my first impression of all of you is strictly based on your avatar and sn. if i don't like either you make it onto my "we will have to see about her..." list.
don't fret my regs. i dont think many/any of you were on the list. if you were you have proven yourself, so water under the bridge and such.
we renovated the girls bathroom 2 years ago. i have deep cleaned it 1 time. cleaned the surfaces and toilets sure on a regular(ish) basis. but REALLY cleaned it 1 time.
I haven't deep cleaned or seriously cleaned our bathrooms since being pregnant. Actually, most housework has been at a minimal level. Dishes, laundry, and vacuuming (sometimes) to get by. I keep telling myself my energy is coming back. Then I tell myself "nah, not enough to get up and do some serious cleaning"
my first impression of all of you is strictly based on your avatar and sn. if i don't like either you make it onto my "we will have to see about her..." list.
don't fret my regs. i dont think many/any of you were on the list. if you were you have proven yourself, so water under the bridge and such.
But what are your thoughts on my Hawaiian waterfall picture? I was thinking of changing to something more recognizable....
TTC x 1.5 years.
Acupuncture, Femera x3 cyles, and HSG. BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015. TTC x2 months. BFP January 2017.
we renovated the girls bathroom 2 years ago. i have deep cleaned it 1 time. cleaned the surfaces and toilets sure on a regular(ish) basis. but REALLY cleaned it 1 time.
DD's bathroom only gets cleaned when the in-laws are here (they share with her). MIL always cleans the bathroom when they leave. I mean, they're here every other week so I don't see why I should put forth that kind of effort.
BFP#1: 12/3/13 EDD 8/15/13. Heartbeat found on 12/26/13, HB gone on 1/4/13. D&C 1/7/13
BFP#2: 4/19/13 EDD 12/28/13. Team Green for pregnancy and Baby Girl arrived 12/21/13. BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
I have a collection of empty coffee mugs on my passenger side floor in my car. I keep them here until I don't have anything to drink out of, and then I wash them and start the process over.
Me: 31 DH:35 TTC #1: March 2011 Fur-children: 3 dogs + 2 cats (all rescued) dx: Endometriosis and Fibroids 2 Laps and 1 Abdominal Myomectomy 6 rounds of clomid 5 rounds of iui IVF #1 Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide ER 12/1/2016:Retrieved 22 eggs 12 fertilized, developed moderate OHSS 4/4 day 5 embryos were normal for PGS!!! 2 boys/2 girls FET 1/10/2017 Gallbladder surgery 1/10/2017 FET 2/2 BFP 2/7/17 Beta#1: 594!!! Beta#2 1630!!! Having a girl! EDD 10/21/17
I order things on Amazon and have them sent to my office so DH doesn't find out.
This includes those smarties suckers that I ordered yesterday. He will never know...
Ah clever. Wouldn't work for me bc DH and I share the Amazon account and he'll know my order history lol
DH pretends to hate Amazon, so he just sends me links to stuff he wants me to buy. So it works out well. We have separate bank accounts (fffc?) anyway. Besides, it would totally ruin his Christmas if he had access to my Amazon account.
BFP#1: 12/3/13 EDD 8/15/13. Heartbeat found on 12/26/13, HB gone on 1/4/13. D&C 1/7/13
BFP#2: 4/19/13 EDD 12/28/13. Team Green for pregnancy and Baby Girl arrived 12/21/13. BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
@ForwardnBackward i love it, it is obscure enough in a small avatar i dont really know what it is and i feel like a bunch of critters in a jungle are giving me love tits when you pass one my way.
I have a *fake* set of wedding rings I got my last pregnancy when my fingers started getting too swollen to wear my regular rings.
I'm 14 weeks in and I've had to switch to my fake rings today.
I blame this southern heat. I was not in the south last round.
i have one too and it is like 4 fake carets. i feel so baller. and i am actually sad when i have to give it up. i bit the bullet and got my rings sized up after DD2 so fffc i am hoping i still swell out of these rings.
Oh, and another. I'm supposed to take 1 prenatal vitamin a day, extra folic acid 3 times a day, and a calcium vitamin 3 times a day. I'm lucky if I remember to take them twice a day.
I have a *fake* set of wedding rings I got my last pregnancy when my fingers started getting too swollen to wear my regular rings.
I'm 14 weeks in and I've had to switch to my fake rings today.
I blame this southern heat. I was not in the south last round.
i have one too and it is like 4 fake carets. i feel so baller. and i am actually sad when i have to give it up. i bit the bullet and got my rings sized up after DD2 so fffc i am hoping i still swell out of these rings.
haha yep! I love my actual wedding/engagement rings, but they're about a quarter of the size of the fake rings. I told DH I might need an upgrade (on my fake rings) because they're looking a little rough.
