January 2010 Weddings
Noron
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January 2, 2010
EDD October 10, 2013
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Weekend recap - holiday edition!
What did everyone do this past holiday weekend? And as a bonus: add your good, bad, and ugly of the weekend!
January 2, 2010
EDD October 10, 2013
Re: Weekend recap - holiday edition!
Was off Thursday, Friday AND Monday so it was a super long weekend for me!
Wednesday night we went to a graduation celebration for my BFF (she's back from Hawaii! Woo-hoo!!) and I drank waaaayyyy too much (surprise, I know!), so I spent much of Thursday recovering. I finally felt like cleaning/setting up for Christmas Eve late in the evening. My late start and hangover coupled with a trip to the laundrymat due to a broken washer (UGH) meant we were up until about 2am. NO FUN.
Xmas Eve went smoothly! The roast we mad was FAN-FRIGGIN-TASTIC, and a good time was had by all
On Christmas Day we woke up early and headed out to breakfast at my aunt's, followed by dinner/beers during the Bulls AND Bears games at H's uncle's. It was a fun but LONG day.
Yesterday my family had their annual day-after-Christmas get-together and H worked. More food and booze! Delightful.
The Good: 4 days off with H! And all his help with Christmas Eve prep - he's awesome
The Bad: I'm up 9 pounds as of this morning!! I know most of that is salt/water/beer bloat, but OMG! Time to stop eating so much crap!!
The Ugly: SIL would NOT stop talking about getting engaged/her wedding/having a baby - her BF looked like he was going to throw up or pass out. I felt so sorry for him...until they spent much of Christmas Eve cuddling/kissing on my couch. Yuck.
January 2, 2010
EDD October 10, 2013
It's too much for one post reply!
Christmas Eve Eve: Was supposed to be off but had to cover a shift. Oh dear god, everyone in the county waited until the last minute but as a result we were number one in the district over the weekend!
Christmas Eve: H went in for rounds and ended up having to go into the OR for someone's liver. He was delayed so he didn't get home until 9 and the only place left open for dinner was Waffle House. BIL is terrified of any restaurant below Olive Garden level and was afraid to eat there. He also hates independently owned Mexican restaurants for the same reason.
Christmas day: H was being a little child. It was obnoxious. As a result we spent too much time watching him and his brother play video games. No one commented on how awesome my dinner was. MIL spent all day asking her cat if it was okay. Cats growled at each other but didn't fight.
The good: Received less crap made in China from MIL than I usually do - that's a win.
The bad: H's hospital schedule is interfering with our holiday.
The ugly: MILs unnatural obsession with not leaving her cat alone. On Christmas Eve she brought it over to the apt and when H got home so we could go to dinner, I didn't want the two cats together alone because they would fight and she REFUSES to leave the cat in the hotel room (we do this with Mittens all the time - it's no problem). She actually suggested she would sit in the car with her cat while we ate dinner. OMGWTFBBQ. We ended up locking Mittens in the bedroom and leaving her cat in it's carrier in the living room. This was not the only insane cat incident. I had to babysit the damn thing yesterday. I'm sure it will be coming over tonight while we go to the aquarium and dinner.
Next year is Christmas with my family and I'm determined that it will be better. I'm going to be mad if H can't find the time so we can go up there and be with them.
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I've been off on Winter Break so I had plenty of (maybe too much) time to get everything ready. We spend the weekend at my parents...I'll give the recap.
We've been celebrating Chanukkah since last Tuesday evening as well.
Christmas Eve: We got up early and drove to my parents. We packed up our kitty for the first time to make the trip up to my parents and she was surprisingly good. She loves her carrier unlike my other cat who recently passed so the 1.5 hr car ride was good. We had dinner with my parents and brought the menorah to light and headed to bed a bit early.
Christmas Day: We got up early, did the present thing and big Christmas breakfast with my parents and brother. It was pretty low key which was nice. I helped my mom cook and we had a nice dinner which everyone enjoyed. After dinner we lit the menorah again as well.
Day After Christmas: H had the day off so we stayed up with my parents. We left in the early afternoon and headed home and had a nice dinner out and it was really quiet. We did one more night of Chanukkah at home as well.
The Good: I can honestly say this was the first year we got away with no one having any major fights on a holiday. It was interesting...and good.
The Bad: I really missed my cat Tiger, who recently passed. He lived with my parents, but I think having our new kitty up there really helped everyone.
The Ugly: MIL was really mad that we didn't have SIL over to my parents house even though they don't celebrate Christmas (they're Jewish, I converted before marriage, yet still celebrate holidays with my family). We invited her to my parents but SIL told us she had other plans, and then turned around and told MIL we never invited her to come over. This ended up with a huge fight last night over the phone between MIL and H where MIL was basically being psycho about how it was H's job to take care of his 21 year old sister and he needs to get her married. He quickly ended that convo and that was the worst of the weekend (shockingly).
Christmas Eve: we have a tradition of volunteering at a soup kitchen on Christmas Eve every year with my mother's side of the family. It's so heartwarming to see how grateful the people there are that you're there to help them. They also have santa, and give the kids gifts. Then, we headed over to my SIL's house where we had some dinner with her family (she has 3 kids), BIL/SIL, other BIL and MIL/FIL. It was nice and quiet. However, SIL kept trying to get her kids to clean their rooms, or Santa wouldn't come.
Christmas morning: we woke up, I made a dip, breakfast potatoes, and broccoli caserole, then we opened our gifts. We only did stockings this year, which was nice. Around 9, we headed over to my parents house for gifts and breakfast.
Christmas afternoon: we went to my grandfathers house to see my father's side of the family, which was really nice. we did our secret santa, and then DH and I had to head out right when they were eating dinner.
