We have family pics today and I look and feel like shit. Stuffy nose, puffy eyes, cough, yay. We can't really delay because the photographer is booked up and we need them for Christmas cards. Ugh.
I finally (just now) fixed my tapatalk account so I can now post pics. Remember yesterday when gravytrain225 said they only had 2 cans of beer in the house? Um... There's also a closet upstairs full of home brew beer...
@starry I'd say gym then nap. But this is coming from the girl who recently quit the gym.
DH is en route to Home Depot with DD to get a new doorbell. I'm going to try to clean bathrooms and dust the bedrooms while they're gone.
And my cousin's wife just posted a pic of destin and crest next to one another, saying that she almost brushed her teeth with the destin that somehow made its way to the bathroom counter! @bandwife I thought of you.
Post by matildasun on Nov 22, 2014 10:04:58 GMT -5
I was up late making a cake for A's party, so my husband let me sleep in.
A has turned her Sleeping Beauty crown into a Wonder Woman crown.
A's party is at three and I am not exactly sure what I am serving, other than cake and star shaped Jello Jigglers. I am hoping a trip to the grocery store will inspire me. I am not usually quite this breezy.
I'm at my second job today. I thought that having a new job and not being here all week would give me more patience, but nope. Still hate it here. Damn why did we run up the credit cards! Then I could just quit. Instead I need to work to pay off the credit cards and build up the savings.
I have a cold but feel great on sufficient meds. This really might be enough to sway me into not having any more kids. I don't think I can go back to a life where the neti pot is all I can do when I get a sinus cold.
Super productive day so far. Cleaned the playroom, DH has been peeling wallpaper in the powder room. I decluttered our entryway, cleaned the bathrooms, made breakfast and then cleaned the kitchen, baked brownies for a get together tomorrow and now I'm about to shower. Then I think I'm going to make Mac and cheese for dinner while DH runs. The baby should be down for nap by then, then it's off to the post office to drop off a package and I think I may attempt Sam's with the older two.
I kinda want to swing by the little mall a mile from our house to pick up a cute shirt for our date night. Because none of my old stuff fits and I want to dress up.
DH's sleep study went really well. He had a terrible night of sleep lol and even though the techs couldn't tell him anything till he meets with the doctor, they assured him that he did not waste his time.
My group run got cancelled due to ice, and of course I didn't find out until I was almost there. So my friend and I sat on our butts at her house until her gym opened at 8. I actually spent a whole hour on the treadmill! I hate the treadmill.
This means I was at Costco right when it opened at 930a. I got all the stuff I needed and some stuff I didn't know I needed (pepperjack stuffed chicken patties anyone?). And a gray pair of leggings, duh.
Now J's at work, AJ is messing with the vertical blinds by the back door again aka playing, and were watching Gameday. It's a good day.
I jinxed myself in the Fetal Friday post when I said I felt great. Today I puked for the first time in five weeks and I feel super queasy and dizzy. This needs to be a very productive Saturday, so this needs to stop ASAP.
I don't think MIL is finding this as enjoyable a visit as she had wanted. Don't care, lol. She can play with the cantankerous two year old while I nurse the newborn and I won't be guilted into anything else ha.
MIL definitely didn't find her visit to us to meet DS as "enjoyable" as she wanted, but that's too bad. Recovering from birth and dealing with a newborn plus an older kid isn't all that enjoyable and I couldn't just go back to my hotel whenever I felt like it (as she could).
I am still bitter about their visit 3 months ago and haven't seen them since.
On a happier note than my harpy-like response to mrs Becky's post, I went to the new gym in our neighborhood this morning and feel a lot less angsty than I did all week. I came home and DH worked with me to keep re latching DS until he wasn't biting me, although it took both of us to to stay on top of it the whole time. Now he'll get bottles for the rest iof the day while I'm out with DD. My nipples are already happier.
Post by scribellesam on Nov 22, 2014 11:31:42 GMT -5
I survived my first week SAHMing with two! DH brought home flowers last night to "congratulate" me lol. It's doable but a lot more exhausting than one. I depended on DS1's naptime to recharge a lot more than I thought and DS2 rarely naps well during the day unless I'm wearing him, which does not count as alone time!
So, I informed DH yesterday that I would be going out alone on Saturday mornings from now on to do whatever I feel like. He agreed and said it was a great idea. So now I'm waiting for my Chestnut Praline latte and then going to Target to browse. Ah, sweet freedom!
I sent H and J to the play gym so I could clean. Instead I took a much needed nap. I'll do a whirlwind clean before they come home in 20 minutes.
How's it going with your h?
Thanks for asking. Things with him are going a lot better. We had a huge come to Jesus talk the night he came home, and we've totally cut off contact with his immediate family (forget if I had mentioned it here, but his brothers had been sending us nasty messages too). He agrees that Jack and I don't deserve to be treated like that and we all need out of that toxic environment. He's sad to see his whole family turn on him like that, but what can you do? For now we're just focusing on our little family of three and rebuilding our relationship with each other.
I missed the most recent backstory, brooklyn, but know that your ILs are toxic. I'm glad you're cutting them off. Is it time to sing, "ding dong the witch is dead"?
Post by teatimefor2 on Nov 22, 2014 11:57:32 GMT -5
Ugh, DH just got home with DS1 and DS1 is in a horrible mood. I'm upstairs cleaning and I'm not going down. DH can deal with it, he always thinks am blowing it up, but I don't.
I don't think MIL is finding this as enjoyable a visit as she had wanted. Don't care, lol. She can play with the cantankerous two year old while I nurse the newborn and I won't be guilted into anything else ha.
MIL definitely didn't find her visit to us to meet DS as "enjoyable" as she wanted, but that's too bad. Recovering from birth and dealing with a newborn plus an older kid isn't all that enjoyable and I couldn't just go back to my hotel whenever I felt like it (as she could).
I am still bitter about their visit 3 months ago and haven't seen them since.
I'm still bitter about my inlaws visit almost 2.5 years ago. Like to the point that it's on the list of cons for never having any more kids. Sorry, Anna.
Post by purplecow0206 on Nov 22, 2014 13:02:24 GMT -5
A is starting to transition to 1 nap at home, apparently.
We put her down at 8:00 for her usual morning nap...no go. So, we got up, got dressed, and ran the errands we needed to. She konked out in the car for about 10 minutes on the way home around 11:00, so we figured we'd put her down for her nap when we got home (HAHAHAHA). I nursed her and put her in the crib around 11:30. After about 15 minutes, and her crescendoing to a standing scream in the crib, we pulled her out, gave her lunch, and tried again at 12:30. It took about 20 minutes, but she FINALLY fell asleep.