Does anyone know of a photo editor that I can use to blur things/put black marks on? I want to share the final version of L's birthday invite but I don't want my address and contact info out there. I'm on an iPad.
Ugh, DH and I are in such a weird rut. I feel like he's soooo easily irritated/offended these days, but I'm never allowed to show frustration or he gets all upset/down. I have no idea how to point out to him how irrational he is.
This morning, I asked him if when he got up (I get up first 90% of work mornings to do ALL of the day's prep) he wouldn't mind starting to make the bed. Well, I get back from my shower, he's up and downstairs and the bed's unmade. So I'm annoyed, but I just start doing it. Then he stomps up all "Why did you do that? I said I would do it!?" I feel like I can't say to him that he's not great on follow-thru, so I assumed he'd forgotten...
He also was really annoyed when he came up because last night he put a dirty glass next to the sink (a highball - he had a splash of bourbon last night) and I threw some ice pop tops in it AFTER IT WAS USED AND WAS DIRTY SITTING BY THE SINK that I neglected to throw out. Apparently he took a swig of water out of it this morning and was all "Why did you put GARBAGE in my glass!?!?"
WTF? Like - he's crazy to be angry, right? I admittedly forgot to throw the tops out, but it was a used, dirty alcohol glass by the sink - who on earth would assume it would be used at 6:45 am the next morning???
I feel like we need a reset. Fortunately we have a weekend away to ourselves next weekend and hopefully we can just shake it off and get grounded again. But blergh what a way to start a Friday.
Yeah, these are definitely BEC complaints. But I have been there too. I bet your weekend away will help immensely once you get away from the every day annoying stuff at home.
arch01 - Your DS is too cute! I've been contemplating getting a toddler clock to see if that helps. When did you start using it? DS just turned 2.
So glad to hear my kid isn't the only crier / screamer!
He's...something LOL Toddlers are just so damn funny. The stuff he says on a daily basis keeps us laughing.
We started using ours in October I think. He turned 3 in December. We certainly could've used it earlier, but I'm not overly certain he really understood that he need to be quiet until the light came on. It took about a week for him to get it, but it didn't keep him from yelling. It was about 2 months ago that he started saying it was broken, but he's been consistently promising that he'll be quiet until the green light comes on since a couple weeks after we got it.
...The baby just woke up again at 6 but I nursed her in bed and she fell asleep. Now I remember why I like side lying nursing...
I just discovered side nursing a couple of weeks ago, and I am getting more sleep because of it. I was hoping to transition baby J to his crib within the next month or so, but now I am dreading it. It's so nice scooping him out of the RNP next to my bed, and basically falling asleep while I nurse him. When I wake up, I place him back in the RNP until he wakes up to nurse again. I am not looking forward to nursing him in his room, in the rocking chair. I can only hope he is waking up less often by that point.
I was trying to get her to do it at home and she was pointing to different things and said "two, twooo, two!"
Hilarious bc the inflection was the same as you'd say one, two, three.
At least she got one number right? LoL
Definitely! lol
DS like to count onnnneeee, tttwwwwoooo, treeeeeee, foouurrrrr, elevveeennnn, fourteeeeeeen, eighteeeeeeen, fourteeeeeen, eighteeeeen and on and on like a broken record on 14/18.
H is applying for graduate programs. His current job will pay for it (yay!). I've been poking him about sending in the payment for J's preschool next year. He thinks it's insane that one year of preschool is more expensive than his 3 or 4 years of grad school. Wishing we could ask his employer to pay for J's school instead.
Omg just had a most irritating hospital experience. It involved 3 different waiting rooms, taking 5 numbers (because I was told to go back to 2 different rooms) and a baby in a mostly stationary stroller for 2hrs. All so that they could finally register me and send me back to the original place I knew I was supposed to be in the first place! It was supposed to be a 10min drop in suture removal. And instead my entire morning is shot. I'm not going to accomplish half the errands I'd intended. So annoyed! And it was mostly because I'm a push over and the nurses doing registration wouldn't let me finish explaining the situation. Grrrr
Post by whitepicketfence on Mar 27, 2015 8:13:48 GMT -5
The baby has been sleeping SO well since we finally moved her to her own room. Last night, she went to bed at 7:45 and didn't wake up until 3:30 for a bottle. She went right back down and didn't start fussing again until 7:30. It only took 3 tries but we finally got a good sleeper!
ETA: I have also been sucked into the black hole that is Disboards. I need to start making ADRs in a week for our trip and purchase tickets for MNSSHP when they go on sale next month. I feel like a Disney junkie right now.
I remember getting semi-flamed in a post a while back for saying I wouldn't switch DD to a school 10 miles from us because that's too far (in response to a poster asking whether she should do this). Meanwhile, I just realized yesterday that a friend who lives in northern jersey is only 15 miles from me. It takes a good 45 minutes to an hour for me to get there when I drive. A work commute like that is one thing, but I stand by not willingly taking on that kind of commute for my kids' school.
