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Post by beaglemom on Mar 21, 2020 5:33:34 GMT
My niece who is a PICU nurse in Broward county in Florida just texted me and said that she was looking for people who knew how to sew. She ordered material and elastic but doesn’t know how to sew So I reached out to a very good friend who makes quilts, sent her the link Erin sent me with the directions, and my friend Stephanie is going to get started tomorrow and make a bunch for her. Erin‘s husband is a paramedic/fireman also in Broward County and I just worry about both of them. She told me that all she’s done is pray to her grandpa- my dad-who died the first part of January. She said they have three really sick little kids right now who are looking at removal of care. All 3 are there as a result of drowning. Please send it to me. I would love to make her and her husband some. Let me know things/colors/anything they like I have more fabric than I can ever use and I would love to send some to Erin and her husband!! |
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 20, 2020 4:55:11 GMT
Still waiting to hear if this is doable. But I found this pattern in another group that might be an option. mask pattern |
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 20, 2020 4:52:40 GMT
This is my hospital system in Washington - Providence - that is very close to running out of masks: TIME I work in sterile processing where we use special material to wrap and sterilize instruments. Tons of this wrap gets thrown out daily in the world. Most of it is soft and pliable and keeps the instruments they cover sterile indefinitely unless it is contaminated in another manner. They say they are testing this material to see how viable it would be to make masks out of it. I know there are small groups that take the used wrap and make sleeping bags out of them for the homeless because the material is fairly impervious to most things. With hospitals cutting back on elective surgeries they won’t be processing as many instruments and will have more of this wrap available. It comes in several sizes - the largest we use is 54”x54” - so a lot of masks could be made from it. I will offer them my sewing skills if they decide to go this direction or keep trying to get vinyl, since I’m not doing much else right now. If it ends up being something that can be used I would pay to have you send me some to use!! |
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 19, 2020 16:57:21 GMT
I think it is a lovely idea, but these types of masks don't do much in the way of real protection.
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 14, 2020 1:37:58 GMT
I’m getting a Peleton. I’m going to have one hot bod when I emerge from my house. 😂 Follow me!! I'm #craftymomof4 It is the best thing ever! I am planning to ride at least once a day too....4 kids and a husband working from home for at least the next 4 weeks...craziness!!! |
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 13, 2020 18:29:44 GMT
We are in Silicon Valley and got notice that we are closed for the next two weeks. Today was an already scheduled Teacher Work Day. They are spending today, mon, tues getting the online learning portals and work set up. The kids will be expected to log in and do online learning from next Wednesday on. We have Spring Break the week before Easter. I doubt we will end up going back for that week before Spring Break. My guess is that we will go back April 14th at the earliest. I think once testing ramps up there will be even more confirmed cases in our area since we are such a travel/work hub and parents routinely travel all over the world.
I think that most places will end up closing schools for a period of time. I think that most things will end up closed. Anything at this point that we can do to slow the spread. I believe by the end most if not all people are going to end up being exposed and we are going to see a lot more deaths before this is over. But if we can slow transmission we will give doctors and hospitals a fighting chance to save as many people as possible.
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 9, 2020 4:39:39 GMT
We go to Disney World April 2-13th. Not going to cancel unless they close.
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 8, 2020 17:02:09 GMT
I was shocked at the pallet that was almost out of Spam at our Costco. There were a lot of things that were low. When I went on Tuesday they were out of the Kirkland water till 3 pm (according to the signs), but they still had plenty of the expensive stuff - Fiji, Smart Water, etc. I needed to get a thing of TP, because we are a family of 6 and go through it quickly. I almost felt guilty, but I only bought 1.
There was also a line of about 200 people when I got there, 10 minutes before they opened.
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Post by beaglemom on Mar 6, 2020 5:41:03 GMT
We are headed to WDW. Hoping that lots of people cancel because they are scared to go!
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Post by beaglemom on Feb 28, 2020 22:05:15 GMT
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Post by beaglemom on Feb 28, 2020 22:03:29 GMT
LIke why would you pay that when you could get this for less Local house |
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Post by beaglemom on Feb 28, 2020 22:00:06 GMT
How funny, this one popped up on my zillow email this morning! I don't think they will get anywhere near what they are asking. I have my eye on another one nearby that is half the price, twice the square footage, and totally updated and stunning.
