Wednesday What-Have-You's!

Pokedot · August 2014

Happy Hump Day. Anything to share today ladies? Labor Day weekend plans?

melody921 · August 2014

Tomorrow night starts a 3-day run of country music concerts at a local fair. Whoop whoop! Then the weekend is jam-packed with family get-togethers.

kelbel527 · August 2014

I found out yesterday that both my bosses are going to be gone on Friday and since we're slower right now, I decided to take the day off. I'm excited for the long weekend!

Also, Friday afternoon our big kid has an appointment with a behavioral specialist. I'm nervous, but happy that we're finally getting in to see if we can get help with some of the behavior problems.

melody921 · August 2014

I'm currently live chatting with what appears to be the world's biggest idiot on the Snapfish site. What started as a minor issue -- rather than receiving a photo book with a white cover and black text like I ordered, it came with a black cover, so the text is hidden -- has snowballed bc this guy just keeps saying, "Yep, you have a white cover with black text in your account," yet he is making no move to rectify the situation or explain why I got the wrong cover. I think I'm dealing with a language barrier here too, and I'm just losing patience.

kelbel527 · August 2014

melody921 said:

I'm currently live chatting with what appears to be the world's biggest idiot on the Snapfish site. What started as a minor issue -- rather than receiving a photo book with a white cover and black text like I ordered, it came with a black cover, so the text is hidden -- has snowballed bc this guy just keeps saying, "Yep, you have a white cover with black text in your account," yet he is making no move to rectify the situation or explain why I got the wrong cover. I think I'm dealing with a language barrier here too, and I'm just losing patience.

I've totally been there.

After having several photo books screwed up, receiving the wrong Christmas cards (yes, I got someone else's family on my cards). I've sworn off snapfish.

I had to complain once on their facebook site just to get someone to reply to me. Good luck!

BeebopandBuddy · August 2014

@kelbel527‌ I hope they give you some good ideas to try. Were things any easier at school yesterday?

Random but, I HATE lending people money. It seems like they never pay it back in a timely manner and I don't feel like I should have to ask them to pay it back.

My mom has been ordering clothes for the kids through me on Zulily for free shipping. She said she'd mail a check. I feel bad asking for it because they were clothes for my kids, but she's the one who initiated the purchasing and said she wanted to buy them. If I buy clothes, I don't spend a lot and I shop the sales. I don't have extra money to fund her shopping sprees.

MarisaKathleen · August 2014

I came in to 5 wacky "OMG, WHAT DO I DO?!" emails from panicking students who didn't register and uh, the semester started a week ago. I had a different one from a nursing student who decided to screw around with her schedule yesterday (never talked to me) and dropped below half time, now her FA is being returned and she needs her refund to move and pay rent. And there's literally not 1 class open that she can take.

kelbel527 · August 2014

BeebopandBuddy said:

@kelbel527‌ I hope they give you some good ideas to try. Were things any easier at school yesterday? Random but, I HATE lending people money. It seems like they never pay it back in a timely manner and I don't feel like I should have to ask them to pay it back. My mom has been ordering clothes for the kids through me on Zulily for free shipping. She said she'd mail a check. I feel bad asking for it because they were clothes for my kids, but she's the one who initiated the purchasing and said she wanted to buy them. If I buy clothes, I don't spend a lot and I shop the sales. I don't have extra money to fund her shopping sprees.

I'm hoping they will too. Amd his day seemed to go well yesterday - thanks for asking! They had a center-wide summer party after school with a balloon guy and face painting. Even though it sounds like he didn't socialize much with the other kids (DH took him, so I wasn't there), I feel like he's now associating his new school with how much fun he had yesterday.

At school he seems to be doing well, but all of it is very emotionally overwhelming for him, so we are still running up against his usual behavior stuff at home. And he's just exhausted from the transition, so that doesn't help.

Is Maya excited for next week?

And - I hate lending people money. Especially family. We're still out some $ that I can't even remember how much they owe us at this point. We haven't lent anyone money since then because it just frustrates us. We're using the house-build as our excuse for no extra cash-flow right now.

melody921 · August 2014

kelbel527 said:

I found out yesterday that both my bosses are going to be gone on Friday and since we're slower right now, I decided to take the day off. I'm excited for the long weekend!

Also, Friday afternoon our big kid has an appointment with a behavioral specialist. I'm nervous, but happy that we're finally getting in to see if we can get help with some of the behavior problems.

