I have more than one: 1) we were snowed in with our daughter Tuesday and wednesday. I worked from home and totally took a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day 2) I made the mistake of purchasing the Easter candy too early and have eaten two bags thus far. Mmmmmm give me all the candy!
In usual form, I'll start off with a really lame one that nobody else will acknowledge or respond to. LOL My kid is wearing a weird v-neck sweater today. He wore it for Christmas with a collared shirt under it, but today it's just by itself exposing some skin at the top like a little hipster. Necessary because we didn't plan well and he wore his only normal green shirt earlier this week.
We visited some old friends recently who have 2 young daughters. There was lengthy discussion about "potty words" and how their girls will scold their dad for saying words like "poop." And the dad would joke around and be like "poop! pee! poop! fart!" and the girls would squeal and say "No! Those are potty words! You go to time out!" While we were there I felt bad about my own parenting thinking my kid is a heathen, and maybe we should try to discourage all the farting and giggling. But now looking back, I mostly just feel bad for that dad. How are you supposed to talk about poop and farts if you're not allowed to say poop or farts? And, I mean... farts are funny. They just are.
I'd rather send my son to daycare on days I'm working from home than have my in laws watch him at the house with me on my MIL's occasional days off. It always has to be both of them there, and they keep the tv on all. damn. day. 8 straight hours. I feel bad (sort of), but I can't deal with that.
@JmUDuuuukes 07 I've stopped buying Easter candy under the guise that it's for anyone other than me. I feel like seasonal candy is guaranteed to be fresh and delicious. Give me all the Reese's!
@AdaByron my sister and I weren't allowed to say "fart" growing up!! Saying "poop" and "pee" seems pretty normal though, so it's odd those were "potty" words!
I have indulged in a few Reese's and Snickers Eggs as well. Also significant amounts of pie because it was pi day this week. FFFC: I have gone overboard because I fully expect to be diagnosed with gestational diabetes next week, and I feel like I should just eat all the goodies while I still can.
@AdaByron my sister and I weren't allowed to say "fart" growing up!! Saying "poop" and "pee" seems pretty normal though, so it's odd those were "potty" words!
Yeah I remember my mom didn't like fart either. She would try to get us to say "pass gas" or something. We usually use "toot" with the 2 year old. But I'm like how on earth do you potty train a kid without ever saying poop or pee? Their older girl is potty trained, but they said their daycare pretty much trained her and they didn't have to do anything. Now they don't know what to do about the younger one. And I was like "Step 1, stop teaching her to be embarrassed by the words poop and pee."
I mentioned at the beginning of the week that we were starting fostering dogs and got our first dog Tuesday. 24 hours in and my husband was already like, "Can we keep her?! I love her!" And I was making fun of him.
Now 3 days later I'm looking up our city's law to see if there's any loophole for the 3 dog limit so we can adopt her.
We're terrible fosters (or really good, depending on how you look at it )
Looking at Facebook just inspired another one. I'm not a fan of those leprechaun traps people have been setting with their kids. I think leprechauns are creepy af, and I can't believe there will be yet another opportunity for me to Pinterest fail.
@ljd2010 YES, there is nothing cute about a leprechaun. And those traps seem like WAY too much work to just throw away after one day. With this child I'll probably just stick to green-dyed breakfast
@AdaByron those are normal words in our house. My daughter thinks its hilarious to fart and im kinda glad shes not embarrassed at this age. Im sure that will change as she gets older but its normal and everyone does it lol
@ljd2010 I remember doing those with my oldest back in the early days of elementary school. Glad he's in middle school now so still have another 2 years to worry about the traps.
My FFFC is that I called my 5th grader in to school sick because I was sick not him. I drive him to and from school everyday (open enrolled) so having sinus pressure, watery eyes, sneezing attacks and sore throat from drainage I didn't feel like driving hour and ten min. round trip twice to get him there and back. Instead I stayed on the couch all day(bumping lol) while my husband took care of the kids. When he left for work my 5th grader was my hero and helped me with his brothers where he could. I still got up to fix supper and bedtime routine but everything else I handled from the couch. I don't feel guilty about it because 1. my DS11 is a straight A student who luckily doesn't struggle to catch up if he misses a day(doesn't happen alot) and 2. it's been awhile since I've taken a sick day for myself. Usually I just suffer through it but combined with the exhaustion from this pregnancy wasn't up for it yesterday.
@AdaByron my 3 year old says poop and thinks it's hilarious, honestly I pick my battles. Although I recently got side eyed because he says "what the heck" it was annoying bc her little girl say "ohhh Gawd" all tge5 time. We do not let our son say that and discourage our regions thick accent. I guess as parents we all have different phrases that get under our skin.
