Daily Ooo's: May 4-5: Weekend Edition

[faerywings]

May the 4th be With You! :jedi

Happy Star Wars Day to my fellow geeks

And Happy iNSD too! There are so many sales going on, is your shopping cart full yet? If you are looking for something in particular-- check out this thread for help iNSD In Search Of

I am not going to have much, if any time to scrap this weekend :Cry: But its all for good stuff- today is my godson's 2nd birthday party!! Poor little man has been so sick this week. I hope he is feeling better today so he can enjoy the party.
I really cannot get over that he is going to be two. (Just wait a couple of weeks when Scott turns 17!!!!!!!!!!)
Then tomorrow is another College Open House. And then I have to get stuff done for the May Bash here next weekend. (Scott's Birthday. Gary's Birthday, Mother's Day and 2 anniversaries to be celebrated...)
I know what i am making the moms for their gifts-- doing a Subway Art styles word cloud and will be making wall plaques out of it. Gary has scrap wood and will make that plaque part and I have to do the graphics part. But I need both kids to give me words to describe the Moms!! They have been so busy out and about I can never get them pinned down in one place at the same time..... I would have done it last night but I was feel so horribly.

Gary's b-day was quiet, but nice to have the 4 of us together for dinner and then watched some old Night Court episodes. That is about as exciting as it gets in the Faery House. In fact in fact it was so quiet that I had to call my mom at 9pm. She never called Gary to wish him a Happy Birthday-- which is totally unlike her. So much that I worried something had happened. She had been over at my brother's-- Christopher was so sick that they had to rush him into the doctors and with the party being today everything was in chaos over there. She had totally forgotten that it was Gary's b-day and when I told her why I was calling (not that she forgot but that I was worried about her) she burst into tears and felt awful-- poor Gary was like-- its not a big deal,Mom!!! But to her, it was a very big deal. Its where I get it from... it is true, apples don't fall far from the tree.

So what are all of you doing? I would love to hear about your weekends too!!

 

[MrsPeel]

I didn't realise there was a weekend post already (maybe it wasn't when I started reading the other one, it takes me ages to process info
so I ll paste here,
Chris, all you are saying you are gonna do made me tired already LOL
we have mother day in a different date, but what a great idea
Hope you brother gets better, and give your mum a HUGE hugg from me, tell her I know the feeling...and I'm also hyper emotional, being latin and all, makes it worse...am needing all the strength I have to keep up with my every day life ....
huge huggzz to you alll tooo
here is what I write in the other thread:
Chris, hope you get better soon….

Phyll…that s the way I feel sometimes, weather nothing interesting to say or just moaning about misery

Trudy: Sarita does something worse than snoring….she grinds her teeth, badly…like I can hear hear from wherever I am in the house…..
she stopped for a while as her dentist gave her a mouth guard, but she has braces now and it gets worse….

Hope you have a great time at the BBQ!!!! oh am craving meat now!!!!

Kiliki, hope you are having a great weekend, same to you Angela, hope you are enjoying !

Nancy…shoes!!!!! I so miss going shopping for those!!!!
(my shoes since 2003 had to be some special way so the hospital can make the shore rise as they left me with one leg 3 and half cms longer than the other

Heather, I hear you on the engager thing , loud and clear as I'm dealing with a 17 years old….
things have gotten a LOT better in the past couple of weeks, but still…..but is HYPER necessary that we let them free to a certain point….I don't think any of us can let go that easy, is a learning curve for both parents and children…
Sorry to hear about your mum….hope things get sorted & you can help her, I know how difficult it can be, I looked after my aunt for months….

don't get me started with the drinking thing…. I lost my husband to drink…he became an alcoholic and the damage done to my daughter …well, as I said, I better don't get started…
Governments all over the world ban cigarettes adverts and make all to stop people smoking….
when drinking is FAR worse….

Laurie, have a great holiday!!!!!!!

