Tonight is our fundraiser fish fry for the school and setting up for our volleyball tournament.
Tomorrow, I have to be at our volleyball tournament at 7:45. At 1:00 , we have to prepare meat and vegetables for our burgoo, barbecue fundraiser Sunday.
Sunday, I have to be at the picnic grounds by 8:30 to jug burgoo, plate barbque, and sell it.
I have to set my alarm both mornings. Why, why, do I do this to myself. I need to be one of those uninvolved people for a while and chill.
I feel your pain rere26. I was just wondering the other day when I became an alarm seven days a week kind of person.
Tonight is a burger place then escape room for DD's 13th birthday party. Tomorrow is a long run then 5 games from 8-2, then I am getting my nails done and shopping. Oh and groceries. ALONE. Sunday is church then DD's confirmation then everyone here for dinner.
It will be busy but should be mostly fun. Minimal time with DH - he is in full on jerk mode.
DH isn’t getting back till midnight from a work trip so I have big plans with Netflix tonight. Tomorrow I’m taking the kids to the gym and then the library for story time. I may also take them to a movie tomorrow afternoon if I can get them to nap early enough. DH and I are going out Saturday evening for a date night. Sunday is church and we are meeting my in-laws for lunch. If we have time on Sunday there is a new farm to table creamery that I want to check out that supposedly has amazing vegan ice cream.
DD's getting her hair cut tonight, which will be the highlight of my weekend.
Tomorrow is our usual routine - ballet and a birthday party. I'm hoping to take DD to go see Beauty & the Beast, and then meeting up with friends after they see it that afternoon.
Sunday has no plans, which sounds glorious.
Vent: I wish there were an inlaw divorce program. I would love to keep DH and divorce them. FIL seems to go out of his way to try to cause problems. When we first started dating, DH made an off-color joke in front of his dad - I don't remember the joke, but it was along the lines of Seinfeld's soup nazi. I only remember because his dad pulled him aside, said it offended him, etc.
Apparently, over the years, the story has changed and I'm the one now who made the joke in FIL's eyes. FIL felt the need to call DH (who has no memory of the event apparently) and bring it up and complain about it a couple weeks ago. Yesterday we got a newspaper article mailed to us about Tim Allen's nazi controversy, with a note written in it about how no one should ever compare nazi's to anything or joke about it.
Even if I HAD been the one to make the joke, what in the world does he think he gains by sending this???
Every week, it's something new, which is basically intended to point out something I've done wrong to DH. I don't get it and it's driving me nuts.
k3am, I have thought to advise my children to thoroughly investigate the in laws before committing to marriage. Problem being, that some of the crazy was not evident in my case until a few yrs in.
Post by librarychica on Mar 24, 2017 10:25:17 GMT -5
k3am, I would be telling my FIL not to contact me and my H not to tell me about his antics, personally. What an ass.
I had planned to have a chill day with kids (it is my day off and DD1's last day of spring break) but my mom called saying that dad took today off and could she take the kids to a water park. Sure! They just left so I'm finishing up a little laundry and then having lunch with H and hitting up the outlet mall.
Tomorrow is gymnastics and a birthday party. Sunday I'm taking the kids to the science museum with my BFF while H works.
librarychica, DIL sent the article via snail mail addressed to the family. So of course I open it, am like.. ummmmmmm okay, this is odd and makes no sense, and left it on the table for DH when he got home and asked him if his dad was going crazy, at which point he lets me know "this is going to need some explanation."
It's all really petty and stupid stuff, but the older they get, the worse it gets.
I'm tempted to start subscribing to newspapers or printing out articles about why the phrase "colored people" is really not bandied about anymore, and how he shouldn't make assumptions about "those people", how parents of working children aren't ruined for life, etc but really it would just cause more issues. But my god is it tempting.
Post by CoverGirl82 on Mar 24, 2017 10:36:43 GMT -5
+1 to in-law divorce. That is a fantastic idea. I would still have married DH regardless, because he is a wonderful person, husband, and dad, but I could do without MIL and SIL. (We rarely see FIL, so that actually works out well.) I'm tired of MIL trying to compete with my parents. Sorry, MIL, you'll never win that or ever be at my parents' level (IMO). And I get really tired of hearing from SIL how perfect she is because she's a SAHM and homeschools, etc.
Weekend plans: Tonight DH and DD are going to a Daddy/Daughter dance. I'm going to take DS out to dinner. Tomorrow we're celebrating my mom's birthday. Sunday is church in the morning and then I'm taking DD to see Beauty and the Beast in the afternoon. I'll need to fit some cleaning in somewhere.
FFFC: I almost forgot to get pies for my mom's birthday. The past few years, I've ordered pies from a local place because my mom loves lemon meringue pie, and it's fun to do something other than cake for a change. I remembered this morning and luckily the bakery can make them in time for pick up today. *Whew*
Post by indyrowergirl on Mar 24, 2017 10:50:08 GMT -5
This weekend will be a bit crazy. Today I took the day off to do laundry, and manage vendors: oil change, dryer repair, tour potential new preschool for DS2, mani/pedi. Tonight DH got good seats from work to a local professional sports team, so we're headed out to see the game. Tomorrow, I'm up at the crack of a$$ to drive 5 hours to a baby shower for my SIL (wife of DH's younger brother). I'm going to crash at a hotel there tomorrow and head back on Sunday.
My FFFC: MIL, SIL (DH's sister), SIL (soon to have baby) and her Mom are all going to the symphony in the city where the shower is tomorrow night after the shower. They asked if I wanted to go, and I declined. A solo dinner, some shopping at a huge outlet mall, and an uninterrupted night of sleep in a hotel room (with a bed that I can starfish in all I want to) sounds like heaven.
k3am , in law divorce is an amazing idea. Unfortunately my in-laws wouldn't sign off on one because they don't "believe" in divorce, yet they've spent the last 15 years speaking to each other through DH and basically just co-existing. Anyways, in your case, I'd put that thing right back in the mail with "WRONG ADDRESS, RETURN TO SENDER" written on the envelope. Except I'd put glitter confetti in it too. What a jerk move.
Tomorrow I'm taking DD to a birthday party and DH and DS are going to go to the library and have lunch. I am hoping we'll have time to pick strawberries too since they are in season here.
We are getting together w my side of the family for pictures tomorrow. Our gift to my parents at Christmas was pictures with all of their grandkids. We planned this w the agreement of my brother and my sister. Well, now that the photo shoot is scheduled they are doing everything they can to sabotage it. My brother and nephew now may or may not come. My sister, who's life is a hot mess worthy of a thread all its own, has zero money and so said the photos were fine as long as she didn't have to buy special outfits for her kids. We said no problem, you pic what your kids are going to wear and we will coordinate. She has promised me pics daily for a week. I have given up asking. She finally at least showed my mom on Skype yesterday and they are fffffing green and orange color schemes. WTAF?? And one floral pattern and two plaids. I still haven't gotten a pic. So now I have to fit in a trip to Target to find something for my kids and nephew that won't totally clash.
Honestly, I am so over it. And it's probably 50/50 whether she will actually show up. I feel like she is trying to sabotage the whole thing.
DH and I have decided whoever shows, shows. And if it is photos of my parents and only our kids, so be it.
Weekend: I will be at the office both days. Normally I WFH on Sundays but since DH and DD wouldn't leave me alone to work last Sunday I'm forcing myself to go to the office so I can get crap done. After work Saturday I will be stopping at Costco before heading home.
Both my sibs will be home Sunday and my mom wants DD and I to come to a big turkey dinner and I so don't want to. I'm down with seeing my sibs but would love to avoid my mother and I just don't want Thanksgiving right now.
DH and DD may be going to the coast with a neighbor Saturday. He has never been and invited them to do all the tourist stuff. Don't know if it is happening or not since they at talking monsoon rains all weekend.
The Piggy Opera concert last night was cute but super short (15 minutes). DD's friend S who goes to a different school made it to watch which was the highlight of her night.
billybumbler, he's really not a bad guy. There are WAY worse people out there. But he says incredibly hurtful stuff without thinking it through and then can't understand why I'm bothered by it because it's not what he intended, even if it's what he said. MIL is a peach compared to him, but she's really not much better.
