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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 9:28:54 GMT -5
My Mom and Stepdad took both my boys and oldest son's friend back to Jellystone.  Holy crap! Is this how all you childfree people feel every day? I don't even know what to do with myself! I think I'll have popcorn for dinner and put on an R movie, then head to town early tomorrow to walk the lake before work. Maybe even work a little OT if I can get it approved. |
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 18, 2014 9:29:32 GMT -5
Enjoy!
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Post by muttleynfelix on Aug 18, 2014 9:31:22 GMT -5
OMG ENJOY!!!! (And enjoy a little for me too please). 3 days that sounds wonderful. Maybe in 14 months we can swing it. |
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Post by NastyWoman on Aug 18, 2014 10:16:17 GMT -5
Bubblebath, glass of wine and a good book should take you through the quiet time just fine. Relax and enjoy and don't try to do all the things you feel you should just because you don't have kids underfoot. This is your vacation! |
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Post by busymom on Aug 18, 2014 10:20:09 GMT -5
Enjoy your free time! Figure out something you'd like to do that normally you can't with the kids around...
(For me, I usually attack big jobs around the house that go more smoothly without the little helpers. Fun, fun!) |
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 18, 2014 10:23:48 GMT -5
Block of cheese, six pack of beer, pants off, on the couch with the remote. Enjoy!
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Post by imawino on Aug 18, 2014 10:42:47 GMT -5
Ha! Damn Archie beat me to it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 10:50:47 GMT -5
I can't do alcohol anymore. Something went haywire in me chemically with each pregnancy and now anything over maybe one beer (if I'm lucky) will have me puking or at least suffering a migraine the entire next day. I never thought there would come a day when I could have a fully stocked garage fridge with beer and wine for guests and never raid it.  |
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Aug 18, 2014 11:37:34 GMT -5
OMG, I am kid free for 8 days!!!!
I KNOW I should be cleaning but that just likes I would be cheating or something....
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Post by Apple on Aug 18, 2014 11:42:14 GMT -5
My favorite part of being kid-free is walking around naked and having ice cream for dinner (no cooking if I don't want to!)
Enjoy the peace and quiet.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 11:49:35 GMT -5
Last time I did that I ended up married again.  |
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Post by Phoenix84 on Aug 18, 2014 15:20:04 GMT -5
My Mom and Stepdad took both my boys and oldest son's friend back to Jellystone. Holy crap! Is this how all you childfree people feel every day? I don't even know what to do with myself! I think I'll have popcorn for dinner and put on an R movie, then head to town early tomorrow to walk the lake before work. Maybe even work a little OT if I can get it approved. Sure, it's great sometimes. But after about 5 or so years, you start to get lonely. |
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Aug 18, 2014 15:48:34 GMT -5
My Mom and Stepdad took both my boys and oldest son's friend back to Jellystone. Holy crap! Is this how all you childfree people feel every day? I don't even know what to do with myself! I think I'll have popcorn for dinner and put on an R movie, then head to town early tomorrow to walk the lake before work. Maybe even work a little OT if I can get it approved. Woo Hoo!! And it's pants off Monday so you are free in more ways than one!  Enjoy it to the fullest and yes - this is the life of child free people. Add lunches out, shopping, trips to the beach and cleaning when you feel like it and it's like being retired but still having the energy to do stuff.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 21:53:32 GMT -5
Well, day one isn't going well! I got off work all pumped to go hiking for the first time in almost a year and besides the fact that I couldn't find anyone to go with, I get outside and it's like 90 and humid and storms are rolling in. I had to rush home to take care of animals and it's been storming on and off ever since. Not enough internet to get the tv to work to watch my movie and worst part is the storms are headed right to the campground and my kids. Youngest is so afraid of tornadoes. Anyhow, I did manage to get a lot done really not working hard. But, just the fact that there wasn't people messing it up faster than I cleaned made a huge difference. If I had a week or two like this, I might actually have a really clean house! Now I get to go sit up all night and watch the radar hoping it breaks up before it hits them. I might have that drink after all... |
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Post by giramomma on Aug 18, 2014 22:48:20 GMT -5
Sorry to hear that. Do your Mom and Step Dad go camping with a weather radio?
That stuff is rolling in to our neck of the woods. We are in Northern WI. It was like 65 today. I don't get this weather.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2014 23:03:25 GMT -5
Not sure about a weather radio, but their camping is in a big travel trailer with a 50 inch flatscreen, direct TV and WiFi for Mom's ipad. I'm sure they know it's coming.  This weather is moving really fast and it actually looks like the worst of it is past them now and it's dying off, just lots of rain behind it. I can probably go to bed on time after all. Hopefully tomorrow is sunny and nice. No fun being at a water park in a thunderstorm. |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 19, 2014 7:54:11 GMT -5
It hit Milwaukee around 4am so it probably blew over them really fast.
