Monday!

mrsconn23 · May 2016

How was the weekend? Did the mother's have a good day yesterday?

Our weekend was hectic. We went OOT for DH's step-grandma's bday. We were going 12 different directions for less than 24 hours to drive home and go to my sister's for dinner.

The party was nice. I spent a lot of time with my baby nephew (he's almost 4 months and starting to get really 'chatty') and SIL, along with DH's cousin's FI, whom I adore.

FIL and his siblings are all a hot mess of fuckery.

VarunaTT · May 2016

Friday night was First Friday and all the stuff that goes on with that thing.

Saturday, I drove with K to her OOT roller derby game. I'm finally starting to understand what's going on during the game more. K was awesome, scored a bunch of points. Her team won, 203 to 125. The other team was getting pretty rough. K has got quite a few bruises and took one particularly nice tumble onto her shoulder that has previously been dislocated.

Sunday I cleaned the apartment, did the laundry, tabled at a festival, and took burgers to Mom's for Mother's day b/c that's what she requested. I wish she'd let me make a bigger fuss, but she's so low key about holidays anymore. Then I introduced K to the beginning of the 90s teen angst ridden movies with "The Craft." We laughed all the way through it.

I'm feeling pretty good this morning. I was actually looking forward to coming into work, which is kind of a big deal for me. Now if I can just get back to cooking, I think I'll start heading into a new normal.

charlotte989875 · May 2016

@VarunaTT I remember watching the craft in junior high thinking I was so cool and badass for watching it. Looking back I'm slightly embarrassed. Only slightly.

Friday I had drinks with a coworker and H and I celebrated finishing our final grades. saturday was graduation and being officially done with working here. I still have to pack my office and will finish up some papers, but my official responsibilities are complete.

Sunday was brunch with friends. It's getting time to say goodbye and it's sad.

bleve0821 · May 2016

Our weekend was pretty quiet. Yesterday, we bought a grill, I mulched a huge problem area of the yard, and now am patiently waiting (ha!) for my next paycheck so I can blow a little of it on all the flowers. We did not get my wedding bouquet preserved (it sat in the kitchen sink until last night when I finally realized it was dead and gone), so my thought is to plant some of the flowers that were in it in that garden. It was very simple, just tulips and hydrangeas and a few mini calla lilies with some other whimsy thrown in. The flowers obviously won't all bloom at the same time, but I still think it would be neat to kind of make it a quiet sanctuary.

Last night, I was cold, so I threw a pair of PJ pants over my running shorts, and DH came up to me and said, "Why aren't those PJs flattering you? DO YOU ALREADY HAVE WIFE BUTT?!?!?"

He immediately corrected with "I meant Mom Butt," which, obviously made it sooo much better <sarcasm>...

ShesSoCold · May 2016

Happy mother's day to the moms here!

I had a shit ass weekend. H and I got into a fight Friday/Saturday that should have been a quick, "Hey, this upsets me." "Oh, okay, sorry. Moving on". Then on Saturday, Mother's day hit me pretty hard. Last night we went out to dinner, which wasn't as bad/busy as I thought, being Mother's Day.

I did start reading this book my mom gave to me like 100 years ago. I'm into true crime stuff and at first I'm like, "500 pages for one murder? Nah." but I'm getting really into it.

We didn't grocery shop yesterday like we normally do so we have to tonight. Wah.

6fsn · May 2016

I don't even know where the weekend went.
Friday DH took off. He smoked a bunch of meat and worked in the yard. I took the kids to a touch a truck

Saturday was a birdhouse build at Home Depot, baseball, then DH took 6let to a soccer game. I guess there was a drunk college student that out his hands on a fan from the other team. DH got involved breaking it up. He was pretty shaken up when he got home because of course 6let saw it all

Sunday was lacrosse and yardwork. I got a fancy breakfast and a really pretty necklace. I walked with a neighbor Sunday night. We've been walking for a few months now and I really look forward to it.

VarunaTT · May 2016

@charlotte989875 They are doing a "20 years in the future" sequel. I was cracking up about that and K didn't know the movie, so we immediately had to watch it.

We're compiling a list of movies to have each other watch now. I've got Heathers on mine, demanding it be watched before Mean Girls.

missJeanLouise · May 2016

Friday my boss let me go home early and FH had to work late. We were in bed by 11.

Saturday, FH had meetings and work to do so I slowly picked up the house while watching the Kentucky Derby. When it got dark, I started burning the pile of sticks that has been sitting by our fence since the great yard clearing of 2015. Our dinky little fire pit is so pathetic though, it will take me all summer.

Sunday, FH surprised me with breakfast in bed. I facetimed with my mom for a while. Then we called FMIL and basically just had a chill day. We went out for dinner and it was delicious.

