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Confessions/Flamefuls?
I have a few.
* Over the weekend, I went to a bridal shower at this really nice place way the hell out in LI. Anyway, the place was holding two functions, the bridal shower and a biker reunion. I walked to the ladies room with my friend, and and there was a big group in front of the door. One of the bikers said to me "I like em sturdy" - so I said "I just had a baby, she's 3 weeks old", and a couple of the biker ladies said "Oh you look great! wow!" LOL. Avery is 8 months old. My friend looked at me totally appalled.
* I ate like half a jar of stuffed spanish olives out of the jar today.
* I really need to crank the work out, and I am..but the baby is extra clingy and so, Sesame Street has been playing non-stop. Im not ignoring her, but I am letting my tv babysit her. And, worst part - I dont know that I feel so bad about that.
...here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart
I carry your heart(I carry it in my heart)
Re: Confessions/Flamefuls?
I confess that I lowered our savings goal for getting in to a house by $500/month. I said it was because I didn't want to have to stress about getting that money put away and I wanted it to be a more easily achievable goal.
It's really because I'm sick of wearing the same 7 or 8 outfits and I want to have more clothes money in my month.
Whhhhy is this so? You are too cute SCC!!
I still haven't talked to XH about the taxes yet. I keep putting it off because I know how it's going to go, and, well, I don't have the tolerance for his unpleasantness anymore.
I realize I can't stick my head in the ground about it forever. I'll give myself another week.
We started recalculating our wedding budget last night and we're over. I already knew this and I thought FI did because he was aware of the individual prices as we were looking in each thing, but apparently hadn't put it all together in his head. Once he saw it all on paper he started to freak. I did not though and could really care less.
What's an extra 2k or 3k at this point? We have kept all our costs low and the majority of the price tag comes from the reception location and amount on our guest list (85 adults). We'll probably end up around 7-8k total, which doesn't really seem like the end of the world.
This is not normally my attitude.
Eh, like I posted the other day I'm at one of my lowest weights in years (not THE lowest though) but I think I've lost muscle tone because I *feel* fatter and more gross than ever.
ETA: I'm also 4 days away from starting my period which doesn't help.
SCC, you're adorable! Don't be insecure!
Another one from me:
Davy Jones just makes me think of Davey Jones's Locker. I was not alive when The Monkees' aired in the 60's or when it re-ran in the 80's. I had to Google.
That always makes me feel like junk too! I hate AF and everything about it.
Me too! I watch too much Pirates of the Caribbean.
fwiw, a big part of the reason I lost 30+ lbs is because I integrated my kid into my workout. I have a recumbent stationary bike I never use, and Wii Fit I never use. But if I put on music, Joaquin and I dance around the house like freaking idiots and it's super fun. I even get the added bonus of a 20 pound weight, so I throw her in the air to work my arms and stuff. Which is I guess my flammable confession?
lol, no wait. My flammable confession is that my H got all hyped for steak and potato gratin for dinner, and I just looked up the menu for Del Taco because there's a new one near us, so we're totally going to Del Taco instead. lol. We'll do the other stuff tomorrow.
When your H has meat for dinner, does he cook it or do you?
Oh, and also, when Joaquin & I watch TV, it's usually Futurama or some random cat show on Animal Planet. We watched Sesame Street for about a week and gave up on it. She loves Grover and Cookie Monster because she has books about them. They showed Cookie Monster once as a cartoon for 2 minutes and Grover never over the course of a week. They gave that annoying little twat Elmo (she wanders off while he's on screen) three and a half HOURS of airtime in the same week. So, we don't watch Sesame Street anymore.
Yeah, I'm an adult being vitriolic over Sesame Street. Suck it.
Got it. We're similar, except it's pretty rare that it happens any more. I don't think we've had any meat in the house in a couple months.
I look and feel absolutely disgusting right now. I get really puffy when I'm sick so today I look about 15 weeks pregnant.
Also, I am trying to figure out if someone I know is pregnant or not, but we all know the rule about asking that question. Especially knowing what I look like when I'm relaxed/lazy/sick/etc. I feel a little guilty for even speculating, lol.