Just another manic Monday

Swazzle

Morning, ladies! How was your weekend?

Friday, I got home and didn't feel like doing anything. H made us dinner on the grill and we went to bed pretty early. 

Saturday, I tried to sleep in with the pup, but I woke up at 7am. I did all of the laundry and continued my SATC marathon. When H got home from work, we drove to Asbury Park for a punk rock show. Definitely not my scene but I tried to make the best of it. We got home SO late though, I'm such an old lady. 

Yesterday, we drove to Philly where we met my family for a brunch cruise to celebrate my grandmom's birthday. The tables were set up inside and between the windows and the mirrors, I was NOT feeling well and I've never been seasick before. I tried to eat what I could and then I sat outside on the upper deck most of the rest of the day to avoid puking everywhere. Also, NO GIANT RUBBER DUCK! I was so disappointed. Apparently she was damaged and needs to be repaired. 

I stopped at the grocery store, prepped all of my lunches for the week, made and ate dinner, took Lucy for a long walk at the park with H, and watched Big Brother then went to bed. 

Overall, a lovely weekend but way too short! If anyone running for president next year promises to give 4 day weekends and 3 day work weeks, they've got my vote. 

LizzyTish88

@Swazzle No giant rubber ducky? I'd demand a refund!!

My weekend was not long enough. Friday I went home at noon, and called my mom to see if she was coming to paint, and she couldn't because she had a bunch of stuff come up, so I just cleaned a bit around the house, read HP and caught up on SYTYCD. BF came home and we grilled the london broil on the grill.. MAN it was YUMMY!!!

Saturday we got up and watched Mad Max. I didn't really like it, but whatever. Then my Aunt called needing some things for my other Aunt's surprise anniversary party, so I went over there to help while BF helped my Uncle put in our new water heater. Turns out the one we had was just about to go so we did it just in time. Then I came home, took Tess for a walk/run, and then got ready and headed back to my Aunt's for the party. It was a nice time.

Yesterday we got up, and BF downloaded GoT to start watching, so we watched the first 2 episodes. Then we had to do a huge clean up around the house, and go grocery shopping. We ate dinner and then just watched some mindless TV until we fell asleep. I really could have used an extra day this weekend!! 

Swazzle

And then, your oatmeal explodes all over the office microwave and your Monday is ruined. #fwp

Swazzle

I told H that I need this shirt for my birthday:

LizzyTish88

That shirt is perfection! I personally love this one.

I would have killed to stay in bed today.. but, I have to process the payroll.

lavenderfields13

Morning ladies!

Today is my first day back at work- we were on our HM last week. Being back at work SUCKS. Tomorrow is month end close so there's lots of work to do. 

Saturday night we got back from Mexico- we ordered a pizza for delivery while we were still in the cab coming from the airport lol. We ate dinner and watched Salem, then went to bed. I was so tired but didn't sleep well- our cat missed us while we were gone and she just kept crying the whole damn night and moving around in between us. She's a needy little girl. Sunday we slept late since it was a really crappy day. We hung out in bed most of the day and then went to dinner with H's parents and talked about the HM (which was awesome!). Every time we go out with his parents lately I just get bitter that my parents are in another state and I want to be having dinner with THEM

Today I need to go food shopping after work and maybe unpack a little more- it takes me weeks to unpack, I hate it. Hopefully H will be doing lots of laundry. My goal is to write some TY notes tonight too. Can't wait to have those done so everything wedding will be officially over. 

minskat30

Morning.  WTF @swazzle - no ducky!    

@TwoDimes - Yeah for a sleep in!  I love it when our dogs coorperate like that. 

@caseface5 - I need that shirt today.

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Weekend was pretty perfect here!  H and I went on a cleaning spree...he did the yard while I cleaned the entire house (other than the bathrooms).  We also went for a nice long walk and, whew we were tired after that on Saturday so we went out for dinner and drinks that night!  I fit into a dress I haven't worn in ages which was nice...nothing like shopping in your own closet!!!  

Sunday we slept in until 9:30 (we didn't go to bed until 2 am though).  We then ran errands and I grilled out.  Very lazy but very good.  Wish it was Sunday still though. 

Swazzle

@lavenderfields13 - Welcome back! Tell us everything!

Peaseblossom55

 Definitely could use a longer weekend.  Luckily it's a short work week this week.  I've been battling on and off headaches this weekend and tylenol hasn't helped much.  It sucks, so I feel tired and out of it.  I had a decent weekend though.

Friday I was at the theatre, the show was good and I got to see some friends.  Saturday I ran a bunch of errands then H & I went to BJ's and stocked up on a few things.  I got Cracker Barrel for dinner, or breakfast.  It was so good, except for the eggs, still can't eat eggs. Sunday I studied most of the day. H & I made our announcement on FB about the baby Cards Against Humanity style.  We watched episode 1 & 2 of True Dectective last night.  We're not so sure about it yet.

I'm hoping somehow my headaches go away over the next few days, they are pretty annoying.

untouchablets

Good Morning!
My weekend wasn't a weekend because I worked the whole time but it was still okay. BF left for Cali on Saturday so that night I just moped around the house and watched the first Jurassic Park because I am apparently obsessed lol.

I also joined a gym! I was putting it off for a long time but now with my light workload for school I figured what's another 20 dollars? So I joined Planet Fitness,there's like 5 within a half hour radius of me so I got the "Black Card" membership which lets me use any one I want (in case I have a preference lol) and also unlimited massages and tanning and such so definitely worth the money. Anyway, I went yesterday to the newest one, which is in BF's town about 20 minutes away from me and it was SO nice! I went to another one once which was open 24 hours and it just looked icky and smelled bad so I was apprehensive about this one. My favorite part was that the water fountains has a place for me to fill my water bottle lol it was so cool! So anyway I ran two miles, I am really sore today, and I remembered what I loved about going to the gym and now I'm sad I got rid of all my workout gear when I purged my closet. Another reason to go shopping?

This week I only have tomorrow off, my boss effed up my schedule but I DEFINITELY don't mind because BF is away so I have no commitments, I am getting paid 8 hours of overtime for that extra day PLUS I volunteered to work at the Hamptons on July 4th which is going to be CRAZY but the base pay to work there because it's so out of the way and so busy is $17 an hour PLUS overtime so I think my grand total for that day is gonna be $25.50 an hour just for that day, plus I'll probably meet celebrities lol. So bring on the $$$$!

cu97tiger

Morning ladies! Can't wait to hear about lavender's HM. 

The weekend was good. Friday night it was so nice out that we took the dogs to sit on the patio of a restaurant. It was nice to get out of the house and not worry about having to rush home to them. They were so well-behaved, too!

Saturday it was pouring all day. I had won tickets to our local film festival, so we walked down to the theater and saw a couple films, then went back a couple hours later to watch more. Some of them were good. One, which DH really wanted to see, was TERRIBLE. We were trying not to laugh the whole time at how BAD it was! From there, we got completely SOAKED on our way to a local dive bar. We had some drinks and played shuffleboard.

Sunday I went to yoga and then we took the dogs to another patio. I wanted to take advantage of the cooler weather while we had the chance! Then we came home and DH and I drank a bottle of champagne on our front porch because, Sunday? 

Right now I'm sore, between yoga and this morning's crossfit, I'll be lucky if I can raise my arms above my shoulders by the end of the day. I'm tired and want it to be Thursday already. Yay for a short week!

untouchablets

@lavenderfields13 welcome back! Pics???

@Swazzle I am extremely disappointed about the lack of giant rubber duck BOO!

jenjen047

@lavenderfields13 - AW your HM please!!

@swazzle - oatmeal explosions are the worst.

it was rainy and COLD here this weekend. Friday i WFH for the afternoon and bf and i went to Olive Garden and saw Ted 2 for our anniversary. it was funny in parts but too long  for that type of movie, IMO.

Saturday i ran errands and then went to my cousins rehearsal dinner. it was nice but chilly (got down to mid 50s over the course of the evening) and the RD was held in a tent on the harbor, so it was a little unpleasant.

also on Saturday BF got some terrible news from home....one of his best childhood friends was killed in an ATV accident. he was pretty distraught (and still is).
Sunday was my cousin's wedding. i wasnt sure if i should still push BF to attend the wedding or if i should let him stay home. but i told him i really thought it would be good for him to get out of the house and that we could leave any time after the ceremony if he was upset. so we ended up going and actually had a great time. again, the ceremony and reception were outdoors (at least in a tent since it was pouring rain all day/night). it was in the 50s so it was uncomfortably cold (note to New England brides: have a couple heaters on back up no matter what time of year you get married). also the food was cold. but the cake was delicious! we danced a little, which was fun. this is the first wedding BF and i attended together. but by about 9pm we were ready to call it a night.

on the way home we found out BFs brother and his GF had a miscarriage. this is probably for the best as the pregnancy was unplanned, but its still sad. good thing BF is off work today and can just take a day for himself.

