Toosday

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

What's up?

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

I have so much work to do, and I'm telling myself that popping on here in between tasks improves my workflow. I think someone is lying to someone!

tyrannasaurusjess · November 2014

It was beautiful here yesterday (65 and sunny) but today, and I think for the rest of the week, it's supposed to be cold and miserable. I was supposed to go grocery shopping yesterday but decided we would play outside all day, and now I HAVE to go today... in the cold, and the wind, and the rain. I'm wishing I would've reconsidered.

**also, I changed my name. Formerly jessk86... didn't change my avatar yet or siggy, so hopefully it won't be too confusing**

hmp1 · November 2014

Veterans Day= Bank holiday! ! I promised DH I would finish painting the kitchen cabinets. .. that I started in August. I also need to swing by the cake shop and see if they can make the cake I want for James' birthday. And probably buy a cupcake while there.

PenelopePond · November 2014

hmp1 said:
Veterans Day= Bank holiday! ! I promised DH I would finish painting the kitchen cabinets. .. that I started in August. I also need to swing by the cake shop and see if they can make the cake I want for James' birthday. And probably buy a cupcake while there.

Make sure you AW when you're done. I really want to paint our cabinets, and I think the color(s?) you chose may be a good option.

amandad715 · November 2014

I'm off today so I get to pop on here before my usual time of after the boys go to bed. Heading to the suburbs to go to lunch and play at the mall play place with my college roommates. One has kiddos my boys' ages.
Big debate of the day: get my 2nd cup of coffee on the way TO the mall or on the way HOME. The weather is making this a really hard decision. FWP.
@tyrannosaurusjess‌ We are in N IL and the weather was gorgeous yesterday here too, but yucky, cold and rainy today.

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

@amandad715 on the way to the mall if you can nap after the mall, otherwise save it for after

willy_gert · November 2014

I talked to my dad last night and he is going to try to be here for my birthday! I am incredibly excited about this as the last time I saw him on my birthday was when I turned 16 and he whisked my sister off to Texas to rescue her from her ex. Before that I hadn't seen him on my birthday since my 6th birthday. Very exciting.

I have the day off as Employee Appreciation, but I have to work this morning to make up for last week.

redneckmomma25 · November 2014

I sat down last night and cried at the thought of getting rid of G's clothes. I am a hormonal mess at the moment. Veterans day is just adding to the crying mess.

I need to start picking a room to concentrate on and decorate. I keep thinking of the house as a whole and then I just do nothing. Do I need to pick a room and do it.

BPer · November 2014

We got our final invoice from our electrician yesterday, and it was over 20% higher than his original quote.

I'm not sure if I have mentioned our struggles with him on here, but he has done SO much stupid shit, was constantly complaining, worked 9:30-3:30 and bitched that he didn't have enough time to do his work. I literally left work one day and went up to the house and freaked the fuck out on him because he was running his mouth saying he never promised he would be done in time for the final electrical inspection and for us to move in.

So when he sent his final invoice via email (like a fucking coward, because he's never had any issue showing up at H's work and asking for a check), I was happy to write a scathing email back to him about his extra costs that were never quoted, or discussed, and all of the shit that is currently wrong with our electrical.

/rant

Pokedot · November 2014

We are getting some shitty, shitty weather today. It snowed like no other yesterday then we had 40+ mph winds all night. Now it's sleeting with more snow to come. Plus the temps are supposed to be below 20*. It's freaking November 11th and the schools are closed due to weather. This is shaping up to be a fantastic winter so far. Ugh.

I decided to drown my sorrows in some hot cocoa and a cinnamon roll the size of my head. Not like I will be in a bathing suit in less than 3 weeks or anything.

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

@bper we hope to build a house in the next couple years. I'm not looking forward to all of that shiz. Just curious, did you have your house designed or did you work off an existing house plan?

willy_gert · November 2014

Wow @BPer! That must be so stressful for you! I can't even imagine. I don't understand people that are in a service industry where they are working for others, and they do stuff like that.

The guy who did our flooring was very much like that. He worked similar hours and we ended up in a hotel for an additional week thanks to him not getting done in the original timeframe.

Pokedot · November 2014

redneckmomma25 said:

I sat down last night and cried at the thought of getting rid of G's clothes. I am a hormonal mess at the moment. Veterans day is just adding to the crying mess. I need to start picking a room to concentrate on and decorate. I keep thinking of the house as a whole and then I just do nothing. Do I need to pick a room and do it.