This week I have to decide whether or not my dog is coming with me on my trip home. He is just a bit too big to fly in the cabin with me but I thought he could ride in a crate in baggage. Apparently, this is not the case and he would have to be shipped cargo and may not even be in the same plane as me. They only book animals 14 days out so I have to wait until Friday before I find out the exact situation. The whole thing makes me uncomfortable. I would just leave him behind but FH and I are planning on attending our friends' wedding 2 weeks after my trip. We would either have to board the dog while we go or he can go with me now, stay at my mom's, and get shipped back after the friends' wedding. I am hoping an extended stay will offset the "trauma" of flying. He is kindof a scaredy cat (dog) so he will either be terrified for several hours of travel or for a whole weekend in a kennel.

lembaslover · May 2016

@ShesSoCold what's the title of the book? I love true crime but haven't read any in a while.

Saturday DH and I were pretty lazy but we did do the grocery shopping for the week and on Sunday prepped a bunch of meals for the week so we don't have an excuse to snack on unhealthy stuff, skip working out, or go out to eat b/c we are just too tired. It really worked last week and while I only lost like 2.5lbs I am already feeling better. I also cut out caffeine and after getting through a week of withdrawl I'm actually not as tired as I thought I'd be.

The bad part of the weekend was the "fight" with my parents. Which is in quotes b/c I can never manage to have a fight with them. Either my mom bursts into tears and starts apologizing like crazy so I can't get any words in or they just pretend it didn't happen. So I went the text wrote to get everything I wanted to say out before she cuts me with her tears and well I haven't heard anything back from them... This fight has been a long time coming, basically even though I'm fairly successful and generally a person who is kind and cares about others they treat me like the black sheep of the family because I've told them I'm not a christian and I drink occasionally, swear sometimes, moved in with DH before we were married, etc... Also they still try to treat me like a child which was really the last straw. They live about 8 hours away so when they visit it's always a long weekend and they stay with us and it's really stressful. Well DH and I have a lot going on this spring and I told my parents that when they asked when they could come visit. Well for the last week they keep asking when they can come visit and every time I say I'm sorry the spring isn't a good time for us and they just keep pressuring me to pick a date. So I finally blew up and told them that they can come up when we invite them and it isn't happening for a while. There's a lot more in the story but my rant seemed long enough.

But there was a good part to the weekend was DH and I had brunch with his parents and grandmother on mother's day. I love his family, they are the kindest most caring people I've ever met and I'm really happy to join their family. There's drama once in a while but nothing like I deal with from my family.

*Barbie* · May 2016

Weekend was pretty laid back. DK and Wolverine planned a few nice Mothers' Day surprises. We went to an awesome steakhouse for dinner last night, and it was packed, but they kept things moving well and the food was great, as usual. They are one of those places that let you go back to their "butcher shop" to pick your own steak, so Wolverine got a kick out of doing that. She picked DK's with some help from me, and they cut hers just for her.

We're having the May birthday party at work, tomorrow and I offered to make cupcakes, so I'll be doing that tonight. One of the ladies said that she wanted white cake with buttercreme, so I'm thinking of doing some like that, and then filling the rest with fruit of some sort (raspberry?) with fresh berries on top. I might do a lemon buttercreme for the raspberry cupcakes.

glasgowtolondon · May 2016

I love Heathers! It was my absolute favourite. To me Christian Slater will always be JD.

Eta double words

Heffalump · May 2016

It was a whirlwind, definitely.

Left early Friday to attend DS's class Mother's Day party. He had presents for me: one of those hand print poems with his actual hand prints, plus a tile with his hand print and a sunflower seed in a little pot. (Wooz quickly appropriated this last one.) Picked up groceries, stopped at the produce stand, threw some pizza at the kids in time for Wooz's friend to arrive for their sleepover. The girls were delightful. DH came home with a giant-ass bouquet of flowers.

The next morning we went to riding, and Wooz's friend joined us because she didn't want to go to her brother's "boring soccer game." Came home, dropped her off, headed for Grandfather Mountain. Spent the rest of the day there, stayed 'til they closed, and got home in time for bedtime. (Drove the Blue Ridge Parkway both ways, and it was gorgeous. As always.)

Sunday morning, DH made breakfast and Wooz gave me her gifts: handmade card, a poem with a photo of her, and one of those "I love my mom because..." things where they fill in the blanks. Turns out she loves it when I sing Shake It Off, which I told her was hilarious because I didn't even know all the words until she started listening to Taylor Swift. Got caught up on house stuff, took the kids to swim, and then somehow the weekend was almost over already. It was a good weekend.

