Weekday Randoms- 5/22

jsnakehole

Happy Monday!

msmeeseeks

@jsnakehole - I was out of town for the weekend and super pissed that I couldn't binge watch all of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season 3. I'm only 3 episodes in, but so far so good!

jsnakehole

@msmeeseeks I don't know if I should be proud or ashamed of the fact that I've already finished the entire season. 

lulu1180

@jsnakehole This should be you

charlestonchew

Hey guys! Tried the squatty potty and I recommend it to others now.

doxiemoxie212

@charlestonchew DH loves the squatty potty, but I don't. I feel like it splays my legs too wide. 

justkeepswimming8

I also don't like the squatty potty but DH loves it. Sometimes I use it if I'm struggling (TMI?) but other than that, I don't use it. I can't control #1 while #2 and the squatty potty is not the best angle for #1. LOL

vflux33

I'm afraid of the ocean, particularly of tsunamis and sleeper aka sneaker waves. But the only places that weren't crazy hot for hiking last weekend were at the beach. We decided to go to a new one we hadn't seen before and drove over an hour to get there, and it was gorgeous in that cliffy dreamy foggy kind of way. We get out of the car and start wandering around, and about 30 seconds later saw this. 

So we went to lunch instead.

Yeah, probably should have looked that up first. 

pebbledam

@justkeepswimming8 - For your reasons listed, you have confirmed that I will not be getting a squatty potty! Lol. 
@vflux33 - Run away! Lunch sounds waaay safer. Good call. 

kiwi2628

So I didnt know what a sleeper wave was @vflux33 .....aaaaaand never going in the water again

lulu1180

I forgot to tell you ladies that DH and I got a kitty last weekend!  She's adorable and fluffy and sniffly and lovey and we adore her!  She and the dog are still getting to know each other but there's less hissing every day lol.  We haven't decided in a name yet and I'm tempted to just call her She Who Shall Not Be Named lol.

Spoiler box cuz mobile and pics are huge

kiwi2628

@lulu1180 shes so cute!!!!!!!!!!

petethecat

@lulu1180 I think that She Who Shall Not Be Named is a perfect name for her  

lulu1180

@kiwi2628 I knew you'd especially appreciate pictures!  She LOVES DH which is funny because I'm the cat person lol

heatherdubrow

@lulu1180 she's so cute!!

vflux33

@kiwi2628 They're terrifying. I've had a recurring nightmare about them since I was a kid. Are you east coast? I think they're more common in the Pacific. I mean, I wouldn't turn my back on the ocean either way, but I'd be way less afraid of them in the Atlantic. 

@lulu1180 So cute! I'm jealous. MH still has another 2 years of allergy shots until we can get a cat (or get my cat back from family if she's in good enough shape to travel still). We named the cats that prowl our neighborhood and pine over them daily. I like to live vicariously through other people's kitties so your pics kind of made my day 

kiwi2628

@vflux33 I am east coast. I also dont go into water unless I can see the bottom, so I basically never swim or even go into the ocean in the northeast because it cloudy as shit and its cold and terrible and...you know what? I'll be fine, lol

jsnakehole

@lulu1180 Please give her a hug for me because she looks like such a squishy, huggable furball. 

My cat hates hugs. He has learned there is no avoiding them. I just love cats so frigging much.

purplg8r

@charlestonchew I got H one for Xmas but it's never been used

@vflux33 I hate the beach because I'm scared of the animals in it!!

@lulu1180 she's gorgeous!!

doxiemoxie212

Guys, I need to stop being a bitch to my mom, but I can't help myself. I swear if she asks me one more time how to make a recipe that she taught me how to make I'm going to lose my mind. (She does not have alzheimers or dementia - she's been tested.) She is just so effing insecure that she can't even realize that she knows how to do the thing BECAUSE SHE CREATED THE THING!! I've explained this one recipe BACK TO HER easily 25 times in the last 3 years, and yet, every time she stays with us, "How do you make this again?" Lawd, grant me patience. 


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Avrilmai

@lulu1180 I love her! She is so cute. Love the name too! 

Cricket648

@lulu1180 Your cat is adorable! 

@vflux33 That's terrifying! 

@doxiemoxie212 That sounds a lot like my mom, so I feel you! 

msmeeseeks

@lulu1180 - OMG LOOK AT YOUR CAT!! HER CUTE LITTLE TOES!!!

