I'll go ahead and put this here - We signed the contract to build the house. After my post last week we made a few last minute changes to the floor plan to mostly fix the couple things that were still bothering me. We also have a plan to have a realtor to do a market assessment for us in 6 months on selling our current house. We'll give it 4 months on the market (the time til we will move out) then try again in 1-2 years if it doesn't work. We're pretty confident that it can be sold within the next 3 years so we won't be looking at a long term landlord situation. Next week we have color selection, and after that 95% of the decision making will be over! I'm starting to get more excited as it sinks in that we are really doing this!
I don't think I'm going to have @pnkybrwstr luck with a due date baby but I'm holding out hope for sjh722!
My bosses (65 year old men) are freaking out about me being here but otherwise, smooth sailing!
I went to a client's house last night to present an offer and she was like, "So, when are you due again? Are you having a scheduled c-section or something?" When you say, "Oh, tomorrow" people give you a look like they're afraid amniotic fluid will get all over their floor.
Even if you have a scheduled c-section, you still get that look. I got it from everyone the last week of my pregnancy. EVERYONE asks "when are you due?" And I'd answer "surgery is scheduled for Monday" they'd look horrified. A combo look of "are you going into labor right now?!?" and confusion of "babies can come from surgery?!"
Embarrassing home improvement question - I bought a new replacement shower head and want to install it or pay someone to do it. My expertise level could be described as "probably could assemble IKEA furniture with only one bout of crying". Attempt myself or call someone? I am very willing to throw $$ at problems to avoid disasters.
My husband did it, so I think you can too. He's not adept at that sort of thing to say the least:)
I went to a client's house last night to present an offer and she was like, "So, when are you due again? Are you having a scheduled c-section or something?" When you say, "Oh, tomorrow" people give you a look like they're afraid amniotic fluid will get all over their floor.
Even if you have a scheduled c-section, you still get that look. I got it from everyone the last week of my pregnancy. EVERYONE asks "when are you due?" And I'd answer "surgery is scheduled for Monday" they'd look horrified. A combo look of "are you going into labor right now?!?" and confusion of "babies can come from surgery?!"
People were really shocked when I said I would work until my due date. I felt fine and it's not like I would be paid for the lounging around beforehand.
I ended up with one day bedrest before he was born.
Anyone else spend like crazy while on Mat leave? I've been online shopping like it's my job. I finally have time to realize what things around the house need replacing.
Ie- ooh, curtains are on sale, I've wanted new ones for a while *submits order*
Now imagine that scenario with new bath towels, closet organization, curling iron, makeup, grill cover, bike helmets, throw blanket, polo shirts for DH, etc. (That was all last week...)
OMG yes.
I guess it's easier to forget about how much I hate our light fixtures when I'm not staring at them all day.
DS may be turning the corner on longer between feeding. He went 4 hours twice yesterday and is at 3.5 right now (little guy is shockingly still sleeping)
I also wish he slept as well alone as he does on/beside me:)
Post by londoncalling on Mar 31, 2015 11:31:01 GMT -5
I have a friend that is the worst at texting. He'll send me a message and initiate the contact, I'll respond immediately, and then it's radio silence for like 4 hours. You texted me, damn it! Respond!
Post by mellimel19 on Mar 31, 2015 12:10:59 GMT -5
I am perplexed by the assortment of items MIL put in DD's Easter Basket. Highlights include a raincoat that's size 6-12 months (DD is 13 months), a geography trivia card game for kids 6+, and a catch game with a suction cup ball. At least the bead toy and stacking cups she put in the basket were age appropriate...
Embarrassing home improvement question - I bought a new replacement shower head and want to install it or pay someone to do it. My expertise level could be described as "probably could assemble IKEA furniture with only one bout of crying". Attempt myself or call someone? I am very willing to throw $$ at problems to avoid disasters.
You can do it! Buy some Teflon tape (I think it's also called Plumbers tape) at a home improvement store. (It looks like medical tape, but it's really thin and Teflon instead of plastic coated fabric crap, but it's got the same type of dispenser.) Unscrew the old shower head. Clean bits off the thread on the pipe if necessary. Wrap the tape around the threads a few times. Screw on new shower head. Turn it on to make sure it doesn't leak. If it does leak, remove and put more tape on it and try again. Or wait for your FIL. But really, it's an easy fix
It's official, DH is a TERRIBLE grocery shopper. No wonder it's usually 100% my job. Damn. I gave him a list and it's STILL like half wrong. For example, we eat a shitton of PB&J. DH said "they were out of strawberry jelly, so I bought cherry." WTF. Just buy a different brand of strawberry! Peanut butter and cherry jelly sandwiches sounds NASTY. He also bought the tiniest pack of pull-ups which will last like 2 days. And no doubt he'll be annoyed when I ask him to buy more.
