I cried watching the Royal Wedding - I love something happy and joyful in a world full of cynics and bad news. I am happy for William and Catherine given how long they were together and the rough times he has had losing his mother.
I really wish there was more correct useage of: "I couldn't ( or could not) care less" not "I could care less".
I kind of want to move to Austin now. It's crazy hot there but the cold is getting old and I think I would fit in there better than here. Plus the cost of living is so much less...I dream of a house twice the size of ours for the same amount of money.
Dear Zulilly: Your color spot photos in your ads and splash pages on your site are just bad bad bad. Fire your creative director. Seriously, who does that? So tacky much less for a company who sells high quality brands - it cheapens their brand.
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Secretly I'm in a panic about how much stuff I haven't done to get ready for this baby. Nothing. I've done nothing. I need to find a daycare, buy a car seat, pick up the crib and co-sleeper, re-do our budget. I have less than 10 weeks to go - and I have to work every. single. day. in June.
Instead I'm surfing for a new house that's not feasible/possible. And trying to ignore the feeling of panic...
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I think I found some possibilities for tfarabian's hat for The Kentucky Derby.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
DH and DS left for camping today...I am excited and nervous for them.
I am not guilty for getting a whole night off by myself. I just have no clue of what to do. There are just too many possibilities.
I suggest taking a bubble bath while drinking a glass of wine, eating a bowl of ice cream and reading a trashy novel and/or gossip rag.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
I'm being a jerk about Mother's Day. My mom will be on a cruise with my Grandma/Aunt's and my MIL will be in Hawaii with her H. So that just leaves me for TJ to hang out with.
I have yet to mention that Mother's Day is next weekend, and without a reminder he will more than likely forget. I hope he forgets so that I can sulk about it, so he won't forget again and will maybe start to be a little more sentimental about things. I also hope he will forget so I don't have to buy him the big stupid smoker/bbq/grill thing that he wants for Father's Day that is way too expensive. Like I said, I'm being a jerk.
And should he remember I will eat my words and be pleasently surprised. But, I doubt it.
TTC #1 Sept 2008 M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10 Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10 TTC # 2 Jan 2013 BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13 It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
Last Halloween when we took T trick or treating he picked a fake bug out of one of the candy bins at a house. I kept the fake roach and I keep it on the upper part of my sink in the kitchen. I Love to see how people react to my real looking roach in my kitchen. It made my mom jump when she went to wash her hands one time. Buahahahaha.
I had a cupcake, 2 glasses of wine and a caramel frap yesterday and still lost a lb! My body is in loss mode or something...
I have the worst buyers remorse for everything lately. EVERYTHING. I'll be all excited about an idea I have in my head for something I want (from clothing, shoes, furniture, home decor, crafts, etc) and when I bring it home from the store, I suddenly don't think it fits the vision I had. It's not like I'm impulse shopping either (well - for the most part). I'm returning half a dozen things today because they aren't perfect. And I'm driving myself NUTS! What is my problem???
And, I actually teared up this morning when I saw the highlights from the royal wedding. What a fairytale!! Not that I'd ever want a wedding like hers, but it did seem just about perfect.
It's my 10 year anniversary at work...a lot of people have offered to take me to lunch. I'm telling them I already have plans. I do. I booked a pedicure - me, myself, a foot massage and rag mags. I worked a 5 hour charity waitress shift last night and I've never done food service - ever...these dogs are TIRED.
I REALLY hate Dave Matthews' voice. Like, as in, I wish his vocal chords were suddenly paralyzed and all of his existing music wiped out in some DMB-only catastrophe. Unfortunately for me, my friend just ordered Gorge tickets so I'll be hearing nonstop about her countdown to the shows. Barf.
I am sad Charlie has got her first tooth coming in. I really love her gummy little smile and am not sure if I'll like one with teeth quite as much.
Tomorrow is DH's birthday. I haven't gotten him a thing. And I don't think I will. Normally this wouldn't be an issue at all - we often don't do gifts because of finances. But this year he went all out for my birthday and got me a MacBook Air and a waffle maker. (My parents shared the cost... or else I might have killed him for spending that much.) Even though I know he doesn't want anything, and we don't have the money, I'm feeling super guilty that I have nothing for him.
There's an ad for the Boppy Company that pops up now and then on the right side of this page. I always double take because I think it's a pic of me. Then I look closer and I think it's Fu.
I've gotten semi to fully drunk the last two nights. I plan to do so the next two nights as well because we're having some friends over for dinner tonight and a bunch of people here tomorrow for DH's birthday. I should feel hungover and crappy but it's just making me nostalgic for the days when I could do whatever I wanted every night.
Lila's been sick (again!) for a week and she is driving me effing crazy. She seems to have replaced breathing with whining. I've been giving in to demands for TV, iPhone, etc. just to shut her up. I hope I'm not creating a monster, but I just can't take it.
MSTie24:
I am sad Charlie has got her first tooth coming in. I really love her gummy little smile and am not sure if I'll like one with teeth quite as much.
I thought the same thing about Lila getting teeth. Turns out she's just as cute - if not cuter.
I REALLY hate Dave Matthews' voice. Like, as in, I wish his vocal chords were suddenly paralyzed and all of his existing music wiped out in some DMB-only catastrophe. Unfortunately for me, my friend just ordered Gorge tickets so I'll be hearing nonstop about her countdown to the shows. Barf.
Another reason why I you!
My mother told me that she's dubbed DH a "saint," lately. She said she'll get off the phone with me and tell my dad something I said and then how DH reacted. And she'll say "Then Saint (DH's name) did this..." That really irritates me. I've only been slightly irrational lately about getting baby stuff done in the 19 days we have left. But my mother has had her UNBEARABLE moments (like Christmas last year) for over a year. And my sister, BIL, brother, brother's g/f, and my father will all agree. If she mentions the saint thing again, I'm going to ask her if that also makes my dad a saint for putting up with her and stepping up to do things he's never been asked to do. (Yes, she's dealing with s/e of chemo and radiation [cancer free for a while now, thankfully]. And we all feel for her and truly wish she wasn't. But she's been having the world's biggest pity party for a long time. And I'm pg, sore, and swollen, so cut me some slack for being hormonal, myself.) /rant
(Edited to slightly reduce guilt.)
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Married 10/5/08 | 2 yrs of TTC, tests, procedures & a m/c | IVF #2 =James!
My FB wall has been filled this morning with people bemoaning the royal wedding because "all of that money could have been spent to help the tornado victims".
OMGWTMF?
ETA - One of the people who said this is a IRL friend who got married about 6 weeks before I did, so about a week after Hurricane Katrina hit.
I asked her if she would've given up her wedding and spent the money helping the folks in NOLA.
She hasn't responded.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
I started nesting this week. What did I do? I planned our budget for the summer since I won't be getting paid. In the process I found out how much we spent on Restaurants and Groceries last month. OMG! It's outragous.....When I gave DH the numbers, he agreed we have to eat home and meal plan. STAT!
DH and I have had baby names picked out since before we were married. I'm now starting to get scared this year is the name for Katherine after the royal wedding. I won't change my choice, but I hope there isn't 5 Katherine's in her class when she gets older.
I'm volunteering at my MOMS Club garage sale tomorrow, first shift. I'm not selling anything, I just want to be first in the door to see if there is anything I need/want.
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I REALLY hate Dave Matthews' voice. Like, as in, I wish his vocal chords were suddenly paralyzed and all of his existing music wiped out in some DMB-only catastrophe. Unfortunately for me, my friend just ordered Gorge tickets so I'll be hearing nonstop about her countdown to the shows. Barf.
Another reason why I you!
He drives me nuts too.
MrsH_08:
My mother told me that she's dubbed DH a "saint," lately. She said she'll get off the phone with me and tell my dad something I said and then how DH reacted. And she'll say "Then Saint (DH's name) did this..." That really irritates me. I've only been slightly irrational lately about getting baby stuff done in the 19 days we have left. But my mother has been UNBEARABLE for over a year. And my sister, BIL, brother, brother's g/f, and my father will all agree. If she mentions the saint thing again, I'm going to ask her if that also makes my dad a saint for putting up with her. (Yes, she's dealing with s/e of chemo and radiation [cancer free for a while now]. And we all feel for her and truly wish she wasn't. But she's been having the world's biggest pity party for a very, very long time. And I'm pg, sore, and swollen, so cut me some slack for being hormonal, myself.) /rant
My mom always talks about how wonderful DH is in a way that leaves me feeling the same way. Makes me feel not very good.
I have 2 confessions.
1: Yesterday I was playing outside with J and I was freezing and my socks were falling down so I grabbed some babylegs from the basket by the door. I wore 'em. On my legs. They, um, got a little stretched out.
2: I saw some really beautiful photos of Angelia Jolie on Pinterest yesterday and realized that God f'ed up when he made her look like her and me look like me, and not the other way around. I actually think I must feel like that is what I look like, because when I see certain pictures of her everything about them seems so familiar. And when I see pictures of myself, I go, "What, seriously? That's what I look like?" That probably sounds weird. I guess it is weird. I don't know quite how to say what I mean. Except that I think I was supposed to look like her and I want to know who's getting fired for the mixup.
1. I am sooooo happy CG is back. Lent sucks! (sorry christian bumpies) but seriously you can NOT give up the bump for lent EVER AGAIN!
2. I am PMS'ing very bad this week and cant stop stuffing carbs in my face. Along the same lines I have the hugest and I mean HUGE zit on my chin. I never break out and i cant stop picking at it.
3. kai qualifies for speech therapy and PT because he is out toed, means he walks like a duck and on the insides of his feet. Eli had another eval today as well and he is about a year behind in fine motor skills. I am the mom with all of her children in therapy or developmental assistance. I feel like I failed them somehow, even though my mind tells me thats not true.
Dawn - Wife of Brian 09/25/2005 - Mother of Eli Jace 03/12/2007 and Kai Evan 10/17/08
3. kai qualifies for speech therapy and PT because he is out toed, means he walks like a duck and on the insides of his feet. Eli had another eval today as well and he is about a year behind in fine motor skills. I am the mom with all of her children in therapy or developmental assistance. I feel like I failed them somehow, even though my mind tells me thats not true.
You are the Mom who wanted the best for her boys and made sure they got the support and assistance they needed! That is all.
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The Royal Wedding coverage started at 4:00pm here in Australia but I had housework to do. So....it was baby wipes to the rescue to help me do my housework even quicker so I could sit down and enjoy watching the wedding - gee those wipes are good for a quick clean - LOL!
Cooper Flynn is 3 years old and growing! May 10,2009
Miscarriage April 2008
Ectopic pregnancy August 2011
3. kai qualifies for speech therapy and PT because he is out toed, means he walks like a duck and on the insides of his feet. Eli had another eval today as well and he is about a year behind in fine motor skills. I am the mom with all of her children in therapy or developmental assistance. I feel like I failed them somehow, even though my mind tells me thats not true.
You are the Mom who wanted the best for her boys and made sure they got the support and assistance they needed! That is all.
Well said C! And I totally agree. (hugs) you are an amazing mother, and don't you forget it!
3. kai qualifies for speech therapy and PT because he is out toed, means he walks like a duck and on the insides of his feet. Eli had another eval today as well and he is about a year behind in fine motor skills. I am the mom with all of her children in therapy or developmental assistance. I feel like I failed them somehow, even though my mind tells me thats not true.
You are the Mom who wanted the best for her boys and made sure they got the support and assistance they needed! That is all.
Yes! Three of my four kids are behind and get assistance. And I'm thankful that they are getting help.
Love: 8/2000 | Marriage: 7/2005 | Baby makes three: 3/28/2007 | And one more makes...SIX?
Steal my kids picture or pretend they are yours, I will find where you live and ship all of their dirty diapers to your doorstep. Promise.
Re: FFFC
I bought 5 pairs of shoes yesterday. I must return 2 pair
I went swimming yesterday and hurt really bad today
I forgot to shave my pits before swimming yesterday lol
I need 10 hours of sleep a night or I am a cranky pants. Today = cranky pants
ETA: I don't know who Pippa is.
I just had to google her. I thought she was an ex girlfriend or something
I cried watching the Royal Wedding - I love something happy and joyful in a world full of cynics and bad news. I am happy for William and Catherine given how long they were together and the rough times he has had losing his mother.
I really wish there was more correct useage of: "I couldn't ( or could not) care less" not "I could care less".
I kind of want to move to Austin now. It's crazy hot there but the cold is getting old and I think I would fit in there better than here. Plus the cost of living is so much less...I dream of a house twice the size of ours for the same amount of money.
Dear Zulilly: Your color spot photos in your ads and splash pages on your site are just bad bad bad. Fire your creative director. Seriously, who does that? So tacky much less for a company who sells high quality brands - it cheapens their brand.
Secretly I'm in a panic about how much stuff I haven't done to get ready for this baby. Nothing. I've done nothing. I need to find a daycare, buy a car seat, pick up the crib and co-sleeper, re-do our budget. I have less than 10 weeks to go - and I have to work every. single. day. in June.
Instead I'm surfing for a new house that's not feasible/possible. And trying to ignore the feeling of panic...
I think I found some possibilities for tfarabian's hat for The Kentucky Derby.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
DH and DS left for camping today...I am excited and nervous for them.
I am not guilty for getting a whole night off by myself. I just have no clue of what to do. There are just too many possibilities.
Oct 2011 3 1/2 years old.
Robert Williams Birth date 5/16/2008
I suggest taking a bubble bath while drinking a glass of wine, eating a bowl of ice cream and reading a trashy novel and/or gossip rag.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
Ahaha! I think I love you, CG
I'm being a jerk about Mother's Day. My mom will be on a cruise with my Grandma/Aunt's and my MIL will be in Hawaii with her H. So that just leaves me for TJ to hang out with.
I have yet to mention that Mother's Day is next weekend, and without a reminder he will more than likely forget. I hope he forgets so that I can sulk about it, so he won't forget again and will maybe start to be a little more sentimental about things. I also hope he will forget so I don't have to buy him the big stupid smoker/bbq/grill thing that he wants for Father's Day that is way too expensive. Like I said, I'm being a jerk.
And should he remember I will eat my words and be pleasently surprised. But, I doubt it.
M/C 9/21/09 | M/C 12/24/09 | BFP 1/23/10
Madeline Rey DOB 9/30/10
TTC # 2 Jan 2013
BFP 3/12/13 | EDD 11/18/13
It's a GIRL! Lydia Marie!
OMG Me too. I had a stomach ache when I went to bed from the cupcakes too. But at least we had a good time! LOL
You got that right!! HA HA HA!!!
Last Halloween when we took T trick or treating he picked a fake bug out of one of the candy bins at a house. I kept the fake roach and I keep it on the upper part of my sink in the kitchen. I Love to see how people react to my real looking roach in my kitchen. It made my mom jump when she went to wash her hands one time. Buahahahaha.
I had a cupcake, 2 glasses of wine and a caramel frap yesterday and still lost a lb! My body is in loss mode or something...
Jen - Mom to Jillian (10/2008) and Hayden (4/2010)
My Blog
My body had nooo problem with the cupcake. Maybe I need to drink more and eat less?
I have the worst buyers remorse for everything lately. EVERYTHING. I'll be all excited about an idea I have in my head for something I want (from clothing, shoes, furniture, home decor, crafts, etc) and when I bring it home from the store, I suddenly don't think it fits the vision I had. It's not like I'm impulse shopping either (well - for the most part). I'm returning half a dozen things today because they aren't perfect. And I'm driving myself NUTS! What is my problem???
And, I actually teared up this morning when I saw the highlights from the royal wedding. What a fairytale!! Not that I'd ever want a wedding like hers, but it did seem just about perfect.
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I REALLY hate Dave Matthews' voice. Like, as in, I wish his vocal chords were suddenly paralyzed and all of his existing music wiped out in some DMB-only catastrophe. Unfortunately for me, my friend just ordered Gorge tickets so I'll be hearing nonstop about her countdown to the shows. Barf.
I am sad Charlie has got her first tooth coming in. I really love her gummy little smile and am not sure if I'll like one with teeth quite as much.
I like gummy smiles too! But of course I don't want to pay for dentures.
Hayden's top two teeth are just poking through. It is an awkward look.
Jen - Mom to Jillian (10/2008) and Hayden (4/2010)
My Blog
Tomorrow is DH's birthday. I haven't gotten him a thing. And I don't think I will. Normally this wouldn't be an issue at all - we often don't do gifts because of finances. But this year he went all out for my birthday and got me a MacBook Air and a waffle maker. (My parents shared the cost... or else I might have killed him for spending that much.) Even though I know he doesn't want anything, and we don't have the money, I'm feeling super guilty that I have nothing for him.
There's an ad for the Boppy Company that pops up now and then on the right side of this page. I always double take because I think it's a pic of me. Then I look closer and I think it's Fu.
I've gotten semi to fully drunk the last two nights. I plan to do so the next two nights as well because we're having some friends over for dinner tonight and a bunch of people here tomorrow for DH's birthday. I should feel hungover and crappy but it's just making me nostalgic for the days when I could do whatever I wanted every night.
Lila's been sick (again!) for a week and she is driving me effing crazy. She seems to have replaced breathing with whining. I've been giving in to demands for TV, iPhone, etc. just to shut her up. I hope I'm not creating a monster, but I just can't take it.
I thought the same thing about Lila getting teeth. Turns out she's just as cute - if not cuter.
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you!
My mother told me that she's dubbed DH a "saint," lately. She said she'll get off the phone with me and tell my dad something I said and then how DH reacted. And she'll say "Then Saint (DH's name) did this..." That really irritates me. I've only been slightly irrational lately about getting baby stuff done in the 19 days we have left. But my mother has had her UNBEARABLE moments (like Christmas last year) for over a year. And my sister, BIL, brother, brother's g/f, and my father will all agree. If she mentions the saint thing again, I'm going to ask her if that also makes my dad a saint for putting up with her and stepping up to do things he's never been asked to do. (Yes, she's dealing with s/e of chemo and radiation [cancer free for a while now, thankfully]. And we all feel for her and truly wish she wasn't. But she's been having the world's biggest pity party for a long time. And I'm pg, sore, and swollen, so cut me some slack for being hormonal, myself.) /rant
(Edited to slightly reduce guilt.)
Photo by J Shelton Photography
Married 10/5/08 | 2 yrs of TTC, tests, procedures & a m/c | IVF #2 =James!
My FB wall has been filled this morning with people bemoaning the royal wedding because "all of that money could have been spent to help the tornado victims".
OMGWTMF?
ETA - One of the people who said this is a IRL friend who got married about 6 weeks before I did, so about a week after Hurricane Katrina hit.
I asked her if she would've given up her wedding and spent the money helping the folks in NOLA.
She hasn't responded.
Unable to even.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
Jen - Mom to Jillian (10/2008) and Hayden (4/2010)
My Blog
I started nesting this week. What did I do? I planned our budget for the summer since I won't be getting paid. In the process I found out how much we spent on Restaurants and Groceries last month. OMG! It's outragous.....When I gave DH the numbers, he agreed we have to eat home and meal plan. STAT!
DH and I have had baby names picked out since before we were married. I'm now starting to get scared this year is the name for Katherine after the royal wedding. I won't change my choice, but I hope there isn't 5 Katherine's in her class when she gets older.
I'm volunteering at my MOMS Club garage sale tomorrow, first shift. I'm not selling anything, I just want to be first in the door to see if there is anything I need/want.
This!
And this!
And also...I'm glad that certain first line supervisor that shall remain nameless will be leaving Dhs Troop in June. Good riddance, Meanie!
Me too!
He drives me nuts too.
My mom always talks about how wonderful DH is in a way that leaves me feeling the same way. Makes me feel not very good.
I have 2 confessions.
1: Yesterday I was playing outside with J and I was freezing and my socks were falling down so I grabbed some babylegs from the basket by the door. I wore 'em. On my legs. They, um, got a little stretched out.
2: I saw some really beautiful photos of Angelia Jolie on Pinterest yesterday and realized that God f'ed up when he made her look like her and me look like me, and not the other way around. I actually think I must feel like that is what I look like, because when I see certain pictures of her everything about them seems so familiar. And when I see pictures of myself, I go, "What, seriously? That's what I look like?" That probably sounds weird. I guess it is weird. I don't know quite how to say what I mean. Except that I think I was supposed to look like her and I want to know who's getting fired for the mixup.
Oh definitely! Why do you think he finally proposed? He looked at Kate and looked in a mirror and was like oh damn I gotta lock this sh!t down!
Jen - Mom to Jillian (10/2008) and Hayden (4/2010)
My Blog
I love you.
1. I am sooooo happy CG is back. Lent sucks! (sorry christian bumpies) but seriously you can NOT give up the bump for lent EVER AGAIN!
2. I am PMS'ing very bad this week and cant stop stuffing carbs in my face. Along the same lines I have the hugest and I mean HUGE zit on my chin. I never break out and i cant stop picking at it.
3. kai qualifies for speech therapy and PT because he is out toed, means he walks like a duck and on the insides of his feet. Eli had another eval today as well and he is about a year behind in fine motor skills. I am the mom with all of her children in therapy or developmental assistance. I feel like I failed them somehow, even though my mind tells me thats not true.
You are the Mom who wanted the best for her boys and made sure they got the support and assistance they needed! That is all.
Well said C! And I totally agree. (hugs) you are an amazing mother, and don't you forget it!
I'm pretty sure I have pink eye. FFS.
Yes! Three of my four kids are behind and get assistance. And I'm thankful that they are getting help.
Steal my kids picture or pretend they are yours, I will find where you live and ship all of their dirty diapers to your doorstep. Promise.