@doxiemoxie212 - Ugh, I feel ya on the mom thing. I visited my mom this past weekend. I had really been dreading it. My mom does a similar forgetful thing, but I think it's because my mom drinks waaaaayyyy too much. The funny thing is (actually funny isn't the right word here), my MIL does have dementia, and I have infinitely more patience for her!

pebbledam

@lulu1180 - OMG SOOOOOO CUUUUUTE!

Avrilmai

As for the squatty potty we have 2 at work. One of my coworkers ran a long campaign trying to convince the office that we needed one. (It was actually a really funny over the top presentation and then wrote a proposal) We now have 2. I constantly kick the thing bc it is wrapped around the toilet, but I have found it useful at times. 

hedgepig

@justkeepswimming8 @doxiemoxie212 @pebbledam RE: squattypotties - FWIW we just use a step stool (maybe 8" tall?), so your legs can still be in front but still get a lift. We love it.

@vflux33 I was also raised with a healthy fear of the Pacific and sleeper waves. Recurring dreams sound awful though... 

@lulu1180 What a cutie! She looks just like my cat Luna from when I was a kid

@doxiemoxie212 Sorry your mom is driving you nuts... I think she and my mom may have some things in common. Could she be lonely and just looking for an excuse to call you up to talk?

eggplantface

I got a squatty potty on Prime day a while back. H hates it and refuses to use it even though he needs it more than me. I enjoy it and feel a difference in ease. I'm probably confusing our cleaning lady though, because she doesn't seem to know what it is (one time I came home and she had put it in the shower). I think she thinks it's a step stool for a child to pee in the toilet.

BertieMeetsGertie

@lulu1180 yay for new kitty!! I hate to even say this, but the name you mentioned reminds me of lady Voldemort. 

lulu1180

@BertieMeetsGertie That's my only hesitation!!!  I don't want to think of her when I think of my adorable kitty!

vflux33

@eggplantface We had a squatty potty and I liked it, but MH hated it too and refused to bring it with us when we moved. Our last place was pre-furnished and the bed was one of the beds you could store things in. So he insisted on leaving it there underneath the mattress for the next tenant for some reason. And now there are strangers sleeping on our squatty potty 

doxiemoxie212

@hedgepig no, she's staying with us right now (for 3 weeks), but even when she isn't we talk all the time. I don't mind spending time with her generally. I'm an only child, and my parents separated when I was pretty young so in a lot of ways we're more like sisters even though she's 40 years older than I am. But it honestly gets so exhausting being more of the adult and her more of the child, which is how our relationship has been for almost my entire life. She defers to me on every decision in her life, which is nice sometimes, but also drives me up the effing wall sometimes. Like, have a backbone, have an opinion. 

vflux33

@doxiemoxie212 YM sounds exactly like my MIL. 

50Wife

@lulu1180 she looks like my cat. So cute 

@vflux33 tsunamis legit terrify me!  I'm on the east coast so it's not as much of a concern. But I did have a panic attack a few years ago in Jamica during dinner thinking about how close we were sitting to the ocean in the dark. 
Never heard of a sneaker wave so add that to my list of scary ocean shit

jsnakehole

DH is visiting second week of July!!! I have no idea if I'll be fertile or what but I get to see him and cook for him!

50Wife

@jsnakehole waaahoooooooo!!! 

Avrilmai

@jsnakehole that is great news! 

@doxiemoxie212

doxiemoxie212 said:

@hedgepig no, she's staying with us right now (for 3 weeks), but even when she isn't we talk all the time. I don't mind spending time with her generally. I'm an only child, and my parents separated when I was pretty young so in a lot of ways we're more like sisters even though she's 40 years older than I am. But it honestly gets so exhausting being more of the adult and her more of the child, which is how our relationship has been for almost my entire life.

I relate to this so much. Except we're not like sisters/best friends and it is such a struggle. The older I get the more it seems she acts like a child. So, I feel you on this. You're not alone. 

AlohaKumu

@jsnakehole -- YAY!!!!!!!!! That is so exciting! Do all the R&R snuggle time

charlestonchew

@jsnakehole yay!!!

charlestonchew

It's raining today and I have a headache. Our stove started sparking so we had to buy a new one. I'm excited for the new one but boo more money spent.

doxiemoxie212

@jsnakehole yay! that's so exciting! i will send positive vibes to your lady parts  

lulu1180

@jsnakehole I'm so excited for you!  I hope he's home during FW!!!

@kiki75 I wanted to tell you good job on the new & improved grad thread!  I really like the addition! (didn't want to comment there and freak anyone out )