Weekly Randoms 6.13.16

mothernorth

kmtz89

I bought a bunch of beautiful vegetables with the intention of making hummus to eat with them but I'm so lazyyyyyyy. But I'm afriad they will go bad and then I'll be angry at myself so I ought to just make it.

ashleymn-2

@kmolleltz this is the story of my life! Also, our local grocery store in town imports all their vegetables and fruits from Mexico, and I live in Michigan, so they go bad the next day. I try to hit the farmers markets for produce, but right now the only things they're selling because the season just started here is tomatos and asparagus. SO pretty much, most of my produce goes bad before I get to it

TurtleMomma

I'm super busy this week and I'm contemplating just saying home today and basically doing nothing because it's the day I can. 

OrangeEv

TurtleMomma said:

I'm super busy this week and I'm contemplating just saying home today and basically doing nothing because it's the day I can. 

Do it. We all need more nothing in our lives lol. Because it's technically not nothing! Relaxing is something

The crazy cicadas have hit our house and their clumsiness cracks me
up. I am juat sitting on my deck watching them run into everything.

kmtz89

okay so I made hummus and I started eating it and I was like "hmmm this is really strong" and then I realized I FORGOT TO PUT THE CHICKPEAS IN....

mrszoess

there's a baby in the office and everyone's losing their fucking minds. I hate when people are loud. get some courtesy. 

mothernorth

@OrangeEv The Cicadas are graceful as swans compared to these kamikaze, nature's idiots, June Bugs!

ignoscemihi

@kmolleltz That's a perfect entry for "pregnancy brain mishaps."  You could serve it to friends and call it "tahini dip". 

kmtz89

ignoscemihi said:

@kmolleltz That's a perfect entry for "pregnancy brain mishaps."  You could serve it to friends and call it "tahini dip". 

yeah, I cross posted. It was seriously like the biggest "wtf did I just do!?"

coffee89

Finally got out to get the backyard raked and cleaned up and of course I over did it and am having Braxton Hicks. 

sjo_thetwins

I am on my baby moon so I haven't had much time to be on here, I just wanted to say how sad I am about Orlando. it really has been most we have thought about while being away from work and real life. It just hurts my soul that our girls have to grow up where things like this can happen and it really, truly, terrifies me for my wife and I, let alone our family. 

MRSCORKER

@sjo_thetwins It's so heart breaking and SO MADDENING. I just feel so helpless and then I get even more upset thinkinga bout my friends and loved ones who have to live in fear for being their true selves. I HATE that I live in a place where I've actually thought out what I would do and how I would hide in the event of a shooting and I hate that my son will grow up in a world where he'll have lock down drills and practice what to do in school. It makes me sick to my stomach. 

scostel2

My baby doesn't have a name yet, but he has a daycare spot! The daycare at my work only takes eight babies under 14 months so they book up fast. I'll go back to work in March 2017 and just perfectly snuck into their last opening for next spring. They won't be accepting any more babies until June 2017!

ibabyloveb87

This is really random, but the number of times I've seen a cop in our work parking lot today is out of control. I know we're on a busy road, but does it really take 2 cop cars to pull over an elderly couple? And we've also had a towing and I'm not sure what the others have been doing - hanging out? 

I am thoroughly entertained by all the action. 

annabenanna

@sjo_thetwins I'm still having a hard time processing Saturday's events.  I still can't.  I can't wrap my head around it.  I comfort baked all weekend, to try and cheer up.  I lived in Orlando for a year, and I went to Pulse with a few gay friends once... One of my friends posted this on facebook this morning and it just about brought me to tears:

"I can't relate with those who have been marginalized and villainized their entire lives - because of who they love or what God they worship, because of the color of their skin or country of origin. The hate is all the same. It all comes from the same place - and sometimes that place misdirects rage to silly things like where people pee, and not to real actual things like where and how people die senselessly. Haters carry their own pain, born of ignorance or stupidity. They have my love always, but I'm done trying to understand them. This, though, is what I know about love:

Love is bigger than everything. Love is more than "thoughts and prayers". Love is action and activism. Love is hugging your neighbor -yes - but love goes further. Love stands in the doorway and says "You will not pass. We will not let you. You are done here." Love doesn't use violence to fight violence, but love doesn't sit around. Love protects and defends. Love speaks up. Love acknowledges who the real victims are and isn't scared to mince words. Love doesn't care if being political isn't nice, because love is bigger than politics and bigger than offending someone. When we lock arms, love is always bigger."

booksandicecream

annabenanna said:

@sjo_thetwins I'm still having a hard time processing Saturday's events.  I still can't.  I can't wrap my head around it.  I comfort baked all weekend, to try and cheer up.  I lived in Orlando for a year, and I went to Pulse with a few gay friends once... One of my friends posted this on facebook this morning and it just about brought me to tears:

"I can't relate with those who have been marginalized and villainized their entire lives - because of who they love or what God they worship, because of the color of their skin or country of origin. The hate is all the same. It all comes from the same place - and sometimes that place misdirects rage to silly things like where people pee, and not to real actual things like where and how people die senselessly. Haters carry their own pain, born of ignorance or stupidity. They have my love always, but I'm done trying to understand them. This, though, is what I know about love:

Love is bigger than everything. Love is more than "thoughts and prayers". Love is action and activism. Love is hugging your neighbor -yes - but love goes further. Love stands in the doorway and says "You will not pass. We will not let you. You are done here." Love doesn't use violence to fight violence, but love doesn't sit around. Love protects and defends. Love speaks up. Love acknowledges who the real victims are and isn't scared to mince words. Love doesn't care if being political isn't nice, because love is bigger than politics and bigger than offending someone. When we lock arms, love is always bigger."

OMG this made me cry. It's perfect. 

booksandicecream

ok, this is random but important. 
Now that pool season is in full swing I felt the need to remind people how important it is to be knowledgeable about drowning. VERY FEW people recognize drowning. I was a lifeguard and swim instructor and have saved about 10 people. 
Here is what I posted on Facebook (sorry if it's preachy, facts are important here):

As summer is here, please take two minutes to watch a boy drowning right next to numerous adults (until the lifeguard saves him).

*DROWNING IS SILENT! A drowning person is not physically capable of calling for help or waving. 

*A drowning person will be vertical and upright in the water with their head tilted towards the sky.

*A drowning person's head will bob up and down in the water and their arms will be out to the sides. 

*A drowning person will only struggle for 20-60 seconds before going under. 

*And most importantly, a drowning person WILL take an untrained rescuer under with them. It is primal instinct to climb on top of the rescuer. Call for a lifeguard or try to get the drowning person to hold onto a pole or floatation device.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B1U8DYwqncs

NoraAurora

kmolleltz said:

okay so I made hummus and I started eating it and I was like "hmmm this is really strong" and then I realized I FORGOT TO PUT THE CHICKPEAS IN....

lol. So was it like, just garlic and spices?

F47

My BFF moved to the other side of the country last year. She's back in town for a few nights and a bunch of people are meeting for drinks (well, I'm meeting for dinner, so hopefully they eat, too). 

Anyway, this is really petty, but I wish it was just the two of us going out. Her other friends are my acquaintances at most. And, she and I are much closer than she is with them. I joked with my husband that I was having dinner with my friend and my competition, I MEAN her other friends. 

krzyriver

I am SO bored right now. I'm literally just shifting through threads that the admins have closed and enjoying the snark. Lol

coffee89

I'm pretty sure Chik-fil-a's frosted lemon aid is the best thing I've had this pregnancy.

coffee89

krzyriver said:

I am SO bored right now. I'm literally just shifting through threads that the admins have closed and enjoying the snark. Lol

I do this on nights when DH is playing video games....like tonight.

mrszoess

I have made this slice of cheesecake last 4 days. I did this solely bc the baby dances from all the sugar and I want to feel her  

LGW2015

@coffee89 yes! Me too! @mrszoess you have way more self-control than I!

cbamama641

Scored a RNP off the for sale sites for $15! Yussss!

