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Post by beaglemom on Aug 11, 2016 6:37:28 GMT
I check our city's online "Community Calendar " if we are looking for something fun to do. There is a link to it on our Chamber of Commerce's website. Does your local hospital have a bulletin board? Before I retired I'd often check the bulletin board, located by the cafeteria, to see what kind of fun community events were posted. Good luck, an art fair sounds fun! I will see if there are any local community calendars I can post to, great idea! In the past we have posted in local libraries, businesses, and the like. Part of the issue is that we are in the Bay Area. So not just one place to post things! It's fantastic! It is run 100% by volunteers, the juried artists donate back 15% off their profits and the local artists donate 10%. The funds help to fund out local volunteer fire brigade and the local elementary school. |
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 11, 2016 5:48:55 GMT
I am volunteering with our local art fair and I am helping with PR. We are expanding our advertising with facebook and I am planning to use instagram as well. But I would love any suggestions!
Do you get event emails from a service?
Do you look on your local newspaper event's calendar?
How far in advance do you plan out for weekend activities?
Any and all suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!
Thanks!
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 9, 2016 5:34:27 GMT
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 8, 2016 5:17:34 GMT
To the salary question, I just asked dh and he said that almost anyone in tech in this area is easily starting over 100,000. I also read an article recently that mentioned that they are doing new financing for new tech hires with 0% down. It will be interesting to see what happens in the next 10-20 years as more and more people that are under prop 13 move on.
It really is one of the best places on earth to live. We are thinking of possibly moving to colorado in a couple years - both of dh's sisters live there and my parents and sister are thinking about it too. But we will keep our house. We are on a 15 year fixed mortgage that if we needed to we could pay off tomorrow and we should be able to rent it out for double our mortgage + property taxes. That way if we ever want to come back we can.
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 8, 2016 5:07:28 GMT
Location, location, location. If it were a block or two from the beach it would also be that much. What I was going to say Not the beach in this area. The places where the beach are in Northern California are far away from the rest of the Bay Area. Beach wouldn't guarantee you a great price. As others have said. Totally normal, not surprising. Just for fun I checked out property on Zillow. We bought as the market was crashing at the end of 2007. Zillow has the value as having doubled since we bought. My parents bought their house in 1980 for $100,000, spent way more than the rest of their friends. The house across the street that has a much smaller lot and has not been updated as much as theirs just sold for over 3million. The housing market here is insane! |
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Post by beaglemom on Aug 6, 2016 22:13:30 GMT
If other stuff falls through my bff and her dh would probably love it. She's in the presidents own marine core band and he's in the army field band.
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Post by beaglemom on Jul 12, 2016 19:17:37 GMT
Have it, love it! It's even better price then when I bought it a couple years ago. I love having it, makes finishing seams so much easier!! I almost bought a second so I could have one set up just for doing rolled hems.
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Post by beaglemom on Jul 10, 2016 21:33:30 GMT
Well dh is the one that actually makes them, but this is our recipe.
1. Always on the rocks - NOT blended.
2. agave nectar on the rim then rolled in margarita salt.
3. FRESH squeezed lime juice.
4. Good tequila.
1/3 lime juice, 1/3 tequila, 1/3 Cointreau or triple sec then agave to taste. Poured over a glass full of ice with a salt rim.
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 27, 2016 5:41:45 GMT
Okay question!!! How did Varys get from Bravos to Mareen??
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 26, 2016 3:45:18 GMT
I should add for mil's birthday we told her we put down a deposit on a Tesla model 3 for her and that we will be buying it for her. And for fil, dh took him to a warriors game and bought them really nice tickets.
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 26, 2016 3:30:00 GMT
Tomorrow is my birthday. Tonight we went to dinner with my in-laws to celebrate. Very nice card. Then the present. Not sure how to feel about it. It was a pair of gold colored earrings and a wall hanging plaque thing. That they bought when we went to Ireland with them four years ago. Now the earrings.... In the fifteen years they have known me I have worn two different pairs of earrings and I never wear good, silver out platinum only in all other jewelry. The first were diamond studs dh bought me our first Christmas, the second are the upgrades he gave me for our tenth anniversary. The plaque, had an Irish saying on it and add much as I love Irish stuff is something I would never buy or hang. I even remember having a conversation with mil when they bought it about how it was nice, but that it wasn't something that I would hang in our home. We live in a very unusual home with very little flat wall space, so I have to be picky about what I hang on my walls.
