@nitnat007 and @jrm_14 Speaking of sweets and trying to eat healthier. Have y'all ever tried frozen whipped cream that comes in the tubs as a substitute for ice cream? My husband made me try it the other night, and it wasn't bad....plus it's way less calories. As an ice cream addict, I offer this tip
@josie12367 oh I didn’t know there was such a thing! I’m going to have to look for that. Genius! Fyi the chocolate over vanilla coconut milk ice cream is quite yummy!
*snipped* Honestly, I don’t try to cut out food. Anything & everything, in moderation, can be a part of a healthful diet. I struggle with portion control on empty-calorie foods and eating more nutrition-packed foods. Also, I know exercise is my downfall. Even getting on the treadmill for 5 minutes a day, 4 days a week, helps me keep up healthful choices.
This! That's the rule I live by as well. I think it's so important to have moderation.
Possible tw* just mentioning the possibility of never having kids*
DH and I are planning and buying furniture for our house right now and one of the stores is having an extra 20% off sale and MH asked if we needed anything for future LO's room. I told him no. I want it to stay empty. My heart would break in a million pieces if we had to remove things if it never happened for us. So we're going to have fully furnished house and this one empty room. I'm not sure if that will make me just as sad. Do you guys have things for your future LO's? I could see how STMs probably would but what about FTM? End tw*
Eta should I move this to questions? I can replace with a gif
@galactickates,. TW,. I am a STM, and I refuse to buy anything for a future child. I feel like I would be jinxing myself if I bought stuff. And then, what do you do with it when the baby never happens? Even when I was pregnant, I had a bad gut feeling and didn't buy anything. Honestly, if I had a spare room that was intended to be for a future child, I would set it up as a guest room with a bed and dresser, etc.
We have two spare guests rooms right now. If we had a third it would be expensive to furnish a third guest room and we'd have no where to store it if future LO did happen for us. I'm splitting one guest room as my office. I could probably spread out for the moment. Honestly I'd rather save the money and do something else with it if stopped trying. I was just wondering what everyone else does.
@galactickates I don't mind this question on the randoms thread. I also feel like it would be a huge jinx to buy things in advance, so I understand what you mean. Can you put something fun in the empty room for the time being so it doesn't make you sad? Maybe some board games, a cozy chair for reading, or a puzzle?
Actually that's a really great idea. We have an over sized comfy chair that we were going to put in our bedroom but would work great there plus our old kitchen table. It could totally be a game room for the moment. That's a fabulous idea!
@galactickates, to add to my post. what we did when we had spare rooms (and a house, we have been looking for months), we used one for DH's office, and the other one I used as a huge walk-in closet and had a reading nook/ all my books and art stuff on display.
@galactickates I know in some cultures (esp Jewish I think) it's considered bad luck to buy anything before the baby before s/he's even born. I know somebody who bought stuff for her LO but wouldn't keep it in the house for that reason and had it in storage until the appropriate time. I don't think it's weird to have an empty room! But also think the chair/ table/ game room is a great idea too!
Thanks ladies. That's my instinct too about buying early. I wasn't going to, but was just curious what everyone else is doing.
On a very important side note: Does anyone watch this is us? Is anyone interested in a weekly recap thread? If there were day 7 or more people we could do it, if not, I'll stick to randoms thread.
Yay! @meggyme &@offtoneverland - Im the same! We might need the slacker thread. Lol I'm catching up right now which made me think of it! Are you guys caught up?
Omg when I type @ my predicta text says "oh you want to speak to @offtoneverland" lol
@galactickates I’d be in for a This is Us thread, I don’t always watch on the night it airs though, but always try to the next day. That show makes me hysterically laugh and cry all within an hour of my life!
Re: Weekday Randoms 1/15-19
Fyi the chocolate over vanilla coconut milk ice cream is quite yummy!
DD1: 8/2014
TTC #2: 6/2017
BFP 8/3/2017 | CP 8/4
BFP 10/16/2017 | CP 10/21
BFP 12/18/2017 | CP 12/28
BFP 2/15/2018 | EDD: November 2nd | It's a girl!
DD2: 10/2018
DH and I are planning and buying furniture for our house right now and one of the stores is having an extra 20% off sale and MH asked if we needed anything for future LO's room. I told him no. I want it to stay empty. My heart would break in a million pieces if we had to remove things if it never happened for us. So we're going to have fully furnished house and this one empty room. I'm not sure if that will make me just as sad. Do you guys have things for your future LO's? I could see how STMs probably would but what about FTM? End tw*
Eta should I move this to questions? I can replace with a gif
DD1: 8/2014
TTC #2: 6/2017
BFP 8/3/2017 | CP 8/4
BFP 10/16/2017 | CP 10/21
BFP 12/18/2017 | CP 12/28
BFP 2/15/2018 | EDD: November 2nd | It's a girl!
DD2: 10/2018
DD1: 8/2014
TTC #2: 6/2017
BFP 8/3/2017 | CP 8/4
BFP 10/16/2017 | CP 10/21
BFP 12/18/2017 | CP 12/28
BFP 2/15/2018 | EDD: November 2nd | It's a girl!
DD2: 10/2018
On a very important side note:
Does anyone watch this is us? Is anyone interested in a weekly recap thread? If there were day 7 or more people we could do it, if not, I'll stick to randoms thread.
DD1: 8/2014
TTC #2: 6/2017
BFP 8/3/2017 | CP 8/4
BFP 10/16/2017 | CP 10/21
BFP 12/18/2017 | CP 12/28
BFP 2/15/2018 | EDD: November 2nd | It's a girl!
DD2: 10/2018
Omg when I type @ my predicta text says "oh you want to speak to @offtoneverland" lol
DD1: 8/2014
TTC #2: 6/2017
BFP 8/3/2017 | CP 8/4
BFP 10/16/2017 | CP 10/21
BFP 12/18/2017 | CP 12/28
BFP 2/15/2018 | EDD: November 2nd | It's a girl!
DD2: 10/2018
Also @galactickates even as STM I won’t buy baby stuff for fear of jinxing myself. In fact I feel
like a nut for keeping stuff around.
eta: spelling is hard
Married: 2016
BFP #1 4/23/18, blighted ovum 5/29/18
BFP#2 7/14/18, DS 4/5/19