- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
July 2016 Moms
rnyland1
member
FFFC 5/27
rnyland1
member
Time for our "not so" flame free Friday confessions!
Re: FFFC 5/27
Well, our office hired a bunch of new people because we were awarded a grant. One of the new hires is a lady who has already retired from another state job and just needed something to pass the time because she said retirement just wasn't for her. She is sweeter than pie - TOO sweet. She drives me insane with her too nice personality. I try to avoid her at all costs.
A month or so ago, she decided she was going to cross a busy intersection where there is no cross walk. All she had to do was go down one more block and use the cross walk that everyone else uses but that's neither here nor there. I was quite a ways behind her but I could see her perfectly. Well, she went to cross the street and managed to trip over something invisible. She fell right on her face and her shit went flying. I slowed down and pretended like I didn't see any of it. She got up, brushed herself off, and the people in cars were rolling down their windows to check on her. She was okay - just a little bruised.
I laughed all the way home. I still laugh about it now. If she had been hurt, I would have felt HORRIBLE about it but she was fine. The image of her falling forward..I can't get it out of my head.
July BMB June Signature
My FFCC is that my husband works at Oracle arena (home of the golden state warriors) and is a huge huge huge fan since he was a little kid. Everytime they play, he has to work late. And now everyone in our family is obsessed with the Warriors but secretly I'm rooting that they lose this play off round. Last night, I was dying for them to lose so all this madness ends but unfortunately they won. I know I'm an asshole but I want my husband back!!!! (Sidenote: they won the championship last year so they're being a little greedy)
July16 JULY siggy challenge
@kellyj103 I hear you on wanting your husband back. Slightly different, but my husband works for a pool company. This is their busiest time of year so he's working 12+ hours a day. I'm hormonal and tired and I just want him to come home before 5pm so I secretly wish for every pool in the state to be filled in by aliens or something. To make matters worse, because he works on pools all day he absolutely refuses to ever have one at home which is really my biggest homeowner wish. I hate pools this time of year!
ETA: My own FFFC. This isn't scandalous, but I'm mortified. Two days ago I puked in my shoe on the way to work. I was on a busy highway that's really unsafe to pull over on. I had absolutely nothing to puke into in my car, so I quickly slipped off my shoe and threw up into it while driving. In order to dispose of the shoe, because it was a puke filled shoe, I threw it out the window over the embankment of the highway. I have the other shoe in the trunk of my car because I have no idea what to do with it and don't want to admit to my husband what I did. I confess, I'm a puke-filled shoe litter bug.
Married: October 2014
TTC #1 since September 2015
Married: October 2014
TTC #1 since September 2015
@kellyj103 my DH was up watching that game last night because so I knew we weren't watching anything else and I went to bed...hope you get hubs back soon!
My FFFC was a resident phone call yesterday. She was pissed about a lien on her property due to a non-payment of her trash bill. In the Township I work for, if the person doesn't pay their yearly waste & recycling bill, it becomes a Municipal Lien on the property. When someone tries to sell or refinance their property, they not only have to pay that bill but the attorney fees, collection cost and interest accrued. What normally was a $270.00 bill becomes a $6-700 bill and the longer they don't pay it, the more it is because interest is added daily. Anyway, getting back to this woman...she never changed her mailing address which was a PO BOX. I mailed the bill out TWICE and TWICE it came back with no forwarding information. She then called a year later and changed it to her current mailing which is not that same as the property address. When she called up angry about why this lien was on her property, I gave it right back and said I'm not tracking you down if you didn't contact me prior. I did my job. I really wanted to say: I'm not a detective and you are a big girl and have bills to pay and a mortgage like EVERYONE ELSE so don't get pissy with me!
She did thank me at the end of our conversation which calmed me slightly but I was still pissed at her throwing her responsibility at me even though I know it's expected. The NYer in me wants to come out & tell these people where to go but my calls are being monitored and I have to be Suzy Sunshine and remain professional.
P.s., our hardcore treadmill sessions start 38 weeks on the dot, I will run you out if possible.
My FFFC: I work for a nursing home that has a rehab department that I borrowed an exercise ball from to sit on at my desk (with permission), but it wasn't comfortable so now I use it to keep my feet elevated at my desk.
Yesterday, I was leaned back in my chair, shoes off, feet propped on the ball. I looked like I was just kicking back and relaxing, but it was so worth it. Sorry not sorry you have to smell my feet.
