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Bee1112 · January 2015

MrsJenE said:
Speaking of thank you cards, did people only send them to guests who gave gifts or all guests?

ETA: For weddings.

I only sent them to people who gave gifts/money.

Now that I say that I feel a little shitty.

southernpeach89 · January 2015

bunnyfungo said:

I made the mistake of letting my toddler try on my eyeshadow. Now she screams MAKEUP MAKEUP at me everyday.

This is hilarious and also really cute!

cabgirl · January 2015

I'm off work today and am still in my pajamas at 2 pm. I'm wondering whether I should put some clothes on before SD and H get home, or just say fuck it and take an afternoon nap. Also, I'm wishing someone would start a super early drinking thread so I could use it as an excuse to break out the whiskey.

rayschicky · January 2015

bakersck said: The directions stated every 4 hours. It was Hylands Baby medicine which is homeopathic. I didn't realize that it was nighttime medicine, and would only have given it to her at night and regular daytime during the day

Just as an FYI in case you weren't already aware...There are essentially no active ingredients in homeopathic medicine. The idea behind homeopathy is that the more you dilute something, the more "potent" or effective it becomes. Most of the medical ingredients in homeopathic medicines are so diluted they account for less than 0.1% - 0.0001% of the medicine. You are basically paying for water. There have been instances of people taking whole bottles of cyanide, formadehyde, bleach etc. that have been processed to homeopathic standards and not had any symptoms because again, it ends up being so diluted it is effectively just water.

TL;DR - if you are looking for a scientifically-backed alternative to normal medicine look to naturopathic NOT homeopathic "medicine"

Edit; no text box?

icaughtfire · January 2015

bunnyfungo said:
Ellipses are the devil...

I am...so guilty...of using them...all the time.

sister13 · January 2015

bunnyfungo said:

I made the mistake of letting my toddler try on my eyeshadow. Now she screams MAKEUP MAKEUP at me everyday.

Lol, I bet! So, I don't know how practical or satisfactory it is, but I have seen people on Pinterest pour old nail polish into cheap old makeup compacts for kids to have pretend makeup? Idk, Maybe an option?

My nephew went through a phase of loving his mom's makeup and he ended up ruining a nice eyeshadow compact so then he just got to keep that one.

rayschicky · January 2015

bakersck said:

@rayschicky‌ I was not aware of all of that. I will look into naturopathic and do some research. Thanks!

Yep! the only reason I know was because one of my science professors in university would go on endless rants about. We watched a ton of documentaries about how its a huge million dollar industry, the exact process they use etc. ex. the 2C or 6C you see next to the ingredient = 1/10,000 and 1/a trillion - for real. The wiki article on it is actually pretty decent. It actually boggles my mind how it is still such a successful industry. The scary part is that because it doesn't actually do anything symptoms often get worse and more damage is done. DH accidentally bought homeopathic cough medicine for my SS over the holidays and didn't believe me. To prove a point i downed the bottle. I got a toothache from the black berry flavour. That's it.

I think, like most things it comes down to lack of education (I never would have known without this one random prof) Glad I could help!!

ETA: the silver lining I guess is that giving her the wrong stuff in this instance did zero harm lol

acurtin713 · January 2015

PismoDuo said:

hobbesgal said:

Gdaisy09 said:

MrsJenE said:

Speaking of thank you cards, did people only send them to guests who gave gifts or all guests?

ETA: For weddings.

only guests who gave gifts. wedding etiquette dictates that the reception is the thank you for coming...gifts are not an expectation and therefore require a formal thank you after the fact....if we're going by the etiquette book.

Why do you do this...between all your sentences?

I had a boss who used to do this in informal emails, texts and instant messages. Drove me crazy. I never understood it. An ellipse is technically more work (keystrokes) than a period.

My step dad does it ALL THE TIME. Drives me crazy. Doesn't matter if it's a text, an email, on facebook, or what.

longhornwino0907 · January 2015

PismoDuo said:

hobbesgal said:

Gdaisy09 said:

MrsJenE said:

(snip)

only guests who gave gifts. wedding etiquette dictates that the reception is the thank you for coming...gifts are not an expectation and therefore require a formal thank you after the fact....if we're going by the etiquette book.

Why do you do this...between all your sentences?

I had a boss who used to do this in informal emails, texts and instant messages. Drove me crazy. I never understood it. An ellipse is technically more work (keystrokes) than a period.

My FIL does this, only not between sentences, but at the end of text messages. All of them. And he actually does this: "..........." Sometimes more than that. And DH wonders why I'm always questioning my FIL's tone. Ellipses indicate pauses, and at the end of a sentence, hesitation, in my mind.

singingsea · January 2015

I can't imagine not washing my jeans after every wear, but then again I grew up on a ranch and my jeans would often get covered in sweat and dirt.

Intersting tid bit on washing jeans
https://www.newsobserver.com/2014/07/23/4022176/do-you-wash-your-blue-jeans-some.html

lazyreader · January 2015

hobbesgal said:

hobbesgal said:

I'm really excited about IKEA tonight. I'm going to touch all the things and sit on all the furniture. Do they serve wine? I think they should. No, no they shouldn't. People like me all wined up with no mouth filter and touching everything? I'd buy more kevslobijs though.

FFFC: I made up this word.

FFFC - I knew you did because I heart ikea that much.

momthatlifts · January 2015

This is totally not going to be FF, but I think it's kind of ignorant when someone on here tells me "I don't go here" (nice snark though that's used all over the boards here) . When A. I posted here when I was ttc and B. I made an new intro a few weeks ago due to the fact that I am NTNP until June when I will be actively trying. So yeah I think I do "go here". Eta: added words and stuff

thechickencoop · January 2015

This thread is craaaaazy today.

I seriously side eye people who don't look at the active ingredients and dosing information in medicines; whether it's for your kid or you, you don't check to see what you're putting in your body?

I also side eye people who don't send out wedding thank you cards. I mean, I get extenuating circumstances, but just forgetting? No.

I don't have anything original.

momthatlifts · January 2015

hereistreble said:

momthatlifts said:

This is totally not going to be FF, but I think it's kind of ignorant when someone on here tells me "I don't go here" (nice snark though that's used all over the boards here) . When A. I posted here when I was ttc and B. I made an new intro a few weeks ago due to the fact that I am NTNP until June when I will be actively trying. So yeah I think I do "go here". Eta: added words and stuff

K. Cool story.

Thank you! ;;)

icaughtfire · January 2015

momthatlifts said:
This is totally not going to be FF, but I think it's kind of ignorant when someone on here tells me "I don't go here" (nice snark though that's used all over the boards here) . When A. I posted here when I was ttc and B. I made an new intro a few weeks ago due to the fact that I am NTNP until June when I will be actively trying. So yeah I think I do "go here".

Eta: added words and stuff

What the hell are you talking about?

momthatlifts · January 2015

icaughtfire said:

This is totally not going to be FF, but I think it's kind of ignorant when someone on here tells me "I don't go here" (nice snark though that's used all over the boards here) . When A. I posted here when I was ttc and B. I made an new intro a few weeks ago due to the fact that I am NTNP until June when I will be actively trying. So yeah I think I do "go here". Eta: added words and stuff
What the hell are you talking about?

A comment made in UO. Never mind I'm too hung over for this ish.

thechickencoop · January 2015

Oy, I was just THAT person. The freakin meat truck people just came to the door, knocked, rang the bell, I started to get up and get my pants on (hey, DS is napping, I'm comfortable, whatevs) then she knocked, and rang again. The dog is going crazy. It took less than a minute to get to the door and she was about to knock again. I opened it and said that we're not interested and that I hope my two year old didn't wake up from all the barking.

I mean, ok, I know they don't know that someone is sleeping, but why whhyyyyy so much knocking and ringing???? Gah it just irritated me on principle. AND we live aaaalll the way at the end of a private drive in the woods, so it bothers me that we get door-to-door people at all.

icaughtfire · January 2015

momthatlifts said:

icaughtfire said:

momthatlifts said:
This is totally not going to be FF, but I think it's kind of ignorant when someone on here tells me "I don't go here" (nice snark though that's used all over the boards here) . When A. I posted here when I was ttc and B. I made an new intro a few weeks ago due to the fact that I am NTNP until June when I will be actively trying. So yeah I think I do "go here".

Eta: added words and stuff
What the hell are you talking about?

A comment made in UO. Never mind I'm too hung over for this ish.

________mobilequotes

K. Bye.

And after reading the UO...holy overreaction Batman!