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Post by beaglemom on Feb 26, 2020 1:33:00 GMT
We just got back last night from our Universal/WDW trip. We did 4 day hoppers at Universal and then 7 days at WDW (annual pass holders). Both were crowded. Universal, I loved the Harry Potter stuff, the rest I didn't find that interesting. But my kids (ages 8, 7, 3, 1) liked the rides.
We stayed at the Lowes Portifino in a suite? It had one bedroom with 2 queens and then a living/sitting room with a queen pull out couch- and a bathroom in each room. It was very spacious for our group of 6 - 2 adults and 4 kids. WDW we stayed in a standard room at the Polynesian - cramped!!! We love Poly, but the room was smaller than one of the two rooms we had at universal.
If you aren't already aware. You need to get in line at least an hour before opening at Hollywood studios to be in the park when it opens to have any sort of chance of getting a boarding group for Rise of the Resistance. The boarding groups fill up in the first couple minutes they are open and you have to already be scanned into the parks. Smugglers Run FP opened on Feb 19th. You need to have reservations to do the lightsaber building experience - totally worth it!! They are pricey - Lightsabers $199 and custom droids (99 or 169 with the personality chips). Both are big - but the shipping is super reasonable!! We were able to have them ship home our 3 lightsabers and 3 droids for $39.
Star Wars land is crowded, but so much fun!!! The food is good, the milk bar is fun.
I hope you have a great trip!!! Feel free to ask me any questions if you have them!!
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Post by beaglemom on Feb 2, 2020 1:20:34 GMT
My inlaws would like to be called mom and dad. I avoid that as much as possible. I don't like them very much and we are with them and my parents multiple times a year and that just feels weird calling them that around my parents. When I am referring to them when they aren't around I use their grandparent names with the kids, your mom and your dad with dh, and mother-in-law and father-in-law when talking to anyone else.
I sometimes use their first names. But I think I avoid calling them anything if I can get away with it. I think it is so weird that they want all of us (their kids and their spouses), mom and dad, because none of us are very close to them and it just seems so fake.
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 19, 2020 23:02:07 GMT
Following because we go in a few weeks for the first time too!
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 15, 2020 1:07:39 GMT
We go to Cabo every other year for Christmas. The weather is lovely!
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 12, 2020 6:22:00 GMT
I would suggest the free 30 day trial (you don’t even have to enter a credit card) and see what you think! I would say yes. For instance, when I do the walk/run on the treadmill I don’t always do exactly what they say but I can use it for a guideline. For instance, now you should go faster for 2 minutes and then back to a slower speed. Eventually you can work up to closer to the speeds and time they are suggesting. They can be pretty motivating so that part stands even if you aren’t doing exactly what they prompt. And they always say that, too- that you should do what you can.  Good to know I don’t need credit card info right away. Maybe I will try it when DH goes out of town this week. Tomorrow we are going to look at a Peloton bike, they have a booth at the mall. I have severe tailbone issues so I need to actually sit on the bike to see if it will work for me. They also have a 30 day home trial right now. So you could try it at home for 30 days and then return if it doesn't work out. |
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 12, 2020 6:20:56 GMT
I should add that I wear padded bike shorts. Everyone will tell you that you will get used to the seat after a little bit, which if you have the right seat that is true. But even though I can do a 20/30/45 minute ride in leggings, my butt is much happier in padded shorts. You can get great ones cheap on amazon and they are totally worth it. Matt Wilpers is the only one that really talks about wearing them (he is a triathlon and running coach in addition to being a peloton bike and tread instructor) and he recommends wearing them all the time for riding and he wears them when he teaches.
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 12, 2020 6:17:44 GMT
iamkristinl16 and MissBiancaDon't feel married to the seat!!! I have ridden outdoors a bunch over the years training for different things. And I was having issues with the seat that comes with the bike. I had my sit bones measured by a bike fit person at a bike store and then ordered the right size seat based on that for me. It makes a HUGE difference. We were traveling over the holidays and I road in a Peloton showroom where we were since I didn't have access to the bike and it reiterated for me how much better my seat is for my rear end. I even switched it to my very, very low padding road bike seat for a bit and even that was better than the seat that came with it, since it was the right width for me. I think I posted this before...but if you are interested in the bike my referral code is 5A3BVA and it will get you $100 off and I get a $100 credit for apparel. I am #craftymomof4 and I am working really hard to reach 365 rides by January 26th. It will be 1 year since my first ride, I'm currently at 321 so I need to average 3 rides a day will then. Which is fine and all, but a little brutal when I am trying to finish up another challenge that i have two 45 minute rides and a 90-minute ride to do this coming week to finish. The Power Zone Pack is an amazing training group/program that I have seen a huge difference in my strength and endurance on the bike from doing. There is another 6-week challenge starting up on the 20th. So much fun!! Anyhow....I am more than happy to answer any questions about the bike, as someone who had never done a spin class and only rode a bike to be able to finish triathlons I have fallen In LOVE with the bike that goes nowhere!
