Early FFFConfessions?

AustinBride06

mine: I can't stop looking at my BBT chart.  I know the temp spike today could be due to not sleeping well last night.  Or wearing a long-sleeved tee to bed instead of a short-sleeved tee.  Or just the progesterone supplements kicking in.  And even my OB looked at it and thought our timing was not going to cut it.  But I can't help but compare it to my last pregnancy chart and marvel at how pretty it is! Also... I'm testing tomorrow AM, even though my OB told me to wait until 11dpo.

Anyone else have early confessions?

carlinlp

I hate all the holiday blow up characters in peoples yards.  I'm all about decorating for Christmas but those things drive me nuts because they look like crap and a big pile of garbage in everyone's yards when they aren't turned on, which is 99% of the time.  Of course my IL's bought us both a 12 foot santa and a 10 foot bevo that my kids love.  I refuse to tell them I hate them because I'm afraid it will encourage them to send more.  I am SO thankful both santa and bevo mysteriously bit the dust this year.

Nessia

carlinlp:

I hate all the holiday blow up characters in peoples yards.  I'm all about decorating for Christmas but those things drive me nuts because they look like crap and a big pile of garbage in everyone's yards when they aren't turned on, which is 99% of the time.  Of course my IL's bought us both a 12 foot santa and a 10 foot bevo that my kids love.  I refuse to tell them I hate them because I'm afraid it will encourage them to send more.  I am SO thankful both santa and bevo mysteriously bit the dust this year.

You cant kill Bevo! 

 

 Im sitting in a aession right now but im going to leave early. This lady's robot voice is like nails on a chalkboard. 

txbabs111

I love it when Choo Choo Soul is the short after Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because the engineer is a stone cold fox.

el_twirpo

i hate christmas trees (real or fake) because of what a mess they make and what a PITA it is to set up/take down. so we've never bought a christmas tree - not even for DS's first christmas. we did, however, buy a miniature wooden one in germany with mini ornaments that fits on the mantle. now i'm looking for a creative, non-tree way of hanging and displaying all the ugly ornaments we get as christmas gifts. (stop giving us cat ornaments, relatives! we are dog people in this household.)

intheatx

I'm having serious trouble finding the motivation to decorate for Christmas. I (historically) LOVE this season, but this year, everything -the tree, the shopping, you name it - sounds like a giant pain in the a$$. 

agran

we're supposed to do outdoor christmas lights this weekend... I'm glad it's supposed to rain.

sweetdreams2000

On the Christmas topic . . . my SIL keeps getting us a new ornament every year as a Christmas present, for the last 7 yrs.  It drives me crazy.  I liked it the first time, but I don't want my whole tree decorated with her ornaments.  I "forgot" to put a few of them on the tree this year. . . I might accidentally place a whole box of them in the trash when I put the Christmas stuff away.

brideonjuly8

txbabs111:

I love it when Choo Choo Soul is the short after Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because the engineer is a stone cold fox.

I totally agree.

MrsAJL

I really hate when, in an effort to recognize that I don't celebrate Christmas, people wish me a Happy Chanukah outside of the week of Chanukah.  I know it's with good intentions, but so few people even know when Chanukah is year over year (thank you, Lunar Calendar) and it feels weird to me.  Don't try so hard. Sometimes, I just want to blend in during the Christmas season.

 

SareBear30

intheatx:

I'm having serious trouble finding the motivation to decorate for Christmas. I (historically) LOVE this season, but this year, everything -the tree, the shopping, you name it - sounds like a giant pain in the a$$. 

I can't say that I have always loved Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday. But I didn't put up any decorations for it and I'm not motivated to do Christmas either. I just don't seem to have the energy or time this year.  

ali-1411

MrsAJL:

I really hate when, in an effort to recognize that I don't celebrate Christmas, people wish me a Happy Chanukah outside of the week of Chanukah.  I know it's with good intentions, but so few people even know when Chanukah is year over year (thank you, Lunar Calendar) and it feels weird to me.  Don't try so hard. Sometimes, I just want to blend in during the Christmas season.

 

Isn't Chanukah the first or second week of December?

I would have thought wishing someone a Happy Chanukah anytime between Thanksgiving and New Years would be the same as saying Merry Christmas.  Technically, Christmas is only one day - Dec 25 - but we say Merry Christmas for the whole month.

SaraLouiseBride08

I also hate the blow up Santas, etc. I think they are so stupid and trashy and messy looking. Christmas decor should be neat and clean and pretty.