Called my grandma--she doesn't hear very well (and refuses to get a hearing aid), but we still got to talk for a bit. My aunt says the medication is helping, but she is still forgetful, which is one of the symptoms of her NPH. And then an hour after we talked to her, they called back because my grandma thought she hadn't talked to my kids, so we got to talk to her again.

I still don't understand why my grandma's 100th birthday party is in Chicago rather than in Florida, where she lives, since it is hard for her to travel. I am starting to suspect that it's for the convenience of my cousins, which I think is just wrong. She's turning 100, if anything should revolve around her it's this. So I'm starting to agitate with my mom and brother to see if they agree, and what we're going to do about it.

missJeanLouise · May 2016

@VarunaTT YES! Heathers! Is beetlejuice on there? Idk if there is a more angsty 90's teen than Lydia.

bleve0821 · May 2016

@Heffalump it makes me happy that you throw food at your children.

VarunaTT · May 2016

@missJeanLouise Oh man, I didn't think of Beetlejuice. I'll have to find out if she's seen it. I think I basically need to look up Winona Ryder's early career and just put all those movies on it.

I also have "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Clueless," and "My Own Private Idaho."

Heffalump · May 2016

VarunaTT said:

@missJeanLouise Oh man, I didn't think of Beetlejuice. I'll have to find out if she's seen it. I think I basically need to look up Winona Ryder's early career and just put all those movies on it.

I also have "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", "Clueless," and "My Own Private Idaho."

I still love Clueless. When I got my ticket for rolling through a stop sign, I repeatedly referenced "I totally paused!"

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It's older than Clueless, but I screamed when I saw that The Princess Bride is back on Netflix. Wooz is definitely old enough now, and as soon as we finish re-watching Lilo and Stitch, I'm starting her on that one. I fell asleep watching it last night.

VarunaTT · May 2016

@Heffalump When K didn't know Clueless, I pretty much shouted:

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and then started singing:

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I guess it's a good thing she likes my particular brand of crazy.

*Barbie* · May 2016

@VarunaTT - I know you said K is younger than you, but how old is she? How can someone not know Clueless and The Craft? I'm 32, and still remember seeing both of these in the theater.

VarunaTT · May 2016

Grr, for not being able to tag you: She's 23.

thefanciestbeckler · May 2016

The weekend was mostly good.

Friday night mom and I went to my grandparents' house to celebrate Mother's Day. My granddad still hasn't recovered from his a-fib episode a few weeks ago. He was feeling really bad and looked so weak and pale. He took his BP and it was through the freakin roof. Turns out that earlier that day he had taken it upon himself to mow their entire yard (1 1/2 acres), do all of the weedeating/trimming, and then came inside and cleaned the house from top to bottom- including vacuuming and mopping. I can't even describe how frustrated we are all getting with him. He really should not be doing all of that anymore, and he knows it, so he does it all and then doesn't tell anyone until he starts feeling really sick from it.

Saturday was a whole lot of nothing. Yesterday was church, a super long nap, and a fancy Mother's Day dinner for mom with my brother and his girlfriend. We had a blast. It's always so much fun to treat her to something like that. She gets so excited.

*Barbie* · May 2016

VarunaTT said:

Grr, for not being able to tag you: She's 23.

that explains it. the movies are almost as old as she is.

MesmrEwe · May 2016

What a weekend... I sound like I swallowed a frog... Of course any bets that when I go to the doc on Wednesday it'll be completely cleared up?!?!? H sounds the same but he's playing the "Man Cold" card... DD sounded the same this AM but it quickly went away after she got moving though...DS still has his annoying cough...

The weekend was pretty meh... Saturday I didn't get much done other than take the kids to church then took them to the Mongolian restaurant for dinner for Mother's Day (i.e. a restaurant I chose that the kids would not only eat but behave decently at!)... Then yesterday we had Mother's Day with the IL's... The meal was nice, but we were outside in the sun - see above.. Then DD went with SIL to the skate park - which she's got all the coordination of a drunken gnat to which SIL was telling about her meltdown when she scuffed up her elbow and knee... Oh well, at least I went for ice cream before going home (I'm such a pushover I figured "Ice cream - it's what's for Supper!" last night... because - Mother's Day and "Man Cold" in the house - I was still stuffed from brunch anyway)...

thisismynickname2 · May 2016

Happy belated mother's day!
Had a great day- went to the track and won about $60 (on $2 bets). My parents and my in-laws get along famously so we were all there enjoying the racing with perfect weather.

This morning though. My shower door broke, my zipper broke on my old favorite jeans, and then I fell on the train stairs and skinned my shin. Ugh, Monday.

ShesSoCold · May 2016

@marriedhamstermom Black Dahlia Avenger. It's good.

lembaslover · May 2016

Thanks @ShesSoCold ! I'm excited to add it to my list, I love getting new book recommendations

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