Post by humpforfree on Mar 31, 2015 13:14:57 GMT -5
Wtf is with delivery people messing up our yard and driveway!? Fed ex got stuck in our driveway last fall and completely ruined the gravel/leveling that we had just paid a load to get done (prep for asphalt that we now have to pay again to get re-done) and now some delivery company drove onto the MF-ing grass into a drainage ditch and got stuck, tore up the yard trying to get out. our driveway isn't hard to use! My engineer H and his engineer dad put a ton of time into designing it and analyzing it (clearly). The driver is now backing down the driveway and keeps driving half on the yard, even though H is out there directing him. Wtf.
It's official, DH is a TERRIBLE grocery shopper. No wonder it's usually 100% my job. Damn. I gave him a list and it's STILL like half wrong. For example, we eat a shitton of PB&J. DH said "they were out of strawberry jelly, so I bought cherry." WTF. Just buy a different brand of strawberry! Peanut butter and cherry jelly sandwiches sounds NASTY. He also bought the tiniest pack of pull-ups which will last like 2 days. And no doubt he'll be annoyed when I ask him to buy more.
My DH is the same way! He also so rarely goes to the grocery store that when he does he just goes crazy with the impulse buys and forgets half the list. So frustrating!
It's official, DH is a TERRIBLE grocery shopper. No wonder it's usually 100% my job. Damn. I gave him a list and it's STILL like half wrong. For example, we eat a shitton of PB&J. DH said "they were out of strawberry jelly, so I bought cherry." WTF. Just buy a different brand of strawberry! Peanut butter and cherry jelly sandwiches sounds NASTY. He also bought the tiniest pack of pull-ups which will last like 2 days. And no doubt he'll be annoyed when I ask him to buy more.
My DH is the same way! He also so rarely goes to the grocery store that when he does he just goes crazy with the impulse buys and forgets half the list. So frustrating!
DH also doesn't buy anything he can't find easily. Like I put Neosporin on the list, and he was like "oh I didn't even TRY to find that." The list has to be simple stuff like apples and bread.
Okay, my zen about still being pregnant from earlier today is all gone.
I have lost count of the number of people who have asked if I am in labor yet/in the hospital when I answer the phone. Why would I be taking client phone calls from labor & delivery?
I have had super annoying calls from both my mom and my MIL. If my MIL suggests castor oil one more time, she is not meeting this baby until it's 5. If my mom tells me one more time "you're not even overdue yet" or "so what are they doing at your appointment on Thursday?", the same goes for her.
And several texts wondering when I would be induced. And where the baby is.
GO AWAY. EVERYONE GO AWAY. I am going to have this baby and not bother to tell anyone at this point.
Post by Ashley&Scott on Mar 31, 2015 14:16:45 GMT -5
I just mapped out how far I've been running with M the last few days as he rides his big wheel around the neighborhood. Approximately .5 mi per day for the last three days! I think I need to start wearing running shoes!
Post by jeaniebueller on Mar 31, 2015 14:23:42 GMT -5
I finally read that DWP thread from yesterday and my eyes are rolling out of my head about the people who are talking about "karma" and "ju-ju" (whatever the hell that means).
I can vouch that the lap shoulder onesies do indeed let you pull down the shirt in event of a poop-splosion. Ick.
Wait. This is exclusively how I change DS's clothes every day. You pull things over your baby's head every day? DS would freak out, and he's pretty mellow otherwise.
It's official, DH is a TERRIBLE grocery shopper. No wonder it's usually 100% my job. Damn. I gave him a list and it's STILL like half wrong. For example, we eat a shitton of PB&J. DH said "they were out of strawberry jelly, so I bought cherry." WTF. Just buy a different brand of strawberry! Peanut butter and cherry jelly sandwiches sounds NASTY. He also bought the tiniest pack of pull-ups which will last like 2 days. And no doubt he'll be annoyed when I ask him to buy more.
My DH is the same way! He also so rarely goes to the grocery store that when he does he just goes crazy with the impulse buys and forgets half the list. So frustrating!
The impulse buys are awful! If he comes with me he always says I'm being too cheap when I say "no it's not on be liat and we already have our non-meal plan items for the week".