Monday

Swazzle · March 2016

Helloooooo! How was your weekend?

I had a long one. I finished work around 2 on Thursday, worked out, H's friends came over for a few hours, then they headed to a show in the city and I watched all of my Shonda shows.

Friday, I slept in, snuggled the kids, worked out for the 5th day in a row (!!!), ran some errands, then went to the Devils game with H.

Saturday, H had off work which was a nice surprise. We straightened up the house, hit up some stores, and then headed into the city for my BFF's birthday party. It was a good time!

Yesterday I was hurting a bit and pretty much didn't move off the couch all day. I was supposed to do the 'stretch' workout from T25 and I didn't even manage to do that. I watched TWD last night (I don't know how I'm going to watch the finale this Sunday, I'm so nervous) and had some company:

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This morning was T25 week 2, day 1 and it was rough but easier than last Monday. I have to run to the grocery store after work tonight because I didn't meal plan or do that yesterday.

That's all I got. I hope this Monday flies by!

LizzyTish88 · March 2016

@swazzle Sounds like a good weekend!

Friday I left work at noon and headed to the hospital to visit baby Hannah. My cousin's wife's twin also had a baby last week, at the same hospital so we got to meet both babies! She is such a peanut and she was so alert! On the way back, we stopped at a brewery (Trillium) so BF could get a special edition beer that the company ran out of right after we left. Then we went out for a small dinner and came home to relax.

Saturday we spent the day cleaning up the front yard. Our neighbor helped us a ton so that was nice. Then we went to a party with my dad's side of the family, and it didn't go so well. There were balloons everywhere and I don't like balloons. I was on edge all night, until a kid started going around and popping them all and I had a full on anxiety attack. We had to leave and it took a long time to come down from the attack.

Sunday we hung out and got ready in the morning, then went to my aunt's house for dinner with my parents. we had a huge ham and tons of noms. Last night I finished laundry and we just hung out on the couch with Tessie.

PamBeesly524 · March 2016

@swazzle your bed looks so comfy with all of that company.. Congrats on working out 5 days in a row, that's impressive!

@caseface5 So jealous that you got to snuggle some babies. And I'm sorry about your anxiety attack, that doesn't sound fun at all. I hope you felt better yesterday!

My weekend was fairly low key, I ran on Saturday morning and finished sewing a giant teddy bear for my co-worker's daughter who just turned 1. Then H and I went into the city for a much-needed date night, we'd had it planned for a couple weeks because weekends have been so crazy for us lately. Unfortunately H ended up with a stomach ache that lasted for the rest of the weekend.

Sunday we just hung out, I went to a barre class and did some cleaning and knitting and cooking for this week's meals.

jenna8984 · March 2016

Well hello!

@swazzle great job sticking with the work outs. I always used to skip the "stretch" video. I felt like it was yoga-y and I just wasn't into it and thought it was a waste of time lol.

@caseface5 Wow twins had babies a week apart, that's really neat! Glad you got to see them! You had an anxiety attack over balloons?... Why?

Saturday I went to visit my friend and her new baby- she lives 8 hours away in NY but is home visiting her parents. Cutie little baby.

Yesterday we set up the crib (no need for a pic, there's no bedding yet just a plain wood crib lol). My friend from high school gave us the crib and 2 full drawers of newborn clothes so I was oooohing and aaaaawing over how cute they are! Grocery shopped, did meal prep which I'm very excited about. We cooked a ton of chicken breasts so it'll be easy after work to just heat up a veg side. Laundry, dishes, then we don't do Easter so we went out for Chinese food, and finished with a nice walk around the neighborhood.

jenna8984 · March 2016

Oh yea, also H is driving me nuts with the baby name. He brought up 2 of my original top 5- that he vetoed months ago! He's like no I didn't, I don't remember that! So now those are in the running and we are adding rather than narrowing down! lol

LizzyTish88 · March 2016

@PamBeesly524 Sorry your H had a stomach ache. Those are the worst! Hope you had a great date night otherwise.