So yay it wasn't a work out related gift, since that is normally what they get me, but it also isn't something I will use. And money isn't an issue, just in the last week fil has spent at least $10,000 on random crisp - a new large format printer, a new indoor workout bike, and some other random stuff.
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 25, 2016 22:21:26 GMT
$154.35! Very excited!
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 20, 2016 5:41:36 GMT
Our favorite show...ever. Granted we have been hooked on the books for 15 years, so we are thrilled. We are loving them. We rewatch, we own the previous seasons even though we have HBO go. It is dark, you get mad because people you learn to love die. but if you have read the books you know most of what will happen until this current season. They did an amazing job on the casting and it is amazing!!
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 13, 2016 6:41:51 GMT
Tossing them in flour should help with the sinking!
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 7, 2016 0:19:45 GMT
Pricey...but the Tesla Model X is incredible!! Crossover, third-row seats go down super easy, easy to get in and out of, very smooth ride, between the trunk and the frunk (front trunk) plenty of storage space, 230+ miles on a charge.
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Post by beaglemom on Jun 5, 2016 18:10:01 GMT
I am seeing them in July and can't wait!! I hope they do something like that at our concert! We saw them perform at Bridge school last year and they were awesome. You would never think they took 10 or whatever years off, they sounded awesome. I remember seeing them in high school and loving them. So looking forward to seeing them again!
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Post by beaglemom on May 31, 2016 6:43:01 GMT
They had a great time. Now to try to get tickets for the next two games!
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Post by beaglemom on May 31, 2016 3:43:59 GMT
Now fingers crossed he sees my text and brings me home one of those awesome gray hats!
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Post by beaglemom on May 31, 2016 3:42:10 GMT
Hope he's not the one who paid almost $60,000 for 2 court-side seats.  No! Because he went to some other games, so he got tickets presale. They went with standing room tickets $150 each. More for the experience than to actually see. |
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Post by beaglemom on May 31, 2016 3:40:05 GMT
Yay Warriors!!!! I hope my dh can hear tomorrow!
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Post by beaglemom on May 31, 2016 2:05:13 GMT
Watching! Dh is there!
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Post by beaglemom on May 26, 2016 16:49:16 GMT
Before college it wasn't even on my radar. Once I decided on a school and was put in touch with some current students I learned that they were very big at the University I was going to attend. I did some research over the summer, but wasn't 100% sure going into rush. Rush was an amazing experience. I pledged and was a very happy member during my 3 years at that university. I transferred colleges at that point and then new school I attended did not have a chapter of my sorority. I definitely missed it as I was finishing school. I got re-involved 5 years ago with my local alumna chapter and have been very involved ever since.
In college - there was a very strict gpa requirement, if you had a bad semester you had a semester probation where you had to attend mandatory study sessions in the house and you were paired with an older girl to help you. They were very strict about under age drinking, no boys allowed overnight in the house. We had a certain number of service hours that needed to be completed every semester. Everyone was very involved in other activities on campus and very well rounded.
I am still friends with many of the girls that I pledged with and would encourage my own daughter to explore her options when she heads to college.
