I don't. I'm on my work computer and my pic is at home. It's not that exciting though. Just a standard railing/banister in typical wood stain. It is however 455324525 times better than the half sloped wall with a piece of nailed on trim that was previously there. Long story but the contractors who built parts of our house didn't know WTF they were doing, so the staircase somehow ended up in first and all the trim to work to follow. Some of which never "followed." It was such a PITA project and took my legit/quality contractor 8 hours for 4feet of railing. Normal people do the trim stuff and then put the stairs in basically. Oh well. It's done now and my house is so much better for it.
But what does the Russian think of it?
Actually kid is so damn oblivious to it that he keeps tripping over the end cap/banging into the end of the railing. I get that it's new and more in the road than the past one but one would think to see a giant pole on the end after the first time.
They actually constructed said railing on his day off. He usually sleeps all afternoon/watches movies on his day off so I'm surprised he didn't offer the carpenters $50.00 and tell them to go away. Haha.
The carpenters said "hi" to the Russian three times and one finally said to me, "What's his deal? I'm not saying Hi a 4th time!" LOL. In his own little world. In his little mind. He's hilarious when he emerges from a nap too. It takes like an hour for him to regain his English skills so I'm sure that was part of it.
A bottle of wine and a $50 restaurant gift card is the plan. Is that appropriate? It's DH's aunt and she saved our asses. I *could* have called in sick, but I'm -3 days on vacation time and DH had training he didn't want to miss.
Damm you Amazon Prime for randomly removing shows that are available to stream for free. I was in the middle of Closer (yes I realize the demographics for that show were above the age of 60 but it is was good to throw on when working out) and I was so excited to watch Luther. Now they are no longer free.
M seriously has a mullet after yesterdays haircut but H refuses to admit it because it was his barber that did it.
A bottle of wine and a $50 restaurant gift card is the plan. Is that appropriate? It's DH's aunt and she saved our asses. I *could* have called in sick, but I'm -3 days on vacation time and DH had training he didn't want to miss.
I don't use daycare but if someone offered me that to watch their kid at the last minute it would be more than enough.
We were expecting to pay $80 for drop-in care, so this is a bargain.
My coworker hasn't really been pulling her weight since she came back from maternity leave in December, and I'm starting to get resentful about it - but I really like her, so it makes me feel bad! Plus I feel like I can't talk to my boss about it since it might look like I'm jealous of her reduced hours since it's not an option for my position? But I'm not! I'm just tired of picking up her slack when she's "working from home" in a non-WFH-friendly position in our non-WFH-friendly department once every freaking week.
Post by rootbeerfloat on Mar 4, 2015 13:21:32 GMT -5
Why doesn't Costco sell cupcakes like they do birthday cakes? I'm assigned cake for my nephew's party next weekend, and I was just going to roll up with a $18 Costco cake, but my sister gently suggested that cupcakes would be preferable because she wouldn't have to worry about plates or a knife. (The party is at an outdoor pool.) Now I'm on the hunt for affordable cupcakes.
I think I've become a horrible person and I feel terrible about it. I feel like ever since I started associating with a particular group of women, I've become this hateful, judgy, catty, idiotic woman and that isn't me. I am trying to distance myself from them and I'm making an active effort to not be a giant bitch, but I still feel awful. Today I'm starting my penance by purchasing a bunch of GD-safe treats for my neighbor who just got diagnosed, and I'm putting together a list of meal ideas for her and planning how I'm going to give her a hand when the baby arrives.
I want to kick myself in the head. I need new "mom" friends and I don't know where to find them. I was going to go to a MOPS group tomorrow at the church we've been attending, but it's looking like we're receiving yet another buttload of snow tomorrow, so that may not pan out. I just want to meet some women who don't thrive on shredding apart everyone else in the entire world. I'm literally wracking my brain for things I can do for other people (moms, primarily) to try to move away from this stupid mindset I've fallen into. This is pathetic.
I think I've become a horrible person and I feel terrible about it. I feel like ever since I started associating with a particular group of women, I've become this hateful, judgy, catty, idiotic woman and that isn't me. I am trying to distance myself from them and I'm making an active effort to not be a giant bitch, but I still feel awful. Today I'm starting my penance by purchasing a bunch of GD-safe treats for my neighbor who just got diagnosed, and I'm putting together a list of meal ideas for her and planning how I'm going to give her a hand when the baby arrives.
I want to kick myself in the head. I need new "mom" friends and I don't know where to find them. I was going to go to a MOPS group tomorrow at the church we've been attending, but it's looking like we're receiving yet another buttload of snow tomorrow, so that may not pan out. I just want to meet some women who don't thrive on shredding apart everyone else in the entire world. I'm literally wracking my brain for things I can do for other people (moms, primarily) to try to move away from this stupid mindset I've fallen into. This is pathetic.
I think I've become a horrible person and I feel terrible about it. I feel like ever since I started associating with a particular group of women, I've become this hateful, judgy, catty, idiotic woman and that isn't me. I am trying to distance myself from them and I'm making an active effort to not be a giant bitch, but I still feel awful. Today I'm starting my penance by purchasing a bunch of GD-safe treats for my neighbor who just got diagnosed, and I'm putting together a list of meal ideas for her and planning how I'm going to give her a hand when the baby arrives.
I want to kick myself in the head. I need new "mom" friends and I don't know where to find them. I was going to go to a MOPS group tomorrow at the church we've been attending, but it's looking like we're receiving yet another buttload of snow tomorrow, so that may not pan out. I just want to meet some women who don't thrive on shredding apart everyone else in the entire world. I'm literally wracking my brain for things I can do for other people (moms, primarily) to try to move away from this stupid mindset I've fallen into. This is pathetic.
STOP TALKING ABOUT MMM. IT HURTS OUR FEELERS.
Lol I wish some MMMers lived near me! I feel like some of you could put these women in their place.
Post by chickens987 on Mar 4, 2015 16:14:10 GMT -5
Clearly (see above), I am not over the occasional character thing for DD, she has some shirts she requests to wear sometimes, but I have resisted anything "dress up" (except for something I've bought specifically for our WDW trip later this year), because I am afraid she'll get obsessed and refuse to wear any of the other adorable things I love to put her in.
That being said, MIL just emailed me for her shoe size, because she wants to get her some Frozen jelly shoes. I don't want them I almost lied about her size, but now I'm just hoping she does the US-UK conversion wrong and they won't fit.
I think I've become a horrible person and I feel terrible about it. I feel like ever since I started associating with a particular group of women, I've become this hateful, judgy, catty, idiotic woman and that isn't me. I am trying to distance myself from them and I'm making an active effort to not be a giant bitch, but I still feel awful. Today I'm starting my penance by purchasing a bunch of GD-safe treats for my neighbor who just got diagnosed, and I'm putting together a list of meal ideas for her and planning how I'm going to give her a hand when the baby arrives.
I want to kick myself in the head. I need new "mom" friends and I don't know where to find them. I was going to go to a MOPS group tomorrow at the church we've been attending, but it's looking like we're receiving yet another buttload of snow tomorrow, so that may not pan out. I just want to meet some women who don't thrive on shredding apart everyone else in the entire world. I'm literally wracking my brain for things I can do for other people (moms, primarily) to try to move away from this stupid mindset I've fallen into. This is pathetic.
Spend some time volunteering--I think that always puts things in perspective for me.