Catch-up Tuesday

beachyone15

Just popping in to say hi. We had a horrible weekend. My grandma passed away on Sunday. I've been trying to finish things up at work to take leave tomorrow-Friday for the funeral. It's going to be really tough since she practically raised me and my brother, but she was 98 and lived a long life that was full of love. I did read everyone's posts and hope you all have a good week. I'll try to pop in maybe this weekend.

speakeasy14

@beachyone15 sorry for your loss. 98 is incredible though! Focus on the happy and funny stories. And sending hugs your way

minskat30

I'm so sorry @beachyone15 - My thoughts and prayers are with you in this difficult time.  

Swazzle

@beachyone15 - I am so, so sorry for your loss. You're in my thoughts

[Deleted User]

@beachyone15 - I am so sorry for your loss.  You're in my thoughts and prayers.

beachyone15

Thanks very much, everyone. It's been a difficult last few weeks with the water damage from our dishwasher, my grandma's passing, and we are extra tight on funds. H and I are still planning to take our anniversary trip though next week (to the Great Smoky Mts) so hopefully we'll get to relax a bit. If we didn't need this trip before, we definitely do now!

cu97tiger

beachyone15 - I'm so sorry for your loss. Regardless of how old she was, I know you'll feel her absence.

eilis1228

Methinks today is going to be very unproductive. As soon as I got out of my meeting, I was chatting with my boss about some personal stuff going on in her life. I just looked down and realized it's almost noon, and allegedly the shower is going to be after lunch. One day I'll get work done...

Thinking about the wedding and the showers and all these fun yet stressful events has me very nervously excited. The butterflies are so bad I sometimes feel nauseated. It's definitely not anxiety, just so much anticipation and excitement building. I gotta get myself under control!

@speakeasy14 I felt the same way about him taking over. He wouldn't even let me weigh in on the design of the seating chart itself. He was like, "I got this! It's my project! Go watch One Tree Hill!" Very sweet of him, indeed.

@futuremrshistorian Ohhh power naps at work sound nice! 

@AlPacina Oh man, Degrassi... so much nostalgia there! Drake will always be Jimmy to me. 

@500days OMG CIDER DONUTS! *drools* I love fall food. And yes, RSVP stragglers are seriously testing my patience and simultaneously making me feel really guilty. I understand they want to be special snowflakes, but if I let them be special snowflakes, I have to let everyone be special snowflakes, and I just can't accommodate that. *sigh* 

@cu97tiger Your cop story would have given me a heart attack. OMG. I'm so glad she was understanding and nice about it! I would have peed my pants.

@beachyone15 I am so sorry for your loss!

MissKittyDanger

@beachyone15  

beanbot2002

I'm late to the party again...

My weekend was jam packed and awesome!

Bean had his first tournament and they came in 2nd. They won their first 3 games (2 were shut outs!) and then faced a team that didn't have to play their final opponent (they were DQd) and had stacked their team with extra players and highschoolers. D was the field marshal but didn't get their till 10 seconds after they took the field, so it was too late to check player cards. It was obvious they were 16 or older though. When our coach saw what we were up against (their striker's speed), he pulled Bean back to defense and Bean held them at their score except for a penalty kick. It was clear the HS kids were ticked a kid much younger than them was winning the run to the ball each time and heading them off, so they fouled him HARD in the very last seconds of the game. His ankle was killing him, but he still took the PK. Unfortunately it was just a bit too wide. I was so insanely proud of him and the fight they put out! 

(Sorry for the long run on diary entry - cause that was one. Please love me.)

Yesterday I took the boys to the pumpkin patch with my sister and her kids. We had a blast, Noah loved feeding the goats bamboo, and face planted trying to chase a chicken.

OH! On Friday, I found out my meniscus is NOT torn (WOOHOO), but my cartiledge has thinned out fairly significantly. Eventually I will have to have my knee replaced, but I'm holding on as long as possible!

This weekend is my Bridal shower and Bachelorette and I CANNOT WAIT to see my friends!!!! I don't know when @swazzle @goldenpeguin and Sak are getting in, but I assure you it is not soon enough! I'm going to squeeze them all and then desperately try to pace myself with booze. There shall be no pants peeing this weekend!

eilis1228

@beanbot2002 YOU ARE SO CLOSE! OMG! Happy shower and bachelorette week!!!! So exciting! I can't wait to hear all about your wonderful weekend. Enjoy every minute of it!

beanbot2002

@beachyone15 I'm so sorry. Sending you warmth and light!

AlPacina

@beachyone15 - I am so sorry to hear about your grandma. I am sending you huge internet hugs. There really has been a lot of shit thrown your way lately, but that trip sounds like a perfect way to relax, reflect, and remember (alliteration not intentional). *HUG*

KeptInStitches

@swazzle, is this the apple butter recipe? Looks good! Also I want those kitty shoes and it makes me sad that they're $500.

@cocobellaf, can't wait for pictures! Glad you had such a good time!

@wink0erin, at least there was food and booze.

@eilis1228, congrats on the new business cards and have fun at your "surprise" shower!

@beachyone15, so many hugs to you. I am so sorry for your loss.

@beanbot2002, congrats to Bean, glad your meniscus is not torn, and have fun at your bridal shower and bachelorette party!

