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February 2019 Moms
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Ten Things Tuesday
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I don't think we've done one of these in awhile if not, ever.
Hit me with 10 random things about you/ your life/ whatever is going on.
Hit me with 10 random things about you/ your life/ whatever is going on.
Re: Ten Things Tuesday
2. Saturday morning started early with a 5K fundraiser race for H's oncology clinic.
3. After the race, we went to our church to unload a semi truck-full of pumpkins for our pumpkin patch.
4. After pumpkin unloading, I led a 5-mile hike at a nearby park.
5. After the hike, H and I picked up pizza and had dinner with my MIL and aunts-in-law who are visiting from out of town. We visited with them until midnight.
6. On Sunday after church, MIL and AILs showed up unannounced to "hang out" - AKA go for a walk at the local park.
7. We finished off Sunday with a concert (Noam Pikelny + Stuart Duncan). It was incredible.
8. I spent Monday running errands with my MIL and AILs, who have told me that they'd like me to help them with planning my shower, "since you're the planner in the family."
9. I accrued over 50k steps on my Fitbit this weekend.
10. I'm back at work today, and my colleague is currently listening to Christmas music. Loudly.
2. We own 38 acres with a pond and pole barn but no animals (yet!).
3. I love to hunt and harvested a deer on our property last fall. Might miss out this year though so hopefully DH can get us some meat for the freezer. I love venison!
4. We still vacation at the same place my grandparents used to take us when I was my boys ages. Now my parents own it and my boys get to go have the same experiences I did!
5. My older boys are wrestlers and baseball players but I won't let them play tackle football yet.
6. I love all of the jurassic park movies.
7. My DH was the one who lobbied for pink in the nursery, not me. So we're going with gray and pink.
8. I was a cheerleader in high school and valedictorian.
9. I've kicked DH out of our room for the duration of my pregnancy. His snoring is too bad for someone that already has insomnia!
10. I teach the kids class at our church.
Those are in completely random and nonsensical order. 😄
2. I just started watching the Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. It’s so wonderfully creep-tastic.
3. I am really hoping that whatever is going on with this house will be wrapped up before the holidays roll around so we can actually settle in before the baby comes.
4. I work at a hospital and I’m not looking forward to pregnancy during flu season. It was bad here last year.
5. I don’t walk nearly as much as @hannahbananas11
6. We’re trying to figure out a department Halloween costume for this year at work. Apparently our department never wins, which is funny because OTs are supposed to be the creative ones in the building.
7. I’m having a hard time picking a thermostat temperature in our house. I was cold toed at 70 this morning but now I’m sweating at 72.
8. We are sharing one charging cable between 2 iPhones and an iPad right now. It’s incredibly annoying.. should probably buy another.
9. Speaking of Halloween, neither of my kids have costumes yet. I was thinking about making them Jack and Sally but we may just pull out something old from the dress up clothes and call it a day. They won’t care as long as there’s candy.
10. I’m very boring today apparently. It was hard to say 10 random things.
1. I’m born and raised in Brooklyn, NY (which I’m very proud of haha)
2. I worked in children’s publishing (big red dog) for almost 10 years and then changed my career path.
3. I met my DH and BFF in college and they both have the EXACT same birthday down to the year. My sisters boyfriend also has the same birthday except for the year.
4. I LOVE THANKSGIVING
5. My birthday is around and sometimes falls on Thanksgiving which is also why I love it so much.
6. I love taking cruise vacations - we already have one booked for next summer when this LO will be 6 months old.
7. You all know already but I have a 3 year old little boy and another boy on the way.
8. My family and I have a thing for elephants which stemmed from my grandmother. She was a very strong, matriarch of our family and she collected elephant figurines. Ever since then we all use the elephant as our symbol of strength and family. My nursery theme for DS and this LO involves elephants.
9. I am of Irish, Italian, and German descent.
10. I love the color purple! Like REALLY LOVE.
2. DD is watching way too much TV because of said nap time rebellion.
3. My 4 year wedding anniversary is early next month.
4. We are going to see one of my favorite bands, Iron&Wine, for our anniversary.
5. I love ghost stories and believe in the possibility of ghosts.
6. I had two older siblings (one passed away) and two younger siblings so I was smack in the middle growing up.
7. I love horses and took horseback riding lessons as an adult for about a year before I got pregnant. I miss it.
8. I used to workout a lot and be really into yoga but haven’t done any real workouts since I got pregnant with DD over two years ago.
9. I worked at the same construction company straight out of college until I went on maternity leave 2 years ago. My degree was unrelated to my job.
10. I had a c section but plan to try for a vbac with this baby. I want to have basic plans for both scenarios though.
2. We named our son after the dragon in Pete’s Dragon. Not because I have any particular devotion to the movie, I just saw it when I was really emotional while pregnant and suddenly he was named!
3. I love decorating for holidays to the point that it’s excessive.
4. I get really into cooking competition shows. Like I’ll yell at the tv while watching Chopped.
5. Also frequently yell at the tv while watching sports - Kentucky basketball and football and Packers football.
6. I get to help with the middle school play and musical as part of my job (I grew up in the theater) and I cry every opening night.
