Only SPAM Days 'Til Christmas!

MRads · December 2014

I just got an email from my boss's boss saying that we are getting an early release tomorrow at 12. I'm so happy! That will get me home just in time for Ben's nap. I might take a Merry Christmas nap myself.

equinus · December 2014

I just spent $90 at the ABC liquor store, sorry not sorry to my liver. I'm pissed because I had a $10 off coupon if you spent $70, but apparently it had to be all wine, not beer and liquor. I was all happy when I presented my coupon. Damn you tiny print.

equinus · December 2014

@casey78 that totally sounds like something I would do. It's going to be OK!

queenbone · December 2014

Can I just say how much I love Christmas vacation?! I got to sleep in, no battles with getting dressed, no lunches and homework to get in the backpack, no schlepping between two schools in and out of the car in the rain, no Rear Closer Talker run ins.

Everyone is still in their jams and peacefully playing with legos.

:x :x :x

(We'll see how I much I still love this next week when they're all stir crazy!)

redrocksmama · December 2014

Just popping in to give this >:D< to you @casey78. What a sad day. I'm sorry!

ashie624 · December 2014

@casey78 oh no. I'm so sorry. I like to believe that dream was her saying goodbye to you.

MIL had a dream like that when her sister died. She said when she woke up she just knew she had passed.

sparkymcgeee · December 2014

Okay I'm not done reading yet but since we're all talking about gutsy's house I have to tell you guys this.

So co-irker I've talked about in the past (daycare raises my kids, SAHMs are better, miscarriages are ew-worthy. She's a special snowflake for sure) is moving. After her divorce she moved into an apartment and never left but is now feeling lame and wants to buy a house. So she has this dream location. The very large road which is so long and busy it could be a hwy. So it just also happens to be the general road that Gutsy lives around. So Gutsy and I were texting and I told her she might end up as her neighbor. :-SS But it's like MILES long so what are the chances? Then she tells me she doesn't want to live too far south or too far north. Really wants to live within these two cross streets. Right where Gutsy lives. Gutsy might get a new neighbor.

Gutsy I hope that was vague enough. Lol.

PrimRoseMama · December 2014

ilovemyducks21 said:
Oh and this is the first year without DH's grandpa, who passed away a few months ago. MIL was on the phone with DH and says "your grandma is having a hard time" and DH said MIL teared up too. DH proceeds to be a douchecanoe and says "Why are they still grieving, it's been 3 months? This is ridiculous." I think my jaw literally dropped from that statement and I told him he's being ridiculous. I just hope he can keep those sentiments to himself on Christmas and not get short-tempered with his mom. Ugggg.

X_X @ilovemyducks21‌ your H needs to give his family a huge break. This is the second Xmas without my dad & it's still painful.

Ay carumba...

grapeskittles4lyfe · December 2014

somerandomchick said:

I'm waiting for my psychiatrist appointment :-bd I'm really worried and I don't know why. Maybe I'm just worried she'll tell me it's not depression my life just sucks?

After this I'll grab lunch with DH and Ros, who are out exercising, and then go to work. Boo work.

Hugs!

grapeskittles4lyfe · December 2014

Just for @Rmnam1‌ and @MrsGiantPenis‌

There are toe socks for everyone out there!

queenbone · December 2014

missymr said:

I'm taking LO to the dr in an hour. He has definitely got something going on. He's alternately burning hot or shivering cold, he has chest congestion and is a bit lethargic and definitely clingy. And he has very little appetite. I will feel better having him checked out.

Hope it turns out to be nothing! Feel better, baby!

blairwitch · December 2014

Sorry to hear @casey78‌ would you prefer hugs, sweater poultry, or ass slaps?

ilovemyducks21 · December 2014

@TheLittleRedM and @PrimRoseMama - Right? It was such a ridiculous statement. DH has a weird sense of death and grief, which I guess isn't unusual in someone who really hasn't experienced that a whole lot. It doesn't help that his mom's family is all very open with emotions and he isn't nearly as much. Even pets, he's like "I don't understand crying when a pet dies." I've done that twice that he's seen (2 different pets) and I feel that's totally normal, but when he says things like that, it's like he's judging or something. Hell, it's been 15 years since my dad passed and I still get sad about it from time to time. The fact that his family is still grieving his grandpa's death is totally normal, he just doesn't seem to get it. I told him when his dad passes (a long time away I hope) I'll remind him of this conversation.

blairwitch · December 2014

Last minute gift for BIL. He has everything. But I bet he doesn't have this .

coco2787 · December 2014

So many hugs @casey78‌ >:D<

Oh no, I hope the doc can help! @missymr‌ poor guy.

atlvol · December 2014

@casey78‌ >:D< >:D<

sparkymcgeee · December 2014

Oh @casey78 I'm so sorry. I wish I could give you a real hug and 12/23 mulligan. I'm sure everyone knew you enough to know what you meant in the text even before you sent the follow up.