After work I'm taking myself on a date to see Beauty and the Beast alone. DH will be working late. I'm going to the fancy theater with the recliners.
Tomorrow I have SIL's baby shower, so I'll be gone all day with drive time and helping set up and clean up, but it should be fun. Or a complete shit show. Could go either way, but it'll be amusing regardless. MIL decided SIL's registry wasn't good enough, so she made a new one and picked out all different stuff. Kind of can't wait to see how it all goes down. lol Again, DH is at work all day. Hence the need for kid coverage.
Then Sunday will be a sleep in, relaxing morning until I pick up the kids in the late afternoon.
Tomorrow morning is another kid birthday party, then in the evening I'm going out with a couple of my girlfriends to see some bands. They are all irritated that the musician they want to see is going on so early, like 8:30, and I'm over here going "Perfect, one hour before my bedtime."
Plans: Meeting with a potential housekeeper- That's it.
FFFC- I babysat my friends kids on Wednesday. Her middle child smelled really bad. Like so bad that I really didn't want him on my furniture and thought it would be cruel to be him to bed like that. DH bathed him and washed his clothes. We lied to her and said he made a mess at dinner and we wanted to wash his clothes and not send them home dirty. Her oldest also wanted a bath so we let him too.
I don't know how you ladies do it with such busy schedules.
We are going to a 2 year old birthday party at the play place DD's 4 year old friend usually frequent on Saturday. It should be a little different there with a younger crowd. Also I feel like I know a lot of DD's daycare friends and semi-know their parents at this point, but DS still doesn't talk a lot and I don't know any of his daycare friends or if he has any preferred playmates at this point. Otherwise, we don't really have much going on.
I've basically determined that when my children get married, every time I see their spouses, I will basically be providing them copious amounts of alcohol since they're bound to hate me and hopefully it will make things run more smoothly.
Post by erinshelley21 on Mar 24, 2017 13:19:28 GMT -5
Tonight we are taking ds for ice cream and to stay all night at my moms. Not sure what we will do after we drop him off.
Tomorrow DH goes back to work for a half day. One of my BFF's is coming over to meet dd then I'm going to pick DS up and then I will spend my first extended period of time alone with both kids and probably have my first solo bedtime.
Not sure what Sunday holds. Probably church, picking up groceries.
Hopefully the weather stays nice because it is gorgeous!
DS has his first eye appointment tomorrow, and DH is tagging along because he wants prescription safety glasses. If the weather is nice, we'll probably stop at a playground or for ice cream on the way home. We also need to do some yard cleanup.
Sunday is a big shopping day, lol. DS needs new shoes, new underwear, and maybe some new PJs. Growth spurt, omg. I think he grows an inch a week.
H has put in a request for cookies that are not sugar cookies. I was pouting about that, but I think DS and I will oblige. Maybe we'll try something new.
Post by librarychica on Mar 24, 2017 13:27:30 GMT -5
Important update: at the carters outlet I got 2 pairs of shorts, 4 bike shorts, 4 nightgowns, 2 dresses and 2 t shirts for $100. At Gap outlet, a polo, tshirt and pair of shirts for H and a dress for me, $42.
k3am Are your ILs retired? My MIL and mother both are and I find that they must have too much down time to ruminate over petty shit like what you described. Both of them brought p random petty crap to H and I a few months back that we could only attribute to too much idle time and not enough to do..
vasc, oh yeah. They're retired, have no hobbies, and very few friends. Their interactions with people who aren't being paid to interact with them (ie: staff at places they go, servers, etc) is few and far between.
Saturday DH and I are going to a fancy restaurant and a movie. Kids are staying the night with Grandma. I am very excited.
Other than that, no plans for us. We need to do a LOT of house stuff. But I have 2 vacation days I need to use or lose by end of March, so I'm taking off March 30-31 and will do a lot of that stuff then.
I'm so excited! Lazy weekend! And grown up time!!!
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