Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

TallaB

Is Benjamin Moore paint really that superior to other paints? I know you get what you pay for, but shit's expensive!!

snmetz7

TallaB said:

Is Benjamin Moore paint really that superior to other paints? I know you get what you pay for, but shit's expensive!!

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/consumer-reports-picks-for-best-interior-paints-2013-188298 We use behr for everything and have never had an issue

pannk

TallaB said:

Is Benjamin Moore paint really that superior to other paints? I know you get what you pay for, but shit's expensive!!

My apartment managers use Glidden and I think it's held up really well for the past 3 years. Granted, I've never done the actual painting, so I'm not sure how easy it goes on.

fireflygirl12

TallaB said:

Is Benjamin Moore paint really that superior to other paints? I know you get what you pay for, but shit's expensive!!

We usually use the higher quality paints because they typically don't require you to use primer first.

snmetz7

fireflygirl12 said:

Is Benjamin Moore paint really that superior to other paints? I know you get what you pay for, but shit's expensive!!

We usually use the higher quality paints because they typically don't require you to use primer first.

both glidden and behr have a paint and primer in one and is still 1/2 the cost of benjamin moore

natpirt

ColleenSwerb  Thank you, I am really not worrying. This LO, being my third, is really just throwing me through the ringer. I thought the first two were different, but this one has put me in a whole new playing field. 

fourthnlast

Just counted my CD stash- 18 and growing. I'm pretty excited!

fireflygirl12

fourthnlast said:

Just counted my CD stash- 18 and growing. I'm pretty excited!

I may have lost track when doing all my ordering and counted 36 the other day. DH says we're done buying for this LO. We'll see

BiggerinRealLife

aviola329 said:

Pretty proud of myself, figured out how to add the next skein of yarn mostly all by myself!

It is so late here but I can't sleep and neither could DH so now that we finished the first Blu-ray Disc of friends (12 episodes!) were moving on to our DVR. Ugh I hope I can sleep soon! It's a good thing neither of us works tomorrow.

@aviola329 Of you ever need help you can PM me.

Stace0616

So they just cancelled school in Minnesota for Monday which NEVER happens. Boss decided to keep office open but we can use PTO if we have to. Did I mention the windchill temperatures are supposed to fall to -60 degrees Fahrenheit?

WTF is with this weather?!?!

Sisimama10

Stace0616 said:

So they just cancelled school in Minnesota for Monday which NEVER happens. Boss decided to keep office open but we can use PTO if we have to. Did I mention the windchill temperatures are supposed to fall to -60 degrees Fahrenheit?

WTF is with this weather?!?!

Yeah Monday our HIGH is supposed to be -10 WITHOUT windchill. That's insanely cold. :-(

BiggerinRealLife

snmetz7 said:

ok ladies don't hate me.

I am continuing to loose weight. I lost like 11 pounds during first tri and was able to gain about 8 back during 2nd tri and I stayed there for a solid month and a half with no change. Then I got on the scale today and I had lost ANOTHER 3 pounds putting me at -6 lbs from pre pregnancy. No matter what I do I can't gain weight and I''m starting to worry. I have switched from 2% to whole milk and eat three full meals a day and snack on nuts and cheese and peanut butter all day long eating lots of protein and whatever else I want. I am not a small girl (18/20 pre pregnancy) and the one time in my life I don't want to shed pounds they are coming off. I will be asking my drs what they think next time I go in but thats still about 3 weeks away. ok I'm done talking about my weight.

@snmetz7 Are we the same person? Did you crawl into my room and read my diary? Seriously, this is me. And it's SO FRUSTRATING especially feeling like I've gained weight for years without wanting to, and now I can't gain weight if you paid me. And I was a 18/20 pre-preg too. My doc isn't worried so I try not to be, but I'm tired of seeing the number stay the same or drop every time I get on the scale.

If it helps, my OB said that she really likes to see women gaining in their third tri, and that it doesn't bother her at all that I haven't gained yet because the baby is measuring on schedule. She says it's actually healthier, especially given my pre-preg size, that I haven't gained yet. And that as long as baby's measuring well and I'm eating as much and as well as I say I am (eating healthy to GAIN weight is so not easy!) then she's not worried.

My theory? A lot of my calories pre-baby came from booze. Wine, champagne, the odd cocktail. I had a glass of wine almost every night and more on the weekends. I'd maintained my weight for about a year and a half without gaining anything, so I know my body was in stasis at that calorie level. Now, even though I'm eating the same if not more, I'm not getting those (delicious) empty calories any more. So I think I'm trimming up. That's just my theory. Plus, before I knew I was pregnant I'd been cutting back the booze and snacks and lost ten pounds in the three months before baby. I have yet to get those back. But I'm trying!

All that to say, cheer up buttercup! Someone else is in your shoes. Talk to your doctor for sure, but I'm sure your baby is doing great and your body is doing what it needs to do. Now if I can just tell the nagging fears in my own head that I'll be fine.

BiggerinRealLife

Sisimama10 said:

This.

This is me with my MIL. Seriously.

mrscrcalli

How many bowls of frosted flakes is too many bowls??

BiggerinRealLife

mrscrcalli said:

How many bowls of frosted flakes is too many bowls??

Stop right before you get sick.

mrscrcalli

BiggerinRealLife said:

mrscrcalli said:

How many bowls of frosted flakes is too many bowls??

Stop right before you get sick.

What if, say I had 3 bowls in the same milk... Still drink the milk?

SeattleMomma

Being the nosey lurker that I am. I like reading the birth stories and I went into Feb 2014 and they already have many birth announcements.
Told reality check that this mini me will be here this year.

fireflygirl12

Sisimama10 said:

Stace0616 said:

So they just cancelled school in Minnesota for Monday which NEVER happens. Boss decided to keep office open but we can use PTO if we have to. Did I mention the windchill temperatures are supposed to fall to -60 degrees Fahrenheit?

WTF is with this weather?!?!

Yeah Monday our HIGH is supposed to be -10 WITHOUT windchill. That's insanely cold. :-(

Mid-40s here and I think it's too cold. I'm such a baby.

mrscrcalli

Feb!! Oh man.. No I can't have this child in March that's bananas in pajamas! Don't you put that reality in my head!

Sisimama10

I would love to have the baby early. SO doesn't work winters. He got his return date and it's 4/15. I am due 4/21. So I would really like baby to come at the beginning of April so I have some help!

BiggerinRealLife

Sisimama10 said:

I would love to have the baby early. SO doesn't work winters. He got his return date and it's 4/15. I am due 4/21. So I would really like baby to come at the beginning of April so I have some help!

My baby needs to stay inside as long as possible! DH is an accountant and there's no way in hades that I want a tax season baby! Nope, no way, uh uh. Baby's just going to have to stay in there. I've been praying to carry to term, and I think it'll be ok. God isn't that mean.

SoulTermination

Note to self: You don't have any V8 left.  That can you just picked up and shook?  That was your cherry Pepsi, dumbass. 

Sisimama10

BiggerinRealLife said:

Sisimama10 said:

I would love to have the baby early. SO doesn't work winters. He got his return date and it's 4/15. I am due 4/21. So I would really like baby to come at the beginning of April so I have some help!

My baby needs to stay inside as long as possible! DH is an accountant and there's no way in hades that I want a tax season baby! Nope, no way, uh uh. Baby's just going to have to stay in there. I've been praying to carry to term, and I think it'll be ok. God isn't that mean.

Lol I feel mean too. I want 37 weeks. I know you can't schedule a baby when it's convenient, but it sure would be nice having SO home those first two weeks.

snmetz7

@Biggerinreallife I know you're right and my body is doing what it needs to thanks for letting me know i'm not the only one going through this. I promise to put your diary back right where I found it

As far as when the baby gets here, as long as its in April I'm good. I just want my 3rd generation female in April, because, how cool is that?!

Bluebird2318

Guess who just had lunch with the lovely @pineconey and her H? That's right! Be jealous; be very jealous!

pineconey

Bluebird2318 said:

Guess who just had lunch with the lovely @pineconey and her H? That's right! Be jealous; be very jealous!

PROOF!!!

Stace0616

Totally jealous!! Hope you gals had fun!

Stace0616

I'm hoping baby stays in there an additional five days so he can share a birthday with my dad Also, the running joke of a 4/20 pot baby is getting old....

kseccomb17

I opened the fit Friday mom thread while eating white cheddar cheez its and sipping on a coke.... whoops.

Sisimama10

Ehhh me wishing it won't have any effect on when he comes. He will come when he's ready regardless.

Stace0616

If the child is like me, he'll show up ridiculously early--if he is like my husband, I'll be waiting awhile. I swear, the only reason we show up on time together is because I lie to him about when things start!

snmetz7

sex poll #9 makes me think of love potion #9

kseccomb17

Do you guys say soda or pop?

I say pop and from what I've noticed most people from Montana say pop.

Sisimama10

kseccomb17 said:

Do you guys say soda or pop?

I say pop and from what I've noticed most people from Montana say pop.

Pop. I'm in Illinois.

Stace0616

I've lived all over the Midwest, but have always said "pop". When we moved to Wisconsin with their "soda" and "bubblers" (drinking fountains), it always was so weird.

I'm very happy to now be in a pop state in Minnesota! My son will grow up asking me for the correct carbonated beverage

Stace0616

@poru--OMG that bugs me sooo much! Remember that coworker/friend I have who is always saying the weird shit about my weight? Yeah she is ALWAYS always 30-45mins late. I don't know why I even bother to make it on time, because for me, "on time" means at least 10mins early. So I sit there for like 40-55mins waiting for her on the off chance she may show up on time.

SoulTermination

Stace0616 said:

When we moved to Wisconsin with their "soda" and "bubblers" (drinking fountains), it always was so weird.

I've said "soda" before, but when I first moved to Wisconsin and my DH called the drinking fountain a "bubbler", I looked at him like he'd suddenly sprouted a second head that was speaking in tongues.  From what I've been able to figure out, WI is the ONLY state that calls them that. *boggle*  :-??

Mamamonzo

Pop here in Michigan!

mrscrcalli

Working out seems like so much work [-(

thomas930

Soda down here in FL