Christmas night: we spend the evening with DH's side of the family. Always crazy and loud, but always a lot of fun. However, by this time, I was absolutely exhausted, so I was struggling to stay with it. Dinner was ok, but it's never anything compared to the food with my family. Luckily, I was able to hide the fact that I wasn't drinking by pouring alcohol free wine into a real wine bottle.
The Good: SIL (youngest of DH's sisters, she's 26...he has 5 sisters) announced her engagement! She pulled the whole, "wear the ring around and see who notices," and no one said anything. This is what my other SIL did last Christmas as well... She eventually stood up with her FI, and as soon as she did that, I noticed the ring and realized what they were doing! They announced that "santa had been really nice to suzette this year..."
The Bad: It's still just so much running around, it's always so difficult.
The ugly: the SIL from Christmas eve was having major battles with her kids about cleaning their room. They didn't clean their room, so they couldn't open their presents. By about noon, their 8 year old son ripped everyones presents open to see if it was worth it to clean their room. Last time we checked it was 10pm and they still couldnt have their gifts. Merry Christmas kids.
Friday: Hubby's grandma's funeral. It was sad, but nice to see everyone that we don't normally see, like the cousins from California. I was a little miffed that one of the cousins who lives in the area wasn't there because his wife was afraid it would ruin their Disney World plans (in his defense, he was really upset that he couldn't be at the funeral...his mom said there were tears & I believe her).
Saturday: a LONG day for sure. I woke up to a gift on my bed. Hubby surprised me with "The Family Stone" (one of my favorite movies that I, oddly, didn't own) & a beautiful red Williams-Sonoma apron (I've been asking for an apron forever because any food that I am cooking somehow ends up on my shirt). I was genuinely surprised, which doesn't happen often at all. SIL hosted Christmas eve. We went with my parents as well & had a great time hanging out with their family and eating loads of food, plus chasing after my niece and nephew (2.5 and 3.5) was pretty hilarious too. Then my parents, DH & I went to midnight mass which lasted til almost 2AM. Then we had to drive back to my parents' house to pick up our dogs before driving an hour back to our house. Heads hit the pillow just before 4AM.
Sunday: Woke up & gave the dogs their present (2 rope chew toys, one each). Then we hurried back to my parents' house for brunch at 11. It was really nice to see my sister, her family & my cousins this Christmas. We don't spend nearly enough time together as a family unit. We played this game that I found online called Cards Against Humanity, which is essentially Apples 2 Apples gone terribly wrong. I laughed so hard that it hurt to breathe & tears were streaming down my face.
Monday: I went to the Shedd Aquarium with one of my dear friends for the day & we got to see the beluga show & the jellyfish exhibit...I took over 400 pics.
GOOD: Quality time with minimal drama. I'm not big on presents; I'd rather hang out & laugh my head off, which is what I pretty much did all weekend.
BAD: Lack of sleep all weekend due to rushing around to all the festivities.
UGLY: My 2.5 yr old niece and I were playing around. I had her over my head. She had just finished a piece of chocolate & is getting over a cold. Out of nowhere, she let out the biggest, juiciest sneeze, thus covering me in a disgusting chocolatey mess...I woke up on Sunday morning with a nasty cold. Thanks, Maddie.
Heh, he's got a whole lifetime of looking like he's going to throw up or pass out...I hope he realizes this.
Hahaha, I thought the same thing just after I posted! Also, I am annoyed at your MIL for you. WTF is up with her and her cat??!?!?! And sorry no one complimented your dinner
I'm sure it was awesome!
Lilbit, I'm glad your holidays were more drama-free than they were last year! Hooray!
Melko, alcohol-free wine in a wine bottle is an awesome idea. When are you going to tell your families??
I realize this, H realizes this and even BIL confessed that he realizes this as well...but I don't think SIL's BF realizes this yet. It's going to make family GTGs realllly painful for a while. And I have to check out Cards Against Humanity - we LOVE Apples 2 Apples!
January 2, 2010
EDD October 10, 2013
It worked pretty well, but it's still sooo stressful to keep it from everyone!
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Long stoy short, now with a new baby (born Monday) and everyone on my case asking me when I'm going to announce even though they don't really know...probably sooner than we planned. I also have to remember though, that they are all DH's siblings. Once I tell my parents this weekend, I'll probably tell my brother within a few weeks. They're the same relationship to DH.
Last night we were at BIL's house to see the baby, and there were 8 adults there, and then a bunch of kids. We were all eating dinner, and everyone had a glass of wine. sigh. Luckily, I got out of that one SOMEHOW....probably because DH and I were sitting at the breakfast bar b/c they ran out of room at the table. Then BIL goes, "after dinner we're all going to have a glass our our wine (DH and BIL made wine this year). DH and I looked at each other, and we decided to leave after dinner.
Also, my parents LOVE to go out with us and drink. They're actually a bad influence on us, and will somehow get us to drink more than we originally planned on drinking. My mother wants to go out with us on Friday, and I think we might tell them then. I can't blow her off and not go b/c my mom gets really bitchy, and my father is the type to just pour out shots at their house for everyone. How could I turn that down without suspicion?
Geez. I swear, we're not alcoholics, we just like a good time. Noron, take a warning from me...slow down as soon as you start TTC unless you plan on telling as soon as you're KTFU!
Glad everyone's holidays were overall drama free!
Panda - I bet your MIL's cat would love to have some alone time without having to be babysat lol
Melko - That does sound stressful! Maybe you can tell them you have had a late AF and are just waiting on dr. confirmation before you tell anyone for sure but you're not drinking as a precaution? Not sure if it would work, but if it could that could help you delay officially telling them.