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what did everyone do this weekend?
since we didnt have a weekend plans post, what did everyone do?
friday night i just vegged out. i made spaghetti and meatballs and andy and I watched "Date Night".
saturday we had a surprise 30th birthday party at a bar and then we went to ILs.
sunday i took lunch to my dad and then we went and got new phones. last night i made delicious ribs and potatoes.
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Nothing too exciting except we went to the Milwaukee Auto show on Sunday. It's the only time I will ever come close to being in the drivers seat of a 90k car!
Sorry you have been so sick Rach! Hope you are feeling better soon.
This weekend we had a family party with H's family, his brother and wife came up from TN for the first time since summer. It was fun and they got to meet Parker so that was nice.
Yesterday my mom babysat P and H and I went on a much needed lunch date and then went to the movies and saw Hall Pass with some friends. Loved the movie!
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Friday we had date night at a local restaurant. We got apps and a couple of drinks then went home and opened a bottle of wine.
Sat I tried my Aunt's MIL's Irish Soda Bread recipe. I don't think it was that great. I must've done something wrong b/c I remember it tasting so much better than it actually did.
Sunday we got up early walked to get coffee and cheered some friends taking part in a race. Shopping, cleaning and then I decided I needed to redeem myself from the not so good Irish bread from the day before and made the "Irish American Soda Bread" from the Joy of Cooking. I brought it in to work today and it's almost gone. Success!
Friday: Plopped on the couch the second I got home and didn't move until bedtime
Sat: Went to the Bruins game. Even though I took a nap before, I was really proud of myself for being able to stay the whole time and that we were able to go out to eat after. I have been getting extremely tired lately and was really worried I would have had to take an early train home.
Sun: We purchased our glider. We also went over to DH's parents house and they gave the $$ to buy the crib we were looking at. So, that will probably be ordered sometime this week ( once the check clears ).
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
Nada...I finished my Desperate Housewives watching spree on Friday, so I've now moved on to Prison Break. Forgot how much I love this show...and Wentworth Miller. Mmm...
And DH got Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution for XBox, which is super addicting. So that's what we did with our time. Zero real world productivity happened this weekend.
I know, I know... I'm slacker. Friday was just a bad day emotionally, I didn't get on the computer much...
In fact, I wasn't on the computer much all weekend.
Thursday was spent between calls to the pediatrician's office and at the lactation clinic trying to figure out a plan of attack for Sami's nutritional future. Then I spent the afternoon with my friends and the babies played while my friend and I went to Target. It was good to spend time with friends.
Friday I spend the afternoon with the same friends, and oh did I need it. One can only have so many emotional breakdowns in the same day... the rest of that night was a blur. I think I was in bed as soon as Sami was asleep at 8pm...
Saturday we had my friend's son's 2nd birthday party, and we went duckpin bowling. Yay!
Sunday (yesterday) I spend the time with my mom. We had lunch, went shopping, and I left Sami with Chris for a few hours so I could have some time to myself and regroup. It was nice.
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Friday night my parents and sisters came over to cook Joel, Alex & I dinner and to clean up for us. This was amazing and greatly appreciated as we were feeling pretty tired. My mom sent Joel and I to bed while she cooked dinner and my sisters watched Alex. I love my family so much
Saturday.......yeah I don't remember Saturday. The only thing I remember is Joel's brother got a flat tire and then showed up at our house at 9:00 p.m. with three teenage boys, one is our nephew, and our adopted teenage neice just when I was about to start nursing Alex. They were here about about 11:00 p.m. when MIL and SIL showed up (they had been waiting for Triple A with the car). I was really annoyed because they just showed up unannounced late at night the first week we're home with our newborn. WTF ?!?! Do people just not think? I ended up going upstairs after BIL got to hold Alex for a bit to BF him and then came back down when MIL & SIL got here so they could see him also. SIL brought some clothes for Alex that weren't too girlie (she has a three month old girl) which is awesome. It was nice to see them because they hadn't seen Alex really awake yet and he was wide awake. I was just annoyed that they showed up unannounced later on at night, it's just so inconsiderate.
Sunday we just relaxed all day. I made pancakes for breakfast which were delicious. Last night my mom and sister stopped by after dropping my other sister off at college which some groceries and some smaller clothes for Alex.
Friday - We went to get pho because it was cold and gross out and then we went to see Anthony Bourdain & Eric Ripert. It was a pretty fun show. I'm glad we got 1/2 price tickets, it was worth it.