@jenna8489 I have hated balloons since I was a kid. I had tubes in my ears and they would terrify me when they popped. Kids used to pick on me so bad about it that it grew into a fear and I hate them to this day. Doesn't matter how hard I try I can't help freaking out about them.

Swazzle · March 2016

@caseface5 - Aw so many babies!

@PamBeesly524 - Pics of the teddy bear?

@jenna8984 - Ohhh good to know. I really like yoga so now I'm bummed I skipped it yesterday! What names are all in the running?

PamBeesly524 · March 2016

@Swazzle It turned out a lot bigger than I was imagining. This was a nightmare of a project so I'm pretty excited that it looks as cute as it does and didn't turn out super creepy or deformed.

jenna8984 · March 2016

@caseface5 aaaw that's so sad! I'm sorry you still have a hard time with it.

@swazzleIt had been down to Mark, Eli, Samuel but now there's also Jason & Joseph. Middle is definitely Robert after my dad, and his deceased grandpa.

jenna8984 · March 2016

@pambeesly524 I'm impressed!!!

Swazzle · March 2016

@PamBeesly524 - WOW! You did an awesome job! That's so cute!

@jenna8984 - Great choices!

PamBeesly524 · March 2016

@jenna8984 Thanks! I love your potential names, for some reason Mark has always jumped out at me as a solid name.

beachyone15 · March 2016

Good morning. What a weekend. It was a good one, just super busy.
Friday H and I had date night and went downtown to have some good Mexican food and a margarita. We also went to see Allegiant which we really liked. Saturday we basically re-did our front flower beds which look so much better now. Pics -

Before:

After:

Then we went to see Batman v. Superman which I loved! I thought Ben Affleck was really good, although I'll always have a soft spot for Christian Bale and his ridiculous Batman voice. My H also surprised me by inviting my brother. He sat down right next to me and I was like, "that guy looks exactly like my brother. What are the odds that he got a seat right next to us for the same movie?!" I know, I'm slow. Lol.
Sunday we got SO much candy from our parents and had Easter lunch with my family. It was a nice relaxing day. My back was hurting from all that yard work and it still hurts today so I think a bubble bath is in my future tonight.

@swazzle - I'm nervous about TWD finale too! We also didn't meal plan so we have to go grocery shopping today after work and I have a feeling it's going to be a madhouse. Ugh.
@caseface5 - I'm sorry about the anxiety attack. Hopefully you feel better today.
@jenna8984 - Ha. Sounds like something my H would do, but that's good that you have even more options for names now! My parents actually waited to choose my name until after I was born which my mom said she was happy she did because I didn't look like a "Laura" which was in their top 2.
@PamBeesly524 - Adorable teddy bear! I love the color.

ETF: pics deleted for internet privacy

jenna8984 · March 2016

@beachyone15 ooo the landscaping looks great!! I want to see both of those movies. Still not sold on the idea of Ben as Batman but I love him anyways. Hilarious that you didn't catch on about your brother. A lot of people bring 2-3 names to the hospital but I don't think I could do that. Part of why we found out the sex was to pick a name nice and early lol

Swazzle · March 2016

@beachyone15 - The flower beds look so great! I seriously don't know if I'll be able to handle next week's episode. I don't want to say too much because of spoilers but shit. I read the Divergent trilogy but HATED the first movie so I've refused to see the rest.

beachyone15 · March 2016

@swazzle - I know what happens in the comics so I'm wondering if it'll pan out the same way. But whatever happens I just know it's not going to be good.
I haven't read the Divergent books but I can imagine they are probably much better than the movies - That's usually how it goes!

labro · March 2016

@Swazzle Your weekend sounds so fun! I'm jealous of all your relaxing and snuggling with your babies!! I missed you on Friday!

@PamBeesly524 Omg that bear is amazing! I'm really impressed!! I hope your friend's daughter loves it!

@jenna8984 Way to go H on putting MORE names in the running. I hope you're able to find something that feels right to both of you soon!

