BRING EM ON - FFFC

AvidVertigo

I'm still working on mine, but let's make them juicy today PLEASE!  (At this point, this board is soooo dead, MUD will even work for me today)

I got a lame one - I didn't watch the Royal Wedding. 

Go!!

BLUEIEDHIPPY

I just found out my friends death was caused by an accidental overdose. She was on prescription meds & a friend offered a pain pill to help her with a bad day...& the two didn't mix...So PLEASE ladies know what you are taking & what they do & don't mix with....This kinda thing just makes me shake my head....what was she thinking?!!??...now 3 kids grow up with out a mother & her poor husband is left alone cause the kids they were raising weren't his.... Just a big bunch of suck! Thanks for listening...

margotmacomber

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

JhawkCE

This is gross, but I totally bird feed my kid.  If he wants something I'm eating I will use my front teeth to break it up and then give it to him.

yankeebaby2

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

I don't know how far gangstopolis is from Cincinatti, but can you go hoome for two weeks? 

margotmacomber

yankeebaby2:

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

I don't know how far gangstopolis is from Cincinatti, but can you go hoome for two weeks? 

It's a 12 hour drive  We just got back from there last week though.  And we're flying up again for a graduation party in June.  I'm just a whiny brat this morning.  

AvidVertigo

BLUEIEDHIPPY:

I just found out my friends death was caused by an accidental overdose. She was on prescription meds & a friend offered a pain pill to help her with a bad day...& the two didn't mix...So PLEASE ladies know what you are taking & what they do & don't mix with....This kinda thing just makes me shake my head....what was she thinking?!!??...now 3 kids grow up with out a mother & her poor husband is left alone cause the kids they were raising weren't his.... Just a big bunch of suck! Thanks for listening...

Wow, I am so sorry to hear that.  It is a good reminder to others though.  It's scary what the wrong kind of drug could do to you. 

BlueRidge8

I'm feeling very whiny because tomorrow is my birthday. We are taking DD to the IL's this weekend because she still hasn't met much of his extended family (they live 3 hours away - dreading the drive).

His family is very kind and generous, but they are T-totalers so I can't even have a glass of wine on my b-day.

FFC: Totally getting a couple airplane bottles of Jameson on the way so I can sneak in a celebratory beverage - klassy!

 

AvidVertigo

JhawkCE:

This is gross, but I totally bird feed my kid.  If he wants something I'm eating I will use my front teeth to break it up and then give it to him.

I do this sometimes too if I have to.  I don't do the whole 9 yards of the chewing it up part though.  Breaking it/chewing it up to tiny pieces are 2 different things IMO.

Mrs.Cford

My best friend in the entire world is pregnant (after 5 years of TTC) - this is a great thing BUT she wants to name the baby Wolfgang if it's a boy.....

....I am trying to be supportive but seriously?! The most supportive thing I could say was "just remember, you don't have to live with the name - the baby does"

mm&m2010

I told my boss I have to leave early today for an appointment. I am sure they think it is a DR appt, but I am actually getting a pedicure!

AvidVertigo

mm&m2010:

I told my boss I have to leave early today for an appointment. I am sure they think it is a DR appt, but I am actually getting a pedicure!

You sly girl you!  I think I am getting a pedi this weekend too after the box sale.

Summadaze

JhawkCE:

This is gross, but I totally bird feed my kid.  If he wants something I'm eating I will use my front teeth to break it up and then give it to him.

Well you are a hawk... hehe lame joke I know... But I do it too. I've never even thought about it. I'm sure some people think it's gross, but I do it anyways.

megperk72

BLUEIEDHIPPY:

I just found out my friends death was caused by an accidental overdose. She was on prescription meds & a friend offered a pain pill to help her with a bad day...& the two didn't mix...So PLEASE ladies know what you are taking & what they do & don't mix with....This kinda thing just makes me shake my head....what was she thinking?!!??...now 3 kids grow up with out a mother & her poor husband is left alone cause the kids they were raising weren't his.... Just a big bunch of suck! Thanks for listening...

