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February 2012 Moms
lancyjo
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Monday Random Musings
lancyjo
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Let's play, shall we? I'm bored, it's Monday, and YOU BISHES NEED TO COME BACK FROM THE FB GROUP BECAUSE I CAN'T FB AT WORK!!!!! /gavel/
1) I can't wrap my head around the idea of Graco's "Newborn to 2 year infance car seat". I feel like it'd either be a bear to lug around, or it'd be a little bit of a tight fit for a 2 year old. (Thank you, Bump advertisements, for this morning musing...)
2) I'm simultaneously terrified and excited for Thanksgiving. I'm excited because my entire family will be together for the first time since my Mom and her sisters had a falling out last year. Aria gets to meet upwards of 20 people that she hasn't met yet, and I get to meet my cousin's baby, who is 1.5, that I haven't met yet. I'm terrified because before we go to my Aunt's house, we have to spend a few hours at hubs' parents' house. Should be interesting...
3) My Steelers lost to the Ravens... THE RAVENS. Gah! Of all the times for Roethlisberger and Polamalu both to be out with injuries!
4) I found out Saturday night that BIL/SIL are buying a Christmas gift for Aria... which means I feel obligated to buy for their 4 kids. THIS is why I didn't want hubs to wait until Thanksgiving to tell them that we don't want to exchange gifts anymore.
5) I still have no idea what to get hubs for Christmas. At this rate, he's getting cologne, chocolate, and a movie.
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Re: Monday Random Musings
I agree with the FB part...I can't get on at work and it drains my phone battery!
I had such a good weekend (
) that I am going to be 0% productive this short week. I don't want to work this week, I want to stay home with my daughter!
Today on the ride to work I was very passive aggressive to a woman who was driving like a crazy person. Usually I let it go - not worth the hassle - but she cut me off twice and literally did not get one car length ahead on the entire 30+ mile drive, despite her insane lane changing. So I got myself right next to her and blocked her in. I didn't even feel bad because it seemed like other cars were in on it with me. Crazy people should leave 15 minutes earlier so they don't try to kill the rest of us.
I haven't gotten a convertible car seat yet and have no plans on it until after she turns 1. For a few reasons...I love the carrier (she falls asleep in the car a lot) and there is no reason to take her out of it yet - she is still 4" and 14 lbs under the limits.
I love our board - really. It is amazing that a group of strangers just over a year ago are now such good friends!
DH isn't getting anything for Christmas either if I don't get my brain engaged. I can't think of a single thing he wants that isn't NY Giants related!
I'll play...
1) I just ate 2 Krispy Kreme donuts and they were fabulous! I want more!
2) We aren't doing Thanksgiving with my mom until Saturday (we don't do it with my dad...never have). And my mom works on Thursday. So, I'm thinking what am I going to do? My sister is going to her friend's house...they have a friend Thanksgiving...I've been invited. I almost feel like it's a 'pity' invite, but then again I don't. I don't want to be at home alone, with Ian of course, for Thanksgiving. It just feels wrong. But I don't want people feeling like they have to invite me because I'm alone. I know this is my own 'issue' in my head but it's what I'm feeling. I'll probably go though. I like the girl and her family and the other friends that will be there, so that's not part of my issue.
3) Let's stick with the Thanksgiving theme...my mom is hosting this year, on Saturday. The first time she's been able to host in years. She got a new house so there's finally room for us all, and I was excited about it. My sister is coming in from Atlanta...we don't usually get to see her but twice a year, so this is a treat. Anyway, I said I 'was' excited... It's going to be HELL! My mom has invited my step dad's whole freakin family...I'm talking his aunts and their kids, his step brother and wife and her kid, his cousin and wife and their kids. I could see inviting his mom and sister and her family. But you add all of those other dam! people on top of our already large group...I'M NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO IT! We've not gotten together as 'our' family, all of us anyway, in so long. I was really looking forward to being able to spend some time with just us. Not going to happen now. Plus, my grandmother has officially moved in, so that takes away from space that was once used as a gathering place. What sucks is I can't say I've had enough and leave and go home when I get 'done'...I live there. Ugh.