@beachyone15 Your garden looks so beautiful! I love your rosebush!!!

Why is Monday here already?? This weekend was super dreary weather wise which I guess is good since I was too busy to do any yard work anyway.

Callie's first Easter on Sunday was seriously THE BEST!!! I got to see her legit crawl for the first time ever!!!! We dressed her up in an Easter outfit I wore 28 years ago (@southernpeach89 also wore it).

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Apparently Callie is also a musical genius.

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Anyway, Easter was wonderful and we all had a lot of fun. I made Brussels sprouts topped with bacon and caramelized onions and they were DELICIOUS! Now I'm just counting down the days until vacation! One more week!!!

PS Callie is 6 months old today! How has half a year gone by already???

beachyone15 · March 2016

@labro - Oh my gosh, that dress! So adorable! She looks like the happiest baby

Swazzle · March 2016

@beachyone15 - I also know the comic spoiler and I can see it going either way really. I think I'm going to need a large glass of wine and a box of tissues regardless.

Swazzle · March 2016

@labro - Ahhhh Callie is the cutest! I love that she's wearing a dress that both you and @southernpeach89 wore! That's so special

jenna8984 · March 2016

@southernpeach89 made some bomb-diggity looking deviled eggs. So I got a hankering and whipped up some for lunch yesterday. So H starts devouring them, and asking what's in them, and it gets revealed that he's never had one before! Not one person in his entire extended family has ever brought them to a family/holiday party. I'm like how is that even possible. He says "We were poor, remember, unlike your family". I said they are fucking eggs- not caviar!!! It was hysterical.

@labro sounds yummy. How long will you be in NC? Did you decide on something for his extra birthday present?

labro · March 2016

@jenna8984 I didn't know being poor meant you didn't eat deviled eggs??? What in the world??? Whatever...at least he likes them now!

We'll be gone for a week. I still haven't decided on anything. If I have time this week I might hit up some camping stores. I got permission to buy a pair of hiking boots for our trip so I'm going to hide H's birthday present in the cost for the boots and just not show him the receipt.

[Deleted User] · March 2016

@PamBeesly524 - Wow, I love that teddy bear! It looks great!

@Swazzle - I am so proud of you for sticking with the workouts! 5 days in a row is awesome!

@beachyone15 - Love the flower beds! I have a black thumb and kill anything I plant so I am super impressed!

@labro and @southernpeacn89 - Callie is so cute! I love the picture of her at the piano!

My weekend was...blah. Friday I didn't go into the office and had grand plans to work and stuff from home, but I ended up not doing anything, not even working out. (My excuse was that Good Friday is a fast day that and I didn't want to run without having eating much all day.) I went to church Friday night and then came home and went to bed.

Saturday I did manage to get up and go for a run and go to yoga. Then a friend and I went to get pedicures and then out for dinner, which was nice. Sunday was church in the morning, and then I came home and made dinner--Sweet Scotch Ham in the crockpot, plus mashed sweet potatoes and roasted brussels sprouts). I also baked cookies to send to BF.

Today I'm feeling blah. It's been a year today since BF deployed and that's just shaping my entire day. Well...that and the fact that I have to spend today grading which is about my least favorite part of my job.

But, to counter the negative Monday vibes, here's a picture of my nephew and my niece all dressed up for Easter. My niece was a month old yesterday!

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Also this picture of my nephew which is basically the best thing ever:

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labro · March 2016

@futuremrshistorian Your niece is such a cute little chunk! And omg your nephew!!! Hilarious!

[Deleted User] · March 2016

@labro - Thanks! We're captioning that picture of him "Shovel: The new fragrance from Calvin Klein"

jenna8984 · March 2016

@labro ooo good call, he will never know...

@futuremrshistorian omg I looooooove your nephew. He's all.......

MissKittyDanger · March 2016

@caseface5 that sucks about the anxiety

@jenna8984 I like Eli!

@beachyone15 What a huge difference!

@labro so cute! Love how the dress looks like it was bought recently ... such a classic style!