BFP#1: 12/3/13 EDD 8/15/13. Heartbeat found on 12/26/13, HB gone on 1/4/13. D&C 1/7/13
BFP#2: 4/19/13 EDD 12/28/13. Team Green for pregnancy and Baby Girl arrived 12/21/13. BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
@dogperson11@Maksim's Mom I don't separate any of my laundry. At all. If I have something new that has to be washed on delicate I'll wash that separately at first but eventually that gets thrown in with everything else. I can't have nice things.
Me: 29 DH: 32 Married 9/27/2014 TTC Since 1/1/2017 BFP: 2/6/2017 Due Date: 10/13/17
I order things on Amazon and have them sent to my office so DH doesn't find out.
This includes those smarties suckers that I ordered yesterday. He will never know...
Ah clever. Wouldn't work for me bc DH and I share the Amazon account and he'll know my order history lol
DH pretends to hate Amazon, so he just sends me links to stuff he wants me to buy. So it works out well. We have separate bank accounts (fffc?) anyway. Besides, it would totally ruin his Christmas if he had access to my Amazon account.
We do separate bank accounts too. It just works out better that way.
I've never smoked pot. Or done any sort of drugs. Unless you count alcohol. Even that, I was almost 21 before I ever had my first drink. My parents' strategy of "you're allowed to drink, just stay home and drink" totally worked on me - I was allowed to do it, so I never wanted to do it.
Strangely enough, I don't have strong feelings about pot. I mean, if they legalized it here, I wouldn't fight it or really care. I don't think it's as dangerous as alcohol can be (drinking + driving anyone?) and I've read so many positive stories about medical usage.
BFP#1: 12/3/13 EDD 8/15/13. Heartbeat found on 12/26/13, HB gone on 1/4/13. D&C 1/7/13
BFP#2: 4/19/13 EDD 12/28/13. Team Green for pregnancy and Baby Girl arrived 12/21/13. BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
Good morning mamaz! +1 on not having cleaned the house a good clean ever since pregnant (and im a stay at home wifey, sue me). You made me think of another one... I wash all dishes... Except for forks knives and spoons. I let them accumulate at the bottom of sink until i have no more clean ones and im forced to empty out sink. Edited cause wash not was
@feeislove@ChocolateIsLife I believe we are the same person. My laundry never gets separated. And at the moment I have 2 cups rolling around on my passenger floorboard at the moment.
And on in the bathroom. We live in the middle of a cow pasture so my house stays sandy and dirty from us not having sidewalks and tracking dirt in. So I think I "deep" cleaned the bathroom like right before I found out I was pregnant.... and that's all lol
I have deep cleaned my bathroom three times in the 2.5 years we have lived here
I can never discreetly order off amazon because dh and I share our prime account and he gets all the notifications. He'll actually call me after I order supplies for work and tells me how disappointed he was that the push notification wasn't something more exciting than labels or envelopes lol
@natleilynn dh and I also have separate bank accounts and split the bills. I always thought this was insane when I was first married. But I shit you not, our marriage went from fighting every other day to fighting maybe once a month. Best decision we've ever made.
I was thinking of changing my avatar to something that isn't one of my pics I've posted to fb so my insane mil can't find me on here with reverse image search. She's legit insane and will find anything. So sorry @carries2018 if you don't like the new one I come up with
I sort laundry, DH doesn't and it makes me crazy.
My wedding set isn't my original set. I upgraded 4 years ago, didn't get them sized until after dd2 was born so now I'm nervous they won't fit towards the end of this pregnancy. I would be super upset because I feel like everyone ALWAYS looks at pregnant women's hands to check for their rings.
We are up and at 'em early this morning and I love it!
FFFC: I half hope my dad calls me about the "real Grandma" situation so that I can tell them off and have a reason to start ignoring him and his wife. It's sooooo stressful dealing with them and I'm tired of it.
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@sjohns08 I had mentioned in a previous thread that I had noticed a lot of pictures of pregnant women and moms (like on websites and baby products) always have wedding bands on the women's' fingers. I think it's really silly because you don't HAVE to be married to have children. But I get what you're saying. People are judgy
Me: 29 DH: 32 Married 9/27/2014 TTC Since 1/1/2017 BFP: 2/6/2017 Due Date: 10/13/17
@sjohns08 it's not like we hide finances from each other - and our major savings for retirement, while separate accounts, are housed under one household umbrella.
I mean, the way I see it is, he can't wipe me out, I can't wipe him out and we have good enough communication skills that if one of us knows a big expense is coming, we talk about it and pool our money together to pay it. But I get so many side eyes when people realize we have separate accounts. We split bills and dinners out - I don't know, it just works for us.