That is a big bunch of suck. I'm so sorry to hear about your friend. I would have never thought one little pain pill would result in death either, but I will remember that in the future now. {{hugs}}

megperk72

I am hoping something happens so DD and I can stay home instead of going on our vacation. Not something bad, but maybe I can just get sick enough to not be able to fly. We are taking 5 friends to Louisville (DH's hometown) for Derby and we are staying with MIL...who is also (just recently) the full time caretaker of DH's brother's baby who is 6 months old. For some reason MIL thinks we will leave her (65 yrs old) with both babies and she can sing and play with them all day and it will all be rosy. She doesn't realize how much work an almost-walking 11 month old will be. Add a 6 month old into the mix, and that is too much for a 65 yr old woman. I just won't do it, I won't leave her alone with them. And then she'll get pissy when I won't. And then we're both afraid that she will try to lie and tell us 'so and so' is coming over to help. I just know what's going to happen, and it's not going to be pretty.

If we weren't taking a group, we would have cancelled already.

So my confession is, I wish I could get sick, just sick enough to not be able to fly. And then DD and I can spend the week alone. A nice, quiet week with no MIL.

Brit710

DH wants to take DS to visit his parents next weekend.  He keeps offering to go alone because he knows his parents drive me nuts and a baby break would be amazing for me.

 I keep lying and saying that it would be too hard for me to be 12 hours away from DS. 

The truth is, DH's dad gives me the creeps.  The thought of DS being left alone with him gives me a panic attack.  Maybe I'm paranoid, but I know too many people that have experienced sexual abuse during childhood so I refuse to ignore my gut feeling.

 

lildevil968

DH has been teasing me about my run times being slow for my upcomng 5k next weekend. This morning I woke his butt up at 430, and told him to get his fat a$$ out of bed, and workout with me. I made him run on the on our treadmill at a pace of 6.6, and an incline of 5%. I told him I run that fast, and that incline everyday, but in all reality I only jog at a pace of 4.3, and an incline of 1%. That'll teach him to make fun of me.

He was all red in the face, and out of breath after 2 minutes.

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Masonismylove

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

What was your MOS? Where did you do your basic training? Rank? I'm prior Army too.

Summadaze

Everyone calls me super mom cause I nurse, make my own baby food and cloth diaper. I want to say you can do it if you want and just cause I do it doesn't make you less of a mom so STFU already. It makes me feel like they think I'm superior so I don't like to talk about my kids, Khari is walking now and the main persons son couldn't even sit up at 14 months old and she says it's cause I'm super mom. I want to say no it's because I don't just lay my kids down and expect them to learn everything on their own. I mean she didn't even know her kid should've been able to sit up at 14 months.. She says it's cause they were first time parents and didn't know about milestones so they never tried to help him. WTF. Also this kid has/had no disabilities or anything. Once they actually let him sit up against things he was able to sit, crawl the works.. They just never bothered to try tummy time or propping him up... It also makes me wonder if they ever took the kid to the Dr.. Because most Drs would've said something!

yourfaceyourface

beccaga16:

I crack my knuckles and I love it.... I know it annoys most people, but I really enjoy the sound and feeling.

me too. 

Summadaze

lildevil968:

DH has been teasing me about my run times being slow for my upcomng 5k next weekend. This morning I woke his butt up at 430, and told him to get his fat a$$ out of bed, and workout with me. I made him run on the on our treadmill at a pace of 6.6, and an incline of 5%. I told him I run that fast, and that incline everyday, but in all reality I only jog at a pace of 4.3, and an incline of 1%. That'll teach him to make fun of me.

He was all red in the face, and out of breath after 2 minutes.

I love this..

AvidVertigo

Ladies - I was just informed that 12-24 does not usually do FFFC.  I told them that i hoped that would change in 3 weeks when I came over.  It kinda makes me sad.  No wonder Yankee comes back to visit us!

margotmacomber

Masonismylove:

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

What was your MOS? Where did you do your basic training? Rank? I'm prior Army too.

74D, Ft. Leonardwood, SPC.  

I was only in 2 years, it was short and sweet. 

AvidVertigo

margotmacomber:

Masonismylove:

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

What was your MOS? Where did you do your basic training? Rank? I'm prior Army too.

