Can I start the Friday randoms?

[y4m]

Cause I fell ass over teakettle on some ice this morning, even though the uber driver warned me it was slick and I feel the need to share. Good news though--kept the wrists safely tucked inside! The butt can take it.

Also there's a dude on my flight I'm pretty sure is famous. Gay older guy, longish hair. Maybe has/on a tv show? I can't for the life of me place him, but he is super familiar and the flight attendant is talking about how she will be watching him from New York tonight. Not Anderson cooper or Tim gunn. Lol. Can you help me place him?

[tacokick]

Carson Kreesley?

[y4m]

Jan 9, 2015 7:20:58 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Carson Kreesley?

Hmm. Not unless he's aged significantly since I last saw him. That's the right hair, but this guy is gray.

[y4m]

He is traveling with his husband if that helps

[y4m]

Jan 9, 2015 7:38:20 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

I have no idea who the celebrity is but I wanted to ask how your wrist recovery is going. I admit that I'd forgotten about it until now but I hope you're healing quickly and I'm glad you didn't re-injure them on your fall this morning!

Incredibly well, thanks for asking!  I broke it in mid-sept, and by thanksgiving I could actually do a push up again (well a modified one anyway--I lost a lot of strength!).  I have pretty much full mobility back.  So so glad that I did the surgery--the one week I spent in a cast waiting for surgery I broke out in hive-blisters all over my arm--my surgeon was horrified.  My skin is not conducive to casting apparently.  I didn't even have to do PT.

[shortstax]

It's a miracle I made it to work for our 8am meeting (worst timeslot ever on a friday.) I was up from 130-4am today WIDE AWAKE for no reason at all (other than being ginormously pregnant and uncomfortable.)

However, today I did that concealer under the eyes in an inverted triangle shape, and I'll be honest--I don't look too bad. @mrsspunky, you posted that link, right? Thanks!

[tacosforlife]

Our downstairs toilet is frozen. This happened last year, so thankfully I decided to give it a test flush before using it. It didn't seem to be refilling sufficiently, so I opted to shit upstairs. We checked the tank a bit later and confirmed that it is indeed not refilling. SO GLAD I CHECKED FIRST.

I would really like the sun to come out today and thaw my toilet pipe!

[krystee]

Monty from Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta?

[v]

My cousin's wife and I are doing a footloose-and-fancy-free daytime bar crawl today because we both start new jobs next week  <) :beer: <) :beer: <) :beer:

[my3bears]

I dreamed about GBCN last night. That I posted on MMMoms and everyone piled on that I didn't belong there (I don't have kids). I saw like 5 notifications and was like, Ooh! But they were all mean. Random!

[shortstax]

Jan 9, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 krystee said:

Monty from Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta?

Ooooh, that's a good guess. Don't they run SYTTD marathons on friday evenings?

[y4m]

Ok I am a stalker. Anyone?

[y4m]

Jan 9, 2015 8:36:58 GMT -5 shortstax said:

Jan 9, 2015 8:28:57 GMT -5 krystee said:

Monty from Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta?

Ooooh, that's a good guess. Don't they run SYTTD marathons on friday evenings?

WINNER!!!!

[v]

I think krystee is right

[v]

Jan 9, 2015 8:40:09 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Jan 9, 2015 8:34:00 GMT -5 my3bears said:

I dreamed about GBCN last night. That I posted on MMMoms and everyone piled on that I didn't belong there (I don't have kids). I saw like 5 notifications and was like, Ooh! But they were all mean. Random!

Well that's lame.  Someone posted in a randoms thread a few months ago that they were amused whenever they saw me (and another GBCNer--v maybe?  I can't remember) post there and that she thought we must be really bored to do that.  Pretty innocuous comment but I admit I felt judged and haven't wanted to post anything there since. 

Not me!  I'm in the same boat and get comments when I post over there too.  I'm fickle about the comments -- the ones that are "I love that you sometimes post over here" are  (hug) to me, but most of the others make me  :^) or  .

Most of the time I post on MMM it is by mistake -- I get to GBCN by typing "MM" in my browser bar (whatever that's called) and sometimes that pulls MMM up instead of MM and I post there because I don't realize where I am.

ETA: I do sometimes skim for the non-kid posts (I know as much about undereye concealer as any mother would!) and I ask questions about kids (that I have from time to time) over there.

[pattieice]

My almost 5 year old DS1 has been resisting leaving the house to go to pre-k this week. He has never done this before, so I chalk it up to having had 3 weeks off (sickness and winter break) from school. So as he is crying and whining in the car he says things like I don't like school and I don't like you mommy and I want my dad and love him and I don't want to do anything fun with you ever again.

I am careful to recognize his feelings, I never speak poorly of DH and I ignore the crying until he eventually stops. I know this is normal toddler behavior, but it is hard to hear. I've been separated from DH and living with my parents since July. So after hearing this for the past 4 mornings I just had to come home and have a good cry.

[y4m]

Well done krystee!

[my3bears]

Jan 9, 2015 8:44:44 GMT -5 v said:

Jan 9, 2015 8:40:09 GMT -5 RockNVoll said:

Well that's lame.  Someone posted in a randoms thread a few months ago that they were amused whenever they saw me (and another GBCNer--v maybe?  I can't remember) post there and that she thought we must be really bored to do that.  Pretty innocuous comment but I admit I felt judged and haven't wanted to post anything there since. 

Not me!  I'm in the same boat and get comments when I post over there too.  I'm fickle about the comments -- the ones that are "I love that you sometimes post over here" are  (hug) to me, but most of the others make me  :^) or  .