BFP#1: 12/3/13 EDD 8/15/13. Heartbeat found on 12/26/13, HB gone on 1/4/13. D&C 1/7/13
BFP#2: 4/19/13 EDD 12/28/13. Team Green for pregnancy and Baby Girl arrived 12/21/13. BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
@feeislove I remember that post! It is ridiculous. Dh and I weren't married yet when we got pregnant with our first and I was just so relieved I didn't start to show before the wedding. I have a hard time not letting judgements get the best of me
I order things on Amazon and have them sent to my office so DH doesn't find out.
This includes those smarties suckers that I ordered yesterday. He will never know...
Ah clever. Wouldn't work for me bc DH and I share the Amazon account and he'll know my order history lol
DH pretends to hate Amazon, so he just sends me links to stuff he wants me to buy. So it works out well. We have separate bank accounts (fffc?) anyway. Besides, it would totally ruin his Christmas if he had access to my Amazon account.
We do separate bank accounts too. It just works out better that way.
I'm too lazy to scroll up and see who said what so I can reply so I like the quote feature. Sigh. Sorry I'll try to not overuse this.
Anyway DH and I have a joint account and then our own credit cards also. We don't ask questions about purchases bc we both know we're not gonna splurge on something dumb. In any case we're. It's Amazon addicts and there's a new package like every day lol
Me: 30 DH: 32 BFP#1: 9/9/2014 DS born 4/7/15 BFP#2: 6/16/2016 MC/D&C: 7/29/2016 BFP#3: 10/14/2016 (fingers crossed for a sticky bean)
i was advised to keep separate accounts prior to marriage and best advice eva! We have a household accounts (savings & checking) and we pay the bills from the checking. For major expenses we split into thirds.
But it yeah no arguments about who is spending what, when or why.
We have a joint account and our financial situation got so much less stressful when we started using a zero based budgeting system. YNAB for lyfe.
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@natleilynn we don't hide stuff from each other either. Sometimes we'll split the cost of a big purchase, like last year we each paid half for a shed. But a lot of times, I end up paying for everything outside of his share of the bills because I make more. I won't lie, it does cause a little bit of resentment but it's still so much better than before. We don't split dinner bills, but he buys his own groceries and some things for the kids and I buy mine and the rest of the kids'.
My parents and ILs thought we were nuts and I'm sure side eyed us when we first told them, but I know at least my mom understands since I've been able to explain how much better it's made our marriage
Re: cleaning the bathroom. I told DH that I can't use the cleaning products since I'm pregnant. No idea if that's true, but he believed me and now I'm out of doing that for 9 months.
Re: finances. I'm in charge of the budget, paying all bills, etc. So, I buy whatever I want, and if DH questions something, it's usually: "is there room in the budget for that?" Obviously, my answer is always yes, regardless. And he doesn't necessarily know everything I buy. But I see all of his purchases, and throw shade if he goes rogue and buys something major without my approval. Mostly just teasing him, but he still feels guilty.
October 2017 June Siggy Challenge -- "You Had One Job!"
We have a joint account, got a new shared credit card, but we each kept our credit cards from before we were married for gifts and such. I don't look at his bill and he doesn't look at mine. My mom and dad have everything together, so she always knows when my dad has bought her something. One time my dad made a big purchase for her after not using his card for much for awhile and the company called my mom about it. So much for surprises!
Fffc - 2. We keep our money at home and our bank accounts empty and just use them to drop money to pay bills. And so whenever i need somethings (kettle chips lately) i just look into the kinky clothes drawer and grab a little money.
Re: FFFC (4.21.17)
This includes those smarties suckers that I ordered yesterday. He will never know...
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
don't fret my regs. i dont think many/any of you were on the list. if you were you have proven yourself, so water under the bridge and such.
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
Oct. '17 June S.C. "You Had 1 Job"
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
I'm 14 weeks in and I've had to switch to my fake rings today.
I blame this southern heat. I was not in the south last round.
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
BFP in September 2014, DS born June 2015.
TTC x2 months.
BFP January 2017.
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
TTC #1: March 2011
Fur-children: 3 dogs + 2 cats (all rescued)
dx: Endometriosis and Fibroids
2 Laps and 1 Abdominal Myomectomy
6 rounds of clomid
5 rounds of iui
IVF #1 Gonal F, Menopur and Cetrotide
ER 12/1/2016:Retrieved 22 eggs 12 fertilized, developed moderate OHSS
4/4 day 5 embryos were normal for PGS!!! 2 boys/2 girls
FET 1/10/2017
Gallbladder surgery 1/10/2017
FET 2/2
BFP 2/7/17
Having a girl! EDD 10/21/17
BFP#1: 9/9/2014 DS born 4/7/15
BFP#2: 6/16/2016 MC/D&C: 7/29/2016
BFP#3: 10/14/2016 (fingers crossed for a sticky bean)
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
BFP#1: 9/9/2014 DS born 4/7/15
BFP#2: 6/16/2016 MC/D&C: 7/29/2016
BFP#3: 10/14/2016 (fingers crossed for a sticky bean)
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
Married 9/27/2014
TTC Since 1/1/2017
BFP: 2/6/2017
Due Date: 10/13/17
Baby Boy due October 2017
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
Married 9/27/2014
TTC Since 1/1/2017
BFP: 2/6/2017
Due Date: 10/13/17
I've never smoked pot. Or done any sort of drugs. Unless you count alcohol. Even that, I was almost 21 before I ever had my first drink. My parents' strategy of "you're allowed to drink, just stay home and drink" totally worked on me - I was allowed to do it, so I never wanted to do it.