Our morning started early too. DS has a nasty cough/wheeze that kept waking him up. We ended up in the recliner around 4:30. Thankfully he got back to sleep, but I don't think I got much rest after that.
We have tickets for Sesame St Live tonight. I'm hoping DS continues to feel better today, because I'd hate to miss it if he's still not feeling well. He started on Prednisone yesterday and his cough is already loosening up and we haven't needed his rescue inhaler at all in the past 24 hours.
Thought I was going to have a run-in with Problem Colleague (PC). Turns out she wanted to ask me about something completely innocuous, even helpful. God, I need to quit getting so freaking anxious every time I have to interact with her!
Um. A couple weeks ago, I said my office smells like pot. It did again this morning. The owner of on of the facilities in the building came out with candles and incenses, saying the building was attacked by bad spirits last night and she had to cleanse it. So, not pot, just spirits being cleansed. #florida
Why do all one piece swimsuits have such low cut legs? I want one that's reasonably priced that doesn't have a God-awful high back (making my ass look huge) and higher cut legs so it doesn't cut into the fat on my hips.
I need a one piece that is actually somewhat cute and is different than my teaching suits. I have enough bikinis/tankinis but I want a one piece for variety. I'm also getting tired of my tankinis.
Work is stressing me out right now. Usually my job is super breezy, but a couple of incidents have popped up lately. It seems like we have a cycle of things going great for 1-2 yrs then boom, drama.
We are going OOT for DH's work retreat today. We are supposed to go to Music class and then all of our friends are going for a picnic and park playdate because it's gorgeous out. There is absolutely no way we can do both, I haven't packed yet and need to finish getting the house ready for the house/dogsitter. So we are skipping music because I know she'd rather go to the park today (and so would I). Oh well.
DS1 has an egg hunt at preschool today, since it's spring break next week. I'm thinking this is his first of at least 3 egg hunts that will happen this year. So I think we won't do one in our house Easter morning.
He'll have two alone on actual Easter. One at church and one at my godparents house after church.
DH is out of town and my mom is coming to sleep over tonight. I don't really want her to come but I didn't know how to tell her that without offending her. The silly thing is that the reason I don't want her to come is that I want to watch my own tv shows after the kids go to bed and I don't want to have the entertain her. I'm so lame.
I think I'm getting carpal tunnel in my right hand. Or something. I use my mouse almost constantly now (not as much typing as I was doing previously), and I'm on my laptop three days a week and use that track pad. My hand is already cramping and i've been working for an hour. And my wrist hurts. I may try a wristband LOL.
Get a wireless mouse ASAP. I had the worst hand pain from using the track pad.
I just have to say M was freaking adorable this morning. He hasn't been feeling well this week so has been whiney but today he was on fire getting ready for daycare. Also H said his hair looked like one of the members of Oasis which sparked a whole long conversation because I didn't know who he was talking about. It culminated in H playing a couple songs and now I know exactly who he I talking about aaaaannnnd can't get Wonderwall out of my head.
I may have had sour patch bunnies for breakfast. Damm Easter candy.
DS woke up with a rash of some sort all over his entire body. He was put on antibiotics for strep almost 10 days ago, so not sure what it is. Ughhh
Was it amoxicillin? Ds got a rash the first time he was on that. If you google amoxicillin rash you can see pictures. It can be totally harmless, not an allergic reaction. I just called the nurse live and they weren't concerned.
1. Benjamin peed on the potty! The word "on" is important because even though he was sitting on the seat and his penis was over the hole I failed to realize that pee would shoot straight out. Nevertheless we are very proud. He followed up by peeing on the floor. I cheered. DH was horrified.
2. B also woke up at 5:30 and was talking to himself so I got shitt sleep as a result. I didn't go in to see him and he must have eventually gone back to bed (or stayed awake for two more hours, who knows) but when I asked him about it this morning he said "go bed." So he knows what I would have said had I gone in there. Genius!
3. I played hooky this morning and went to DD to get an iced coffee and then to BBB to get my brother an engagement gift. I need to do that more often. Shopping at 9 am is so pleasant compared to 7 pm.
Post by Ashley&Scott on Mar 27, 2015 10:07:00 GMT -5
Just got back from the dentist - I need a crown & have two cavities. Fuck, not how I wanted to start my Friday. At least I have dual coverage for dental insurance.
I remember getting semi-flamed in a post a while back for saying I wouldn't switch DD to a school 10 miles from us because that's too far (in response to a poster asking whether she should do this). Meanwhile, I just realized yesterday that a friend who lives in northern jersey is only 15 miles from me. It takes a good 45 minutes to an hour for me to get there when I drive. A work commute like that is one thing, but I stand by not willingly taking on that kind of commute for my kids' school.
I wouldn't put my kids in a school ten miles away. I think ten miles in a city is very different than ten miles some where else. I worked ten miles from home for years, now that I have kids I am reluctant to take a job six miles away, because there isn't an easy route.