7. I could never be a SAHM and maternity leave is so hard for me. I took 12 weeks last time and really struggled mental health wise towards the end.
8. My favorite movie is Silence of the Lambs. I could watch it 16 times a week and I’d still be creeped out.
9. Sometimes when I finish a really good book I get super sad and wish I could go back in time to before I knew what happened and could start over.
10. I never close all my rings on my Apple Watch. NEVER. And my move goal is like ... 300 active calories.
..but a Kentucky fan? Come on now, you’ve got to have higher standards than that!
@sjnsjnsjn my grandfather went to Duke too, so at least someone was pleased lol.
1. I live in the maritimes of a Canada.
2. I've been with DH for almost 12 years.
3. We got married about 1 year ago.
4. I sell personal insurance. (Travel, health and life insurance), I started in medical administration and ventured over to insurance.
5. My husband races stock car and we spend our Summer and early Fall at the race track.
6. I am a huge wimp and freak out when I watch any horror/creepy movies and TV. I still end up watching some though since DH likes them, I just lose a bit of sleep and have a hard time doing laundry in my basement for a few days following it. lol
7. I may have an obsession with the Birth Hour podcast and have listened to almost all the episodes.
8. DH and I are huge music festival/live music fanatics. We went to a rock/metal 2 day outdoor festival where we tented for for 3 nights to attend when I was 28 weeks pregnant last time. We wanted to see one specific band and there was no way I was missing them.
9. My first language is French.
10. We are team green and I truly don't think we will have names for this kid regardless of what they are.
@cmjenkies
2. I consider myself a connoisseur of French dip sandwiches.
3. I did hair for 10 years. My heart was no longer in it after DD was born.
4. I had such bad anxiety that I couldn’t stand in lines or be in a mall for all of high school.
5. For the same reason I haven’t driven since 2002. It’s a pain in my ass.
6. I thank Dirty Dancing for getting me into 60s music. I’ve been watching it since it came out, much to my grandma’s chagrin.
7. I’m naming this daughter after said grandmother. She lived with us my entire childhood.
8. I’m a very proud lefty.
9. H and I met at a Halloween party, I told him that I loved him at another Halloween party the next year.
10. I’ll always find farts funny.
2. Im the middle child of three, and have the only daughter out of my siblings grand total of 7 kids
3. I was a hairstylist for 10 years and loved it... until I hated it.
4. The medical field is my true calling, but I hate people so Im a medical coder.
5. DH and I dated (and smoked a shit ton of weed together) in high school. Drifted apart for 8 years, then fell madly in love after I ended my first marriage.
6. I hate when people find out Ive been married before , so Im surprised I mentioned that earlier.
7. I miss drinking and smoking at least 3-5 times a week still.
8. I prefer Android.
9. Im struggling to enjoy this pregnancy.
10. Ive gained 21 pounds so far.
The randomness could easily be an honorary #11 for my pregnant thought process.
2. I hate potlucks. I like knowing what to expect before I put it in my mouth and watching people eat my food makes me anxious.
3. I grew up on a large sheep farm and loved the lifestyle but it's utterly incompatible with DH's allergies.
4. Sushi is my absolute favourite food thanks to a grandma who grew up in Japan and yet I married a guy allergic to all seafood.
5. We were 17 and 18 when we started dating. We met in English class and our teacher was awful.
6. I didn't care about it at all at the time but now I cherish the fact that we were each other's firsts in many senses.
7. Our birthdays are a 364 days apart, it's quite convenient!
8. My mother is from England so half my family lives there, including my incredible 97 year old grandmother.
9. I'm 27 but some days I barely feel like an adult. Having a baby makes me nervous in that regard but I try to be confident that I will manage somehow.
10. I work for the public service and am going through my first change in government. It's both fascinating and fucking stressful. I'm so thankful for the stability of my job but some days it also makes me feel trapped because I know I'll probably never find something I could justify leaving over.
2. I am the opposite of you, @ohsunnydays: I was born in California, lived in Oregon as a small child, then grew up mainly outside Seattle, live in NYC for net 17 years, broken up by three in the middle for law school in NC, and then moved to Chicago 4.5 years ago.
3. I'm 42 and my gent is 36, and we're not married. I met him after I moved to Chicago.
4. In 2010, I got married to my boyfriend of 6 years, despite reservations I was not admitting at the time, and ended it about a month later.
5. I'm a lawyer for the government and I want to find a new job and/or career but that's on hold now.
6. This pregnancy seems so weird, because despite being planned and wanted, I have not really connected to the idea that it is real and I have another child coming, and I have done nothing to prep for him.
7. I am a cat person but we have a dog.
8. I'm with @izzfrancisco in that I really miss drinking.
9. My whole family lives thousands of miles away and I see them once or twice a year.
10. I used to travel a lot and have been to many countries, many parts of the US, many music fests, etc.
2. I love running, I think that being able to run while pregnant has helped me to keep my sense of self.
3. I applied to grad school while ttgp, for the fun of learning since I already have a masters degree, so that's my new hobby outside of work.