Strangely enough, I don't have strong feelings about pot. I mean, if they legalized it here, I wouldn't fight it or really care. I don't think it's as dangerous as alcohol can be (drinking + driving anyone?) and I've read so many positive stories about medical usage.
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
+1 on not having cleaned the house a good clean ever since pregnant (and im a stay at home wifey, sue me).
You made me think of another one...
I wash all dishes... Except for forks knives and spoons. I let them accumulate at the bottom of sink until i have no more clean ones and im forced to empty out sink.
Edited cause wash not was
I also havent cleaned the bathroom thoroughly during this pregnancy. It's looking like it's that time though...maybe this weekend? Ugh.
I'll try to think of a FFFC today, but nothing's coming to mind now.
And on in the bathroom. We live in the middle
of a cow pasture so my house stays sandy and dirty from us not having sidewalks and tracking dirt in. So I think I "deep" cleaned the bathroom like right before I found out I was pregnant.... and that's all lol
I can never discreetly order off amazon because dh and I share our prime account and he gets all the notifications. He'll actually call me after I order supplies for work and tells me how disappointed he was that the push notification wasn't something more exciting than labels or envelopes lol
@natleilynn dh and I also have separate bank accounts and split the bills. I always thought this was insane when I was first married. But I shit you not, our marriage went from fighting every other day to fighting maybe once a month. Best decision we've ever made.
I was thinking of changing my avatar to something that isn't one of my pics I've posted to fb so my insane mil can't find me on here with reverse image search. She's legit insane and will find anything. So sorry @carries2018 if you don't like the new one I come up with
I sort laundry, DH doesn't and it makes me crazy.
My wedding set isn't my original set. I upgraded 4 years ago, didn't get them sized until after dd2 was born so now I'm nervous they won't fit towards the end of this pregnancy. I would be super upset because I feel like everyone ALWAYS looks at pregnant women's hands to check for their rings.
FFFC: I half hope my dad calls me about the "real Grandma" situation so that I can tell them off and have a reason to start ignoring him and his wife. It's sooooo stressful dealing with them and I'm tired of it.
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
Married 9/27/2014
TTC Since 1/1/2017
BFP: 2/6/2017
Due Date: 10/13/17
I mean, the way I see it is, he can't wipe me out, I can't wipe him out and we have good enough communication skills that if one of us knows a big expense is coming, we talk about it and pool our money together to pay it. But I get so many side eyes when people realize we have separate accounts. We split bills and dinners out - I don't know, it just works for us.
BFP#3: 2/9/13 EDD 10/18/17. Team Green for Round 2!
Anyway DH and I have a joint account and then our own credit cards also. We don't ask questions about purchases bc we both know we're not gonna splurge on something dumb. In any case we're. It's Amazon addicts and there's a new package like every day lol
BFP#1: 9/9/2014 DS born 4/7/15
BFP#2: 6/16/2016 MC/D&C: 7/29/2016
BFP#3: 10/14/2016 (fingers crossed for a sticky bean)
i was advised to keep separate accounts prior to marriage and best advice eva! We have a household accounts (savings & checking) and we pay the bills from the checking. For major expenses we split into thirds.
But it yeah no arguments about who is spending what, when or why.
I heart YNAB
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“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times,
if one only remembers to turn on the light."
- Albus Dumbledore
My parents and ILs thought we were nuts and I'm sure side eyed us when we first told them, but I know at least my mom understands since I've been able to explain how much better it's made our marriage
May Siggy Challenge: Parenting Fails
Re: finances. I'm in charge of the budget, paying all bills, etc. So, I buy whatever I want, and if DH questions something, it's usually: "is there room in the budget for that?" Obviously, my answer is always yes, regardless. And he doesn't necessarily know everything I buy. But I see all of his purchases, and throw shade if he goes rogue and buys something major without my approval. Mostly just teasing him, but he still feels guilty.
And so whenever i need somethings (kettle chips lately) i just look into the kinky clothes drawer and grab a little money.