I'm still working on trying to get my brain to allow me to deal with things…saw the psquiatrist last week, the neurologist gave me a pace on a waiting list for the MRI and I have to have some nuclear medicine scan….and don't want to think too much about it. I cant really process much info to read or write (got a friend helping me here as I missed you & wanted to come be present…
need to get organised to go shopping too!!!!
I ll try come back later, need time to go through the gallery I m having O withdrawal
Hope all are having a great weekend!!!!!

 

[faerywings]

So sorry that i never made it back yesterday- I was nauseous from lack of sleep -- I really don't know how I made it through my cleaning job-- it is my second biggest house. 4 BR's, 2 1/2 baths.... 2 kids and a VERY large dog! Irish Wolfhound-- she is gorgeous, and over 150 lbs!

I thank all of the gods for caffeine......

Phyllis!! LOL I knew you would say that!!!! But I am smart-- he almost *never* can eat when he first gets up b/c of his stomach issues. I knew in advance he would say No thank you. But it looked like I made effort, and so when I refilled his coffee it was all good.
Your days sound a lot like mine-- laundry, house/yard work-- I just have the extra fun of dealing with two teens.... hehe

Oh No Trudy!! Sir Snoresalot!!!!:rofl:
How was the RCMP party? Was it nice to see al of YMG's co-workers again? Hope that you were able to get a nap in so you weren't tired last night.


Yay Kristy (so sorry that I have been spelling your name wrong all this time-- yell at me if I do that again!) Bet it feel great to have YMG home!!

Angela- sounds like it was a wonderful day for the kids!! Can you adopt me so I can do all of that?

Nancy- good for you to have a fun day!!!!

Heather- oh no, so sorry to hear about your mom It has to be so hard on all of you to find the right balance of self-sufficency and prevention.
What is the drinking age in Canada? Is it 18? here it is 21, but all of the kids drink well before that. I should say *all* but I would imagine it to be close... It is hard to let them make their own mistakes, especially when they can be so disasterous at their ages. Good luck and rant away-- I do it all of the time!

Yup!!See?? Trudy said it all perfectly! (Psst, Trudy-- GMTA!! hahah!)

Laurie!!!! woo hoooooo!!!!! Yay Vacation!!!!!

Cynthia- hugs to you and your brain. I know you said that you get claustrophobic-- do you have an option for an Open MRI? My brother has had them before and he has bad claustrophobia too and the Open ones are so much better for him. Just a thought. And the other nuc. test, is it a SPECT scan? I had one done a few years ago to measure the inflammation in my brain. It wasn't badit just fel like I was wearing a loose helmet and I just closed my eye and breathed deeply through it.
(That was interesting-- they have to give you a letter saying that you are radioactive in case you get checked going back out of NYC on the bridges/tunnels aka Terrorist Points)

I am sorry to hear about your husband. I have seen alcohol and drugs kill many people, and it is horrible for them but even more so on the ones they leave behind

I don't think any of us can let go that easy, is a learning curve for both parents and children…

So true!!!! And this is why it is so good to be able to rant here a bit. Moms of teens--Unite!!!!
And we can get good wisdom from the moms who have done this before ......

xoxo to everyone!!!!! Have a wonderful day!

 

[faerywings]

Cynthia-- it takes me forever to process too. No worries!!!I love what you wrote about teens-- I think we have to hope that foundations that we helped them build (in the days when they would *listen* to us!!!LOL) will be good enough to keep them going on-their own. But man, it is sooo hard to let them take those steps...

I'll give my mom that hug-- she loves hearing about my Oscraps friends- she even got to meet Sally/cellomom!
We are 100% Italian- so I get the emotional thing too -- everything is either very high or very low, little in the middle ground- especially when it comes to our families

Hope you have a feeling good day too!

 

[whatnext]

GAAAA!! it's Spreading Mulch Around Day. i just stopped for a diet root beer and string cheese break. back to the grind. have a good one, O-zies!! dunno if i'll be back later. this is usually an all-day affair....:hurt:

 

[Alegna]

Happy Star Wars Day and iNSD to all of you!