I can't imagine this yet. I will cry very big ugly cries when I do this. Especially because we both know we're 2 and done. I'm actually really hoping for a boy the second time around just so I can see B's clothes on someone again. Also the guy in my office just had a boy. He has 2 older daughters as well. His wife told me when we find out what we're having the second time (not pregnant yet) if it's a girl we can swap clothes. I didn't say anything but my answer is no. I don't want to see her son in my son's clothes. As weird as that sounds. It's hard man, hormonal or not.

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

Today I came down with a toothbrush for Winn and she looked at me and said, "oh my god." I know I shouldn't have laughed, but it was completely uncontrollable.

----

I am really dreading these people I sold a machine to yesterday and truly wish they would not have purchased. They tie me up on 1-3 hour phone calls, then when they call and I'm on another phone call they call every 10 minutes because they think I am dodging them or something. If you have 1+ hour conversations with me, then is it too difficult to understand that other people do, too?

AlinnJo · November 2014

Quinn has gotten into the routine of sleeping in until 9, which means no nap, but being asleep before 8. I can't decide how I feel about this. I love that she is asleep before 8 at night, but I kinda miss nap time during the day. I wonder how long this will last?

I'm nervous about leaving our dogs for 2 weeks. I wish our rental house was dog friendly so we could bring them. They are big and obnoxious, but they are our boys. I just hope they do ok since they will be at home and not boarded.

MarisaKathleen · November 2014

I have walk in advising from 9-12. I already have these bitches lining up in the commons. Seriously. With every one of my returning students, we did advising for 2 semesters in case I wasn't back by now. Why in the world are you coming in to meet with me again? All I'm going to do is pull up my notes from last time and remind you of what we said. Especially since after our face to face or phone meeting, I email everyone a summary of what classes we picked out for when. It makes me crazy.

This was supposed to be for the newbies who are first starting in January that I haven't met with yet.

It's also DHs birthday. I stopped and got some steaks for dinner. I really wish it was already 4pm.

Pokedot · November 2014

I don't understand independent contractors ie: electricians, plumbers, etc. who do that crap. I'm paying you for your services therefore I'm the important one. I work 9-5 so should you. Especially when it comes to keeping me out of my home for a period of time.

I understand once things get started there can be certain items forgotten or unforeseen circumstances thats why there should be a contingency plan/budget but 20% more is a lot especially when its on wiring for a whole house. I'd be livid @BPer.

watercolor5 · November 2014

Our microwave handle snapped off at the bottom with normal use. It's not a very old microwave, so I was annoyed we have to order a replacement part, and I don't understand why a handle costs $70-$80, though thankfully we found it on amazon for $50.

I've been in excruciating pain from the pyogenic granuloma/tumor/abcess thing in my mouth. It's caused by hormones, and may go away on its own, but I've already resorted to taking prescription dosages of ibuprofin and even vicodin to try to deal with the pain. Mouth pain is no joke.

I'm grumpy today.

AlinnJo · November 2014

I am so thankful that when we built our house at the naive age of 23, our builder was my husband's dad's best friend. He took care of everything and had great subs. It was such an easy process that I'd love to do it again. I doubt we will build again but we will be adding onto our house. I'm very thankful to him!!

Kissty · November 2014

DS is not feeling well. Week 3. Ugh! When I went to pick him up yesterday from his GG he was a whiny mess, you'd have thought he was dying. I started to feel guilty for not leaving work early to pick him up. I'm outta family illness time. 10 mins after getting home and making a phone call to Daddy, that was working late, he was happily drawing and coloring. No signs of feeling bad. He's got GG wrapped. I know he doesn't feel 100% but damn. She called me to see if she needed to keep him today instead of daycare, while on that call tried to give me mom guilt about working. I REFUSE to feel guilty for be a working mom. Be a working mom makes me a better mom. It is not the 50's anymore and things just don't work like that.

BPer · November 2014

tinyhumantoe said:

@bper we hope to build a house in the next couple years. I'm not looking forward to all of that shiz. Just curious, did you have your house designed or did you work off an existing house plan?

We designed the house ourselves actually. We sketched out the exterior with elevations, and then did a floor plan on graph paper and brought it to an architect who turned it into actual plans.