Schell2013

I scored a whole bunch of free baby gear from someone who was giving away leftovers from their garage sale. One mans junk is indeed another's treasure. 

TurtleMomma

My cat likes to lick me and it's weird. 

kmtz89

NoraAurora said:

kmolleltz said:

okay so I made hummus and I started eating it and I was like "hmmm this is really strong" and then I realized I FORGOT TO PUT THE CHICKPEAS IN....

lol. So was it like, just garlic and spices?

and tahini.... but yeah....

UponAStar16

I came here to post something random and got distracted reading posts before losing it to pregnancy brain. That is all

UponAStar16

WAIT, it came back! Yay, I'm so excited because usually once I forget something it's gone forever so it drives me crazy to forget stuff. Omg have you ladies seen the July birth announcements?!?! 

mrszoess

so now on Wednesdays I pick out outfits specifically for hdbd lol

bamacoop

We have a lunch meeting at work today that I got to order the food for, so all I can do right now is sit at my desk and daydream about the huge salad I get to have in three hours.

LMNOBaby

I know the dangers of too much sun, and I wear sunscreen and all that, but I still like a nice little golden tan through the summer, especially on my legs (being a curvy girl, I just always feel a little more secure in shorts and skirts with tan legs...).  Anyway, because of the bump, I can't rollover when I'm chilling by the pool - and therefore have tanned legs in the front, and pasty white legs in the back. This is really more of a petty problem...but boo.

ibabyloveb87

LMNOBaby said:

I know the dangers of too much sun, and I wear sunscreen and all that, but I still like a nice little golden tan through the summer, especially on my legs (being a curvy girl, I just always feel a little more secure in shorts and skirts with tan legs...).  Anyway, because of the bump, I can't rollover when I'm chilling by the pool - and therefore have tanned legs in the front, and pasty white legs in the back. This is really more of a petty problem...but boo.

TRUTH. I have been trying to stand when I'm at the beach so I can get some sun on my back, but then my back hurts from standing too long. Sighhhhhh. 

mothernorth

Uuuuugggghhhhh! I dried off with FI's towel after I showered because I washed all the others and they are in the dryer. When I was putting on my underwear I noticed I had boogers smeared on my hand and arm, and they were his infamously black "I'm a welder" boogers  

blaf322

LMNOBaby said:

I know the dangers of too much sun, and I wear sunscreen and all that, but I still like a nice little golden tan through the summer, especially on my legs (being a curvy girl, I just always feel a little more secure in shorts and skirts with tan legs...).  Anyway, because of the bump, I can't rollover when I'm chilling by the pool - and therefore have tanned legs in the front, and pasty white legs in the back. This is really more of a petty problem...but boo.

fact... I've always said that tanned fat looks skinnier than pale fat haha (this coming from a very fair skinned girl)

blaf322

Feeling super down today...Starting thinking about the fact that we are likely going to have to give up one of our dogs to a family member once the baby comes because he's not good with kids (like afraid of them and wants to bite them). So I'm sitting here snuggling with him and crying He's not sure what's wrong but knows something is up today... everyone please just say a little prayer that he loves our baby.

LMNOBaby

@bnsmith85 Awww, I'm sorry you're so stressed over the dog!   Definitely stay positive.  Since you're introducing baby from the beginning, hopefully he'll just adjust that she's another member of his family and he'll go into loving, protective mode.  I've heard stories of new parents that expected their dogs to not like the baby, then prove the complete opposite.  Hopefully because you love baby, he will, too!  Crossing my fingers for you - I know it would kill me to say good-bye to one of my pooches!  I have high hopes for him!

annabenanna

@bnsmith85, i am so sorry.  sending you hugs.  although I am no dog expert, I do know how hard it is to give up a pet.  I hope so much for you and your pup that he is good with baby.  

CopperBoom86

@bnsmith85 - Ugh, that is so tough. Maybe it'll be different if he gets to know your baby when she's still teeny tiny and not all up in his grill. Hoping and praying for the best for you and your sweet pup!