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Say It Again...Say Anything.
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Re: Say It Again...Say Anything.
lol star, i just posted something to my facebook wall that's an illustration of the phrase, "Sadly, today will require pants."
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I have a new logo, and I'm way more excited than I should be about it!!!
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Crazy Christmas Kids!
I'm frustrated. Yesterday I got on the treadmill and decided that I would tough it out and do some jogging intervals. I felt pretty good during and after the workout.
Then we went out to dinner and I grabbed Cooper out of the car to carry him in and almost collapsed from the pain in my hip. I don't know if it was from the jogging, or I just stepped wrong, but it bothered me all night, I had a hard time sleeping and now if I step just the right way, it is shooting pain. I am so angry...and so tired of dealing with something that I know will never go away.
I have tendonitis in my hips and I hate it. It makes running almost impossible for me. One thing that helps is a lot of hip opening yoga stretches. Search for Pigeon and Happy Baby poses. I love both of those and they are easy. Child's Pose, which is a resting posture, also works well. Another posture I've done in class, but don't know the name of, is basically lay flat on your back with your tailbone pressed against the wall and your legs straight up the wall. Then, as you exhale, drop your legs open along the wall in a v. every time you breathe, on the exhale just let them fall open a little more. It's way more intense than it may sound and really helps!
Yeah, I stopped referring to Charlotte as a toddler when she was like 2.5.
MIL got to be a more extreme version of her passive aggressive self while visiting for thanksgiving. she said things about us and the way we are handling religion and raising our family to everyone around but except us. even comments for us to hear but to other people as if we weren't there. I finally had enough and said something about it in the nicest way possible. It happened to be on the day she was leaving but there was no other private moment to say it. It did not go over well. I'll spare you the details. Dh had to drive her to the airport with her complaining about me the whole way, how she can do nothing to please me, etc.
I want to write her a letter to apologize, mostly to smooth things over for DH's sake. She will not talk about serious subjects through email or over the phone and she says she doesn't like to ruin a trip when she barely has time with us anyway. (don't get me started). but everytime I try to think about what I'm apologizing for I get more pi$$ed and more stuff makes me mad. this could take awhile.
I'm going to have to try those. I am pretty sure yoga would help, but I don't have time for a class and when I try to do it at home (video) I'm worried I'm doing more damage than good. I've never been to a class so I always worry that I'm not standing right and I'll screw something up or pull something. But a few simple stretches would be good.
i've never been to a class b/c i'm always afraid i'll fart or quief
i hope the shooting pain dies down soon! all my friends are falling apart :-(
she sounds like a real gem......imo, i wouldn't write a letter (and send it to her). people have a way of reading between the lines that suits their agenda. i'd just call her and try to apologize. if she refuses to talk about something "serious" over the phone, i'd just wash my hands of it. you tried. ball is in her court then - and then it's up to matt to deal with her.
I agree with this. She sounds like the kind of person that is going to read between the lines regardless of what you say.
this WAHM thing is not all it's cracked up to be.
i actually purchased a monitor to have at my friendswood office so i can just pack up and go work in peace and quiet there with walls and a door. i did it all day yesterday. oh my gosh, it was effing awesome.
not like right now, where i'm sitting at home at the desk with a cat next to me, his head buried in my armpit. or meowing in my face. oh and there's another one right behind him, like they're in line to stick heads in my armpit or meow in my face.
there's something to be said for "family and pet attention time" being separate from "trying to work" time. maybe if my home office had walls or a door it would be different ; )
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I was a giant moron on Thanksgiving and poured a warmed up cup of coffee straight out of the microwave down the front of my shirt. I have blisters on my stomach from the burns. I could find nothing comfortable to wear to work today.
And can I just say that was the worst pain I have ever been in. And it isn't even a severe burn over a large area. I couldn't imagine what a really bad burn must feel like.
yikes, Kris I hope you heal fast. that sounds painful.
I think I'm the only mom who isn't digging this whole "Elf on a Shelf" fad.
Ditto- Kris hope that heals quickly.
Missjake: I'm not even sure I get the idea behind the elf on the shelf.
"an elf is watching and reporting to Santa"
We don't do it either. I've seen cute ideas... But as far as my kids know, I have a direct number to Santa. :P lol
that sounds painful!!
I get it. We don't do it, but I get the idea for a parent. I've already capitalized on Santa. I feel guilty, but sometimes I'm desperate. C knows that if he's nice, Santa will bring him a big truck. When he's not nice, I ask him if we should tell Santa not to bring that truck. I could totally buy into the Elf, although phone-a-Santa works pretty well also.
Ha, love it... send the big truck back.
I wouldn't have bought an Elf myself but it was given to us so we pulled it out last night. C thinks he looks like a monkey and keeps going "ooh ooh, aaah aahh, key, key"... So I guess in our house, Santa sends a Monkey elf.
LOL @ Monkey elf. I have an old yard gnome that Cooper found in the garage and now insists on carrying around the house like it's a doll. And apparently he thinks the gnome is Santa Clause because he holds him up and says "Ho ho ho!"
In other Christmas related news, I've started my Christmas shopping list spreadsheet and there are a lot of really hard to shop for people on my list. Under the "gift idea" column I've got a LOT of question marks.
Tori is currently pretty irritated with Santa. Her big sister helped her write our her letter to Santa and we mailed it a couple of weeks ago. Since then she has seen Santa twice, once at school and once at the mall.
He keeps asking her what she wants for Christmas and she keeps telling him she already sent him a letter so he should know. Yes, she actually said that. Santa was quite confused.
that is super cute and funny
I came to the same conclusion today, glad you said it too. I don't even want to call to apologize because I can't think of what to call and say I'm sorry for and she uses anything I say against me in the weirdest ways. I'm going to drop it and hope we don't have to see her for a long long time. Thank god we live in different states.
I like the Elf because I think it's cute and like to put him in creative places for Addie to find, she gets a kick out of it. (and we named him Crumpett after David Sedaris so it never fails to make me laugh). But we watched the cartoon the other night on CBS and it creeped me out, like a 30 minute infomercial on Elf on a Shelf.
So you'd be apologizing for calling her out on her PA behavior because she was *** talking you to other people...yeah, you shouldn't have to apologize. Does it bother Matt?
yes and no. it bothered him when she was ***!ing the whole way to the airport. he's the one who told me to talk to her in the first place. after their car ride he said call her and tell her it was all his fault and I'm sorry. and he was wrong, I should never talk to her unless about happy things again. but now a few days later, he said he wants us to get along but if I don't want to contact her that's fine, just let it drop.
you know what she said to me? "well I take time, think things over and pray about it before I talk to someone. obviously you do it differently." she also said she doesn't let things build up and fester, then, in the same breath, she brought up stuff that happened last year. the comment she can't make me happy is what's bothering me now. well when you ask what we want you to do, then you do the opposite no I won't be happy. from the first time we met when we said we wanted the JP ceremony to be private and she flew down here anyway (she was the ONLY PERSON there) to picking things to buy Addie from the list santa was bringing (knowing it wasn't the list I sent her) she has total disregard for what we ask.