Weekly Randoms 6/4

ladystout08

I eat pickles (and drink the juice) even when not pregnant. 

sparkymcgeee

That whole discussion just now made me gag a little. 

galactickates

@eleven_ I  pickles any time of year.  

You will be grossed out by this... but we use pickle juice backs for vodka shots! It takes away the burn 

eleven_

@galactickates OMG I would hurl. 

eleven_

Changing the subject from pickles..

@sparkymcgeee When do you hear back about the house? 

sparkymcgeee

eleven_ said:

Changing the subject from pickles..

@sparkymcgeee When do you hear back about the house? 

I'm not sure. Hopefully today. I think he'll reach out to DH and he's in a farady cage for work so he gets no reception or signal. We'll see. I was up all night thinking about it. 

galactickates

I'm loving the 9 week U/S everyone is posting.  I'll be 9+2 tomorrow for my next one and it's making me really excited to see our LO 

sweetyjenj

daycare is off duty this week for vacation (in-home daycare) and I took yesterday and friday off, DH took today-Friday off, and Friday we're taking DD camping. She's 16 months, so we're testing it out and camping at a place 5 minutes away in case we forget things or it's miserable. It's a test for her, AND mostly for us. It should be fun, though!

I've been really wanting to tell work that I'm pregnant, since it'll explain my pregnancy brain and slowness lately, but I'm waiting until 12 weeks.

sweetyjenj

Last time we all talked about pizza, I had to go get some. Then there was another food that I made sure to eat after hearing you all talk about it..but pickles? Not gonna happen LOL

I forgot to mention...I'm submitting my application to sit for my final licensing exam on Friday (oral exam in front of the board) for marriage and family therapy. I'm SO nervous, and also frantic to get all my documents finished. It's been a long road and I can't believe I'm so close!

CoastieGirl79

@sweetyjenj good luck to you! 

ramfam2507

Ugh pickles. There was one in the sandwich I had for lunch and I had to throw the pickle away two (empty)cubicles down from me. The smell was too much. 

katethemom

@sweetyjenj I had to get some pizza after that conversation, too. I also had to buy some spaghetti o's after they were mentioned in a couple threads the other day. I don't have true pregnancy cravings, but this board definitely puts me in the mood for all kinds of junk food! Good luck with your application and exam! 

Also, I'd like to just say, pickles are blech. Green olives are where it's at! 

kaf1788

I am shocked at all the pickle haters! Pickles are the bomb!

mamadaisy13141619

kaf1788 said:

I am shocked at all the pickle haters! Pickles are the bomb!

Yes!! 

achays11

I’ve been super busy at work and it’s been keeping me from jumping in. 

Pickles are gross! And if anyone mentions or I see a certain type of food (ie Chinese food or today’s was Chipotle), I have to have it. And my craving isn’t satisfied until I get it. 

I’m definitely craving salty, junk food this time instead of sweets. Hoping that may mean boy, but who knows. 

sfgiantsgamerbabe

I like pickles ok. I like them more on things like hamburgers. I eat sweet pickles by themselves. I saw something on Facebook the other day where you replace a hotdog bun with a pickle. My pregnant mind thought, “I would totally eat that.” 

ladystout08

saltedcaramel518

@achays11 I craved sweet, fruity things during my last pregnancy and had a boy *shrugs*

saltedcaramel518

I’ve been craving waffles w/ peanut butter for breakfast every morning this week. DS has been waking up early, and I haven’t had time to sit down and eat breakfast before work. 

DS is sleeping in this morning, so I was like, “Yes! I can eat waffles!” I took one bite and want to puke. So disappointing. 

beachmama14

All I can stomach are breakfast foods. Waffles, bagels, cereal, fruit. I basically have 3 courses of breakfast all day haha

sweetyjenj

@katethemom olives!! I forgot that pregnancy I loved all the kalamata olives. And garlic stuffed green olives. Yum.

emmaaa

Just the smell of pickles, pregnant or not, makes me want to vomit...no thanks.

AliKay20

I just had a “gourmet” pb&j sandwich for breakfast w my half cup of coffee.

My definition of gourmet pb&j is me buttering one side of the bread and toasting it on the pan (low heat) so that it’s only slightly brown and crunchy on the outside while the inside is gooey with pb&j. It was heavenly. Yes, for breakfast. 