Most of the time I post on MMM it is by mistake -- I get to GBCN by typing "MM" in my browser bar (whatever that's called) and sometimes that pulls MMM up instead of MM and I post there because I don't realize where I am.

The thing is, I DID post their yesterday and NO ONE was mean! I work with kids for my job and do a lot of consulting with moms, so I like reading MMMoms. So why did I dream about them being mean?? I'm setting myself up for the possibility I guess. But I think I'd rather dream about more interesting/fun things than that!

[v]

Jan 9, 2015 8:55:59 GMT -5 my3bears said:

Jan 9, 2015 8:44:44 GMT -5 v said:

Not me!  I'm in the same boat and get comments when I post over there too.  I'm fickle about the comments -- the ones that are "I love that you sometimes post over here" are  (hug) to me, but most of the others make me  :^) or  .

Most of the time I post on MMM it is by mistake -- I get to GBCN by typing "MM" in my browser bar (whatever that's called) and sometimes that pulls MMM up instead of MM and I post there because I don't realize where I am.

The thing is, I DID post their yesterday and NO ONE was mean! I work with kids for my job and do a lot of consulting with moms, so I like reading MMMoms. So why did I dream about them being mean?? I'm setting myself up for the possibility I guess. But I think I'd rather dream about more interesting/fun things than that!

I posted there yesterday and got a response I didn't like.  Maybe you're living in my head

[krystee]

Jan 9, 2015 8:51:40 GMT -5 y4m said:

Well done krystee!

I'm not sure whether to be proud or embarrassed of my SYTTD Atlanta knowledge.

[karinothing]

Jan 9, 2015 7:23:08 GMT -5 y4m said:

He is traveling with his husband if that helps

The only acceptable thing to do is sneak a picture and show us.

ETA: Didn't see that you posted lol. Have to get on mobile to check.

[Deleted]

Ugh, what a terrible night of sleep. DD woke up a bunch, I thought I'd turned my alarm off but two different ons went off, etc.

I also bbq'd a out in the bottom of my stomach about work. I have so much going on and absolutely can't fail to meet expectations. Boss Lady would eat me for lunch if I did.

[y4m]

Here's a post article about them. They apparently live in Alexandria. How cute are they?

www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2013/10/20/love-etc-monte-durham-of-say-yes-to-the-dress-atlanta-weds/

[my3bears]

Jan 9, 2015 8:58:24 GMT -5 v said:

Jan 9, 2015 8:55:59 GMT -5 my3bears said:

The thing is, I DID post their yesterday and NO ONE was mean! I work with kids for my job and do a lot of consulting with moms, so I like reading MMMoms. So why did I dream about them being mean?? I'm setting myself up for the possibility I guess. But I think I'd rather dream about more interesting/fun things than that!

I posted there yesterday and got a response I didn't like.  Maybe you're living in my head

Oh no! I didn't see that! I only read a few threads yesterday. Bummer. 

[audette]

I ordered yarn yesterday. So I can make some monster pants for my sister's kid. Said kid turns 1 in a few months.

The monster pants will look something like this: remilyknits.com/2011/01/07/fo-friday-monster-bum-baby-longies/

But, I'll use different colours.


This, of course, assumes we are stuck here long enough for the yarn to arrive. I've ordered from this yarn company before, so it's pretty likely we will still be here (they have abnormally _fast_ shipping, even to APO addresses... my last box'o'awesomeness from them took about a week to get here, which is nearly a record...).


So, if we're stuck here that long, at least I'll have soft squishy yarn for comfort, and a super-fun project to work on.

[v]

I just had a moment in the shower where I kind of freaked out because next week (a) I'm starting a whole new work life and (b) I'm going to the Galapagos. Both fantastic things, but holy fuck I have a lot to do this weekend!

ETA: ugh, and I just remembered we also need to take down the Christmas tree and such this weekend too.  I need a drink.

[y4m]

Jan 9, 2015 9:22:47 GMT -5 v said:

I just had a moment in the shower where I kind of freaked out because next week (a) I'm starting a whole new work life and (b) I'm going to the Galapagos. Both fantastic things, but holy fuck I have a lot to do this weekend!

Both are going to be awesome!

[krisandgrace]

Jan 9, 2015 8:51:24 GMT -5 pattieice said:

My almost 5 year old DS1 has been resisting leaving the house to go to pre-k this week. He has never done this before, so I chalk it up to having had 3 weeks off (sickness and winter break) from school. So as he is crying and whining in the car he says things like I don't like school and I don't like you mommy and I want my dad and love him and I don't want to do anything fun with you ever again.

I am careful to recognize his feelings, I never speak poorly of DH and I ignore the crying until he eventually stops. I know this is normal toddler behavior, but it is hard to hear. I've been separated from DH and living with my parents since July. So after hearing this for the past 4 mornings I just had to come home and have a good cry.

I'm sorry, that is rough.

Last night after visiting a friend and her new baby I pulled my car out of their driveway and hit a car parked across the street I didn't see. I pulled over and check both cars, it felt like a little tap and both looked fine so I went home. This morning I went to the car wash and can now see a scrape on my bumper, so now I have to back tonight and knock on their door to tell them I hit their car. Fun.

[raangoli]

I thoroughly enjoyed the cat intern thread. Bravo, MM!  (high5)

[Deleted]

I'm questioning my judgement in signing up for water aerobics. This requires me to shave my legs in the winter. Not fun.