Daily Ooo's: Thursday, June 12

[faerywings]

Hey hey! How are you all today? Who needs :tea:? MemememMEME!!!!!!
(Or perhaps I have had too much??)

(pfft. Never too much :tea: )

Oh man, it felt *good* to be back at work yesterday. It was my biggest house but I took my time, and did OK. Of course, I woke up this morning and everything hurts.
Scott and Gary drove down to get Scott's tux for his prom tomorrow. But before they did that, Gary and I spent a half hour looking at old photo albums of when the kids were babies/toddlers. Damn, we made some cute kids! LOL We were laughing at some of the quirks that they had, like how Scott would grab his cereal bowl (baby cereal) and try to lick it all out.Or the progressions of crazy hair that Cait had. She was born with a full head of black hair that stuck straight out all over. Then it got longer and smoother. Then it was straight in the back, and tight ringlets in the front. It got lighter and less curly, and eventually was down to her butt. That's when she cut it off and donated it to Locks of Love.
I love photo albums!

Today I have to go to our Lyme dr and see if we can figure out something from the mess of my medical life. I also have to figure out what to do about a LabCorp bill I got. My blood work needs to go through Quest, but for some reason it got sent to LabCorp and now I have a bill for $241. grrrr.....

Temptation on Thursday
*throws hands in the air* Is giving up on the medical profession and my health a viable option?

 

[faerywings]

Oh, and I upset my mom yesterday too. I emailed her first thing yesterday morning, just to say that I love her and that I don't want her to worry, that I will always do my research and take the best care of myself that I can. (Don't tell her what I just said up there ^ in my Temptation )
I also told her that Gary and I decided that we were just going to be here, alone, for Father's Day. They wanted to come up for b-fast like they did the day before Mother's Day. Gary wants to keep it quiet and since we didn't see his family on Mother's Day, and we aren't seeing his fam for Father's Day, he didn't want his parents to feel left out, understandably. When I put that into my email, she got offended. I tried to tell her that we needed to take this year off from those 2 holidays and that it was nothing personal, but I don't think that explanation helped.:/

So-- back to you!!

Oh yes, Phyllis-- it is in your gut. Visceral. If I hear police sirens, like a lot of them, and Scott is out with his car, it makes my stomach knot up for a minute or so until my semi-rational brain can settle me down.
I am so sorry to hear that you are giving up scrapping. You are so darn talented. But I get what you mean about it not being fun when you are trying to figure new programs.

Nancy and Phyllis- hope that you are both feeling better too!
I like your DH's take on kids, with one (female!!) correction-- you worry about them as soon as your pg test comes back positive!

Trudy- So sorry to hear that things have not gotten better for Heather and Jonah. You'd think that having his MIL (so to speak) around would put him on better behavior. I am glad that you'll be heading back home and have a more relaxing time with them both.

xoxoxo to everyone!

 

[petey111]

Chris - I wish it was easier for you to deal with the medical stuff. What a PITA for you. Sometimes moms (and MIL's) get offended and there's not much we can do. I think they forget that sometimes, alone time is the best time. We've had holidays where we've done that too and it's caused my MIL to be mad, but she's gotten over it quickly.

Tonight is the wake. I texted my SILs this morning and asked if we wanted to send flowers from all the grandchildren in our family. The one troublemaker got all persnickety. "I must have missed this conversation. What is this and who all is we?" I just said it was just an idea, this is the first I've asked anyone about it. I thought we did it for her grandpa's and wanted to see if we wanted to do it for her grandma. I never heard back. I'm hoping she's working and not just being a b*&%$. Why does there need to be so much drama? I'm only waiting until noon. Then I will just text everyone and say...forget it, everyone do their own thing.

Gotta get Benny-boy a haircut and a couple new casual dressy shirts. Weddings, funerals, etc. require some nicer shirts.

How many times should I ask my husband if he asked his boss if we can go on vacation Sat. - Thurs.? Right now we are at two times. I'm thinking this afternoon will be three and then I give up and assume he just doesn't want to go.

Temptation Thursday - Get in the car with Ben and drive on our own to South Dakota!

Hope you guys have a good day!!

 

[whatnext]

Geez...weddings, funerals, holidays. tailor made for family strife. WHY does this happen? i did an entire BOOK of scrap pages about our crappy 2011 Christmas. it was extraordinarily ridiculous. good luck with Mom, Faery. it will blow over, hopefully very soon.

Sara, here's what i did when Hubby started to be indecisive about going on vacation. several years ago i said to him: "I'm going to San Antonio in July. You're welcome to come along." i did the same thing with Maine the following year. i think if you do it once, it gets their attention. there's no reason why YOU and Ben can't have a vacation. go for it, i say. but then again, i AM a terrible trouble-maker....

gaah. clouds and rain again. although i must say i enjoyed the storms yesterday. lots of places in the area got it worse than us. a soggy, humid day here in The Jungle. hope yours is more pleasant. enjoy Thursday! :becky:

 

[nancyr]

Good day! Spent the morning talking to my sister. We have such fun talks every Thursday. Makes it easier as she is so far away. Watched hockey and Rangers kept the Kings from skating the Cup around MSG so I get one more game on Friday night. Also had my last FaceTime chat. I really love these chats what an opportunity for me to ask questions.

Chris it is always hard to please every part of your family. You always have to what is best for your immediate family and the rest will eventually understand. But it is hard!

Sara I have to agree with Phylis about vacations. I want to go and see the Tour de France and my DH said no so I took my sister. This year I asked if he wanted to go on the bird watching trip and he said no and so I left him home. This summer I asked if he wanted to go and visit my Aunt and he said no. I am beginning to believe that he is one fuddy duddy! However I am thinking that him not being there I don't have to worry if he is having fun or where he wants to go I can do what I want. Sounds bad LOL.

Phylis the weather here sucks too!

have a great day all!

 

[LaurieW]

good afternoon - not gone- just trying to get back to work/real life after my wonderful vacation. Do not know if I shared that my car broke down with hubby driving on Saturday- it was covered, it is fixed- but oh the steering wheel is not on right and there might be a problem with tie rods and other things- did we have an accident- umm no- what did you do???? We are going to check it out shortly and I hope to be able to update. I have started to get the medical bills from shoulder/dr & therapy- I have more than enough to use up the FSA money I set aside. Time to redo the budget!

 

[petey111]

Thank you all for the back up. Here's what I'm going to do. I am going to plan a two hour drive to Adventureland for not next week, but the week after. If he can get off work to come with us, great. If not, fine.

Then we plan on SD at the end of July. But I don't want to hear one single complaint from him that it's too hot or too crowded. If something comes up for his work and he can't go...tough. I'm not disappointing Ben again. Do I sound too b*&%y?

And I gave up on the group flowers thing. SIL must have gotten pissed off at me for the idea and refused to respond. So I just told the other two to do their own thing and I ordered our own plant. She is beyond ridiculous in her behavior. It truly is unbelievable. You would think that after almost 20 years of being with this family, I'd get over being surprised by it and trying, but I guess I don't learn my lesson. *sigh*

Phylis - We got enough rain here last week to last us at least a month!

Nancy - Glad you got to talk to your sister.

Oh Laurie I hate cars!! Such an expensive pain. Hopefully, it all works out ok for you!

 

[LaurieW]

So - the car- we think the tow truck driver caused the damage- the parts are over $1000. Thanks to my husbands good reputation with the dealership, we are only paying $200 for the labor.

 

[whatnext]

heehee....way to go, ladies!! GIRL POWER!!! we demand vacations, and we will HAVE vacations!! :rofl: