Pour the wine, light the fire... Girl your wish is my com-spam

megaroo64

@heelibrarian‌ - I could send a picture of Nora sleeping? Maybe your LO will get the hint??

momofcatan

I got a call back interview from my first interview. It's going to be a very very tough call if I actually get an offer.

megaroo64

B used to have really nice hair-- used to. Then my H decided to try his hand at cutting it. It looks awful. He missed parts- B looks like he has a side pony rat tail. It's awful. But I need it to grow out a little more so I can take him to get it fixed. I miss his nice hair.

daffy2k

@heelibrarian‌ and everyone else with regular sleep struggles, I just want to say you are amazing!! I really don't know how you do it. I have a really good friend who has an almost 3 yo and an 8 mo old. The 3 yo is a terrible sleeper (always has been). My friend is from CO and all her family still lives in the states. Her husband was raised by his grandparents, one of whom past away recently the other is too elderly to really help with the kids. So no joke, her 3 yo has never spent the night away from home and my friend has no family around to give her a break once in a while. After feeling so overwhelmed last week and basically begging my mom to take M for a sleepover I really realized how lucky I am. I checked with DH and then called my girlfriend. We are going to have E (the 3 yo) over for a sleepover any weekend she and her H choose in the next few weeks so that they can have a break from night duties for at least one of them. If the little guy wasn't still nursing I would have offered to take him too. I am so happy she agreed to let me take her, and I really hope it goes ok so I can do this for her in the future.

So all of you guys struggling with sleep, I really hope you have someone you can call on when you need a break.  And even if you don't have parents nearby, you just may have a friend who would be willing to help out.  And if you don't, call me. I'll come wherever.  I have a whole new perspective on parents needing a break lately, and I want everyone to get one!

megaroo64

It's hard to really see how bad it is in pictures- but that whole left side is a solid inch longer than the rest- it's like he has a horn.

daffy2k

mcbush said:

Also, can we do a sleep challenge in addition to the step challenge? I think there should be a pay in of like $5. The "loser" of the sleep challenge gets the money so she can hire a babysitter and take a nap!

that is absolutely genius! How would we track it though? Like through our fitbits/jawbones?

Lizzybizzy80

@mcbush I just creepily requested to add you to my team on jawbone, fyi

musicalsilver

@heelibrarian - my DH was at your DH's workplace yesterday!  He was totally impressed :-)  Not too creepy, I hope!

Also, I think that we would totally "win" the sleep challenge (lose?).

lioness13

Pitchslap said:

Sums me up

musicalsilver

I don't think this is a spoiler, so I wanted to put it here. 

I've been watching Once Upon A Time - and every time they pull out this new "hat" - I keep thinking that it must be the Sorting Hat ;-)

Wrong universe.  Sad.

nikel13

Thanks to you ladies and all of the pie talk, I bought a pumpkin pie last night.  It's personal sized!  I'm excited to eat either tonight or this weekend!

nikel13

Oh, oh!  I forgot to tell you ladies!  H decided to start working out again.  He is actually taking getting healthy seriously.  He's pretty much cut pop out all together.  Anyway, he is getting super hot!  He came back from the gym this morning and took off his shirt.  He's got definition in his abs again!  I'm excited!

Lizzybizzy80

I'm sitting at work with nothing to do. I marked up my to do list with the names of every person I am waiting on for something so that I can keep working. They are now part of my to do list wall of shame.

musicalsilver

@heelibrarian - he was in town for funsies, and decided to go on a tour (since his plans of gold panning didn't work out).  I'm super jealous - it sounded pretty awesome.

megaroo64

We have been productive all week until today. We are all still in PJs and because it is raining, I doubt we will get out at all today. I need to come up with a productive cover story to tell my H.

GraceInCA

WasNotWas said:

Yeah, I'm in Torrance but I take a red eye out tomorrow after our customer meeting. The meeting was supposed to start at 8 am but it got moved back to 10 which is practically tomorrow evening in my internal clock. I have friday "off" so I'm trying to adjust. The very nice lady at the bar has served me "pub chips" and a generous glass of Chardonnay. It was a $60 cab ride from the airport though!!!

Uber it next time! Also, when my bestie the international flight attendant flies in, they put her up in Torrance. We always go to dinner at Benihana, then shopping the next day.

musicalsilver

I'm entirely too excited for the swap - I feel like it's been ages!  Though I suppose 6ish months is an age with littles around ;-)

Also - I can't believe the holidays are coming up so soon!  I'm not ready!

ColieAnn31

34blondie said:

@ColieAnn31‌ I demand you forfeit your head to head win yesterday!

Just kidding.

PS I lost H's keys three days ago and they're just freaking gone. Not sure we'll ever see them again.

Lol I don't even know who I was up against yesterday! I just wanted my fitbit to vibrate and tell me I met my goal. I get satisfaction from it telling me haha

And you will find the keys 2 weeks from now!

daffy2k

Add my H to the recent gym joiners. But he's just a jerk about it. I don't know if it's a guy thing, or his own metabolism or because he has always been athletic (he played competitive Junior AA hockey until he was 21) but this guy seriously packs on an extra 10-15 pounds over the course of 6-9 months, decides he wants to fit into his jeans again so he goes back to the gym, gets a 6 month membership. But he only uses it for a week because he loses 10 lbs after 2 sessions at the gym. Every. Single. Time. He's been doing this for years and it drives me bat shit crazy. I have to bust my ass for at least a month, but more like 2-3 to lose 10 lbs. and he can consistently do it in 2 days. Wtf? So, yeah, my H joined the gym last week. He looks sexy as hell, and he probably won't go back to the gym now until well after hockey season now because he'll maintain this by eating wings, drinking beer and playing late night Men's league once a week. How do I get to be like that?

megaroo64

I'm thinking of huge eating all of the leftover Halloween candy today just so it is gone. I don't want to be wasteful and throw it away...

musicalsilver

I had to eat all the Halloween candy so DH wouldn't.  I'd support your decision @megaroo64!

DH needs to start going to the gym again too.  If nothing else, he feels so much better and less antsy when he actually engages in physical exercise!

daffy2k

Well, looks like this nap is not happening. Time to pack up and go to town to run our errands. My luck she'll pass out in the car and we'll be stuck for an hour.

numbersgirl08

Hi!  Been travelling so not as much time to keep up.

But since we've had Duggar discussions here before, here's a link to an IG pic Jessa (the second girl to get married, whose wedding was this past weekend) put up yesterday:

Maybe she's gonna break free!  That's definitely not a pic I can imagine her parents are happy with.  And look how low cut her top is (for a Duggar anyways).  Run free, Jessa!

Edited:  I can't get the link/pic to work.  Working on it!

I give up!  Just follow this link: https://instagram.com/jessaseewald  It's her first pic.

numbersgirl08

@steamboat123  Little steps!!  I'm not expecting her to change all of her world views at once -- just hoping to start with wearing normal tops and maybe pants and maybe some kind of education beyond her prior homeschooling.

I mean, really, think about it.  She's 21 (I think maybe 22 now) -- but has lived her WHOLE LIFE with her family, never ever really leaving them.  She's been homeschooled, spent all of her days taking care of her younger siblings, her best friends are her sisters.  No going off to school, traveling, meeting lots of different people.

Just being married now, she has a new world of possibilities.  She's been indoctrinated so long, it's hard to think outside of the box you grew up in.  I'd expect her to start with teenager-y rebelliousness like with clothes (because really, despite being in her 20s, her life experiences are more like a young teenager).

musicalsilver

I'm totally digging Postmodern Jukebox lately ... here's the latest song they've released 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3iL596QKII&feature=youtu.be

They take modern pop songs (for the most part) and redo them in some vintage style.  The vintage bluegrass Anaconda made me actually like that song (and I hate the original).

GraceInCA

numbersgirl08 said:

Hi!  Been travelling so not as much time to keep up.

But since we've had Duggar discussions here before, here's a link to an IG pic Jessa (the second girl to get married, whose wedding was this past weekend) put up yesterday:

Maybe she's gonna break free!  That's definitely not a pic I can imagine her parents are happy with.  And look how low cut her top is (for a Duggar anyways).  Run free, Jessa!

Edited:  I can't get the link/pic to work.  Working on it!