ETA: @untouchablets - cant wait for a report on all the celebs!

lavenderfields13

Oh wow, what a crappy weekend for your BF @jenjen047    thinking of him

labro

@Swazzle No rubber ducky??? Not cool! Your H should just buy you that shirt to make up for no rubber duck and get you another present for your birthday.

@cu97tiger Porch drinking is the best!!

@lavenderfields13 Welcome back from the HM! Share some pics please!

@jenjen047 So sorry for your brother and his gf's loss.

@TwoDimes I love how much you spoil Indy! Did you get any fun ideas from the shower this weekend?

Like everyone else, I definitely could've used a longer weekend. Tomorrow is end of quarter so I did work work in between working in the yard and doing some other stuff. Saturday H and I met my parents to see Jurassic World and it was great! I really loved the nods to the original movie and the way in which they explained some things. The only bad thing about the movie was some idiot parents took their three year old child in to the theater. Jurassic World is definitely NOT a kids movie. In fact, the youngest age I'd even consider bringing would be a mature 10 year old because of all the gore. So anyway, this 3 year old kid was a couple rows back from us but we could hear him talking and crying for at least 45 minutes before the parents took him out of the theater - this was when he had finally escalated from crying to screaming. That kid is going to have nightmares for at least a week...I don't get why they didn't leave him at home with a babysitter!

Sunday H and I did a ton of yardwork. I got up early and started on putting down landscape fabric. Noon rolled around and H was still in bed so I finally went inside and got kind of snippy with him for not helping out. I think I made him feel bad because he made me a breakfast burrito, took the dog out, and made me coffee this morning. Anyway, we finished our project yesterday and now we're all set to order a bunch of mulch and rock. I can't WAIT to be done with this! This is the last major project we really needed to get done before the shower and we're running out of available weekends so I'm super happy.

lavenderfields13

@twodimes we stayed at Finest Playa Mujeres in Mexico.

It was pretty awesome. We arrived Saturday afternoon, got through customs pretty quickly and then it was about 25 mins from the airport to the hotel. When we arrived there was someone waiting for us with cold cloths for our face and glasses of champagne. We don't drink champagne so we just carried them around while we checked in and then dumped them when we got to the room lol. 

This was definitely the nicest place we've stayed- we splurged a little since it was our HM. We got checked in in the "excellence club" which is an adults only side of the resort. Then we got up to our room. We booked a roof deck room which overlooked the adults only pool and the beach. The main floor is your regular room- bathroom, king sized bed and balcony. There's actually a jacuzzi in the room too by the balcony enclosed in glass so it's almost like you're outside. We never even used it since it is SO hot and humid in Mexico this time of year. You also get 4 bottles of booze in the room as well as a fully stocked mini bar with soda, water juice, beer and some snacks. There are stairs that go up to the private roof deck where there's a plunge pool and outdoor couch and chairs. We spent our first night hanging out up there and ordered room service. 

The next morning i headed to the beach while H was still sleeping - he could text me when he was up since there was free wifi included all over the resort. The excellence club has a separate area of the beach and there's people that check to make sure you're in the club and they set your chairs up for you with a towel and extra towel for a pillow. There's also servers that come around on the beach to bring you drinks. 

There were a bunch of restaurants but we're a little picky so we only tried a few of them. There's not a lot of nightlife going on- it is definitely not a party place but we had a lot of fun! Ugh I just wanted to stay. This place has definitely spoiled us for future vacations.

Sorry if pics are huge!

view from the balcony

panoramic of the roof deck

smoking my first cigar

beach selfie that we take every vacation

bethsmiles

My weekend was pretty uneventful. Saturday BF and I both had to work so it felt way too short! But we both get this Friday (which is my birthday!) off so we are going to go camping next weekend. I'm so excited, we haven't had a chance to get out yet this year and it will be nice to spend a few days in the mountains!

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@jenjen047 - I am so sorry to hear about your BF's friend and his brother's GF's miscarriage.  So sad to have a double tragedy all in one weekend.

@Swazzle - This morning I almost put my oatmeal in the microwave without putting any water in it.  Luckily I realized it and didn't start a fire in my mother's kitchen.

