Labor Day Weekend Randoms

lurvleybunchococonuts · September 2017

Apparently we didn't start this yesterday. 'Sup ladies?

lurvleybunchococonuts · September 2017

I started this selfishly. But how is all of your weekends going? TW

I spent all yesterday at a friends house chilling with a pack of kids from 1 month old to 7 years old. It was kind of awesome. So many baby snuggles. The two year old after about 4 hours finally became my buddy and gave me high fives and hugs and the infant soooo cute and the 7 year old I taught how to do cartwheels. O.m.g. so much ute envy! Like... all the ute envy.

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

I'm apparently watching the Harry Potter marathon

jsnakehole · September 2017

Rewatching old episodes of 'Supernatural' while I clean up my house. It feels like no matter how much I clean, my house is never fully cleaned.

When DH gets back from the gym, we're going to my favorite store for school supples- Dollar Tree! I spent $32 last year and got 32 items for my classroom. It was amazing.

krash_ · September 2017

We went to the MN State Fair yesterday. I had a mini donut beer, dill pickle beer and maple bacon beer (perks of not being KU yet). Also ate onion rings, poutine, dorito nacho corn on the cob and deep fried cookie dough on a stick. I'm paying for it today but luckily we don't have any plans today.

wishiwaspreggo · September 2017

A PSA for anyone with a Lucky's Market nearby - 25% off rose wines until the 6th. Rose is my summer wine of choice and seeing as fall is coming we best imbibe before it's Cabernet season again.

darkstar42 · September 2017

MH and I both have to get class prep done this weekend, so we've been doing that while watching movies. Pretty relaxing, overall!

MrsBunz · September 2017

Relaxing and cleaning out the closets....all around boring weekend, my favorite type.

nitnat007 · September 2017

Just finished doing some house. Going to look for a new book to read (although I think DH gets jealous when I read so much) and maybe find something to bake.

MrsBunz · September 2017

@nitnat007 what do you like to read?

suchaglencoco · September 2017

We were going to head down to Chicago to meet up with some friends today, but it got canceled last minute, womp womp.
I guess I'll just go shopping and buy myself new shoes instead.

nitnat007 · September 2017

@MrsBunz I honestly haven't been reading a lot but just finished "The Neighbor" by Lisa Gardener and found it a really easy and enjoyable read. "The Art of Racing in the Rain", "Secret Life of Bees" and the "The book of Negroes" are some I've enjoyed in the past. Any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated!

jrm_14 · September 2017

@nitnat007. Ohh, I loved "The Secret Life of Bees." What are you going to bake???

jrm_14 · September 2017

Anyone making anything delicious today?

ETA: holy delicious state fair food, @krashke!

nitnat007 · September 2017

@jrm_14 We decided on blueberry lemon zest scones. And we are also going to make traditional fish and chips for super. Something about this colder weather makes me just want to eat! So not a good thing.

MrsBunz · September 2017

@nitnat007 I really enjoy Geraldine Brooks, so if you haven't read anything by her I strongly recommend them. Year of Wonders is my favorite closely followed by People of the Book.

darkstar42 · September 2017

@MrsBunz I loved People of the Book! It's good to hear her other work is just as good. I'll have to check it out.
@jrm_14 I would love to bake something delicious today, but the problem is the MH and I will eat all of it, and we're trying to focus on healthy eating. Any suggestions for single serving recipes for treats?

dukestar5 · September 2017

@nitnat007. Those scones sound amazing! I've been meaning to bake a new muffin recipe for the past week, so I will finally try it tomorrow.
@suchaglencoco. Yay for new shoes! You will have to share a pic of what you find.
@MrsBunz. Cleaning is what I should be doing this weekend. Haha. Instead I am enjoying a homemade margarita and contemplating what to make for dinner.

jrm_14 · September 2017

@darkstar42. No

I make cookie dough & freeze it in balls so we can pop a couple of cookies in the oven at a time. I'm currently trying to convince myself only to bake an 8x8 of brownies instead of 9x13.

jrm_14 · September 2017

@darkstar42
A lot of homemade granola bars are nasty. However, I love the recipie on this blog:
https://cortneygraham.com
Sometimes, I mix in a handful of dark chocolate chips (less sugar) and keep them on hand in the fridge.

darkstar42 · September 2017

@jrm_14 Thank you! I've been wanting to make some granola bars.

jrm_14 · September 2017

@darkstar42. I bake mine slightly longer than it says. However, come to find out my oven was going out. Sooo....maybe it just wasn't working well?

suchaglencoco · September 2017

@dukestar5, shoe shopping was a bust. When I have the money, I can never find cute shoes. When I'm broke, it's cute shoes galore!

