Fri-YAY!

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• labro member

  

  September 2016

  @LizzyTish88 I hope you're able to find something that fits your guestlist and budget for 2017! Having been through it once, I don't think I could've born a longer engagement than we had. Hopefully the discussions with your parents and FILs go well.
  
  Today I am FINALLY WFH. I'm annoyed at myself for scheduling a meeting at 9 am but whatever. My sister and Callie are stopping by later today to drop off Maddux since we're watching him while they have Callie's big birthday bash.
  
  Tomorrow is Callie's party!! She officially turns 1 on Wednesday though. I am so freaking excited to give her her gifts!! I'm making The Pioneer Woman's mac n cheese to bring as a dish. Later that evening we'll also celebrate my sister's birthday.
  
  Sunday we're having a girls brunch and taking the birthday ladies out for food and mimosas (for my sister anyway lol). Then I plan to spend the rest of the day just chilling.

  
  

  
  

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• LizzyTish88 member

  

  September 2016

  @labro Yay for finally getting a day to work at home! I can't wait to see all the pictures from Callie's party! How is she turning 1 already?? Wasn't southernpeach JUST pregnant?? 

  

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• speakeasy14 member

  

  September 2016

  @LizzyTish88 Hope the girls can nail their routine this weekend! Was practice rough this week, or have their attitudes gotten better?
  
  @labro have so much fun this weekend! I can't wait to see all the sunshine pictures!! 
  
  Today is casual day at work.  My company started a casual Friday event to encourage employees to be more philanthropic.  All you have to do is pledge to donate $100 over the course of the year to a charitable organization.  After making that pledge there's a Friday every month that you can dress down.  
  
  I need to make an appointment with my seamstress to get my MOH dress altered.  I also, will be spending tomorrow morning at the DMV renewing my license. Other than that, nothing that exciting going on this weekend. 

  

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• beachyone15 member

  

  September 2016

  Happy Friday! We made it!
  
  Tonight is date night. H and I are planning on going to a new Italian place we found that's really good. We also need to finish making the vanilla bourbon ice cream for tomorrow's party.
  
  Tomorrow we'll FINALLY finish cleaning for our party. It has been a lot of work but I'm proud of everything we got done around the house and everything will be nice and clean (hopefully for awhile). In the beginning, H thought we could throw a party for 20 people for under $100. We went grocery shopping the other night and he was a little shocked. Poor guy!
  
  Sunday H and I are going to a baby shower and then grocery shopping. At least it will be a small list of things we need to buy, because next weekend is finally vacay!
  
  @LizzyTish88 - I hope you can figure out the timing that works best for you two, but I totally agree with @labro. We considered waiting longer to get married and I'm so glad we didn't. We had a 1 year engagement and it was perfect. Enough time to get everything done, but not so much that it dragged on. Although I will say that I had a total IDGF attitude the last two weeks. I was just ready to be married! Lol.
  
  @labro - Happy birthday to Callie (and your sister)! It really does feel like she was just born yesterday!
  
  @speakeasy14 - Hope the DMV trip is quick for you. The last time I went, I was surprised by how efficient the whole process has gotten.
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• labro member

  

  September 2016

  speakeasy14 said:

  Today is casual day at work.  My company started a casual Friday event to encourage employees to be more philanthropic.  All you have to do is pledge to donate $100 over the course of the year to a charitable organization.  After making that pledge there's a Friday every month that you can dress down.  
  

  All of this makes me SO happy that I work in a more casual work place now. I can wear jeans every freaking day. I hate business attire and I'm so so thankful it's not required!!

  
  

  
  

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• labro member

  

  September 2016

  @beachyone15 Our engagement was exactly 10 months. I wish we could've done the whole thing in 6 months TBH! There was a period over the course of the summer when I had literally nothing to do and it was just waiting waiting waiting. And then those last few weeks...yeah I had a strong IDGAF attitude too lol! Never EVER want to plan a wedding ever again!
  
  I had another dream last night that we wanted to do a big anniversary party or something at our wedding venue. This time we wanted the party to be this weekend or something completely crazy and I was making calls all over the place asking if I had scheduled this or that or even bothered to book the venue! It was completely nuts.

  
  

  
  

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• speakeasy14 member

  

  September 2016

  @labro I know, it sucks so much.  We're completely business professional here too, not even business casual.  Because of that my wardrobe is a cross between suits and workout clothes
  
  @beachyone15 I just have to get the picture done, so I'm hoping it'll be fast as well.  Enjoy date night! I hope your ice cream comes out amazing! 

  

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• LizzyTish88 member

  

  September 2016

  @labro and @beachyone15 I am pushing for the one year or less mark. I would really like to have it be 2017. Right now we are pretty flexible so hopefully it will all work out! 
  
  @speakeasy14 I wish I could dress down. Our work is business casual, leaning on casual. Sometimes we sneak in jeans and noone has said anything but I wish we could more! LOL. 

