Monday Already? (Weekly Post 12/12 - 12/18)

[scorpioscuba]

Oh no crimsonandclover! I hope the girls feel better soon.

kcrkcs we have a Samsung bottom freezer with the double doors on top. Love it! And I think your budget sounds about right.

kelltothekell I hope it's just a cold but I'd probably stay home as well. But I'm always looking for an excuse to stay home!

[scorpioscuba]

DS has his Kinder Christmas program this morning then we are going to run a couple of errands. After school we are going to try to rave Bass Pro Shop for Santa pics. FX I can get the time I want!

[Lollipop]

So, backstory. When we moved to this city, I was not exactly thrilled about the idea. My parents convinced me that it would be awesome, by promising to take me to see the dolphins that lived here at that time, and to see Garth Brooks the next time he came to town. He came every time he toured back then, and it was something that never could've happened in my hometown. Fast forward about 6 months and he announced that he was retiring.

Now that he's touring again, he's doing NINE shows where I live. I wasn't able to buy myself tickets, and my parents couldn't afford it. I'm so bummed about it. And when I mentioned it to my dad he goes "why are you so sure you won't?" like he'd be able to get tickets for me. And now I have a friend who hated country music until she hung out with me who got tickets and H's aunt got tickets because her best friend's some work in radio.

I realize that this is a stupid thing to be upset about, but I've been waiting for this for almost 20 years and now I'm missing out

[14joa31]

Lollipop - is every single ticket for all nine shows sold out???

[Lollipop]

Dec 16, 2016 11:22:48 GMT -5 14joa31 said:

Lollipop - is every single ticket for all nine shows sold out???

Yup. He hasn't been here in over 20 years and we have a large country music fan base. Plus I'm pretty sure a lot of people bought up a bunch of tickets just to resell at ridiculous prices.

[silverspoon]

Dec 16, 2016 11:22:48 GMT -5 14joa31 said:

Lollipop - is every single ticket for all nine shows sold out???

I am also surprised. Garth Brooks sold out for 9 shows. Never would have guessed.

kelltothekell J always has a runny nose and a cough. ALWAYS. I would continue with plans unless she looks like she's feeling under the weather. If she's just going to be miserable then it's no fun for anyone. I did hear RSV is going around right now. Isn't it always this time of year? 

crimsonandclover Worst wake up call ever. I had that on a smaller scale. The sound of a cat barfing at 3:46am. She needs to get over the tree and STOP EATING IT. You would think constantly puking up fake pine needles would get old after awhile. I know I'm over it.

[silverspoon]

Dec 15, 2016 17:13:44 GMT -5 kcrkcs said:

Not cool Mr.Scuba!
L is feeling a bit better. It was another very cold snowy day here. And in other news I think our fridge is about to shit the bed. It keeps making these death gurgle squeals. So I guess I am going fridge shopping. If I remember correctly lots of the big box stores have sales on appliances after Christmas, true?
ETA anyone want to rec. their fridge? I think we would spend up to $1500ish. I don't know if that's a good budget for a nice one or not, but that feels like it should be enough to get something decent.

I love love love my Samsung fridge. It has the french doors on top and bottom drawer freezer. It has the door within a door, but I really don't use that feature and it probably wasn't necessary. I hate polishing the stainless steel (smudgeproof my ass), but it's so shiny! I think they are right around that price. We got ours 2 years ago so I can't be sure.

[snd1231]

kcrkcs we have a whirlpool fridge and love it. Our old hand me down fridge bit the dust one day and we needed a replacement ASAP. Our budget was similar and I had a hard time finding what I wanted in the price range and then lucked out with an incredible 4K fridge on markdown since it was a floor model and even still had the plastic on the stainless.

[Lollipop]

scorpioscuba he has very loyal fans and hasn't been here in over 20 years, I'm not at all surprised. He was originally doing 5, but they sold out in half an hour. So he announced more. I have no idea how quickly those sold out, but I'm thinking an hour or less.

[Lollipop]

If I can find one of those assholes selling tickets for ridiculous amounts of money I would most likely buy them. God only knows when he'll be back. I've wanted to see him for pretty much my whole life. I don't want to miss this opportunity. Even if I have to pay double or triple for it.

[NellieOleson]

Lollipop - Maybe Santa will bring you tickets?

[Lollipop]

Dec 16, 2016 17:55:44 GMT -5 NellieOleson said:

Lollipop - Maybe Santa will bring you tickets?

