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Why am I talking so loud?
Anyone here?
How was everyone's weekend?
We had our new friend's over Friday night and I made chicken tikka marsala and apple dumplings from Pioneer Woman. They were both so amazing. yum.
Saturday we went to the outlet mall. We had a primo parking spot. As we were walking up toward the car, a woman saw the spot and clapped her hands in excitement. I went to the car to start it so it wouldn't be blazing hot for Ryker and we held him in front of the vents to cool off. Then he pooped, so we had to change him. All the while, she and her crew are sitting in the car blocking the whole row. Eventually one gets out and actually comes over to our car to see what the hold up was. SERIOUSLY?! And of course, as I am backing out, I finally look at the car to realize that it is packed with people complete with one year old being held in someone's lap in the front seat. So, I think that was our last outlet mall experience.
Yesterday we went pot shopping and lazed around the house.
Also, last week, I think Wednesday, we saw Sunshine Cleaning. I highly recommend.
Re: Why am I talking so loud?
Friday, we went to that wedding. Thankfully, the ceremony was really short, so we stayed for that, had a glass of wine, said hello to the bride and groom, and left and went out for a nice dinner on our own. It seemed pointless to waste getting a babysitter and getting dressed up. There weren't enough chairs at the reception, and we didn't really know anyone.
Saturday morning we watched Post Grad. I love Alexis Bledell (sp?) with all of my heart because of Gilmore Girls, and I always shall, but that was one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. So so bad.
We made up for it by going to see Inception that afternoon which was ZOMG awesome. I really want to see it again because I know I'll catch so much more now that I know where it is going. We picked up food and hung out with my mom for a while after that.
Yesterday, I worked on stuff for my class and stuff around the house. It was actually a pretty nice weekend.
It's a holiday in Rhode Island today so I have a long weekend. Saturday I cleaned my filthy house top to bottom while F took Ian out.
Yesterday we came down to the beach house, and Ian and I spent the night since F has to work today, and I wanted to take advantage of the fact that my mother gets up early: she got up with him at 5:00 and I slept in. Now he's taking a nap, and I'm watching my mother play wii sports.
I really want to see Inception, but not enough to pay 40 bucks for a sitter.
I cannot believe in addition to having an outside in August wedding they had not enough chairs. Glad you went to dinners. Do you have pics to prove you can still look snazzy?
We had a great time on Saturday night. Left Miles with my ILs, came into the city, had a lovely dinner, and enjoyed the show. It wasn't my fave bway experience (a little too corny for my taste), but the performances were pretty good. Then we went back to the hotel, got some much-needed lovin', and slept 10 hrs straight. Awesome.
Of course, this was all ruined when Miles woke up this morning at 3:30 ready to start his day. He apparently did fall asleep again, but only after I left for work. So now I'm working on 4 hrs of sleep and none too thrilled about it.
I bet her FUPA's name is Shane, like the gunslinger/drifter of literature.--HappyTummy
saturday was the Luau which was awesome. pulled pork sliders with pineapple were a big hit, as were teh beef sliders with gouda and fried onions. I did let people drink for 2 hours before we served food, though, so i probably could have served crap on a bun and been a hit.
Sunday we went to a one year olds birthday party. it was actually quite fun, we don't often get to see Lila playing with other little kids and she's pretty damned funny these days. She's attempting to sing and her new favourite song is happy birthday. She's a warbly off key singer who doesn't know the words, just like her dad. "HAPPYYYYYY YOUUUUOUUUOUUOOOU!"
Yeah, we scored a free mom babysitter and even had free movie tickets because the last time we went to a movie the sound messed up half way through, so they gave us comp tickets. It was a cheap date. Seriously though, Inception is incredible.
His cousin took one, but it's all fuzzy for some reason. Makes me sad because it could have been a cute picture. You can't even see my awesome boobage.
And there is no video of this? I love warbly wrong word toddler singing.
Winger, Dagger is too young to go pot shopping! : )
This weekend was our family reunion out on a lake in Indiana. It was nice to see everyone and of course they all fawned over me. Too much, though. Swimming in the lake "Are you SUPPOSED to do that?" Drinking 1 glass of wine, "Is that okay with your doctor?" WASHING DISHES for pete's sake, "Oh, you can't do that! Go sit down!" Who the funk do you think does the dishes at my house, the dish fairy??? And I look and feel great, so I don't know what all the fuss was about. I was getting a little irritated at everyone's overly concerned attitude and just started answering, "I CAN DO WHAT I WANT." Cartman style. And many of them have carried babies before. My mom snapped at me because I picked up a SLEEPING BAG off the floor. :::rolls eyes, hard::: Sometimes being the "baby" isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Saturday evening, Mr. Spiderman grilled us some steaks and corn and we ate by the firepit and roasted marshmallows. It was divine.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
I returned home on Friday from visiting my sister, bil, and 3 nephews in Virginia. It was a great time but I hate that they are so far away. Here is a pic of me with my munchkins:
I also had a 30th birthday party and a baby shower which were both fun.
