How I spent Memorial Day weekend

@shaggin (74252)
United States
May 27, 2025 10:11am CST
Friday it did nothing but rain all day. Around dinner time my husband asked me if I wanted to go his friends pond some people were getting together there. My little one enjoyed the fire that did an okay job keeping us warm on a chilly evening. Saturday I had to run to the store and we drove by the library. My little one wanted to go so we stopped and she played with some kids while I picked out books. We came home and she had me read all 14 of them to her. We stopped at the thrift store to see my oldest daughter and while I shopped my oldest got my youngest a cup of ice cream. Since one of the books I picked out was about making a pie my little one and I made a Lemon Cream Cheese Pie. I forgot my hand mixer broke the last time I used it so I had to mix it by hand. It could have been worse at least I got it smooth. My husband took the dogs out that evening and the pups took off. He wound up being gone for 5 hours looking for them. Now they will be wearing tracking collars from now on. Sunday I did nothing but clean and drop off a gift to my sisters house for her birthday. Monday I took my little one to a Memorial Day parade where we met up with my parents and my sister and her kids. There were race cars in it this year which was a fun addition. Afterwards there was a ceremony my son and the rest of the school band played in. In the afternoon we took the boat out for the first time this year. My little one was too noisy to catch any fish but we had a nice time. On the way home we happened to drive by a new ice cream place so got out and got some and that helped keep my little one awake. A late nap would have made for a very late bedtime.
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@snowy22315 (194694)
• United States
27 May
It sounds like a decent Memorial Day weekend. How is your son doing these days? Does he have plans for after graduation?
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
28 May
@snowy22315 he’s still the same, hates me and is very irritable. He walks to town twice a day wants to work for the post office delivering mail on foot. He has a year to think about it but he needs to think of other things as well the post office only needs just so many workers.
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@snowy22315 (194694)
• United States
28 May
@shaggin Poor kid, and poor you. He doesn't hate you. He may resent some things about you, but he is no picnic either. You"re his mother and have the right to be treated with dignity and respect
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
28 May
@snowy22315 I agree on the last part but for the moment he does hate me. His sister was tough at that age as well and we get along wonderful now that she’s on her own and can do her own things and see life isn’t as easy as she thought living home. She said in my Mother’s Day card she misses seeing me everyday and I feel the same way. I can only hope her brother and I will be close like that again when he’s an adult. It’s hard to love someone so much and watch them struggle so bad.
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@LindaOHio (198303)
• United States
28 May
You were very busy. Thank you for the update. Hope you're having a good week.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
28 May
@Lindaohio quieter week this week then last but still good. My little one and I are home for the most part today but then will be out again the next two days when we will be having nice weather before a rainy weekend.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
30 May
@LindaOHio Pennsylvania
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@LindaOHio (198303)
• United States
29 May
@shaggin Enjoy the nice weather while you can. What part of the US are you in?
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@DaddyEvil (157292)
• United States
27 May
It sounds like you had a really good weekend! I'm glad you all had fun things to do.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
30 May
@Daddyevil it’s nice when things go well like that . It wasn’t all nice I left things out but for the most part it was
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@DaddyEvil (157292)
• United States
30 May
@shaggin We all leave some parts out of our stories. We don't want to admit to the bad parts of our lives.
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@rakski (146490)
• Philippines
28 May
What a full and lovely long weekend! It’s sweet how you let the day unfold so naturally
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
1 Jun
@rakski a lot of times I have things all planned out for our outings sometimes just going with the flow is nice
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@rakski (146490)
• Philippines
2 Jun
@shaggin yes, that is true!
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@JudyEv (361319)
• Rockingham, Australia
28 May
I had to smile at you having to read all 14 books to your little one. It won't be long and she'll be reading them herself. It's good for kids to have a love of reading.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
28 May
@Judyev every time we go and get books she makes me sit and read every single one. I love to read to her so I don’t mind.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
30 May
@JudyEv I hope she remembers a lot my older kids don’t but I have tons of photos to show them at least of all we did.
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@JudyEv (361319)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 May
@shaggin I'm glad you have the patience to do this. It is something she will always remember about her lovely Mum.
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@Dena91 (17017)
• United States
28 May
Sounds like you and your family had a nice holiday weekend
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
1 Jun
@Dena91 we did. This weekends hasn’t been as good but it could have been worse.
@jstory07 (145292)
• Roseburg, Oregon
27 May
You had a nice busy weekend. We had a nice weekend to. Enjoy the rest of your day.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
30 May
@jstory07 what did you do over Memorial Day weekend? Glad it was good whatever it was. I’ll go take a look and see if you made a post about it.
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@jstory07 (145292)
• Roseburg, Oregon
31 May
@shaggin We went to my cousin's on Friday her daughter had to work on Monday. Nothing special or interesting.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
31 May
@jstory07 a calm weekend can be just as nice as busy fun one
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@wolfgirl569 (121068)
• Marion, Ohio
27 May
Fun sounding weekend
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
30 May
@wolfgirl569 it was and it’s been a nice week as well. Hopefully it’ll be a good weekend for you since the weekend is upon us again.
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@RasmaSandra (88146)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 May
Glad you had such a good and fun weekend, I hope you are having a nice start to the new week,
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
31 May
@RasmaSandra it was a nice week. It’s supposed to rain tomorrow so I don’t think we have any plans.
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@sallypup (65654)
• Centralia, Washington
27 May
Your holiday weekend was busy and full of fun activities.
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@shaggin (74252)
• United States
28 May
@sallypup yes it was. I don’t think there are any plans on the calendar this weekend though. Today is a stay at home day then out the next two days.
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