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It's Monday!!!! That only means one thing.....
I got really mad at Bill this morning and threw a fit. Not screaming and throwing things but still mad. He left his phone at work on Friday locked up in his boss' office so my phone was used for the alarm clock this morning. When he set it for 5:15 AM, I asked, "Are you really going to get up at that time?" He said yes. 5:15 comes around and he says, "Set it again for 6." I said, "You never had any intention of getting up at 5:15 and now I'm up." He took his shower.
Re: It's Monday!!!! That only means one thing.....
James has his first test this morning. We studied all weekend, so any good vibes you can send his way would be appreciated. "Passing" = 85%. He gets really nervous on tests sometimes and doesn't do as well as he is able... but not today - today's test is going to go GREAT! (I have my positive pants on today haha).
My B&M: I had a very bizarre dreams in which I was a soldier, survived some sort of bombing, and then pretended to be paralyzed to avoid going back to battle. What does that say about it?! I'm very disturbed by it this morning.
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This turned long -- sorry girls!
Weekend at the IL's was okay. My IL's were really great. MIL went to the Verizon store to get her a new phone and ended up with an iphone which she loves so much. She said she can't wait to go to work and tell everyone about her apps that her DIL got her. Lol. Cousin and BIL worked out their spat and not only got along but were digusting with each other all weekend.
My beef is with DH though. For whatever reason when we get around friends or his family or my family, he feels the needs to give me a relentless amount of crap about "not having a real job" and "spending too much money." It makes me really upset because me leaving my full time well-paid job to go to school full time (i.e. make it easier to have a baby) wasn't my idea and I don't really enjoy not having the financial freedom I once had.
It would all make sense if we were hurting at all financially, but we aren't at all. He gives me crap about spending money on things like sporadic dinners out with friends or once monthly pedicures but then tells me on the way home that he gave his dad $500 for the hunting lease. We have talked about this issue a number of times but everytime, he says "I'm just kidding, it really doesn't bother me, don't be so serious!" Everyone else seems to think he is serious and I look like a big slacker who basically left her job to have a baby - which he also makes look like it was all my idea, so I look like a baby-crazy girl - when all of you girls know that was absolutely not the case.
I plan to talk to him about it again today but I feel like it's like beating a dead horse shaped like a brick wall.
Julie- that sucks I hate how Matt snoozes for 30-60 min every morning it drives me crazy so I get alarm clock frustrations.
Angie- good vibes your ways
Lesie- I agree that you should chat with him again because he shouldnt bring it up if it really doesnt bother him.
I dont have much this morning, I am just lagging. For some reason I tend to feel more tired on Mondays following weekends where I dont do much.
DH is going to my parents' house next weekend to get some things from there (they have more storage space than us, and also ordered some of his school supplies to be delivered there) next weekend. I had to tell him I couldn't go because of the movie and book club! So, he's going to see my parents by himself
We decided to be lazy yesterday and not leave the house, which means we get to go grocery shopping today or tomorrow. Also I just realized that I forgot to make my list during my "free" time this morning.
I also planted my plants yesterday and I can feel it in my hamstrings.
Angie: Vibes!!
Leslie: Oh man that's rough. Maybe tell him you feel like he's belittling you in front of others. Or simply that it hurts your feelings, so he needs to stop doing it.
Sorry.
Jaymi - I feel your pain. I cleaned our house yesterday - super cleaned, scrubbed, etc. and I am so sore today.
BTW, I got a mani/pedi (so I wasted a lot of money) this weekend and Bill and I are going to be watering our lawn a lot more to try to save it (so even more money wasted).
I tease Bill about a lot of things and I'm making a conscious effort to not do it quite so much. I can see his parents "teasing" me about not having a real job should we ever get to the point where I don't have to work.
I have a small AW: I finally know what my schedule is for this coming year and I'm going to get to go home early every day this year!!!! My zero period is going to count as part of my school day. I'll miss the money but Bill's job kind of doubled on him last week so this will hopefully work out.
