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nesenotes · February 2014

It's 1:30 am on the east coast so why not... let's get this party started shall we?

nesenotes · February 2014

Sorry, I talked to my sister yesterday and today and she is such an asshat.

My FC is I have lied. Straight up lied to her. No I'm not going to get her car out of impound. No I'm not going to clean out her room and store her stuff. I will save a few outfits and I'm chucking the rest. Sorry. And no I will not pray for you to get a reduced sentence. I am actually hoping you get the year you deserve.

I lie to her on the phone so she doesn't hang herself or something in there. I figure she is at my mercy anyway since she is locked up. And by lie I mean I say "I will check into it" and come up with an excuse as to why it didn't work out. I hate this.

And I'm not trying to be an aw... I just need it off my chest and shoulders.

snickersforeveryone · February 2014

@nesenotes, we are here for you and you can vent any time. And in this case, I don't think lying is a bad thing. You need to do what you can to protect yourself and your family. ((Hugs)) to you.

My FC...I am afraid of dark bathrooms because of that old kids' game "Bloody Mary." I am afraid to open my eyes in the dark of my bedroom if I hear a noise because of the movie "Darkness Falls." Sometimes, I get the sensation that someone is in the room with me and can stay behind me no matter how fast I turn, so I put my back against the wall and keep it there as I slide out of the room. I am afraid that I am going to pass my silly fears on to my kids.

Hi, I'm 30, going on 3. $:\$ ">

Barefoot84 · February 2014

I had wine twice during this pregnancy. Once, a few weeks ago, when another pregnant woman was also having half a glass, and then I finished my H's glass at a party with friends, when he went to put LO to bed, and fell asleep. The first time, I had at the very most three ounces, and then the next time about an ounce from my H's glass. I had my first doctor's appointment yesterday and she couldn't find the heart, so she did a quick U/S and the baby is measuring a week behind, which probably just means I got knocked up later than I thought. However, the nausea started so quickly (about five days after my period were due) that I thought I was further along than my due date suggested and now I'm horrified that I've harmed my baby. I've been awake for a while and it isn't even six o'clock yet, because I'm too scared to sleep. I'm going to have a full U/S sometime in the next two weeks to make sure everything is okay and that baby is growing like he should. Never drinking another sip of alcool during a pregnancy again.

reinedecajun · February 2014

Nese you are doing the right thing. Tough love is never easy.

Even though I'm exhausted and sick of driving I'm making the two hour trip to pick up my oldest. I miss him like crazy. So today will be another 4 hour car ride.
I'm totally making my husband bring him back Sunday.

On this trip I'm making a Pitt stop to get my favorite boudin in the world my mouth is watering just thinking about it. Squeezing in the bad food before my advocare makes it here.

We told each other Happy Valentine's Day and that was our gift lol! We are super lame.

steelermama86 · February 2014

I make it no secret that my kids really have no limit on the amount of TV they watch. The TV is on all day in our house and while it's not always on Disney Jr or Sprout I like background noise. Plus, J could give two shits about it and G is playing more then actively watching it. Anyhow, my FC is I know all the songs from Sophia, Daniel Tiger, Super Why, and Mickey and I sing them often without realizing it. For instance this morning I was singing a song from Sophia in the shower. My husband called me on it. Damn.

ThePinkSuperhero · February 2014

I, too, am obsessed with keeping my child booger-free. I call myself the Booger Hunter. HERE COMES THE BOOGER HUNTER, I scream.

snickersforeveryone · February 2014

We're not doing anything for valentine's day either. We're being super frugal so we don't want to spend the money on dinner or gifts.

Barefoot84 · February 2014

daniellesa1220 said:

Andre has never been a big milk drinker, he may drink only 2 oz at a time so I've always given him a Yobaby Yogurt at dinner, he gets one pretty much everyday. Apparently this is flammable because it's flavored yogurt with a higher sugar content than regular whole milk yogurt. Eh, whatevs, he likes it and it give him the opportunity to sneak in bites of other food that he normally would refuse so I just go with it. Also, I'm obsessed with cleaning his nose. This kid is a booger machine and I can't stand the sight of even a single booger in his nose so I'm constantly cleaning it. In my previous life I was a preschooler teacher and I think I was traumatized by the kids who would come to school with a face full of boogers and their parent wouldn't do anything about it. Yuck.

