Longest Thread EVER! (aka Random Thoughts Thread )

pineconey

janice9821 said:

pineconey said:

Angry as poop that a phone call woke me from my morning nap, until I listened to the voicemail... Our new apartment is ready. Whaaaaat?!
The good news is that I whined about their usual 1 day overlap between apartments since we are out of town this weekend so they gave us a week.

You are clearly an awesome negotiator.   Can I hire you to wrangle all the multiple parties involved in my closing and get their asses in gear so we can move before this baby comes?

Yeah I don't take no for an answer. But I've learned how to do it in a way that's not completely bitchy so people still end up wanting to help me in the end.
The only exception to my awesome is insurance companies. *shakes fist*

katieharpiceland

poru said:

Mamamadi said:

Pregnant women and invalids don't have to follow the fasting and giving up meat for Lent. Woo hoo! Also, my Catholic family is already starting to bug me about getting LO baptized. We had a non-religious wedding and I can't remember the last time I attended church on my own accord. This could get interesting.

DD is 5, and DS is 2.5 and my mom still asks when they're getting baptized. Apparently my answer of "never" equals "someday" to her

Oh noes.  That means your babies are going to be stuck in purgatory.  Because if there really is a God he really is that mean. 

(sorry I usually try to keep my anti-religion comments to a minimum as to not offend the many people who I respect and love who are religious -- but people asking me when I will baptize my baby with a look of fear really irks me)

No one has asked us yet. I really hope they don't. The family didn't seem to freak by our completely non-religious wedding though. 

Bluebird2318

The Jimmy Johns website isn't working. FUCK.

Themaritimemama

poru said:

Mamamadi said:

Stace0616 said:

Pregnant women and invalids don't have to follow the fasting and giving up meat for Lent. Woo hoo! Also, my Catholic family is already starting to bug me about getting LO baptized. We had a non-religious wedding and I can't remember the last time I attended church on my own accord. This could get interesting.

DD is 5, and DS is 2.5 and my mom still asks when they're getting baptized. Apparently my answer of "never" equals "someday" to her

Oh noes.  That means your babies are going to be stuck in purgatory.  Because if there really is a God he really is that mean. 

(sorry I usually try to keep my anti-religion comments to a minimum as to not offend the many people who I respect and love who are religious -- but people asking me when I will baptize my baby with a look of fear really irks me)

-----------------------(Edit)

I generally do not engage in the subject, but my mom usually brings it up herself. If we were following the "rules" they're already screwed. 2/3 were conceived and born out of wedlock... So there's that.

Stace0616

Yeeeah I've never been very religious, though to be fair, neither was my family. We would only do fish on Fridays during Lent and go to Mass on holidays. Somehow, my sister ended up at a Catholic university and married another die-hard Catholic, so that last time I went to church?

Oh yeah, it was for my niece and nephew's baptism two days after I had a marathon sex session with my fiancé (now DH) which resulted in conceiving this baby out of wedlock. So the whole time I was sitting in the pew, my ute was fertilizing the egg that would become LO. Sooooo how exactly do I explain that, plus my non-baptized husband to the Church?

kseccomb17

On a positive note, I got a 96% on a really difficult midterm essay I spent all last week on aaand I got my order from Target today.  \:D/

Sisimama10

jennypenny1014 said:

Sisimama10 said:

My ex hasn't seen or even asked about our daughter since she was two months old...now almost 4 years old. Yet felt the need to text me just a picture of his face, no words, nothing else at 2 am a few months ago. Umm cool douche.

WTF?? How are you even supposed to respond to that?? "Uuuuuuh, thanks??"

How about you include a child support check the next time, asshole!

Bahaha exactly! Exactly!

Serenla

jellysparkles said:

pineconey said:

Angry as poop that a phone call woke me from my morning nap, until I listened to the voicemail... Our new apartment is ready. Whaaaaat?!
The good news is that I whined about their usual 1 day overlap between apartments since we are out of town this weekend so they gave us a week.

Holy crap! All the apartment winning belongs to you!

I'm jealous of your apartment bending skills.

katieharpiceland

This pizza we ordered is taking entirely too long to be ready. COME ON! SO HUNGRY!

Sisimama10

W

Lindsay808 said:

jellysparkles said:

That moment halfway through the semester when you realize that the online discussions you've been blowing off are worth more than the quizzes. Whoops.

 That is so dumb that they're worth more than the quizzes. I hate discussion posts. Do you have to reply too?

"Hi jelly! I really liked your post and completely agree with you that the sun is really hot. I like that you made the point that blankets are soft because they help keep us warm. I never thought of that!"

Makes me want to peel my eyeballs out. 

We have the stupid discussion boards for my class too! We have to post at least once and then respond to THREE people. And "you are a moron and I have no idea how you made it to college" doesn't count.

SnAiLtRaILz

Where's the cranky lady in the fedora today?
)

Ashleypixie

I hate the baptizing/Sunday school crap I get from our families. Not going to happen. I was raised catholic but born athiest, religion just never made sense to me whatsoever. I have made sure that my kids know a little bit of every religion (well, not every but the main ones) but they understand Catholicism the same way I do. A spiritual journey is a lifetime process that does not begin at baptism! Every person has the right to experience the world in a way that makes sense to them. But I can't seem to get that through to my mom or my MIL because I'm "on the wrong path" or "mad at god" 8-|

Ashleypixie

And not only did I piss all over my hand but I also got stuck between a wall and a chair at the nail salon today. People laughed.

kseccomb17

SnAiLtRaILz said:

Where's the cranky lady in the fedora today?
)

Did I miss something?.... 

JessieAlbin

My in laws are pretty sure we are going to Baptize this little guy, and it isn't happening. DH is agnostic at best, I'm a Christian but don't believe in infant baptism, and when he is old enough to understand what baptism means and decides for himself to do it or not to do it, it will be a whole lot more meaningful.

janice9821

pineconey said:

pineconey said:

Angry as poop that a phone call woke me from my morning nap, until I listened to the voicemail... Our new apartment is ready. Whaaaaat?! The good news is that I whined about their usual 1 day overlap between apartments since we are out of town this weekend so they gave us a week.

You are clearly an awesome negotiator.   Can I hire you to wrangle all the multiple parties involved in my closing and get their asses in gear so we can move before this baby comes?

Yeah I don't take no for an answer. But I've learned how to do it in a way that's not completely bitchy so people still end up wanting to help me in the end. The only exception to my awesome is insurance companies. *shakes fist*

Ooh, we would make a good team then.  I've always had awesome luck with insurance companies. 

snmetz7

I had the biggest BBQ potato for lunch and am not going to take a nap in my car before the meeting. That is all

sking72

I was anti-religion for the longest time, then found a church I loved and plan on baptizing LO there. Gonna be interesting because I'm technically Roman Catholic and SO is Lutheran (but never goes to church) and the church I go to now is Episcopalian.

My SIL's kid was baptized early August, and I really should have known I was pregnant then because prepregnancy I was never going to have kids and frankly, babies really freaked me out. At the baptism I couldn't start staring at the three babies "ooo" ing and "ahh"ing and nearly crying over how cute they were. Damn you hormones, you're good.

Stace0616

@JessieAlbin - I love that! I may have to steal it. That is my biggest beef with baptizing our child. I want to teach him about Catholicism (my dad's religion) and Episcopalianism (my mom's religion) before committing to either. Or none? I'm fascinated by religion in general, and having joined a Jewish sorority, I've been kind of adopted by my sorority sisters. I want LO to attend Shabbat dinners and learn about Hanukkah, Purim, and the High Holidays. And about polytheistic days of the ancients.

I just can't see myself forcing a "family religion" on him until he has his own beliefs, but that doesn't make sense to any of our family members. :-/

avidkeo

jellysparkles said:

SnAiLtRaILz said:

Where's the cranky lady in the fedora today?
)

Suspiciously missing.  Maybe out getting pizza?

Surely not trolling the boards ETA - also notably absent: @avidkeo

I'm here Jelly!! was sleeping!! its only 9:20am sat morning here, DH left at 7am to go out of town to play bowls so am on my own, watching Doctor Who!

Nice to be missed!

ETA glad to hear the fleabag is doing better!!!!!! no idea where mine has got to! out exploring I'm sure.

avidkeo

I want to live in the states where you get all the best junk food!!! We don't have pop tarts, or any of all the other amazing goodies you talk about!!! Waaaaaaaa  (

katieharpiceland

toaster strudels > pop tarts

avidkeo

See now I just have to make myself a chocolate cake, just for me!

Stace0616

avidkeo said:

See now I just have to make myself a chocolate cake, just for me!

You should make the "Too Much Chocolate Cake". It's super easy and delicious! Plus, if for some reason you can't polish it off, it freezes well This is next on my list of things to bake haha!

Emily041285

Just found out that I'm going to get my sales incentive $ for this month even though I may be on maternity leave by the time the pay check would come! Wahoo!! So excited! That's almost $1,000 I would've missed out on! <:-P

avidkeo

Stace0616 said:

See now I just have to make myself a chocolate cake, just for me!

You should make the "Too Much Chocolate Cake". It's super easy and delicious! Plus, if for some reason you can't polish it off, it freezes well This is next on my list of things to bake haha!

OH that sounds good!!!!! Recipe??? 

Edit: Never mind, googled it!

avidkeo

aronie82 said:

Ok snail you peeked my curiosity. I don't want you to out yourself yet though.  I'm sure there is awesomeness in your future.

I feel like I've missed so much, Snail????? has she commented on other posts or just this one??

KatieGummow

Who was it that wasn't shampooing her hair anymore? Updates?

katieharpiceland

::hugs:: @aviola329 I Have no advice, but, hugs. 

avidkeo

my furbaby just showed up, and is now sitting on my lap.... not enough room with laptop, bump and furbaby!!  what do you think will go first?

Tferr02

Apparently my dog has a runny nose? My son keeps insisting she blow her nose. Anyone know if boogie wipes are bad on a dog's nose?

Stace0616

I am NOT looking forward to my impending Costco trip to stock the apartment on paper towels, toilet paper and shower/tooth supplies. March is turning into a month where we are just hemorrhaging money to prepare for baby. I just ordered a two months supply of diapers and it cost nearly as much as our crib mattress. WTF? Having an inside baby has been WAY cheaper than this!

Emily041285

Oh @aviola329 I'm sorry! I hate when plans get changed at the last minute. But I'd take them with you. It gets so uncomfortable to drive now I think it'd be nice to have someone take over if you need to. Is there anything for them to do near the shower? A zoo maybe? Or a children's museum?

Eta: or a movie they could see?

thomas930

Crap my BP is all funky again (dropping) I feel faint-ish. Pretty sure its from the shower I just took.

Emily041285

Hmmmm. Well that stinks. Maybe you could come up with an activity they could do in another room? A Lego set or something? That could be cheaper than going to Disney.

This probably won't help, but I'd hate to see you drive that far by yourself!

Tferr02

mamrotu73 said:

Tferr02 said:

Apparently my dog has a runny nose? My son keeps insisting she blow her nose. Anyone know if boogie wipes are bad on a dog's nose?

My dog just licks his nose if it drips. I don't think wipes are needed. I don't think they would hurt either and it might be really cute if your son followed the dog around to wipe her nose.

Her nose isn't really runny . My son is 2 and thinks that she is his best friend. He has decided she has a runny nose and is insisting she blows it. I have the best dog because she just lays there as he forces a boogie wipe on her nose and makes blowing sounds.

sking72

I'm doing my at home self pedicure after saying I would do it for four days. If I can't walk around my house I can't just keep eating for no reason!

Mamamonzo

Ya know what will really test a marriage? Installing a car seat.

irisheyez7

Mamamonzo said:

Ya know what will really test a marriage? Installing a car seat.

I forsee this in my future. DH sold cars for years and insists he knows how to do it, but I am not so sure. I know dealers do checks and installs but it's been a long while since he worked there. I am going to let him do his thing but if it looks slightly wrong I am getting that shit checked out!

sking72

toothpastechica said:

sking72 said:

I'm doing my at home self pedicure after saying I would do it for four days. If I can't walk around my house I can't just keep eating for no reason!

You can still reach your feet well enough to give yourself a pedi? I'm Impressed. 

It was so nice because I hate when other people touch my feet so I really enjoyed it.

Reading how to install my carseat, not so nice. Very confusing.