Splurge or Save Thursday: Carmen Beaded Necklace
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Need to add a little color to your jewelry collection?
You can wear this slender birthstone necklace alone or layered with other strands. This colorful necklace is crafted with natural gemstones and 18k gold vermeil on sterling silver. You can even add pendants or charms to make it more personal.
Mejuri’s Carmen Beaded Necklace is $148 and comes in a dozen colors.
Thoughts on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s move back to the UK? Predictions?
My daughter has not started her period yet, but I don’t think we’re far off and I want to have some supplies around plus stuff to put in her backpack. Are any of the pads marketed online for tweens worth it? She’s still pretty small for adult-sized pads, imho. I also plan to have period underwear around for her to try. Any recommendations for pads are good! I am not going to be pressuring her to start with tampons right away, fwiw.
How old were you when you had your kids? I had my only at 30 and it felt very old because I had been planning for a baby since I got married at 25. Now I have several friends who had babies in their mid-40s and that also makes me feel old because their kids are so much younger than mine and they are in a different phase of life.
I know there are some posters here who’ve done Disney cruises. We did our first one last year with a newly 7 year old and enjoyed it a lot but we didn’t pay for anything extra except a Bibbidi Bobbidi appointment and a photo package, and didn’t get off the boat at all (our only port was Progreso, Mexico and since DH and I have been to Mexico a million times and our kid was far more into the Disney stuff than the beach, we skipped it).
We have our second one coming up soon. Our daughter will be 8.5. We chose an itinerary with both Disney private islands, and I’m wondering from those who’ve been to those if you booked excursions or just relaxed at the beach? It seems like just hanging out at the beach will be fun but I don’t want to miss anything special. Also wondering about additional onboard experiences that might be worth it for repeat cruisers? The restaurants are all new (we deliberately chose a ship that didn’t have any restaurant overlap with our first ship) but Pirate Night will be a repeat menu so we we were looking at the upcharge speciality dining for the adults that night, if we can get it.
Best strategies for making friends/building community/developing a social network?
Rant incoming. Sometimes I hate being a working mom. I’m so sick of keeping an eye on the clock so I won’t be too late to work (I have to bill my time so if I’m late in the morning, I’ll be late in the evening) and cutting my toddler short when he just wants to play and have a few minutes before the daycare rush. I hate taking him away from just BEING so I can go pound the keyboard doing work that is ultimately pretty pointless in the grand scheme. I hate my husband implying that he thinks I’m being excessively time police-y when we’re already 20 minutes past when I should have started working and LO isn’t even dressed. I ultimately HATE billing my time – why am I rushing to work to bill 8 hours on a slow day when there’s just 5 hours of real work?
Where are you buying jeans? Madewell doesn’t fit me. I like A&F and American Eagle, but I feel like I’m a little too old for AE. I’m 40. Send me all your suggestions!
DD11 just started 6th grade and was so excited about it. 2 days in, she has cried every morning as soon as we get within view of school, has asked if I have to go work, if I can come home early, and said she just doesn’t want to go. At home last night (end of day 1) she was bubbling over with excitement and called it a great day — and then cried again this morning. Today, a friend saw that she was upset while we were walking the track before school and friend walked with us and then went it with her, and that seemed to help her a bit.
Has anyone else struggled with this with a middle grade child? Any suggestions, short-term and long term?
Ugh, I’m a sucker for Mejuri. I really have enjoyed everything I’ve gotten from there!
Thanks for those who responded to my post about DH’s travel/burnout/grief yesterday. It really gave me a nudge. I told him yesterday that he needs a break, and if he doesn’t take one he isn’t going to take things off my plate the way he wants, let alone show up how he wants, so let’s focus on getting him there.
I want to flag that direct communication about what I need has historically been very hard for me, so I’m proud that I actually did this.
His initial response was like “I know you’re right but I can’t even think about it”, and I was like “Okay so I can help plan it”. Anyway, since then we’ve been messaging back and forth about some 4/5 day trips he can take to get out of his body and head a little bit. This would happen after my weekend away, of course ;)