We spent a long weekend in Door Co. It was cool up there too. And overcast most mornings but gorgeous clear skies at night. I wanted to take the kids star gazing but they were over tired and scared of the dark.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 8:13:56 GMT -5
I want to go back to Door county. I've only been there once, it was where I got engaged. Ex proposed by one of the light houses on Green Bay. Not that I want to wax all sentimental on that, but I'd like to show DS where it happened and take him to the restaurant with the goats on the roof. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2014 22:47:27 GMT -5
Day 2 was more productive. Went on a two hour hike after work. Grabbed a 99 cent coney dog from A&W for dinner instead of making supper and mowed half the pasture before it got dark. I even had a naked walk through the house when I realized my only clean underwear were in the laundry room after my shower. I took tomorrow off of work, so lets see what I can accomplish. Kids come home at 4:30...or earlier if my Mom is worn out and decides to pack up before they have to leave. eta: Oh, and I finally made my first Amazon Prime order. It took me a month to get enough in my cart. And 4 days to bring myself to pull the trigger. I hate shopping. |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 20, 2014 8:41:29 GMT -5
I want to go back to Door county. I've only been there once, it was where I got engaged. Ex proposed by one of the light houses on Green Bay. Not that I want to wax all sentimental on that, but I'd like to show DS where it happened and take him to the restaurant with the goats on the roof. My parents have a trailer on a campground. Mom and I were talking and realized that 4 generations have used that trailer now. My parents pay the rent for the season (around $2K I think) and they're happy to have the rest of us use it. The park is open mid May to mid Oct. and my parents usually open Memorial Day weekend and close in Sept. It can be a cheap weekend or it can be really expensive depending on what all we do and if we eat out or cook on site. I ate there once. Wasn't impressed but I'm generally not impressed by the food in Door Co. I call most of it average to good, with a few places that tip the scales WAY down. But the place that served food on a train set was pretty good (PC Junction.) Admittedly it was bar food (burgers, fries, fish sandwiches) but the homemade soup was really good. I'll be damned. Al Johnsons has a goat cam. www.aljohnsons.com/goat-cam/ |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 10:00:15 GMT -5
Crap! They're leaving early. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned I was home today! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 10:01:00 GMT -5
LOL I'll have to show the kids this. They thought I was nuts. |
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Aug 20, 2014 10:02:45 GMT -5
Crap! They're leaving early. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned I was home today! GET OUT! Get out of the house now! They won't be able to leave them at your house if you aren't there. Head out for a hike or something. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 10:10:16 GMT -5
Crap! They're leaving early. I knew I shouldn't have mentioned I was home today! GET OUT! Get out of the house now! They won't be able to leave them at your house if you aren't there. Head out for a hike or something.  I have about 3 hours at least. She said they were going to leave a little after noon and they're 80 miles away. Plus I have her phone on a tracker, so I can hang out here in my pajamas until I see them hit the MN border. |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 20, 2014 10:12:00 GMT -5
Is there anything you find vastly easier to do kid free? Shopping for bras or whatever?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 10:28:31 GMT -5
Is there anything you find vastly easier to do kid free? Shopping for bras or whatever? Anything that involves going into a store is much easier. Mowing without a 45 pound kid on my lap (he's a clinger). Just not having to make meals and snacks all the time or fix this find that. I have problems with getting back on track. If I'm on a task and have to quit to do something with the kid even for a short time, I sometimes never get back to what I was doing. That's more of a problem with me and how I function. |
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 20, 2014 10:30:58 GMT -5
Yes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2014 19:40:36 GMT -5
It was an interesting hand off of the kids at the gas station. Mom and Dad look frazzled and tired, youngest was screaming and out of it. Obviously very tired and at his limit. The older two were in la-la land on their ipods and not listening to Mom trying to give them instructions about getting their stuff unloaded which was annoying her even more. It took me about 10 minutes to get them all in line in the van. Older son still wasn't listening very well, so I took him in for his 7th grade shots. That will teach him to just nod and say "uh-huh" when I ask him a question. Especially when that question is "Maybe we should stop for shots at the clinic since it's early and we can get in today?" |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2014 14:20:08 GMT -5
Is there anything you find vastly easier to do kid free? Shopping for bras or whatever? Came up with another one this morning. Getting to work on time. The two kid free mornings I was in 20 minutes early, no stress or rushing. This morning, busting my ass just to make 7:30 punch in, blood pressure through the roof! |
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