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Post by beaglemom on May 23, 2016 5:59:49 GMT
The other thing that makes me feel better is shopping...and my scrap room is running out of space. Even though this isn't as bad as the other two options, it still has a negative impact. This...scrap stuff and fabric. I haven't done any scrapping in years...but I have a whole room full of stuff. And chocolate. Which doesn't help either. Thank you for the encouragement to see someone. I sent my ob a message. It's nice to know I'm not the only one! |
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Post by beaglemom on May 23, 2016 4:58:11 GMT
Yes. My kids are 5 and under. I am a stay at home mom, but I don't think the issues I need feedback on relate to them (my anxiety issues, definitely). I find myself just coasting through the day just to get through because I can't get any time for myself...it's either that or I constantly yell and scream because I'm overwhelmed. I know my anxiety is triggered by their behavior (which makes being at home rough, but financially it is all that makes sense for us right now) and I'm hoping for an anti anxiety medication to help with that...I think this is the biggest issue in our family dynamic right now because I can sometimes handle everything without any problems at all and other times, the smallest issue results in the biggest overreaction on my part (it all depends on how badly my anxiety is that day and I never know until something goes wrong to cause a reaction). As far as my drive being so out of the norm, it is not related to my kids. It is like when I go to bed at night, my brain flips a switch when it wants to and I go from one extreme to another the next day when I wake up. I have literally no control over it. I can mentally want a hug or a kiss or even just snuggling in bed before we fall asleep at night and if I'm so much as touched, I want to be as far away as I possibly can when I'm in the famine stage. My response is as involuntary as breathing and blinking. The feast stage is just as bad because of communication issues between my husband and I. It's hard to connect (or even communicate effectively) when neither of us has any idea what version of me we're going to be facing on any given day. Both are huge issues because they impact almost every facet of my life, but my drive being so out of whack is one that I really don't know what to expect in regards to resolution. I don't think my panic attacks and anxiety problems can be dealt with through lab work...I'm pretty sure that I'll just need to explain everything to someone and be able to figure out a treatment. Ideally, I will have a daily medication with a back up when I'm having a really bad day that the daily dose doesn't work for (I am not familiar with medications, but I hope there is something that builds up in your system much like anti-depressants do). I just have no clue what to expect in terms of if this other problems is hormonal. For all I know, it could be diet related or something that another medication will help with or something I just have to learn to live with because it's considered perfectly normal with age or a symptom of something else altogether. I could have written your first paragraph word for word, all of it. The sometimes not having issues and then other days the drop of a hat makes me want to scream. I am so glad to know I am not alone!! My first two pregnancies I had no interest in being intimate during pregnancy. The smell of my husband made me want to hurl. The third pregnancy I was much more interested (more than I had been even before the pregnancy oddly enough). I am 8 weeks postpartum. Kids are 5, 3, and 8 weeks. I should probably be more interested in fixing the drive issues, but honestly my flip-floppy responses to the kid's behavior is what freaks me out the most. I hate yelling at them and I hate that some times it makes me feel better. I am doing exactly what my mom did that made me feel horrible as kid and I don't want my kids growing up feeling that way. I'll be following! If you find anything that helps please share! |
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Post by beaglemom on May 20, 2016 0:16:49 GMT
I swear by the pills. I was having problems with getting cold sores any time I was tired or stressed. About six months ago I started taking a pill daily (at the recommendation of my doctor) haven't had one since. They are amazing and I haven't noticed any side effects. The one time I forgot to fill my prescription I had a cold store 48 hours after the last pill I took. I was stressed and it popped right up.
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Post by beaglemom on May 13, 2016 23:38:56 GMT
We are doing our annual week in Yosemite for the 4th of July, possibly spending the week before at Disneyland. Then we are trying to fit 2+ weeks in Colorado (drive out from CA) to visit dh's sisters and the cousins (all together we have 9 kids between us ages 7wks - 11yrs). Their school starts really early (August 11), we had planned to go in August and then take a quick drive to Omaha for dh to compete in the US triathlon championships (August 13th) and then back. But the family we like the best is out of town Aug 1-9th. So now we are thinking maybe July and dh just fly to Omaha for the champs. I am also hoping we can do an east coast trip to NYC (sister and her dh) and DC (BFF, her dh, and her new baby) for 2 weeks. But we are running out of time and our oldest starts Kindergarten at the end of August and then we are more tied to school schedules. Since she will miss the two weeks before Christmas break (we are driving to Cabo for Christmas) I want to try to minimize the other time we pull her out. I'm hoping that her teacher will work with me, since I taught kindergarten before having kids, and I can "teach" her whatever she needs while we are gone.
Dh has 7 more weeks of paternity leave he needs to use before next march, plus 5 weeks vacation. So thankfully he has plenty of time off that he can use.
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Post by beaglemom on May 11, 2016 23:54:01 GMT
My reality dream (oxymoron?) trip is Ireland. We were supposed to go last year for our 50th birthdays and to celebrate being tuition free. But younger DS transferred schools and changed majors which put us behind in the plan. SO now we would like to go for our 30th anniversary in 2 years. It will probably be DH and me and possibly his older brother and his wife. I want to rent a car and drive and see as much as I can in 8-10 days. Stay in B&Bs and eat and drink where the locals do instead of tourist spots. We did this a couple years ago. Flew into London, drove to Stonehendge and then through Wales. Stayed in Wales for a week and dh did the Ironman Wales. Then drove the car on to a ferry over to Ireland. Spent 2 weeks driving around staying in B&B's. We had a good time...I would just like to go back and do it without the inlaws and not 6 months pregnant! Dream trip...hmmm. I don't know. Probably a month or two traveling around Asia? We did 2 months in Europe for our honeymoon and there are still places there I would like to go back to or that we missed. but we are planning to live in Europe for a year or two in the next couple years, so I know t hat will happen. We keep talking about Japan since dh did a semester there in college and I have never been. We love to travel and I have taught dh over the years that it is worth spending the money to do it nice rather than cheap. We do Cabo at least once every other year, Hawaii every other year, Yosemite once a year, Europe every couple years. Travel is so much fun! |
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Post by beaglemom on May 10, 2016 4:43:13 GMT
Just wondering if the 5 love languages book is religious. It shows up on amazon as in Christian books.
Thanks!
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Post by beaglemom on May 9, 2016 2:21:31 GMT
Having a great coach is huge! A good coach will be providing him his workouts a week ahead a time. He'll have one, maybe two rest days a week, if he's lucky. Weekends will be 9-10 hours workouts - both days. The last full iron man dh did dd was 17 months old and I was pregnant with ds. I was ready to kill him art the end. He was working full time, then working out - so getting home late, rarely seeing dd. Then weekends he was gone working out most of the day both days. I told him no more fulls till our kids are all older. That said he did the race in Wales, it was fun getting to go over there and the run portion was spectator friendly. He does 2-5 half iron men a year. I would really recommend your dh start with one of those - or even a couple Olympic distance races first. They are still a huge accomplishment. I've done a half after each of my kids were born and I'm currently trying to figure out what race I'm going to do next year (ds3 is 6 weeks). Gear - find someone that specializes in fitting for tri bikes. A good person will evaluate his form and set him up on the bike that is best for his body type and size. They will also set the bike up down to the tri bar angles, seat height and angle, handle bar height and distance, and other stuff. Tri bars make a huge difference!!. Dh and I have found for us that we do much better with real food rather than the processed athlete food. We have loved the book Feed Zone Portables good diet will make a huge difference in training and performance. I know I'm missing stuff... Feel free to pm me! |
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Post by beaglemom on May 6, 2016 23:35:44 GMT
I'm sick and tired of being the one who has to cook and clean to make a family dinner for everyone and get nothing in return ... the grandmother's get flowers but not me  I'm half protesting.. Today I took Ds (3) card shopping. I got cards for my mom and grandmas from me and from the kids. But I didn't get anything for mil. I do have an art project planned that I was going to do with the kids for the great grandmas and the grandmas, so she'll get one of those, but I didn't get her any cards. Last year dh gave the card dd picked out for me to his mom from her and I didn't get a card (even though we had picked out one for his mom from her with him). Dh mentioned in passing a week or so ago mother's day, but no follow up. My mom will be out of town with her mom so I'm off the hook there, plus we did dinner with them last night. I know mil is expecting something, since I have arranged it or at least forced dh to arrange it the last 10 years. But it is always all about her (not just at mother's day, but even more so on mother's day). My parents have both gotten me cards since I became a mother, even my younger sister has gotten me cards. Nothing ever from the inlaws. Mil had complained in years past when we have gone to see my grandma that she doesn't have anyone to celebrate with - she has two daughters that didn't make it a priority to visit. So since then if we went (5 hours away) I made sure we were back to take her out to dinner. Dh is generally horrible with holidays/gifts. One in every 10-20 he nails it. For our anniversary this year (10 years) he upgraded my diamond earrings, I was floored. Really I would be happy if he could put thought into a card from him and take the kids to get me cards (5yrs, 3yrs, 6wks). I didn't need stuff (especially since I just got a new car), but some thought being put into it would be nice. We got in a huge fight two years ago over it because he did nothing and it got turned around on me that I was spoiled and a bunch of other not nice stuff was said. The next day he brought me flowers and apologized. I thought he learned, but last year we were back to a card from him and him screwing up the card from dd. I always tell myself not to get my expectations raised, but I am still sad when he does nothing. Thankfully the rest of the time he is pretty great. |
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