My dad was certainly implying that Santa might. I'd be more optimistic if I didn't know my parents financial situation. Unless my sister decides to be Santa...

[Lollipop]

Sometime between now and Sunday I need to get another present for my sister and something for my BIL. Unless H wants to go tonight, I'll have to get his bank card and get my mom to take me to the mall and Walmart tomorrow. She hates the mall at the best of times.

[dizzycooks]

Lollipop I'm sorry your not able to go to the concert. I hope something awesome works out for you
crimsonandclover that is a terrible way to wake up. Yuck.
Not the same, but it's so cold here my dogs poop froze to her butt and she dropped it next to me while I was changing the baby. So gross. Apparently I need to check her backside when she comes in these days.
I'm kind of bumming. We had an awful day. It's going to snow 10 inches by tomorrow night and we are suppose to go to a friends surprise bday party downtown. The. It's going to be bitter cold (-35f with windchill) and we are suppose to drive an hour north and help my dad move to his new house. Not fun.

[icequeen]

NellieOleson, awww I bet DD1 will have a blast in all that snow.
kelltothekell, omg that is SO scary. So glad you guys are ok.
kcrkcs, we have a samsung and really like it. Don't forget to measure the area you want to put the fridge in because we almost had an issue when we moved.
Lollipop, I really hope Santa comes through for you!
dizzycooks, holy cow frozen poop!? Did you have your MOPS christmas meeting today? How did it go?
crimsonandclover, I would totally skip the wrapping paper.
scorpioscuba, hope DS's show went well!

[icequeen]

This morning I had MOPS and it was incredibly depressing. A lot of women were super emotional and crying during the group activity. We went to DS and DD's gymnastics classes and came home. DS took a long nap (the only one of the day) and I lay on the couch with DD. Very relaxing. DH came home early. I went to yoga and he side eyed me for it. REALLY??? I can't leave the house for one fucking hour? Plus, my mom came over to "help" him because this was clearly a crisis. JFC. And I wrapped almost all of our gifts, too.

[NellieOleson]

kelltothekell - glad you and dd are okay! Scary!

icequeen - your mom had to come help?! Hugs, lady. I hope you didn't throat punch your H too hard.

[NellieOleson]

And just because.
*poof!*

[tinydancer]

NellieOleson, have fun at your holiday gathering! All of the food sounds great. My family always does just finger foods and its fun to nibble all afternoon. Your girls are so cute!
icequeen, Happy Birthday to your DS! I can't believe it's already been a year. I'm glad the party went well, even if your H was pissy.
scorpioscuba, I hope your recovery goes well and that your H can get it together to help you out!
kcrkcs, I hope L feels better soon! We had a GE fridge (normal freezer on top) in our old house and I liked it. Now I have a side by side and I hate it - there's not room for anything. Also - make sure to measure your door too - our fridge almost didn't make it in the house.
crimsonandclover, all of our gifts were always wrapped, but I like the idea of not wrapping certain santa gifts.
Lollipop, I'm really hoping santa comes through with the concert tickets.
dizzycooks, MH is the same way about not being able to do things sometimes. The other day he told me he can't get ready for work and take care of the baby at the same time...what do you think I do everyday?
14joa31, nice job on your fundraiser! And good luck house hunting. Are you staying in your town that you love?
silverspoon, I'm glad J's tummy is doing better.
kelltothekell, so scary, I'm glad you didn't hurt yourselves in the fall.
snd1231, don't worry mama, my LO gets tons of bumps nowadays.

[tinydancer]

I've been MIA this week too - I've been dealing with some annoying stuff at work and then I had my annual review this week.

My LO started walking this week! He's so proud of himself, it's so adorable.

There have been several fun holiday events in our town - we recently went to the polar express night at the library - and tons of houses in my neighborhood have lights up. It's so festive!

[kcrkcs]

icequeen yay for yoga!

[Lollipop]

I'm sleepy. I shouldn't be, since M STTN last night. I'm really hoping that H remembered to leave me his debit card so I can get BIL's Christmas present before tomorrow.

[Lollipop]

I got everything I need for tomorrow. Now I just have to find boxes for everything, and wrap my mom's presents for my dad.

[scorpioscuba]

So glad you got to go to yoga icequeen! And major sideeye to H for giving you a hard time. Yoga is good for you and your mental health. That should be a priority to him.