Saturday - Slept really late, went grocery shopping, went to the gym and then we met up with friends in the North End for dinner.
Sunday - had kind of a lazy day. Made chicken chili in the crockpot, made oatmeal raisin cookies. Decided to go see Cedar Rapids at the little movie theatre down the street from us...and that was pretty much it. Watched the beginning of the Celtics game & fell asleep.
Friday I baked the cake for the cake pops I made on Saturday. Then we had dinner and watched a movie
Saturday H went 4-wheeling and I spent the ENTIRE day making cake pops (pics will be up on the blog tomorrow). Made jambalaya for dinner and some of the boys stayed for dinner after 4-wheeling. We all day around drinking the rest fo the night.
Yesterday I delivered the cake balls, we went and bought the rest of the hardwood floors that we'll need to finish the bedroom, and vegged out the rest of the day
Friday night we went out to eat at a local seafood place, because we had a groupon. Sh!ttiest service ever.
Saturday we had friends over for dinner. I made chicken enchiladas, which I'm feeling really guilty about eating now.
Sunday we did big fat nothing. We didn't even go to church. Robin's still not feeling so great, so we just took it easy, watched lots of Weeds and Prison Break.
We also got to intersect lots of in-law family drama about the annual vacation. Long story short, we're not going and heads are f-ing rolling. That was fun.
Hmm...what the heck did I do on Friday? It's sad that I'm having trouble remembering!
Saturday, we went kitchen remodel research shopping. I love picking out new stuff! Then we went to MILs to meet some family friends that were taking some furniture we can't use. Yay for progress.
Sunday, mass in the morning, brunch, nap with Michael while watching Mets spring training then we watched Love and Other Drugs
Oh! Friday we went out to dinner with a couple of friends. Very low key.
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We went to Maryland for the weekend! Thursday we drove up there and went to dinner with the in-laws, caught up and watched Yes Man.
Friday was Matt's birthday, so we spent the day shopping at our favorite stores that arn't down here and had dinner at Red Robin with out friends. We then went to my dad's for dessert and he made us home made crepes-omg they were amazing.
Saturday we spent a little more time with BIL and FIL before heading out. Drove to VA where I helped one of my best friends choose her wedding dress at Alfred Angelo's. It was really fun to hang out with the other maids and remember my experiences trying on dresses. Drove home from there (but stopped to eat at Red Robin again before getting all the way home. We freaking love RR).
Sunday made up for missing some p90x and we did two in one day. Spent $200 on groceries (saved $65! Not too shabby). Made some home made brucshetta. Relaxed!
I would have been furious if people showed up unannounced at that time, regardless of if it was in the 1st week or just in general. I hate hate hate people who just show up and probably would have pretended I (or the baby) was asleep if it was that late.
My worst fear is DHs family just showing up while I'm on maternity leave. Some people just do not understand that there are times when you do not want guests or that you would at least like a heads up ( or more than a "I'm down the street and want to stop by") to at least get myself presentable. They do it now and so I know they will do it when I'm on leave b/c they will want to see the baby or "check" to see if I need any "help" (ie offer unasked for advice/ "help" I don't need or want).
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
hahaha, I can totally and completely relate to the "just showing up." I think it will start happening more frequently again now that baby is here. Joel blew up at ILs a couple months ago about them just showing up unannounced and whenever. We rent from them and they used this house as kind of a getaway before we moved in and started renting so it's taken them a long time to kind of let go of that and realize that this is our home and they can't just come and go as they please anymore.
As for the advice, I do like getting advice from my ILs. What I don't like is when my MIL gets really offended when we don't take her advice. It's ridiculous. You can offer your opinion but you can't get mad at someone if they decide not to do it the way your suggested when there were other ways that it could be done that were much more practical for us. If you want what's best for us then you have to let us make our own decisions, even if that means making a different decision than you would have.
ETA: The teenage boys were also wrestling around our living room and made the house smell of TERRIBLE BO. I told Alex that we need to agree now he'll never have stinky friends like that
Friday I made Tacos for dinner and H and I relaxed on the couch all night.
Saturday we ran errands and ate lunch out, then we went to dinner and a movie with one of my best friends.
Sunday: a friend of mine who does photography wanted to do maternity photos with me so she came over and did them. Then we went to dinner at my moms house.
Def looking forward to the next few weekends where we have nothing planned.
