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FFFCs, randoms, vents
Spill it here 
* DS1...allergic to dairy, peanuts, eggs and turkey *
love is for every her, love is for every him, love is for everyone
love is for every her, love is for every him, love is for everyone
Re: FFFCs, randoms, vents
-I haven't worn my wedding rings in almost a month because my finger (and eyes, oddly) flare up in a crazy allergic reaction. I hope no one thinks I'm getting divorced because I'd notice if someone hadn't worn their rings in a hot second. Than I'd assume they were getting divorced because I'm nosey like that.
-I found ants in my house last night, and I flipped the fvck out. DH was out spraying around the house at midnight so I'd calm down. {{shudder}}
-We lost power yesterday morning, so I came to work without fixing my hair. Surprise! It was picture day. There's now a badge with this horrible picture of me sitting on my desk that I'm supposed to wear everywhere.
-I have a playdate on Sunday with a co-worker twin mom, and I'm pretty excited about it. Although if I'm being honest, I'm going to bake Tiff cookies to bring, and that's what I'm excited about.
It ticks me off that people ignore their bills/screw the system and ruin it for the rest of us honest people that want to pay and take care of our responsibility.
I want to get trashed and go flirt. I miss the randomness of it, but only want to go one night. Plus all the stress of everything it would be nice to be able to forget it for a night. But two beers and I'm drunk and with my meds I can't drink anyways.
I know someone who is taking advantage of something but I can't call them out on it because I "shouldn't" know. I really want to be a whisle blower but I know that everything will come out in due time.
I'm scared my baby will be ugly...
One of my brothers never seems to want to return any texts/phone calls from me. I feel like ever since he got married I don't have as good of a relationship with him and that makes me extra sad to see him change.
I've been so stressed with money and it is not helping me lose weight! DH is in a wedding in October and I want to look good when we go. Hopefully I can get back into running because it is such a good stress reliever but this damn heat needs to go away.
I just got my 6 month review and was really hoping for a raise. I'm bummed I got nothing. Here's keeping my fingers cross I get one at my yearly review otherwise I may be job hunting.
I got a 2nd pt job waitressing and it sux a$$. I've made ok money but seriously hate that I'm paid based off tips. I'm hoping I only have to do this until Christmas and then can quit. Working 7 days a week blows balls.
AMEN. My issue is really the fact that my nephew's 16 year old girlfriend (and his dad's, girlfriend's daughter---figure that out) gets to go without a job, without responsibilities, etc and not pay a thing and I am paying tens of thousands in medical bills. (Yes, I fully support a medicaid system...not the blatant abuse). I also think medical facilities should not be a-holes with people over bills in the tens of thousands and expect them to be paid off in, oh, 6 months.. just me though.
We settled on Jude's name and I am sooo excited. So much so that I flat out told a coworker to shut her trap when she gave me a lecture on how I could do much, much better than what we chose.
I got a pedicure (or penis, Jamie) yesterday with cracky and it was seriously heaven...I needed that after the past week.
I bought a short pink leopard print skirt from wet seal. I'm wearing it to Jason Aldean tonight. I feel sexy in it and because I'm back to my pre-pg weight I think I can rock it.
I got my nails put back on and now I feel less "mom"
-My mom is BSC. She always says she wants to help, but when I ask her for help (w/ Alissa) she always has an excuse not to. Or, wants it on her terms. She wants to see her every week, but I have to drive all the way from Papillion to CB in order for her to see Alissa. Really? You can't drive over to my place for once? Come on now.
-My friend referred me to Aspen Athletic in Shadow Lake. I keep getting texts "Hi, this is Damian, you were referred by Laura. If interested in a free 7 day pass, please respond to this text." I haven't responded. So, that would mean I am not interested, right? For some reason, they don't get that. And they keep calling/texting. And always at a time where it's inconvenient for me to respond to them. Even though I shouldn't HAVE to respond, since by not responding, I am not showing interest, which is what they asked for.