My weekend was quiet, which was nice.  Saturday I subbed a couple of Zumba classes and then came home and worked on painting furniture and laundry.  I finished two more pieces: a bookshelf and my kitchen cart.  Before and afters are below.  I'm super proud of the cart--it took me forever, but I love how it turned out.  Sunday I had church and then just was lazy for the rest of the day.  It was sort of a sad day--my parents church (where I grew up and had gone for 22 years before I converted to Catholicism in April) has had a lot of problems with their building over the past few years.  It's an old building (build originally in 1915), and for a long time it wasn't very well maintained.  Well, with all the rain we've had over the past few months, it's reached its crisis point.  There is mold growing up the walls in places and under carpet throughout the church.  They were planning on moving out of the building later this year, but have now decided that it has to happen immediately.  Next week they'll meet at a member's home, and then starting the week after that they'll be meeting on the campus of the local college until they can find a building to rent.  My mom is the music director, so she's running around like a mad woman trying to decide what to keep and what needs to be gotten rid of.  It's just a sad situation all around.

Today is another Zumba and painting-filled day.  I've almost finished the painting projects for my living room furniture, so I've got to go buy more paint for the bedroom stuff, since I'm doing a different color scheme.  I've also decided to learn how to sew by making a bedskirt, so Mom and I are going to start working on that today I think.

Also: today and tomorrow my BIL is in Savannah looking at apartments for me!  Hopefully I'll have one by Wednesday!!!

Peaseblossom55

@lavenderfields13 that looks amazing! Glad you had a great time!

GoldenPenguin

Ugh, Monday. 

I slept terrible Saturday night and last night, so I am a tired panda today.

Friday night was lazy. Saturday I lounged around most of the day, and then H & I went to a friends wedding that evening. It was really fun. I felt bad because the ceremony was supposed to be outside, but it started raining just as we were leaving, so they ended up having to do it inside. It was small, even smaller than ours, I think. The food was fantastic, the bride was GORGEOUS, and we had a lot of fun.

Yesterday I woke up with a migraine because I didn't sleep well. We had a date with friends to go see Ted 2, so I took some Excedrin Migraine and forced myself out into public. H & I went to a couple furniture stores first, because we need to get some sort of storage solution for the kitchen, since we aren't really going to be able to afford to add all the cabinet/counter space that we'd really like for a while. We found a couple hutches/buffets that we really like, so hopefully we can get one of those soon. I haven't even been able to unpack a lot of our wedding gifts, because we literally have NO WHERE to put anything!!

After furniture, we went over to the mall. I bought a new planner for my new job (YAY!) because I'm old school and like to write things down. Ted 2 was okay. It definitely had some funny parts, but the first one was WAY better. Then we all went to Chilis and had some delicious foods.

H & I went home, I watched Big Brother while texting with the girls, and then H & I watched True Detective, which I'm LOVING. 

I'm really glad it's a short week!!

GoldenPenguin

@lavenderfields13 - that looks amazing!! So glad you had such an awesome time!!! :-D

lavenderfields13

@GoldenPenguin I can't remember if I was gone already for your announcement but congrats on the new job!!

Hummingbird125

Hey all and happy Monday!!

Despite the fact that it's Monday, I'm in a great mood. H and I did a ton of redecorating this weekend, and I'm in love with how our apartment looks! I promise to post photos as soon as I hang a few things on my walls. 

We spent HOURS cleaning on Friday evening, preparing for our new couch to be delivered the next day. I was exhausted by the time I went to bed. Saturday morning I got up and did not one, but TWO workout videos. I did the PiYo workout I was up to, and then P90X Ab Ripper. I pretty much never exercise on weekends, but it made me feel so proud of myself that I'm seriously going to try to more often. H worked out a little bit too, and then insisted that we needed a good breakfast, so we went to the diner. I got an egg white omelet and managed to avoid eating the home fries, so my workout wasn't wasted.

We got home, and 5 minutes later, our couch was delivered! We set that up, along with our new rug. Then, I dragged H to Home Goods to buy new curtains, new towels, a new shower curtain, and dog toys. 

Saturday night, we met up with a group of friends at a pretty cool cocktail lounge in the city for someone's birthday. Then, we went uptown to see two of H's friends from HS (one lives in the city and the other was visiting her). The friend that lives here is pretty annoying, but I LOVED the visiting friend, so it wasn't all bad. We drove home and I was in bed by 11 :-)

On Sunday, my boss asked if we wanted to come pick up the table and chairs he was giving us. We spent the next several hours doing everything involved with that (renting a truck, driving to boss's house, unearthing said items from under a garage's worth ton of stuff, unloading at my place, returning truck). When all was said and done, everything looked AMAZING together, and I can't wait to show off some pics soon!