This is me. I clean her nose every morning before bringing her to daycare, because she has a runny nose that just won't go away. However I wash as much as it as I can without her crying, but stop when it seems to really bother her. The way I see it, her nose is just going to get dirty again at daycare and no reason to make her cry so she can have a very clean nose.

SallySunrise · February 2014

@Barefoot84 you did not, I repeat, DID NOT harm your baby with that small amount of alcohol. You didn't. It's just not possible.

I pray that your baby is just fine, and I'm sure that's the case. But EVEN IF something is going a little haywire in there, it IS NOT because of 3oz of wine. It's simply not.

Let go of that guilt and think positive, happy, healthy thoughts for your baby. You can't MAKE your LO be healthy just by wishing it, but the mind-body connection is certainly real. Don't dwell on what you think you did wrong. (You didn't, anyway.) You're a great mom to this baby already! Hugs.

SallySunrise · February 2014

@nesenotes I have no advice for you, but I think you're a great sister and you're handling it all with such grace. I'm sure it doesn't feel that way, but you have been through so much with her and I admire your strength. Hang in there.

lkamenko · February 2014

hijoi said:

It irritates me that the Olympics are being held in Sochi, but not for reasons that you might think. That's not how it's spelled or pronounced in Russian. Why can't we just use the Russian word for the city? The same thing happened when they had the Olympics in Italy. I don't remember if it was summer or winter, honestly, but we used the American word for the town. Munich Germany is actually Munchen. Why not just call it that? Do other countries call NYC or LA or Chicago by different names? It just seems, I don't know, disrespectful to the culture and languages of those countries.

@hijoi actually Sochi in Russian is pronounced exactly like this - S'ochi, so no reason to be upset. But I agree that a lot of foreign cities names are buthchered in English. For example Moscow is Moskva in Russian.

lkamenko · February 2014

summergirl1211 said:

hijoi said:

It irritates me that the Olympics are being held in Sochi, but not for reasons that you might think. That's not how it's spelled or pronounced in Russian. Why can't we just use the Russian word for the city? The same thing happened when they had the Olympics in Italy. I don't remember if it was summer or winter, honestly, but we used the American word for the town. Munich Germany is actually Munchen. Why not just call it that? Do other countries call NYC or LA or Chicago by different names? It just seems, I don't know, disrespectful to the culture and languages of those countries.

@hijoi: I didn't know this. Very interesting. I was so confused during the opening ceremony when all the countries went out of (our) alphabetical order.

On a related note, it makes me sad that Russia felt the need to hide the fact that the snowflakes/rings didn't work as they were supposed to during the ceremony. It makes me wonder what else they hide from their people that is of much higher significance.

That's because in Russian language the names of the countries are different from the original names. Partly because the cyrillic alphabet has 32 letters and some sounds like SH, CH are spelled with one letter and partly because Russian translate some names to Russian. United States of America in Russian is Soedinnenyie Shtaty Ameriki (LOL, that looks funny in latin letters...)

lkamenko · February 2014

@Barefoot84 - there is no way you harmed that baby by having a glass of wine!

My confession that I had a few glasses of wine (may be half a glass once a month) with all my 3 pregnancies.

Boing214 · February 2014

@nesenotes I agree with what the PPs have said, you're doing the right thing for you and your family and maybe it will give your sis a chance to grow up a little.

@emilypc I'm sorry to hear this, hopefully it is something you two can figure out.

@barefoot84 Before I found out I was pregnant I had really started drinking a lot. Like, I was craving white russians... I worry about Charlie when she gets older now, because apparently that's her drink of choice, but I digress. She was born just fine, and I'm sure your little one will be too so don't beat yourself up about it.

My FC, I figured out I was one of the ones that got canned by Karm on FB, and I was actually hurt for a little bit until I decided it's the internet and really she doesn't know me, I don't know her, so why do I care?

My other one, my parents are taking LO for the weekend and I know MH is thinking ST to the max... I just want to sleep in and clean. Maybe after a full night's sleep and not having to get up uber early I'll feel differently, but no promises for now.

lkamenko · February 2014

hijoi said:
@lkamenko I kept seeing signs behind the athletes that said "Coyn '14" and underneath that "Sochi '14" which is why I thought we were butchering it. But it's still the same for the other cities.