Brie+may+k · January 2015

emilie818 said:
FFFC: Every month around O I've been having downright obscene dreams about various male friends of mine, most of whom I'm not attracted to IRL. Obviously I can't say anything to DH, and it's super awkward when I see these dudes socially and am thinking, "uhh, I had a super hot dream where you were giving me head on a staircase, but in reality you do nothing for me and are sort of like my brother."

This is me, with coworkers! Bad!!!

danascullyx · January 2015

LindsRockies said:

momthatlifts said:

This is totally not going to be FF, but I think it's kind of ignorant when someone on here tells me "I don't go here" (nice snark though that's used all over the boards here) . When A. I posted here when I was ttc and B. I made an new intro a few weeks ago due to the fact that I am NTNP until June when I will be actively trying. So yeah I think I do "go here". Eta: added words and stuff.

Who has said that to you? I'm here pretty often (and by often, I mean all the time) and I've never seen someone say that to another poster.

If anything, I see posters saying that about themselves. Like "I don't go here, but I'm going to answer this question anyway."

It was me, since she literally said she was posting the same thing here on TTGP that she posted on her BMB. @momthatlifts, I am sorry. We have had some pregnant people posting on GTKY threads and stuff and I assumed from your wording you were pregnant. I was mobile and could not check post history.

ETA: Fix tag

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LimeTintsMyWorld · January 2015

I bought a bag of fresh cotton candy at work and ate a quarter of the bag for lunch.

FFFC: I fully intend on eating the rest on my drive home from work.

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HippoTooth · January 2015

kemcc13 said:

@hobbesgal the IKEA near me serves beer and wine. Have yourself a nice little $3 Swedish meatball dinner and a bottle of wine. Another FFFC: I just spend my day running around picking things up for our basement reno (tile and carpet samples, paint samples). Not on the list was the vintage coffee table and side table and 1/2 gallon of chalk paint to finish them. Oops! Looks like a I have a fun DIY project. ETA - it's a confession because I bought the furniture without even considering if H would like them. I love them so I'm going with that!

Your IKEA serves beer and wine?

orchid2007 · January 2015

I consider myself a SAHM but I work retail 2 days a week for "fun" and to get out of the house. But its getting old and I think I wanna quit. It's just not worth the shitty paycheck that I don't really need but it allows me to have cash to blow without feeling guilty so I am torn.

LimeTintsMyWorld · January 2015

sheilathetank said:

LimeTintsMyWorld said:

I bought a bag of fresh cotton candy at work and ate a quarter of the bag for lunch.

FFFC: I fully intend on eating the rest on my drive home from work.

It's January where the fuck did you get fresh cotton candy from? Please share

-------amqf------

I work in a sports arena so I am surrounded by deliciousness! It's pretty dangerous.

HippoTooth · January 2015

kemcc13 said:

@HippoTooth‌ it sure does! Come visit me and we can drink at IKEA and try out furniture. It'll be a rip-roaring good time!

Why isn't my Ikea fun?

cabgirl · January 2015

bbg676 said:

sheilathetank said:

LimeTintsMyWorld said:
-------amqf------ I work in a sports arena so I am surrounded by deliciousness! It's pretty dangerous.

I could not work there. I would be soooo fat.

I'm always the opposite - when I've worked in jobs around food, the last thing I wanted was the food we were making. Something about being around it all the time reduces the urge to eat it.

Heck, I couldn't even eat more than a bite of my wedding cake because it came from my bakery.

I envy you. The store I work at sells all kinds of delicious organic/vegan/gluten free/etc baked goods, chocolate, chips, etc. I gained 5 lbs my first month working there, and I still have to exercise an enormous amount of self-restraint to not bring home cookies or Justin's peanut butter cups or cheddar beer flavored kettle chips every single day. It's seriously a constant struggle.

loisloan1118 · January 2015

I've been researching to do a clean eating cleanse for the past two days. I think I found one that I can do and its only 5 days (and I get to eat, it's not an all liquid/smoothie diet).

So I wrote out my shopping list, I'm going to do this & get back on a healthy track. ...Then I had 4 chicken wings and 1/2 a piece of cake that I scarfed in the break room. Whatever, I'm not starting it until Sunday.