Yay for long weekends! GL with the appt. DS has been driving me to the edge recently, but DH just insists it's bc he's 4. I'm curious to see what kind of help you can get.

melody921 · August 2014

kelbel527 said:

melody921 said:

I'm currently live chatting with what appears to be the world's biggest idiot on the Snapfish site. What started as a minor issue -- rather than receiving a photo book with a white cover and black text like I ordered, it came with a black cover, so the text is hidden -- has snowballed bc this guy just keeps saying, "Yep, you have a white cover with black text in your account," yet he is making no move to rectify the situation or explain why I got the wrong cover. I think I'm dealing with a language barrier here too, and I'm just losing patience.

I've totally been there.

After having several photo books screwed up, receiving the wrong Christmas cards (yes, I got someone else's family on my cards). I've sworn off snapfish.

I had to complain once on their facebook site just to get someone to reply to me. Good luck!

Well, hooray, this idiot says they're sending me another book. That was way harder than it should have been. One more screw up and I switch to Shutterfly, lol.

kelbel527 · August 2014

MarisaKathleen said:

I came in to 5 wacky "OMG, WHAT DO I DO?!" emails from panicking students who didn't register and uh, the semester started a week ago. I had a different one from a nursing student who decided to screw around with her schedule yesterday (never talked to me) and dropped below half time, now her FA is being returned and she needs her refund to move and pay rent. And there's literally not 1 class open that she can take.

You have some pretty interesting students to deal with. I cannot imagine being that unprepared in college...

melody921 · August 2014

BeebopandBuddy said:

@kelbel527‌ I hope they give you some good ideas to try. Were things any easier at school yesterday? Random but, I HATE lending people money. It seems like they never pay it back in a timely manner and I don't feel like I should have to ask them to pay it back. My mom has been ordering clothes for the kids through me on Zulily for free shipping. She said she'd mail a check. I feel bad asking for it because they were clothes for my kids, but she's the one who initiated the purchasing and said she wanted to buy them. If I buy clothes, I don't spend a lot and I shop the sales. I don't have extra money to fund her shopping sprees.

That totally sucks, and I agree, it's awkward to have to ask for it. I've taken to assuming that if I lend someone something, money or otherwise, I'm never going to see it again.

MarisaKathleen · August 2014

kelbel527 said:

MarisaKathleen said:

I came in to 5 wacky "OMG, WHAT DO I DO?!" emails from panicking students who didn't register and uh, the semester started a week ago. I had a different one from a nursing student who decided to screw around with her schedule yesterday (never talked to me) and dropped below half time, now her FA is being returned and she needs her refund to move and pay rent. And there's literally not 1 class open that she can take.

You have some pretty interesting students to deal with. I cannot imagine being that unprepared in college...

The majority of my students are ok. There's roughly 20% of them that take up a shit ton of my time and have constant shenanigans. These are the same 20% that I pray realize that Nursing is not the correct path for them.

Surprisingly, my trades students, (who are all 18-20yr old boys this semester) are the most efficient students I have, mainly because I deal with most of their Mom's.....

MommaP12 · August 2014

I accepted a new job yesterday.

The opportunity presented itself in March. At the time, I'd only been here about 3 months so I declined stating I need to give this role a fair chance.

Then it came up again in July and it was time. I've only been here 9 months, but I cannot pass up this opportunity - the company is the #1 place to work in this city 4 years in a row running. The environment, culture, benefits, perks, PTO are ridiculous. I will get 12 holidays as opposed to 6 here plus better insurance prices, more PTO. The actual job is exactly what I've wanted to do since I left my other company that I tried to get back in to, I thought I was going to have to take a pay cut though and I'm getting a very slight increase instead.. I'm hoping I've found my "home" for a while.

My boss is WFH and I have to give notice today. She is going to blow a gasket. I am dreading it.

MarisaKathleen · August 2014

MommaP12 said:

I accepted a new job yesterday.

The opportunity presented itself in March. At the time, I'd only been here about 3 months so I declined stating I need to give this role a fair chance.

Then it came up again in July and it was time. I've only been here 9 months, but I cannot pass up this opportunity - the company is the #1 place to work in this city 4 years in a row running. The environment, culture, benefits, perks, PTO are ridiculous. I will get 12 holidays as opposed to 6 here plus better insurance prices, more PTO. The actual job is exactly what I've wanted to do since I left my other company that I tried to get back in to, I thought I was going to have to take a pay cut though and I'm getting a very slight increase instead.. I'm hoping I've found my "home" for a while.

