Flyby
Dh and I just decided to go up to VT tonight and spend the night in our friends' RV w/ them . Game is at noon tomorrow, girls are already at MIL, so we're feeling rather 20ish tonight!
OFf to relieve some stress!
Won't be back on before Sunday night, going to be late tom. night getting home, and having T'giving w/ MIL and FIL Sunday after church.
HAve a great weekend! GO HOKIES!
Taryn
Thinks have been so tough and stressful for you lately.... I'm glad you are able to get away and relax. I hope the overnight trip makes you feel relaxed and renewed!! You deserve it.
We do black friday. I am subscribed to the blackfriday websites and have looked at the ads for weeks. We get all of the fliers on Thanksgiving morning and spend the day going through them and making lists. I've even camped out at
Best Buy before. I didn't see anything worth camping out this year. We were considering the laptop at
Walmart, but my uncled called at 8 PM last night and there were already people in line. Apparently they had shut down the line at 10 PM as all of them were accounted for. Those people in line had to stay in line were only given 10 minute potty passes. Just seemed like too much of a hassle not to mention time committment for that. Hunter (my 13 year old) is always my black friday buddy. We ended up getting up at 4 AM and going to Walmart then. We were able to get the ipod touch for $225 with a $50 gift card. That is what my oldest wanted. My youngest has been wanting a mini bike (gas powered), but we had told him they were out of our price range. Low and Behold I saw one in the black friday ad for both Kmart and Sears. They were not available locally, but I was able to get one on Sears.com. The sale started early so I bought it last night, found a free shipping code and had reward points and a $10 gift card so it made it possible. He is going to be totally psyched on Christmas morning. I think we'll end up getting Hunter a netbook as his big gift. We also found great deals on some electronics that we wanted. Chris has wanted a surround sound for a couple of years and I finally found one today at a price I would pay. That is wrapped and under the tree and he isn't home from work yet
I also found a tv/dvd combo at Kmart that will go in the kids room in the camper. Overall we had a successful day with some great deals.
As far as eating goes it wasn't too bad. Dh is working late and Nick is at his girlfriend's house so me and the two younger boys each had a bowl of cereal for dinner. Hopefully that makes up for the half a candy bar I had for breakfast. Comcast was giving out chocolate bars at Best Buy this morning and it was a source of energy at 6:30 am
GLad you found lots of deals. I know SOMEONE (who might be reading this post
) would like an ipod touch for Christmas. I'm not sure if that will be happening, but hope I can find a deal like that if we do decide on it. Not sure exactly what DS would like, but I think I see an ipod Nano in his future. He would really like a DSi XL... but got a DSi last Christmas and a DS the Christmas before that!! I think that is enough of that!
I have done a bit of Christmas shopping, but not nearly enough. I see lots of cyber shopping in my future!
It is kind of cracking me up, reading your post and picturing you and Chris and Colby!! I LOVE having faces to put the name (and your husband's face isn't too tough to take!
).
Thanks for your call last night!
11/27/2010 QOTD: If you woke up today and it was time to open one present, what would you want it to be? Not peace on earth, not a husband that does the dishes, something you can hold in your hands, ride, drive, or see. What tangible present would make you squeal with delight today?
I'm going for a post-holiday recovery run and then I'll be back...
Maria
A time machine.... I would push the button and go back to last Saturday morning and throw our ladders in the dump.
Morning!
I slept for about 12 hours last night. I definitely needed it. I'll be back soon to reply to everyone, but I want to post this weekend's mini-challenge now.
ETA: Change of plans. I completely forgot about the new WW program starting on Monday. Oops.
Mini-Challenge for Sat. 11/27 and Sun. 11/28: I can't believe it but, it is almost December! Write out any know appointments, get-togethers, etc. you have and anything else you possibly can, like exercise, for the month of December. One way to help make the upcoming holidays go smoother is with a plan!
You know I love a PLAN!!
For those of you not following WW, feel free to get ahead on Monday's mini-challenge and plan your menus!
Have a great day everyone!
I'll be spending some time with my calendar later this afternoon.
Well... I definitely don't know what this month will bring... but I will try my hardest to fit more exercise in.... lately that has been really lacking in my life!
Evening all! Sorry it has been over 24 hours, but a quick update here. DH is still doing well. He is staying in the ICU probably overnight again (lack of beds elsewhere), but that's okay. He is well taken care of here!
