FRIDAY CONFESSIONS

josie402

Menrandes said:

I want a few Lego sets for Christmas so bad.  Seriously.
And it is incredibly likely that I'll be getting the hubster a Lego set too. 
Practical?  No.  Fun?  Yes.
My parents told me a few years ago that they would never get lego sets for us because we are adults.
I guess being an adult means you aren't allowed to play anymore.
But seriously, I will display our Lego sets in our house way beyond old age.

DH was so excited when Gavin was old enough for Legos.  We just went and browsed for some ideas for him for his birthday and Christmas.  DH was more than a little excited over several of them.  I'm not sure which of my boys will enjoy them more!

jackiback

I have been searching the house for days for the LBJ biography that I (thought I) had a distinct memory of opening. I even made Shaun go to the basement and check our luggage to see if I took it on a trip and didn't unpack it. I've been halfway stressed about it because it is LBJ month.

It arrived in the mail today. 

GreenBride624

ThisModernLove said:

I'm kind of upset about the exchange still.  I feel like my elf wasn't going to send me anything until she got shunned on the board and figured she'd make good.  The first package never got here and I'm questioning if she ever even sent it. I like the exchanges and it kind of put a sour taste in my mouth because of it.  I feel like a terribly greedy person even thinking that or mistrusting that she did try the first time.

I'm sorry that you feel this way.  I always had good experiences with exchanges but I haven't done one in a while.

(the timing of your gift was a bit suspect though...)

sassypants527

GreenBride624 said:

ThisModernLove said:

I'm kind of upset about the exchange still.  I feel like my elf wasn't going to send me anything until she got shunned on the board and figured she'd make good.  The first package never got here and I'm questioning if she ever even sent it. I like the exchanges and it kind of put a sour taste in my mouth because of it.  I feel like a terribly greedy person even thinking that or mistrusting that she did try the first time.

I'm sorry that you feel this way.  I always had good experiences with exchanges but I haven't done one in a while.

(the timing of your gift was a bit suspect though...)

Who was your elf?  Was it the same person I sent to?

sassypants527

We're going to a barbecue tomorrow night at the house of my two friends who just got married, so we're bringing the wedding gift I just got them (the wedding was last month, so I think Miss Manners says I'm still cool).  My confession is that aside from the two of them I hate their other friends and I plan to spend the bulk of the non-eating evening with their new kitten and the other cat and two dogs (a corgi and a german shepherd).  I'm tired of trying to be nice to these people who look at us like we have three heads.

Young_Love

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

EliStar

Young_Love said:

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

What was the question?! Now I want to know if I'd know it.  And I want to go to one of these performances.

I would have died a little inside, too. 

brie&drew

I just got out of my regular meeting with my boss and found out that after Thanksgiving I'm moving out of my cubicle and into an office, and effective immediately I've got a new title that is an upgrade from my current title. I'm really happy about it, and I've been hoping for something like this for a while. My confession- I'm still going to be job hunting at the first of the year. Maybe not as intently as I'd orignially planned, but definitely still going to see what's out there.  

Savanna111911

My dog is driving me crazy today. I work from home and I don't know what his deal is but the past few days he's been into everything and has barked constantly. I'm at my last straw. I don't even know what else to do. DH said to put him in the back yard, but I feel bad doing that because he's a small dog and its quite cold outside.  We were very busy all last week and this weekend, so I'm thinking maybe he just has a lot of pinned up energy. But still.

Young_Love

EliStar said:

Young_Love said:

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

What was the question?! Now I want to know if I'd know it.  And I want to go to one of these performances.

I would have died a little inside, too. 

What was the last name of the Three Brothers?

RevJen

Young_Love said:

EliStar said:

Young_Love said:

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

What was the question?! Now I want to know if I'd know it.  And I want to go to one of these performances.

I would have died a little inside, too. 

What was the last name of the Three Brothers?

I KNOW!  I KNOW!

Young_Love

RevJen said:

Young_Love said:

EliStar said:

Young_Love said:

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

What was the question?! Now I want to know if I'd know it.  And I want to go to one of these performances.

I would have died a little inside, too. 

What was the last name of the Three Brothers?

I KNOW!  I KNOW!

Then you would have been able to draw a prize from the Sorting Hat! I got detention from Umbridge and had "I Must Not Tell Lies" written on my hand. (But that was still pretty fun, NGL)

EliStar

Young_Love said:

RevJen said:

Young_Love said:

EliStar said:

Young_Love said:

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

What was the question?! Now I want to know if I'd know it.  And I want to go to one of these performances.

I would have died a little inside, too. 

What was the last name of the Three Brothers?

I KNOW!  I KNOW!

Then you would have been able to draw a prize from the Sorting Hat! I got detention from Umbridge and had "I Must Not Tell Lies" written on my hand. (But that was still pretty fun, NGL)

OH. I had to think really hard but I think I know it too. 

RevJen

I really need to get to a Potted Potter show.

SnShne322

RevJen said:

I really need to get to a Potted Potter show.

I had never heard of Potted Potter until today.

nocturnalintimacy

Oh man! They just let the president of our company go. My confession is that I'm freaking ecstatic. The guy could be such a douche.

ThisModernLove

sassypants527 said:

GreenBride624 said:

ThisModernLove said:

I'm kind of upset about the exchange still.  I feel like my elf wasn't going to send me anything until she got shunned on the board and figured she'd make good.  The first package never got here and I'm questioning if she ever even sent it. I like the exchanges and it kind of put a sour taste in my mouth because of it.  I feel like a terribly greedy person even thinking that or mistrusting that she did try the first time.

I'm sorry that you feel this way.  I always had good experiences with exchanges but I haven't done one in a while.

(the timing of your gift was a bit suspect though...)

