@ohstars I had to look them up lol definitely not my thing but I do see lots of university kids running around with them and I live next to the hippiest university of them all so that makes a lot of sense!
@Spicyweiner yup. it's true. i had coffee with a friend yesterday. she's def a semi-hipster, but also into "cool." she was wearing birks with socks. and i have another friend who works in high-fashion and all summer she was rocking the birks. it is a thing. *kanye shrug*
Me: 36, H: 37 FTM, 2 Furbabies married 03/17/07 lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC due: 2/15/17
I have a vivid, horrifying memory of wearing birks (knock offs, even) with socks for a while in high school. I think it was a trend? Or I just didn't GAF.
When we moved to this city, my husband and I have had non stop talks about the weird fashion trend of socks. All the highschool and college kids wear socks and sandals year round.... (unless there's too much snow) and they all wear those calf height plain white socks with tennis shoes and shorts. It's insane!!!
Dry snow is more fluffy and blows around more. The wetter kind is prettier, it sticks more on all the tree branches, but is heavier and melts quicker when you walk through it. I think the colder it is, the dryer it is, but don't quote me on that.
I have uggs only for snow. And to run errands where I don't care what I look like. It's just a necessary evil in NE Ohio.
Well, I have officially uncoupled from any understanding of fashion. Because if socks and sandals are cool these days, I will never be hip. My dad, however, is apparently super on point.
I just had a dream I did my birth announcement on fb and I spelled my baby's name wrong because it autocorrected to "Rosaloe" rather than "Rosalie" and Facebook wouldn't let me fix it. I got so frustrated I woke up.
and someone mentioned dry snow... what the hell is dry snow?? Or are you just screwing with me?
So it is something you see when you have low humidity. It does not have to be really cold, it is just about humidity level and how much water is in the snow. So the less water, the more dry snow it will be. Steamboat has a nickname for their snow Champagne snow, it is so dry. Dry snow is not heavy, it is very light and fluffy. It is the perfect skiing snow. The snow is soft and fully, not heavy like you get with wet snow. It is where you get cool pics like this:
Dry snow is not good though for making snowman or snowballs.
I just had a dream I did my birth announcement on fb and I spelled my baby's name wrong because it autocorrected to "Rosaloe" rather than "Rosalie" and Facebook wouldn't let me fix it. I got so frustrated I woke up.
Pregnancy dreams got me effed up.
Pregnancy dreams, man.
I dreamt SO and I were getting ready for sexytimes last night and suddenly our apartment turned into IKEA and I was already naked from the waist down so I had to hide behind whatever furniture was there until he came back with something to cover me with.
I just had a dream I did my birth announcement on fb and I spelled my baby's name wrong because it autocorrected to "Rosaloe" rather than "Rosalie" and Facebook wouldn't let me fix it. I got so frustrated I woke up.
Pregnancy dreams got me effed up.
Pregnancy dreams, man.
I dreamt SO and I were getting ready for sexytimes last night and suddenly our apartment turned into IKEA and I was already naked from the waist down so I had to hide behind whatever furniture was there until he came back with something to cover me with.
Last night I dreamed that I was at a movie and Hillary Clinton showed up.
I think I owned the Target version of birkenstocks in high school, and I do have a pair of really old Uggs that up until recently were my car scraping shoes since they were so easy (and warm) to slip on quick. Hurray for having a garage finally! They've been ruined by salt and water so they're pretty hideous lol.
Now what I REALLY want is a pair of Mukluks!! Stylin' and odd looking wrapped up in a functional muklukky bow
I've worn nice flip flops to work all summer with my long pants and now that it's starting to get cooler I wear them with my jeans when I'm not at work. I hate closed in shoes and I'm dreading having to start wearing them because I'm worried they won't be comfortable
I went and got my hair trimmed last night because we're going to H's family reunion tomorrow. It feels so much better!!! And this morning is really cloudy and windy so I got a decaf salted caramel mocha and caramel apple pound cake from SB before work. It's also Friday and I have all next week off so I have zero motivation other than cleaning up my stuff (because my boss's wife is my fill in for next week and she goes through my stuff and leaves notes about how I'm not doing my job, even though she only fills in for me a few days a year and has no clue what she's doing). Sorry, that was a ramble. I haven't slept well the last few nights and my thoughts are all jumbled in my head.