We didn't use a builder though, because we were able to save a ton of money serving as our own general contractors. So we hired one company for excavation, another for foundation, another for framing/roofing, etc. It went really smoothly at first and is just now getting really frustrating...and it's mostly because of this asshat electrician.

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

I think 20% over original quote is unacceptable for a new build, unless 75% of that overage was from things that were added later. An old house or remodel...... there would be so many variables and unexpected conditions.

When we built our work facility, the bill was triple the amount the electrician bid. To me, that is gross negligence on their part and the customer should not suffer all consequences for the contractor's inability to quote and understand a project.

I think the question I'll ask references in the future is where the contractor landed on final billing vs amt quoted.

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

@bper so who selected and ordered which windows were used, door knobs, etc. Did you? Did you guys have any experience as a 'gc' and did you have to get an insurance policy to act as one?

CdnFarmGirl08 · November 2014

I really need to work on report cards. DS won't let me so much as sit at my computer. I'm so frustrated and panic is setting in.

I'm tired too. He was up at 5:30 and now I'm ready for a nap but know I should do work during nap time.

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

@bper hopefully last question! Did the architect have to make any changes for the floorplan to make the home structurally sound? Like add beams, change layout a bit, etc.?

BeebopandBuddy · November 2014

I'm trying to piece together a Christmas card with four separate pictures of the kids that doesn't look busy and weird. We have zero pictures of the four of them together so I have to make it work. My DH does not get how much time I waste doing dumb shit like this because he insists that all kids must be on the card, even grown ones, or we can't send one. I think he owes me a present.

amandad715 · November 2014

AlinnJo said:
Quinn has gotten into the routine of sleeping in until 9, which means no nap, but being asleep before 8. I can't decide how I feel about this. I love that she is asleep before 8 at night, but I kinda miss nap time during the day. I wonder how long this will last?

I'm nervous about leaving our dogs for 2 weeks. I wish our rental house was dog friendly so we could bring them. They are big and obnoxious, but they are our boys. I just hope they do ok since they will be at home and not boarded.

I would seriously miss nap time. My 4 y/o naps half the time and the other times, he's "resting" and quietly looking at books. I don't SAH but on the weekends, it's nice for H and I to have downtime or a chance to work on a project together without little boys running around.

BPer · November 2014

tinyhumantoe said:

@bper so who selected and ordered which windows were used, door knobs, etc. Did you? Did you guys have any experience as a 'gc' and did you have to get an insurance policy to act as one?

We chose suppliers for doors/windows, and ordered stuff like hardware for doors/bathrooms/cabinets, etc. from amazon and had it installed by the contractor that was responsible for it. We saved a lot of money that way.

We didn't have any personal experience as GC, but BIL built his house about 5 years ago, and served as his own GC so he was a good resource. We also had one contractor that did probably 85% of the job and is finishing up the interior now, so that was helpful. He and his son work together and have been insanely reliable. They did all of the framing, sheathing, roofing, windows, doors, decks, floors, and now trim.

We didn't have to get additional insurance beyond adding the new house onto the policy for our old house, and that was more to protect us in the event of theft of supplies, etc.

We just had to make sure that our contractors were insured and able to work in the county we were building in.

BeebopandBuddy · November 2014

AW: I have my second interview for the counseling job I want this afternoon. It sounds like it's just a formality, but it's a group interview with the whole team asking me questions, so I'm a little nervous.

BPer · November 2014

tinyhumantoe said:

@bper hopefully last question! Did the architect have to make any changes for the floorplan to make the home structurally sound? Like add beams, change layout a bit, etc.?

He kind of handled the specifics of the plan. We basically sketched out room placement, sizes, etc. He presented us with a couple of options for things like kitchen layout, master bath layout, so that we could have the most efficient use of space.

The framer was able to work off the basic plans for everything but the roof. That required a truss plan from the architect.

Want to see the plans?

tinyhumantoe · November 2014

BeebopandBuddy said:

AW: I have my second interview for the counseling job I want this afternoon. It sounds like it's just a formality, but it's a group interview with the whole team asking me questions, so I'm a little nervous.

That would make me nervous! Take a deep breath and GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

willy_gert · November 2014

You will do great @beebopandbuddy! Congrats on the second interview!

PenelopePond · November 2014

THT every time you talk about pain in the butt customers I really hope my DH is not one of them. Ha. You don't do anything with calibration equipment, do you?

willy_gert · November 2014

BPer said:

tinyhumantoe said:

@bper hopefully last question! Did the architect have to make any changes for the floorplan to make the home structurally sound? Like add beams, change layout a bit, etc.?

He kind of handled the specifics of the plan. We basically sketched out room placement, sizes, etc. He presented us with a couple of options for things like kitchen layout, master bath layout, so that we could have the most efficient use of space.

The framer was able to work off the basic plans for everything but the roof. That required a truss plan from the architect.

Want to see the plans?

Yes! I doubt we will ever get to build a house, but I randomly draw house plans.... Oh, this wasn't my conversation..... :-/

BPer · November 2014

Also, I'm super gross.

So I have the nexplanon implant in my arm, and about a week after I got it, I started literally gushing blood, and it went on for weeks, so I called my OB, and they gave me a nuvaring to put in for a couple of weeks to stop the bleeding.

Well, it took a lot of courage to put that thing in, but I finally did it, and then I was terrified to remove it. So I finally got the courage up to do it while I was in the shower the other day, and afterwards I set it on the shower bench and forgot about it.

H came walking out of the bathroom with it this morning and was like "What's this?" and I was all "Uhh...it looks like a seal or something. Maybe the plumber left it behind, you can probably just toss it."

Oops.

willy_gert · November 2014

So, I'm working from the local coffee shop today and some guys just showed up with a fantasy card game. Like for real guys, they have mats, cards, special bags, its kind of cute, but kind of super creepy. I would say they range in age from mid 20's to late 40's......

I'm not sure what just happened!

smb+jab · November 2014

Pokedot said:

redneckmomma25 said:

I sat down last night and cried at the thought of getting rid of G's clothes. I am a hormonal mess at the moment. Veterans day is just adding to the crying mess. I need to start picking a room to concentrate on and decorate. I keep thinking of the house as a whole and then I just do nothing. Do I need to pick a room and do it.

I can't imagine this yet. I will cry very big ugly cries when I do this. Especially because we both know we're 2 and done. I'm actually really hoping for a boy the second time around just so I can see B's clothes on someone again. Also the guy in my office just had a boy. He has 2 older daughters as well. His wife told me when we find out what we're having the second time (not pregnant yet) if it's a girl we can swap clothes. I didn't say anything but my answer is no. I don't want to see her son in my son's clothes. As weird as that sounds. It's hard man, hormonal or not.

Um I first started saving stuff when I was home on maternity leave as I thought there might be a chance (like one in million) I'd have a second. I always wanted two (my dream of that perfect 2.5 year apart boy girl family still alive). So I stuffed clothes in bins but then my migraines never got better, making it thought a year of breastfeeding was excruciating so being the grown up I made the decision that one was enough. Somehow I am ok with that decision (and not at all envious of all the girls announcing second and third pregnancies the way I was the first time around after I had just lost my angel baby). But I cannot part with those tiny shirts.

I have resided myself to becoming a hoarder or tiny clothes that i will not be giving away. I think I will feel different about the boy clothes, its just the tiny ones that get ya.

So to me this seem ok

Just keep them in a corner in the basement next to the Christmas decorations.

kdsmith43 · November 2014

Has anyone used the Dr. Bronners soaps? Thinking about getting some for T and adding in lavender and melrose EO's for his excema. I'm starting to get a little more crunchy just reading about all of these chemicals we put into our bodies! Scary.

AKB090609 · November 2014

We use Dr. Bronners, they are great at getting rid of protein stains on fabric just FYI. I found them to be too drying in winter for hand washing.

MommaP12 · November 2014

@beebopandbuddy good luck!! Is this a role with in your new/current employer or a new job altogether? How is your second job going?

I am seriously grateful that I got a winter coat on 10/30 because winter is definitely here. DH got a coat yesterday, we were really scrambling to prepare for winter and of course the kids are priority. I have a pair of Uggs and a pair of Sorel's coming in the mail and hope they are here by next week.

I am so unmotivated to work, but motivated to diet/exercise so there's that...God forbid I ever do both. I've lost 5 pounds in 5 weeks and DH and I do DDP yoga 3-4/week together and we started week 6 yesterday. I love it and love that we are doing this together. My sister's wedding is in June and I need to lose a good 10 by then and can't let the Holidays screw me up!

Want a personalized experience?

Toosday

Re: Toosday

Choose Another Board

Search Boards