FFC: I have been sitting on my couch for about 50min while my children spent 30min alone in DS room and are now in the livingroom with me pulling out toys. I generally allow one type of toy per kid, but they are being so cute and warm coffee is such a rare treat for me we will just have a massive clean up party in a bit.
I am completely side-eyeing in a not nice fashion a woman I work with who wants the rest of the team to move around their schedules for a meeting in April that we scheduled last October because her cat needs medicine. Umm...WTF? There is this wonderful thing called "boarding at a vet" where they can do that for you. We also can't move the meeting earlier or later. Also, if either of my dogs needed meds like this, I would find someone to do it so I didn't hold up progress on any of the projects this team oversees.
Married: 10/13/2013
TTC #1: Mirena removed 5/26/2015; DH - normal SA, me - diagnosed with PCOS 8/4/2016 - on Metformin; BFP - 10/29/2016!!!, EDD - 7/8/2017; DD born 6/29/2017
I am completely side-eyeing in a not nice fashion a woman I work with who wants the rest of the team to move around their schedules for a meeting in April that we scheduled last October because her cat needs medicine. Umm...WTF? There is this wonderful thing called "boarding at a vet" where they can do that for you. We also can't move the meeting earlier or later. Also, if either of my dogs needed meds like this, I would find someone to do it so I didn't hold up progress.
LOL Cat people are crazy. I say that with love, because some of my dearest friends are crazy cat ladies. But I swear, they are all so crazy when it comes to their cats.
@star_beagle@AdaByron I'm a crazy cat lady!! Haha But even I agree that she definitely should have planned better on her end if she's known about this meeting for months...
@LuLiLaEv - I'm a failed foster home too! We fostered one dog and he was so annoying, but someone adopted him in about three weeks. Them we got another foster and fell in love with him. He's a little stupid, but he's so sweet and so easy going. We no longer foster. Haha
DH is out of town this weekend at the beach. I'm super stabby about it because while he's there to run sound for a conference, he's going to basically get the majority of the weekend to himself to do fun stuff while I'm stuck at home doing the regular chores around the house with DD. He's not even going to be making much from this (we're talking like $100 if he's lucky...) and I'm hella pissed that he's doing it.
Because of all of this, DD and I are boycotting chores and doing only fun stuff this weekend too. He's not going to find out until he gets home Sunday evening.
FFFC I watch DH wash his hands or if I'm in another room I listen to how long he runs the water and if I'm not satisfied I make him rewash them. If it were up to him, he wouldn't really do it at all. I've witnessed him pump the soap on one hand and just rinse it right back off. WTF.
Is anyone else really hoping praying hard baby doesn't look like someone(read:MIL) they don't want them to...?
"fart" in English was our acceptable word because the other words in my language were far more unnaceptable
@michelle04us get well soon! Do they know your pregnant? I think they would have/should have agreed for sick day if you had just told them you were sick yourself, when my mum wasn't feeling well she let them know it was her and it wasn't an issue!
I mentioned at the beginning of the week that we were starting fostering dogs and got our first dog Tuesday. 24 hours in and my husband was already like, "Can we keep her?! I love her!" And I was making fun of him.
Now 3 days later I'm looking up our city's law to see if there's any loophole for the 3 dog limit so we can adopt her.
We're terrible fosters (or really good, depending on how you look at it )
Yay @LuLiLaEv so glad your new addition is working out! How does the city know if you have more than 2 dogs?
DH and I had our physicals for our life insurance policies today. The nurse came to our house to do the tests. We have and old house with antique floors so depending on where you stand they may or may not be level. The cheap scale she brought was on one of these spots and because it was tilted it knocked a few pounds off my weight. Then, she added about two inches to my height... I'm 5'1 on a good day. I didn't correct her. I'll take all the height I can get to make my BMI number go down.
@AdaByron haha my girls decide on their own what words are bad words (stupid, ridiculous).... meanwhile I'm terrible at watching my mouth. The other day I slipped and said to H that something was effing stupid (in a sort of flippant way)-- my little one said "mama stupid is not a nice word"... we laughed and laughed and laughed. I make sure to tell them some words aren't appropriate for school, or for little kids to say, but generally I am just not that worried about it! Maybe less worried than I should be lol
FFFC I sometimes use on of our dogs as a vacuum cleaner when the kids have made a mess with food
I have to say, being a new dog owner, he comes in handy a lot of the time!! Until DS thinks it's a game and purposely throws his food on the floor for the dog to eat.