I am also historicly a Christmas fanatic. I'm having to force myself to even put up a tree this year. I swear I will, but I don't wanna. And that's all we're doing. AND if I have to host Christmas I'm going to die.

My FFFC: I bought some whole (Organic!) milk for DD yesterday. She's having her first overnight away from us Saturday night, and I'm not sure I have enough breastmilk. I have not been pumping enough (out of laziness, not supply) and burned through most of my stash. I am too lazy to try to figure out formula for one month. Anyways, we bought it in case of emergency. This does not bode well for my EBF plans ...

SaraLouiseBride08

I've got another: On the "Don't Judge Me Post" from the other day ... My deep dark secrets are way worse than anything confessed in there! Sheesh!

YellowUmbrella

I think I officially have baby fever - Agh! I keep reminding myself of all the logical and rational reasons it's not a good idea quite yet.

MrsAJL

ali-1411:

Isn't Chanukah the first or second week of December?

I would have thought wishing someone a Happy Chanukah anytime between Thanksgiving and New Years would be the same as saying Merry Christmas.  Technically, Christmas is only one day - Dec 25 - but we say Merry Christmas for the whole month.

Nope. Chanukah can start as early as right after Thanksgiving and as late as the end of December. Lunar calendar and all.

ali-1411

MrsAJL:

ali-1411:

Isn't Chanukah the first or second week of December?

I would have thought wishing someone a Happy Chanukah anytime between Thanksgiving and New Years would be the same as saying Merry Christmas.  Technically, Christmas is only one day - Dec 25 - but we say Merry Christmas for the whole month.

Nope. Chanukah can start as early as right after Thanksgiving and as late as the end of December. Lunar calendar and all.

So hard to keep track of, isn't it?  Like Easter, its always changing.  Then Orthodox Easter is different from American Easter because of that silly lunar calender.  As a kid, I was annoyed when all my friends would get their Easter baskets like a month before me.  But my mom loved it since she was able to buy all our crap on clearance

(if you want to get technical, I guess Orthodox Easter is always the first full moon following Passover.  Since Jesus was Jewish and all, you can't really have the crucifixion before the Last Supper which was Passover.  But the Orthodox are the only ones who give a hoot about the technicalities like that)

MrsAJL

ali-1411:

MrsAJL:

ali-1411:

Isn't Chanukah the first or second week of December?

I would have thought wishing someone a Happy Chanukah anytime between Thanksgiving and New Years would be the same as saying Merry Christmas.  Technically, Christmas is only one day - Dec 25 - but we say Merry Christmas for the whole month.

Nope. Chanukah can start as early as right after Thanksgiving and as late as the end of December. Lunar calendar and all.

So hard to keep track of, isn't it?  Like Easter, its always changing.  Then Orthodox Easter is different from American Easter because of that silly lunar calender.  As a kid, I was annoyed when all my friends would get their Easter baskets like a month before me.  But my mom loved it since she was able to buy all our crap on clearance

(if you want to get technical, I guess Orthodox Easter is always the first full moon following Passover.  Since Jesus was Jewish and all, you can't really have the crucifixion before the Last Supper which was Passover.  But the Orthodox are the only ones who give a hoot about the technicalities like that)

Dude, the lunar calendar sucks. Year after year, I'm always surprised by Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Chanukah.  Last year, Chanukah was right after Thanksgiving and it messed up everything.   My favorite is when Chanukah includes Christmas day or extends through the secular New Year.

Since Passover is the largest holiday of the spring, I tend to remember when that one is, but it's gets annoying remember to consult both a Hebrew calendar and a Gregorian calendar when I'm making plans.

FeistyFille

I sometimes feel guilty because we are planning to give the boys very few new toys for Christmas, like maybe one each + one big one from Santa.  Maybe some small things for stocking stuffers too.  But then I feel guilty for feeling guilty because... well, here are my justifications (and I'm writing them just to make myself feel better):

1. They're still too young to really "get" it. 
   
2.  The grandparents are giving them plenty.
3. Money is tight, and we are on a strict budget.
4. We're not religious so it's not like we're going to church or will really discuss the true meaning of Christmas (until they're older and can understand), yet I want to preserve the spirit of the holiday and not make it so much about getting stuff. 

I guess I'm feeling a bit guilty because I'd like to keep the gift-giving to a minimum as they grow up, and yet I worry that they'll feel cheated in a way.  I'm torn, and I really shouldn't be. 

