FFFC, weekend plans, etc...

[librarychica]

Mar 24, 2017 15:00:03 GMT -5 k3am said:

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.

IME retired dads can go two ways: nit-picky and thin-skinned or prone to fixing your house. When my dad retires next year I am hoping for the second option.

[k3am]

librarychica, OMG my friend's retired FIL walks two miles to her house every day, gardens, walks their dog and then heads home.

I would say sign me up for that, but DNW my FIL to be 2 miles away either.

[librarychica]

2chatter, H and I (lifelong sedan people) are tossing around the idea of a Buick Enclave and it is mostly your fault. At least, I think it was you.

[saraml13]

The weather was great here today. DH took the day off to play hooky with me and the boys, then had an urgent work issue come up that kept distracting him throughout the day. All I wanted was an hour to do yard work in front of our house without having to deal with little people, and that did not happen.

Tomorrow we are taking the boys to the natural science museum for the first time. DS1 is excited to see the dinosaur. We'll see how it goes. DS1 often doesn't have much of an attention span to do much other than run around at new places. But it's supposed to rain and we are tires of being cooped inside.

DH also has a man cold.

[sunbutter]

I'm now sending out of the office automatic replies. Will spend tomorrow scrambling to find beach clothes to pack and on Sunday, fly to Turks and Caicos with my kids, DH and my mom for 7 days. My work computer will sit here at home and the battery drain. Fantastic weekend.

[xctsclrx]

My little man is sleeping in a big boy bed tonight. He is almost 2.5. I'm excited. So far so good tonight.

[twinmomma]

Mar 24, 2017 16:45:11 GMT -5 librarychica said:

Mar 24, 2017 15:00:03 GMT -5 k3am said:

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.

IME retired dads can go two ways: nit-picky and thin-skinned or prone to fixing your house. When my dad retires next year I am hoping for the second option.

Dying. DH and I regularly refer to my dad as our landlord because he always fixes stuff for us or knows who to callm

[rere26]

Mar 24, 2017 20:25:39 GMT -5 sunbutter said:

I'm now sending out of the office automatic replies. Will spend tomorrow scrambling to find beach clothes to pack and on Sunday, fly to Turks and Caicos with my kids, DH and my mom for 7 days. My work computer will sit here at home and the battery drain. Fantastic weekend.

Would love a review of Turks and Caicos. I am lookin for a kid friendly all inclusive in the next couple of years.

[erinshelley21]

Mar 24, 2017 16:45:11 GMT -5 librarychica said:

Mar 24, 2017 15:00:03 GMT -5 k3am said:

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.

IME retired dads can go two ways: nit-picky and thin-skinned or prone to fixing your house. When my dad retires next year I am hoping for the second option.

This makes me happy that FIL keeps retiring and then finding a part time job. He has done it twice lol.

[justcheckingin73]

Mar 24, 2017 16:45:11 GMT -5 librarychica said:

Mar 24, 2017 15:00:03 GMT -5 k3am said:

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.

IME retired dads can go two ways: nit-picky and thin-skinned or prone to fixing your house. When my dad retires next year I am hoping for the second option.

My dad is the latter. Unfortunately he lives in TX and we're in IL Their house looks awesome and mine is still a dump lol. 

[sunbutter]

Mar 25, 2017 6:06:52 GMT -5 rere26 said:

Mar 24, 2017 20:25:39 GMT -5 sunbutter said:

I'm now sending out of the office automatic replies. Will spend tomorrow scrambling to find beach clothes to pack and on Sunday, fly to Turks and Caicos with my kids, DH and my mom for 7 days. My work computer will sit here at home and the battery drain. Fantastic weekend.

Would love a review of Turks and Caicos. I am lookin for a kid friendly all inclusive in the next couple of years.

This is our second time. We don't do all inclusive, we rent a private home. It is easy to get groceries and cook at home. Have our own pool and two blocks from an empty beach.

The all inclusives are great there though. We have friend that return year after year to the Alexandra. There are a bunch of others including Beaches. All on Grace Bay and I think they are all nice, lots very kid friendly.

[traveltheworld]

Went out last night with a few girlfriends from work to celebrate my new job, drank way too much and had a hangover all day. Didn't help that DH was in class all day so I had both kids by myself. There was a lot of TV watching and snacks eating in a vain attempt to keep them quiet.

Not sure what we should do tomorrow yet. DH is again in class all day. This is the last weekend before his exam, then he has no more classes for 5 weeks. I'm counting down the hours.

[mustardseed2007]

We had me going to the gym, then Tball game, gymanstics practice, school birthday party (held at a park, it was actually really fun).

Then I had long bike and short run.

Now I'm making gumbo for the first time - it's my dry run before Easter. My cajun husband whose father makes the bangest gumbo bought smoked turkey sausage to go in it b/c I "always cook healthy stuff." What? The flavor of the broth is good though so hopefully it won't matter.

ETA: My kids have pulled out their suit cases and a wagon and are "practicing going to disney world" - so stikin' cute.  

[mustardseed2007]

Mar 24, 2017 17:25:00 GMT -5 k3am said:

librarychica , OMG my friend's retired FIL walks two miles to her house every day, gardens, walks their dog and then heads home.

I would say sign me up for that, but DNW my FIL to be 2 miles away either.

2 miles away is a gamble for sure if you don't know what kind he's going to be. 

[twinmomma]

I feel like a jerk. DH's students won and moved on to the next level at their competition. I'm having a hard time being excited because it means we're losing yet another weekend to his job. And, he did so well the org that runs the competition asked him to join their board. Huge honor, I want to be excited for him. But I don't know how we will survive if he takes that on too. I congratulated him when it all happened. But today he was talking logistics, I got negative, and now I "can't be positive about anything in his life." So frustrating that this stuff can't be a discussion about how it impacts our family, it's all about me vs. him.

[billybumbler]

Don't feel like a jerk twinmomma. He shouldn't take on more stuff without consulting you and HE should be the one initiating these conversations.

[k3am]

twinmomma, I don't think you're being a jerk. I think you're being realistic.

[sdlaura]

Mar 24, 2017 18:35:53 GMT -5 librarychica said:

2chatter , H and I (lifelong sedan people) are tossing around the idea of a Buick Enclave and it is mostly your fault. At least, I think it was you.

librarychica I also bought one in part on 2chatter's recommendation, and I also love it

[2chatter]

librarychica - go for the Enclave! I will drive mine until it dies then buy another! Listen to sdlaura and I on this.

[librarychica]

Mar 27, 2017 19:38:06 GMT -5 2chatter said:

librarychica - go for the Enclave! I will drive mine until it dies then buy another! Listen to sdlaura and I on this.

I am just not sure that we really need a car that large but I tossed it in the ring as "if you want something large I have heard this one is great.". It's up to H, though. It is his car we are replacing. As long as it has a back seat and doesn't go over budget, he can buy it.

[seamonster]

I'd be for an inlaw divorce. I (and a friend) counseled someone that they should only marry an orphan so they could avoid inlaws. I was only half joking.