Weekend!!! (It is the weekend, right?)

[flamingo]

C took a really long, late nap--bless her heart, I think this cold is taking is out of her--so I let her stay up a bit later. She was in the best mood and she and B were doing the Gator chomp together. Now both kids are down and I'm enjoying a brownie and red wine in peace with my game.

dashook Hope you are having a great night out! Eat/drink something delicious for all of us!

[waitwhat]

Oct 14, 2017 15:11:09 GMT -6 flamingo said:

Oct 14, 2017 13:07:11 GMT -6 waitwhat said:

Hi!! We’ve had a busy morning. Market and grocery shopping. My dad is here for dinner and staying over. Both kids are napping. I just cracked open some prosecco. And stuffed peppers are in the crockpot.

Mmmm prosecco. Jealous. I think I only have red right now. 

An "About Flamingo" fact: I did an architecture/design study-abroad program in Italy, and our professor was a native Italian from the Veneto region. He taught us to drink prosecco with potato chips, and that was what the bars in that region would serve (instead of having like, mixed nuts or whatever out on the bar top). So now if I'm drinking it around the house, I like to eat Cape Cod chips with it. 

I love this! I didn’t know you went to Italy!

FYI I drank prosecco while eating ate wavy lays.

[tgrimes]

I need this: www.amazon.com/dp/B01N9QQTOU/ref=twister_B01MR51UIN?tag=goodhousekeeping_auto-append-20&ascsubtag=%5Bartid%7C10055.g.4777%5Bsrc%7C

It’s a wine purse!

[dashook]

Hi hookers!! 😘 (PDQ)

*omg poof*

[waitwhat]

dashook hey girl hey! 😜😘🍷

[danib]

H was up all damn night. Like he just got back on track and then BOOM up every hour. I'm not gonna make it.

Also sad I missed the dashook poof

[goldenlove]

Aww I missed the poof too!!

[starbuck]

H watched football last night so I stayed up watching a documentary on the Mars rovers, which was awesome. I also updated my Elfster wish list 😉. Typical Saturday night.

We are grabbing some Starbucks and then church. We have a luncheon after service and then we will come home to chill before MIL and W return. They should be home around dinner time.

[dashook]

You guys missed nothing lol

danib so sorry for the awful night 😕

[flamingo]

Sorry for the rough night danib. That's the worst. Hope you can get a nap today (wishful thinking?)

[flamingo]

Morning! Just got C down for her nap; I really need to do some housework. It's tidy enough but I've been neglecting the bathrooms, etc.

It's another gray, overcast day here but no rain, at least. We need some groceries and to hit Home Depot for some salt for the pool. God, I hate this pool. LOL.

[danib]

Oct 15, 2017 7:46:11 GMT -6 flamingo said:

Sorry for the rough night danib. That's the worst. Hope you can get a nap today (wishful thinking?)

lol I never get to nap. Checked H-'s mouth and he just cut a new tooth. I guess that plus his runny nose is really messing him up. I'd like a break from teething now. At least for a few weeks. He's cut 6 teeth in 2 months, and they've all come 1 at a time, so no real break in between.

[danib]

flamingo I always thought I wanted a pool, but the maintenance sounds like a real pain in the butt.

[sarahwithanh]

I'm so tired! We had a fundraiser last night atter the party and I didn't get to sleep till 1am. Friday we were up till 2 with prep.

[sarahwithanh]

I think I will be having a mimosa and gluten free cupcake for breakfast!

[flamingo]

Oct 15, 2017 8:04:03 GMT -6 danib said:

flamingo I always thought I wanted a pool, but the maintenance sounds like a real pain in the butt.

It's horrible.

A huge part of the problem is that this is a rental, and the previous tenants let the pool go to crap. The owners are in CA and relying on their property manager, who sucks. Sooo...getting them to take care of anything is a pain. We are responsible for the day to day maintenance, but when we got here all the equipment was broken or not functioning properly, and it's just been a huge headache getting everything going. 

Then, like this weekend, we had tons of rain, so I was having to go out in the rain and let water out, and now have to shock it. We also suspect there is a leak, and the hot tub heating element is broken. 

It's just one problem after another. It would probably not be so bad if we owned the home and pool and could just call for service as needed, or if it it had been maintained well from the start, but it has totally turned me off pool ownership. 


Sorry, rant over I may have sent my H a bitchy email about this last night after a couple glasses of wine. Oops.

[sophiegrace]

Oct 15, 2017 8:25:23 GMT -6 sarahwithanh said:

I think I will be having a mimosa and gluten free cupcake for breakfast!

