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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
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Re: Daily Randoms, Vents, Etc
I have a few.
I'm sure some of you have seen my posts about our neighbor. Well, Sunday he came home drunk and backed into our fence three times while attempting to back into his yard. The corned of it is a steel post in concrete- he bent it. DS, DH and myself all witnessed it. We called the police, he told them he would pay and we have a report number. Because of our past history with him, we will get nowhere just mailing him a bill so DH wants to take it to small claims court. Does anyone have any experience with small claims court? I doubt he would even show up.
DD started pre-school last week and goes twice a week for a couple hours, this is her second week. I'm a little annoyed at the parent "cliquey-ness" that has begun already.
It really irks me that politicians pull their negative ads on days like 9/11 because they want to "honor the deceased." Well guess what, why not act like a decent human being everyday? Wouldn't that be a way to honor those who have lost their lives as well?
Grrr.
I love my kids so much, but I will be so glad when we are done with diapers, sleep issues, teething, and throwing food all over the floor.
I am really annoyed that DH just drops his parenting duties when football is on. so I end up staying up later and doing more crap. If I am going to deal with the hour-long fiasco that is putting DS1 to bed, you could at least pack his lunch, or wash the dishes. Anything!
I'm annoyed that my kid ate fruit loops, waffles, fruit snacks, and a rice krispie treat at daycare yesterday. Food is provided for the kids at his daycare which is great except that the food is crap. Would it be so hard to feed them Cheerios instead of Fruit Loops and maybe some fruit sometimes?!
I think I am going to get my hair highlighted (for the first time in 10 years or so!). I need to find a place to go though.
BFP#1: 01/10, M/C 6w -- BFP#2: 06/10, M/C 5w -- BFP#3: 09/10, DS born June 1, 2011
BFP#4: 07/12, M/C 5w3d -- BFP#5: 12/12, EDD 08/18/13
Decorate This
IDHT - That's horrible about your neighbor!
I'm excited that our carpet cost for the family room is actually supposed to be less than the cost we were given months ago. Woohoo!
I was washing my third and fInal load of laundry yesterday when the washer broke. The water would drain but it wouldn't spin, agitate, etc and it was making the most god awful screeching noise. I had a full on panic attack because we cannot afford a new washer. DH came home a little early to look at it and he believes he can fix it. The part that snapped in half is only $25. DH said we are going to thoroughly clean the inside (there is a lot of my hair!) before we put it back together. It is absolutely disgusting but I suppose it's the price I have to pay for not needing a new one.
This has been a rough month for people I am close to. One friend's DH was diagnosed with cancer and started chemo. His second round of chemo will coincide with the birth of their second child. My other friend's dad was diagnosed with cancer and only has months to live. Her DH's grandmother passed away two weeks ago. BIL's grandmother passed away last night. It's tough trying to be there for them because I don't know what I can do. If that makes sense. In light of these events, I'm even more grateful that FIL's colonoscopy was clean and he has been cancer free for almost three years.
IDHT - What I learned in small claims: If you have photos, etc. and they don't show in court, the judge can still award it to you. You'll have to prepay filing and server fees to serve the notice to the neighbor and court costs, but they will get wrapped into the judgement. (I think up to $5K) Then neighbor would have X number of days to pay you or you could fill out the paperwork to garnish his wages or tax return. However, you then have to try to take him to court again to "discover" this information. If he still doesn't show and you go through that process, the court can issue a bench warrant.
I'm annoyed that those nail polish strips that said they last 10 days have only lasted 12 hours.
Thank you for the information. I have a feeling he is going to be extremely hard to deal with. Luckily it's not a pressing issue.
My grandmother passed away this morning. It's been a really long, really hard few weeks for her and our family. We all knew that this was coming, but getting the call was still terrible. I'm trying to remind myself that she's no longer suffering and she's free from the mental and physical pain that was plaguing her, but I still can't stop tearing up off and on throughout the day.
On top of it, her husband, my grandfather, is in the hospital. He has congestive heart failure and will likely be in for a few days until the excess fluid is removed.
My C-section recovery isn't going so hot, either. I'll spare the details, but our first night home was hard, and there was a scary time around 4am when I had to call the on-call OB to ask if I needed to go to the ER (she said no). It's a little better now, but I'm still supposed to lie in bed as much as I can and take it easy. This all makes it hard to be there for my mother and family like I so want to right now. I'm heading down to see her tonight despite my family's protests, but even I am a little concerned about it all.
To have all of this above and beyond the standard post-partum hormonal insanity is... tough. I'm feeling very precariously balanced right now and the only things getting me through are: my amazing husband, hugs from my daughter, and snuggles with my baby boy.
I am sorry to hear about your grandmother, LLHR. And sorry things are tough right now for your recovery. If you need anything, I am right down the street. Please don't hesitate to ask!
I wish I could "like" your post! I completely agree!
Mine are:
It took me over 2 hours to get to work today because of an accident in 50.
I'm in an argument with a good friend of mine that is stressing me out!
I plan all the recruiting events for the college and the rooms that I always use are now booked!!
It's just been an overall bad day today!!
Thank you, E, you're so sweet! I appreciate it.
Thanks hon. That's the one thing we all keep saying to each other - she was a shell of her former self and when she went into the hospital with a blood clot and cellulitis, we knew it was unlikely that she was coming back out. And if she did, she'd have gone into hospice or nursing home care, which she would have hated. She's free from all of that now.