My boss is WFH and I have to give notice today. She is going to blow a gasket. I am dreading it.

This is so awesome!! Good for you!

When do you start?

willy_gert · August 2014

I seriously don't understand how people fuck around in college.

I paid $1500 per credit hour, there was no way I was messing around with that kind of money.

Pokedot · August 2014

Yesterday we had our branch audit. All went fine. The guy was into me. I may have innocently flirted. It was nice to have someone else pay attention to me besides my husband.

Speaking of husbands. Mine is kind of the greatest. He took DS OOT for the day. They had a blast consuming too much candy, going to the manly stores, the park and children's museum. I got done with work at 4:30 and had until 9pm before they got home. DS fell alseep in the car so after a diaper change he was put to bed. Easiest night I've had in forever. It was amazing to get some "me" time. I had no idea what do with myself. The possibilities were endless.

Tomorrow is the Packer game with DH. Friday I work a 1/2 day. Go in at 12. Then I have the 3 day weekend. I'm not totally sure what we're up to. Hopefully installing the new hand railing on our porch and maybe bust some concrete for the new walkway. Hoping to get some QT with DS too. Just looking forward to some time off.

hmp1 · August 2014

I started my Labor shopping spree early with the 45% off code on Gap last night. Now I have the shopping bug, this might be a dangerous week.

Pokedot · August 2014

hmp1 said:

I started my Labor shopping spree early with the 45% off code on Gap last night. Now I have the shopping bug, this might be a dangerous week.

I'm hoping Kohls has something good. After putting my foot down about having a big party for DS I've relapsed and we're doing a firetruck theme. I'm hoping to get him the fireman costume with my KC for a cheap price. And double that as his halloween costume! I just ordered a pair of Sanuk's on Zulily too. I'm doing great so far, ugh!

willy_gert · August 2014

hmp1 said:

I started my Labor shopping spree early with the 45% off code on Gap last night. Now I have the shopping bug, this might be a dangerous week.

After buying all those clothes for Luci last week, all I want to do is shop.

melody921 · August 2014

MommaP12 said:

I accepted a new job yesterday.

The opportunity presented itself in March. At the time, I'd only been here about 3 months so I declined stating I need to give this role a fair chance.

Then it came up again in July and it was time. I've only been here 9 months, but I cannot pass up this opportunity - the company is the #1 place to work in this city 4 years in a row running. The environment, culture, benefits, perks, PTO are ridiculous. I will get 12 holidays as opposed to 6 here plus better insurance prices, more PTO. The actual job is exactly what I've wanted to do since I left my other company that I tried to get back in to, I thought I was going to have to take a pay cut though and I'm getting a very slight increase instead.. I'm hoping I've found my "home" for a while.

My boss is WFH and I have to give notice today. She is going to blow a gasket. I am dreading it.

Congrats! What will you be doing?

Don't worry about the boss. As long as you're handling it professionally, and giving adequate notice, what can she really say?

kdsmith43 · August 2014

I just placed an order at Carters and it happened so fast I have no clue what just happened. They have some cute tee's on clearance so I went ahead and bought some 3t's for (hopefully) next spring. He's been in 2t's for several months so we shall see. If not, I can always layer with a long sleeve underneath.

MommaP12 · August 2014

Thanks @MarisaKathleen!

I start on 9/15. I'm giving 2 weeks today, so I will have 2 days to decompress before starting at the new company. I'm so, so excited. I really dislike what I do here.

misspunky · August 2014

I'm jealous of everyone that has fun weekend plans. DH works 5p-5a Saturday, Sunday & Monday and we have a cookout and a birthday party, along with trying to redo our backyard before DD's party, which is next weekend. And everyday in between there I have school or studying to do. I just keep reminding myself at this time next year our situation will be MUCH better!

AKB090609 · August 2014

DH gets to come home earlier than expected, so I'm baking birthday pie today! I decide that if I'm going to turn the oven on I'm going to make it worth it, so I've added bread, dumplings, brownies and and Rice Krispy treats. This should be a delicious weekend!

He's also decided that he will be doing the potty training this weekend, and he wants me and the baby 'out of the way on Saturday' I'm taking this as direct instruction to go shopping at the outlets...

kelbel527 · August 2014

Congrats @MommaP12! That sounds like an awesome opportunity!