4. I really enjoy my job!
5. If eating only fruit was healthy, I would be all in.
6. The heated seats in my car are my favorite feature.
7. I am going to miss being able to go skiing this coming winter.
8. One of my baby showers is supposed to be a surprise, but H told me about it.
9. I am ready to start decorating for Christmas.
10. I don't like Halloween.
2. I currently have to drive 3.5 hours for work every Tuesday morning and every Thursday night and I hate it.
3. For some reason right now baby clothes seem like the most overwhelming thing to me.
4. I miss having a waist.
5. Lately I crave fresh fruit all the time. I think I could eat nothing but clementines all day long and be happy. I am not normally a healthy eater, but ever since I got pregnant this baby has turned off all my my desire for chocolate.
6. I worry that my mom or my MIL will read what I write on this board. I don't actually have any reason to think they would, it's just this overwhelming anxiety that I'm being watched and judged.
7. I'm a big dork and I hate it when people say pregnancy is ten months long. It's actually an average of 8.4 months long if you begin from implantation. (That's 40 weeks divided by an average month of 30.4 days minus the average 23 days between LMP and implantation.)
8. Yesterday I realized none of my (college age) students have ever heard a car backfire and I felt really old.
9. I miss cocktails like nobody's business.
10. I also miss sex like nobody's business.
i also miss wine like it’s my lifeblood (it is)
2. Despite having always lived in places known for their cold, rain and snow, I prefer hot weather.
3. I’m almost 30 and still don’t have my driver’s license. I’ve only driven a car once (my grandma’s car with my dad, in an empty parking lot) and it TERRIFIED me.
4. I have an art degree and I’ve sold paintings and exhibited in cool places (on The Mall in London!), but completely stopped making art for no good reason a couple years ago. At best I doodle in notebooks now, it’s depressing.
5. I’ve been in two serious school fires. No, I did not start either.
6. My husband is 12 years older than me.
7. I’m left handed.
8. I can’t stand shellfish.
9. I spend a lot of time on the internet and have friends all over the world as a result. I’ve traveled to a lot of different countries to meet up with them over the past ten years!
10. I have three siblings: two brothers and a sister. I’m the oldest.
DD born 4/1/2023
Baby #3 EDD 11/21/2024
2. My husband is 14 years older than me and I have two wonderful step-sons.
3. I'm a HUGE football fanatic.. University of GA (hence my logo obviously) and Atlanta Falcons are my teams.
4. I did not go to UGA however. A smaller college north of there. The fan allegiance is passed down from family.
5. I drive a mini-van and I love it! Now that I'm used to the room I couldn't drive anything else. Even my old SUV didn't have the room I have now.
6. I have a pretty cool work environment. I work at a marina on the lake and I'm currently typing this while watching Friends on our office TV (I do work hard some days too, haha. Just a slow day!)
7. I have a 4 year old DD who has just the most fun personality. She really does keep me laughing and amazes me with how smart she is. I love this age. It seems like there's something new every day.
8. I am the oldest of 3. I have a younger brother and younger sister.
9. I love playing trivia.
10. I've just started a side business doing remote admin duties for companies (bookkeeping, social media management, customer service, etc.) that don't want to hire someone full time. I've done it on the side working for others but have decided to go out on my own and find my own clients now. Scary and exciting!
2. My husband was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and moved to Canada at age 12. Team mixed baby.
3. I love cats. My cat is currently curled around my belly in a half moon shape lol. Snoring.
4. I work as a nurse in a busy cardiac ward. I like the work but it's a rough job, I don't want to do it forever. I'm holding on to it for now though because the flexible casual hours will work really well post-mat leave.
5. I miss living by the ocean.
6. I love coffee and coffee shops.
7. I hate cooking. I wish I loved to cook, I would eat so much better lol.
8. I love sushi. And ramen. And dim sum. Really all Asian food is amazing.
9. I don't make new friends very easily. I probably wouldn't have much of a social life without my husband, who is exceptionally easygoing in that regard. He will talk to anyone.
10. I know everyone says they miss booze the most but I miss hot baths. And hot tubs. I cried the other day because my back was so sore and all I wanted was a super hot bath but I couldn't have one
2. I’ve worked a real job (not babysitting) since I was 14.
3. I’m a psychotherapist but outside of work most people annoy me
4. Pit bulls are the best and probably the only dog I will ever own (who am I kidding - they own me)
5. My H is a crazy workaholic...
6. I’m super PC but I can’t give up my Redskins
7. I don’t like being pregnant as much as I thought I would
8. I drink a glass of wine about once a week so in general I don’t really miss alcohol.
9. My oldest niece is about to turn 20 and it’s killing me... I can’t imagine how I’ll feel as this bean grows up.
10. I have a travel goal for my kids of 18 (countries) by 18 (years old) and I’m so excited to see how I do with this!