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izza2
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What are you dreading?
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week?
Random thoughts?
Weekly Chat 9/11
izza2
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What are you looking forward to this week?
What are you dreading?
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week?
Random thoughts?
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward?
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
Re: Weekly Chat 9/11
What are you dreading? Working a longer day on Wednesday.
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? Go to the gym more, not be miserable.
Random thoughts? Nada
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward?
I'd spend it on my dad, which would also help benefit my mum.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
What are you dreading? Entering the TWW. Also DH starts his seasonal coaching job this week. He'll be gone from 7-9 Sundays, and 9-11pm on Mondays and Tuesdays until about Nov. and then starting again in Jan. Trying to stay positive that its an opportunity for me time!
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? Clean, clean, clean!
Random thoughts? Nope
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward? This is a great question! I would give my parents $250,000 for all of the sacrifice they made for me growing up. They can do whatever they want with it, but I would push them to take a nice vacation with some. The rest would go to DD and DH. I would get DD's savings and investments started. It sounds like cheating bc it would also benefit me, but I would use DH's portion for a house. We rent and he desperately wants something of our own with a nice back yard for the kids.
Dreading: Going back to work
Goals: DH and I really fell off the healthy eating bandwagon, so we need to get back on that. I'm going to the store today, hoping I can keep it all healthy!
Random: nothing
GTKY: I'd give back to my mom and dad. They definitely deserve some of it! And like @KFrob this may be cheating, but I'd give DH enough to pay off his student loans. That's like the one thing that would make him 100% happy right now! The rest I'd probably donate to somewhere local.
DS2 due 12/12/18
What are you looking forward to this week? The weekend... I am not happy to be back at work after 5 days off!
What are you dreading? Giving notice at my job!! We decided it's not worth the stress anymore. My boss didn't say anything to me on his way out Tuesday, nor did he inquire how the wedding went when I saw him this morning. Sure he doesn't *have to* care, but it just makes the whole thing a little easier. Even still, I don't anticipate he will be happy since it's the beginning of budget season...
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? I'd really like to get most of our thank you cards written and ready to go out. We really don't have too many.
Random thoughts? I feel so sad for everyone dealing with the back to back hurricanes... But I'm also relieved we waited to book our honeymoon in Punta Cana until November...
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward? If I could only give it to one person, it would be my mom. New house, house keeper, bills paid in advance, new car... etc... But if I could spend it on multiple people, I would do the same for my mom, husband's parents, and my husband!!
Tomorrow night DH have a fun romantic evening at home planned. We'll see if that actually plays out the way it's planned, I'm doubtful lol.
What are you dreading?
Nothing comes to mind
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week?
Also nothing comes to mind
Random thoughts?
I suck at winning any type of random drawing thing. I've been in a number of them over the years and haven't ever won once LOL
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward?
If it's just one person it's going to my mom/dad. If I can split it $250 to each set of parents. $125 into savings for each of the step kids and then $125 for DS and the remain $125 into a misc account for hopefully our next kiddo
HX
DSD: 17
DS: 4(Nov'14)
MMC:8/17
MMC: 1/18
BFP: 2/7/19 EDD:10/16/19
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What are you dreading? Having fun apparently
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? Trying to eat healthy and workout most days! We were at the beach and then an out of town wedding this weekend and my jeans are fitting tighter
Random thoughts?
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward? Can I make educational trust funds for my kids? Even if we have just two (and especially if we have three), four years of private college and then two to four years of private grad school for both could easily drain most of that. Or I could set up basic college trusts for our kids plus our nieces and nephews. Alternatively donate to charities such as World Wildlife Fund or Doctors Without Borders.
@kindbytealikat I hope your date night works out!
@KFrob Enjoy the picnic!
@CecilB93 Jealous of your short work weeks!
@kimberbeep Yaaaay wedding! Congrats!
@kindbytealikat Enjoy your date night!
@lifesabeach85 Having fun is hard work. I don't blame you for needing some down time, I tend to be the same way.
What are you looking forward to this week? Lots of fun things happening this weekend, football game, tailgating, etc etc
What are you dreading? Not exactly dreading, but what remains of Irma is passing over us starting tonight - wind is picking up now and it's been raining for a while. It'll be gross all day tomorrow too. I doubt we'll have any real impact, the worst that might happen is we might lose power. We'll see!
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? Honestly just recovering from our very hectic weekend! If I get some decent sleep this week I'll be satisfied.
Random thoughts? Thanks everyone for your kind words last week for my DH after his granddad passed. The trip we made to be there for the service was long, but definitely worth it - the whole family got together (including 8 grandkids, all their spouses/SO's and 2 out of the 3 great-grandkids). On the way back home DH told me he wanted to raise our kids in a close family like his and it made my heart explode, haha. DH has always been somewhat on the fence about having kids (don't worry, he knew that I wanted them early on in our relationship - he just has always been able to see himself being happy either with or without kids), and then he scared me a few weeks ago talking about how December seemed "SO SOOOOON" to him for TTC. I freaked out, tried to keep my panic internal as much as possible (lol) and asked him to please think about why he feels that way so we could talk about it. So then during this conversation on the way home, he told me he had thought about it, and was like "December is as good a time as any, let's do this thing." So I'm so happy! And doing my victory dance
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward? I'd pay off my brother's grad school loans, buy a beach house for the whole family, and let DH have a bunch to spend on his family as he sees fit.
