Yall talk too much...lol ***RANDOM POSTS GO HERE***

Meagano19

XSweetieO0O, we own.  We bought our house about 2.5 years ago.  We weren't really looking but we found a brand new subdivision that was offering $0 down payment because it was in a "rural" location.  We are about 10 minutes from shopping/restaurants/gas stations but we are near Houston so 10 minutes is nothing really.  The city is expanding closer and closer to us so I'm hoping our land will appreciate a bunch in the next 3-5 years then we plan to move.

lizjennings81

@XSweetieO0O, we rent. We're not really interested in buying here; we have this dream that we'll buy a house out West one day. We've always said we'd leave the city around the time a kid started school, so I guess we'll be stuck here until 2020ish!

jaztastic

So I absolutely get fruit envy... which is crazy because Im in the beginning of Feb anyway and only a few people are "ahead" of me fruit wise. But every time I see someone post with a bigger fruit I get all huffy and puffy... and on the same note, my other pregnancy app has this week as a green grape. I would much rather be a grape than an olive for the record. 

and... screw anybody who has a prune right now. 

ETA: I should have made this its own thread... its so damn important. 

pitdigger

@XSweetieO0O‌

We rent. We are legally barred from buying all but the most expensive properties here; so we're renting at least until we get kucked out.

FlutterOfYoshis

sugahcookie01 said:

amberhoon said:

I guess I must be a weirdo but I talk and sing to DS the entire time we are in the car. He's not a car sleeper for the most part so we entertain each other. I don't have any clue how I could forget him. But, as a safety measure I leave my purse in the back seat where he sits. I've heard of people taking their left shoe off and leaving it in the back seat so they HAVE to look back there. I would be more afraid of my H forgetting him because he doesn't typically take him anywhere, but DS is pretty vocal so it helps. So heartbreaking to hear about, though!

I think the purse trick is really good. Wallet works the same for men. My husband would know when he stood up and it wasn't in his pocket.

I saw on the news in response to these babies in hot cars, a boy made a simple rubber-band & duct tape invention to remind parents that a baby's in the car. He has a website with a tutorial so you can make one yourself; it's kinda adorable.

Here's the news article, including a link to the boy's site: https://www.wkrn.com/story/22872890/local-boy-invents-device-to-stop-children-being-left-in-hot-cars

aggiebug

yummmm Nando's.  DH leaves Thurs for the weekend.  I think I will need to justify a trip for some yummy chicken. 

The only reason I am not grumpy today is because I am not at work.  I seriously have a short fuse at work right now and I hate it.  I am never the one that is grumpy or a pain or whiny, but the last week and a half I have been.

DH said well its good you notice because that means you can correct it.  Yeah well I am trying but the hormones are making it extremely difficult.  

another random for the day

I started sewing a maxi dress about 2 months ago (a super easy pattern) but I have been too lazy to finish it.  all I have to do is sew 3 pieces together but I just can't make myself do it.  

Irishcurls

amberhoon said:

I guess I must be a weirdo but I talk and sing to DS the entire time we are in the car. He's not a car sleeper for the most part so we entertain each other. I don't have any clue how I could forget him. But, as a safety measure I leave my purse in the back seat where he sits. I've heard of people taking their left shoe off and leaving it in the back seat so they HAVE to look back there. I would be more afraid of my H forgetting him because he doesn't typically take him anywhere, but DS is pretty vocal so it helps. So heartbreaking to hear about, though!

Nail on the head right there--they said it usually happens when it's an off day, or an off parent, since it's not their normal routine. Too easy to just hop on the highway to work and end up in the parking garage without realizing it. So so scary. Definitely checking out that tutorial @flutterofyoshis linked!

eta: so so cute, his website is adorable. 

jaytee16

Early FFFC: I have no idea what this Nando's is you're all talking about.

pitdigger said:

@XSweetieO0O‌ We rent. We are legally barred from buying all but the most expensive properties here; so we're renting at least until we get kucked out.

@pitdigger - Not to pry, but can you elaborate?  I can't seem to wrap my head around this.

jaztastic

jaytee16 said:

Early FFFC: I have no idea what this Nando's is you're all talking about.

pitdigger said:

@XSweetieO0O‌ We rent. We are legally barred from buying all but the most expensive properties here; so we're renting at least until we get kucked out.

@pitdigger - Not to pry, but can you elaborate?  I can't seem to wrap my head around this.

Me either... and I live in MD and frequent DC. 

XSweetieO0O

I love how prompt you ladies are, haha! 

@irishcurls Well that is totally understandable, I imagine that requires a whole lot of moving! @aks01 I feel like its so different than our parents time. We have my DH student loans which are large, and our car. I had no student loans by the grade of God and my Dad's planning, and now can't wait to get rid of these ones! @jaztaz1‌ How was living at home with the rents? I'm kind of nervous to all be under one big happy roof. I'd love to hear how that was. @sugahcookie01‌ Congratulations on owning, that's such a feat! @thegoodpotato Because of all of the renovations we've done if there is asbestos in this house we have disrupted almost every nook and cranny. I really try not to think about it to avoid going into a panic. @jaytee16 I understand that for sure, when we buy it will for sure be a starter house. We do what we can with what we have, right? And with twins, I can only imagine how you're feeling. @megano19 that is amazing, $0 down. I hear Texas is the place to go for beautiful affordable homes. If it weren't for family I wouldn't feel so locked to Chicago. Especially with how your winters must be.

thegoodpotato

Oh, that sucks!  We had a specialist come and remove all our asbestos.  It cost us $2300 for demo/removal, but it was totally worth it.

XSweetieO0O

jaztaz1 said:

jaytee16 said:

Early FFFC: I have no idea what this Nando's is you're all talking about.

pitdigger said:

@XSweetieO0O‌ We rent. We are legally barred from buying all but the most expensive properties here; so we're renting at least until we get kucked out.

@pitdigger - Not to pry, but can you elaborate?  I can't seem to wrap my head around this.

Me either... and I live in MD and frequent DC. 

I'm intrigued too, I've never heard of a legal bar on what you can buy. 

lizjennings81

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

thegoodpotato

I think the thing with @pitdigger is that they're in a foreign country (in the Caribbean somewhere, can't remember).

Likely the country has rules around what properties foreigners can buy so that foreign money doesn't price the locals out of the market.

jaztastic

XSweetieO0O said:

I love how prompt you ladies are, haha! 

@irishcurls Well that is totally understandable, I imagine that requires a whole lot of moving! @aks01 I feel like its so different than our parents time. We have my DH student loans which are large, and our car. I had no student loans by the grade of God and my Dad's planning, and now can't wait to get rid of these ones! @jaztaz1‌ How was living at home with the rents? I'm kind of nervous to all be under one big happy roof. I'd love to hear how that was. @sugahcookie01‌ Congratulations on owning, that's such a feat! @thegoodpotato Because of all of the renovations we've done if there is asbestos in this house we have disrupted almost every nook and cranny. I really try not to think about it to avoid going into a panic. @jaytee16 I understand that for sure, when we buy it will for sure be a starter house. We do what we can with what we have, right? And with twins, I can only imagine how you're feeling. @megano19 that is amazing, $0 down. I hear Texas is the place to go for beautiful affordable homes. If it weren't for family I wouldn't feel so locked to Chicago. Especially with how your winters must be.

So we paid my parents $400/month, helped with groceries, and every so often we I would snatch either their cable or cell phone bill and take care of that too. I thought this was pretty reasonable, especially since my rent at my apartment was $980 (and we still had to pay for all utilities, cable, food etc...). It wasnt too bad at first. My parents gave us a spare bedroom, and their entire basement as our own space. Se we set up their basement like our living room/dining room. I worked out of state at the time, so I was only there on weekends mostly, and DH worked the night shift so he was sleep during the day. I can say that, once you have been out on your own, having to go back to sharing space no matter how accommodating, is annoying after a while. I was glad to have the annoyance as a motivator to get out though. lol 

pitdigger

@jaytee16‌

My DH and I live in Bermuda and are non-Bermudian. As part of the (understandable at times, but bat shit crazy at others) immigration restrictions, non-Bermudians cannot own property unless it is in the top, I want to say, 1% of assessed annual rental values. I don't remember the exact percentage, but there are only about 250 properties that cleared for non-Bermudian purchase. Non-Bermudians who own property here include: Silvio Berlusconi, Ross Perot, Michael Bloomberg, and McGraw from McGraw-Hill textbooks.

It wouldn't necessarily have made sense to even think about buying here because up until last year, non-Bermudians could only stay for 6 years maximum.

The property restriction you can kind of see as Bermuda obviously doesn't want all of the residences being bought by people who don't live on island, but the tightness of it may be restricting economic recovery on the island.

Irishcurls

lizjennings81 said:

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

There's a high-ish likelihood of us ending up back there when baby is about 3 months old. I'm going to look at zillow.com for funsies right now. Man I miss it there. Anyone ever go to Cava Mezze --basically Mediterranean Chipotle. Also known as heaven in your mouth. 

jaytee16

@pitdigger - that makes so much more sense, thanks for sharing, and sorry to be nosy!  

pitdigger

@jaytee16‌

No worries. It's something that you don't come across everyday and if I didn't have to deal with it, I certainly wouldn't have known about it.

XSweetieO0O

@jaztaz1‌ That's what I figured, but it's so nice to hear from someone whose been there. I may be leaning on you for support once we move, ha. My rents have been begging us to move in, but we're not telling them that we'll agree to it until after our u/s tomorrow. I don't want to bring it up prior to the HB.

XSweetieO0O

@pitdigger Thanks for sharing that is incredible interesting. I can't imagine living in the Caribbean, sounds so awesome. Are you American?

lizjennings81

Irishcurls said:

lizjennings81 said:

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

There's a high-ish likelihood of us ending up back there when baby is about 3 months old. I'm going to look at zillow.com for funsies right now. Man I miss it there. Anyone ever go to Cava Mezze --basically Mediterranean Chipotle. Also known as heaven in your mouth. 

Walked by it a lot when I worked in Bethesda, but haven't tried it. I'll add it to my list (I'm always finding myself in Bethesda for some reason).

Another DC fave: G Street Food. I'd love their grilled chicken sandwich right about now.

FlutterOfYoshis

lizjennings81 said:

Irishcurls said:

lizjennings81 said:

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

There's a high-ish likelihood of us ending up back there when baby is about 3 months old. I'm going to look at zillow.com for funsies right now. Man I miss it there. Anyone ever go to Cava Mezze --basically Mediterranean Chipotle. Also known as heaven in your mouth. 

Walked by it a lot when I worked in Bethesda, but haven't tried it. I'll add it to my list (I'm always finding myself in Bethesda for some reason).

Another DC fave: G Street Food. I'd love their grilled chicken sandwich right about now.

Geez, I need to get out of my suburb hole more often. Maybe when these food aversions let up, I'll be brave enough to go try all these new places!

pitdigger

@XSweetieO0O‌

I am American. Bermuda is actually about 600 miles off of Cape Hatteras, NC in the Atlantic.

bhjones1980

lizjennings81 said:

Irishcurls said:

lizjennings81 said:

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

There's a high-ish likelihood of us ending up back there when baby is about 3 months old. I'm going to look at zillow.com for funsies right now. Man I miss it there. Anyone ever go to Cava Mezze --basically Mediterranean Chipotle. Also known as heaven in your mouth. 

Walked by it a lot when I worked in Bethesda, but haven't tried it. I'll add it to my list (I'm always finding myself in Bethesda for some reason).

Another DC fave: G Street Food. I'd love their grilled chicken sandwich right about now.

I can look out my office window and see G Street Food....

Dont be jealous!

lizjennings81

bhjones1980 said:

lizjennings81 said:

Irishcurls said:

lizjennings81 said:

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

There's a high-ish likelihood of us ending up back there when baby is about 3 months old. I'm going to look at zillow.com for funsies right now. Man I miss it there. Anyone ever go to Cava Mezze --basically Mediterranean Chipotle. Also known as heaven in your mouth. 

Walked by it a lot when I worked in Bethesda, but haven't tried it. I'll add it to my list (I'm always finding myself in Bethesda for some reason).

Another DC fave: G Street Food. I'd love their grilled chicken sandwich right about now.

I can look out my office window and see G Street Food....

Dont be jealous!

Too late!

XSweetieO0O

pitdigger said:

@XSweetieO0O‌ I am American. Bermuda is actually about 600 miles off of Cape Hatteras, NC in the Atlantic.

Oops. I need a geography lesson, that's embarrassing. Well regardless, I'm pretty damn fascinated that you live there!

pitdigger

XSweetieO0O said:

pitdigger said:

@XSweetieO0O‌

I am American. Bermuda is actually about 600 miles off of Cape Hatteras, NC in the Atlantic.

Oops. I need a geography lesson, that's embarrassing. Well regardless, I'm pretty damn fascinated that you live there!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I didn't have any idea where it was before we were getting ready to move here.

mandamoochie

jaztaz1 said:

So I absolutely get fruit envy... which is crazy because Im in the beginning of Feb anyway and only a few people are "ahead" of me fruit wise. But every time I see someone post with a bigger fruit I get all huffy and puffy... and on the same note, my other pregnancy app has this week as a green grape. I would much rather be a grape than an olive for the record. 

and... screw anybody who has a prune right now. 

ETA: I should have made this its own thread... its so damn important. 

Im a prune but I hope you still will be friends with me jaz (

jaztastic

@mandamoochie well I guess lol 

HerHighness

jaztaz1 said:

So I absolutely get fruit envy... which is crazy because Im in the beginning of Feb anyway and only a few people are "ahead" of me fruit wise. But every time I see someone post with a bigger fruit I get all huffy and puffy... and on the same note, my other pregnancy app has this week as a green grape. I would much rather be a grape than an olive for the record. 

and... screw anybody who has a prune right now. 

ETA: I should have made this its own thread... its so damn important. 

Fuck off olive! Im a raspberry!

Just kidding olive you i totally get it. I want to enjoy the pregnancy but im anxiously awaiting 2nd tri when i dont feel like poop all day.

aggiebug

jaztaz1 said:

So I absolutely get fruit envy... which is crazy because Im in the beginning of Feb anyway and only a few people are "ahead" of me fruit wise. But every time I see someone post with a bigger fruit I get all huffy and puffy... and on the same note, my other pregnancy app has this week as a green grape. I would much rather be a grape than an olive for the record. 

and... screw anybody who has a prune right now. 

ETA: I should have made this its own thread... its so damn important. 

Me too. My u/s pushed my EDD two days later. When I changed my ticker my first thought was I would be a raspberry for 2 extra days. But why couldn't we be a green grape? Olives are yucky. Especially green olives!

A related flammable confession is I have had mild envy of friends who have announced their pregnancies recently and are due before me. I mean seriously self you ARE pregnant get over your self.

mandamoochie

lizjennings81 said:

bhjones1980 said:

lizjennings81 said:

Irishcurls said:

lizjennings81 said:

That's it. F15 GTG in DC soon, we'll be having Nando's for dinner.

There's a high-ish likelihood of us ending up back there when baby is about 3 months old. I'm going to look at zillow.com for funsies right now. Man I miss it there. Anyone ever go to Cava Mezze --basically Mediterranean Chipotle. Also known as heaven in your mouth. 

Walked by it a lot when I worked in Bethesda, but haven't tried it. I'll add it to my list (I'm always finding myself in Bethesda for some reason).

Another DC fave: G Street Food. I'd love their grilled chicken sandwich right about now.

I can look out my office window and see G Street Food....

Dont be jealous!



Too late!


**im sure epic quote fail since im mobile***

Omg I had to live in the residence inn in bethesda for two months for dh's job. There is a Italian market on Wisconsin ave I think that makes THE BEST PIZZA IN THE WORLD. Its called Vace. Theres one in dc too. My dh and I were just fantasizing about it over the weekend. Mmmmm pizza.

Irishcurls

mandamoochie said:

Too late!

**im sure epic quote fail since im mobile*** Omg I had to live in the residence inn in bethesda for two months for dh's job. There is a Italian market on Wisconsin ave I think that makes THE BEST PIZZA IN THE WORLD. Its called Vace. Theres one in dc too. My dh and I were just fantasizing about it over the weekend. Mmmmm pizza.

VACE PIZZA IS STILL IN MY PHONE. I WILL EAT THERE EVERY DAY WHEN WE MOVE BACK. Holy fuck, I miss Vace pizza. I can't even. I lived in the apartment building behind it for years....nom nom nom.

jaztastic

HerHighness said:

jaztaz1 said:

So I absolutely get fruit envy... which is crazy because Im in the beginning of Feb anyway and only a few people are "ahead" of me fruit wise. But every time I see someone post with a bigger fruit I get all huffy and puffy... and on the same note, my other pregnancy app has this week as a green grape. I would much rather be a grape than an olive for the record. 

and... screw anybody who has a prune right now. 

ETA: I should have made this its own thread... its so damn important. 

Fuck off olive! Im a raspberry!

Just kidding olive you i totally get it. I want to enjoy the pregnancy but im anxiously awaiting 2nd tri when i dont feel like poop all day.

Olive you too... and I laughed so hard I think you made me pee a little

XSweetieO0O

Yes!! So much fruit envy! I mean a prune?! That's beyond. I REALLY can't wait to be a lime, for a short term goal. Do you all feel like you should be further along? I feel like I should be about 12 weeks in, ha. 

mandamoochie

Omg I wonder if I claim pregnancy craving if I could get dh to get me vace.... lol its only.. you know ... 3 hrs away with NO DC TRAFFIC (ha) they had good sandwiches and good EVERYTHING in vace.

Eta to correct spelling/typing because im drooling on my phone. Lol

aks01

No one ever told me how much of a waiting game the first trimester is. Although I'm sure I'll appreciate it when I'm as a big as a house and getting way too much attention over it.

aggiebug

Anyone watching the World Cup game?

aggiebug

man I killed the thread mentioning soccer.  But Holy shit guys this game is NUTS!