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Not much new since last night. I thought about staying super-late at work and doing all my accounting for the week, but I looked at my calendar and I have a test next Wednesday. Probably shouldn't cram all of it into one day. I'll do some tonight and some Thursday instead, and H and I will move "The Martian" to Saturday (we were going to go tonight, but it'll be tough to make it now). 

Knitted. Watched MNF. Dealt with my university's alumni foundation - that was annoying, who the hell cold-calls anymore? 

[Deleted User]

@KeptinStitches - Modcloth usually has at least 2 or 3 pairs of kitty shoes that are cheaper than $500.  My brother's fiancée has a pair from there she's planning on wearing with her wedding dress. (They LOVE Cats.  And Star Wars.)

labro

@beachyone15 I'm so very sorry for your loss. She sounds like she was a really special person. I'm sending you and your family a ton of hugs right now!

KeptInStitches

@futuremrshistorian, thanks for the tip! It led to a shopping session and I'm getting these when I get home because screw practicality, I love kitties!

[Deleted User]

@KeptinStitches - Those are super cute...and I do not like cats.  Well, I like one cat.  His name is Mumford and he belongs to one of my sisters.  But mostly I like him because he acts like a dog.

Swazzle

@beanbot2002 - 4 days!!!!!!!!!!!

@KeptInStitches - That's the one! It makes me sad toooooo. 

@futuremrshistorian - But those aren't Charlotte Olympia and I doubt they have a beautiful gold heel!  

Swazzle

futuremrshistorian said:

@KeptinStitches - Those are super cute...and I do not like cats.  Well, I like one cat.  His name is Mumford and he belongs to one of my sisters.  But mostly I like him because he acts like a dog.

lavenderfields13

@beachyone15 So sorry for your loss

@eilis1228 ahaha every once in a while when I hear Drake on the radio I picture him in a wheelchair as Jimmy. He will always be Jimmy!

Just catching up on what's going on while I'm on my lunch break. I've been busy at work and I have nothing interesting to talk about!

[Deleted User]

@Swazzle - I know, I know.  You're not the first person to think that...I come from a cat (well...an animal) family.  Over the course of my childhood we had...lots (Fat Cat, Frisky, Cookie, Yoda, Pumpkin, Abigail, Pepper, Valjean, and Kitty).  My sister and BIL and nephew have one (Rhubarb).  My other sister and BIL have 2 (Mumford and Toothless).  But they make me sneeze and I hate litter boxes.

Also I know I didn't have to share all the names of my family's cats, but I'm pretty impressed with the variety we've got going on.  We also had dogs (Tom, Zig-Zag, Cinnamon, Ellie, and Smudge), a guinea pig, some birds, and a troop of little mice that met an unfortunate end when my mother accidentally suffocated them...

KeptInStitches

Ok, new plan: I'm getting the super-cute shoes and shoe grips so I don't die. I tried to step back to grab a door for someone and wiped out on a tile floor. I'm fine, but I refuse to look that stupid again.

MissKittyDanger

@TwoDimes did you notice that our own marriages have been longer than Kim K and Kris Humpheries :')

speakeasy14

@keptinstitches the stick on toe grips are life savers! 

@futuremrshistorian hahaha we've had a large variety of pet names too.

AlPacina

futuremrshistorian said:

Also I know I didn't have to share all the names of my family's cats, but I'm pretty impressed with the variety we've got going on.  We also had dogs (Tom, Zig-Zag, Cinnamon, Ellie, and Smudge), a guinea pig, some birds, and a troop of little mice that met an unfortunate end when my mother accidentally suffocated them...

@futuremrshistorian - Omg, that's so sad! She must have felt terrible too. My dad accidentally ran over my new kitten when I was a pre-teen. I didn't blame him, I just told him accidents happen. I was pretty cool about it all, for an over-dramatic angsty kid. I think I just knew he felt worse about it than I did.

And then there was the one time as a liiiiiiitle kid that my sister and I got all pumped to go outside to see all our new baby rabbits.............. and the mother had murdered them. In a very bloody fashion.

AlPacina

Well damn..........

I guess my shitty story made everyone leave!

Come on guys! I'm freakin bored.

I was trying to think up a new game. Would anyone be interested in a take-home activity? I was maybe thinking scavenger hunt. I'll make up some categories, and everyone has to take pictures of something that fits each clue/category. We can post them the next day and then vote on our favorites?

speakeasy14

hahaha @alpacina yeah rabbits are nasty creatures! We went through three litters before we learned our lesson. -- and by learned I mean, that we stopped getting bunnies.

 The scavenger hunt sounds awesome!

eilis1228

Just got back from my shower! I am overwhelmed with the generosity of my coworkers. I almost cried at one point because it was just too much to process. We received a lot of great presents! One department went in together and got us a very generous gift card to Rosewood hotels so we can have a romantic dinner after the honeymoon-- that was definitely the standout gift for me. We also got Amazon and BBB gift cards, a Lowe's gift card, a Chili's gift card, a bunch of wine (I even got a signed bottle from one of my favorite vineyards!), a wine rack, a Rabbit wine opener, and copper mugs. We will be gluttons! We also got a marble cheese slicer, a very pretty white glass pitcher, and a huge bag full of picnic things (tupperware, flatware, place settings, napkins, paring knives... it was VERY thorough!). It was a little awkward because it was dead quiet as I was opening presents, but overall I really enjoyed it. Now I want to sneak out and put everything up at home, but I still have another hour of work.  

minskat30

Ha! Your post did make me 

@alpacina

I like that idea of the game though!