Happy Dyngus Day!!

charlotte989875

In case you’re not from a Polish-American family here’s the history of Dyngus Day, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Śmigus-dyngus. Sadly no celebrations for us this year but my Mom did play polka music for the baby. 

How was everyone’s Easter that celebrated? We went to my Mon’s & she was so happy to have people for dinner. The baby was great too. No crying and napped on the way there and back!

MissKittyDanger

So we've been talking more about BK's room make over and although I was thinking wall paper {wall blush fyi} I think we're going to do paint as I really wanna do a decent rug.
Wall paper isn't cheap. Neither is rug. So decisions.

Rug:
Minnie Floral Multicolor Rug | Washable Rug | Ruggable

Painting we're doing this basic idea {different colours}
Mädchenzimmer – Cha R. Line – #Cha #Schlafzimmer #girl #Line – – #kinderzimmer - My Blog | Pareti camera da letto ragazza, Idee per la stanza da letto, Design della camera da letto (pinterest.ca)
I actually like these colours. I would do a softer pink though.

Anyways, starting this week I'm back to wfh part time. Lovely.

Casadena

@MissKittyDanger I love the rug and wall design.  I think that will look great!

We're also in the midst of planning a little makeover for G's room.  I refuse to buy another crib, and he sleeps on a cot for naps at school, so we're converting to toddler bed in the next couple weeks.  In the next few months we will go full on new twin bed so also looking at low/floor type beds! 

Weekend was nice.  We played outside so much both at the park and at home.  Yesterday we had his easter basket in the living room waiting when he came downstairs and he was so excited!  Got a new ball for outside, sidewalk chalk, a book, and some snacks.  Then we did a little egg hunt in the backyard yesterday afternoon.  He had a blast!  

I'm getting a few pictures from Easter weekend printed to send to our grandma's with nice cards too since we didn't get to see any of them this weekend.  Busy week because i'm trying to take Thursday and Friday off to paint our family room and clean the house.  Lots of evening prep this week to get ready!

short+sassy

On Saturday, my H and I went to an outdoor food/beverage pop-up event in the parking lot of a grocery store.  It was fun!  Lots of yummy treats to be had.  Plus it's supporting local small businesses who normally sell their wares at festivals and have been hit extra hard by the pandemic.  The grocery store provided a DJ and didn't charge the vendors anything to be at the event.  Yesterday, we just stayed home and didn't really do anything for Easter.

Today is an extra rough Monday.  Nothing bad has happened.  I just enjoyed having four days off so much, it's hard to come back to normal, lol!  

MissKittyDanger

@Casadena Right? I loved a few wall papers but honestly I love the rug more. Painting gives more options  

ei34

I had never heard of Dyngus Day, thank you @charlotte989875
Ugh it can be hard getting back @short+sassy
Easter was nice- my parents and siblings are vaccinated so although the weather was nice, we dined indoors for the first time in over a year.  It was everything my heart needed.

I peeped in last week but didn’t post bc I try to save typing on my phone for texting with my mom and sisters...anything past that isn’t worth the “who are you texting, your divorce lawyer or your new boyfriend?” from STBXH.  Back at work today after a week off. I tried to make it enjoyable for the kids- ocean twice, an arboretum with a big pond in the middle, Bronx Zoo.  Just trying to summon all my hopes that the divorce is final and he’s out by late June (when summer vacation starts), bc right now work is my only break. 

MyNameIsNot

We had a good weekend. Saturday was nice weather, so I went to the park and we had a shrimp boil. BIL and fam left early yesterday, so the house feels very quiet. Yesterday we went to my parents' for Easter. It was warm and beautiful; we were outside the whole day. My dad put up a fence, so we brought the dogs and they played all day.  The pollen count was really high. I'm still feeling the effects today. 

I'm looking forward to wrapping up work and just having a quiet night at home tonight after so much activity last week and over the weekend. 

CharmedPam

I went to my parents this weekend and hung out with them.  Pretty uneventful.  So glad to be home and back to my own routine.  I’m renewing my costco card tonight even though I’m months away from the one closer to me being done, but I need to get some nutrisystem cards.  If I can maneuver all the discount codes and promos and gift cards, I’ll be paying $10/day (ish) for 3 meals and 2 snacks!  Yes.  2.  I’m going on the men’s plan because they get an extra snack.  Pfffft.  Sexist diet program.  I like extra snacks too! 

Ugh @ei34, fingers crossed for a quick break away too. You don’t need quips liie that.
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kvruns

hugs @ei34 fingers crossed the weeks go quickly for you. I need to follow in your footsteps in the near future, just need the strength.

Easter was decent here. My parents are still in FL for winter and since I just got back a week ago I didn't want to bother trying to plan something with my brothers (and let's face it, they don't care). Weather was great. I laughed though bc I had a picture of him hunting for eggs outside with his heavy coat on in the morning and then in shorts and a tshirt in the sandbox in the afternoon. 

Slept horribly last night. The dog was snoring like crazy and I couldn't get him to stop. Finally fell asleep after midnight and then B woke up crying around 330am and I fell back asleep around 5am for a bit. 