BTW, I know I'm making a bigger deal of this than I should be, but it's been on my mind a lot lately so there you go.

austxgrl

I had a huge rush of baby fever yesterday and in an attempt to squash it I ate a giant burger and curly fries.  It didn't work.

AustinAggie01

I'm picky about the toys the kids play with so there are Christmas presents from last year still in the guest room closet.  They unwrapped them, but then I confiscated them as soon as we got home and the kids forgot about them.  I'm going to donate them this year.  I know our family's intentions were in the right place, but I don't like a bunch of plastic crap everywhere or toys that I know will break within an hour.  So, I withhold toys from my kids.

I actually wanted to just do a book exchange at their last birthday party and just get them the few things *I* wanted them to have.  But, people said I was being cruel and my kids would get a complex about being the only kids that didn't get presents at their party blah, blah, blah.  Insert more crap that I would never buy my kids and that I've had to strategically confiscate.  Scrooge right here.

ndluvsrk

I am majorly annoyed that DH has to go out of town on business for a whole week next week. (He was out of town for 2 weeks before Thanksgiving to visit family)

I feel like SHIZZ.

However, I am keeping the complaining to the minimum so I can bank 'points' and go on some kind of a girls trip before summer rolls around. I've never been away from my boys so this would be a first for me.

kirknsarah

AustinBride06:

mine: I can't stop looking at my BBT chart.  I know the temp spike today could be due to not sleeping well last night.  Or wearing a long-sleeved tee to bed instead of a short-sleeved tee.  Or just the progesterone supplements kicking in.  And even my OB looked at it and thought our timing was not going to cut it.  But I can't help but compare it to my last pregnancy chart and marvel at how pretty it is! Also... I'm testing tomorrow AM, even though my OB told me to wait until 11dpo.

Anyone else have early confessions?

I'm 5dpo and I will sit there and stare at my chart as if magically signs or a pattern will appear. If I were 9dpo I would totally do what you're doing!! And this is me trying not to obsess....oh well.

Also it's almost 11:30, I've had two phone meetings with another on the way.....and I'm still in my PJs. Yay work from home!

ebat

I want to quit my job and stay home,  badly,  but I think I might be to lazy to make and stick to a strict budget like we would need to.

Mrs.Froggianna

Luke will probably be watching LOTS of TV today.  DH has been OOT since early Wednesday morning and won't be back till after 7 tonight.  I am D-O-N-E.  My patience is shot and the 3rd tri exhaustion is zapping me. 

Not helping matters is the fact that I've got to do this all over again in a week and a half.  Boo.  And even though my mom can make me nucking futs most of the time and I probably wouldn't ask for her help, I'm seriously jealous of y'all that can call on your ILs/parents to help out when you're spent.

FireChiefsBride

I had a double shot of espresso this morning, which apparently wasn't enough. Then I had a Diet Coke and I'm still not where I need to be, so I'm moving on to tea.

I have a big event this weekend and have had the hardest time rallying so I'm behind and still trying to pull it together.  Ugh!

rssnlvr

I'm (once again) fed up with my ILs. Every time we see them they have like five gifts for the kids. This last trip they had ordered a child-sized piano from Italy for DD, along with a pink-animal-print fur jacket with matching hat (gag), and a robe for her (which was going to be OUR gift for her). This is all in addition to what they give for actual gift-giving occasions.

1. Our house is being overrun with STUFF and I want them to stop giving us STUFF every time they see us.
2. Their taste and our taste isn't exactly the same, and a significant percentage of the clothing they give us winds up going to goodwill.
3. They tell us they can't afford to pay for a hotel room when they come down to visit. You know what? I bet you could if you hadn't just spent $100 on a mini Italian piano. Or on all the clothes that they'll never wear.

I'm so, so, so sick of them not listening to us and respecting our wishes when we ask them not to buy the kids anything. 

smb29

FeistyFille:

I guess I'm feeling a bit guilty because I'd like to keep the gift-giving to a minimum as they grow up, and yet I worry that they'll feel cheated in a way.  I'm torn, and I really shouldn't be. 

I totally feel you on this one.  Most of dh's family is giving us college money instead of gifts - which is awesome - but I've started worrying he is going to feel cheated when his cousin is opening a ton of gifts. 

ShernRich

brideonjuly8:

txbabs111:

I love it when Choo Choo Soul is the short after Mickey Mouse Clubhouse because the engineer is a stone cold fox.

I totally agree.

Yes maam. That dude is HOT