4) A friend of mine may be leaving for Afghanistan shortly after Christmas. He'll be going over as a contract worker. It's a good opportunity, and good money. But I'm really sad and very scared for him. He's not heard back yet, but should be hearing something soon. Deep down, I hope they tell him no...but know that this would be good for him, and I feel bad that I hope they tell him no. His wife wasn't upset, she's just p!ssed that he'll be leaving her to take care of everything by herself. And that makes me angry...that she's not concerned for his safety...just concerned about what it's going to 'do' to her. I know it'll suck for her, because being a single parent is not fun but dam! your husband is going into a war zone, come on!!!
5) I love the Christmas music that I have streaming in the background. I'm glad it's Christamsish...so I can listen to my music!
6) Geez, I really use ... way to much! lol
7) Ok, I'm going to get to work now so I don't get fired. Why does it have to be so much more fun bumping than working?
8) Oh, one more. Has our board been a little more slower than usual b/c of the FB group? If so, that sucks.
I hope your Thanksgiving goes well!
I also have no clue what to get H for Christmas. I saw a good deal for a 48" TV because H wants a bigger one, but that's apparently not big enough. He wants to wait until we can afford a 60" TV, which I think is nuts for our tiny place.
Tickets went on sale on Friday for a concert that I want to go to at the casino near us in March. I called my mom and she said she would keep the girls that night, H said that would be my Christmas gift and to go ahead and buy them, and then I got busy at work and forgot. Went to buy them last night and they're sold out
A new position is opening up at work that my department head wants me to apply for. It's a sales position, so a step up, and I would get a laptop and be able to work from home on occasion. Base salary is the same, but based on commissions he said he would anticipate me earning an extra $10-20k/year. This sounds awesome, but I'm hesitant to take a new job on the potential of earning more when I'm really good at my current job and have developed great relationships with the customers and engineers that I work with. It's also a relatively new role (been around for 2 years) and this new program hasn't done as well as they were hoping it would, so what happens if it's still under-performing in a year and they cut these roles? I am the primary breadwinner for our family so taking a job that's new like this worries me. My department head said that he expects it to stay as a permanent role and wouldn't steer me to it if he didn't, but still... I have no idea what to do. If I really did earn an extra $10-20k that would be AMAZING and allow us to pay off the rest of our debt next year, and a sales job would be a promotion of sorts and likely give me more opportunities within the company. But I'm not super interested in a sales role, and the newness of the position worries me. H is no help. I pushed him to go for a management role that he wasn't crazy about because he needs to make more money, so he thinks I should suck it up and go for the position with more $$$.
1) Having a sick baby is more exhausting than being sick yourself.
2) There should be decongestants for babies so their mommies can sleep!!!
3) DH and I stopped doing Christmas gifts for each other. It is nice to not have to stress about, but we did a pretty good job buying gifts for each other, so I miss getting to open our gifts to each other. Now, we just tend to buy one big thing we need (appliance, furniture, etc).
4) I keep finding piles of stuff in my house. I keep trying to put it away. I keep finding piles of stuff in my house. I keep trying to put it away. I keep finding piles of stuff in my house.... it is a vicious cycle - I need more storage and to purge more crap out of my house. Ugh.
5) Sunday night football needs to stop effing up my Mentalist recording on my DVR! It runs late and then I get half an episode and have to watch the other half online. Bad, football! Bad!
6) If you give a baby and a dog a straw (or they find one on the floor from the 6th iced coffee that has spilled since this baby got mobile), they will play with each other with the straw and it will be adorable. Same with a paper plate. This does not work with toys - baby or dog's. They are very cute.
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1) That sucks, I'm sorry! Maybe keep checking to see if something might open.
2) Is the position strictly commission? If so, me personally, there's no way. I'm so scared of commission only based positions. If it's not something that you think you'd enjoy doing, I say don't! Peace of mind, and enjoying what you're doing, is worth more sometimes than monetary value.
1. We leave for Disney in 2 days and I'm so completely not ready. H is never home anymore because this quarter at school sucks, and I'm not getting enough done without him. I work today and tomorrow, so need to spend the evenings shopping, packing, doing laundry, etc with Lucia. I know it will be fine, and we'll be packed and everything will be okay, but still..
2. I haven't figured out what Lucia is wearing for Thanksgiving, and we leave in 2 days....
3. MIL is flying us to Disney. And she's excited to hang out with us, and doesn't really like other people. But my BFF lives in Orlando, and I just want to spend the whole trip with her! Which of course we can't do, because this is MILs trip, but I spend most of my time figuring out how to get more time with BFF and her family.
4. Even though I'm not ready, I'm super psyched about this trip because H has been so busy recently, I feel like the only way to get quality time with him is to trap him on a plane.
5. I got so excited about the Christmas season last night that I couldn't fall asleep! I'm so excited for Lucia's first Christmas!
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I would get the same base salary, but have the potential to earn a lot more then what I currently make based on commissions. So I would be guaranteed the same amount of money, and likely would earn more. My current coworkers act like we're all in high school and there's a lot of backstabbing and gossiping, which is another reason why H thinks I should jump at the chance to switch positions. Decisions, decisions!
I will play today...
1. I am so glad that we are not obligated to host Thanksgiving, it sounds so stressful! Seriously to the ladies that are doing all the cooking for 20 people, wow, I am impressed. We bring desserts to my family's house and to the IL's and call it a day. Two pies for each house, and even though they are homemade, I feel like an underachiever compared to you kitchen queens.
2. HOW BOUT THEM COWBOYS!! Oh yea... a win in overtime. I love the Dallas Cowboys, and they will always be America's team in my eyes. Please, Romo do not disappoint me on Thursday.
3. I am so glad this is a short work week, Mon- Wed, but yet I lack motivation to be productive.
4. I bought my elfster gift on Friday, and I am shipping it after work today. I don?t know why I am so nervous to send it. The bumpie seems so "cool," to me and I do not want her to not like my gift. I'm just paranoid like that.
5. I am really missing my grandpa. I always miss him around the holidays, but this year with DD, I just miss him all the more. My grandfather raised me as his child. He has been gone now for almost 3 years. I just wish he could have met DD.
6. I told H that I would stop nursing/pumping when DD turns 1, and now I am not sure I want to stop, and I am leaning more to let her self-wean. She only really nurses at night, and last night H made a comment that we only have 2 1/2 more month left, and it kind of hurt my heart a little. I am looking forward to having my whole body back to myself, but if DD still wants to nurse I do not want to keep her from it. My H said he is ready to have my body back to his self too
I wanted to smack him.
7. My boss whistles all day and it is so annoying. He whistles entire songs on pop radio (he is whistling, "Moves Like Jagger," right now), to Christmas carols, and even jingles from commercials. I do not know how to tell him to STFU already. It is all the more annoying when I am talking to a patient.This is what we do. And Lancy, I agree with you on the carseat-the idea of it boggles my mind. I need to see it in person.
1) My BFF is back in town today! She moved 3 months ago, and she just called and told me that SURPRISE she is here! I can't wait for work to be over so I can go see her!!!
2) We have a 2 day work week, and I am beyond excited.
3) My little sister is also in town from NC this week, and I get to see her Wednesday. I am soooo excited.
4) I can't wait to put up my Christmas tree, but I don't want to lug all the crap up out of the basement. Boo.
You mean he doesn't want a sweet Pittsburgh prison throwback jersey?
2. Abby needs to start sleeping again. This is rough. Or, at least if she is going to wake up, needs to do it before 3:30am so there is a chance she'll go back to sleep so I can too.
3. Speaking of Abby, she needs to stop rolling around on the changing table. It makes diaper changes very frustrating and almost got her yelled at by DH this morning which would have turned into me yelling at him. All of this before 5am. Not cool kid.
4. I am so excited for Abby's first Christmas. Though I need to do some shopping for other people because so far she is the only one getting anything.
I just assume she meant other than the awesome prison throwback jersey...although that would just make my Christmas so why get anything else! :-)
Genius!
