Monday

LizzyTish88

Where is everyone?

I just got to my office. This morning was the welcome back breakfast and first day for all the teachers. We had a breakfast at the school and then the Supt gave a very nice presentation. I even won a Dunkin giftcard! It was so different than what the last Supt did and it was so refreshing! The first day for students is tomorrow. 

Tonight we have to go grocery shopping and watch the Finale of The Night Of. That's really it. 

This past weekend was so much fun. I had the cousin's party Friday night where I drank a ton of Sangria. It was so needed after last week. It was a nice time.

Saturday we dropped Tess and headed to the hotel. We had so much fun at Brew at the Zoo! I tried a ton of craft beers, including many that I would have never tried if it weren't for the tasting. After that we headed back to the hotel with our friends and walked to a restaurant for some food. We stayed there until pretty late and then headed back to the hotel room.

Like our pretzel necklaces?? They came in so handy! We got cheese with them too..NOMS!

Yesterday we came home and got the pup and then sat around and did pretty much nothing all morning. We were all lazy bums, it was so nice. Later on we went to my Aunt's pool and ordered pizza with my cousin and her kids. Then we came home and lounged around again and watched the VMAs. 

It was a fun weekend. What about all you??? Tell me anything to keep this thread going LOL.

AlPacina

@LizzyTish88 - Your pretzel necklaces are adorable! I go to beer events all the time, and always see people with those necklaces, but I have yet to ever see them being sold. I'm guessing people must make them themselves?........... I love sangria! You're making me want some so bad! Was it red or white?

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Last week in my job! Woooooooo!

It's going to be ridiculously hard to stay motivated. I kind of want to spend this week wandering around my office and saying bye to people. I'm only going to be working in the next building over, but I feel like it's one of those things where you tell people "I'll see you all the time!", but realistically it doesn't turn out that way.

Over the weekend I did basically nothing. We went to my friend's poker night at least, and I was the designated cheerleader because I knew playing would basically just mean throwing my money away. I made a couple of pinwheel appetizers to bring, and one with feta cheese and cranberries was my favorite!

And I'm wearing a new dress today:

beachyone15

Good morning!
This is going to be one heck of a week for me - lots going on at work but I'll try to check in as much as I can.

We had a great weekend and got a lot accomplished around the house. Including....picking an accent color for our bedroom wall!!! H finally came around to the idea and we actually agree on the same color which is baffling. "Quietude" - perfect for a bedroom.


I also got some new tops for work and a pair of black skinny pants, which make me feel about 20 pounds lighter. I feel awesome today!

@LizzyTish88 - Those pretzel necklaces are the greatest idea ever!
@AlPacina - I don't even know how you're going to focus this week. I'd be all:


Also, I love the color of that dress!

KeptInStitches

@LizzyTish88, fingers crossed for a good start to the school year!

@AlPacina, I love your dress! Where did you find it?
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Ok so I'm dead again today because of stupid weather. Huge-ass tornado not too far from me last night, just sat on top of one spot and didn't move for like 30 minutes. Early reports are no injuries, thank god.

H is home today with the HVAC guys who are already installing the new units. Tonight I will write homework for my programming class. Today I will grade.

This weekend I made this dice bag, which has about 1.5 lb of dice in it (~150) and could hold another pound easily:

speakeasy14

@AlPacina That dress looks awesome on you!
@LizzyTish88 Brew at the Zoo sounds like it was a blast! The pretzel necklace is a brilliant idea!

This weekend was really nice!  My bf had his brother's bachelor party, and aside from half the guys not showing up, they had a great time.  Saturday was the bridal shower.  I ended up not putting up half the decorations I had because it was so hot, and I ran out of energy to keep hanging stuff.  We kept the party indoors and once the bride was done with gifts everyone changed into swimsuits and we jumped in the pool.

Everyone left pretty late, so I didn't get home till 11ish.  Sunday I did some cleaning and then met the bride at my bf's parents' house.  We helped her decide on her wedding band, had lunch, and then hung out till it was time to meet the guys.  My bf was running late so gave his cousin his car.  That meant no room for me in his parents' car, so they dropped me off at home (luckily my house was on the way).  It sucks they were only home for the weekend, but they'll be back in less than two months and staying the whole month of November.

Now, Pictures:


Chocolate and vanilla mousse cake and GF Chocolate Chip Cookies (@minskat30 these were awesome if you'd like the recipe)

AlPacina

@beachyone15 – Yes! I love that color!...... I also don’t want to focus this week, but I did promise I’d wrap a couple things up, so I’ll probably get to that Friday afternoon, haha.

@KeptInStitches – I found the dress at Macy’s. That dice bag is adorable! You’re so talented!

@speakeasy14 – That cake looks so freaking delicious. Your banners look fabulous! And that dress is so fun!......... Your bedroom is messy! I can't ignore it. (Coming from the girl with toilet paper on her bathroom floor instead of under the sink where it belongs.) *wink*

speakeasy14

@beachyone15 love that color! Very calming and beach like!
@AlPacina :-P

AlPacina

speakeasy14 said:

@speakeasy14 -

speakeasy14

AlPacina said:

speakeasy14 said:

@speakeasy14 -

beachyone15

Where has everyone been lately???

AlPacina

beachyone15 said:

Where has everyone been lately???

(Man, I wish this was animated.)