July16 JULY siggy challenge
@megstervt my DH is in the pool industry as well (service/repair). I never knew how much I could hate pools until I met my husband. "Pool talk" all the time and he has to work long hours around the holidays as well! But seeing firsthand how much of a money pit pools really are, I don't think I'd ever want one at my house. Plus they can actually reduce the value of your home and are a liability if you have young children. Also, even if my husband built our pool himself (using various subcontractors and getting all the materials at wholesale prices), I doubt a decent pool could be built for less than $40k...
FFFC: My stepkids are coming to town next weekend and will be staying with us until July 3rd....eeek! I am whole-heartedly dreading their visit this time (they come every summer for a month). Not because I am an evil stepmother, but because I feel like a huge whale, I'm exhausted, and I don't feel like doing anything, and I especially don't feel like doing anything extra right now!! No matter which way you look at it, when my stepkids come to town, it means extra work for me. They are decent kids (age 9 and 11) but require constant micro-managing. Also, more people in my house means more laundry, grocery shopping, more messes to clean...and more noise! DH is their father but he constantly overlooks a lot of the little things it takes in raising kids, so I'm constantly picking up his slack while they're here, even though I'm "just" the stepmom. Plus, he refuses to discipline them in any way so I will be doing most of that, and thus will be looked at as the "bad guy." I think if I were not also super pregnant right now, it wouldn't be this stressful. I pray I can stay sane over the next month.
As most of you know, baby girl is in the NICU. She was recently moved to a less needy part of it (yay!!), however, we are now next to the most obnoxious and gross parents in the place. Their baby is adorable but they are disgusting. They smell of B.O. and cigarettes, they are super loud, and very nosy about other babies (there are rules about not asking about other babies). The gross mom will not stop commenting on how small our baby is. Yeah, we know, tend to your own kid.
I so badly want to say something to them about how their baby would probably stop getting infections and be able to get better if they would simply shower before holding her.
I know this will be an issue because I was there (and was one of those people) for my sisters first baby (to make matters worse she had a C section. Knowing what I know now makes me feel terrible that we were all there). And my SIL had everyone in the room when she delivered! I'm not great at difficult conversations and my family can be pushy.
Married May 16th 2015
July BMB June Siggy
My FFFC: I spouted sanctimonious crap to my husband for weeks that we needed the LifeFactory bottles for baby because they're glass and no child of mine will be exposed to drinking out of something plastic with potential BPA (yes yes I know this fabulous line of reasoning isn't scientifically all there).
He finally agreed. Real talk, I just think they are so stinking cute and they come in our school colors so that is why I wanted them.
ETA: I'm totally messing with you. Just to clarify.
July BMB June Signature
I confess...
My MIL is driving me absolutely crazy. I know she's just really excited for baby M to get here, he will be the first grandchild on both sides of the family, so I get it. But the way she talks about it kind of creeps me out. She's constantly saying awkward things like "we just hope we get to hold the baby too and your mom doesn't hog him" which makes me cringe. Last night we went to dinner and I could tell when we stood up she was gathering up the courage to go in for the unsolicited belly rub, I managed to avoid it until we were outside and then she basically cornered me and it was like a slow motion hell. Is it terrible to be uncomfortable with someone else's excitement for my unborn child? I know it is, who am I kidding? But she's losing her cool!
July BMB June Signature
Personally, I am very close to my Mom and know I will need to be very conscious about shared time between grandparents because I will naturally lean toward my parents.
The next time she goes in to rub your belly could you try saying that you've hit your quota for belly rubs this pregnancy?
July BMB June Signature
July BMB June Signature
My non-juicy FFFC is that I just bought a grill for DH's birthday in a couple weeks... but it's really a present for me. He'll be grilling me all the hamburgers and hot dogs this summer!
By the time my milk dried up/I weaned DD, I was so over breastfeeding & pumping. However, I'm really looking forward to BF #2. I hope to make it past 6 months this time and since this is most likely my last baby, I hope I maintain a better attitude towards the end.
Also, I totally use BF as my excuse to leave the room and have alone time with the baby when family is over.
@HMcDade1 as a STM, I think we all have things that we're proud of. I commuted from Long Island to NYC, took the huge flight of stairs out of Penn Station my entire pregnancy (while the folks on escalator watched me), and worked up until the day I was induced. Of course, I was still exhausted. Your "badge of honor" is going to school and working FT and surviving horrible night shifts, etc. Hopefully they're not judging you but trying to be encouraging that your limits are greater than you think.
Kudos to all the hard work you've done this pregnancy!
Just stop.