I don't have much today. Christmas Eve is TOMORROW!!! We do the something they want, need, wear, read in our house. I bought the kids clothes more than anything but they did get a few toys. I can't wait until DD sees her Big Hero Six book. Why are there no girly BH6 books or toys yet??

kaylakim · December 2014

@casey78 oh no! All the hugs and ass slaps for you.

@lwrightenator‌ what a horrible dream to have! I'm so sorry!

equinus · December 2014

@casey78 so sorry for your losses. I didn't see your PP about your mentor, big hugs >:D<

ashie624 · December 2014

Oh boy. 2 police cars just sped by. Hope there's nothing too serious. Roads suck.

PrimRoseMama · December 2014

@iwrightenator : hugs!!! That's a terrible nightmare. :awesome:

PrimRoseMama · December 2014

lizabethann06 said:
These are cooking right now.

A pan for us,
A pan for my parents,
A pan for my grandma,
The remaining 4 pans to pass out to our favorite neighbors.

https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/cinammon_rolls_/

:drools:

This recipe seriously makes any day better! :-bd

sparkymcgeee · December 2014

Audrey1787 said:

sparkymcgeee said:

Okay I'm not done reading yet but since we're all talking about gutsy's house I have to tell you guys this.
So co-irker I've talked about in the past (daycare raises my kids, SAHMs are better, miscarriages are ew-worthy. She's a special snowflake for sure) is moving. After her divorce she moved into an apartment and never left but is now feeling lame and wants to buy a house. So she has this dream location. The very large road which is so long and busy it could be a hwy. So it just also happens to be the general road that Gutsy lives around. So Gutsy and I were texting and I told her she might end up as her neighbor. :-SS But it's like MILES long so what are the chances? Then she tells me she doesn't want to live too far south or too far north. Really wants to live within these two cross streets. Right where Gutsy lives. Gutsy might get a new neighbor.

Gutsy I hope that was vague enough. Lol.

I wonder what will happen if I search for "tiny but now awesome tree in front of a house on busy road in st louis that's not too far north or too far south"... I bet I'll find what I'm looking for lol.

To be fair she doesn't live ON the busy road. Just NEAR it. I wouldn't want to live ON that road. Yikes.

gutsymama · December 2014

Lots and lots and lots of HUGS to @casey78, @caffienerain, @TheLittleRedM, @somerandomchick, @lwrightenator, and anyone else who needs them.

@amparo1981 She's actually a half sister. I blame it on her dad.

@sparkymcgeee I am still confused as to why my neighborhood is THE dream location :-/ :-??

sparkymcgeee · December 2014

gutsymama said:

@sparkymcgeee I am still confused as to why my neighborhood is THE dream location :-/ :-??

It's so close to EVERYTHING. There are "lots of eats and drinks" and the area is just "awesome". To be fair I wouldn't hate living down there either but I think it's funny she has this small radius of where she can live. She also said it reminds her of her childhood because her grandma lived there and she wishes she could buy that house and since it's just her she doesn't need a big place.

Carrie3102 · December 2014

I'll try to come back and read more later but I just wanted to say we closed on our house yesterday!!!!

We also picked out our new one... 7 hrs later its under budget and PERFECT hopefully construction will start in March and we'll be in by July/August.

Also I may kill DH for giving the buyer (who was a bitch BTW) my phone number. She's called me 5x since we closed. FIVE. When will you be out? What's AEPs number? What's Columbia gas' number? When will you be out? (Yeah 2x) and where did you get your water softener? -- lady we went over all of that at close... LEAVE ME ALONE. FTR we have until Jan 12 to get out... So we'll be out by then.

ashie624 · December 2014

This is me...hard at work. Ha. This cat is super cuddly today

gutsymama · December 2014

You guys. My DH rocks.

I was getting really down about Christmas. I kind of felt like it was falling apart - nothing really bad, I just really love Christmas and I was starting to feel like I wasn't doing anything right this year. We haven't decorated much, DH found out what his main gift from me is, I already know what my main gift from DH is, I got an amazing deal and so was able to buy a much nicer gift for my mom than we would normally afford but my sister (the other one, not the one we stayed with) bought the exact same thing and didn't take it off her Amazon list and gave it to her first, etc.

