Confessions, anyone?

[mrs.jacinthe]

I don't have anything truly flameful.
For the last several months, I have gotten paid for a minimal number of hours (due to a minimal amount of work available) and as a result, I have seen my bank balance drop to a scary level. And so I'm considering getting a part-time job to make sure ends keep meeting. But I'm falling into the "choosers" category and I can't find anything I want to do. At some point I'm just going to have to suck it up, but I'm putting that point off as long as possible.

[thewop]

I bought my daughter "boy's" pajamas on Tuesday. The stuff Target had for girls was $2.50 more, and I was not willing to spend the extra money for something pink. I don't care that much.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Wop - I wore hand-me-down boys clothes throughout my childhood. I don't seem to have come out any worse for it.

[thewop]

Jul 5, 2012 11:50:58 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Wop - I wore hand-me-down boys clothes throughout my childhood. I don't seem to have come out any worse for it.

Ha! Me too. My brother is only a year and a half older than me, so my parents got good use out of kids clothes without having to store them until they fit the next kid. As soon as my brother outgrew something, it was given to me.

[thewop]

I kind of hope my fitness class is cancelled tonight due to heat so I can stay home and eat a giant cheeseburger and drink a beer.

I also haven't done sh*t at work today. Not a damn thing. I'm not sure what I'll do to occupy my afternoon.

[statlerwaldorf]

Most of DD's pjs as a baby came from the boy's section. No one sees them anyway and I wanted to be able to pass them down. It's a lot easier to find unisex styles in the boy's section than girl's.

[Deleted]

I buy boy's jammies and tshirts for Rubes all the time.
Apparently the only cute stuff with cows and tractors is in the boy department these days! She also has tons of handme downs from her boy cousins too.
Come winter she'll be sporting an orange and gray winter coat too. It was my nephew's. It was gifted to him, but becuase he was a preemie it didn't fit him that winter and was too small for it by the next. It's Pacific Trail and still has the tags on it...she will damn well be wearing it!

[thewop]

Well good. I'm glad I'm not the only one cross dressing their child. Haha.

[emoflamingo]

Since this thread is continuing today...

I work MWF in my "home" office and T/TH in another office. Since the 4th was Wednesday and we were all closed, I was only at my "home" office on Monday and today. My boss did NO daily upkeep w/r/t billing. He left something on my desk from TUESDAY to write (insurance for a boat that was likely USED on Wednesday) and I was expected to answer the voicemails by 9 a.m., which is when we open.

And, because my idiot neighbors still shooting off fireworks until midnight every night AND my cat puking at 5 a.m., I am cranky and I really just want to say "screw this" and leave work, but leaving = no money on my check so I'm hoping my boss leaves instead.

[emjacobs]

My left hand is so swollen it looks like I'm the pillsbury dough boy. All from a tiny bee sting on TUESDAY. I'm pretty badly allergic so this is after a ton of allergy meds too. I can't do anything with it, I tried to open the pantry door and couldn't grip hard enough without it hurting .

I grilled on our new grill for the first time and everyone was very impressed with everything so that makes me

I get all of my PJ pants from the mens section because they always end up being softer. Plus I can pull off being a small

I'm waiting on my new work laptop to arrive and therefore have done not a single thing at work except sit in on a conference call that I have no clue what was actually talked about, way too technical for me.

[sugardumpling]

My husband, bless his heart, makes life more difficult than necessary. I make suggestions for how he should manage admin end of his business and he does not follow through. He tries to be everything for every one but does not know how to prioritize. I hope he gets out of his own way soon.

[adhdfashion]

Jul 6, 2012 10:35:39 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

My left hand is so swollen it looks like I'm the pillsbury dough boy. All from a tiny bee sting on TUESDAY. I'm pretty badly allergic so this is after a ton of allergy meds too. I can't do anything with it, I tried to open the pantry door and couldn't grip hard enough without it hurting .

I grilled on our new grill for the first time and everyone was very impressed with everything so that makes me

I get all of my PJ pants from the mens section because they always end up being softer. Plus I can pull off being a small

I'm waiting on my new work laptop to arrive and therefore have done not a single thing at work except sit in on a conference call that I have no clue what was actually talked about, way too technical for me.

I always buy PJ pants from the mens department too! Because they are the only ones that are long enough in the legs.

