Staycation All I Ever Wanted!

Hums “Vacation” by the Go-Go’s…

Before I begin with our plans for our “staycation”, I have to inform you that I will no longer be reading It Rides A Pale Horse by Andy Marino. It is way too slow for my liking and I thought it would pick up, but I was nearly halfway through and I just couldn’t go on. I am taking a page out of Cheila’s blog (https://pinkfordays.wordpress.com/) and not continue on with books that don’t interest me. Maybe I’ll try again at a later date but for now, NOPE!

Okay, onward!

I’ve been having a bit of a hard time, so my husband was kind enough to surprise me with some vacation time, which I am so thrilled about! I’m not a huge planner, but I like to have a rough idea of what we will be doing, so of course that’s what I did. With his input as well.

Sunday (Tomorrow) – Morning gym session. Then we are getting together with my family, it’s the Super Bowl (American Football for those who don’t know and meh to me). I don’t really care for the game, mainly because I don’t understand a lick of it to be fair. But I get to spend some time with my parents, brothers, my nonna Santa (my grandmother with Dementia), and hopefully my nephews and sister-in-law. We are doing a pot luck, so I was preparing some things for that tonight: Tuna Salad, Chicken Salad, Cheeseball, Veggie tray, etc. I’ll try to take a picture of the spread tomorrow!

Monday – The gym at night, especially after all that fatty food from Sunday, I will need it! But I think I’m going to tackle the pantry and maybe tidy up my desk while Valeria sleeps and my husband is going to do a deep clean of the bathroom (Yay!). Otherwise our Monday is going to be a pretty quiet one. Take Valeria for a walk, it’s suppose to be nice weather this week, so want to get as much sunshine as possible!

Tuesday – We have a Pioneer Village just on the edge of town and they are offering “Winter Walks”. The homes are not currently open, but we can walk the grounds and my husband has never been, so I thought that would be fun for all three of us to go to.

Wednesday – Valeria is 4 months old! And I guess it’s Valentine’s Day (Blah). I’ll be taking some 4 month pictures, though I’m still not sure what I’m going to do for them, I usually have a plan each month but this one stumped me. But if you have any suggestions for a photo concept for my baby girl, I’d be grateful!

I’m not a fan of Valentine’s Day personally, I love my husband everyday and try to do little things to make him feel special. Maybe I’m just a cynic, I’ve never really been a fan. But if you do enjoy the holiday, what special plans do you have?

Oh and the gym at night, gotta keep to my schedule! And hey maybe the gym won’t be as busy due to Valentine’s Day.

Thursday – We are heading to the Butterfly Conservatory! We will also be heading to Hamilton again to visit my Mother-in-law. It’s a long weekend here, so it’s perfect for us to spend a little time with her as well.

Friday – We are heading to a waterfall in Hamilton, apparently there are lots. I had no idea, so I told him to pick one. This one is all him! I hope Valeria enjoys the hike and the falls, well daddy carrying her in the carrier anyway! Fingers crossed.

He also wants to go to this Italian bakery/market that he saw on Instagram, so we will be taking a trip out there as well. Not going to lie, I checked out their page and it was mouth watering, so I’m a little excited about it. Good Italian bakeries are hard to find these days here.

Saturday – We are going to visit my Nonna (my dad’s mother), she hasn’t seen the baby yet. We thought since we will be close by, we would take her over for a few hours to meet her. I can’t wait to see a five foot tiny Italian lady holding our 15 lb baby. It makes me smile and giggle to myself thinking about it. I know she will love her though, she always asks about Valeria whenever we speak. She will probably invite my Godparents over as well, they haven’t seen her yet either.

Sunday – I get to see my cousin Antoinette, who I haven’t seen in….let me think, probably almost 15 or 20 years. I know! Trust me, we both realize now how stupid it’s been not having grown up together since we were thick as thieves as little girls. Family drama kept us apart for a long time, then this past year we reconnected and well….we’ve been talking literally every day. She is so excited to meet Valeria, I know she is going to spoil her rotten and honestly I’m thrilled to have her be a part of our daughter’s life. She has a goth mama, why not a goth auntie?! It will be a wonderful day, I’m so looking forward to it!

Monday – Depending on how Sunday goes, we might be coming home Monday morning. Monday will be a total rest day once we get home and getting Valeria back into her regular routine at home.

Now looking at our week, it’s really busy! Who knows, this is the plan right now, but things could totally change. This is why I like to have a rough idea of what we’re doing.

Do you have any exciting plans for the week? Any activities you will be doing with your kids or partner?

I’m going to call it here for the evening, but I hope you have a wonderful day or evening wherever you are in the world!

Ciao!!