ETA: we pronounce the althetes' names correctly. We don't change Ivan to Evan. I guess it's just one of those things that will always bug me.

Сочи is a Cyrillic spelling for Sochi. I see how is looks like completely different word, though pronounced the same.

sarahandeddiejune212008 · February 2014

DH and I don't celebrate v-day because our anniversary is tomorrow. I'm annoyed because he didn't think to get the girls anything. I got them some candy, flowers and a small gift because I knew he wouldnt.

FC: I had an overnight sitter arranged for the girls, but DH wanted to go to Chicago and I didn't feel comfortable being that far away from Avery. We turned it into a family trip and will have a date night for our anniversary later in the week.

I give the kids flavored yogurt all the time. Chelsea loves the danimals smoothies and I'm fine with it.

I'm convinced our house is haunted. Both my grandparents and my uncle passed away in the house. The lights flicker for no reason and I'm constantly finding random toothpicks. My grandpa always carried toothpicks around. The area around our recliner will also randomly drop in temperature. Our recliner is in the same spot that my grandfather's was. My mom is also convinced. It doesn't really scare me, but it's a strange feeling. I feel like they want us to know they are here watching over us.

punkyshoester · February 2014

I wanted to get Will a little Valentine's Day gift from H and I, but didn't want it to be straight candy. I ended up getting him a robot plate and cup and mini m&m's. I have been meaning to pick up a little toilet traning seat, and ended up giving it to him today as part of his little gift.
Nothing says "I love you" like a toilet!

Me and H never get each other anything. I hate v-day. My dad died 12 years ago today, so I'm just not into it. I just checked our bank acct and it looks like H got me flowers. While the gesture is certainly nice, I'm like "Why?". Why today and never any other day?

@nesenotes: hugs. You are doing what you need to do and what you think is right. You can't be faulted for that.

elizdg · February 2014

@nesenotes hugs! I know it can't be easy, but you are doing the right thing! Let's see... Graham and I have been snowed in at my mom's since Tuesday. She gave him some of her sweet tea the other day (well, like 3/4 of a glass) and he loved it. At first I was upset about it, but a little while later he was seriously in the best mood I've ever seen him in. He was dancing everywhere and laughing since he was hyped up from the caffeine. It was so hilarious that now I'm kind of whatever about it. Obviously I won't be giving him caffeine or a ton of sugar often at all, but I think people in general just get too worked up about little things.

SallySunrise · February 2014

I guess based on some others I should confess, I'm not sure I'd notice if I was deleted by a J12er, unless it's someone who posts a LOT. In complete honesty, half of my J12 fb friends are "ok she's either such and such screen name, or such and such screen name..."

I also confess that I put make up on to go to the gym this morning. I always make fun of people who do that, but today I was feeling frumpy and thought it might help me feel a little better about myself.

Boing214 · February 2014

I'm starting to get jealous of my bitch coworker, she's had at least three things delivered to her at work, including a singing Valentine. I know MH and I are trying to save money, but I really hope he does at least something so I don't have to feel this envious of her.

Boing214 · February 2014

@amilyn9785 It's really neat that basically you're whole family is right there within walking distance. :-)

ThePinkSuperhero · February 2014

I threw up so hard last night, my ears tried to eject from my head. You can imagine how great I feel today :-&

EandIMommy86 · February 2014

daniellesa1220 said:

I'm in the middle of transferring over 6,000 pictures from my old Mac to my new one. I think I have a problem with taking too many pictures.

OMG. This is me too. JUST on my phone alone I have 3000 pictures. SMH. Then on facebook there's another 800 or so....Then my computer has more...LOL.

EandIMommy86 · February 2014

My confession is that I have been procrastinating cleaning up in secret hopes that my husband will do some of it....not happening. I'm still procrastinating as we speak..for the 3rd day in a row.

SallySunrise · February 2014

cbear2010 said:
I forgot I had my initial glucose test today and totally had a pop tart for breakfast along with a cherry pepsi fuuuuuuuuccck

Reschedule!

Barefoot84 · February 2014

Thanks everyone for their support. I should confess that I find myself turning to J12 lately when I'm sad or scared instead of reaching out to my IRL friends.

