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February 2014 Moms
Meghan14
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SAHM Check-in 12/2
Meghan14
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What were your successes this week?
What was your biggest challenge or struggle this week?
What helped save your sanity?
Topic for the week: The Holidays ( I think in the SAH check-in we all do Xmas, Hanukkah, or both. If not, my apologies.) are upon us and all too soon after birthdays will roll around. What are you thoughts on gift giving to LO? Give a little or spoil rotten?
GTKY: Best and worst things about winter.
Feel free to bring up any other thoughts, feelings, or concerns you are having.
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Re: SAHM Check-in 12/2
What were your successes this week?
Things are rolling along.
What was your biggest challenge or struggle this week?
Still some issues related to sleep and see ramble under "other concerns."
What helped save your sanity?
Coffee. Long weekend. LO was in a daddy mood and after the first 2 days home H was reacquainted with the routines and very conformable taking the lead. It was a nice break for me and H got a taste of what my life is like on a daily basis.
Topic for the week: The Holidays & gift giving to LO?
In general I feel like kids have too much crap. There are societal implications as well as environmental ones of this which I won't rant about here. Plus, selfish, I NEED a clean house- I feel physically stressed when there is clutter. So I am activity trying not to buy things for LO "just because". The down side of this is our Christmas list is longer than I would like. I think for Christmas we'll try to only get him like 2 toys and an outfit. Santa will bring the family a carseat (oh! I have to start researching that and order one.) I think his stocking will have some "needs" like some sippy cups and other kitchen stuff. I'll probably handle his birthday similarly. We'll make a bigger deal when he's older and actually cares, but I'd still like to try to keep it on the smaller side.
GTKY: Best and worst things about winter.
Best: Watching Christmas movies with hot chocolate.
Worst: My skin gets unbearably itchy. This happened when I lived in the Northeast, but it is even worse here because our house's heat is soooooo dry.
Feel free to bring up any other thoughts, feelings, or concerns you are having.
So I half-assedly told my parents (after they gave me guilt about not coming home for Thanksgiving or Xmas) that they could always come visit any time. They arrive tonight. Ugh, things were finally calming down. I am not looking forward in having to shrink LO's play area to pull out the couch.
Similarly, every holiday we stay here we offer to host my ILs. They always prefer to host because MIL is an amazing cook. Well she must be really tired after Thanksgiving and BILs wedding because they are taking us up on it. Thankfully H will do the hard cooking. I just have to clean and make 2 sides.
What were your successes this week?
We survived Thanksgiving and everything went well! Very minimal family drama.
What was your biggest challenge or struggle this week?
DH being super sick and trying to get back into routine. We really have been out of a normal routine since our trip mid November.
What helped save your sanity?
In spare time, I've written now 2 articles that I may potentially submit to a website I like and see if they post them. Writing them has just been more theraputic than I thought.
Topic for the week: The Holidays ( I think in the SAH check-in we all do Xmas, Hanukkah, or both. If not, my apologies.) are upon us and all too soon after birthdays will roll around. What are you thoughts on gift giving to LO? Give a little or spoil rotten?
We are trying to find a good halfway point. Don't want to go overboard, but I think we will have more fun with this little guy as long as he's the only child. After a few years though, I like the idea of 4-5 things. 1 big gift, the rest are clothes, books, etc. We will probably spoil less for the birthday with a fun toy and some summer clothes.
GTKY: Best and worst things about winter.
Best is the snow. I grew up near LA so snow did not become a part of my life until college. I like it as long as I don't have to drive when it's bad out.
Worst: My addiction to hot chocolate...which doesn't bode well with my weight loss attempts this year.
What were your successes this week? Hosting Thanksgiving -- making a delicious meal that was totally organized and prepared ahead of time so I could actually enjoy the holiday instead of being banished to the kitchen. Also? Not smacking MIL verbally or otherwise.
What was your biggest challenge or struggle this week? I'm feeling really overwhelmed, and I'm feeling like everything is taking 4 times longer than necessary. The first three weeks of Dec are always busy for me because of Christmas programs at church and school. Add in the insanity of not seeing my school kids since the first week of Nov (thanks again, Snowvember), and it's just overwhelming. I really need for LO to be on board with napping so I can be productive, but that's simply not happening. So then I get more overwhelmed because I'm trying to multi-task and things take even longer.
What helped save your sanity? Dark Hot Chocolate from Tim Hortons and an observation from my mom that MIL is coocoo.
Topic for the week: The Holidays ( I think in the SAH check-in we all do Xmas, Hanukkah, or both. If not, my apologies.) are upon us and all too soon after birthdays will roll around. What are you thoughts on gift giving to LO? Give a little or spoil rotten? The plan was give a little. But great sales, etc., and I've purchased more than I expected (but spent about what I expected). I figure I'm buying toys for future use as well -- it's not like every single toy is going to be available for play every single day. So I got MegaBloks -- but they'll probably be stored for awhile. With a Feb. birthday, I'll need to refresh toys throughout the year, so this is part of my plan.
GTKY: Best and worst things about winter. I hate being cold. I hate being outside in precipitation. I love curling up and watching the snow from the warmth of my couch while reading a good book and sipping hot cocoa. I like sweaters and scarves and boots. They're much more flattering than shorts and tanks.
Feel free to bring up any other thoughts, feelings, or concerns you are having.