I give up!  Just follow this link: https://instagram.com/jessaseewald  It's her first pic.

Uh oh. 
https://gawker.com/did-jessa-duggar-get-caught-fucking-in-church-after-her-1655581133

Lizzybizzy80

I've been printing recipes from the recipes thread and now I'm starving. I know this shouldn't be a revelation in 2014 but I had no idea how many food blogs there were.

GraceInCA

That whole "Jesus usually answers my husband within 48 hours" leads me to believe that comment is fake, but stranger things have happened.

GraceInCA

kari5186 said:

Wait. What? I mean, yeah, shame on them for banging in a church, but they are supposed to pray before they are allowed to have sex?!

That part actually doesn't surprise me.  I know a family that is pretty fundamentalist (not of this Quiverfull variety, but a different kind) and that's one of the things the wife said they do.

cynthia2007

NaChelleBeck said:

Michelin82 said:

nikel13 said:

Oh, oh!  I forgot to tell you ladies!  H decided to start working out again.  He is actually taking getting healthy seriously.  He's pretty much cut pop out all together.  Anyway, he is getting super hot!  He came back from the gym this morning and took off his shirt.  He's got definition in his abs again!  I'm excited!

Perhaps your DH can have a conversation with mine?  He's gained 40+ pounds since DS was born!  He's miserable and won't do a damn thing about it!

Same. Except my H has always had the extra 50+lbs & just talks getting healthy. He needs a kick in the pants.
</bloc

Another H here with same problem. I'll have to start working out and losing weight to motivate him. Problem is...who is going to motivate me?!! I need to get my butt back in gear...I'm so fat

Lizzybizzy80

kari5186 said:

GraceInCA said:

numbersgirl08 said:

Hi!  Been travelling so not as much time to keep up.

But since we've had Duggar discussions here before, here's a link to an IG pic Jessa (the second girl to get married, whose wedding was this past weekend) put up yesterday:

Maybe she's gonna break free!  That's definitely not a pic I can imagine her parents are happy with.  And look how low cut her top is (for a Duggar anyways).  Run free, Jessa!

Edited:  I can't get the link/pic to work.  Working on it!

I give up!  Just follow this link: https://instagram.com/jessaseewald  It's her first pic.

Uh oh. 
https://gawker.com/did-jessa-duggar-get-caught-fucking-in-church-after-her-1655581133

Wait. What? I mean, yeah, shame on them for banging in a church, but they are supposed to pray before they are allowed to have sex?!

---------
I've never seen the word "headship", I am now officially the mothership.

GraceInCA

Sympkin said:

Banging in a church is now on my bucket list.

Should I go Catholic or will any ol' protestant denomination do?

If you want to be really hardcore, go FLDS.

Cricket81

Ugh, how did the butter-filled crescent dough stick to my nonstick muffin tins?!? It's like when bacon gets stuck to my nonstick skillet. It just seems to go against physics.

GraceInCA

NaChelleBeck said:

kari5186 said:

Wait. What? I mean, yeah, shame on them for banging in a church, but they are supposed to pray before they are allowed to have sex?!

That part actually doesn't surprise me.  I know a family that is pretty fundamentalist (not of this Quiverfull variety, but a different kind) and that's one of the things the wife said they do.

What do they pray for?! Great orgasms?

  I honestly don't know.  I'm sure it's something very proper, like blessing the union with children or something.

GraceInCA

You people all talk about sweets so much, I'm totally going to get the diabeetus.

GraceInCA

majwv8 said:

I don't know how I feel about this. https://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/11/06/john-lasseter-will-direct-toy-story-4-breaking/

As long as they don't George Lucas it and fuck up the franchise, I'd be ok with a 4th one. The 3rd was really excellent.

numbersgirl08

Regarding that gawker article about Jessa - that blog they reference is fake.

megaroo64

Is rainbow chip the same as funfetti? Who makes it?

phishgirl29

I love Wilford Brimley @GraceInCA!  DH and I quote that commercial all.the.time!  That and his lines in The Firm!

riansmommie

Re: sex at church

In bootcamp many soon to be sailors get in trouble for going to chapel because it's the easiest place to have sex. Yes it really does happen.