  

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• speakeasy14 member

  

  September 2016

  @LizzyTish88 it's nice that we get to dress down, but it really is only once a month (and if you make a donation).  Otherwise I'm in a suit every other day. 

  

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• madamerwin member

  

  September 2016

  @labro your weekend sounds so fun!
  
  @speakeasy14 so you basically have to pay $100 to dress down 12 days/year? Are you allowed to choose the organization at least? At my work, they changed the dress code last winter to "business casual," which means we can wear jeans, but otherwise pretty much normal office attire. You could always wear jeans on Fridays if you donated $1 (each Friday) to the company's charitable fund that helps employees in need, but there was really no one enforcing that. Now, we can wear jeans every day, but on Fridays, you STILL have to donate $1 to wear them. Which makes no sense to me - it's like you can wear jeans every day except Friday now (unless you make a donation).
  
  This weekend will be busy. today I have a phone interview at 10:30 for a position at the parent company of my current employer - it's a position I am totally qualified for, and it pays better, so fingers crossed the phone interview goes well. Depending on in-person interviews, I probably won't be able to hide my pregnancy, so hopefully they don't hold that against me (I know it's not legal to discriminate, but it's impossible to prove and companies routinely choose non-pregnant applicants over pregnant ones... So we'll see).
  
  Tomorrow I am flying to SF first thing in the AM to meet my niece in the NICU. The goal is to get on the 6:30am flight (blah), and fly back on the 6:00pm flight. It'll be a long day.
  
  Sunday is football watching day. If the weather is crappy, I'll probably make some soup to last the week.

  

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• minskat30 member

  

  September 2016

  Hi all! Sorry I've been MIA. I have one week next week left at home with Anika and it's breaking my heart so I'm getting ALL the cuddling in I can.
  
  @speakeasy14 - we have jeans day coupons at work (money goes to charity). It is nice in the winter especially 
  
  @lizzytish88 - I hope you can make 2017 happen!!
  
  @labro - So excited to see pictures of the party!!!

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• labro member

  

  September 2016

  @madamerwin Vibes to your niece and I hope she and your sister are doing well!
  
  That's really annoying about the $1 policy...especially now that you've switched to casual wear year-round. Do they actually go around enforcing it?
  
  @minskat30 BIG BIG HUGS!!! Going back is so hard. Are you doing anything this week to prepare for the transition? I promise to share all the photos of the birthday girl! I can't wait to give Callie her surprise from her auntie M!

  
  

  
  

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• speakeasy14 member

  

  September 2016 edited September 2016

  @madamerwin It's an honor system, and charitable organizations of your choice.  No one is really going around checking.  That's so weird that you're casual but they're still charging for Fridays.  Enjoy meeting your niece!!! 
  
  *hit send too soon* @minskat30 enjoy your last week with Ani and get all the snuggles in!! I hope the transition is as easy as possible for both of you!

  

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• madamerwin member

  

  September 2016

  @labro @speakeasy14 it is SUPER weird we still have to pay on Fridays, but it's on the honor system as well. There are cannisters to put your money in, and they send an email reminding people, but that's it. I usually don't have cash on me, so I just put a $5 in occasionally when I think of it.

  

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• LizzyTish88 member

  

  September 2016

  @madamerwin Hope you have a great trip to meet your niece and all is well!
  
  @minskat30 All the hugs to momma and Ani!! I hope the transition back isn't too terrible. All the snuggles are warranted!
  
  @speakeasy14 I missed your questions about cheer. My first practice back after vacation I came in with a plan and was taking no BS from them. We had only finished the cheer portion of the routine before I left and I had them work on one man stunts while I was gone to establish groups. When I got back Tuesday we got through the stunt section, and the jump section of the routine. Last night we cleaned that up a bit and moved on to complete the tumble section and began the pyramid section. Next week we will finish the pyramid and dance and then clean, clean, clean before our first comp October 15th!

  

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• minskat30 member

  

  September 2016

  Thanks all...it is HARD.
  
  @labro - I'm working from home two days a week for a month so hopefully that helps but this is the hardest thing I've ever done...leaving her with someone else is going to be hell.  The daycare is ok I guess.  We are second guessing our decision (it wasn't the best daycare but a good one and its close to my work so that I could stop by once a day most days) and possibly looking into a nanny or nanny share.    

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• labro member

  

  September 2016

  @minskat30 I hope a nanny or nanny share works out! I know someone who did it that first year and then they switched to a daycare when their son was older. It was nice, he had a built in best friend and both babies got much more one on one care than they would have in the daycare.

  
  

  
  

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• speakeasy14 member

  

  September 2016

  @LizzyTish88 everything crossed they get everything done and do well at competition! Ugh, I miss those days. 

  

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• madamerwin member

  

  September 2016

  @minskat30 Sending good thoughts for a smooth transition! I'm only halfway through my pregnancy (rounding up), and I am already dreading having to go back to work after maternity leave... I'm glad she will be close enough for you to stop in the daycare every day, though!

  

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