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Picking things up is overrated!

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I swear I have been dropping everything lately!  I have now come to the point where it is downright painful to bend over and pick things up, no matter how I try to do it!  Between my huge belly and my back pain, these days if I cannot pick something up with my toes or my DH is not around to get it for me, then as far as I'm concerned...it can just stay there!  Anyone else feeling this way?
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  • MelissaMisoMelissaMiso member

    I'm thankful to have a dog that will gladly pick up dropped food items

     


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  • blueshamrock7blueshamrock7 member
    I am! And what sucks is that I work in a library and have to bend over constantly. I'd say probably 8 times out of 10 in the past 2 weeks, every book I've been asked for is on the bottom shelf! And we have a big book drop bin where people can throw their items in from outside that we constantly have to check and it is sooo hard to bend over and pick the stuff out of it!
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  • Tippy05Tippy05 member
    I agree.  Good thing my 2 year old likes to pick things up and put them in the trash.  Embarrassed
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  • maddie&stephenmaddie&stephen member
    I totally prioritize things like "Do I really need to pick that up?" if not I'll leave it or ask DH for help. It's amazing what I've been able to pick up with my toes though Smile
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  • bellelambbellelamb member
    So glad my 18 month old can help with picking up, and my almost 8 year old is great at helping.
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  • faydrefaydre

    I'll totally leave something on the floor. My dog is pretty good at retrieving things too.

     

    I was at Walmart buying some of those little Cesar dog food packs, and every single one that I tried to grab hit the floor. I had to pick up like 10 packs... I was so frustrated. The worst part was the lady who just watched me drop them and struggle to retrieve them, and didn't even say anything,  

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  • sandrajean09sandrajean09
    imageMelissaMiso:

    I'm thankful to have a dog that will gladly pick up dropped food items

     

    This. I've been dropping rubberbands at work like crazy. They just stay on the floor..

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  • lovesharkweeklovesharkweek member
    I work at Starbucks, and at the end of my shift there is always a pile where I was standing of milk caps, drink stirrers, receipts, I've completly stopped picking stuff up until the end if the day when I get a broom.
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  • photogmommystacyphotogmommystacy member

    imageFirstTimePregnancy:
    I swear I have been dropping everything lately!  I have now come to the point where it is downright painful to bend over and pick things up, no matter how I try to do it!  Between my huge belly and my back pain, these days if I cannot pick something up with my toes or my DH is not around to get it for me, then as far as I'm concerned...it can just stay there!  Anyone else feeling this way?

    Yup. Luckily my daughter is usually around me and she's at that stage where she loves to "help" with everything :). So she's more than happy to help me pick things up.  

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  • photogmommystacyphotogmommystacy member

    imagemaddie&stephen:
    It's amazing what I've been able to pick up with my toes though Smile

    I have freakishly long toes and I have been so thankful for them lately! :) 

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  • photogmommystacyphotogmommystacy member

    imagelovesharkweek:
    I work at Starbucks, and at the end of my shift there is always a pile where I was standing of milk caps, drink stirrers, receipts, I've completly stopped picking stuff up until the end if the day when I get a broom.

    I worked at Starbucks in high school and a little bit of college! LOVED it!! And can I just say props to you for working in a total stand-up-all-day job like that while this pregnant! Holy moly! 

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  • Heather2256Heather2256
    The other night I dropped an onion ring & bent over to pick it up. DH was like, "I'm sorry - that looked like work!" And I'm just thinking, "You have NO IDEA!!" Lol!
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  • Travis1027Travis1027

    I'm a cashier and I am CONSTANTLY dropping everything...and by everything I mean money. Coins, bills, cards, receipts, etc. And of COURSE those are all things that are hard to pick up off the floor as it is :(

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  • lnh2008lnh2008

    ::raises hand::

    Add tying shoes to the overrated list.

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  • theone07theone07
    Oddly enough over the holidays I jokingly told family members that once I get big enough I know I won't be able to bend over and pick stuff up. Or get up on ladders to get high things off of shelves, etc. Someone suggested one of those grabber things. It was all in jest. But, my mom trying to be funny bought me one. And I swear that things gets more use now than any other item in my house!
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  • IsaacAIsaacA member

    LOL. I complain everytime I have to bend over for something. SO then says.... well your squishing the baby and your suppose to bend at the knees not in half.

    Me: Well if I bend down at the knees then I can't get back up.

    SO: Stop bending over then.

    Me: How else to I get food out or put groceries away. lol.

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