Friday Festivities

BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

That sounds fun and holiday-ish, right? It's FRIDAY people! Whatcha got?

BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

I feel like my life has become one never-ending to-do list. I really hope it slows down after the holidays. I'm really just trying to push through the next week. I'm really starting to understand why people dread the holidays. I'm not to that point yet, but I'm starting to understand it more.

Sorry to start things out being a downer.

melody921 · December 2014

BobKat22 said:

I get what yours saying @BeebopandBuddy‌ I started feeling the same way. I've rushed to get everything done so I can enjoy the last week before Christmas doing nothing.

Yeah, I hear you too. I'm so grateful that DH is off today and the start of next week so he can at least make some headway on the last-minute things. My to-do list has felt overwhelming for most of this past year, but it really comes to a head at the holidays.

melody921 · December 2014

I caught the cold that DH and the kids had last week (and still have the lingering effects of). I'm pretty sure a hippo is sitting on my chest right now. :-(

Pokedot · December 2014

My hutch base I ordered 3 freaking months ago comes today. I'm ecstatic!

I'm rushing around too beebop and I thought I was doing well. I still need to get gifts for my niece, 3 cousins and finish up MIL.

Next week is going to be a shitshow. DH works Christmas Day so we're going to celebrate Christmas morning on the Eve. We also need to get together with DH's family so they are coming over the 23rd after I get done with work. We're doing pizza because I refuse to cook after being at work all day. The 24th will be our Christmas and my parents are coming over on for brunch. Then the 25th it'll be a low key day. Imagine. It is what it is. This is the 3rd Christmas in rown DH has worked.

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BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

I managed to make delicious cookies for Maya's holiday party. I was so proud of myself. Then I was going to get a cookie mix for the sugar cookies to decorate for Santa. Last night, DH is all "We should make the cookie dough!" Um, YOU should make the cookie dough dude, I already did my baking for the year.

MRoxy0628 · December 2014

Pokedot said:

My hutch base I ordered 3 freaking months ago comes today. I'm ecstatic!

I'm rushing around too beebop and I thought I was doing well. I still need to get gifts for my niece, 3 cousins and finish up MIL.

Next week is going to be a shitshow. DH works Christmas Day so we're going to celebrate Christmas morning on the Eve. We also need to get together with DH's family so they are coming over the 23rd after I get done with work. We're doing pizza because I refuse to cook after being at work all day. The 24th will be our Christmas and my parents are coming over on for brunch. Then the 25th it'll be a low key day. Imagine. It is what it is. This is the 3rd Christmas in rown DH has worked.

We're doing the same thing. We go to two places on Christmas Day and I think it will be too hectic trying to fit in opening gifts just the three of us Christmas morning before leaving the house. This way Lily can enjoy her trampoline all day on the 24th before heading to my mom's that night.

Today is my last day of work before I'm off for 2 weeks. I'm really looking forward to it. We were supposed to have some fun plans this weekend (movie night and cookie decorating with friends), but they've fallen through. Although tomorrow we're celebrating my husband's birthday with his family and then his actual birthday is Sunday, so we'll go out for that.

kelbel527 · December 2014

It's FRIDAY!!! And after today I don't have to come back here until the 29th. Woohoo! DH is yelling at me for cramming too much into the last 4 days of Christmas, but there will be baking, small last minute shopping, lunch with a friend and as much holiday cheer as I can bring into our house. I'm happy today.

@bobkat22 - Hope you have a wonderful celebration tonight!

@melody921 - Hope you start feeling better quickly! It sucks being sick during the holidays.

@beebopandbuddy - is there anything you can take off your to-do list? Or delegate to DH? It's always a bummer going into the holidays feeling overwhelmed. Hopefully you can still find time to enjoy it!

kelbel527 · December 2014

I'm online right now looking for a gift for a friend's daughter. I'm going to end up buying more for our boys. DH might kill me.

melody921 · December 2014

BeebopandBuddy said:

I managed to make delicious cookies for Maya's holiday party. I was so proud of myself. Then I was going to get a cookie mix for the sugar cookies to decorate for Santa. Last night, DH is all "We should make the cookie dough!" Um, YOU should make the cookie dough dude, I already did my baking for the year.

What kind did you end up making?

BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

melody921 said:

BeebopandBuddy said:

I managed to make delicious cookies for Maya's holiday party. I was so proud of myself. Then I was going to get a cookie mix for the sugar cookies to decorate for Santa. Last night, DH is all "We should make the cookie dough!" Um, YOU should make the cookie dough dude, I already did my baking for the year.

What kind did you end up making?

I made snowball cookies. They are one of my favorites so I was really excited to be able to do them right. They will now be my "signature cookie". I have a signature cookie! I feel like Martha Stewart, but less scary.

melody921 · December 2014

We are so broke right now, it's starting to stress me out. We definitely need a new plan for 2015 bc we spend entirely too much and then when something breaks or goes wrong, there's not enough of a cushion. Ugh.

willy_gert · December 2014

melody921 said:

We are so broke right now, it's starting to stress me out. We definitely need a new plan for 2015 bc we spend entirely too much and then when something breaks or goes wrong, there's not enough of a cushion. Ugh.

I'm sorry @melody921 I know that is not an easy situation to be in! Do you use mint or anything like that?

kelbel527 · December 2014

melody921 said:

We are so broke right now, it's starting to stress me out. We definitely need a new plan for 2015 bc we spend entirely too much and then when something breaks or goes wrong, there's not enough of a cushion. Ugh.

That's tough. The new year is a good time to start cracking down. I always recommend mint.com.

We need to change our habits too, especially since we've spent almost all our cushion this year on building a new house. So we're planning to tighten up a little more next year as well.

Pokedot · December 2014

Us too @melody921. We're fine right now but I want to pay down more of our debt in 2015 and tighten up the spending. I always go crazy before Christmas. And every year that DS gets older I want to spoil him more. I try not too however.

I think we're going to really start the envelope system again and meal planning. It worked so well for us last time. I don't really know why we stopped.

Also my hutch is here! I'm ecstatic! I've waited 3 months for this damn thing!

willy_gert · December 2014

We are going to try a version of the envelope system and the whole debt snowball thing. If we could get our debt down, our lives would be a totally different story!

melody921 · December 2014

willy_gert said:

melody921 said:

We are so broke right now, it's starting to stress me out. We definitely need a new plan for 2015 bc we spend entirely too much and then when something breaks or goes wrong, there's not enough of a cushion. Ugh.

I'm sorry @melody921 I know that is not an easy situation to be in! Do you use mint or anything like that?

No, but I was just telling DH that I think we should start @willy_gert! And I know it could be SO much worse and I shouldn't whine. It just makes me nervous when I start to see us spending more than what we're bringing in. I have this dream that we'll have a sustainable savings for emergencies and fun things, and it never seems to happen.

Pokedot · December 2014

willy_gert said:

We are going to try a version of the envelope system and the whole debt snowball thing. If we could get our debt down, our lives would be a totally different story!

It really works! You guys have been hit so hard over the last 1.5 years or so! I hope it helps! Once you get in the groove it becomes normal.

melody921 · December 2014

Pokedot said:

Us too @melody921. We're fine right now but I want to pay down more of our debt in 2015 and tighten up the spending. I always go crazy before Christmas. And every year that DS gets older I want to spoil him more. I try not too however.

I think we're going to really start the envelope system again and meal planning. It worked so well for us last time. I don't really know why we stopped.

Also my hutch is here! I'm ecstatic! I've waited 3 months for this damn thing!

Yes, meal planning is key for us! I think our biggest thing is we just need a simple budget instead of spending whatever seems appropriate at the time and then realizing later, "Damn, we probably should have thought about that more." It's not like we're irresponsible. Neither one of us likes debt, we never carry CC debt. I just like to not worry about money, and right now, I'm worrying.

AKB090609 · December 2014

All the grandparents are supposed to be coming up tomorrow for a week, because of DH's brand new job our house is still a mess, so we need to ask them to hold off until after 4 or not come until Sunday. DH's parents are usually here by 10:30am, it's a 6hour drive...

I'm so overwhelmed I started crying at 11 last night when I couldn't get the baby to sleep. DH was all "way to act like my mom and cry over nothing" I looked at him and said "I haven't had 6 hours of consecutive sleep in a year, I'm tired and overwhelmed". He rolled over and went to sleep.

jenndub · December 2014

@AKB090609‌ Next time punch your DH in the balls and then pretend you were sleep walking. Or punch him in the balls and tell him he's being an asshole. Btw, I haven't slept in forever either and I'm feeling a little ragey today.

jenndub · December 2014

Last night Beckett had a holiday performance at his school. His dad promised to be there and then didn't show up. It made me so sad to see Becks scanning the crowd from the stage the whole time, looking for his dad. And every time he'd find me again he would wave, give a thumbs up or blow me a kiss. He's such a good little dude, I hate seeing him get hurt.

MRoxy0628 · December 2014

jenndub said:

@AKB090609‌ Next time punch your DH in the balls and then pretend you were sleep walking. Or punch him in the balls and tell him he's being an asshole. Btw, I haven't slept in forever either and I'm feeling a little ragey today.

I'm getting okay sleep lately and I'm ragey for you @AKB090609. I would be overwhelmed too if I was with my children all day and a lot of nights by myself, especially if I was sleep deprived. I would think your H would have some compassion. Maybe having the grandparents there will ease some of your stress?

melody921 · December 2014

jenndub said:

Last night Beckett had a holiday performance at his school. His dad promised to be there and then didn't show up. It made me so sad to see Becks scanning the crowd from the stage the whole time, looking for his dad. And every time he'd find me again he would wave, give a thumbs up or blow me a kiss. He's such a good little dude, I hate seeing him get hurt.

Aww, that would break my heart. He's a lucky kid to have you.

kelbel527 · December 2014

AKB090609 said:

All the grandparents are supposed to be coming up tomorrow for a week, because of DH's brand new job our house is still a mess, so we need to ask them to hold off until after 4 or not come until Sunday. DH's parents are usually here by 10:30am, it's a 6hour drive...

I'm so overwhelmed I started crying at 11 last night when I couldn't get the baby to sleep. DH was all "way to act like my mom and cry over nothing" I looked at him and said "I haven't had 6 hours of consecutive sleep in a year, I'm tired and overwhelmed". He rolled over and went to sleep.

Yeah, that's about when I would have kicked DH out of bed to try to put the baby to sleep. I'd kill my DH if he ever said anything about what I cry over. Sometimes I do cry over dumb stuff, but he better not point it out to me.

Hope you at least get some help from the grandparents while they're there!

kelbel527 · December 2014

jenndub said:

Last night Beckett had a holiday performance at his school. His dad promised to be there and then didn't show up. It made me so sad to see Becks scanning the crowd from the stage the whole time, looking for his dad. And every time he'd find me again he would wave, give a thumbs up or blow me a kiss. He's such a good little dude, I hate seeing him get hurt.

He's a good little dude because you're an awesome mom. It would break my heart to see one of my little men hurt like that.

jenndub · December 2014

@kelbel527 Thank you. I really want to cry over the whole thing. I sometimes feel like I can't ever do enough to make up for him being so shitty. But thank you for saying I'm a good mom, I needed that today.

BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

jenndub said:

Last night Beckett had a holiday performance at his school. His dad promised to be there and then didn't show up. It made me so sad to see Becks scanning the crowd from the stage the whole time, looking for his dad. And every time he'd find me again he would wave, give a thumbs up or blow me a kiss. He's such a good little dude, I hate seeing him get hurt.

I would be so pissed. I get pissed when SD's do it to my kids, if it was their parent... I'm not even sure what I would say/do. Poor Becks. I guess it really doesn't do any good to say someting to your ex?

Pokedot · December 2014

AKB090609 said:

All the grandparents are supposed to be coming up tomorrow for a week, because of DH's brand new job our house is still a mess, so we need to ask them to hold off until after 4 or not come until Sunday. DH's parents are usually here by 10:30am, it's a 6hour drive...

I'm so overwhelmed I started crying at 11 last night when I couldn't get the baby to sleep. DH was all "way to act like my mom and cry over nothing" I looked at him and said "I haven't had 6 hours of consecutive sleep in a year, I'm tired and overwhelmed". He rolled over and went to sleep.

I would have nut punched him. First off, let the mess go. If they can't realize you're stressed with family coming, a new job, 2 young kids and Christmas they can kiss your butt. You get to enjoy the holiday too. As for DH he'd be getting real quick wake up call from me. I'm sorry about the whole situation!

AKB090609 · December 2014

Thanks ladies, I'm fine in the light of day, and normally DH is not this much of an ass, but he's getting a bunch of stuff dumped on him at work. His best work friend has been a huge jerk about DHs promotion (calling him a traitor, not speaking to him, refusing to help DH with questions) and DH is taking it out on me. Normally I know that and don't take it personally, but when I'm tired and know I won't sleep for another 30min I lose it sometimes.

I'm sure next week will be better!

jenndub · December 2014

BeebopandBuddy said:

jenndub said:

Last night Beckett had a holiday performance at his school. His dad promised to be there and then didn't show up. It made me so sad to see Becks scanning the crowd from the stage the whole time, looking for his dad. And every time he'd find me again he would wave, give a thumbs up or blow me a kiss. He's such a good little dude, I hate seeing him get hurt.