He was doing so well last night that I made the decision to go home. DD was here with me and I thought it was important that she not stay in the waiting room again... she needs to stay healthy for school. And I really wanted to get home and hug DS and SLEEP!! Well... I talked to DH about 5pm and thought he understood that I was leaving, etc. I left the hospital about 5:40 pm and arrived home at 7:10 pm (I have found a little quicker route).... visited a bit, hugged everyone, and put on my jammies and snuggled up with the kids to watch tv in my bed. The phone rang at 8:30pm. It was the ICU nurse... DH was asking for me!!
Are you kidding me??!! After all those days and nights of not leaving and I finally leave and NOW he wants me? I felt SOOOO badly. DMom offered to drive me back up.... she knew I was too tired to drive. But I told the nurse to talk to him, explain that I was home and resting and that I promised I'd be back early in the morning!! It was a terrible feeling. But I stayed home and got a good night's rest. I was back here, ready to see him by 8:30 am... and found out he had been asking for me again in the morning!
Well.... after doing some talking to him, I realize that he didn't remember me telling him I was leaving, he thought he had seen me and he thought that they weren't LETTING me in to see him.
But all good now.
Also.... he asked if it was Sunday. I thought that it was pretty good he was only one day off. I explained it was Saturday and he seemed confused. But then I realize he thought it was LAST Sunday... he thought he had only been here one day!!! I think he was shocked when I told him that his accident happened the Saturday BEFORE T.giving and it was now the Saturday AFTER T.giving! He said "I missed T.giving??" So sad!
He had a visit from two of his brothers plus a SIL today.... nice visit, they made him smile and chuckle and that is so great! SIL brought me some great magazines and a big banana bread.... I'm breaking into a little bit later today!
It seems like so many of you had a great T.giving and a fun day shopping on Black Friday. Some of your splurges sound delicious!
REDWALKER: So sorry about your grandmother.
(Tracey... please pass this along, as Redwalker isn't on here much. And feel better yourself!)
CC... does the new job start Monday? Good luck... hope the first day jitters aren't too bad.
Shannon... GLad to see you here! Thanks for the warm wishes for DH. Glad to hear things are getting spiffy in the new house! How's the new job working out?
Again.... THANK YOU to all of you for your continue warm words, good wishes, and prayers. I appreciate how you all continue to applaud my strength and such.... but you could ALL do it if you had to... you are all such accomplished strong women already! You take care of yourselves (hard to do), your families (kids, husbands, mothers, etc), jobs (both in-home and out-of-home), etc etc. You could be strong and WILL be strong, when and if the time arrives that you need to be.... and you're strong EVERY DAY in many other ways!
Just a silly side note.... DD and I were leaving early this morning to come back here to the hospital... I stopped at the mailbox to check for stuff... and discovered we had been "mail box bashed" during the night. Really???
But honestly, one week ago I would have been really upset... now I just kind of rolled my eyes and figured in the grand scheme of things it is SO minor (but aggravating). My dad was out there trying to make repairs before I even called the police.
Heading to FB to update family.... see, I tell you stuff before I tell them!!
..............P
I'm on the west coast so it was really only 11:30pm. I've gotten into crazy sleep patterns over the last couple weeks where I'm up until midnight and then get up anywhere from 6 to 6:30. Too much time working on getting the house to normal condition. We've got company coming over on Sunday for Grey Cup (Canadian Football Championship) and come heck or high water the house will be in decent shape!
Didn't the stomach flu just make it's way through your house? Thank goodness it is before your trip. 
for your job situation! 
Good luck on your race today! 
I do think that it is really hard to adjust to parents and roles after being away, and getting back into that groove definitely requires a little time. 
, and hoping you are already feeling better...
Making dollars go farther at this time of year is a good feeling -- I'm glad you have it! 
Plus, another person called and my mother decided that today would be a good day for me to clean my bedroom. So, Ive been trying to make progress on that so that when she comes in for lunch shell see some type of cleaning accomplished. I have this gut instinct that today is one of those days where Id be better off if I listen to her. Of course, I know Id be better off if I check in here so that is my real priority. Okay, enough rambling.
The first pair I picked out was, but it didnt fit as the other pair I ultimately chose. The other pair of sneakers is for work and non-exercising times.
I have been quite the busy beaver this morning now that I think about it. 
BACK !!!! Even if you're just reading along that's a good sign. Maybe you can ease back into it. Good luck getting your divorce and good luck on the job
and Tracey your Tim
