Weekly Random (4.10.17)

natleilynn

The last one is a week old, so thought it might be time for a fresh start!

Let's hear your randomness.

natleilynn

Something smells in this office and I can't tell if it's me or if someone microwaved something nasty smelling...

VLillyV

DH and I went baby clothes shopping on Sunday and picked up some basic pieces! Very exciting.

I'm so tired today because the upstairs neighbors normally quiet daughter decided to jump rope at 6am this morning for at least 30 minutes.

We will have our revenge when our LO arrives

natleilynn

Update - my coworker confirmed someone nuked some fish in the office microwave.

Me realizing it's not I who smells:


Me also to the person who NUKED FISH IN A PUBLIC OFFICE AREA:

feeislove

I went to a friend's kid's birthday party yesterday. This little girl is so sweet. It was HER birthday but she had my friend buy ME a newborn onesie. It has a Polaroid of an ultrasound and it says "#TBT" I died. 

natleilynn

I work in an office with another company (we share a CEO). My company knows I'm knocked up, but not the other one.

It's hilarious to be in the break room with one of the (male) employees from the other company...watching them try to look at my belly without being obvious (and failing) and wanting to say something but also not being stupid enough to comment on a woman's growing belly without confirmation of pregnancy.

I'm entertained by their squirming. 

mrs_fogue

Thank you to whoever mentioned today as National Siblings Day for posting our social media announcement!  Now all my friends/family/DH that know can stop whining about me waiting.  I would have posted weeks ago but I love watching them squirm. They are all ones who post their news the minute they pee on the stick.

natleilynn

mrs_fogue said:

Thank you to whoever mentioned today as National Siblings Day for posting our social media announcement!  Now all my friends/family/DH that know can stop whining about me waiting.  I would have posted weeks ago but I love watching them squirm. They are all ones who post their news the minute they pee on the stick.

I feel like I should post something but I'm just so...eh. I mean, the important people know at this point. I was 20+ weeks with DD before we put anything on there, so I might not even post anything until LO is born at this rate. 

It's so weird, I'm usually a pretty active Facebook person. I don't post every day or anything, but I definitely don't shy away from it. Pregnancy is like a whole new ballgame for me to put out there. 

carries2018

i have $50 (4 pairs) of sunglasses in my amazon cart for my daughters. i am trying to talk myself into removing a pair or two bc this is just ridiculous. but i am having a hard time listening to my reason and about 4 seconds away from clicking check out.

purplestarz

DD has been asking for "candy" all day and I've been telling her no and frankly just getting annoyed with her at this point. I just pulled out a bowl of cantaloupe from the fridge and she points at it and goes, "CANDY!!" Whoops. Candy....cantaloupe...I feel bad for denying my child fruit all day now lol

riverrainez

natleilynn said:

mrs_fogue said:

Thank you to whoever mentioned today as National Siblings Day for posting our social media announcement!  Now all my friends/family/DH that know can stop whining about me waiting.  I would have posted weeks ago but I love watching them squirm. They are all ones who post their news the minute they pee on the stick.

I feel like I should post something but I'm just so...eh. I mean, the important people know at this point. I was 20+ weeks with DD before we put anything on there, so I might not even post anything until LO is born at this rate. 

It's so weird, I'm usually a pretty active Facebook person. I don't post every day or anything, but I definitely don't shy away from it. Pregnancy is like a whole new ballgame for me to put out there. 

Same here. Last time I posted on FB after we found out the sex at 20 weeks. This time... I just don't feel like doing an announcement. Either people will see a pic of me with a bump, or I'll post when the baby is born.

natleilynn

riverraine said:

natleilynn said:

mrs_fogue said:

Thank you to whoever mentioned today as National Siblings Day for posting our social media announcement!  Now all my friends/family/DH that know can stop whining about me waiting.  I would have posted weeks ago but I love watching them squirm. They are all ones who post their news the minute they pee on the stick.

I feel like I should post something but I'm just so...eh. I mean, the important people know at this point. I was 20+ weeks with DD before we put anything on there, so I might not even post anything until LO is born at this rate. 