Hummingbird125

@caseface5 - I'm jealous that you are just starting GoT. The first season was so good!

@twodimes - You're such a good pup-momma!

@Lavenderfields13 - Your HM looks like it was fabulous!!! 

@Peaseblossom55 and @GoldenPenguin - I really want to watch True Detective! Hopefully I'll have time to start it once Big Brother is over :-)

jenjen047

@lavenderfields13 - that looks and sounds amazing!!!

@goldenpenguin - i saw Ted 2 also, and i agree it was ok. there were funny parts but i think it could have been cut down by 45 minutes and been overall more enjoyable.

@everyone - thanks for the T&P.

speakeasy14

@swazzle we couldn't see anything on Saturday because the rain was so bad, but I was wondering why I couldn't see a giant rubber duck. 

@twodimes that's a game I would actually like to play!

@lavenderfields13 your HM sounds amazing! Love the pictures!!

@jenjen047 T&P for your bf's family

@caseface5 I found MadMex to be really odd.

This weekend was insane.  First things first, I am mostly moved into my house!!! Going to start an AW post after this to show how different it looks now!

Friday we finished up the house, scrubbed it down, and then moved in the basics so people would have a place to sit.  The toilet we bought was cracked so we only had one bathroom available for people to use.  My family came to help, if it weren't for them our house would not have been ready by Sunday.

Saturday after my bf got out of work he met me at the house and we drove down to Camden for DMB.  It was pouring the whole time so we only were able to tailgate for an hour.  Luckily since we were front row we were covered and dry the entire concert. The set was amazing, they played a lot of good songs, and were just having fun.  The only people in front of us was Pit, so it was amazing to be that close. 

Sunday - the surprise party went perfect! Both my mom and her Fi were completely surprised (and a little confused since they thought it was a house warming).  My mom loves Minions so my sister went crazy with minion decorations.  She also made a minion cake.  We had gag gifts everywhere, including a depends diaper cake.  I didn't get many pictures, but here is the dining room set up, and my mom and her Fi's reactions to being surprised. 

So after all that stressing everything went perfect, and it was really nice to see my mom just relax. 

jenjen047

@speakeasy14 - congrats on moving!!! the cake and party looks awesome!!!! good work!!

500days

@swazzle NO GIANT RUBBER DUCK? that stinks.

@lavenderfields13 Yay! Welcome back from your honeymoon...and yes it takes forever to unpack!

@untouchablets My FSIL would love to work events in the Hamptons, totally her thing. She did it before on Block Island and Martha's Vineyard. 

@jenjen047 I feel so bad for anyone who got married this weekend and ended up in the rain. I really hope it doesn't rain on my wedding day, but you never know. That's why plan b is a good idea. Too bad the food was cold though

@labro Is Jurassic World really that gorey? All of my FB parents are bringing their little (like under age 10) kids to Jurassic World...yikes.

This past weekend was very relaxing for me. FI had his bachelor party so he was gone the entire weekend! He left Friday for a weekend at Mohegan with the guys. So, I spent the weekend watching TV, online shopping, organizing in the house and emailing some vendors with questions. The weather was pretty rainy so outdoor activities did not happen- no beach for me. 

Today I plan to create a packing list for Alaska. Lots of layers and hats and gloves need to be found in winter storage. I'm thinking we will need to use our bigger luggage and check bags this time. We usually only take carry-ons, but with sweaters and layers I think we will have to check our luggage which kind of freaks me out...because what if it gets lost?! 

500days

@speakeasy14 That minion cake is so cute!!! I love it! Yay on moving in too!

jenjen047

@500days - yeah it was a bummer, weather wise. but what can you do? heaters would have made it immensely more enjoyable, though.

AlPacina

@TwoDimes - If you have a chance, I'd love to see pictures of Indy's decorated collar!

@Peaseblossom55 - What do you mean by Cards Against Humanity style?

@jenjen047 - I'm so sorry to hear about all the bad news this weekend.

@labro - Kids love dinosaurs, DUH.

@lavenderfields13 - I'm so glad you had such an amazing honeymoon!

@bethsmiles - Camping is going to be so awesome! I hope you have a blast! Damn, do you deserve it too.

@futuremrshistorian - The cart looks incredible! What cute colors!

@speakeasy14 - Your party looks like it was hilarious and awesome!