We didn't do much. We got some cleaning done around the house...ran a few errands and went to a birthday party for an 11 year old yesterday.
We went to VT, my dad's group of friends rents a cabin every year and we usually go for a couple nights. Saturday the group went on a sleigh ride but Clint and I stayed behind because I'm still too sore from my fall last Monday to comfortably sit.
Sunday us girls went shopping and holy sh!t did mom and I do well! The Garnet Hill outlet where we went was closing so everything was an extra 50% off. We stocked up on the Lilly Putlizer bedding- they had duvet covers and Hawaiian-style quilts so we bought all the king and queen sized duvet covers just for the fabric (about 21yds for $53, and Lilly fabric, when they still sold it which they don't anymore, was $15-20/yd). Then mom was buying so much they gave her their little "get 10 punches and get 10% off your next purchase" punch card and gave her $50 off right then. I got some other good deals in the actual Lilly store and at Banana Republic, and then I stopped shopping, since I have no business buying anything until I have a job- but all my BR clothes would be for work anyway.
And it rained horribly on the drive home, which made for a lousy drive.
I agree. I don't mind if it's ok advice, I just don't like it when people try to tell me that their way is the correct way or make me feel like I'm stupid.
I am the 2nd of 5 kids so I helped my mom with the other 3. My mother also runs a daycare and I was an assistant while I was still living there (would help after I got home from classes or work). I just have a feeling that, even though they know I'm fully capable, they will still offer their 2 cents as to "how to do something correctly." Sure, they had 3 kids but they haven't done a lot of things in over 20 years vs. the fact that I have done them more recently. Ok, vent over.
I can't believe that they were wrestling on your floor and also made it all stinky ! I would have purposely pulled out the Fabreeze while they were there and made comments as to how "something" smelled.
Dx: Hashimoto's Hypothyroidism After 2 years TTC & failed IUs,we have our IVF baby born 9/24/11
LO#2 aka 'Miracle Baby' Orig. EDD= 9/28 EDD moved to 10/3/13
"Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." -- Dale Carnegie
"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time." --Thomas A. Edison
Thursday Guy and I both had off, but Ellie decided it would be fun to get up at 5am to play. So, we decided to get dressed and go have an early morning breakfast at Denny's. I had whole grain blueberry pancakes, and they were delicious. We then decided to go ahead and get our grocery shopping done. Then we went home for a little bit and we all 3 took a nap. After our nap, we got up and went to lunch at Mazzio's Pizza. Then we stopped by my sister's office to drop off some clothes for Sayre. Then we went to the mall. I got a new purse at Nine West and Guy got a video game. Ellie fell asleep so we drove around for a while so she could nap. When she woke up, we took her to the park. Then we went home and just hung out for a while. Then we decided to go to Kohl's to look at cookware but we didn't have any luck there. We went to Pier One and to Goodwill but we didn't buy anything. Then we went home, Guy cooked steaks and asparagus on the grill, and Ellie went to bed. We hung out and watched tv together.
Friday, Ellie decided 5am sounded fun again. So, we got up and got ready and we packed up and headed down to visit Guy's family about 2 hours away. It was leisurely. We hung out at his grandparent's house, I left by myself for a little while and went shopping. That night we had a BBQ at MIL's house and all the family came over. It was a good time.
Saturday morning, Ellie slept in a little later (until 7am.) We got up and met some friends for breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Then we visited with the grandparents some more, then met some other friends of ours for frozen yogurt. Then we went back to MIL's packed up our stuff, and headed home. We stopped and met my mom for catfish on the way home. Once we got home, we all crashed.
Sunday, we just hung around the house. We played, we watched Yo Gabba Gabba, we napped. I did laundry. Once El went down for the night I cleaned out our bedroom closet while watching Forrest Gump on TV.
All in all, it was a very nice, relaxing long weekend.
I made a point to stay home this weekend.
I pretty much read or worked on my quilt.
Yesterday there was a scare. My brothers (my dad's old home) garage caught fire. Luckily, they were able to put it out before the fire spread to the attached house. But the garage & workshop is a complete loss. The entry way to the house also has to come off because of water damage, as well as the front deck. It was kind of like deja vu though. 11 years ago, almost to the day, the barn on the property burnt to the ground and almost took the house with it. It was an eerie thing to see again.
Friday we went grocery shopping, ate Chipotle and watched basketball.