Friday we had my mum, and Matt's mum and step dad over for dinner. There was plenty of ham to go around and we got to hand out left overs

The original plan of making scalloped potatoes didn't go to plan as our oven is stupid levels of small. Guhh .... oh well! Since the potatoes were already cut and peeled I just made mashed potatoes.

Saturday we ended up going to the mall. Matt wanted some gaming headphones and unfortunately they're costly. I told him that idc if Penny chews through another pair, he's not buying another pair at that price!
Afterwards, I ended up picking up a couple tops. Headed home and I took a nap.
I don't know what it is, but I've been tired lately.

Sunday was dinner at Matt's dad's side of the family.
They are the kind of people we had to game plan our type of "bean dip" for certain topics {*cough* religion and politics*cough cough*}
We've kind of had the discussion that if we have a kid we can use said child as excuse to leave if things aren't calming down lol

Today I came into starting a new system. It's weird because a lot of things are similar but it's different. Urg this is going to take some time!

eilis1228 · March 2016

@Swazzle Way to go with the T25 work outs! You are killing it!
@caseface5 Sorry to hear about the anxiety attack

@PamBeesly524 You should AW the bear! JK, just saw that you did. I LOVE IT! So cute! It looks so soft!
@jenna8984 Awww so exciting the baby's room is coming together!
@beachyone15 I love the flower beds! You guys did a great job!
@labro CALLIE! She's so precious. I love that she was able to wear the dress that you and @southernpeach89 wore as babies.

@futuremrshistorian Awwwww your niece and nephew are too cute! I agree-- your nephew is totally channeling Zoolander in that list pic. What a cutie!
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I need a day to recover from my weekend. I had to give myself a serious pep talk to get out of bed this morning and not call in sick.

On Friday H and I spent the day finishing up the apartment. We had a bunch of shelves and decor to hang, and I finally got all of our pictures framed and displayed. We were supposed to go out Friday night, but we had to cancel because the apartment was taking longer than we thought, and we wouldn't have much time on Saturday to do more. On Saturday I met up with my MOH and ran some errands, and H had to go into work for most of the day. We both got home around 6pm, and then we took a power nap on the couch and finished up the apartment. We had some friends over around 9 and played Cards Against Humanity and had some a lot of wine. It was a much needed stress reliever. We had so much fun!

Yesterday we hosted Easter for my family and H's parents. We had 13 people in total, and we made a ham and some rolls. Everyone else brought a side and/or a dessert, and we had tons of yummy food. I forgot to take a picture of the spread, but it was SO GOOD. We got tons of compliments on the apartment and the ham, so I'm sure we'll host more family meals in the future. The only "crap!" moment I had was realizing I'd only chilled 1 bottle of white wine. After everyone left, H and I vegged in the office. He played video games, and I watched Arrested Development and worked on a baby quilt for one of my cousins:

Tonight @audrewuh is coming over for our weekly sewing night. Hopefully H won't have to work late since he worked until midnight Thursday and then went in Saturday. He also got rear-ended AGAIN this morning. It was low impact, but he and I are both in foul moods now.

Is it Friday yet?

PamBeesly524 · March 2016

@beachyone15 mmm Mexican... The flower beds look great!

@labro Thanks! LOVE the generational dress - What an awesome idea. Callie is so so adorable.

@futuremrshistorian I'm jealous of your pedicure!

@eilis1228 Right back atcha with that baby quilt.. That looks SO good, I can't wait to see the finished product! And wait.. didn't he get rear ended last week? That is insanity.

eilis1228 · March 2016

@PamBeesly524 Awwww thank you!

I'm still a newb to sewing, so it surprises me when my points line up and my seam allowance is correct. lol. And yes, he was rear ended last week too. I swear his bumper has a magnet on it. He's fine, but we're both in crappy moods. It's been a looooooong month.

jenna8984 · March 2016

@eilis1228 Sounds like your Easter was a total success! Glad the apartment is just about done and in order. Oh no, hope your H and his car are alright- what a pain.

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