One of the things that was bothering me is that I was counting on Lucas wearing the Christmas PJs my sister told me she was buying him, but they are huge and we already took the tags off so we could take cousins matching PJ pics. So I didn't even have Christmas PJs for L to wear, and now all the good ones are out of stock. I know PJs are not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but DH knows I've been really bummed about all of this.

He just sent me a picture - he went on his lunch break and tracked down the super cheesy elf PJs I had had my eye on but couldn't find anywhere :x

gutsymama · December 2014

@econmama Is Ina's corn chowder as good or better the next day? I think we are going to make it for our soup course on Christmas, but it would nice to make ahead.

gutsymama · December 2014

@maryannespier Is your recipe for cranberry bliss bars in the holiday recipe thread? I pinned one, but the reviews were meh so I haven't gotten around to trying it.

Carrie3102 · December 2014

gutsymama said:
This weekend did make me realize how much my (reasonable? idk) anxiety is escalated to red alert by the slightest thing.

If Luke poops and rolls around in it, we are not just frustrated that we will have to bathe him; we are worried that it will get up under his dressing and we will have to do a sterile procedure and maybe end up in the hospital with a line infection. So when he is completely cleaned up and there is no more threat, but I can't find the Desitin and the diaper change isn't going well, I still automatically escalate to red alert level. I need to work on that, and I don't know how. Everything stresses me the fuck out.

I go form zero to sixty quickly too... I know how frustrating that is.. Hugs!!

Stina2012 · December 2014

@casey78‌ I'm sorry for your loss.

EagleWife · December 2014

amparo1981 said:

@eaglewife - I think we'll go with the same color. Just put in the order

@amparo1981 - very cool! We can be stroller twins at the great Bump G2G!

Also, I'm embarrassed to admit how long it took me to catch on what you meant. :P

martyn17 · December 2014

@gutsymama I soooo understand. My family and even more so my DH's family are crazy but I love them. But it was so much easier to all get together when it was short, frequent visits. Infrequent sleep over visits mean more passive aggressive "why'd you move so far away comments", more being obligated to spend every minute together, and way less personal space.

Also, the How to Even book.... so funny

@econmama just another <:-P

@casey78 I'm so so sorry for your losses. Huge hugs.

Also if anyone spotted an exceptionally handsome waiter on the recent episode of Vanderpump rules, that was my lil bro

We haven't bought anything for Tess. So far she has opened presents from one great uncle, two great aunts, and one great grandma. So just the icing on the cake.... she still has extended family on my side, all the grandparents, all her aunts and uncles.

So far she has gotten two outfits, two books, one puzzle, toddler bowls, spoons, cups, an angel Christmas decoration, a singing Barney toy (inexplicably and obnoxiously her fav), and money for her college fund. After she opened every present, she wanted to play around with it and explore it, but everyone was just eagerly trying to get her to open the next one. She will have plenty of gifts to open, and doesn't need more stuff. When she understands Santa, I will happily buy her presents, but this year I just didn't want her to be overwhelmed.

We are just starting to turn the basement into a playroom, so that's her "present" and we will buy her things as needed to make that space fun for her, like many an anywhere chair or an art table.

gutsymama · December 2014

Audrey1787 said:

@gutsymama Christmas jammies are a big deal to me. I'm not super into many holiday traditions but I would be really sad if my kid didn't have Christmas jammies. Yay for DH pulling through for you!

He is going to look ridiculous. I am pumped

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blairwitch · December 2014

Well @casey78‌ ... I think you can roll them all into one

although the slaps might turn to squeezes

sparkymcgeee · December 2014

Christmas jammie faction. My family does christmas on christmas eve and I found out today that tomorrows party is from 5-8 and that's kind of late. So I got a bit down about it because that doesn't give us time when we get home to do our tradtions. We read the birth of Christ from Luke and we open our Christmas jammies and prepare our cookies for santa. So looks like tomorrow will be a late night because I'm not willing to give up our family tradition.

martyn17 · December 2014

@somerandomchick‌ >:D<

mrshudson618 · December 2014

Both boys did great shoppig all day, and I actually found a few things, including a brand new pair of tennis shoes for me at a consignment shop for $16. ( I have been looking for new tennis shoes for ages, and they are all either $100+, or SO UGLY. I hate the styles of athletic shoes right now. Everything is either really dark grey, or crazy bright colors. Whatever happened to mostly white?)
But they both slept for 45 minutes on the way home, so no more naps. So here we are now: