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Wedding Woes
banana468
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Christmas Eve Eve
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I'm trying to lock myself in my office to both work and wrap ALL THE THINGS. I can't find the pair of earrings we bought Chiquita which are cheap but I'm annoyed because they're Hamilton earrings and she'd love them.
The mini backpack from Santa is in Springfield, MA which is a shipping black hole. I think that's going to be a 3 Kings gift!
And now we're due for possible power outages on Christmas Day. I'm trying to plan in my head what we can do in case the rib roast is going to be on the gas grill.
I'm trying to lock myself in my office to both work and wrap ALL THE THINGS. I can't find the pair of earrings we bought Chiquita which are cheap but I'm annoyed because they're Hamilton earrings and she'd love them.
The mini backpack from Santa is in Springfield, MA which is a shipping black hole. I think that's going to be a 3 Kings gift!
And now we're due for possible power outages on Christmas Day. I'm trying to plan in my head what we can do in case the rib roast is going to be on the gas grill.
Re: Christmas Eve Eve
@banana468, just saw an article on USPS’ huge backlog of deliveries!
Also, a friend is supposed to stop by for a socially distant picnic lunch on my deck today, and I realized I wasn't super clear about wanting it to be a BYOB deal.
Isn't this supposed to be a slow and quiet week? Because it sure doesn't feel like it!
Otherwise, I really need to wrap my parents gifts. I have agreed to go over for an hour on Thursday afternoon, just to exchange and see them for a bit. We'll sit in the living room which leaves plenty of space between me and them and I think I'll probably stay masked.
I'm taking tomorrow off and enjoying my long weekend. I'm going to see my former co-worker BFF at her place and get some of her giant dog snuggles and then I have another friend that will be in from out of town that I'll see again. Another friend is coming over on Christmas Day to watch WW84 and Soul.
For the 2nd time, we left it in the car over night and have to replace.
Downside is this time we needed to get script refilled - which involves more runaround than anticipated.
I had to call clinic, but BK's dr isn't in SO they said to have pharmacy fax the script on file to them with note saying urgent, and that way they can get another dr to fill it.
M is wfh during lock down so he's picking up at lunch to drop at daycare - I told M to drop the card with giftcards for daycare then also so he doesn't forget.
Tomorrow I'm working half day. By the time I get home, M is gonna run to his parents to drop and pick up gifts. BK will open them when she gets up from her nap lol
We did open gifts from daycare and we got the cutest photos
I'm convinced if I have BK an off brand Elsa, she'd be stoked because it looks like Elsa.
Anyways!
It's slow lately so I'm grateful this my last full day.
I'm probably going to mess around this afternoon and just clear up stuff cuz tomorrow I won't really be working - we've talked about having starbucks and sitting around chatting.
My boss has a brief zoom meeting at like 10 but that will be like 10mins
I'm hoping to get stuff cleared up tonight and that way when BK goes to bed tomorrow, we can just focus on wrapping the remaining of our stuff.
We really dropped the ball on stocking stuff, but she's getting so much so I'm not super worried.
I've told my mum and IL's that we should all try to do the 4 gift idea
Some to want; something need; something to wear and something to read - but altering because BK has a lot of books and doesn't read yet lol
I have to work tomorrow, but only a half day. I'll then be heading up to my aunt's. We're a very small group - my parents, bro and SIL and aunt.
I'm very much looking forward to my dad's holiday zucchini bread.
Do you have a meat thermometer? That's going to be your best tool to ensure you don't over cook it and at 2-3 lbs you won't need a ton of time in the oven.
I decided I need an "appetizer smorgasbord" for my 4-day weekend. Unfortunately, that means more cooking than I am used to, lol. There is a "fancier" grocery store in town that I am going to hit up for some of that either tonight or tomorrow morning.
I needed to return a microwave (long story) to Walmart. I wasn't sure how long I had to return it, but it was close to it being 30 days since I bought it. My H and I went last night and also did some shopping. I was dreading it! Thinking it was going to be packed just three days before Christmas. We strategically waited until 8PM, but I still thought it was going to be bad. We were SO pleasantly surprised to find the store almost empty. Nobody else was in line at the Customer Service desk. We also walked right up to a cashier when we were ready to checkout! My H and I were joking to each other, "Are we missing something? Did we enter an alternate dimension?" Note to self: future Walmart trips need to be after 8PM on weekdays.
I'm taking a vacation day tomorrow so 4-day weekend! Yay! I have some critical things to do at work today, but should have plenty of time to get it done.
