First, I just got a new Dyson vacuum and I effing love it. I can't believe I've become a SAHM who is actually ridiculously excited over getting a new vacuum. My 20 year old self would be ashamed.
Second, how the fuck do I actually have this much crap in my house?? I feel like this decluttering thing is never going to end. Plus I'm a manatee, so I can't even do much of anything without getting winded. Guys, when are you all coming here for my cleaning party?
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
First, I just got a new Dyson vacuum and I effing love it. I can't believe I've become a SAHM who is actually ridiculously excited over getting a new vacuum. My 20 year old self would be ashamed.
Second, how the fuck do I actually have this much crap in my house?? I feel like this decluttering thing is never going to end. Plus I'm a manatee, so I can't even do much of anything without getting winded. Guys, when are you all coming here for my cleaning party?
First, I just got a new Dyson vacuum and I effing love it. I can't believe I've become a SAHM who is actually ridiculously excited over getting a new vacuum. My 20 year old self would be ashamed.
Second, how the fuck do I actually have this much crap in my house?? I feel like this decluttering thing is never going to end. Plus I'm a manatee, so I can't even do much of anything without getting winded. Guys, when are you all coming here for my cleaning party?
This is probably super uninteresting (edit: and many of you (all of you?) won't have any idea what's I'm talking about), but I have a vent about America's Test Kitchen/Cooks Illustrated/Cook's Country.
Why?! Why do all three exist? They're all America's Test Kitchen. Why are there three things?
Not to mention America's Test Kitchen Feed, which has it's own webpage.
At least the websites are linked, but it annoys me. I'm sure that it's because you have to subscribe to some of the websites, and they'll make more money with multiple sites. But there are different TV shows for Cook's Country and ATK.
WHYYYYYYYY.
Because they're wonderful. And if there were twelve different names that would be okay with me
I know nothing about them either, but I would still be livid if someone smoked one in my house without asking permission first. Maybe have YH ask her to do it outside from now on? Use not wanting E to see someone smoking as your reason, if you even need one. @tj1979
Not to side with your MIL, because I do think it's rude...but I think Ecigs are allowed in public places, aren't they? So maybe she didn't even consider that it wasn't okay to do it indoors.
Not to side with your MIL, because I do think it's rude...but I think Ecigs are allowed in public places, aren't they? So maybe she didn't even consider that it wasn't okay to do it indoors.
no. there are many states that still ban them indoors because of the chemicals and carcinogens emitted when the person exhales.
I have secret hopes that Maple's published piece will be in one of the various works of ATK so I can fangirl all over her next time I see her.
Omg I want to write for ATK, but I'm pretty sure they don't use contract writers. They always pretend they're in Vermont but they're in Boston and that makes me sad.
And @ovenrack I agree about all the different publications. I love ATK but it seems excessive.
They do have their own staff, but I remember reading an article about writing where the author did a freelance article for them. So it's not entirely out of the realm of possibility.
TJ, ask him if he wants E to start smoking. Because we don't even have smokers that we are around that my kid looks up to and loves, and she already pretends she's smoking.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
Lol, while decluttering I found my pregnancy preparation notebook from A, and had a good time reading all the things that as a FTM I wanted to finish or buy. Also, my hospital bag list was crazy long, although I didn't end up bringing most of what I'd written down.
You'd think I was preparing a list for an apocalyptic zombie invasion.
Also, earth to FTM ITK, you live like three minutes from the hospital, not three hours.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
Someone tell mr what to go bc I'm stumped. L eats every night for about can hour from 8:00 to 9:00. Then he spends an hour dosing off, fussing, and spitting up. By 10:00 (or earlier) he acts like he's starving again. But he keeps spitting up and fussing. So do I feed him to wash down the bile and/or in case he's truly hungry? Or do I just keep walking/bouncing/shushing until he goes to sleep?
ETA He's 8 weeks old. He has gone up to 4 hours bn feeds, but most nights he wakes up every 2 hours or more frequently, even though I have been waking him to feed every 2 hours in the daytime in hopes that he will get most of his calories in the daytime.
It's probably never too early to talk to your kids about smoking.
I remember when I was probably about preschool age there was a ton of anti-smoking ads targeted towards kids. And around the same time my little sister was born, so my mom had a woman come a few times a week to help around the house and look after me. Ida was a pretty hardcore chain smoker, but she always took it outside. As a kid I didn't have any idea it was a sensitive subject -- all I knew was that I loved Ida and I didn't want her to get sick, so I'm pretty sure on multiple occasions I tried to educate her on the dangers of smoking!
It's tougher as an adult -- we're supposed to respect each other's decisions, and maybe respect that even if a smoker wants to quit, it's damn hard. I can only imagine it gets more complicated as an adult child trying to talk to older parents about it.
Could he be overtired Jane? Wanting to comfort suck so he can sleep, but getting milk anyway? Are you swaddling? White noise, all that?
Yes to all this except swaddling. He fights swaddled so hard that I felt like that was waking him up more than helping him sleep -- unless we use the SwaddleUp and he can find his fingers. He barely takes a paci, so I think he's using me as one. But he also gets mad when the milk runs out in one side, so maybe he's truly hungry? I don't know
Actually, I think I needed to hear that it's ok not to rude him to sleep bc yeah, it is still kind if painful. I finally got him rocked to sleep a little after 10:00 last night and he slept till a quarter to 2, this makes me think he's eating enough but having a hard time falling asleep. Right?
I have secret hopes that Maple's published piece will be in one of the various works of ATK so I can fangirl all over her next time I see her.
Omg I want to write for ATK, but I'm pretty sure they don't use contract writers. They always pretend they're in Vermont but they're in Boston and that makes me sad.
And @ovenrack I agree about all the different publications. I love ATK but it seems excessive.
I think they film the TV shows (for like three weeks a year) in Vermont. And Chris Kimball loves Vermont.
Meesh, to lanolize, I follow whatever GMD's directives were for my covers. I have one that's super thin. I dissolve a one inch strip of lanolin from a tube into a cup of hot water, then add water to make a bowlful that's sorta lukewarm/warm. Let soak overnight, then gently squeeze (not wring) water out and lay flat to dry.
I have one with Velcro, just do the same thing.
Hot=damn near boiling. Or just straight up boiling.
Put it in a towel and roll it up and push on it to get excess water out.
Re: RandomoniumPandemonium!!!! 9/24
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
And throwing a lit match out after it.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
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KA stand mixer
dyson
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
It's totally rude to do that indoors without even asking, right?
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
@stoneycakes Whose side are you on here? Jeez!
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste,
It all revolves around you.
ETA He's 8 weeks old. He has gone up to 4 hours bn feeds, but most nights he wakes up every 2 hours or more frequently, even though I have been waking him to feed every 2 hours in the daytime in hopes that he will get most of his calories in the daytime.
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!
Actually, I think I needed to hear that it's ok not to rude him to sleep bc yeah, it is still kind if painful. I finally got him rocked to sleep a little after 10:00 last night and he slept till a quarter to 2, this makes me think he's eating enough but having a hard time falling asleep. Right?
IUI#2 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 5-9) = BFN
IUI#3 Femara/Ovidrel (cd 3-7) = BFP!
beta #1 11/23 = 270, P4 = 75
beta #2 11/28 = 2055
Our daughter E was born 7/29/2012!
Surprise, our 2nd daughter P was born 5/22/14!