PamBeesly524

@LizzyTish88 Glad you had fun at Brew at the Zoo! Love those pretzel necklaces, so handy

@AlPacina


@beachyone15 great color! I'm so glad you guys could come to a decision on that.

@KeptInStitches LOVE the bag, that is so adorable.

@speakeasy14 wow, it looks like you pulled off an amazing party! I really want to eat that cake, like now.


My weekend was fairly uneventful! H and I went out for dinner and drinks on Friday, and then saw Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. We weren't entirely sure what to expect so we went in with an open mind - I haven't laughed that hard in AGES. They were incredible. It's so clear that they are in love and they worked so well together. They sang, told jokes, had some audience participating and did a choreographed dance at the end.

Saturday we did our annual apple picking trip. We always meet his best friends in NJ halfway (so somewhere in CT) to pick apples and go out to eat. It's so early to do this but we couldn't find another weekend where everyone was free! It was hot but there were apples and cider doughnuts so I was happy.

Yesterday I ran 8 miles, cleaned the apartment, and then knit for the rest of the day.

speakeasy14

I think we need to do something other than daily threads.  I tried starting a gif/meme thread last week, but that was a bust.  Someone else try something. 

lavenderfields13

@LizzyTish88 Sounds like a fun weekend! I wish I liked beer but every one I've tried I don't like.

@speakeasy14 You did a great job with the shower and that dress is so cute!

@beachyone15 I like that color- glad you guys agreed! I usually don't love blue but I'm kind of obsessed with it right now so I have blue accents in the living room and kitchen right now and we painted our spare room blue. My H wants to do an accent wall in the living room and I don't want to. 

@AlPacina You look great in that dress! I would not be able to focus on anything at work if I was leaving soon!

@PamBeesly524 Glad you guys had a great time at the show!

Where the hell is everyone today? I haven't been able to post in months because work is insanely busy and my life has been insanely busy but I'm home sick today. 

Swazzle

Hello?

AlPacina

Swazzle said:

Hello?

speakeasy14

Swazzle said:

Hello?

Swazzle

TK seems to be letting me post! ...... for now. That all could change in the time it takes me to type this and hit 'post reply'.

I miss you guys! Today is my first day back to work after my trip to Hawaii and it fucking blows. 

I just read the UO thread from last week



Because I was tagged in it despite not being able to log onto TK except for once in like a month? Maybe even more than that?



And I am SO FREAKING SAD that @southernpeach89 is gone 

speakeasy14

I blame.....

beachyone15

I can't believe how quickly NEY is breaking up.

This isn't cool.

LizzyTish88

@AlPacina Yay for the last week at that job. Also that dress is fabulous! 

@beachyone15 I love that color! Glad you were able to agree on one!

@KeptInStitches Yay for working AC!!

@speakeasy14 The decorations all look great! Good job! I also LOVE that dress!!

@PamBeesly524 Glad the show was funny! Apple picking is so fun!

@lavenderfields13 It's been this dead pretty much all the time lately.

@Swazzle Hello stranger! Your pictures from Hawaii were AMAZING and I'm so jealous! Glad you had a good trip.

PamBeesly524

@Swazzle

 
(you have no idea how mad I am that I can't find this as a gif, it's adorable)

and holy shit, @southernpeach89 is gone! That makes me really sad.

LizzyTish88

I'm going to miss the shit out of @southernpeach89..

AlPacina

@PamBeesly524 - I found it as a gif, but neither are exactly what I was looking for, dangit!

PamBeesly524

@AlPacina Better than nothing, still shows the cuteness!

AlPacina

LizzyTish88 said:

I'm going to miss the shit out of @southernpeach89..

I have absolutely zero understanding of why she's gone.

PamBeesly524

@Swazzle I know TK has been awful for you lately but I hope you get to AW your Hawaii pics here soon! I hope you guys had an amazing time!

speakeasy14

AlPacina said:

LizzyTish88 said:

I'm going to miss the shit out of @southernpeach89..

I have absolutely zero understanding of why she's gone.

labro

TwoDimes said:

As I did for the Chicago G2G, I am going to try to recap our visit in bullet point highlights:

-Labro and Minskat are the prettiest ladies I ever did see
-Minskat is an AMAZING mother (and Mr. Minskat is an amazing father, too)
-Baby Ani has the most adorable smile of all time. It lights up her whole face, and it's an infectious smile that you just can't help but return. And it really shows how happy and healthy she is!!
-Labro is a baby whisperer
-Labro is really understanding if you almost accidentally break her phone
-Minskat makes a REALLY delicious lemon drop
-If you are ever playing Heads Up, and the word is "Fox" just shout, "What does it say?!" and Labro will know what you mean.
-Minskat is lucky I didn't steal her dog Rajah is the sweetest, most gigantic ball of fluff that you could just snuggle all day. 

Basically all of the above. That's all I have to say. Especially the last bolded part.

Also pretty sure Rajah loves @TwoDimes MORE than me even though I brought him delicious chicken treats.

So unfair.

There was this moment at least. I had his love for a short time before it was stolen from me.

minskat30

On mobile but I am very very sad @twodimes and @labro left today. They are incredible people and love Ani and Raj (and me) so much it makes my heart hurt. I only hope I return the love as much as they deserve. We ate, drank (perhaps too much...lol), played games, smiled at Ani, rubbed Rajah belly, hugged, and I felt like the luckiest woman to have them in my home. 

PamBeesly524

@labro @TwoDimes @minskat30 I'm so glad you guys had such a great visit! 

Re: Raj: