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Re: shall we have a Friday FFC thread??
OMG you are killing me this am mrs.remy!!!!
Mine is that I am bored. My boredom has led to laziness. I also "broke" Gracie, and she no longer gets up at 6 or 7am, she will sleep till whenever, which means we have been getting up at like 10. And that is NOT ok. I need to find something to do. A hobby, a job perhaps. Something. I clean something everyday, but that is getting old. My house is pretty darn clean (though H seems to not think so, and he can bite me). I feel like the least motivated person in the world. My allergies don't help. They have been worse this year than ever before, and I am soooo miserable, which makes me tired and cranky. That's all. More like a whine.
DH had kickball last night and I was beat so my dinner was peanut butter on crackers.
And I gave about 3 of them to the dog.
Our Share of the Harvest:How a couple cooks from a CSA share. Pick Up Day Week 15
I've caught myself thinking once or twice, is it possible that the world actually might end tomorrow?
This is a long-standing confession that covers the past 20 years. Sometimes I think it's funny and sometimes it makes me feel like a bad person.
My oldest brother is color blind. Not hugely, but he gets purples and greens confused and sometimes blues and greens etc. Just enough that he has to ask me if something matches sometimes and he could never be a fighter pilot.
I always say yes, even if it doesn't match. At all. Sometimes I'll pick out something for him that clashes on purpose, or I'll mess up his closet (he has it color coordinated.) I've been doing this since I was like 10. It was the one way I could pay him back for being mean to me.
He has caught on and usually can tell when I'm lying, but I still do it.
When I was a kid, I cheered for an intramural basketball team so they played the same teams several times in the season. We were dark green and the team that had dark purple shirts had a kinda color blind kid. Our guys learned he couldn't tell the difference between the shirt colors and would try to get him to pass them the ball. It was mean but effective.
Our Share of the Harvest:How a couple cooks from a CSA share. Pick Up Day Week 15
I'm excited that we are going away for our anniversary, but we've gotten invitations to like 3 different fun things for tomorrow or tomorrow night! I feel like we don't go out nearly enough or have enough friends - so now its like the one weekend we have lots of invitations, we are going out of town! A couple of times this week, I've been like "aww man, I wish our annivesary was another weekend."
I'm pretty sure the old version of evite let you do this...I can't find anything on the site now though. All the account stuff and features that I was used to have changed and it makes me frustrated!!!
My confession has to do with the fact that DH and I have been hitting the gym pretty hard this week. I wasn't there when he weighed in initially, but apparently as of last night, he lost four pounds. Good, right? But I don't believe him. I think either the first scale was off or he thinks he weighed something other than what he did weigh at the beginning of the week. I've seen what he eats and the massive quantity of food he's consumed throughout the evening at dinner and I just don't see how 4 pounds in 4 days is possible. Especially when I'm tracking my every food move and going at it a little harder then he is. Granted, I know that men and women have different matabolisms, but I so just want to call him out on it. Of course if I do, the world really may end tomorrow!!!
Yeah, I can only find it now after you've RSVP'd.
The new evite really sucks - honestly its hard to figure out where to click to just RESPOND! Anyway. ... can't you just RSVP maybe and then just see who replies?
Are you at least going somewhere awesome for the weekend? I completely understand the not going out enough / having enough friends thing and I think I would feel exactly like you do.
oh - yeah - we're going OOT overnight kidfree - so that in and of itself is pretty cool and we're going to a B&B and restaurant we've been talking about for several years. I'm sure it'll be great - but I'm just annoyed it couldn't have been LAST weekend!
I have been all over desserts and sweets in this last trimester. It's not very healthy
Everyday, DH asks what he can do for me around the house. It's sweet but I know he's doing it in part because he's annoyed that the house is such a wreck. I think he's trying not to be too mad at me b/c I'm pregnant. I am totally slacking at cleaning stuff up and I feel bad. Part of it really is because I'm pregnant and I can't move around as easily and part of it is that I just don't know where to put stuff.
And semi-related to the above, I feel like a giant marshmallow and not in a cute way.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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DH is supposed to go to Wine in the Woods tomorrow, which I can't attend with this broken foot. My inner 4-year old, who I keep trying to shut up with cookies, is having a temper tantrum that he's going without me. My 30-year old side keeps reminding myself that, were the tables turned and the event something I desperately wanted to go to, I'd want his blessing.
I think the root of it is more tied to the fact that I'm sick to death of being in this house and missing out on every bit of my social life, so I'm pouty.
My H also asked what he can do? Hes is just asking so he can go play his video game without me bit**ing after an hour.
But I am like "Really do you have to ask?" Hmmm take out the trash, do the dishes, scrub the tile, change cat box, pick up doggy poo in the yard. The list could go on and on. Why cant they just use thier own eyes. Is it really that hard?
ETA: That totally made my house seem like wreck or I use my H. Which is not true. Its just I always seem like i have a running list of things i know that have to be done. Why doesnt he see the same things i do?
I'm exactly the same way. It'll be time to clean and I'll be working on something and he asks what I need done. I'm ashamed to say I frequently just snap"Well look around, you've got eyes." Not always my finest hour.
I'm exactly the same way. It'll be time to clean and I'll be working on something and he asks what I need done. I'm ashamed to say I frequently just snap"Well look around, you've got eyes." Not always my finest hour.
Unfortunately in this case, it's my fault. He's asking what he can do to help me clean up MY clutter. He's already cleaned up all his stuff.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
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If you're friends with me on FB, you know that Claire was readmitted over the weekend due to jaundice. She's all better now. But with being in the hospital for basically a week between her 36 hour labor and then return to the hospital, I didn't get much sleep over the last week. I haven't complained, because I'm still in that new mom bliss. DH now has a cold. You would think it's the end of the freaking world. He refuses to take medicine or cough drops, and instead is whining to me. I don't want to hear it! I'm still in pain from labor, I'm exhausted, and I'm not complaining. Get your butt upstairs and take some medicine!!! I feel bad venting about DH because he's been beyond great, but it irks me because all he has to do is take some meds!
MIL came to see us in the hospital and made this big production about how she wanted to give us money for Claire. She originally told me friend she wanted to pay for a month of daycare. Well, she made this big production about how we could put her check towards a big girl carseat for Claire or daycare. The check was for $50. That will pay for a day of daycare. It won't even buy half of a big girl carseat. I appreciate the gesture, but don't talk like you're giving us all this money that can buy this and that when it won't!
SIL still hasn't spoken to us since Claire was born. We called her, texted her, and emailed her (because FIL said she can't get texts). Nothing. I even emailed her when Claire was readmitted. NOTHING. This is Aiden's godmother (who he hasn't seen in six months). I just am so beyond hurt that she hasn't even acknowledged Claire's birth. She knows how long our journey was to get here. DH's parents keep making excuses that she's busy. She's got no kids, and there's no excuse for not having two minutes to make a congratulatory phone call or send a text.
miscarriage on 11/26/09 at 5w6d
Mary- I should hire you to watch Kira for the summer.