-I went to HyVee last night to grab a few things that are on sale this week. I don't know if it's HyVee or the couponers, but I get so ticked when the shelves are bare and I am able to get 1 of the 10 things I came for. Especially laundry soap. Whenever laundry soap is on sale, it's gone in 10 seconds flat. Irritating.
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Alissa Jean
9.10.2004
I decided to trial myself on watermelon (I've been eating the exact same 8 foods for the past 9 months). I took one bite and freaked out. It was amazing. I ate 1/4 of that watermelon in 20 minutes. Then I got up this morning and ate another 1/4! So far so good, here's hoping the next few days go well, I need more foods!!
DH and I are going on vaca w/out the kids in a few weeks. I'm looking forward to it, but I'm terrified of 2 things: Flying, and whether this resort will come through on feeding me safely. One tiny mistake in their kitchen and my whole week will be ruined.
We started our adoption homestudy!! I've never been so excited to spend hours on paperwork and answer the most intimate of questions and bare our souls.
We've got baby fever!
- I royally pissed off this chick who works in another dept because she was becoming overbearing with shoving her parenting advice down the throats of others. I saw her walking down the hall and avoided her. I know she's pissed and didn't want to be fake nice.
- DH is home with Evan today b/c he's sick. I hope Evan starts feeling better and acting like his crazy 2 year old self. I swear that kid has the energy of 10 kids and I hope he gives DH a run for his money
- Apparently I didn't learn jack in my Exploring Inclusion class yesterday because I'm still snarky and gossipy about fellow workers!
- I hate having to stress about how much maternity leave I can take. It's gross that it all comes down to money but it does. I just don't know if we can swing much unpaid time....if any.
love is for every her, love is for every him, love is for everyone
1. I've dodged that situation... ie ducking into the restroom to avoid
2. Agreed... I am glad I am not the only one!
3. This is my current stress...complicated even more today!
*I want the lady that's buying our house to sell her's immediately. She's already turned down 2 offers. It appears that she's going to have to come to the same realization that we did, the economy blows, and you aren't going to make the kind of money on your house that you think you should. It's just not going to happen. Deal with it and move the eff on!!!!!!!
*I started calling in home daycare's in the neighborhood that we finally narrowed down as being the one we want to live in. I feel a lot better about it as most of the people I've called have been doing it for 15+ years, seemed very nice, and are a lot more reasonably priced than I was originally planning for. Woot!
*I *know* everything will work out, and all will be fine, but I just hate not knowing WHEN it's going to work out. I'm a MAJOR planner, and this up in the air nonsense with moving is starting to really bring me down.
*Even though I am now one of those mom's with the tantruming toddler in public, it still doesn't make me judge other mom's less... I know they say to ignore, ignore, ignore, but FFS do you not hear your kid screaming while your calmly browsing through the jewelry?
*I was really excited about these super cute flats I got at Target yesterday for $5. However, I've only walked out of my house to my car and walked into work wearing them, and I already have gashes on the back of my foot that are bleeding and two blisters on the top of my foot. WTF? Do the people that make these shoes not try them on before selling them?
We've had so much going on this summer, that I'm considering just having a very, very small birthday celebration for Colin with immediate family. I figure this early in life is the only time I'll probably be able to get away with it
Plus, I feel like we've got the toys under control in our house and I really don't want a whole slew of new ones. Does that make me a mean mom?
I just finished a HUGE wedding invitation assembly project last night. It took over 12 hours total. Holy cow... I definitely did NOT charge enough for that. And I'm exhausted. I think I deserve a new purse and wallet --- going to online shop for that now....
Married the love of my life 6/3/06
Became a family of three 8/25/09
Exactly, I know someone who is abusing and getting away with it, and doens't have a freaking care in the world when I'm sick to my stomach everyday trying to figure out how I'm going to handle this or handle that. Calling this place and calling that. And yes who can just crap out $10k!? I can't help it my whole life got turned upside down, I think they need a crack down on the systems.
