It's between 78 and 81 at all times in our apartment, regardless of the temp outside (this week it's been upper 60s in the daytime and 50s at night). We get similar temps to SF, but a lot more sun on the east side of the bay. I keep the windows open all day and close them at night (allergies). No AC even though the building was built last year, and due to the way that the windows open and also our lease, we can't have portable units. The heat has only been on twice, when fella's mother was visiting in January.
The good news is that we've never paid more than $35 for gas/electric. Which is a small concession for living in the highest rent market in the country.
Of course, people say that our summer doesn't hit until August/September. Last year just before we moved, it was over 100 for several days in the Bay Area. It was over 90 when we came out here for the fella's interview, and we struggled one day to find a restaurant with AC. I am not looking forward to weather like that...while 7/8/9 months pregnant...with no air conditioned escapes!!
@kiwi2628 I JUST saw this on my news feed on FB. I wish I was a bigger Drake fan and I might be more excited. However, I loved Degrassi.
My mom just called me from Toys R Us. She gave me the option between the Jeep Umbrella Stroller for G or a "Strolly Bike" which starts as a stroller and converts over time to a balance bike. I'm having her get the bike because SS LOVED his balance bike. https://strolly.net/products/strolly-bike
Bought a used balance bike as I think they are genius. But upset as I overpaid even though I looked online at pricing ugh. Still paid less than new but it is for sure used.
OMFG you guys....a lady at my work who was due a week before me (Oct. 5) just had her baby over the weekend. At 23 weeks. It was a boy, he weighs 1lb. He is doing well for now, and will be in NICU for at least 3 months.
I just thought I'd share. I can't imagine planning for an October baby and delivering in June. You really just never know with pregnancy..
I'm so thankful that he seems to be doing well and I pray he fights hard and makes it.
@nasalot188 I have a nephew who was born at 24 weeks. He was in the hospital until his original due date but now he's a healthy and thriving 8 year old. Hoping for the best for your coworker!
@sliztee yeah I’m the same. Dead of winter we’re still always under $200, but our house is only 4 years old. It’s definitely about how old the house is. My dad always makes jokes about how he’s going to burn to death when he comes over in the winter bc we keep it like 68 in the house. The house I grew up in (where my parents still live) is an old haunted Victorian. Expensive as shit to heat, and wicked high ceilings so you’re heating like 130% of what a new house with the same sq ft would be. They keep it like 58 in the winter during the day. 50 at night. According to the thermostat, which I never believed. My nose would be freezing cold every morning.
“They” say viability is 24 weeks, but I’ve read about 23 weekers that survived. Many hospitals won’t try to keep the baby alive if it’s born before 24 weeks, although that may be changing. A friend of an acquaintance delivered twins at 20.5 weeks and last I heard, they were in NICU.
I'm so excited, Zulily had some dresses that are very similar to what we'd wear and I ordered 4 of them! I know it'll take awhile before they get here, but I'm just not getting to sewing like I wish I was. I need some new clothes, so I hope these work out!
@nasalot188 I have had two friends who gave birth early (twins at 24 weeks and single at 23 weeks) both were in hospital until their due dates but are healthy and have the most fiesty personalities! My OB said 23 weeks is viable and why she isn't concerned with my operation at 24 weeks.
Me 33 DH 41 TTC since 2016 Due: October 12, 2018 Location: Ontario, Canada
@coffee-saur Forgive me for awful memory but your ‘what we wear’ comment struck me as a bit odd (because I had to think on who the ‘we’ was and why the dress would be different) so I had to think on it for a minute - are you part of the Mormon community? I vaguely remember you mentioning it a ways back maybe?
@elothair Mennonite. I wear dresses and a black cap on my head. The dresses we wear are usually one fabric, and the 'guidelines' as it were, are modesty and simplicity. Sorry if that's huge! I bought one like this on Zulily, so you have an idea what I wear. I wondered if I'd confuse everyone with my comment... So I'm glad you asked
@britvahok dang that thread is getting intense and I'm only just done with page two. It's like reading a page turner - waiting to read if the flu shot convo now gets picked up intensely, too.
I started reading it, but just don't have the energy right now. I only ready about a page and a half into it though. So many words. Good to know it gets better though. I'll have to check back after a nap.
@SweetSweetTooth that actually sounds amazing. I should start laundry but I'm out like a pancake on the sofa next to the the pups. Something about the dog bed on the floor now sounds even more comfortable.
@britvahok that was A LOT. It was also hard to read and keep to myself, simply bc I really enjoyed some of the participants when we overlapped on TTGP and so my armor went up quickly.
I made it about halfway through page 3...I’ll have to go back later when I have more time. As for the board organization...someone said these discussions always come up in every BMB about how someone likes it and others don’t. Unless I missed it, which is entirely possible, I haven’t seen anything like that on our BMB. But then again not everyone can have someone like @knottieamusements that deals with the drive bys so eloquently
@spartan4life I believe we had some opinions about symptoms at one pt and know there was some about the questions thread. But they were mild, un-personal thoughts/opinions shared and everyone seemed to go on their merry way. Which seems normal to me...I just can't see getting overly worked up over this. Except Ramzi and nonsense, because that absolutely merits a GIF thread
I won't speak on behalf of the masses because I have no clue on everyone's perspective (nor do I want this to turn into the Jan thread, though), but I feel like when someone does post a separate thread for something that potentially could have rolled up, I don't have a reaction because either 1. it's a super important or big topic that should have it's own thread for the masses to reference and dive in, 2. I don't really care (which I consider a good thing - it's just an extra thread on a board, and I don't think will send all organization out the window) or 3. it's posted by someone where it's clear that this is important/disruptive to the OP and I'm glad we can have a focused forum to support the poster.
I also just feel like we don't have very many drive-bys, at all.
There was a few comments on one of the weeklys this week about not feeling a connection to this BMB, which honestly makes me feel sad. I think it's because I do feel a connection. There's a few women here who I feel I've genuinely connected with and look forward to that continued relationship and how it may grow. (Hopefully they feel the same! lol).
It makes me wonder what we could do differently? I really feel like this random's thread is a huge part of that connection, because we talk about everything and anything. Maybe we need more "one-off" threads of topics. I think its important when major stuff is going on (surgeries, severe medical issues, specific baby concerns) we have a separate thread so we can keep up with things without them getting lost. Overall, I like our board organization and I hope no one feels they can't start a thread.
@sammierose464 that makes me sad. There were a few weeks where I felt a hard time connecting in, but encouraged myself to re-engage and spend more energy on what was going on with everyone, and that helped.
I wonder if it's harder if you're a STM+ with a previously tight BMB because the expectations for the board may be unintentionally pre-set and, of course, no BMB will be the same. Curious on that one.
Wonder what we could do to bring people in more, but that seems hard without it being artificially manufactured (which defeats the point IMO.)
@sammierose464 thats sad. I think the randoms thread is the best because it is where people talk about nothing/everything, which is the basis of a >totallynotweirdbutcompletelyonlinewhoareanyofyoupeopleIhopenoonehereisarussianbot< relationship. I think more threads in the short term could be fun sometimes, but overall its usually an OP poses a GTKY question and 20-30 people answer it and it dies down and people come back here.
@sammierose464 I didn’t make that comment, but I’m feeling that way. For what it’s worth, I didn’t feel all that connected to my D16 group until the babies were being born and we moved to Facebook, so I’m keeping an open mind.
I think a lot of it has to do with being a STM - I’ve been through this stuff before, so I don’t really have questions or am I looking for reassurance that things are going ok. I also have most of the stuff I need for this kid. I seem to comment more on threads where people want advice on stuff like that. I’m also a SAHM so my day to day randoms are pretty boring, haha.
Anyway, I’m here and always scoping out threads to see what’s doing... just sometimes feel like I don’t have a lot to add that warrants a post.