Saturday, I went and ran errands and then came home and cleaned. Then I cooked and set up for the birthday dinner. Friends came over, eating ensued, then the boys played video games while I cleaned up.
Sunday I slept in and then took a nap. Then I was finishing the last of my square piecing for the quilt when I realized that I'm short on some of the squares. Cursed a lot and started re-sewing some strips so I would have enough to finish the quilt. Tonight I'm going to finish that, then cut, and start measuring out the sashing.
Stand up for something you believe in.
Friday I worked until 3am.
Saturday we bummed around the house until we went to Red Robin for BIL's birthday. My computer also crashed on Saturday so I spent a chunk of time reinstalling Windows on it. It was not good times.
Sunday DH worked so I was a lazy blob, took a nap, finished restoring my computer as best I could, and bought sushi and ice cream for dinner for myself.
Congrats to both my TTC buddies, Amberley18 and sb2006 on their beautiful babies!
Friday: Had my follow-up catscan finally (yay for new health insurance!), then went to the gym,, picked up B from work, came home and had dinner and a bottle of wine.
Sat: Went to the Cape to see the parents, I had a sh!tload of laundry so I lugged that to my dad's and used his washer/dryer. It was anice weekend, weatherwise, so I squeezed in a run. My brother and SIL were visiting from CT so we all went out for a drink and some tapas. We don't get to see my bro that often, so it was nice to get together.
Sun: Made some soup for my dad so he'll have some meals this week, finished up the laundry, went for a short 2-mile run with my brother, then we drove home. Unpacked, and went back out to BJs and Whole Foods. B cooked some delicious salmon and wild rice for dinner, which was awesome because I've been cooking every night since he went back to work (he gets home later than me, so it makes sense but I don't really like to cook). Just watched SNL and then I crashed hard at like 9:30.
We actually had a fun, yet relaxing weekend. Friday after work I did some shopping for myself; a raise I got finally was reflected in my paycheck, and I need/want new stuff for my trip to Florida in a couple weeks. The shopping trip was not all that successful, but I found couple cute tops, and two pairs of shoes at DSW that I'm still debating (with a $20 off coupon used).
Saturday, early morning Zumba, then some spring cleaning (cleaned out old bills/paperwork crap...why I held on so long to stuff from 2005 I'll never know). Saturday night we met up with some of my grad school friends who I hadn't seen in years, then met up with some other friends for drinks. It was a late night for us.
Sunday, dragged my butt to Zumba, then lounged all day. Took a nap....can't remember the last time I took a nap in the middle of the day! It was glorious. Topped off with homemade chicken pot pie for dinner, and an early bedtime. Superb.
I made a comment about something smelling weird and had to ask them to stop playing with my elliptical because two of the boys got on it at once (one on each pedal part). I'm seriously not looking forward to teenage boys coming over. I hope Alex makes friends with kids who have manners.
Friday: I met my sister for Happy Hour and then went home to relax.
Saturday: We went to marriage enrichment in the morning. Anwar went home to recover from his cold. After, my sister and I went to Target, and I got to hang with my niece. Then leadership workshop at church. Finally went to my styling gig (got paid too
That was fun. She snapped a candid pic of me on my phone talking to my mom. I love it.
Sunday: Anwar was still not feeling good from his cold, so he stayed home. I went to church, then to my mom's house with my bf and watched the History channel documentary on the KKK. Very interesting and sad. Then we watched American Idol, Hollywood episodes, because my mom is the only one with DVR.
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Friday night--cleaned the bedroom then went to town with my mom. She bought a Wii Fit and we ate at IHOP.
Saturday-slept in until 1pm. Danny took me to Red Lobster, we went shopping for clothes, then went bowling with MIL/FIL. Got a Wendy's Frosty.
Sunday-slept in until 12:30pm. Swore about the snow. Then went visiting SIL and Danny's BFF. Came home and watched "The Expendables."
Friday I wasn't feeling good. I had my first internal and she said she wanted to induce me this coming week and I got pretty upset because the week before I had expressed that I don't want to be induced unless absolutely necessary. Therefore I was sick to my stomach and didn't sleep at all.
Sat I had dance in the morning then took it easy for the rest of the day. I finished packing the hospital bag. Then we met all of our friends out to dinner for my BFF's fiancee's birthday.
Sun I just hung out, did laundry, cleaned up a bit, reorganized for the millionth time Nate's room, made homemade manicotti and sauce and did all of my lesson plans and stuff for dance while I'm out. It took forever.
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