HELL NO! It was me, D, my parents and Shelli for Evan's party...and Shelli just came over to deliver the cake and watch him open presents. We went to the zoo in the morning, grilled and that's it. I wasn't up for it either and with Cmas coming I know he'll get so much crap!
love is for every her, love is for every him, love is for everyone
Ok, good
I feel much better... thanks K!
Married the love of my life 6/3/06
Became a family of three 8/25/09
I used to feel the same way - even up until about a month ago. Then, when one finds out that, truly, nothing works, one tries ignoring. Surprisingly enough, ignoring does work (and I HATE it).
"Terrible twos" are a joke. BIG.FAT.JOKE. I'm just now seeing the "threes" and cannot believe my eyes. And, to eat my words even more, I didn't believe any one of you who said 3s are worse than 2s. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Speaking of home studies, the judge is not being nice to us. We filed finalization paperwork in JANUARY. It's supposed to take about 3 months once we file the paperwork. It is now July and they now want us to do a brand new home study with a social worker not associaed with our agency, new fingerprints, and new child abuse clearance checks. Oh, and we have a court date to "meet the judge." It's not the finalization court date either. This is ridiculous.
*We finally got a "decent" offer on our house after being for sale for a year! We accepted the offer and hopefully if there are no snags we will be out of here in a month.
*I want to get crap done regarding the move now!! However, my DH will not let me because he is very pesimistic about the sale not going through for one reason or another. I want to tell him hush up and be happy. I'm ready to move on with our lives. Selling a house has not been fun at all!
*My 3yr old is finding new ways to test me every day. One day I feel like I may just loose my mind! I thought 2 was hard...WOW was I wrong! I'm really glad she will be starting pre-school in the fall.
* My hair looks like crap today and I'm not sure why. I did the exact same thing to it as I have been and it is so NOT cute.
* I want the neurologist to switch my meds again. I cannot take this being sleepy and pukey day and night. They have me on zofran to combat puking all day long, but I have over an hour drive 2x a day that I am having trouble staying awake through. 8+ hours of sleep a night is not helping either.
* I really want to tell a friend off. I want to tell her how sh!tty she has been to me for years. She is nice...very nice....but she is one of those people who expects you to do do do for her and she has done NOTHING for me. Petty of me, but I started adding things up last night. Gift for my wedding, nope. Gift for my baby shower, nope. Anything after C was born, nope. 1st or 2nd birthday, nope. She was at all of these events. She was the only BM in my wedding that wasn't family.
Well, at least you believe us now!!
Happily Married Since 11.29.02
Brayden Kenneth born 3.27.06
Blaire Kay born 7.10.10
I am so lonely in this new city - but I am trying hard. I invited my husbands co-workers over for dinner this evening (I should be cleaning, and not nesting.... oh well).... Maybe I will meet some friends.
I had a job interview yesterday, and while it's only part-time, it's in my field, and it would be a job.
My husband and I decided this week, that we are ready to start trying to have children. I am super excited, and am ready for this to happen.
Um, I haven't worn mine since I got pg last year. Boo!
I dropped my wedding band down the heating vent last week, and have yet to find a way to get it out.
--I totally think it's okay to have a simple 1st bday and that people blow it way out of perspective. The kiddo is 1, not graduating from high school!
--My patience with people is being pushed to the max. Our home project was supposed to be finished June 26th and it is now July 22 and my house is still torn up and a disaster. If they don't come close to finishing it this weekend, I am leaving. I can't stand the mess and unorganization/lack of privacy anymore. Dh can deal with them.
--I just got the tags for my new car then pd the landscaping people for that project. Amazing how much money I just spent in less than an hour and only wrote out 2 checks.
--I am not getting enough sleep lately which is adding to my impatience.
--I had planned to run errands this afternoon but Lyra has decided to sleep so that hasn't happened. My day just did not go as planned.