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TGIF
What are your plans this weekend?
I don't have anything set in stone - but it is my first Mother's Day and I'm excited.
Re: TGIF
That's cool that you know it's your last weekend to have to yourselves. I would have done things differently if I knew he was coming earlier. Celebrate with a little wine, you deserve it
Today - flower shopping with my mom, then out for a friend's birthday tonight
Saturday - yard work in the morning and cleaning the entire house, out for another friend's birthday at night
Sunday- having the whole family over for Mother's Day!
Happy (early) Mother's Day to all the moms on the board
mmmmm that sounds good! i wanted a margarita soo bad yesterday because of cinco de mayo!
fri: my patio furniture is being delivered today! tonight I'm going to do some laundry.
sat: clean the house and my car. then head out for my sister's b-day party.
sun: having my parents over for dinner to celebrate mother's day.
Tonight: trip to Kohl, ON, Patridge Creek basically wherever I need to go until I find a decent pair of dressy maternity pants that I can wear to a Communion tomorrow. Oh yeah I need a shirt too.
Sat: go with my younger sister to pick up vases for the shower, then clean clean clean until dh gets home from work and we race to his second cousins Communion
Sun: church, possibly cemetery, dinner with one of my sisters
Tonight: relaxing with DH and Gabriel. DH is surprising me with something for Mother's Day
Tomorrow: Nothing during the day, maybe clean the house. GTG at night!
Sunday: Mother's Day! DH is going out of town, so I have to take him to the airport then probably going to my parent's house.
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BFP #3: 10/26/11
Beta #1 @11dpo: 22 Beta #2 @13dpo: 90 Beta #3 @17dpo: 480
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tomorrow- possibly my first trip to Eastern Market this year. In the afternoon going to a Kentucky Derby party at HP race track.
sunday - brunch with my mom, dinner with MIL
Tonight: shopping for a new desk for the office
Sat: swim class in the morning, craft show with DH and DD for Mother's day (I want something for the garden) than PF changs for dinner
Sun: Going to my parents to celebrate Mother's Day.
Tonight: Grocery shop
Tomorrow: Garage sales as long as it doesn't rain and go shopping to get gifts for my Mom and MIL for Mother's Day
Sunday: Church, celebrate Mother's Day with my family and probably go see MIL at some point
Tonight: Just relaxing, DH is going to be getting home late, so I'm just hanging out!
Tomorrow: I have a 60 minute massage that I'm cashing in from a living social deal! Then hopefully we will start planting our garden!
Sunday: Probably more gardening/landscaping....
Serendipity3, South Beach, Miami, FL 2012
Tonight - try to put Brendan in his big boy bed. AHHH!!
Tomorrow - we are seeing Thomas the Train @ 9:30 @ Greenfield Village. Then DH is showing our rental home from 3:00-6:00. While he's gone I'll make the quiche for Sunday's brunch with my family.
Sunday - we are going to church. Then my family is coming over for Mother's Day. After that we go to my SIL @ 3-3:30 for dinner with his family.
Note: DH still has not bought his mother of me a gift, I know where he'll be tonight
Tonight: cleaning the house a little
Tomorrow: do some weeding in the garden, start some laundry and finish cleaning the house. MIL and SFIL are coming over for dinner.
Sunday: Clean the kitchen and anything else that got messed up, hopefully finish the laundry, then my whole family is coming over for mother's day. Just found out yesterday that my uncle and two cousins are coming too, so instead of 12 people, we will have 15. I counted this morning and we have just enough chairs for everyone. whew.
My weekend is booked solid!
I am working today, running this evening, making a pasta dinner for DH & I, getting my running stuff together and hopefully in bed by 9:30pm!
Tomorrow I am meeting my dad at 5:30am to head to Chelsea to run 20 miles and then hang out at a local race that my 80 year old uncle is running!! I also need to pick up mother's day gifts at some point in the afternoon. we have friends in town we need to see as well.
Sunday I will either do 1 hour yoga and abs or head to the gym for weight lifting. we (me and DS, DH will be with his mom) are having brunch with my dad, step mom, step dad and mom at noon. then I have the rest of the day to do whatever I want. I will probably clean house but make DS help as his mother's day gift to me (lol!) and do laundry.
