me downs from my sister yesterday (packing away NB to 12 mo for AB and NB to 6 mo for AV), and sorting all of the rest of it and boxing it appropriately. So I think I'm set through age 5 for boys and age 3 (so far) for girls - there's things I'll need here and there but I love that it opens it up for me to get what I want (cutesy things) as opposed to staples. .
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Post by sophiegrace on Aug 20, 2017 7:37:06 GMT -6
hangry I hope you had a better night of sleep last night! LOL at that cloud of smoke jubilantsquirrel!! Did you have a great time? vino and kleigh you're both right. And I refuse to let whatever conflicts she has going on right now over this whole shindig ruin our future relationship because I know she's going to look back and shake her head at herself. So I roll my eyes and thank goodness that we're not in front of each other so that she can't see the look on my face.
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Post by goldenlove on Aug 20, 2017 7:47:54 GMT -6
sophiegrace I didn't know showers we're supposed to be a surprise. And she seriously didn't give you a guest list?? Wow. She needs to chill. kleigh are we invited to NOLA?? I would totally go.
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Post by goldenlove on Aug 20, 2017 7:51:59 GMT -6
It's good. Better than I was expecting. We've talked more this weekend then we have in the 10 years I've known her. And we actually bonded over I and how shitty it is that insurance doesn't cover it. One of the first things she said to me on Friday was that she's sorry they haven't come out to see C and that they'll need to come by soon. We'll see what happens when we leave. So beyond that, it's been a really nice weekend. I love being by the water and going on the boat. I've only had 2 drinks all weekend though and I miss C. We're eating breakfast then heading out.
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Post by waitwhat on Aug 20, 2017 7:57:58 GMT -6
Morning all!
Not much on the agenda today. Putting J down for a nap then cleaning the house. It's way overdue. Got laundry going and then I'm hoping to make a turkey and spinach lasagna for dinner. That's really all I've got.
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Post by vino on Aug 20, 2017 8:00:25 GMT -6
J had a rough night, so I'm not sure how many minutes I slept. So I'm in an annoyed mood, but i've got to rally cause it's cleaning and laundy all day. Yay.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 20, 2017 8:09:32 GMT -6
sophiegrace weddings are so emotionally-charged, and trying to please everyone, the financial aspect, etc. can cause a lot of stress. I think you're very good to give your sister some grace during this time and hopefully she'll be back to her old self soon after it's all over! I've said it before--maybe here?--but I'm so thankful I got married before the Pinterest movement really took off. I loved our wedding and it was really nice, but having even more resources and options of things to look at and pressure to make it 'Pinterest-perfect' would probably have turned me into Bridezilla, too.
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Post by dashook on Aug 20, 2017 8:11:29 GMT -6
We're on the road heading home from the Cape. I had made an appointment at noon to see some cars but had to reschedule because things today were getting too crazy. D was up at 5 am and I really didn't need that.
When we get home it'll be time to work out and shower, then go shop so I can meal prep for the week ahead. Hopefully I can find a second wind between now and then.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 20, 2017 9:27:31 GMT -6
I need to unpack, do some laundry & then repack.
It does not sound delightful.
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Post by danib on Aug 20, 2017 10:36:09 GMT -6
We had a crazy busy weekend. Home now having some lunch. I plam to do nothing for the rest of the day. C will be allowed to watch way too much TV this afternoon.
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Post by kleigh on Aug 20, 2017 12:16:51 GMT -6
sophiegrace I didn't know showers we're supposed to be a surprise. And she seriously didn't give you a guest list?? Wow. She needs to chill. kleigh are we invited to NOLA?? I would totally go.
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Post by cookswithwine on Aug 20, 2017 13:34:52 GMT -6
Ugh so much regret today. Had too much fun last night. My tolerance is gone.
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Post by starbuck on Aug 20, 2017 13:39:43 GMT -6
kleigh, K has had a few diaper blow outs today related to illness but she is otherwise ok. She is in good spirits. We are DONE packing! We actually just got to the new place and I'm nursing K before last call for naps. We got here and put our food away. Had to throw away some dry goods my MIL had around. Some expired over a decade ago, guys. I found one item that expired 16 years ago. And i know she would say that some items weren't event open, but I'm not going to feed people salsa that went bad in 2015?! This is not the first time we've been thru this (a while back we found 4 year expired salad dressing in the fridge) and it annoys her. So of course MH called her and was like "guess what we are finding!!!" She didn't need to know. With all the new food and as little as she cooks she would not have noticed. The fridge is packed because there's two fridges worth in there but I haven't gotten to that yet. Probably will just slowly sneak shit out, throw out one item a day until it is under control.
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 20, 2017 16:50:09 GMT -6
We're headed to dinner for an impromptu date night. One of our gift cards to a steakhouse expires in the 27th so my SIL is watching the kids. We're going early so we'll be home to our M to bed andinplusalso Game of Thrones.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 20, 2017 17:14:38 GMT -6
Enjoy tgrimes! Perfect way to end a vacation...kind of ease back into reality. starbuck lol at the old food. my mom is *terrible* about the fridge. Not quite 16-years bad, but bad. When we lived there when we first moved back to FL and were househunting, DH found some *very* expired stuff. He called her on it jokingly and luckily she took it as intended so now he teases her about it. When we lived there again this year before moving to VA, Mom cleaned the fridge out before they left b/c she was so paranoid he'd find something old. We still found a couple things she'd missed! I'm already turning into her so I guess this is my fate, too. Luckily DH is a zealot and cleans our fridge out weekly.
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Post by kleigh on Aug 20, 2017 17:22:17 GMT -6
Awww starbuck I'm glad she's being such a trooper! flamingo That is my downfall too. It's also the reason I try to enact a "absolutely no leftovers" rule bc those just sit there for a week. It's really not cool but I hate food sitting in the garbage - don't care if it's in my house or in the garbage bin in the garage. So instead we've started just cleaning out the fridge every Sunday for Monday morning garbage pickup and I let things stay refrigerated lol - hey at least I don't have to battle bugs.
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Post by aggiebug on Aug 20, 2017 18:12:20 GMT -6
sophiegrace weddings are so emotionally-charged, and trying to please everyone, the financial aspect, etc. can cause a lot of stress. I think you're very good to give your sister some grace during this time and hopefully she'll be back to her old self soon after it's all over! I' If I remember correctly her old self isn't that great? Or maybe that was just parents in respect to her wedding, I just recall quite a disparity in her wedding vs her sisters
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Post by tgrimes on Aug 20, 2017 19:41:46 GMT -6
Someone tell M to go to bed so I can watch Game of Thrones!
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Post by flamingo on Aug 20, 2017 20:51:21 GMT -6
sophiegrace weddings are so emotionally-charged, and trying to please everyone, the financial aspect, etc. can cause a lot of stress. I think you're very good to give your sister some grace during this time and hopefully she'll be back to her old self soon after it's all over! I' If I remember correctly her old self isn't that great? Or maybe that was just parents in respect to her wedding, I just recall quite a disparity in her wedding vs her sisters Not sure, I just was basing my comment on something SG had said which made me think this is not her sister's norm outside the wedding planning. : shruggy dude:
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