I;m so sleepy.. I'm falling asleep writing this. My sister and babies left yesterday for Norway. Most of the family was a mess, but I was happy enough to keep it together until they were going through security. I'm glad DH got out of working Sunday and was there.
Julie - I would have woken him up! I would love to be able to get up when my alarm actually goes off.
Angie - Good luck to him.
I can't remember the others. I can't remember anything right now
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A thank you is appreciated when someone does something for you. That is all.
I hope you all have a wonderful week.
This was going to my OL tomorrow. I don't even want to know what our water bill is going to be
One of DH's friend uses soaker hoses on the lawn right now. We started doing it and the lawn is starting to look really good. We don't know what the water bill will be, but DH's friend said it not that much different.
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We've considered getting the soaker hoses for our foundation but I just opted to save that money (I never realized they were so ridiculously expensive!) and just 'water' them when I'm watering the trees.
Angie - Positive vibes!
Leslie - I hope the talk does some good, I would be pretty upset with that.
Not much to B&M about, had a good weekend, got new workout clothes and tried a new recipe for dinner last night.
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This isn't B&M, but I saw it over on Getting Pregnant and thought it was really interesting. http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/04/where-children-sleep/
I saw that Lowe's had 50' hoses for $12.99 this weekend. When I was walking into the store I saw 3 different people walking out with them with them and I was like 'WTH'...so of course I had to go look... good price!
We use them around our foundation and it makes it so easy.
Thank you Tiffany. We may go check that out today.
Morning!!
Leslie - I'm kind of in the same boat. I quit my job and started back at school - DH loves to tease, but I'm always really sensitive about it. Mostly because I really DO feel guilty about him having to "carry the family". ugh.
My only B&M is that we only have one friend here in Dallas - he's an old friend of DH's from MN. And I do NOT care for him in the least. He's a slimeball and now he wants us to hang out with him ALL THE TIME. Because we're "Best Friends"!!!! Boo.
Saying things that are knowingly hurtful and then saying you were just kidding when you see you've hurt the person is a pet peeve of mine. Ex-hubby did this to me and it is a real problem. And I don't believe the person is kidding--it's their passive-aggressive way of telling you how they really feel. So the issue isn't only that they are doing it, it's the feelings that are behind it.
My BM is the stock market. I just want to pull out all our investments and stick the money under my mattress.
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Just do it!
Surprise! My B&M is the weather. I don't handle Texas summers well anyway, but stepping off the plane yesterday was like getting punched in the face with lava. Other than that, though, I'm really glad to be home!
I read "The Help" and "Water for Elephants" and "Heaven is For Real" on the flights, and wept like a sissy girl over all of them. I've just GOT to make more time for reading in daily life... I miss it!
Last summer, he would get up and go to the couch so that the alarm could go off as many times as he wanted but I wouldn't hear it. This year, not so much. He did wake up and, once he realized that I was not happy, he got up. I don't really care what time he gets up but he does this all the time. "I'm going to get up at 5." Well, the alarm goes off for the first time at 5 but then it goes off for as much as an hour and a half afterwards.
Loved all 3 of these!
How awesome!
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Me too! I bought Unbroken on my e-reader this weekend, so I will let you know how it is.
I am emotional today. I took a pg test this morning because I couldn't wait and got my normal result. Even though I told myself I wouldn't let it bother me, of course it is. I teared up at the slideshow I mentioned above, I am a roller coaster about the DH issue, I cried when I realized this morning that my free year of Amazon Prime ran out July 29th, etc and so on forever.
I went to Barnes & Noble to buy Jacyee Dugard's book but had some time before my hair appointment so I sat down and started reading it. I ended up putting it back and not buying it. I still want to, but I don't know if I can get through it. As bad as I thought it would be, it was worse.
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Just do it!
SUPER interesting. Some of those photos made me teary-eyed though. I can't even imagine how tough life is for some of those little kids.