This is always a great idea

[sophiegrace]

Omg flamingo you need to get a service in there for next year. I made cuts in other parts of the budget so that I never ever have to do anything other than look at the damn thing. As time goes on I've noticed that I weigh my opinion on liking something solely on how much work it's going to take me to maintain. I'm team no pool for the next house.

[sophiegrace]

Oct 15, 2017 4:53:25 GMT -6 danib said:

H was up all damn night. Like he just got back on track and then BOOM up every hour. I'm not gonna make it.

Also sad I missed the dashook poof

I'm so sorry. M's teeth are the same and they seem to take forever to fully come through. Like each bitty part of the tooth needs its own hellish night to uncover itself.

[sophiegrace]

Hi ladies!!

Worked all day yesterday so M and I are just taking it easy today. Starting to put lists together for packing for the trip. It's a bit intimidating and I'm no longer quite as excited. We were on a drastically different nap schedule when I had to make the reservations months ago.

[vino]

Oct 15, 2017 8:23:51 GMT -6 sarahwithanh said:

I'm so tired! We had a fundraiser last night atter the party and I didn't get to sleep till 1am. Friday we were up till 2 with prep.

How was the party!?

[hangry]

When are you leaving sophiegrace?
Re: schedules I think M will surprise you. She will know you are not home and will be excited with everything different that's going on.
I'm so excited for you for this trip!

[hangry]

Hi everyone! I've been completely MIA. We went out of town for the wedding that H and O were in. We stayed in a hotel suite and my parents came to help out. It was amazing to have their help since my H was busy with groomsman stuff. I really really would love to live near them for this help more often.

The wedding went well and O did good enough! He and the other 3 yo walked down the aisle but about halfway up, the other one cut O off and O tripped and fell on the floor! My mom was right there, helped him up and he walked another quarter of the way. Then the other boy took off somewhere so O just stopped. I think he knew he wasn't supposed to go anywhere else so he just stopped in the middle of the aisle. I was near by but blocked and he couldn't hear me call his name. It felt like hours that I whispered his name. Finally the lady closest to him was like, "do you want me grab him?" "Omg, no, I want him standing there while the bride walks down. Of course, yes!" I was obviously nicer than that

Anyway, he looked like a doll and then we left the kids with my parents and enjoyed an adult night at the reception! It was lovely!

Now I'm exhausted from 2 nights of sleeping less than the little that I already sleep on average nights. And I'm tryingn to get things ready because E starts daycare tomorrow. Hold me!

I've been trying to LT. So if I haven't commented on big things, know that I'm thinking about all of your lives! As creepy as that sounds.

[sophiegrace]

Oct 15, 2017 11:01:36 GMT -6 hangry said:

When are you leaving sophiegrace?
Re: schedules I think M will surprise you. She will know you are not home and will be excited with everything different that's going on.
I'm so excited for you for this trip!

November 1st which still sounds forever away and yet is in only 2.5 weeks!!

[danib]

Random - C was in the bathroom (pooping) and singing "This Old Man". H was sitting outside the bathroom door, doing his thrusty-bounce dance and clapping his hands. This is my life now lol.

[goldenlove]

Oct 15, 2017 17:03:13 GMT -6 danib said:

Random - C was in the bathroom (pooping) and singing "This Old Man". H was sitting outside the bathroom door, doing his thrusty-bounce dance and clapping his hands. This is my life now lol.

Omg that's hilarious.

[sarahwithanh]

Oct 15, 2017 10:50:04 GMT -6 vino said:

Oct 15, 2017 8:23:51 GMT -6 sarahwithanh said:

I'm so tired! We had a fundraiser last night atter the party and I didn't get to sleep till 1am. Friday we were up till 2 with prep.

How was the party!?

It went really well. I made way too much food and bought too much wine, but it was great.

[kleigh]

Hi. Late to the weekend party.

I’m so pissed I missed dashook ‘s poof!! How as date night??

sophiegrace That is sooo close !! I’m sorry it’s hangry, I think she’ll be up all day and maybe even sleep at night with all the excitement and different environment etc. We can hope.

hangry I bet O looked adorable!!

danib That is so freaking funny 😂

[kleigh]

I’m gonna bite my tongue bc I’m so freaking annoyed by MH right now. God I love him so much but every once in a blue moon he pisses me off significantly enough to want to say the D word. .

We went to a pumpkin patch today. My kids were cute as hell. My ILs were annoying as hell. I set out this weekend to do ONE THING - take a family picture for Xmas cards. I spent hours ironing, getting myself and kids ready, etc etc. This gif accurately depicts how those plans went once H got involved

[starbuck]

kleigh ((hugs)) I am so sorry. I don't even know what to say. I hope you can get some good pics soon. So frustrating.