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1. I am so excited for the four day weekend coming up. I want to Black Friday shop, but I really don't need anything and should save the money since we just bought a house.
2. Skyler had a fever last night and I sent her to daycare anyway. I think it's because my mom is visiting and she turned off her ceiling fan, because she thought it was too cold for her. I dressed her in footie pj's, a onesie and socks, plus a blanket. She was probably burning up because we had the A/C and heat set to off. It made me angry, but she has been getting up with her the last couple nights and the extra sleep is amazing.
3. I want to paint Skyler's new room, but I'm torn about waiting to just make it a more big girl room in about 6 months rather than another nursery.
4. I don't know what to buy DH for Christmas either. Maybe a camcorder, he wants one, but I feel like that is a "family gift"
5. I can't wait to put up Christmas decorations!
6. My BFF and her FI are going through a rought patch and I feel terrible. We are like sisters so when she's hurt I'm hurt. I feel like I have relationship problems because of it. Also, there issues make me so much more appreciative of DH.
1. I am so tired I could cry today. It is completely my fault though. I stayed up until midnight watching the twilight movies so I could watch every one again before I go see the last one tomorrow night. Then Kellen woke up and WOULD NOT go back to sleep. I am so tired of him waking up at night. I have considered CIO but you can't really do that with a 3 year old in the next room.
2. I can't use smileys on this laptop, only on my old crappy one that I had been using while this one got fixed. I have no idea why I can't see them, but I miss them.
3. My dog smells from running around out in the rain. He is a husky but I still worry about him being cold when he is outside. DH laughs at me for this.
4. DH has been doing a crazy strict diet while applying for the police force and I am already tired of helping him eat good. I feel like it is making me eat worse because it is like diet overload in this house.
5. I don't know how I would start my days without coffee, or end my days without red wine. My dentist loves me.
6. I apologize if any of this doesn't make sense. My eyes are dropping as I type.
I'm pretty sure they're actually grinding. They have a top tooth that came in on the side and it's poking through a little bit. When they make the noise you can see their jaws off center to grind their middle bottom teeth against the top tooth that's off center. I don't know what they're doing, but it makes my skin crawl too and I hate it!
1) Our cable box is getting ready to get thrown out the window. The sound randomly goes out on it. We normally just unplug it and plug it back in and it works. Well this time it isn't working, and it hasn't worked since Thursday. I'm missing too many of my shows!!
2) I have bad luck with electronics in general. Cable box doesn't want to work, my phone is a piece of crap (DH has the same phone and his works just fine), even when my phone works the signal is terrible (stupid Sprint), and half the time my xbox doesn't want to connect to the internet. I pay all this money for cable, internet, and phone service, and don't get to appreciate the services like I should!!!
3) I've been babysitting a 2 month old for few days a week the past couple weeks. He's super cute, but it reminds me of how much I hated the teeny baby stage! Today he's got a gas bubble and is constipated or something, and he is ffffuuuuusssssyyyyyyyyy. The only thing that helps is to hold him upright and carry him around, which doesn't work with you have a crawling baby climbing all over your legs! I passed both babies off to DH and I'm locked in the bathroom right now LOL.
4) I don't like Thanksgiving. DH is never with me at my family dinners because he usually has to work the crappiest shift (2-9 this year). It's an hour drive to my dads and I really just don't want to make the trip alone... again... this year!
5) since the cable box is on the fritz I'm watching a lot of movies. Up is on this morning, and I still cry like at the beginning and the end of the movie.
2. That 3 year old is not going to like me very much. Her mom lets her pull her arms out of the straps in her car seat all the time. That won't be happening in my car.
3. I've been desperately trying to clean my house and its not working. That couple comes over every night and they cook and drink and I wake up to a mess. Yesterday morning I woke up to them on my pull out couch. They live about 3 minutes walking distance from us.
1. I think we might be getting another dog! Our German Shepherd passed away in his sleep about a month and a half ago, and now we are down to just one dog. We've been talking about adopting a Golden Retriever from a rescue group. I got a call this morning, and a representative from a rescue said she thought she found the perfect dog for us. He's four years old, and he's great with kids and other dogs (just not cats) He's being surrendered by a family this week. I can't wait to talk to DH about it, but he is unavailable this morning due to a work-related event.
2. I feel really lame for never updating my siggy. My browser at work sucks, and I can never get pics and gifs to work here. So that leaves me with only the weekends to update this stuff, and I feel like it just never happens.
3. Marky got his Christmas portraits taken yesterday. They are adorable! However, the place was way overbooked, so the experience itself was a nightmare, and I was over charged by $5, because they messed up one of my "enhancements". I didn't want to fight for it yesterday though, because I was at the point where I thought if I could just get out of there with my pictures without losing my sh*t on some college kid, it would be a win.
4. I don't know what to get DH for Christmas. It looks like a Led Zepplin live concert album from 2007 was just released, but I'm not sure if DH already has it, and I don't want to ask, because he'll know I'm getting it for him. Other than that, I was thinking maybe some sort of Cabela's gift package with some pajama pants, a sweater, food, and a gift card for his "manly" things.
1. I'm a deer widow this week, and I have ZERO complaints so far. H left Friday, then my mom and a friend came in for the weekend. We had such a hysterical time, just us 4 girls, and even though it'll just be me and DD tonight thru Thursday morning, I'm a little bit excited to not have to worry about someone else. Cereal for dinner? Sounds great!
2. In our 11 years of being together, H and I have spent ONE thanksgiving in the same place. This will be our second, and it's only because of DD. She and I are driving out to his parents' Thursday morning (he's been there since Friday). Each day brings a little more dread. His parents are fine, really, but they're not my family and the food is dull and whine whine whine.
3. My friend and I started a Treat Yo Self tradition last year, and I'm booking our massages for TYS 2012, and I can barely contain my excitement. Also, shout-out to Parks and Rec.
4. I officiated a wedding over the weekend (yay internet minister!) and it was seriously SUPER fun. I am now legit booked to do two more weddings in 2013! I want this to be my part-time job.
5. My work computer's graphics card is dying, so I got a new computer. It's Windows 8. I'm nervous.
6. I suck at Christmas gifts. For everyone. DD is the only one I'm having an easy time with.
Two things from lunchtime -
We set the girls up with their walkers at the end of our living room and had them "race" to the patio door. Olivia crashed into the fireplace. Natalia FTW!
My mom was vacuuming and I was playing with the girls. Olivia went over to their books and was playing while I was rolling a ball with Natalia. Olivia sneaked into the kitchen where my mom was and stuck her hand under the tube of the vacuum. It took a layer of skin off of the top of her hand
Ouch!
and I'm laughing so hard at the walker racing. (I needed that, since that other post made me cry!)
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I'll have to take a video next time.
1. I hate, hate, hate being in a pissy mood. But it's really hard not to be when your husband comes crashing into bed at 2:30am and you don't sleep well afterwards, the baby is cranky because she has refused to nap for more than 45 minutes since 7am, your mother-in-law stiffs you on an expensive grocery bill, and your husband whines because he doesn't have any clean underwear. I'm not the only one who can do laundry, buddy.
2. Sophie is grinding her teeth. It is one of my least favorite sounds right now; I can feel it vibrating through to my bones.
3. My cats are jerks. I'm convinced that the morning nap wouldn't have been screwed up if they hadn't been running through the house like a herd of buffalo.
4. I miss Freaks and Geeks. NBC was so very wrong to cancel it.
5. Neither Hubster nor I placed in the photo competition from a few weeks back. But when we came to pick up our photos yesterday, half of the farm store staff came up to Hubster to tell him he should have won. That's pretty satisfying.
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SIL sent DH/I a message saying "let's just buy for the kids this year". We are broke so I would rather not exchange gifts, but DH didn't say anything. SIL and BIL each have 3 kids, 3 of which are teens. So we have to buy for their 6 plus my sister's 2. We only have 1 and he is the youngest and cheapest to buy for. No fair.
Last year when I had a job, I hand-made the two teen girls crystal necklaces with sterling silver charms, would have been like $90/ea retail but still cost me about $30-40/each + 20hrs labor to make. Not going to top that this year