It's so weird, I'm usually a pretty active Facebook person. I don't post every day or anything, but I definitely don't shy away from it. Pregnancy is like a whole new ballgame for me to put out there. 

Same here. Last time I posted on FB after we found out the sex at 20 weeks. This time... I just don't feel like doing an announcement. Either people will see a pic of me with a bump, or I'll post when the baby is born.

I'm glad I'm not alone. Last time I think I waited because I had just gotten past a miscarriage...and I knew how painful it was to see all the pregnancy announcements when I was going through it. And maybe to a certain extent that's why I'm hesitating to post anything now. 

The only problem with this is people posting pictures of me. I didn't add it to my timeline, but a picture posted this weekend from a family event where I'm definitely looking like an oompa loompa.

PizzaMonster3

Did we ever figure out why @purplestars-2 got two points taken off her SN?

aprilsarahjune

@riverraine @natleilynn
+1 for being so "eh" about doing a Facebook announcement.  This is the first of my pregnancies where the elder family members are all on Facebook.  My mom asked me when and how I was going to announce.  "Eh.  Probably not."  

My first pregnancy was my twins and I posted an u/s pic that said "Your daddy and I can't wait to meet you two."  That post coincided with when Facebook changed to an algorithm that favored people who posted a lot and "popular posts" that already received a lot of responses.   No one, not even close friends, saw that post.  You let me down, Facebook.  

mrs_fogue

@natleilynn siggy makes me really really want an ice cream cone bad!  That is all. 

natleilynn

aprilsarahjune said:

@riverraine @natleilynn
+1 for being so "eh" about doing a Facebook announcement.  This is the first of my pregnancies where the elder family members are all on Facebook.  My mom asked me when and how I was going to announce.  "Eh.  Probably not."  

My first pregnancy was my twins and I posted an u/s pic that said "Your daddy and I can't wait to meet you two."  That post coincided with when Facebook changed to an algorithm that favored people who posted a lot and "popular posts" that already received a lot of responses.   No one, not even close friends, saw that post.  You let me down, Facebook.  

My parents have gotten weirdly inquisitive about my Facebook posting this time. I'm like, it's fine if you tell people, it's not a secret (most of their friends see me at church and according to the little old lady sitting behind me last week, it's VERY obvious lol). I'm just not in a super rush to post anything. If it gets out, it gets out. No big deal. We'll post when it's born, at the very least. haha

purplestarz

PizzaMonster3 said:

Did we ever figure out why @purplestars-2 got two points taken off her SN?

Nope! I feel like I've been branded or something haha no response yet from Bump gods...might just change my whole screen name but that's annoying. I was lurking on another board and saw a couple other -2's so maybe I'm not alone.

canonmom413

I'm currently at my primary care dr because when I called my insurance in February to ask if i needed a referral for an OB , they told me no. Guess what?!? They submitted the claim and it got denied because I do need a referral. Ugh ugh ugh. So here I am at the dr racking up another bill to get a referral that needs to be back dated to march 14th and then make sure my OB gets  it before Wednesday. All I can say is insurance folk are dummies. 

natleilynn

@mrs_fogue we were at a festival on Saturday and I was faaaaaaaarrrrr too excited about the ice cream stand

Sometimes having kids come in really handy.

*whispers*
Me: DD, I think I see some ice cream over there...

DD: ICE CREAM!!!

Me: Oh, look, guys, DD wants some ice cream. I'm going to run over and get some with her real quick, we'll be right back...

bluejeanbabi05

So I bought some chicken breasts on Friday and two are left over in the fridge (uncooked.) I really don't feel like going to the grocery store just to get chicken. Online says I would be pushing it to eat them. Thoughts?

natleilynn

@bluejeanbabi05 Do they pass the smell test? I mean, rotting chicken is rankkkkkkk.

bluejeanbabi05

@natleilynn They do, in fact, pass the smell test. 

PizzaMonster3

@bluejeanbabi05 I'm gonna say toss em - only because I'm nearing 15 wks and still can't do chicken. 

bluejeanbabi05

LOL @pizzamonster3. I'm debating what sounds worse- leaving the house to grocery shop or eating chicken. 

yasandson

bluejeanbabi05 said:

@natleilynn They do, in fact, pass the smell test. 