The cake was for a going away party for a coworker. I skipped the party but made sure to get a piece of cake an hour later when no one was around.

MrsEmuTavi · January 2015

sheilathetank said:

LimeTintsMyWorld said:

sheilathetank said:

LimeTintsMyWorld said:

I bought a bag of fresh cotton candy at work and ate a quarter of the bag for lunch.

FFFC: I fully intend on eating the rest on my drive home from work.

It's January where the fuck did you get fresh cotton candy from? Please share
-------amqf------

I work in a sports arena so I am surrounded by deliciousness! It's pretty dangerous.

I could not work there. I would be soooo fat.

Depends on what job IMO. I used to work at Six Flags hauling lemonade, cotton candy, popcorn, etc and from all of the running around I didn't gain. Every summer I consider going back just to lose weight and get buff again.

loisloan1118 · January 2015

emilie818 said:

I've been researching to do a clean eating cleanse for the past two days. I think I found one that I can do and its only 5 days (and I get to eat, it's not an all liquid/smoothie diet).
So I wrote out my shopping list, I'm going to do this & get back on a healthy track. ...Then I had 4 chicken wings and 1/2 a piece of cake that I scarfed in the break room. Whatever, I'm not starting it until Sunday.
The cake was for a going away party for a coworker. I skipped the party but made sure to get a piece of cake an hour later when no one was around.
I did a 3 week cleanse last year and totally pigged out the day before starting and, um, the day after it ended. So much for "building new habits." But oh my god, after 21 days of no cheese and wine it was fucking orgasmic. Everything in moderation.

I chose the 5 day one and i'm starting it on Sunday because I'm going out to dinner for my MIL's bday on Friday and then my FIL is having a party for her on Saturday (I should have waited until I knew about the party before saying yes to dinner - hindsight).

So to deal with my in laws, plus then a party with their friends, family & some of my family I'm gonna need some wine and cheese.

HippoTooth · January 2015

GetzyStark said:

Every time I hear "Night Changes" I think of @hippotooth. #itsnotweirddontmakeitweird

icaughtfire · January 2015

I get kind of ragey when someone's confession is "I ate a piece of cake" or "I had a candy bar" or something along those lines. Okay, so you ate food? Did you eat the entire cake? An entire vending machine full of candy bars? Then why is your indulgence so confession-worthy?

You indulged in something. No big deal. Go about your day.

AmberR09 · January 2015

I refer to my bumping as "the message boards" so H doesn't know how much time I spend on here.

bumpuser331626 · January 2015

hobbesgal said:

hobbesgal said:

I'm really excited about IKEA tonight. I'm going to touch all the things and sit on all the furniture. Do they serve wine? I think they should. No, no they shouldn't. People like me all wined up with no mouth filter and touching everything? I'd buy more kevslobijs though.

FFFC: I made up this word.

FFFC #1 - I knew, for a fact, that you had made it up without searching the IKEA site. I might be a teeny tiny bit obsessed with IKEA.

FFFC #2 - I've been craving Kraft Mac-n-Cheese, so I made it this afternoon and pretended it was solely for the kids' after-school snack. I had two bowls.

at 4:00 in the afternoon...

just two hours before dinner.

Yep.

icaughtfire · January 2015

AmberR09 said:
I refer to my bumping as "the message boards" so H doesn't know how much time I spend on here.

Not understanding...does he not know what a message board is? He doesn't care if you're on a message board but doesn't want you spending time in a TTGP message board?

HippoTooth · January 2015

kemcc13 said:

kemcc13 said:

@HippoTooth‌ it sure does! Come visit me and we can drink at IKEA and try out furniture. It'll be a rip-roaring good time!

FFFC...I didn't read the rest of the thread before posting this.

I'm COMING OVER TOO!! And I'm bringing Fruity Pebbles damnit! @kemcc13
----- Yassssss! Bring me all the fruity pebbles and I will provide you access to wine and inexpensive Swedish goods.

I've heard rumours that Costco is selling Fruity Pebbles. I haven't looked for them though.

pugsandwine · January 2015

Have you guys tried the fruity pebbles version of rice krispie treats? Oh dear god, they are good. My friends and I call them Crack Krispies.

Now I'm gonna have to make some this weekend.

butlerfan · January 2015

@pugsandwine‌ substitute FP for rice cripies 1:1? That sounds good

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