Trouble in Paradise
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Hump Day Wednesday Confessions/Randoms
If Rachel says yes to Finn, I am going to be seriously annoyed with Ryan Murphy.
I have a first date tonight that I am really, really excited about.
Look with your special eyes.
Re: Hump Day Wednesday Confessions/Randoms
I am fuckingpissed at my dog's breeder. This vent may be flammable. I"m so frustrated with the whole situation right now I don't even care.
Short back-story, she is a small show breeder, and I knew her through a dog forum when I was looking for a Maltese, got my pup from her, and have been FB friends with her. I am not the world's best dog owner. But I do the best I can with the situation I'm in. When I got a small, needy dog I worked 5 min from home, was married and planning on becoming a SAHM. That changed drastically.
So my dog is kind of .. special. He has never fully grasped potty training and as a result I have to crate him when I'm gone and at night. And yes ... IT SUCKS. But it's the only option right now. I have tried many things to get him to fully potty train and he just doesn't get it. I posted something on FB about being frustrated with him shrieking and waking me up at 4am everfuckingday lately (we - and he - go to bed at 11 at the earliest) and she jumps in saying that "he can always come home, we don't have crates here."
And that is NOT meant to be a supportive comment, if you know this woman. It's meant to be cvnty. This woman has like 15 dogs and they roam free and pee and poop on the floor. NOT okay in my house. Sorry. My floor is not a litterbox and I'm not willing to make it one. Eff you, lady. I feel bad enough already about the whole less-than-ideal situation.
Every time my parents visit they bring a box or more of completely random sh*t I may've liked to have had when I first moved to Atlanta in 2004. I can't help looking through them, and rarely find anything worth saving, let alone that I'd like to keep. So far I've found a few fistfuls of decade old cosmetics, a board game missing only half of the baby trachea-sized playing pieces, and of course, a caricature of me from 2002.
If it weren't my parents I'd be crying laughing this is so ridiculous. Can I interest anyone in body lotion I haven't worn since H & I got together because he's allergic?
Crate haters are the worst. You know Interro, our lab is in a crate all day (8-5pm) and she sleeps in her crate (11-6:30) and we leave the door open to the crate at night when we are home and she willingly goes in there to lay down in her "house" because she likes it. It's her space where she isn't bothered by anyone or the Murph.
I don't understand the crate is cruel mentality. It's a human mentality projected onto the dog. Sure they don't work in all situations or with every dog, but they are very good resources in some (many) situations.
I stopped taking BCPs right before Christmas because I was miserable and having headaches every day on them. I FEEL great and have been working out, tracking calories and everything else good and healthy, but have managed to put on 10 pounds* in 5 weeks... what? I know I have issues w/ my hormones that's causing this, but I am in such a funk about the weight. Blah.
*I know some of those pounds are due to way too many Christmas cookies, but I'm pretty sure I didn't eat 10 pounds worth of cookies. I think?? Ha.
Why don't you just go to their house and get rid of your own stuff so they don't have to?
Thanks DL. I never thought of crating as cruel, Sprout actually really likes his "den" and will go in there voluntarily sometimes to chill. Now, I wish I could let him run free more and play with the cat while I'm gone, but I can't deal with the floor-as-toilet situation. I would love to be able to leave his crate door open at night, but when I've tried it, he has multiple accidents. I may try puppy pads for him at night and see if he can handle them and actually use them instead of the floor. I'm stressing about him in general. The little dude wants to chase him and play rough, and Sprout gets scared/defensive, so I don't let them be around each other very often. It's just a crappy situation for all of us and I feel awful but I don't know what else to do.
I can't buy Nutella because DH will do this and then he feels all bad about himself and I have no Nutella.
I'm sorry Interro! My dog is also "special" with regards to potty training. He was an abused rescue dog and was 7 when we got him. So potty training has been kind of an uphill battle. We are finally getting him to go on the puppy pads if we aren't home. When we are home he alerts us by spinning in front of the door.
Is it that the dog can't hold it or just goes where ever? Has he been looked over by the vet to make sure he doesn't have a UTI? That could be the howling at 4am (if it is a new thing).
You might also consider taking him to a behavioral trainer or getting him evaluated. They can give you tools to make it work or at least tips to make it a little better. Potty problems are a pain, I understand!
We still have random eliminations but E has vestibular disease & his little episodes involve involuntary elimination. So your situation MIGHT be different, but get him checked out just in case. He could have a medical issue that slowing things down.
Missed M/C 11/5/2010 @ 5 weeks, 3 days* D&C 12/3/2010 at 9 weeks, 3 days
After over 30 years of being (mostly) zit-free, I've been breaking out like crazy. I bucked up and went to the derm and she said I have adult-onset cystic acne and that I'm basically fukked. I have some cream to try and minimize it, but she said unless I was willing to also take some oral medication, I wouldn't see much improvement.
BF's mom didn't call him on his birthday. She forgot. Now she wants to come visit for a couple of days and I just don't know if I have enough "nice" in me to do it.
The lack of posts on here are bumming me out.
Do you wash your face before you wash/condition your hair in the shower? I've found that if I wash my hair first and wash my face, the amount of acne I get decreases because the shampoo/conditioner I use leaves a thin residue on my skin, which was causing me to break out. Also, hairspray on my forehead was causing it too.
These might not be helpful hints, but I figured I'd put it out there because it helps me.
The lack of posts around here has been depressing me as well.
Wow. Yeah dealing with family members that keep everything under the sun sounds like it would be frustrating. I would just let them know you are working on it and then drop the box off at Good Will. Odds are if its been sitting there for a decade that nothing it in is that important. Going through all those boxes would be a PITA.
Yeah, me too.
My confession is super boring: I just don't feel motivated to work today, and I'm annoyed at recent dumb student comments, like "oh, I forgot to bring a pencil to class, so can you email me the paper assignment instructions?" (the day before it's due).
Also, it is pretty funny. Anybody want VHS tapes of Sailor Moon recorded off the TV in like 1997?
That's bold. I would never ever ever ask my teacher for an assignment so late. I would stalk a classmate first.
@Betty - Fortunately he is not ill, we have ruled that out! But unfortunately, there are no answers.
I tried several different "alert" methods for him, like a bell at the door, but he was afraid of all of them. He won't go to the door if he has to go. He just sneaks off and goes!
I am going to look into a behaviorist and see if we can afford one appointment, at least! For now we are also trying moving his crate to a different area in hopes he won't hear or see morning's arrival as much. The early morning wake-up is only since we moved to the new house.
lol
I have an aunt who's a hoarder and once in awhile she'll bring me something really random...it's clear that it was stored in a corner somewhere for years and years, and now I really need to have it. Perpetuates the whole "this will have value to someone someday" mentality that hoarders have, plus the whole sentimental value thing.
Caramel Macchiato coffee creamer should be its own food category. I consume approximately 5-8 servings per day.
I haven't seen any really good drama on TN TB TK in awhile. There?s some hardee-har-har posts, but nothing completely shocking. I kind of want to stalk silentsymphony just to be "in the know" the next time she lets it rip again. Flameful? Sure.
I have been a major book nerd my whole life and studied English in college. Lately I have noticed that my spelling skills are seriously lacking. Maybe if I drink more caramel macchiato creamer I will spell better? I'm slightly embarrased about the whole debacle.
Don't let him fool you! He's just trying to get out of lunch duty.
Have you tried a belly band? Our dog has had trouble "getting it" (adult rescue) and the belly band has been awesome. We got ours off of Etsy so its a comfy flannel one. At the least you won't be cleaning up pee.
I tried one a few years ago and he got out of it, but I'd be willing to try again! I'm a little concerned about essentially putting the dog in diapers and how messy the cleanup will be all the time - how does it work? Does your dog do a full-on pee in it? I'm afraid mine would. Do you put a maxi pad or something inside it?
When are you coming over?
After you visit Muddled, swing by Casa Interro, won't you?
Omg, I would be ruthless. I should charge for this.