So freaking adorable NellieOleson!!!

Congrats on the walking tinydancer!! I'm so excited for DD to start.

That nap sounds Aaaaaamaaaazing, kelltothekell!

[scorpioscuba]

Today was just too much. I invited DS's friend and his family over to decorate cookies. I made the cookies in advance, my mom did the decorations shopping for me and I just put everything out on the table for the kids to have at it. Well. They were nearly an hour late. So annoying. The kids had fun cookie decorating which lasted about 30-45 minutes. I made some appetizer type snacks and the kids just played toys. The rest of the DAY. These are the people who always overstay their welcome. They knew I just had surgery. I mean, I'm ok but I do get tired easily. They were here for 5 hours. I guess it's really my fault but I would never stay somewhere that long. Had they stayed 2 hours and left I'd have been fine. But nope. Didn't happen. I guess I should have learned my lesson by now.

[icequeen]

scorpioscuba, aww HELL NO. I cannot believe that fuckery. An hour late? Stay for 5 hours? Seriously WTF. I can understand being 15-20 minutes late because of kid troubles or whatever, but that is just crossing every boundary in my book. Especially since you just had surgery that they knew about! How fucking rude. I can understand not wanting to nudge them out but I would have definitely spoken up after 2 hours and said enough is enough. You need your rest, period.

[scorpioscuba]

Dec 17, 2016 21:39:07 GMT -5 icequeen said:

scorpioscuba, aww HELL NO. I cannot believe that fuckery. An hour late? Stay for 5 hours? Seriously WTF. I can understand being 15-20 minutes late because of kid troubles or whatever, but that is just crossing every boundary in my book. Especially since you just had surgery that they knew about! How fucking rude. I can understand not wanting to nudge them out but I would have definitely spoken up after 2 hours and said enough is enough. You need your rest, period.

Yeah, they were late because they basically overbooked themselves and went on a cub scouts hike that they agreed to after my party invitation they accepted. And she texted me 5 min before they were supposed to arrive to let me know they'd be late.

DS had fun playing with his friend so that's mostly why I didn't speak up. He doesn't see him that often. I'm just a bit antisocial and can only take in person socialization in small bursts!! 😂 I stayed off my feet for the most part but I'm still crawling into bed now at 7:45pm. But I really should know better. They also did this to me right after I had DD.

[icequeen]

Dec 17, 2016 21:44:06 GMT -5 scorpioscuba said:

Dec 17, 2016 21:39:07 GMT -5 icequeen said:

scorpioscuba , aww HELL NO. I cannot believe that fuckery. An hour late? Stay for 5 hours? Seriously WTF. I can understand being 15-20 minutes late because of kid troubles or whatever, but that is just crossing every boundary in my book. Especially since you just had surgery that they knew about! How fucking rude. I can understand not wanting to nudge them out but I would have definitely spoken up after 2 hours and said enough is enough. You need your rest, period.

Yeah, they were late because they basically overbooked themselves and went on a cub scouts hike that they agreed to after my party invitation they accepted. And she texted me 5 min before they were supposed to arrive to let me know they'd be late.

DS had fun playing with his friend so that's mostly why I didn't speak up. He doesn't see him that often. I'm just a bit antisocial and can only take in person socialization in small bursts!! 😂 I stayed off my feet for the most part but I'm still crawling into bed now at 7:45pm. But I really should know better. They also did this to me right after I had DD.

OMG i totally get the small bursts of socializing. I am the same way. Really 2 hours is my max, and maybe only a few times a month. I am way too consumed with my own life with the kids to involve others. Sad :/ I am happy DS had a good time! Now get some sleep, mama!

Oh and I agree that my "me" time is very therapeutic for me, but because I have abused that time in the past, DH has a huge problem trusting me. I try to do everything I can to assure him that I'm on the right track with recovery and being truthful about my struggles but he refuses to give me any benefit of the doubt. Ever. I am pretty sure he will never trust me again. It's a shitty situation, but I'm not giving up things that my therapist specifically encouraged me to do, and he knows about. At this point, this suspicion and side-eyeing is his problem, not mine anymore.

[scorpioscuba]

Big hugs icequeen! I for one am super proud of you!! ❤️❤️❤️

[icequeen]

Dec 17, 2016 21:56:11 GMT -5 scorpioscuba said:

Big hugs icequeen ! I for one am super proud of you!! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you