I felt a flutter in my stomach a little bit earlier. I know it was gas, but I'm choosing to believe it was the little one letting me know that he's okay, that he's hanging on and he'll be just fine. I'm going to try to worry less, and look forward to my upcoming U/S when I can see him (or her!) again.

hokiemama06 · February 2014

@Barefoot84 - I just wanted to let you know the same thing happened with me with my current pregnancy. My first U/S, there was no baby. Both OBs in my practice came in to try to find it, but nothing was there. They questioned me on my dates (I was certain), and brought be back a few times for blood work before we did another U/S the following week. Fortunately, my numbers were good with the blood test, and the next week there was a baby, although it was measuring a week off of my dates. My OB thinks I ovulated later in my cycle than usual.

I know it's hard not to freak out, but really, try not to. Everything is probably just fine with your LO. I'll be thinking of you this week, as I truly understand how scary that can be!

sarahandeddiejune212008 · February 2014

amilyn9785 said:

sarahandeddiejune212008 said:

The toothpick thing kind of made me smile.... The house I grew up in the same way. My parents still live there. My parents built it (so no one died inside) but it is right across the street from my grandma's, where my grandpa passed, and next door to my mom's aunt and uncle's house, where they passed. My mom's brother and his family moved in next door and they have small children. We hear footsteps, doors open and close, and my H and my brother both have seen the same male figure at the top of the stairs. My mom just says, "Oh it's just Uncle Jim; it's too noisy next door so he came here." It's never bothered me but it really creeps out my H. I kind of like it actually. We're (hopefully) building next door to my parents on the opposite side and I'm hoping we get company every once in a while.
I find it kind of reassuring. I blame the lights on my uncle. He was always the teasing/joking type. I like knowing they are watching over us.

zyas · February 2014

@nessnotes Hugs! You're doing the right thing and hopefully one day your sister will realize that and thank you for it.

@chipmunk112511 yikes, that must have been awful watching them take your brother away. That's great that he is doing so well now though

@sarahandeddiejune212008 and @amilyn9785 I think that's actually pretty cool that your houses are sort of "haunted" with spirits of loved ones. My grandparents lived in the same house from when my mom was 8 and her uncle lived with them until he died (my mom was a teenager). He had a suite in their downstairs and he used to smoke a pipe down there. For the next 30 years or so, once in awhile when you went into their basement you could smell the pipe smell like someone had just smoked it. And then suddenly within a few hours it would totally disappear. My grandparents always told us he was still there watching over everyone

I miss that house, my grandpa later died in that house too when I was 21 and then my uncle forced my grandma to move out of it about 5 years later.

@punkyshoester I totally understand how you feel about Valentine's Day and I'm sorry to hear about your dad. My grandpa died on V day 15 years ago so I've always felt the same way as you about this day. I was super close to him so this day always makes me sad. Also my past boyfriends were douche's and never did anything or tried to anyway so that didn't help!

My H has always done a little something for me on V Day but we never do much. Today I was running errands with Ava all morning and part of the afternoon and when I got home I walked into an immaculate house! I couldn't believe it as I was planning to come home and do some cleaning. My H cleaned everything, even made the bed and cleaned our room. There is a card sitting for me on the bed too. I bought him a card yesterday while I was out but I left it in the bag on the kitchen table. He found it - before I even signed it. Fail on my part!

apollonia10 · February 2014

I ordered a small pizza for lunch because I didn't feel like making anything. It took them 90 MINUTES to deliver it - the place is 5 minutes away, if you hit every light. I called all pissed a few times and all they did was take a few bucks off the price. I wanted to cancel the order and give a dramatic "I will NEVER order from you again," but I didn't because I wanted the pizza, and who am I kidding, I'm obviously going to order from them again.

EandIMommy86 · February 2014

what happened?@ MissMusic

michaela080 · February 2014

steelermama86 said:

I make it no secret that my kids really have no limit on the amount of TV they watch. The TV is on all day in our house and while it's not always on Disney Jr or Sprout I like background noise. Plus, J could give two shits about it and G is playing more then actively watching it. Anyhow, my FC is I know all the songs from Sophia, Daniel Tiger, Super Why, and Mickey and I sing them often without realizing it. For instance this morning I was singing a song from Sophia in the shower. My husband called me on it. Damn.

I love this, and I love how many people love it. It makes me feel less guilty about TV. I love TV and leave it on all the time for myself, but everywhere you look there's stuff about "screen time." I just need to accept that we are a TV family, but we do plenty of other things too.

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