[adhdfashion]

Jul 6, 2012 9:11:37 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

I buy boy's jammies and tshirts for Rubes all the time.
Apparently the only cute stuff with cows and tractors is in the boy department these days! She also has tons of handme downs from her boy cousins too.
Come winter she'll be sporting an orange and gray winter coat too. It was my nephew's. It was gifted to him, but becuase he was a preemie it didn't fit him that winter and was too small for it by the next. It's Pacific Trail and still has the tags on it...she will damn well be wearing it!

You should totally make her a cute crotched winter hat with attached orange and pink flowers. No one will thing its a "boys" coat at all, paired with that.

[emjacobs]

Jul 6, 2012 10:44:11 GMT -5 adhdfashion said:

Jul 6, 2012 10:35:39 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

My left hand is so swollen it looks like I'm the pillsbury dough boy. All from a tiny bee sting on TUESDAY. I'm pretty badly allergic so this is after a ton of allergy meds too. I can't do anything with it, I tried to open the pantry door and couldn't grip hard enough without it hurting .

I grilled on our new grill for the first time and everyone was very impressed with everything so that makes me

I get all of my PJ pants from the mens section because they always end up being softer. Plus I can pull off being a small

I'm waiting on my new work laptop to arrive and therefore have done not a single thing at work except sit in on a conference call that I have no clue what was actually talked about, way too technical for me.

I always buy PJ pants from the mens department too! Because they are the only ones that are long enough in the legs.

Well I wouldn't know what that is like I usually walk off the bottom inch of Short jeans...but mens are cheaper, softer, and hell I like family guy!

[FoxInFiji]

Our 5th year anniversary was last weekend and DH spent a long time trying to come up with a present for me. We didn't want to spend a lot on gifts this year and unknown to me he was trying to stick with the "wood" theme. He ended up getting me ebony wood earrings with a silver metal inlay. They are pretty but HUGE. Like 3.5" long and 1" wide. I feel bad because I'm not a big fan of them and probably won't wear them much. It was a really sweet idea but I could have sent him other ideas for a wooden present if I had known (this is what I typically do).

[emjacobs]

Jul 6, 2012 11:54:52 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

Our 5th year anniversary was last weekend and DH spent a long time trying to come up with a present for me. We didn't want to spend a lot on gifts this year and unknown to me he was trying to stick with the "wood" theme. He ended up getting me ebony wood earrings with a silver metal inlay. They are pretty but HUGE. Like 3.5" long and 1" wide. I feel bad because I'm not a big fan of them and probably won't wear them much. It was a really sweet idea but I could have sent him other ideas for a wooden present if I had known (this is what I typically do).

Sounds like a great idea but poor execution situation. I'm sure they are gorgeous but I feel you on too big. Is it possible that he can exchange them for something more on board with the size you like? FI is the worlds worst at picking out gifts so who knows what I would have gotten

[FoxInFiji]

Jul 6, 2012 12:54:50 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

Jul 6, 2012 11:54:52 GMT -5 FoxInFiji said:

Our 5th year anniversary was last weekend and DH spent a long time trying to come up with a present for me. We didn't want to spend a lot on gifts this year and unknown to me he was trying to stick with the "wood" theme. He ended up getting me ebony wood earrings with a silver metal inlay. They are pretty but HUGE. Like 3.5" long and 1" wide. I feel bad because I'm not a big fan of them and probably won't wear them much. It was a really sweet idea but I could have sent him other ideas for a wooden present if I had known (this is what I typically do).

Sounds like a great idea but poor execution situation. I'm sure they are gorgeous but I feel you on too big. Is it possible that he can exchange them for something more on board with the size you like? FI is the worlds worst at picking out gifts so who knows what I would have gotten

No he ordered them online and it was past the return date by the time our anniversary came around. Plus they didn't have much else on their website I liked. When I found out he spent the whole amount on just the earrings I was like. I have a dozen earrings I actually like saved on etsy for much less than that! Some of which I had sent him as birthday ideas. He could have gotten me a pair of earrings he knew I wanted and a small trinket wooden box or something. LOL I can't blame him for trying though. He said he wanted the metal inlay because last year I said I preferred the inlayed turquoise earrings at a shop outside of Vegas.

[emjacobs]

At least he's listening and trying A for effort!

[tarheels]

I love my husband. He's smart. He's sweet. He does a million chores around the house. But ZOMG is he DUMB re: simple everyday business tasks. This afternoon's example:

"Hon, I have to finish up this thing for work, but the prospective tenants for the house want to know when the new cooktop we ordered will be in. Can you call Sears for me? The confirmation email is in my inbox. There should be a 1-800 number in the email."