STARMOON44

charlotte989875 said:

In case you’re not from a Polish-American family here’s the history of Dyngus Day, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Śmigus-dyngus. Sadly no celebrations for us this year but my Mom did play polka music for the baby. 

How was everyone’s Easter that celebrated? We went to my Mon’s & she was so happy to have people for dinner. The baby was great too. No crying and napped on the way there and back!

Wait what is this holiday though? Wiki says a day when boys dump water on girls and also spank them with pussy willow branches?

banana468

Easter was nice.  My birthday is this week and MIL had  candles in cakes for me for dessert.    DH agrees that I "got boned" (to quote him directly) in the birthday department having my 2nd Covid birthday.  Maybe he'll throw me a 42nd birthday party or he'll pull an Alice in Wonderland and I'll have an 'un-birthday' party.  

MIL and FIL advised that BIL & family will be visiting in July.   I love my ILs but I'm married to Robert Barrone and BIL is Raymond.  A few facts:
-MIL and FIL knew we rescheduled our vacation for the last two weeks of July.  This has been on the books since July 2020 and we last brought it up in their house in February.
-BIL has 3 kids who will be too young to be vaccinated.
-Chiquita and Chiquito are also too young to be vaccinated. 
-Work is incredibly demanding.  I am not going to have the opportunity to take additional vacation time in July. 
-MIL has these visions of BIL going around to visit family members who will all have kids too young to be vaccinated on this trip because he has not been out here since 2018. (sadly the last two summers they were either prepping or recovering from the passing of their last two children.)

I expressed to DH that I'm more than happy to get together with them assuming at least the adults are vaccinated but expressed my staunch displeasure at the flippant disregard that galivanting to multiple homes will be putting our unvaccinated children at risk and I expect him to speak up.     I am not comfortable with the concept that the health of our kids appears to be some kind of afterthought. 

banana468

Oh - and I booked my appointment for Thursday!  I have to drive more than an hour round trip to do it but I'll have my first by Thursday night! 

MissKittyDanger

Andplusalso BK is slowly going to 2T lol
Yes in just shy of 2 months she will be 3 but she's always ran tiny so I'm not worried. Honestly more annoyed if anything lol! I was hoping she'd just run the 18m until we could be in shorts but noooo she had to grow lol


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ILoveBeachMusic

We had a nice Easter. The grands had an Easter Egg hunt - kept dropping the eggs out of their baskets so thought they found more eggs lol! The weather was gorgeous. SIL's parents came over to DD & SIL's house. All adults except SIL are fully vaccinated. He has had his first shot so we were pretty good. We came home today and now wait for the call to come back for the baby! I'm just doing laundry and stuff around the house. My birthday is this week so a friend is having a lunch for me and another friend with whom I share a birthday. We are all vaccinated. This is our second pandemic birthday - didn't celebrate last year obviously. The weather is suppose to be great so I'm guessing it will be outside on her patio. I'd love to have this weather all year - windows opened with a slight breeze mid '70's!

mrsconn23

Easter was great.  I'm tired today because we hosted and were so busy prepping all weekend.  The weather was perfect.  Holidays are weird without mom.  She loved doing baskets for the kids.  She even ordered them baskets last year and had them delivered. 

SSDD otherwise.  

levioosa

Easter was nice. We literally did nothing but spud out on the couch, take a nap, and go on a walk. I was telling FI, I really do miss my family, but I don’t miss the production of planning, driving, congregating in large family groups. It’s just so stressful. Having holidays at home by ourselves for the past year has totally been my jam. There’s no hard feelings because you’re going to one side instead of another’s, you’re not trying to drive multiple places in a day...it’s just been a nice break. 

I finally reached out to FSIL on Friday apologizing for some of the things I said that were...less graceful, shall we say. But I didn’t take blame for everything and I was very clear that I was also really hurt. She reached out to me and we’re doing a hike tonight. I’m not going to lie I’m a little nervous. I hope it goes okay. 

FI just got his second shot and I’m happy we’re both protected (or will be in two weeks) now. 

short+sassy

@levioosa, I hope the hike with your FSIL goes well tonight and you all can start mending your friendship.

banana468

@levioosa I hope your hike goes well.  That she wanted to hike is hopefully a sign that she's looking to move forward. 

kvruns

@levioosa spud out - I've never heard that.  Guess that's like the action of being a couch potato?!?

charlotte989875

kvruns said:

hugs @ei34 fingers crossed the weeks go quickly for you. I need to follow in your footsteps in the near future, just need the strength.

Hoping all is okay- sending strength for whatever is going on. 

charlotte989875

Hope the hike with FSIL went well @levioosa! 

ei34

Yay for all the nice Easters 

@levioosa I hope the hike went okay!
@kvruns sending you all the strength...this has been the hardest thing I’ve done but when I think about what the future can look like for the kids and me I get filled with hope and a sense of calm

CharmedPam

(((Hugs))) @kvruns. I missed that statement.  Sending you all the strength as well

levioosa

*hugs* @kvruns

mrsconn23

((hugs)) @kvuns. If you need lawyer recs, let me know.  I can get quite a few from my mom group.  

banana468

Hugs @kvruns.  We're here for you.