Also, I am so glad tomorrow is Friday. 

sparkymcgeee

I actually do like pickles. I like sweet, dill, bread and butter, etc. I think it was the spicy pickle comment that made me gag a little. I need to want a pickle. But I am also craving all the fruit right now. That's been my staple lunch for the last two weeks or so. I can't seem to stomach salt right now. This morning I needed something as soon as I woke up to control the nausea and so I got string cheese. It just tasted like salt and it didn't help at all.

mamadaisy13141619

@sparkymcgeee I've been craving fruit like crazy too! Blueberries, grapes, strawberries, raspberries, and I got several packages of the little tubs of Mott's applesauce mix with other fruits as well as some frozen fruit popsicles. So good! But I can't eat any fruit on an empty stomach or I feel rotten from the sweet I guess. I usually have to start out the morning with something more bland like toast or, this morning, scrambled eggs .

emmaaa

sparkymcgeee said:

I actually do like pickles. I like sweet, dill, bread and butter, etc. I think it was the spicy pickle comment that made me gag a little. I need to want a pickle. But I am also craving all the fruit right now. That's been my staple lunch for the last two weeks or so. I can't seem to stomach salt right now. This morning I needed something as soon as I woke up to control the nausea and so I got string cheese. It just tasted like salt and it didn't help at all.

That sounds like me when I was pregnant with DD Re: fruits/sweets. I could have eaten strawberries and watermelon all day everyday and been perfectly happy lol

AliKay20

@emmaaa I craved tangerines and watermelon like crazy w DD!

mamadaisy13141619

AliKay20 said:

@emmaaa I craved tangerines and watermelon like crazy w DD!

Ooo, I love watermelon, but it always give me heartburn when I'm pregnant, even at the beginning.

kns1988

@sweetyjenj, good luck with the camping trip! We love camping, but we haven't taken DS yet. He's 13 months. What are your sleeping accommodations going to be like? We have a two man tent, so there's no room for a crib. That's mainly why we've held off because I need a safe way to sleep with him in there.

sparkymcgeee

@sweetyjenj Have fun camping. We try to do the great american campout every year and so we took DS when he was 12 months and then the following year when he was a couple weeks shy of 2. He did fine both times. He played in the dirt and slept in a sleeping bag and had a blast. Our DD was 3 and 4 so she wasn't even a concern for me at that point but I did worry a bit with DS because of his age. But it went well. 

pttomato

@sweetjenj We took DD camping when she was 14 months and it went well. She had fun and slept better than she did at home.

MrsDho11

Pickles are the worst.

and then if you don’t realize a place is going to put one on your plate, they get their stupid juice all over and taint everything else with their pickleness.

Ladybugs42

Normally I love pickles but when I'm KU, I can't even be near pickles.  It bums me out because I splurged on a jar of REALLY good locally-made pickles recently and then within like a week I couldn't even look at them.

ladystout08

MrsDho11 said:

Pickles are the worst.

and then if you don’t realize a place is going to put one on your plate, they get their stupid juice all over and taint everything else with their pickleness.

I'll agree with you on the juice on a plate. Even as a pickle lover, I don't want soggy pickle fries. 

sareej521

1: I'm craving a corn dog something fierce...
2: pizza flavored goldfish crackers were a big mistake to allow my 5 year old to open in the car for a snack... Barf!
3: my anxiety is already rising at the thought of grocery shopping with another kid... Thankfully A will start full time kindergarten in February! But then there is all the running with sports and activities that I'm nervous about too... I've never hauled a newborn around in the dead of Canadian winter!

pttomato

There is a fancy lemonade stand on the corner of my street and I really wish I could have a glass of fresh limeade every time I walk past it.

sfgiantsgamerbabe

DH got a new job!!! Yay!!!!! It pays better than his current job but a downside is he won’t get benefits until after a year. His new company is under 50 employees so they can get around some of the insurance laws. However, once he gets benefits it’s all paid for by his employer. I still have my benefits through August and I’m still looking for another job. 

kgg2241

Omg we are watching Ali Wong's special Hard Knock Wife on Netflix. Too funny. My husband's face when she talks about the postpartum "Asian pear underwear" killed me. I think he actually learned a bit! Highly recommended. Not for the faint of heart or easily offended though.

Jackiemxoxo

I feel myself really cherishing these last few weeks of being able to sleep on my stomach. I weaned DD2 not too long ago and haven't been able to sleep on my stomach in forever. The getting up to pee in the middle of the night is kind of ruining it though. 

kaf1788

I got super impatient and ordered the Sneak Peek test a few days ago. I"m supposed to get my results sometime today and have been refreshing my email every 30 seconds waiting for them to come in!