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 10, 2020 22:22:52 GMT
I think this is very interesting. I'm 10 years younger that my oldest sil and her dh. He has mental health issues (mainly pretty significant depression) and always has at least one drink when he gets home from work, she goes out to happy hour a lot with friends. My other sil rarely drinks and her husband might have a drink a couple of times a week, but I don't think I have ever seen him drunk. DH and I don't drink at home more than 2-3 times a year --- unless we have others over. But if it is just the two of us we don't tend to drink. We both enjoy cocktails, so when we go out to eat (1-2 times a month at max) we both enjoy having one. That said the other time I find myself drinking is when I am around my inlaws. I make sure I have at least one drink to mellow me out. Which probably has them thinking I drink all the time - but I really don't - it's just around them to keep me sane!
My sister's husband is in his early 30's and stopped drinking about a year and a half ago. At first, he said it was for health issues, then it became clear it was a reaction to his dad's functional alcoholism. My sister still drinks occasionally, but she was never a heavy drinker to begin with. I totally respect anyone's decision to not drink and it always bothers me when people try to push alcohol on others.
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 9, 2020 20:01:58 GMT
Hugs!! I am so sorry for your loss. Thinking of you and your family, sending comforting wishes and love.
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 9, 2020 1:46:27 GMT
Thanks to all of you....not sure why he is still holding on. Today is his oldest great grandchild's 2nd birthday. Hugs!!! |
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Post by beaglemom on Jan 8, 2020 19:02:16 GMT
Mine is set for 15k a day. I'm usually 15-20 on a normal day. WDW is 40Kish. I am a sahm with 4 kids.
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 20, 2019 2:22:12 GMT
Congratulations!! They turned out beautiful!!!
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 19, 2019 21:18:01 GMT
Update....I can't remember if I put this in my original post, but my oldest had a fever Sat-Tues. Today is her first day back at school. At noon I got a call that the 3-year-old had a fever and needed to be picked up. He puked into my hands when I was helping him get in his car seat.
So now instead of getting my couple of hours of help tomorrow, I am going to have to cancel my babysitter because I don't want her to catch this bug (I'll still pay her). Which means missing my 6-year-old's and 8-year-old's holiday parties. I was also going to try to squeeze in a couple of last-minute gift pickups with no kids. And I have to figure out if my parents will still take the sick kid on Saturday while I am supposed to be hosting a party for 40.
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 19, 2019 6:10:21 GMT
Dh is participating in a world record attempt. It began last Tuesday and goes through Saturday morning. It has meant that he hasn't been home much. He has also taken 4 vacation days to accommodate it. We have 4 kids (8, 6, 3, 1). Yes, I am a Sahm, but I am used to him helping out at least a little. He has done 1 thing for Christmas, bought a switch lite for our 6-year-old. And my guess is that will be the only thing he does. And he will complain about me overdoing it.
I am tired. The baby has decided to fight nap time and bedtime. Last night he was pissy because she was having a really hard time going to sleep and he wanted to be sleeping because he had to get up in the middle of the night for his thing. I was trying everything to help her. I ended up sitting on the floor next to her crib shushing and singing till she fell asleep so it wouldn't "disturb" him.
I am dreading spending Dec 31 - Jan 6th with his family. We lucked out at thanksgiving and our flights got canceled due to snow. So we rescheduled. I thought we were going to get lucky and my inlaws would have already headed back home (where we live), but no. They are flying out Christmas Eve, so they can be with their favorite child and coming back the same day we are. This was after they spent a week out there for Thanksgiving, came home for 5 days, but were too busy to see us, before they headed to Patagonia. They will be back for 4 days or so before heading back out to see dh's sisters for Christmas. I can't stand them, but it sucks for my kids. They keep asking why my inlaws spend so much more time with their cousins when we live 15 minutes away and the cousins are a plane flight away.
I am burned out. I am tired of being the one that makes the holidays happen. I am tired of being the one that does 99% of the stuff at home, but dh gets the credit because he is the "fun" one. I am tired of being looked down on because I am a sahm.
