I went to the IKEA in Copenhagen and thought it was fine. Maybe because it was winter and there weren't many tourists around... Just thinking out loud. Have fun.
kat
Me-53(and learning!) S24, S21, D18, D17 Just keep swimming, Just keep swimming. Dory
I make a ritualistic visit to IKEA a couple of times a year followed closely by a pit stop and Trader Joe's (all in midtown Atlanta so I get a fix on each). Those are my favorite stores!!! LOL.....not on a Saturday if I can help it.
T19 M15 S19 XH47 M43 bomb12/4/07 PA5/07 S12/26/07 D final 11/17/08 Back together with no defined R 05/2010 confused....to say the least!!!
DD and I go to IKEA sometimes to have lunch there. It's kinda fun for her to play at their child care center while I stock up on those chocolate sweedish cookies
Though it is like a zoo on the weekends but then so is SoCal in general.
Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6 Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks Aug 2006, left again Apr 2007, filed for divorce Dec 2007, reunited Mar 2010, moved out, filed again
Well, we hit the IKEA at 11:00 am, drove around the back avoiding the lineup of cars using the "entrance", then entered through the exit doors rather than walk a mile to the entrance door, wheeled our cart to the lamp section and unbelievably there were three staff members standing around talking, so I yelled across the floor "Hey, IKEA people" and wheeled my cart over to them pronto. They helped us get the lamps and bulbs and we were out of there by 11:30 or so. Mission accomplished. We then went out for lunch, then drove to a lovely gorge outside the city where the fall colours are beautiful. Afterwards we decided to drive to a little town about an hour outside the city and spent the afternoon exploring. Great day with a good friend.
Me:57 H:52 M:28 Got another lawyer last year and filed. D35,S/D twins28,D22 EA4/04 End? Who knows? "Life is like a mirror. Smile at it and it smiles back at you." — Peace Pilgrim
Happy Thanksgiving, Being Me! Yesterday we went to my parents for Thanksgiving dinner, parents had invited wife so I told her I'd pick her and the kids up and we'd take one car. When I arrived wife and D16 were going at it, well actually, wife was going at it. Apparently earlier in the day wife had volunteered to drive D and bf to the mall, although they said they'd walk. Later she started carrying on about all the things she had to do and when I arrived she started on how she has to drive the kids all over blah blah blah. So daughter said "if you're going to volunteer then don't complain about it, otherwise don't volunteer!" I decided to wait in the car. After dinner we dropped wife off, picked up the kids things and headed to my place. D16 says "Daddy, is Mommy bi-polar?" I asked why she thought that and D said "because sometimes she can be so nice and fun to be with and then she just becomes another person (D13 agreed). She told me when she's like that the best thing I can do is stay away from her because she can't help herself" Incredible! It's the kids job to monitor their mothers mood and stay away so that she doesn't verbally lash out at them, she can't control it! Wow, not much has changed in the three years we've been separated. She still takes no responsibility for her own behaviour. It's up to the kids to read her and take the appropriate action. Sounds familiar! Anyway, I told D's "your mother is not bi-polar, she's a lady who takes on way too much in life and refuses to let anything go. Then she gets worn out and becomes very difficult to live with" Daughter said "Well, I still stand by what I said to her this afternoon even though she doesn't like it" and I said "I agree with you, if she's going to offer to do something then she shouldn't be complaining about it." One of the big reasons our marriage ended was because wife took on way too much, was exhausted and therefore expected way too much emotionally from me because of it. I was supposed to know her every feeling, what she needed at every moment etc. She's still living her life the same way. She has a demanding job, takes school courses, takes Yoga and dance classes weekly and tries to be Supermom. When the kids don't fall all over her in gratitude for everything she does or recognize what she needs, she gets pissed. Oh well, that's her trip and at least the kids seem to handle it well.
But what do the Canadians have to be thankful for?
Sorry to hear about the fiasco...it's so funny you decided to wait in the car- classic! But I'm always impressed with your kids, they're very mature and smart kids. Just like me
Me: 35|WAW: 38|D: 6yo | http://tinyurl.com/2dxx7m6 Feb 2006, left, came back in two weeks Aug 2006, left again Apr 2007, filed for divorce Dec 2007, reunited Mar 2010, moved out, filed again