Plus my parents are coming to spend the week starting Sunday. Someone send me some extra sanity, please?
and someone mentioned dry snow... what the hell is dry snow?? Or are you just screwing with me?
So it is something you see when you have low humidity. It does not have to be really cold, it is just about humidity level and how much water is in the snow. So the less water, the more dry snow it will be. Steamboat has a nickname for their snow Champagne snow, it is so dry. Dry snow is not heavy, it is very light and fluffy. It is the perfect skiing snow. The snow is soft and fully, not heavy like you get with wet snow. It is where you get cool pics like this:
Dry snow is not good though for making snowman or snowballs.
and someone mentioned dry snow... what the hell is dry snow?? Or are you just screwing with me?
So it is something you see when you have low humidity. It does not have to be really cold, it is just about humidity level and how much water is in the snow. So the less water, the more dry snow it will be. Steamboat has a nickname for their snow Champagne snow, it is so dry. Dry snow is not heavy, it is very light and fluffy. It is the perfect skiing snow. The snow is soft and fully, not heavy like you get with wet snow. It is where you get cool pics like this:
Dry snow is not good though for making snowman or snowballs.
maybe a FFFC: But I have never seen dry snow.
Really!? You're in New England, right? How is that possible?
I'm not sure of the official name, but here we get air-snow. Itty bitty flakes that disappear completely about six inches above ground because that's where they melt. We get once-a-year snow, too. That's when it accumulates (but only on the grass), and sometimes even stays on the ground for up to 30 hours.
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
I've never heard of that. Seriously. GTFO with that nonsense.
I changed my last name to my H's, but my middle name was screwed up by court documents during my parents custody/visitation case when I was 3. So instead of having my middle name from my birth certificate, I have my mothers maiden name. I Tried to change it back when I was getting married, but they said I could only change it to my maiden name. That would've been a mouthful so I opted not to.
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
My maiden name was tricky to pronounce and had to be spelled every time. My H LN is a super common and easy one, so it was a no brained for me to take his.
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
That's a Hispanic thing, right?
No, they do a middle name + two last names. And then your maiden name (dad's) moves up in position when you get married and add hubby's. So usually 4 names.
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
Yeah @Spicyweiner the people were mormon or something like that. Whichever religion it is that doesn't believe in drinking coffee. DH has an uncommon hispanic last name that people ALWAYS get wrong. Someone even once thought his last name was "Galapagos" (doesn't even contain an S) and my first and last name are super (I don't wanna say white but..) white. It may make me a bad wife but I didn't want to have a complicated name no one can pronounce so I just kept mine. My poor kids though, it's hard to find names that go with his last name.
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
That's a Hispanic thing, right?
No, they do a middle name + two last names. And then your maiden name (dad's) moves up in position when you get married and add hubby's. So usually 4 names.
Depends but that is fairly common with Latinas. My grandma did legally change her middle name to her maiden name upon marriage and then took on my grandpa's last name. Legally though I don't think you can have the two last names unless it's hyphenated. However In all of our family genealogy trees they list the full name with first and middle names followed by maiden and married last names.
I need to return to the pregnancy dreams convo for a possible TMI moment: Almost all of my pregnancy dreams have been raging nightmares, which sucks, but I've had ONE sexytime dream from which I woke up mid-orgasm. This has never, ever happened to me before! I hear that this is not unheard of for women in general, but damn, I was caught off-guard.
Me: 34 Husband: 35 Married: June 2007
Son Max born 1/10/17 BFP #2: 10/5/17; EDD: 6/11/18
I just got asked why I was giving my baby girl a middle name. Umm... why wouldn't I? Their reasoning is that they didn't give their girls middle names because they were saving that space for when they get married and their maiden name becomes their middle name. I guess I see their point, but I didn't change my name after I got married, I kept my maiden name.
That's a Hispanic thing, right?
No, they do a middle name + two last names. And then your maiden name (dad's) moves up in position when you get married and add hubby's. So usually 4 names.