I plan to attempt this for dinner tonight. Hopefully its delicious!

nitnat007 · September 2017

@MrsBunz Thank you for the recommendation. I'll have to look for those.
@dukestar5 Scones were good. DH has already eaten four.

holly321 · September 2017

DH is helping a friend out by working for his wife's party setup company, so he has been gone all day and won't be back until really late, so I went to a new private zoo that had a really awesome safari ride, we had planned to go to dinner after, but I was literally attacked by sheep in the petting zoo and was covered in mud. I am now trying to decide if I am going to spend my evening baking or being lazy and watching TV. Tomorrow, we plan to stay home all day and just have a traditional hamburger/hotdog cookout with my parents.

@nitnat007, those scones do sound really good, I love lemon and blueberries together. My favorite thing to make is blueberry lemon thyme sticky buns, which I am now trying to decide if I feel like making them.

@krashke, that food sounds amazing. I love going to fairs!

@jrm_14, I will probably make chocolate chip zucchini bread if I can convince my lazy butt to do it.

jrm_14 · September 2017

@suchaglencoco. That looks yum! How was it?
@holly321. Did you end up making the chocolate zuchinni bread? I was looking up recipes for that earlier. I then remebered I am all out of eggs

pebbledam · September 2017

Just normal work week for me, so I get to be insanely jealous of DH plus he took two vacation days on Thursday and Friday for the Destiny 2 release.

offtoneverland · September 2017

@pebbledam My husband took Thursday and Friday off work for Destiny 2 as well!

pebbledam · September 2017

@offtoneverland - NEEERRRDDDS!

jhysmath · September 2017

@nitnat007 if you liked the art of racing in the rain for its comical side, try books by Christopher Moore they're hilarious and a pretty quick read.

This weekend we had two goals, unpack our suitcases from spending the summer in NY and finish writing our wedding thank you cards... We finished seasons 3,4, and 5 if Game of Thrones.

darkstar42 · September 2017

I'm sorry, but something seems to have been lost in the shuffle here. @holly321, you got attacked by sheep? In a petting zoo? What exactly happened??

josie12367 · September 2017

@darkstar42 I agree...I think we need to know more...Apparently sheep do this often

Cheezburger dancing girl animals fail GIF

Augusta108 · September 2017

@pebbledam and @offtoneverland, my brother works for the studio that makes Destiny, so MH gets a free copy from him. He's been counting down the days! He has not taken any time off work, but since he also works in the industry I have a feeling they'll be playing the game AT work this week...

offtoneverland · September 2017

@Augusta108 That's so awesome! Your lucky DH getting a free copy of the game.

That's cool that he works in the industry too. Wouldn't it be so great to just play games at work all day? Haha. I don't really like video games though...DH keeps buying ones he thinks I'll like but it never works out how he plans.

jrm_14 · September 2017

@holly321. I third more information about the sheep incident. I'm sad I can't GIF at this moment like @josie12367.

doxiemoxie212 · September 2017

The Bump mobile app signed me out randomly, and my response is basically:

because I don't know my password and hate guessing it, so I guess I'll be desktop only until I get frustrated and finally reset my password.

nitnat007 · September 2017

@jhysmath Thank you! I will check those out.

jsnakehole · September 2017

My first order of Wondfos is coming today!

DH is working, so I'm spending my very last day of summer vacation cleaning my house, doing some prep for the coming week, and making surf and turf for dinner tonight. And watching more 'Supernatural'.

I'm really nervous about this coming week. I feel like my classroom is nowhere near ready, and I have no idea what to do with those kids when they get up to my room on that first day. I probably know more than I think I do, but we'll see.

suchaglencoco · September 2017

@jrm14, it was really good! DH even liked it and he isn't a "vege guy".
It did not replace my desire for new shoes though.

nitnat007 · September 2017

@jsnakehole GL tomorrow! You got this girl!!

pumpkinpancake · September 2017

We have a plum tree in our backyard that is all ripe now, so we have an abundance of plums to do stuff with. So far I've made two plum cakes and 16 jars of jam, with more cake and jam to be made
later. My kitchen has been in a constant state of chaos this weekend, but it's so worth it!

Also, it looks like the apocalypse is coming outside right now, because the air is super polluted and smoky from many wildfires in the area. Sucks that we can't really do stuff outside because of it.

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