A couple weeks ago my MIL was in town but couldn't see DS because there had been a HFM outbreak at daycare and she couldn't risk getting it. She was planning a return trip this week when DH is out of town but I said I would bring DS for a visit on Saturday. She emails me a couple days ago to tell me that she is flying home on Saturday and would I be available on Friday to bring him over. I work and DS goes to daycare but sure no problem I will re-arrange life just because you booked your flight on Saturday instead of Sunday for no reason. FFFC - I'm actually off work today but because I am annoyed I told her I could bring him over after work/daycare which means that he will most likely be cranky and out of sorts and her visit will suck. Sorrynotsorry.
I am completely side-eyeing in a not nice fashion a woman I work with who wants the rest of the team to move around their schedules for a meeting in April that we scheduled last October because her cat needs medicine. Umm...WTF? There is this wonderful thing called "boarding at a vet" where they can do that for you. We also can't move the meeting earlier or later. Also, if either of my dogs needed meds like this, I would find someone to do it so I didn't hold up progress.
LOL Cat people are crazy. I say that with love, because some of my dearest friends are crazy cat ladies. But I swear, they are all so crazy when it comes to their cats.
My FFFC is that I'm a total cat lady. I love my cat and do actually worry about him while I'm out of town. Silly I know, but I don't care
@kat0607 I think the hype is really over the drinking part of the holiday vs. the fact that it's a holiday to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland. I spent time in Ireland in college for a study abroad and they definitely do not celebrate the holiday like we do here. That said I am still in head to toe green.
My FFFC: DH has been great with help around the house and I've been taking advantage. I am like "oh babe can you just let the dogs out bc I am stuck in this comfortable position on the couch and it's so much work to get up" - the only part that's true was the "I'm comfortable" part. I feel a *little* bad...but only a little. lol..
@oheliza44 I guess they wouldn't. The only way I can see us getting in trouble is if one of our neighbors complained and they looked into it and saw we have 4 dogs registered at the vet. Our neighbors know we're huge dog lovers though and didn't even bat an eye when they saw another dog playing outside, a bunch of them asked if we got another puppy, so I don't think anyone would turn us in, but I also don't want to get in trouble and then be forced to get rid of one The law reads that you can't have more than 3 dogs or 4 cats or 10 total domestic animals (which is a combo of any domestic animal) so I'm like "maybe we can say we misunderstood it and thought we couldn't have more than 10 dogs" lol
@LuLiLaEv if you are going through a rescue you can always use the option of officially listing it as a foster even though you plan to keep it through the vet. My mom runs a rescue and has done this for people - fostering is tough, my DH who maybe had a tear trickle down at the birth of his children sobbed when we gave up our last foster pup to an AMAZING home. We have three and can't take another, not because of law but just sanity purposes.
@AdaByron Is there even a refined way to say poop, pee, and fart? Those terms seem age appropriate to me.
I read that if you need to do any of the above around the Queen of England, the polite term is to request a "comfort break." That's probably as refined as you're going to get.
@JmUDuuuukes 07 I've stopped buying Easter candy under the guise that it's for anyone other than me. I feel like seasonal candy is guaranteed to be fresh and delicious. Give me all the Reese's!
Not all seasonal candy...
My friend has a theory that candy corn was only manufactured one time. Since noone eats it, it just cycles from home to garbage. The candy corn "manufacturers" sift out the discarded candy every year and repackage it for sale.
@xath omg yesss candy corn sucks! @kat0607 we weren't allowed to say "fart" either! Or "butt," for that matter.
I've never in my life made a leprechaun trap, and I just had to google it... I don't get the point of it. Is it just a craft or do you hide candy or fake leprechauns in there?
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Me: 31 Him: 37 Married: Oct 2015 Baby G born June 2017 TTC#2: July 2018 BFP #2: 2/6/19 MC 3/14/19 BFP#3 from IUI #2: 6/30/20 EDD 3/9/21
@LuLiLaEv the lawyer in me says that that law is really ambiguous and there is a lot of wiggle room for interpretation. I wouldn't worry about it, granted I live in an area that the police have much bigger fish to fry than number of well cared for pets in a home so I personally wouldn't bat an eye at having one more animal than allowed by statute. Maybe talk to the shelter and see if they have any suggestions. Also, could one of your family members "adopt" the dog in name only? That way ownership would legally be in their name, not yours? Just a thought.
Either way, don't let this damper the excitement of a new pup! What kind is it?
Re: FFFC St Paddy's edition
1) we were snowed in with our daughter Tuesday and wednesday. I worked from home and totally took a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day
2) I made the mistake of purchasing the Easter candy too early and have eaten two bags thus far. Mmmmmm give me all the candy!