Have fun at the game @Pokedot! I'm jealous of your quiet time. I haven't had that in awhile!

willy_gert · August 2014

So, we had decided not to have a party for Luci's birthday, but now I am second guessing myself. I was talking to my SIL yesterday and it got me started thinking that the last time Luci saw DH's brother's kids was at her first birthday party. So, apparently the only time she is going to see them is for her birthday. This is stupid, but it is seriously making me feel like I need to plan something at least with them and his parents.

melody921 · August 2014

So apparently all customer service type people are eating all the crackers for me today. After telling a woman yesterday, in no uncertain terms, that our company was not going to be utilizing their services bc we're already under contract with a similar news tracking service that is less expensive, she sent me this (company names have been removed):

"Thanks for letting me know! X's service may come in cheaper, but it also is not an apples to apples comparison as our service is more robust. X only track about 190,000 online sources while we track over 390,000 online sources. Also, we track 20,000 print sources compared to X's .6K sources. We track over 150,000,000 social media sources where X won’t disclose how many they track. Just something to think about! Let me know if you are ever interested in switching. Thanks!"

Don't hold your breath, sweet pea. Wrong or not, I have this image of a 22-year-old super perky young woman who obviously lacks the ability to read or accept "no" for an answer. Because she has now annoyed me with being so pushy, I'm never using her company, even if I find myself dissatisfied with our current contract.

Pokedot · August 2014

willy_gert said:

So, we had decided not to have a party for Luci's birthday, but now I am second guessing myself. I was talking to my SIL yesterday and it got me started thinking that the last time Luci saw DH's brother's kids was at her first birthday party. So, apparently the only time she is going to see them is for her birthday. This is stupid, but it is seriously making me feel like I need to plan something at least with them and his parents.

I should say that our party will be just family. The maximum people there will be 15 people. 5 kids because of my cousins (3) and my niece/nephew. It's pretty small. I did get a super cute cake though. Other than that the decor will be minimal and I think we're doing pizza or a taco bar. Oh and thanks to whoever recommended Lil Thredz (@hmp1 or @kdsmith43 I think.) I got DS's tshirt in the mail yesterday. SO damn cute!

Fire Engine cake

MRoxy0628 · August 2014

Lily just went pee on the potty for the first time. She's sat on it a couple times before (at her request), but today she was running around naked and she sounded like she had to go. When I asked if she wanted her diaper on, she ran to her potty and when I came to check on her, she had gone! I'm sure just a fluke, but it was very exciting!

We're waiting to hear back on the counter offer we made on a house. Fingers crossed as we've been looking for a year now.

Lily and I are going to the pool today for probably the last time this year. It's a little chilly, but sunny, so we're going for it!

BeebopandBuddy · August 2014

@kelbel527 Maya is not so excited so I hope we do as well with the change as you guys have. She keeps coming up with different kinds of monsters that are at the new school. First it was the Cheesemonster and last night it was the Snowmonster. I went to the orientation last night so I told her I didn't see him. "He's sleeping in the hills waiting for me, Mommy." Oh, my bad.

I also have a sneaking suspicion that the uniform thing is not going to go over well with The Princess.

MommaP12 · August 2014

kelbel527 said:

melody921 said:

I'm currently live chatting with what appears to be the world's biggest idiot on the Snapfish site. What started as a minor issue -- rather than receiving a photo book with a white cover and black text like I ordered, it came with a black cover, so the text is hidden -- has snowballed bc this guy just keeps saying, "Yep, you have a white cover with black text in your account," yet he is making no move to rectify the situation or explain why I got the wrong cover. I think I'm dealing with a language barrier here too, and I'm just losing patience.

I've totally been there.

After having several photo books screwed up, receiving the wrong Christmas cards (yes, I got someone else's family on my cards). I've sworn off snapfish.

I had to complain once on their facebook site just to get someone to reply to me. Good luck!

This is insaaaaane!!!

kdsmith43 · August 2014

Pokedot said:

willy_gert said:

So, we had decided not to have a party for Luci's birthday, but now I am second guessing myself. I was talking to my SIL yesterday and it got me started thinking that the last time Luci saw DH's brother's kids was at her first birthday party. So, apparently the only time she is going to see them is for her birthday. This is stupid, but it is seriously making me feel like I need to plan something at least with them and his parents.

I should say that our party will be just family. The maximum people there will be 15 people. 5 kids because of my cousins (3) and my niece/nephew. It's pretty small. I did get a super cute cake though. Other than that the decor will be minimal and I think we're doing pizza or a taco bar. Oh and thanks to whoever recommended Lil Thredz (@hmp1 or @kdsmith43 I think.) I got DS's tshirt in the mail yesterday. SO damn cute!