2012: Running & Race Accomplishments:
2-12-12: Riverview Winter Fest 4 mile, 34:59 8:45 pace - 23 weeks pregnant
2-29-12: Leap Year 4 mile, 36:45 9:11 pace - 25.5 weeks pregnant
3-11-12: Corktown 5K, 28:33 9:13 pace - 27 weeks pregnant
3-25-12: Rock CF Island Half Marathon, 2:11:03 10:00 pace - 29 weeks pregnant
4-16-12 Boston Marathon, deferring to 2013
8-11-12: Run thru Hell 10 mile or 4.8 mile
9-30-12: Brooksie Way Half Marathon
10-21-12: Grand Rapids Marathon
11-22-12: Detroit Turkey Trot 10K
Tonight: Probably picking out a crib on-line and trying to tidy up our kitchen.
Tomorrow: Farmer's market (if the weather holds up) and working on the nursery.
Sunday: Lunch at my MIL's.
Today: Me Day, ie Vacation Day
Tomorrow: Baby shower in the afternoon and date night with DH for my birthday and mothers days.
Sunday: Breakfast with my mom and probably dinner with the in laws.
Tonight - stay in, not sure what we are doing for dinner.
Tomorrow - birthing class, hoping the annoying girl that started crying and had a meltdown during the videos last week had her baby this week so I don't get into a fist fight. My friend from AZ is in town, so we are grabbing pizza and hanging out at our house at night.
Sunday - maybe breakfast, then dinner at my mom's. Hopefully put together some baby gear during the day.
Ohhh!! What an exciting time! Enjoy your weekend!
Fri evening: Look at some new build/construction subs and see if that's something we'd be interested in.
Saturday: We've picked six houses to look at with our realtor - 3 lake houses and 3 subdivision houses. Also need to grocery shop and buy Mother's Day gifts (I'm a little behind on stuff right now)
Sunday: Make dinner for Mother's Day. Taking dinner to my Mom's to celebrate.
Tonight - sleep and try to fight off this cold
Saturday - work on the house all day, including outside
Sunday - celebrate Mother's Day with our moms
Flying home to MI for the weekend. Yay! But, I'm already nervous about the flight...I hate flying!
Today: the in-laws just arrived this morning, so yeah for a semi-break so I can get things done. Tonight is our congregational mtg at church, leaving the kids w/the IL's
Tomorrow: getting my hair done, yeah! and then Joshua's 1st b-day party!
Sunday: not sure what we're doing for Mother's Day, waiting to see how my mom is doing, so we may go up there or they may come down here...
Nothing set in stone either. DH is off work through Tuesday (yay!!) so hopefully we'll do something fun in there if the weather cooperates. I'm thinking either the zoo, or maybe Greenfield Village. I'd like to take Emma to the park a few times too. Haven't checked the weather yet, but I'm hoping it doesn't rain all weekend
Mother's Day we'll probably head to my parents' house for dinner.
Today: Taking kids for a walk to the park with DH. Later 2 nieces and a BIL coming over to paint those shutters for fun! And they are spending the night!
Saturday: Date night!
Sunday: My parents are coming over to celebrate Mothers Day and Easter since we didn't get to celebrate Easter yet. A nice big Easter lunch
I'm so jealous!
Tonight we are going to Thor.
Tomorrow we have a contractor coming over to give us a quote on some masonry. Then go to Hazel Park race track for the derby festivities, we also have a b-day party later.
Sun: Brunch with my mom. Dinner with MIL
Today: post office (boooo), possibly yard work and/or a walk if the sun stays out
Tomorrow: water aerobics, Kohl's to find MIL a gift, Target, possibly RO farmer's market, Home Depot/Costco for garden stuff and nursery paint supplies
Sunday: hopefully relax in the morning, then going to SILs for an early dinner
TGIF - this week feels like it's gone on forever!
Tonight - Run, dinner, grocery shopping/run a few errands, and home to relax
Saturday - Long Training run, Farmer's Market & Mother's Day shopping, out with the realtor in the afternoon, church, and nothing in the eveing
Sunday - Gym to swim/spin, over to my parent's for mother's day brunch, and nothing the rest of the day
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms and moms-to-be on the board!