@KFrob Good luck with the coaching! My husband is getting ready to start working on his theater company's haunted house, which means he'll be gone a few hours a night for a few days a week through October. I'm not a fan, although once I get used to it I kind of enjoy the solitude. But I'm really glad that mine is so short term! I would really struggle with the 11pm thing, I have trouble going to bed without him but that is way past my bedtime.
@kimberbeep Congratulations!!! I hope you had so much fun getting married! And hooray for giving notice at your job! So many exciting things happening at once!
@kindbytealikat Have fun at your romantic evening! We're actually terrible at being romantic. I try to plan these really special things, and then they just feel really awkward and forced. I've pretty much given up on planning tiny special details because they just aren't us.
@diaphena That's so great that your husband is starting to get excited! I hope you are all able to rest and recover from everything you've been through recently.
What are you looking forward to this week? BIL is getting married on Saturday! It should be fun, and I get to be a bridesmaid, which I've never done before.
What are you dreading? I just realized how much I need to get done before I can teach my class on Thursday. I don't want to do it.
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? Just make sure we're all ready for this wedding. It's out of town.
Random thoughts? For dinner I had Super-Mini NutTaco Slyders. DH got them frozen from the store. They were vegan tacos. They weren't bad. I added some cheese.
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward? I think I'd start with college funds for the nieces and nephews and other kids in my life. And pay off student loans for everyone I know. And maybe buy cars for the couple of people I know who really need them. Maybe a couple of houses for them, too? I actually have no real concept for how much a million dollars is, but that seems like it should wipe that out.
Secretstapler said: Yeah, no. I'm in a bit of a bad mood this morning (hence my goal to not be miserable this week, TYVM), so maybe I'm not reading this right, but I feel like my weekly goals are my own and shouldn't be critiqued.
Just like I wouldn't critique yours or someone else's weekly goals, even if it was just to get through the week.
Excuse me for being a bit of a B, but I've had a pretty rough start to not only my own semester, but DSS's school year, and haven't socialized with friends and family as much as usual, which yeah - it makes me miserable.
So if I feel like my "low bar" goal of just wanting to get through the week without being 100% miserable is appropriate, then you can bet that's what my goal is going to be.
Thanks! Glad we had this chat!
I'll probably be avoiding this thread for a while, because holy crap I feel like that was an incredibly rude thing to do.
Me: 30 | DH: 34 | DSS: 14 | DS: 4
PG #2, EDD 10/12/2023
@KFrob How did the picnic go? How's the cleaning going? Your way of spreading out that money sounds good! If only we could all actually have that money, lmao.
@CecilB93 How's being back at work?
@kimberbeep Congratulations! I hope the wedding was wonderful! Honestly, as far as giving notice at your job, you need to do what's best for you. If your boss doesn't even acknowledge the fact that you're a human being with a life outside of work and some major milestones happening, then perhaps it's time to move along.
@kindbytealikat I hope the date night goes well for you guys! It sounds like you need one. I have bad luck with random drawings, too. I've only ever won one.
@lifesabeach85 Nothing wrong with not wanting to do things and just stay home and relax! I wish we could do that tonight, but we have to go see my mom (she leaves tomorrow, thankfully).
@diaphena Yay for the good words from your DH about kids! I'm happy for you! I'm also glad that the trip for the funeral was worth it and you got to see everyone. That's probably the only real upside of big funeral services. Definitely get some sleep!
@Secretstapler Your ideas for the million sound good!
What are you looking forward to this week? Our first wedding anniversary is on Sunday, and we're spending it at Magic Kingdom. I'm really looking forward to it
What are you dreading? The possibility that the pain is something serious.
Have any goals/things you want to get accomplished this week? Laundry, as always. We also have to put our house back together after the hurricane prep.
Random thoughts? We're fine, our house is fine, and as far as I know, my mom and uncle's house is fine. There are a lot of downed trees and damaged billboards and signs in our neighborhood, and some homes lost their roofs. But yeah, we're fine. DH did do the ride out at work, so he was on the clock for something like 82 hours straight (6am Saturday until 2:30pm yesterday). His check next Thursday is going to be insane.
GTKY: You have 1 million dollars to spend on someone else, and it has to be spent this week. Who do you spend it on, and what does it go toward? Like everyone else, I'd like to split it up. Half would go to DH (pay off the one car and replace the other, buy a nice house, take care of debts, nice little nest egg, all that stuff), 125 to each set of parents to use as they will, and the rest would be split evenly amongst our siblings and closest friends to use as they will.
Diminished ovarian reserve
BFP: 4/14/2020 EDD: 12/20/2020
So glad to hear you're safe, have limited damage, and your DH is getting an insane OT paycheck!
DS2 due 12/12/18
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EDD March 12, 2018
@CecilB93 Congrats on your anniversary, too! I hope you guys were able to spend some time together just the two of you! How was the day without your boss?
@JennyColada That's awesome! Thank you for thinking of me!
@emiliadkay Thank you!
@notthefather Thanks!
Diminished ovarian reserve
BFP: 4/14/2020 EDD: 12/20/2020
DS2 due 12/12/18