How sad Christopher was so sick, I hope he feels better today and you all can have a great party! I can understand you were worried about your mom, glad everything was ok with her.
Sounds like a nice birthday for Gary with your own family together, I hope he enjoyed it too!
Good luck with making the gifts for Mother's Day, I have to think about something for mine. I know that there are already 3 gifts waiting for me in the house Luc, Wes and Nik made them at school.
Ow and sure I want to adopt you , but you would have to come over here in that case I think, the kids (Ben) doesn't want to move somewere else ...

Ow big hugs for you Cynthia, Wes has had an MRI under anesthesia so he never noticed what went on, isn't that an option for you?

 

[Kiliki]

LOL no worries about the name spelling

and its GREAT to have him home....the girls were SO happy.....as soon as they came in the door all they were saying was "daddy daddy daddy!!" lmao

ahhh and I have spent too much money this weekend already and its only Saturday now LMAO

 

[taxed4ever]

Morning lovely "O" ladies!! I can only be here for a minute and then a very busy Saturday for us. Lots to get done today and then tomorrow we are off early in the morning to walk in the 5K Hike for Hospice. Doing the walk to support SIL Linda in Parksville. Her hubby died 1yr ago May 7 and they used the Hospice a lot. Sorry I don't have time for personals but will try to get in here later on today to catch up and I really have to leave some love in the gallery today! So much beauty here!! Have a great Saturday everyone!! I love you all!! :wave:

 

[faerywings]

Happy Sunday.

Biy I am stil so tired. We had a nice time at my godson's party. It was only Scott, Leah and I that were able to go. Gary-- well, he can never go.... and Cait was sick, and started to run a low fever. And I just crashed after a couple hours of being out.
Came home early and thought I would be able to sleep good-- but woke up at 2am again. I couldn't get back to sleep immediately and then *panicked* That is the worst part of insomnia, I think-- the panic of not being able to get back to sleep.
I ended up taking another xanax (which I really dislike doing, I am terrified of addictions) but it was the only way to get myself to calm down enough to even consider falling back asleep. I have to start getting Scott and Leah awake so I can get them over tot he college open house. I need a day off, but it looks like that isn't going to happen until next Sunday. wah!!!!!

(again, I say, Thank God for coffee!! And people say I am not religious. ound: )

Oh Phyllis- I feel for you-- how was mulch spreading day? How are you feeling today, not tooo sore??

Angela- I am packing my bags and will be coming to visit you soon, get the wii and playground ready! LOL

Kristy- oh how nice to have him home!

Trudy-- you are awesome to do that 5K. I hope that you and the participants can raise a lot of money for Hospice.

To all of you! Have a wonderful and happy day!!!!

 

[LaurieW]

Morning O fam- hanging in the hotel cause it is rainy outside, before we head out to the final leg of our trip. If you follow me on facebook, you have seen my journey so far via my cell phone. I am loving the app that puts where you are on the pic! I love drop box because it sends those same photos to my laptop so I can scrap them. So I don't love not being able to shop - ummm well till today- and perhaps I will scrap the afternoon away if the rain continues. We are only 4.5 hours away from our destination. Guess I should get going. I must say- I finally feel relaxed and ready to scrap- for the first time in about 3 weeks.

 

[Kiliki]

stopping in for a bit HELLO!! Happy Sunday!!!

 

[MrsPeel]

so...I'm back finally...did I wrote that yesterday or today?
I was so so trying to find cheap stuff to buy and at the same time wanted to scrap...it didnt happen much, the scrapping, so I did earlier tonight...is like almost 5:30 am so I can't really think let alone type...but I'm happy as I did some shopping and I won a kit from Tracy Martin yay!!!!
will be back tomorrow
hope everyone had a great weekend!!!!!!
Huggggzzzz