74D, Ft. Leonardwood, SPC.  

I was only in 2 years, it was short and sweet. 

I grew up about an hour and a half from Ft. Leonard Wood

Masonismylove

margotmacomber:

Masonismylove:

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

What was your MOS? Where did you do your basic training? Rank? I'm prior Army too.

74D, Ft. Leonardwood, SPC.  

I was only in 2 years, it was short and sweet. 

74D?

I was 92Y-Supply

LouRN09

I called in "sick" yesterday to take my own mental health day. :-) Spent the day at the mall, had lunch with DH, and came home and took a nap. Now I have 5 days off! So, its my own little mini-vacation.

melodramatic26

Mrs.Cford:

My best friend in the entire world is pregnant (after 5 years of TTC) - this is a great thing BUT she wants to name the baby Wolfgang if it's a boy.....

....I am trying to be supportive but seriously?! The most supportive thing I could say was "just remember, you don't have to live with the name - the baby does"

OMG. I have a friend of a friend who named her son Wolfe. I laughed when my friend told me the name and she looked at me dead serious and said "it's really fitting of him and such a cute name". Um, no. Wolfe is not fitting for any kid.

margotmacomber

Masonismylove:

margotmacomber:

Masonismylove:

margotmacomber:

DH is going on an FTX (field training exercise = gone camping military style) next week and then another one two weeks after that.  I am dreading it.  It's not a deployment, but I want to cry because I don't want to be left alone with all the child care again!!!!  WAAAHHH  I know it's only two weeks but I am a SAHM stuck in the sticks and I miss being in the Army and I miss working and I miss Cincinnati and I miss my friends.  FUCKINGG helll I'm irritating myself right now. 

What was your MOS? Where did you do your basic training? Rank? I'm prior Army too.

74D, Ft. Leonardwood, SPC.  

I was only in 2 years, it was short and sweet. 

74D?

I was 92Y-Supply

LOL, that was my first choice.  DH HAD to go SatCom, so I was just going for a universal MOS so that we had better odds of being together.  Turns out, playing with CS gas was actually fun. 

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jlthompson19

megperk72:

I am hoping something happens so DD and I can stay home instead of going on our vacation. Not something bad, but maybe I can just get sick enough to not be able to fly. We are taking 5 friends to Louisville (DH's hometown) for Derby and we are staying with MIL...who is also (just recently) the full time caretaker of DH's brother's baby who is 6 months old. For some reason MIL thinks we will leave her (65 yrs old) with both babies and she can sing and play with them all day and it will all be rosy. She doesn't realize how much work an almost-walking 11 month old will be. Add a 6 month old into the mix, and that is too much for a 65 yr old woman. I just won't do it, I won't leave her alone with them. And then she'll get pissy when I won't. And then we're both afraid that she will try to lie and tell us 'so and so' is coming over to help. I just know what's going to happen, and it's not going to be pretty.

If we weren't taking a group, we would have cancelled already.

So my confession is, I wish I could get sick, just sick enough to not be able to fly. And then DD and I can spend the week alone. A nice, quiet week with no MIL.

Wow, 65 is HARDLY old.  My 62 year old mother regularly watches my 7, 4 and 3 year old nephews and has no issues.

mm&m2010

jlthompson19:

megperk72:

I am hoping something happens so DD and I can stay home instead of going on our vacation. Not something bad, but maybe I can just get sick enough to not be able to fly. We are taking 5 friends to Louisville (DH's hometown) for Derby and we are staying with MIL...who is also (just recently) the full time caretaker of DH's brother's baby who is 6 months old. For some reason MIL thinks we will leave her (65 yrs old) with both babies and she can sing and play with them all day and it will all be rosy. She doesn't realize how much work an almost-walking 11 month old will be. Add a 6 month old into the mix, and that is too much for a 65 yr old woman. I just won't do it, I won't leave her alone with them. And then she'll get pissy when I won't. And then we're both afraid that she will try to lie and tell us 'so and so' is coming over to help. I just know what's going to happen, and it's not going to be pretty.