Depends but that is fairly common with Latinas. My grandma did legally change her middle name to her maiden name upon marriage and then took on my grandpa's last name. Legally though I don't think you can have the two last names unless it's hyphenated. However In all of our family genealogy trees they list the full name with first and middle names followed by maiden and married last names.
Re: Weekly Randoms (10/2)
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17
...spelling has been a challenge
Also, Sorels are nice, too. Almost bought a pair but went with North Face, instead.
Omg, I also love my North Face Brooklyn parka!! That thing was a lifesaver when I used to live in the city. Sadly, I certainly don't fit into it, now.
+1 to not owning uggs
and someone mentioned dry snow... what the hell is dry snow?? Or are you just screwing with me?
ET 9/10 - transferred 1 perfect 5AA blast
7dp5dt BFP ~~ Beta on 9/19 - 77.4 Beta #2 on 9/21 - 357
Low heartbeat on 10/7 86, lower heartbeat on 10/11 76, no heartbeat 10/14/13. D&C 10/15/13
Tests revealed MTHFR c677t mutation, put on Folgard.
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FET #1 1/6/14 - 4BB blast - BFN
I have uggs only for snow. And to run errands where I don't care what I look like. It's just a necessary evil in NE Ohio.
Pregnancy dreams got me effed up.
Dry snow is not good though for making snowman or snowballs.
Married to my Soul Mate since 09/06/09
I dreamt SO and I were getting ready for sexytimes last night and suddenly our apartment turned into IKEA and I was already naked from the waist down so I had to hide behind whatever furniture was there until he came back with something to cover me with.
Now what I REALLY want is a pair of Mukluks!! Stylin' and odd looking wrapped up in a functional muklukky bow
I've worn nice flip flops to work all summer with my long pants and now that it's starting to get cooler I wear them with my jeans when I'm not at work. I hate closed in shoes and I'm dreading having to start wearing them because I'm worried they won't be comfortable
I went and got my hair trimmed last night because we're going to H's family reunion tomorrow. It feels so much better!!! And this morning is really cloudy and windy so I got a decaf salted caramel mocha and caramel apple pound cake from SB before work. It's also Friday and I have all next week off so I have zero motivation other than cleaning up my stuff (because my boss's wife is my fill in for next week and she goes through my stuff and leaves notes about how I'm not doing my job, even though she only fills in for me a few days a year and has no clue what she's doing). Sorry, that was a ramble. I haven't slept well the last few nights and my thoughts are all jumbled in my head.
Plus my parents are coming to spend the week starting Sunday. Someone send me some extra sanity, please?
Married: 9/2013
Love my LEO!!
TTC #1: 9/2015
BFP: 2/1/16 MC 2/8/16 @ 5wks
BFP: 5/22/16 RAINBOW BABY
EDD: 1/30/2017 *IT'S A GIRL!!!!*
Kirsten Grace 1/20/17
ET 9/10 - transferred 1 perfect 5AA blast
7dp5dt BFP ~~ Beta on 9/19 - 77.4 Beta #2 on 9/21 - 357
Low heartbeat on 10/7 86, lower heartbeat on 10/11 76, no heartbeat 10/14/13. D&C 10/15/13
Tests revealed MTHFR c677t mutation, put on Folgard.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FET #1 1/6/14 - 4BB blast - BFN
Married: 10/10
EDD: 8/27/16 MMC 1/16
Rainbow Boy: 2/04/17
TTC: 4/18 BFP: 1/2/19
EDD: 9/6/19
I changed my last name to my H's, but my middle name was screwed up by court documents during my parents custody/visitation case when I was 3. So instead of having my middle name from my birth certificate, I have my mothers maiden name. I Tried to change it back when I was getting married, but they said I could only change it to my maiden name. That would've been a mouthful so I opted not to.
My H LN is a super common and easy one, so it was a no brained for me to take his.
Husband: 35
Married: June 2007
Son Max born 1/10/17
BFP #2: 10/5/17; EDD: 6/11/18
FTM, 2 Furbabies
married 03/17/07
lived in Houston, Austin, Los Angeles and NYC
due: 2/15/17