surprising people with gifts
babysitting and spending time with my niece
busy but good week
hard work pays off
A very busy week for me and great news for my boyfriend
@shaggin (74987)
United States
December 20, 2018 9:22pm CST
Monday I made Halushki which I told a few of here about. It was mainly egg noodles, cabbage & onions. It was very bland probably because I hate pepper so I left that ingredient out. My son helped me prepare it and eat it. I absolutely love any time my kids spend with me.
I got a $25 e-gift card from Mypoints.
My boyfriend was bummed because he only got a small raise and his superior (I think) gave him a terrible review.
Tuesday he messaged me and said out of the blue the two owners of the company came to talk to him. They went over the review and talked around and decided to give him a $3.50 raise which puts his income at $25 an hour.
He worked so hard this year pretty much running the whole department, working on weekends which was extra and taking classes for certifications plus pulling off a major project. He absolutely deserves this!
I let my son get Instagram and he has been so excited about it. I have his password and follow him to make sure everything is safe. He isn’t posting personal photos either just video game stuff and drawings.
My sister had a doctors appointment today that was 2 hours away so I had her littlest child, my niece who is 2 for the day. She was an angel! We went and got groceries, dropped off a present to my grandmas house and a card and candy bar to my mom’s boyfriend who is recovering from hernia surgery. We watched a ballet movie together called “Hope Dances”.
After school my nephew came over to play outside and play video games with my son.
Last night and tonight I watched two movies while wrapping presents. I even wrapped my boyfriends sons presents for him.
I only have Amazon Prime for one more day so wanted to watch some movies on there. I watched “12 days of Christmas Eve” and “Love at the Christmas Table”.
Tomorrow my daughter is taking in to school all the presents she bought for her friends. She has been so excited for this for weeks to surprise them all on the last day before Winter break. After school she is going to her friends house which is their weekly tradition. The photo is of the gifts she is giving out tomorrow.
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@yoalldudes (35028)
• Philippines
21 Dec 18
Cooking with your son must be fun. That is one thing I would want to experience.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Dec 18
@yoalldudes both my kids used to enjoy cooking with me when they were little but not much now that they are 11 & 14. I am thankful for any time they spend with me now!
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@yoalldudes (35028)
• Philippines
22 Dec 18
@shaggin Teenagers have their own world.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Dec 18
@LadyDuck I am very happy for him but hope he will start setting money aside for savings. He spends more then he saves which is very different from how I was raised and how I am.
These are actually the gifts my daughter wrapped for her friends. She did do a good job!
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@snowy22315 (209261)
• United States
21 Dec 18
It sounds like things are pretty good in your world right now. I had Haluski once at a football game, but I had to ask what it was.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Dec 18
@snowy22315 that seems like an unusual dish for a football game. Here they mostly sell nachos and hotdogs.
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@GreatMartin (23670)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
22 Dec 18
Sounds like life is good---we need more days like that!
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
23 Dec 18
@GreatMartin yes it was a good weed and the weekend is going great as well. I hope you are doing well!
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
21 Dec 18
Good to know that your boyfriend did get his due. Very often a hard worker does not get the appreciation and reward that is his due.
Doing things with kids is fun, I miss those time. Mine have left the nest
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Dec 18
@responsiveme the minimum wage here is only $7 an hour so he is doing very well at $25 an hour! Even the LPNs here only make $12 an hour.
I used to love everything when my kids were small. They loved to help with everything.
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@GardenGerty (169590)
• United States
30 Dec 18
I am glad the owners knew what a valuable employee your boyfriend is. Those presents are really cute.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
31 Dec 18
@GardenGerty the owners are very kind and make a cake each month to celebrate the birthdays that month. They also pay for the medical which would be very costly elsewhere. He would be paid quite a bit more at another company but he would lose the medical and those wonderful owners kindness!
@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
21 Dec 18
This is all so good and I'm happy for y'all! :)
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Dec 18
@Lovingmybabies thank you! It’s been a good week.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54745)
• United States
23 Dec 18
The raise is a great Christmas gift
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
24 Dec 18
@Tampa_girl7 yes it sure is plus he got a $1,000 Christmas bonus I forgot to mention in the post.
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
25 Dec 18
Glad your boyfriend got his raise, I hope you both had a Merry Christmas.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
26 Dec 18
@PainsOnSlate thank you so much! We have all had a wonderful Christmas. I was so busy all day I just got time to sit down now to relax before taking a shower. I am exhausted. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas as well!
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
29 Dec 18
@PainsOnSlate are you down south or up north?
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
28 Dec 18
@shaggin Our children all showed up and it was great fun, my daughter is still here and we went and had our toe nails colored today...
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
25 Dec 18
Sounds like you and the niece had a great day together. And thats good he got his raise.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
26 Dec 18
@Courtlynn I wish I got to see my niece more. I am always busy doing cyber school with my son and she is at the sitters while her mom works. On holidays I see the rest of my sister's kids but not usually her little one who stays at the father's side of the families parties while we are having ours. I did get to see her this morning and give her presents though. I wished l could have seen her at dinner though as well.
Over the summer I wanted to take her to do things but our schedule never lined up that I could. It rained so much this summer visiting a park would have been really hard anyway so maybe his upcoming summer will be better. My kids no longer like Chuck E. Cheese and I have money on a gift card left so I want to take my littlest niece and nephew to use it up and spend the day out with them.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
27 Dec 18
@Courtlynn they think it's only for little kids now 
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
26 Dec 18
@shaggin sorry you don't get to see her as much as youd like. maybe that'll change in 2019.
that sounds like a great idea!
why don't they like it though? its just an arcade, with food? lol
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
21 Dec 18
That is awesome for your boyfriend!
I m glad to hear everyone is having a wonderful time.
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
21 Dec 18
@andriaperry it has been a stressful year for him at work but it all paid off. He also got $1000 Christmas bonus I forgot about until now.