I wish for once someone saw me and thought of me. But I'm not holding my breath on that one!
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 17, 2019 19:14:00 GMT
My parents, maybe? They are in their 60's, so hopefully many years away from that even being a thought. Both setas of my grandparents were living fully independent well into their 80's, so fingers crossed that is what happens with my parents. But I don't think that is what they would want or really what I would want. Thankfully we live close by. They have mentioned that when the time comes they want in home care, rather than moving to a nursing home.
My inlaws. No way in hell. We asked them what their long term plans were a number of years ago. My mil said fil will die and she is going to move in with her favorite daughter. Fil believes that his oldest granddaughter (currently 14) is going to go to grad school out here and live with them and take care of them. Or that one of our families is going to move into their house with them. We all have 3 or 4 kids and live in large homes. Their home is less than half the size of any of ours and literally falling down. Half the house has to have a "shower cap" of tarps put on the roof every year because the roof is falling apart. There is a hole in the dining room ceiling where water has been leaking in every time it rains that has mold all around it and a bucket underneath it. Add to all of this fil is starting to decline mentally and has these grand plans for remodeling their house - he has been trying to get his plans approved by the town for over 10 years. He thinks he is special and they should grant him a bunch of special things that are against the building codes. Mil is toxic and will destroy anyone's marriage if she were to move in with them. The favorite daughter that she wants to live with will lose her husband in an instant if she choses to let mil move in. Mil is horrible to him and he is a wonderful person - but no one is good enough for this precious child.
My inlaws are in their late 70's. Still healthy - they are currently on an 18-day trekking tour with National Geographic in Patagonia. But fil is hard of hearing and definitely declining mentally. Mil's mom was sharp mentally into her 90's. Mil is a roaring not nice person if she can't work out, so we are very worried about what will happen when her body fails her. She is already not as able to do much of what she could even just a couple of years ago and it makes her cranky. The good news is that when the time comes they will end up with my sil's (they live less than a mile from each other a couple of states away from us). Dh knows that there is no way I am willing to take on their caregiving. They are barely (and some times not even) manageable now for me, there is no way I could deal with having to help them on a daily basis.
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 17, 2019 3:15:45 GMT
That seems really boundary-overstepping to me. And I have to say, I learned never to tell my inlaws anything unless I already had announced it publicly because this is exactly the sort of thing they do (and they are terrible with boundaries so). me too, specifically my mil. She was so pissed that she was essentially the last to know I was pregnant with #4. We wanted to wait to tell our other kids till we knew the gender and we had scheduled our christmas photos - we told the kids during the photos so we could capture their reactions. We went straight to their house after taking the pictures to tell them. She was super pissy asking if others already knew. We told her that yes they did know. We didn't trust her to not slip up and say something in front of our kids. |
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 15, 2019 9:04:21 GMT
I think the biggest issue here is being asked and respecting other's answers - even if it isn't what you would like.
For years my fil would stage us and use a timer to take a family picture of all of us. We were lucky if we ever saw it. Other than really small on their photo collage thingy that they sent out. So a couple of years ago I arranged for us to get our pictures taken professionally, so we could all actually get copies of the photos. --- we asked often for the others no luck, he has been working on "editing" our wedding video for 14.5 years - nothing---
Then one of the years we didn't ask for his opinion on the outfits - he has very strong opinions on what colors are acceptable. He took the professional photo and photoshopped the outfits to be the colors he approved of.
We haven't done family pictures with them since. I am worried because my mil said that she bought all the grandkids pjs for Christmas and shirts for all of the adults to coordinate. I know she doesn't know my children's sizes and I am scared to see what she purchased for me to wear. And I know she is going to want a picture of all of us. But I don't really want a picture of me in pjs being sent out to her 100+ people, if they get around to a christmas card. Thankfully she let the pj thing slip because the company was having a sale and she wanted all of us to buy the matching pants for ourselves. So I bought the correct sizes for my kids and myself.
My parents always ask before including pictures of us in their card. Heck they even ask if we have a picture we would like them to use! My inlaws - never. It is whatever mil deems appropriate, to hell with what anyone else wants. Hopefully this year will be like last and they will never get around to getting it made (since it takes my fil weeks to do it).
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Post by beaglemom on Dec 12, 2019 19:34:21 GMT
My husband likes his Cyclops (it is one of the smart versions) in conjunction with the program Zwift. He has trained for many a half Ironman on it!
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