@sammierose464@chopchop25 I felt the same way seeing the posts earlier in the week about connecting. Even though I’m a STM, I didn’t join a BMB previously so I have nothing to compare this to, but I’ve definitely enjoyed getting to know everyone here and hope that we all stay connected in one way or another. I know I don’t post as much as some others, but I certainly feel a little invested in everything going on with everyone else, as weird as that may sound.
Like you guys said, I’m not sure what else could be done to try and make those connections, since you can’t really force that kind of thing.
Re: Randoms 6/9
The good news is that we've never paid more than $35 for gas/electric. Which is a small concession for living in the highest rent market in the country.
Of course, people say that our summer doesn't hit until August/September. Last year just before we moved, it was over 100 for several days in the Bay Area. It was over 90 when we came out here for the fella's interview, and we struggled one day to find a restaurant with AC. I am not looking forward to weather like that...while 7/8/9 months pregnant...with no air conditioned escapes!!
https://www.buzzfeed.com/jenniferabidor/drake-reunited-the-degrassi-cast-for-his-im-upset-video-and?utm_source=dynamic&utm_campaign=bffbbuzzfeed&ref=bffbbuzzfeed&utm_term=.wqGBJz935#.mmBRVmarP
My mom just called me from Toys R Us. She gave me the option between the Jeep Umbrella Stroller for G or a "Strolly Bike" which starts as a stroller and converts over time to a balance bike. I'm having her get the bike because SS LOVED his balance bike. https://strolly.net/products/strolly-bike
I just thought I'd share. I can't imagine planning for an October baby and delivering in June. You really just never know with pregnancy..
I'm so thankful that he seems to be doing well and I pray he fights hard and makes it.
DD 3/15/12
DD 6/3/14
#4 Due 10/26/18!
Hasn't returned but it could be interesting if she does for sure.
My OB said 23 weeks is viable and why she isn't concerned with my operation at 24 weeks.
TTC since 2016
Due: October 12, 2018
Location: Ontario, Canada
Sorry if that's huge! I bought one like this on Zulily, so you have an idea what I wear.
I wondered if I'd confuse everyone with my comment... So I'm glad you asked
DD 3/15/12
DD 6/3/14
#4 Due 10/26/18!
@britvahok that was A LOT. It was also hard to read and keep to myself, simply bc I really enjoyed some of the participants when we overlapped on TTGP and so my armor went up quickly.
I won't speak on behalf of the masses because I have no clue on everyone's perspective (nor do I want this to turn into the Jan thread, though), but I feel like when someone does post a separate thread for something that potentially could have rolled up, I don't have a reaction because either 1. it's a super important or big topic that should have it's own thread for the masses to reference and dive in, 2. I don't really care (which I consider a good thing - it's just an extra thread on a board, and I don't think will send all organization out the window) or 3. it's posted by someone where it's clear that this is important/disruptive to the OP and I'm glad we can have a focused forum to support the poster.
I also just feel like we don't have very many drive-bys, at all.
edit: and YES. Thank goodness for @knottieamusements!
It makes me wonder what we could do differently? I really feel like this random's thread is a huge part of that connection, because we talk about everything and anything. Maybe we need more "one-off" threads of topics. I think its important when major stuff is going on (surgeries, severe medical issues, specific baby concerns) we have a separate thread so we can keep up with things without them getting lost. Overall, I like our board organization and I hope no one feels they can't start a thread.
I wonder if it's harder if you're a STM+ with a previously tight BMB because the expectations for the board may be unintentionally pre-set and, of course, no BMB will be the same. Curious on that one.
Wonder what we could do to bring people in more, but that seems hard without it being artificially manufactured (which defeats the point IMO.)
I think a lot of it has to do with being a STM - I’ve been through this stuff before, so I don’t really have questions or am I looking for reassurance that things are going ok. I also have most of the stuff I need for this kid. I seem to comment more on threads where people want advice on stuff like that. I’m also a SAHM so my day to day randoms are pretty boring, haha.
Anyway, I’m here and always scoping out threads to see what’s doing... just sometimes feel like I don’t have a lot to add that warrants a post.
Like you guys said, I’m not sure what else could be done to try and make those connections, since you can’t really force that kind of thing.
Now off to read that January post...