I would be so pissed. I get pissed when SD's do it to my kids, if it was their parent... I'm not even sure what I would say/do. Poor Becks. I guess it really doesn't do any good to say someting to your ex?

I have tried so many times to make him understand how much he hurts them when he does this kind of stuff. He doesn't get it. When he's there they are so excited to see him, he can't imagine that he's making them sad when he's not there. Before the show last night, you could order DVDs of the performance and I bought one for my ex just in case he didn't show. I was so glad I did because Becks was crying when I told him his dad didn't come, but he was so happy when I told him they could watch the DVD in a few weeks.

melody921 · December 2014

AKB090609 said:

Thanks ladies, I'm fine in the light of day, and normally DH is not this much of an ass, but he's getting a bunch of stuff dumped on him at work. His best work friend has been a huge jerk about DHs promotion (calling him a traitor, not speaking to him, refusing to help DH with questions) and DH is taking it out on me. Normally I know that and don't take it personally, but when I'm tired and know I won't sleep for another 30min I lose it sometimes.

I'm sure next week will be better!

Wow, that's a shitty work friend. GL, hang in there. Worst case, get the family to help you with kids or whatever you need once they arrive.

danabsd · December 2014

The worst thing about the Sony hack is finding out this is what Channing Tatum considers a professional email.
"F YOU TED !!!! SECOND OF ALLLL TIMMMMME BEEEOTCH!!!! COME ON JUMPSTREETERS WE GOT CATE BLANCHETT WIT DIS BOX OFFICE BITCHES!!!!!!!!"

melody921 · December 2014

Guys, I JUST finished a major thing that had to be done before year end. I am almost ready to start celebrating.

BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

danabsd said:

The worst thing about the Sony hack is finding out this is what Channing Tatum considers a professional email. "F YOU TED !!!! SECOND OF ALLLL TIMMMMME BEEEOTCH!!!! COME ON JUMPSTREETERS WE GOT CATE BLANCHETT WIT DIS BOX OFFICE BITCHES!!!!!!!!"

Yeah, I saw a lot of articles saying "best e-mail ever" and I thought, no, now I definitely like him less. Some people are definitely better when they don't talk.

tinyhumantoe · December 2014

So just found out SIL bought 6 towels for MIL. Total was $100. She asked for $33 from us and $33 from other SIL. $33 doesn't even cover the gas one-way for one of the twelve times MIL went up to watch her kids. Her husband is a big dog engineer. I feel sad for MIL that her kids think this is acceptable. I'm bothered equally by the dollar amount and the lack of thought/sentimental value.

Anyway, I'm giving the $33 and also buying her a nice thoughtful gift from W. I mean, the lady drives me nuts but this is just sad.

MrsKipper · December 2014

Nola had her little Christmas party at preschool today and it never crossed my mind to get her teachers a gift. I know it's not required, but I still feel bad. I'm terrible at gift giving to mug family, so it doesn't surprise me that I didn't think about it. Oh well, hopefully they won't think bad thoughts about me.

I did think about gift bags for the kids, but I've barely had to energy to keep my kids dressed and fed this week...much less make a bunch of gift bags.

Preschool MOTY!

tinyhumantoe · December 2014

@akb090609 Oh. my. goodness. I would freaking kill him

That makes me so upset for you

@jenndub Ahhhh, you and AKB win my sympathy for the day. My heart breaks for that little guy. Good thing his mom seriously kicks ass! And his little buddy siblings, and his step dad.

pharmer78 · December 2014

jenndub said:

@kelbel527 Thank you. I really want to cry over the whole thing. I sometimes feel like I can't ever do enough to make up for him being so shitty. But thank you for saying I'm a good mom, I needed that today.

Can I cry for you? And give Beckett a big hug? And recreate the shiner you gave to that dipshit?

BeebopandBuddy · December 2014

MrsKipper said:

Nola had her little Christmas party at preschool today and it never crossed my mind to get her teachers a gift. I know it's not required, but I still feel bad. I'm terrible at gift giving to mug family, so it doesn't surprise me that I didn't think about it. Oh well, hopefully they won't think bad thoughts about me. I did think about gift bags for the kids, but I've barely had to energy to keep my kids dressed and fed this week...much less make a bunch of gift bags. Preschool MOTY!

Just buy some GC's and be done with it. You don't have to be creative. I'm sure they'd appreciate that.

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