He then proceeds to call the LOCAL STORE, which everyone in the universe knows that you can't call to get info about an online order. He calls them THREE TIMES because he's like, "This menu isn't right! I don't want to talk to somebody in appliances, I want to ask about my appliance order. I must have pressed the wrong number in the menu. Let me try again."

AAGGGHHHH! At which point, of course, I just yanked the phone away from him and did it myself.

I don't understand how my husband is like this about ALLLLLL things that are normally me-type activities. It's not that he's playing dumb to get out of them; he doesn't mind doing them, he's just clueless. And he's a PILOT. He flies jagillion dollar aircraft every day and can keep it airborne and crash land and all that crap, but he doesn't know to do X to get Y? Unbelieeevable to me. I tease him about it all the time and he looks back at me all puppy eyed lol.

[emoflamingo]

Jul 6, 2012 17:04:11 GMT -5 tarheels said:

I love my husband. He's smart. He's sweet. He does a million chores around the house. But ZOMG is he DUMB re: simple everyday business tasks. This afternoon's example:

"Hon, I have to finish up this thing for work, but the prospective tenants for the house want to know when the new cooktop we ordered will be in. Can you call Sears for me? The confirmation email is in my inbox. There should be a 1-800 number in the email."

He then proceeds to call the LOCAL STORE, which everyone in the universe knows that you can't call to get info about an online order. He calls them THREE TIMES because he's like, "This menu isn't right! I don't want to talk to somebody in appliances, I want to ask about my appliance order. I must have pressed the wrong number in the menu. Let me try again."

AAGGGHHHH! At which point, of course, I just yanked the phone away from him and did it myself.

I don't understand how my husband is like this about ALLLLLL things that are normally me-type activities. It's not that he's playing dumb to get out of them; he doesn't mind doing them, he's just clueless. And he's a PILOT. He flies jagillion dollar aircraft every day and can keep it airborne and crash land and all that crap, but he doesn't know to do X to get Y? Unbelieeevable to me. I tease him about it all the time and he looks back at me all puppy eyed lol.

My husband is a programmer so not quite "flies a plane and keeps hundreds safe every trip" but I swear, he does the same crap re: simple tasks.

[housegeek]

My confession, I had some spotting mid cycle, and now I'm bouncing between wanting to be pregnant and hoping I'm not. I keep telling myself were done at 2, because 2 is just, easier, all the way around logically. But emotionally, I would love a third. (My husband is in the same boat hah.)

[tarheels]

I do not understand Edible Arrangements as a thing. They get a giant WTF from me. Send me a Harry & David basket or send me flowers, but I really don't see the need for a cross-over.

[emjacobs]

Jul 6, 2012 18:38:59 GMT -5 tarheels said:

I do not understand Edible Arrangements as a thing. They get a giant WTF from me. Send me a Harry & David basket or send me flowers, but I really don't see the need for a cross-over.

I did edible arrangements this year because my mom likes to get things like that but gets flowers from my brothers and father and always asks for no gift. I get it delivered to her school and she shares it with her coworkers. The fruit is pretty good.

[vanillahip]

I am a super pasty redhead. My skin does not get along with the sun without serious prep first. I KNOW this and always have. Yet I chose to go to the pool today with a super tan brunette, and KNEW I wasn't being diligent enough with my sunscreen but was too lazy lounging at the edge of the pool to get out and reapply. And now I'm hot pink from the boobs up (even my neck and hairline!)

I am an idiot.

[vanillahip]

Ok wait, I have one that's more flameful. I have a friend who has baby fever like woah. She's a little older than me and I understand, but she's broke and has no insurance. So here she is, researching ways to give birth on the cheap and I can't help but being judgey (in my head) and wanting to shake her. IMO she's been very responsible not getting KU yet because they just can't afford it, but she's about to ignore their circumstances and TTC anyway. C'MON!! Kids are freaking expensive!!

I'd support her either way, but ughhhhhh I hope she continues to wait at least until her H gets his next promotion.

[house]

Jul 6, 2012 15:33:31 GMT -5 emjacobs said:

At least he's listening and trying A for effort!

Exactly! I give him an A too! My DH sucks and he has yet to give me a piece of twig as a gift for our 5th yr anniversary that was LAST month! :@