So glad you liked it!! I got mine this week too and it turned out even cuter than the picture.

thebanich · August 2014

Today was the first day of morning school for Lilly and Finn. Lilly was timid but went in to her class like a champ. I walked Finn into his room and sat on the floor with him because he hasn't done this before.

We were sitting and talking and his little face just got sadder and sadder. Eventually he just looked down at the floor and this ginormous tear quietly fell down. My mom and I both saw it hit the carpet. So of course I teared up and so did the teacher.

I just want to go get him and hug him so tight. I keep tearing up thinking about his little face.

thebanich · August 2014

I'm trying to decide about Finn's birthday. I'm split between not wanting to have the party and feeling bad about not doing one.

pharmer78 · August 2014

thebanich said:
We were sitting and talking and his little face just got sadder and sadder. Eventually he just looked down at the floor and this ginormous tear quietly fell down. My mom and I both saw it hit the carpet. So of course I teared up and so did the teacher.

I just want to go get him and hug him so tight. I keep tearing up thinking about his little face.

OK this makes me cry too. I hate those days, and more than once have cried in my car in the daycare parking lot.

pharmer78 · August 2014

thebanich said:

I'm trying to decide about Finn's birthday. I'm split between not wanting to have the party and feeling bad about not doing one.

Same here. My plan is family celebration (just Lila, my husband, and I)...spoil him with affection, and take lots of pics of him eating cake.

thebanich · August 2014

pharmer78 said:

thebanich said:
We were sitting and talking and his little face just got sadder and sadder. Eventually he just looked down at the floor and this ginormous tear quietly fell down. My mom and I both saw it hit the carpet. So of course I teared up and so did the teacher.

I just want to go get him and hug him so tight. I keep tearing up thinking about his little face.

OK this makes me cry too. I hate those days, and more than once have cried in my car in the daycare parking lot.

I cried most of the way to work. It seems silly because I leave him with my mom everyday. I just feel like I have betrayed him. Which is ridiculous.

Pokedot · August 2014

thebanich said:

pharmer78 said:

thebanich said:
We were sitting and talking and his little face just got sadder and sadder. Eventually he just looked down at the floor and this ginormous tear quietly fell down. My mom and I both saw it hit the carpet. So of course I teared up and so did the teacher.

I just want to go get him and hug him so tight. I keep tearing up thinking about his little face.

OK this makes me cry too. I hate those days, and more than once have cried in my car in the daycare parking lot.

I cried most of the way to work. It seems silly because I leave him with my mom everyday. I just feel like I have betrayed him. Which is ridiculous.

=(( Oh this breaks my heart. I'm sorry. Hopefully he won't want to leave when you go to get him. We've had this a few times with DC drop off. My mom usually watches DS but once in a while he goes to DC. He'll cling to me and cry. I feel awful, then I go to get him and he'll run by me, say hi and not want to leave.

pharmer78 · August 2014

thebanich said:

pharmer78 said:

thebanich said:
I cried most of the way to work. It seems silly because I leave him with my mom everyday. I just feel like I have betrayed him. Which is ridiculous.

This may just be me making myself feel better since my children have had to go to daycare since they were 4 months old, but Lila's first day of kindergarten was such a breeze...she was like "see ya, mom!" as soon as I dropped her off, where as other little ones were clinging to their parents for dear life. As sad as I feel bringing them to daycare sometimes, it's days like that when I see how independent and prepared she is that make me feel better about the whole thing. PS sorry for the ramble.

tyrannasaurusjess · August 2014

thebanich said:

We were sitting and talking and his little face just got sadder and sadder. Eventually he just looked down at the floor and this ginormous tear quietly fell down. My mom and I both saw it hit the carpet. So of course I teared up and so did the teacher.

I just want to go get him and hug him so tight. I keep tearing up thinking about his little face.

Awe poor guy

I'm sure it'll get a little easier each day that passes!!!

I came across a pin showing how to clean microsuede furniture with rubbing alcohol and sponges. What started as 'i'll just clean up these few water spots on the couch' is now 'holy !@(&^#@(*#$&amp

@#$@!&* we have the dirtiest couch on the planet' and I've been scrub scrub-a-lubbin for the last hour, shocked and disgusted at just how dirty the couch actually was. I had to take a break because I'm pretty sure I'm getting tennis elbow from the scrubbing, but I am dead set on cleaning until the water runs clear when I rinse my sponges/brushes (FTR, there is no end in sight at this point). If anyone has microsuede furniture and 4 weeks to kill.........

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