If we weren't taking a group, we would have cancelled already.

So my confession is, I wish I could get sick, just sick enough to not be able to fly. And then DD and I can spend the week alone. A nice, quiet week with no MIL.

Wow, 65 is HARDLY old.  My 62 year old mother regularly watches my 7, 4 and 3 year old nephews and has no issues.

My 81yr old Grandma has watched my son & 2 nephews (her great grandkids) several times- current ages 10 months, 20 months & 4- she also drives (good driver, I might add). So yea, 65 is NOT old!

emilysmommy2010

Emily ate out of the trash today. My DH was in the kitchen and I guess she had fished out some old food and went to town. He didn't notice until he was finished cooking breakfast. Yuck.

AvidVertigo

emilysmommy2010:

Emily ate out of the trash today. My DH was in the kitchen and I guess she had fished out some old food and went to town. He didn't notice until he was finished cooking breakfast. Yuck.

In the last 2 days, Hudson is now obsessed with the toilet.  He tries to put his hands in it (omg, i scrubbed his hands like crazy because it was at another person's house) and he was trying to flush ours this morning and once it flushed he got scared.  I dunno what the obsession is about. 

ChristieRose16

mm&m2010:

I told my boss I have to leave early today for an appointment. I am sure they think it is a DR appt, but I am actually getting a pedicure!

ChristieRose16

mm&m2010:

I told my boss I have to leave early today for an appointment. I am sure they think it is a DR appt, but I am actually getting a pedicure!

megperk72

jlthompson19:

megperk72:

I am hoping something happens so DD and I can stay home instead of going on our vacation. Not something bad, but maybe I can just get sick enough to not be able to fly. We are taking 5 friends to Louisville (DH's hometown) for Derby and we are staying with MIL...who is also (just recently) the full time caretaker of DH's brother's baby who is 6 months old. For some reason MIL thinks we will leave her (65 yrs old) with both babies and she can sing and play with them all day and it will all be rosy. She doesn't realize how much work an almost-walking 11 month old will be. Add a 6 month old into the mix, and that is too much for a 65 yr old woman. I just won't do it, I won't leave her alone with them. And then she'll get pissy when I won't. And then we're both afraid that she will try to lie and tell us 'so and so' is coming over to help. I just know what's going to happen, and it's not going to be pretty.

If we weren't taking a group, we would have cancelled already.

So my confession is, I wish I could get sick, just sick enough to not be able to fly. And then DD and I can spend the week alone. A nice, quiet week with no MIL.

Wow, 65 is HARDLY old.  My 62 year old mother regularly watches my 7, 4 and 3 year old nephews and has no issues.

IMO, those ages would be fine. I just think a 6 month old and an almost walking 11 month old in a non-childproofed house, with 2 sets of stairs, no baby gear, being watched by someone who hasn't cared for babies in 40 years is too much for me to be comfortable with. And we spefically asked her if she was going to be needed to care for the younger baby so we could make other plans on those days and were told it wouldn't be a problem. I'm just not comfortable with the situation.

If you still disagree, then we'll just agree to disagree.

ChristieRose16

oops sorry!  I dont know how I accidentally quoted someone twice.  It went all crazy one me.  I wish I could leave early for an "appt" and get a pedi! That made me LOL and it is great! haha

BFab11

Mine is that I'm using pregnancy and taking care of a baby as an excuse to slack on the unpacking.  I am legitimately tired and cranky, so I nap with C when he sleeps, take extra long nursing/cuddling sessions, and snack often.  

I hate moving. 

shirls

I know this is petty, but I don't want to acknowledge MIL at all on Mother's Day...not even a card. I feel like we have been generous enough in getting her a round trip ticket from CA to the midwest so she could visit her family when we are there too visiting DH's extended family.

hillek5

Most nights, I dread DS' bedtime.  DH rarely puts him to bed (even when I'm working and don't get home until 8:30 or later).  That means I'm usually the one doing bath, meds, and breathing treatments on an overly tired, extra crabby little boy who screams the entire way through.  At least I get to nurse him before he goes to bed, but the same thing every night is wearing me out.