My kid is wearing a weird v-neck sweater today. He wore it for Christmas with a collared shirt under it, but today it's just by itself exposing some skin at the top like a little hipster. Necessary because we didn't plan well and he wore his only normal green shirt earlier this week.
24 hours in and my husband was already like, "Can we keep her?! I love her!" And I was making fun of him.
Now 3 days later I'm looking up our city's law to see if there's any loophole for the 3 dog limit so we can adopt her.
We're terrible fosters (or really good, depending on how you look at it )
My FFFC is that I called my 5th grader in to school sick because I was sick not him. I drive him to and from school everyday (open enrolled) so having sinus pressure, watery eyes, sneezing attacks and sore throat from drainage I didn't feel like driving hour and ten min. round trip twice to get him there and back. Instead I stayed on the couch all day(bumping lol) while my husband took care of the kids. When he left for work my 5th grader was my hero and helped me with his brothers where he could. I still got up to fix supper and bedtime routine but everything else I handled from the couch. I don't feel guilty about it because 1. my DS11 is a straight A student who luckily doesn't struggle to catch up if he misses a day(doesn't happen alot) and 2. it's been awhile since I've taken a sick day for myself. Usually I just suffer through it but combined with the exhaustion from this pregnancy wasn't up for it yesterday.
FFC: I have been sitting on my couch for about 50min while my children spent 30min alone in DS room and are now in the livingroom with me pulling out toys. I generally allow one type of toy per kid, but they are being so cute and warm coffee is such a rare treat for me we will just have a massive clean up party in a bit.
- My daughter is wearing her St. Patty's Day shirt....with snowman socks.
Also, it's her 6th birthday today
Married 8 years - Aug 23/08
DD - 6 years old, March 17/11
#2 due July 19th! (It's a boy!)
We no longer foster. Haha
Because of all of this, DD and I are boycotting chores and doing only fun stuff this weekend too. He's not going to find out until he gets home Sunday evening.
Me: 26 Him: 27
Dating: 5/2011 Married: 6/2014
Mirena out/TTC: 02/2016
BFP #1: 12/01/2016
EDD: 07/24/2017
Me: 26 Him: 27
Dating: 5/2011 Married: 6/2014
Mirena out/TTC: 02/2016
BFP #1: 12/01/2016
EDD: 07/24/2017
"fart" in English was our acceptable word because the other words in my language were far more unnaceptable
@michelle04us get well soon! Do they know your pregnant? I think they would have/should have agreed for sick day if you had just told them you were sick yourself, when my mum wasn't feeling well she let them know it was her and it wasn't an issue!
@hyperangel_8509 that's so cute and happy bday to your doll.
DH and I had our physicals for our life insurance policies today. The nurse came to our house to do the tests. We have and old house with antique floors so depending on where you stand they may or may not be level. The cheap scale she brought was on one of these spots and because it was tilted it knocked a few pounds off my weight. Then, she added about two inches to my height... I'm 5'1 on a good day. I didn't correct her. I'll take all the height I can get to make my BMI number go down.
and my girls think poop is hilarious.
FFFC - I'm actually off work today but because I am annoyed I told her I could bring him over after work/daycare which means that he will most likely be cranky and out of sorts and her visit will suck. Sorrynotsorry.
@BusyZee I am actually afraid of that as well....
My FFFC: DH has been great with help around the house and I've been taking advantage. I am like "oh babe can you just let the dogs out bc I am stuck in this comfortable position on the couch and it's so much work to get up" - the only part that's true was the "I'm comfortable" part. I feel a *little* bad...but only a little. lol..
The law reads that you can't have more than 3 dogs or 4 cats or 10 total domestic animals (which is a combo of any domestic animal) so I'm like "maybe we can say we misunderstood it and thought we couldn't have more than 10 dogs" lol
I adore people like you!
Not all seasonal candy...
My friend has a theory that candy corn was only manufactured one time. Since noone eats it, it just cycles from home to garbage. The candy corn "manufacturers" sift out the discarded candy every year and repackage it for sale.
DS1 - 7/2011, DD 12/2012, DS2 - 4/2014, MMC - 12/2015
@kat0607 we weren't allowed to say "fart" either! Or "butt," for that matter.
I've never in my life made a leprechaun trap, and I just had to google it... I don't get the point of it. Is it just a craft or do you hide candy or fake leprechauns in there?
Married: Oct 2015
Baby G born June 2017
TTC#2: July 2018
BFP #2: 2/6/19 MC 3/14/19
BFP#3 from IUI #2: 6/30/20 EDD 3/9/21
Either way, don't let this damper the excitement of a new pup! What kind is it?