lilyelayne hope you are having fun! i can't believe we're already wrapping up feb...yikes.
busy day at work, then i have to get home and pack for vacation and pack up our closets and drawers so the movers can move everything tomorrow morning, then VACATION TOMORROW!!! i'm going to tell work that they shouldn't call me unless the sky is falling, haha.
Morning. I have been at the minute clinic for pink eye this morning. It's much better this morning than last night but I don't want to mess with it and the kids so I went. Fun times.
aggiebug what an annoyance. Hope you get better and it doesn't spread. agm04 good luck with all that work ahead of you. Then you can enjoy vacation though!
You guise, it's my dad's 70th birthday today. That feels/sounds really old and it makes me sad. That on top of watching the movie Room for the 1st time last night has gotten me in a funky mood. But I'm glad my H is on his way home and should make it in time for my dad's birthday dinner. Then it's our little local get away this weekend at an Ale Fest with H's co-worker friends, staying at hotel, and our dating anni/valentine's dinner at my favorite restaurant (The Melting Pot droooolllll)! I hope A doesn't ruin this with being too emotional to be without us for the weekend. I think the terrible twos are starting...
dreemkin wow big weekend! i know what you mean about it feeling old and giving you feels. i can't think about that stuff for long or i cry. i hope you enjoy the date weekend!! out of curiosity, do you find that the girls are more or less attached to you since you started staying home? i always feel like DD cries so much when i leave because i'm not around enough, but maybe it's just the way some kids are.
it's kind of awesome that i have to empty our closets and drawers right now, because it's a perfect time to change to spring/summer clothes here. it'll be super nice to put everything back in place all nice and organized, in season, and with brand new floors! (organization nerd alert over here.)
agm04 more attached now. It used to be "all daddy all the time" but now they prefer me, more than not. I am MomMom according to A. A new pet name from her when she wants me.
dreemkin I remember feeling the same way when my parents turned 70. It was a definite whoa kind of moment. This year is their 50th wedding anniversary which is also crazy. Happy birthday to your dad though
agm04 S has her preferences for different things from each parent, being at home I am the comforter and in general the preferred parent when she is tired or sick. Daddy gets the fun jobs, dancing going outside etc. She cries when he goes to work often and asks for him throughout the day. I think we are just at the age where they realize what being gone means and haven't entered grasped the concept of time enough to know when they will come home.
V is on a sleepover at my mom's and I hot to sleep in, it was glorious! Of course I did have to wake up and feed A, but I got to fall back asleep.
Now we are going grocery shopping without a toddler. I'd feel bad about being excited about this stuff, but V was so ready to leave us yesterday that he didn't even say goodbye. I had to call him back for a goodbye hug.
V is on a sleepover at my mom's and I hot to sleep in, it was glorious! Of course I did have to wake up and feed A, but I got to fall back asleep.
Now we are going grocery shopping without a toddler. I'd feel bad about being excited about this stuff, but V was so ready to leave us yesterday that he didn't even say goodbye. I had to call him back for a goodbye hug.
Post by lilyelayne on Feb 25, 2017 16:30:21 GMT -5
Spent today with my cousins. G fell asleep in the carrier on the way back from the parade route but didn't make the transfer to the crib, so I'm currently nursing him hoping he'll fall back asleep.
Well instead of toddler free grocery shopping I got another trip to the ER today. I had a sneezing fit and apparently tore or strained something in my incision. I can barely walk and am basically back to square one for healing.
Well instead of toddler free grocery shopping I got another trip to the ER today. I had a sneezing fit and apparently tore or strained something in my incision. I can barely walk and am basically back to square one for healing.
My weekend did not go as planned. Sat morning, 3am, I woke up to A puking in her crib. She continued to puke until late morning. So we felt bad about going to the Winter Ale Fest and almost cancelled (my sister said she wouldn't deal with puke). Then surprisingly my mom came through and said she didn't mind watching them since we already paid for the tickets and such! So we went but didn't spend the night at the hotel as planned in case A threw up again during the night. Lost our money on that one. A has not thrown up again and seems fine otherwise so I don't know if it was just something hitting her stomach funny. We also had to cancel our lunch reservations for today (I'm most sad about that one). Best laid plans... 😔
PS: the ale fest was a blast but it was so F'ing cold. Only the Midwest would have an outdoor beer fest in the middle of the coldest part of winter (and tons of people come out to participate). Overall I got too drunk from not eating lunch but feel surprisingly well this morning. I lost my voice from shouting to talk to our friends lol. And I did my first Ubering.
lilyelayne check in when you can. I saw the news about the car driving into the crowd. I figured with G there you likely weren't out then but want to make sure.
lilyelayne check in when you can. I saw the news about the car driving into the crowd. I figured with G there you likely weren't out then but want to make sure.
We are safe as are my family and friends. We were very far from that part of town. So scary :-(
lilyelaynedreemkin thank you! Yesterday was a long day, but A hung in there surprisingly well despite getting to bed 3+ hours late. She's already awake (way too early!), but I'm going to do my best to just go with the flow! Our Airbnb house is amazing - the garage has been converted to a playroom with tons of toys, a tent, and air hockey and foosball tables!
kartish that's awful, I am so sorry. Sending you all the hugs and healing vibes!
dreemkin noooooo. So disappointing, but I'm really glad you got to at least go to part of it. Can you reschedule the brunch? Hope it was a one off and no one else gets sick. This winter has been especially brutal in terms of illness it seems!
aggiebug your king cakes look so good. I want to try - was it hard? I'm a pretty good baker I think but I'm intimidated by the idea of king cake for some reason.
agm04 I was unreasonably overwhelmed by it too for some strange reason, but it's a pretty easy yeast dough. I did make two different fillings so it was a lot of dishes, but not hard.
I used this recipe for the dough, cream cheese filling (halved), and icing. Since H doesn't like cream cheese I found this recipe for the Apple filling (I could have pretty much winged it's as expected really)
Post by lilyelayne on Feb 26, 2017 16:42:28 GMT -5
agm04 does it help that king cake is actually a sweet yeast bread, not cake? The recipe I use the dough is very sticky, which can be a pain if I want to braid it. But totally fine if I'm filling it with something.
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