We basically lazed around the house the entire weekend and it was glorious.
Buddha - you look great! Very cute dress.
2/20/2011
Buddha, love the dress.
We headed out to a Peach Festival on Saturday. Picked some yellow and white peaches (as well as some grapes and peppers), listened to some music, and had a nice time just being outside. Picked up Shutter Island, which I liked... but it was less "ohh, scary" then I thought it would be, and more where's the twist, I know one is coming.
Sunday we headed to our friend's place for some lunch, then picked up Avatar. Beautiful movie! It was a relaxing weekend.
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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We had a fabulous busy weekend. Thursday night we had our fundraiser and DOUBLED our goal for donations. Yeah! Friday I was tying up a lot of loose ends, and we saw Inception that night. Saturday I delivered some silent auction stuff for people who left before bidding closed, returned some tables/linens and then went to a birthday party that evening.
Sunday I got my long run in the morning, which was uncomfortably hot (fuccking Texas), then we went to visit our friend and did the big fundraiser reveal - which was fun because he was completely shocked. Watched the DVD of all the video messages we made on Thur night.
On the way home from there got an email about a bulldog at the shelter - never a dull moment. Sam is here, sweet pooch! He has the most exaggerated underbite, it's hilarious.
OH! And last night Sebastian got stung by a scorpion, it finally happened!
J and I were in a wedding this weekend and though it was hot as hades it was a lot of fun. Everything ran really smoothly and everything turned out beautifully. It was an outdoor wedding/reception in August in St Louis, so I'm completely drained of all energy but I need to clean the house today.
Strangely for some reason, weddings always bring up these strange irritations that my H has with me and we end up duking it out afterwards. It hasn't been fun and I don't understand why he always does this.
Bleh.
At least I managed to stay cute through all the sweat that escaped my body yesterday.
I'm bummed that I can't see Buddha's picture.
Fitty, can you post a pic of Sam? I love seeing bullies and their silly underbites!
SH, what irritates your H? My ex used to pull that bs with me. Not fun.
There's just been a lot of changes going on for him and of course they affect me and he feels like I'm not being honest with him about how I feel about everything going on. He feels like he's been trying so hard to accommodate me and make sure that I'm happy but still feels like he's walking on eggshells and trying not to offend me.
It's complicated.
When J and I first met he was a hermit and I was the social butterfly. I was always trying to get him to meet people and spend time with people but he just wasn't interested. I just think it wasn't the type of people he wanted to be surrounded by, which is understandable. We have different friends. Well my group of friends kind of fizzled and all moved away or apart and now he has this solid group of friends that do things together all.the.time. It's just the complete opposite of where we used to be and it's really affected me in a way I didn't expect. It's kind of taken a blow to my self confidence to feel like I don't have that strong community of friends that I once had and that he now has. But he says he feels guilty for wanting to do new things with these new people because I'm going to feel left out. I'm trying really hard to befriend these people but they're just not people I really have a lot in common with. Yes, we share a life together but there's still things we need that we can't be for each other. I need a life apart from his life sometimes and I feel like I don't have that right now.
He's just trying to keep me happy and it's wearing him out and he feels like he's trapped.
I'm just trying to find my own outlets to gain that confidence that I need and it's just been a struggle.
He just chooses to deal with these issues on days where I'm reminiscing about why I fell in love with him in the first place and it gets under my skin that we just can't enjoy those moments together. Instead they become therapy sessions to hash out all of our unspoken issues with one another.
It's supposed to be a happy day, dude.
Dude, that sucks. Sorry. It sounds like he's at least trying deal with issues, albeit at a completely inappropriate setting.
I didn't mean to compare your H to my ex, btw. My ex was a special kind of douchebag. He pretty much ended our relationship at a wedding. Picture it - same location as our wedding, just shy of two months after we got married. We're slow dancing to a cheesy ballad,
Me: Doesn't this bring you back to our wedding?
DB: Yeah, I guess. It kind of makes me sad.
Me: Oh really? Why?
DB: Because I don't think I've ever been in love with you.
And...scene.
November, I am so glad you are rid of that jerk. Unless he liked cats. If he did, you've made a huge mistake.
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
Cali, you and me both. And no, he didn't like cats. He wasn't a 'pet person'. That alone should have sent me running for the hills.
I'm really grateful I have a husband that is very open about talking about issues. He definitely doesn't keep his frustrations to himself. He's just not very sensitive to timing issues about when to bring it up and I wish he would pay attention to things like that a little more. I mean yesterday while everyone is mingling at the reception I'm stuck at the head table with J discussing why I've been getting under his skin.
And man that really blows about what happened to you. Sounds like a real charmer.
Kristen, don't you know? Kids fix all kinds of marital woes.
Ha! I'm astounded by how many people truly believe this is true.
Dude, November. DUDE. What was your reaction? Did you slug him?
Husbands should be like Kleenex: Soft, strong, and disposable.