I LOVE after-Christmas sale shopping, so that is my one plan of attack on Saturday. I'm pretty focused on where I go and what I buy. In a nutshell, "gift type sets/items" that are edible and 50% off. Like multi-flavor hot chocolates. Like the little "cocktail" mixer bottles that are sold as a set of 5 or 10 different cocktails. Just add ice and liquor!
Speaking of handy cocktails, have any of you seen Keurig's new Drinkworks? It's pods with alcohol in them and there are dozens of cocktail choices. The machine can chill the water so it comes out cold and even knows if the beverage should come out frozen. And can do that also! That's what I really want Santa to bring me. But he won't, lol. Because Santa knows I don't have the counter space right now. Plus everything about this machine is spendy right now because it is the only thing like it on the market. But that will change with time and bring the prices down.
Maybe if I am a good girl this year. And organize my house and kitchen better. Santa will bring me one next year
ETA: another thing my therapist told me that helped me. What they did is a reflection on them, NOT YOU. I have to keep telling myself this over and over again.
M & I wrap and clean xmas eve while having at least one drink.
Our 1st and 2nd xmas' we may have gone overboard though lol Christmas day hangover SUUUUCKKKKS
Not sure if I shared on here but I decorated masks for all of the staff/teachers at babyB's daycare (40 people!). I got some notes of appreciation and saw several people wearing them the past 2 days which made me happy.
We finalized and published our blog last night and about 30 min later Trump had his twitter video about not wanting to sign the legislation. While I have no problem with the higher payment amounts it was also just like cmon you said all along you would sign whatever Congress approved and now all that time was wasted. Hopefully the only changes are to the check amount (at least as far as what affects the info our firm puts out) but still annoying. Especially since I'm supposed to be off next week.
I've got a few things to wrap still. H received my stocking stuffer yesterday and it was ripped open and retaped. Instead of the small figurine inside, there was a pair of gloves. Amazon is doing it right, but it won't be here for stockings. UPS was the shipper too, so we think it was someone within UPS.
Today is my Friday and I won't be back to work until Wednesday to finish out my vacation days for the year.
I wrapped presents a few nights ago. Honestly, it's my favorite part. Sometimes I daydream about a pop up shop of wrapping other people's presents, lol.
I am basically just waiting for Christmas to happen at this point. I am ready, stocking are even pre-stocked. Tomorrow will be a normal day for the most part, a zoom call with MIL to open her presents before DS goes to bed, then we will put presents under the tree, and not sleep all night with excitement.
ETA: B/c I'm still looking at those boxes to be wrapped and they need to be wrapped by 1 tomorrow.
Basically saying "who cares if it's needed, run the dishwasher twice. Save yourself the stress"
It's funny I saw this and also a lot of moms on my fb are saying that about laundry
I am trying to figure out new ways to wrap things though because wrapping paper is so wasteful. (Why is everything I love so bad for the environment?!) I am using more cloth bags this year because they are reusable. So if you think people would use/appreciate a cloth bag, just throw the gift in there and tell them you are avoiding wrapping paper for environmental reasons.
I am spending tonight doing some hand sewing and wine. I should put of a Christmas movie but Idk what to watch. I don't have the Hallmark channel here.
Candy loved to gift wrap. She had THREE "gift wrapping rooms" implemented into the house design. I bet they had year round staff just to wrap gifts and probably hired more around the holidays, lol.
I think I'd like gift wrapping better if I had rolls of wrapping paper attached to the walls and a big island in the middle of the room to use as a surface, lol.
I always feel I'll be more productive if I have my space set up but then it doesn't happen .... so I own a lot of bags.
So yeah, I haven't emptied the dishwasher and just keep running it.
The masks were such a nice gift @kvruns!
@charlotte989875 thank you for the Charlie Brown tip. I found The Grinch (the half hr one we grew up with) on YouTube the other day and I was stoked.
Today is my Last day of work in 2020! My son is having a big ear canal surgery + a smaller hearing aid internal placement (both in one shot to avoid two separate general anesthesias) on Mon 12/28, so after work it’s a long-ish pre-op appt at the hospital. And tomorrow is his pre-surg Covid test 😖 but all my Christmas errands/to-do list items are done.
Tomorrow will be just H, the kids and me. Baking cookies for Santa, mass, and a scaled back Christmas Eve dinner- shrimp, lobster ravioli in a pink sauce, stuffed shells and roasted asparagus. Christmas Day will be presents, cinnamon roll breakfast, and my parents siblings and I are having a Thanksgiving repeat- outdoor gathering (briefer this time) followed by dinner in our separate homes. My mom dubbed it Carols & Cocoa. It’ll be nice but I look forward to when we can be indoors again without masks. I’m making a ham and twice-baked potatoes for dinner. I hope everyone who celebrates enjoys their holiday!