Who was your elf?  Was it the same person I sent to?

Yes, it was.

sassypants527

RevJen said:

Young_Love said:

EliStar said:

Young_Love said:

I went to a performance of Potted Potter last night and I got a HP trivia question wrong. Well, not so much wrong as I couldn't even guess an answer.

In my defense, it was from DH and I haven't gotten to that book in my re-read yet. But still, how embarrassing,

What was the question?! Now I want to know if I'd know it.  And I want to go to one of these performances.

I would have died a little inside, too. 

What was the last name of the Three Brothers?

I KNOW!  I KNOW!

Ooh, me too!

sweetrhythms

RiverPlate said:

About 2 seconds after we told my parents we were having a baby, my mom posted it on Facebook.  I was about 4 weeks along, and it was NOT cool - we are friends with some of the same people and, well, it's simply not cool to post other people's stuff.  When a friend called to ask if I'd seen what my mom posted on Facebook, I called her and basically went off, and told her not to post about things going on with me and mine on Facebook without my saying it's okay, or posting about it first.  She apologized and deleted the post.  It was up for about an hour.

Now, 10 weeks later, she's got it in her head that I am censoring how and what she talks to her friends about (not only on Facebook), and sends me passive-aggressive email reports on how she didn't talk to her friend about my kids because I didn't say it was okay, or can she tell her friends what my kids dressed up for Halloween as because I didn't specifically say it was all right, etc.  

It's so typical of my mom to be the victim even though she's the one who did something thoughtless and of course it's all my fault.  My dad and sister have even called to tell me to apologize to my mom for "my issues" and for yelling at her when she'd clearly done nothing wrong.

Umm do we have the same mother?? I feel your pain!

sassypants527

Another one.  I don't get the Adam Levine thing.  He squicks me out.

sassypants527

ThisModernLove said:

sassypants527 said:

GreenBride624 said:

ThisModernLove said:

I'm kind of upset about the exchange still.  I feel like my elf wasn't going to send me anything until she got shunned on the board and figured she'd make good.  The first package never got here and I'm questioning if she ever even sent it. I like the exchanges and it kind of put a sour taste in my mouth because of it.  I feel like a terribly greedy person even thinking that or mistrusting that she did try the first time.

I'm sorry that you feel this way.  I always had good experiences with exchanges but I haven't done one in a while.

(the timing of your gift was a bit suspect though...)

Who was your elf?  Was it the same person I sent to?

Yes, it was.

Ugh.  Craptastico.    I guess we shouldn't let one bad apple ruin our fun, right?

SRodi811

ThisModernLove said:

I'm kind of upset about the exchange still.  I feel like my elf wasn't going to send me anything until she got shunned on the board and figured she'd make good.  The first package never got here and I'm questioning if she ever even sent it. I like the exchanges and it kind of put a sour taste in my mouth because of it.  I feel like a terribly greedy person even thinking that or mistrusting that she did try the first time.

I'm so sorry!  I hope that it doesn't keep you from participating next time.

SRodi811

DH is gone until Monday, so it's just me and the kids.  Tonight, I lost my temper with my kids because they wouldn't stop fighting and antagonizing each other.  I finally got my son into bed and my daughter continued to argue with me/whine, so I told her she lost having a book read before bedtime.  This turned into a full on fit, to the point that I yelled at her so loud that she covered her ears and started sobbing.  I feel like a giant a-hole right now. 

SRodi811

On a funnier note, my son (20 months), said "pee-pee" (for the first time) and grabbed his "pee-pee" as I was changing him.  He thought it was pretty darn funny.  I tried not to laugh because I knew he would just continue doing it.

sonore32

Menrandes said:

I want a few Lego sets for Christmas so bad.  Seriously.
And it is incredibly likely that I'll be getting the hubster a Lego set too. 
Practical?  No.  Fun?  Yes.
My parents told me a few years ago that they would never get lego sets for us because we are adults.
I guess being an adult means you aren't allowed to play anymore.
But seriously, I will display our Lego sets in our house way beyond old age.

Don't worry about this....every year my husband asks for legos. Most years he doesn't get them not because I don't *want* to buy them but because they are all the huge sets that are hundreds of dollars and therefore out of our "two grad students" budget

booknerd226

SRodi811 said:

DH is gone until Monday, so it's just me and the kids.  Tonight, I lost my temper with my kids because they wouldn't stop fighting and antagonizing each other.  I finally got my son into bed and my daughter continued to argue with me/whine, so I told her she lost having a book read before bedtime.  This turned into a full on fit, to the point that I yelled at her so loud that she covered her ears and started sobbing.  I feel like a giant a-hole right now. 

Kids are rough at bedtime. It sounds like everyone was tired and frustrated with each other, especially after they were fighting with each other so much. Plus Dad wasn't there so everyone was thrown off a little. I hope you all had a better morning.

SRodi811

Thanks @Booknerd226 We had a better morning.  We've still had a few more fits and meltdowns (for both me and the kids), but we've made it!  

Passanie

RiverPlate said:

It's so typical of my mom to be the victim even though she's the one who did something thoughtless and of course it's all my fault.  My dad and sister have even called to tell me to apologize to my mom for "my issues" and for yelling at her when she'd clearly done nothing wrong.

Your mom sounds like a 13-year-old. And the topic of many a Carolyn Hax advice columnist (I love reading her columns. It's really reassuring when you see the same kind of crazy in other people's families.)

My (belated) confession? I went to a conference this weekend on the coast and dh came with me. I was thinking I'd meet him for lunch and dinner when I could, but I had so many people I wanted to talk to and things I was excited to work on that I barely saw him. He said he felt like a housewife. I, meanwhile, absolutely rocked that conference and got tons out of it.