I would eat them in all honesty. And then hide the packaging because hubby would flame me for doing it

bluejeanbabi05

yasandson said:

bluejeanbabi05 said:

@natleilynn They do, in fact, pass the smell test. 

I would eat them in all honesty. And then hide the packaging because hubby would flame me for doing it

If I told DH that eating chicken after 3 weeks was fine, he would think nothing of it. The man can barely boil water. 

natleilynn

@bluejeanbabi05 I mean, if you cook them tonight and they smell okay, I say go for it. I usually go grocery shopping on Sunday's and there have been plenty of times that I've waited until Thursday to fix/freeze them. If there's no "best buy" date and they pass the smell test...then I'd do it. But that's just me and chicken is ridiculously expensive and I hate to waste it.

PizzaMonster3

@bluejeanbabi05 I physically got nauseous at the thought of you eating chicken and now I don't know what to do with my life. So over food aversion! Off the the MBF thread I go! 

ForwardnBackward

mrs_fogue said:

Thank you to whoever mentioned today as National Siblings Day for posting our social media announcement!  Now all my friends/family/DH that know can stop whining about me waiting.  I would have posted weeks ago but I love watching them squirm. They are all ones who post their news the minute they pee on the stick.

You're welcome!

mrs_fogue

@bluejeanbabi05 it's fine, I would eat the chicken.  That being said, if you get sick this conversation never happened.

natleilynn

mrs_fogue said:

@bluejeanbabi05 it's fine, I would eat the chicken.  That being said, if you get sick this conversation never happened.

bluejeanbabi05

mrs_fogue said:

@bluejeanbabi05 it's fine, I would eat the chicken.  That being said, if you get sick this conversation never happened.

 

ForwardnBackward

Also a lil "meh" about announcing on Facebook - I remember how frustrating it was for me to see those OVER AND OVER AND OVER again when were having trouble TTC.  Last time I kinda embedded it in a Top 10 of 2014 post so only those that were motivated to read all my exciting 2011 tales and made it to #1 got to read the announcement and still I said "It wasn't a easy road..." so those other TTTC mommas weren't disheartened.

This time I want to announce just so someone else doesn't make it social media known before I do.

The first condo I lived in in Seattle sold last week for $250,000 more than what the owner offered it to us for.  At least once a month I think about how we should've bought that when we had the chance instead of saving for our wedding...

bluejeanbabi05

I also wasn't super excited about fb announcing, although I did a week ago. I included with the post that we used science to get us there.

cooaladolly

I've eaten three raspberry lemon Italian ices today. I may have another before the day is done.

curlyq423

Back to the subject of smelling things at work...A coworker kept asking another coworker/my friend  when she was going to have a baby. She kept bugging her about it and finally my friend told her she's pregnant (also happens to be due in October). The coworker said she already knew because she could smell her. Wtf does that mean?! Haha! She hasn't asked me yet and I suppose I should really smell since I'm carrying two! So random...

carries2018

I'm waiting until we know the sex to post. So I only have to post once instead of twice. I've been pretty meh on it. But announcing before MIL does gives me drive. 

bluejeanbabi05

@carries2018 That right there is why we posted when we did. Some people are just unable to keep their damn mouths shut. 

dinosaur

@bluejeanbabi05 and @carries2018 - we're going to find out the sex, but not tell anyone else (except our parents). Two reasons:

1) It doesn't matter
2) It's so fun to piss everyone off. I'm already driving my coworker nuts! She so mad that I'm not going to tell her mwhahahahahah.

PizzaMonster3

Right there with you @carries2018 @bluejeanbabi05 I'm pretty disappointed I have to announce much earlier than I wanted to because we told MIL already. They gave us one week before they start sharing the news - and that's actually pretty generous of them. I give them until Wednesday before they crack (we told them Sunday)

dajocl

@dinosaur We found out and only told a couple close friends when our son was born. Drove everyone crazy, and we're totally doing it again this time