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December 2010 Moms
tiffanyp
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UO Thursday
tiffanyp
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Keurig coffee sucks. I've been drinking it all week because I'm staying with my inlaws, and it is terrible.
I love a really good cup of coffee, but I am by no means a coffee snob. I am totally fine with Folgers. I get that the Keurig is convenient, and yes, that K-cup tree is cute. However, the coffee is expensive and WEAK! I truly don't understand the Keurig's popularity. I will spend the 5 minutes to brew a decent cup of coffee any day instead of 15 seconds for crap coffee.
Ok, that turned into more of a rant. Can you tell I haven't had good coffee in almost a week? Lol
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Re: UO Thursday
I bet it needs to be descaled! Our Keurig had been tasting a little weird the last few weeks, so we descaled it with vinegar and now it's back to being delicious
Maybe your inlaws haven't cleaned it in awhile!
Anyway, that was not an UO, just a tip.
My UO is that I don't want to vote for a president if I don't like either of the candidates. People keep telling me it is my duty to vote, but you know what? If I am only being presented with two choices I am not really behind, I think I should be able to express my dissatisfaction with that by consciously not voting. I don't think it's the same thing as not voting because you just don't give a sheez.
I totally agree. My company ditched those types of awards years ago for that exact reason.
I think more personal, behavior-specific incentives are a lot more motivating and probably end up costing less in the long-run.
Oh and to really stir the pot, I'm gonna go on record that the sugar-free Werther's Original candies are delicious. I keep a big bag of them stashed in my desk at work.
Didn't know I was an 80-year-old, did ya?
Seriously. I mean, good for her, but now if I take off work/want to leave early to go to my kid's play/feel tired or like I can't do it all, is she the new standard I'm expected to live up to? Hey, Melissa Mayer is the CEO of Yahoo and SHE has a baby...you teach 16 year olds...why are you so tired and complaining that you can't do it?
Let's just go ahead and set the standard even more impossibly high for women...
I get along better with men than I do with women.I find most women to be biiiitches.They tend to be jealous and read into things too much.
Guys are more chill & you hardly/ never see them starting drama.
Exactly. She's a CEO and a mom and she's pretty, fashionable and reportedly loves baking cupcakes (no joke!). I'm happy for her, but it's not a realistic standard to aspire to.
I recently read "Cinderella Ate My Daughter" and it really resonated with me because even though we have new opportunities in the world of work we're still expected to be perfect in all the old ways too. The pressure is overwhelming sometimes.
Mine is rather mild, but it is something that has been bugging me lately now that I am getting LO#3's baby clothes organized.
I absolutely hate baby socks. Yes, they are cute and tiny, but totally useless. All that happens is they get kicked off in 2 minutes and get left around the house, under the couch. I find them all over the house. They fall out of the laundry basket all the time!
I got so many baby socks with the boys that I don't have anywhere to put them anymore lol. I made a new rule with my family that if they want to buy the new baby something, it better not have baby socks attached to them!! lol
LOL! I find them all over the house too, including the tiny ones that we haven't used in over a year.
We bought DS flip-flops and deck shoes for summer, and it's been so nice not having to look for socks everytime we go somewhere.
Mine is not a UO, but a rant - it's going to be long.
My org changed insurance companies last year and now we are forced to do yearly biometric assessments and coaching calls - each time we don't do one of these our insurance premiums are increased by $25 (and we pay bi-weekly).
They had a health fair today where they offered us a chance to get our screenings done. My organization employs over 20,000 people. They had 10 stations to do the biometric assessments. Who thought that math was going to be efficient?
And you had to wait in line the entire time. So I didn't even look at any of the vendors they had. It wouldn't have been nearly so bad if you got assigned a number and then could wander the vendor booths until they called your group of 20-40 people. And then you would just wait in that smaller line.
Gah!
BFP #2 5/27/12. EDD 2/1/13. m/c and D&C 6/21/12.
In total agreement.
BFP #2 5/27/12. EDD 2/1/13. m/c and D&C 6/21/12.
Ah! I am reading this RIGHT NOW and absolutely loving it. I really love how (at least in the first few chapters) she is talking about being really conflicted about these things.
My husband and I were just talking about how they put the kitchen and cleaning stuff in the "girls" aisle of Toys R Us (it literally is pink and says girls) and about how that was weird. Wouldn't it just be a category of types of toys? I get that some toys are more gender specific, but I don't know any young boy at this age that doesn't like a play kitchen, nor any girl that doesn't like cars...it seems so restrictive to make a broom pink and be like, go ahead and clean little girl! Meanwhile, you get a train, little boy. I like both types of toys for both genders!
I have a friend who refuses to buy anything "girly" for her little girl (she wouldn't get a play kitchen, for instance) and I wouldn't go that far...I just think you need to give all types of toys and see what's a hit.
Yes!! I love flip flops for the summer!!
In my American Government class, we had all types of people come in from a bunch of different political parties to give us their spiel. I remember one of them saying the Elmo gets thousands of votes every year. Don't know how true it is, but I found it pretty comical.
DD: 06-10-15 (32 weeker)
Isn't it so interesting!
I was particularly interested in the part about toys where they said if they knew no one was watching toy selection was neutral, but if boys knew someone was watching them, especially dads, they're wouldn't touch any of the "girl" toys. Makes me sad that the roles are so limiting on both sides. I'd love to see a similar book written with more of a focus on boys, since they're affected by socialization too.
Companies actually do this? I thought this was something made up for The Office. lol WOW
I agree with you both.
After my grandfather's funeral, we went to a reception for lunch. DS was playing with a few cars that I had brought & my niece (4) and girl cousin (6) started playing with him. After a while, the girls went and got their baby dolls and brought them over. They said J couldn't play with their dolls because they are for girls. I asked them if cars were for boys, they both said yes, so I asked them why they were playing with J's boy cars but he couldn't play with their girly dolls. Eventually, they let him play with the dolls.
Oh, and the girly kitchen is in the girl aisle, but the manly grill is in the boy aisle. You know, because it's manly to cook outside.
You mean there's a toy grill? OMG, that sounds so cute!
I wish we had room for a play kitchen. DS would love it. He's started "feeding" his teddy bear from his own dishes. So cute!
My little man at 0-1-2
I agree 100%
Sorry it isn't clicky, i'm on my phone. It'sthe Little Tikes Grill. J feeds his toys too. I even saw him to to feed the Elmo on his shirt once.
UO---when everyone on the boards say "do what makes you happy." You know what? Sometimes you have to do things in life that may not make you happy. I can't count how many times people have repeated that phrase over and over and over.
Suck it up and grow and pair. It's called being an adult.