Saturday night...

[redheadbaker]

We spent 9 hours at Sesame Place. So very, very tired.

[Deleted]

We had a party tonight to watch our rescheduled 4th of July fireworks. I invited my family. They all came down with the plague and decided not to come. Except for my cousin who was still going to come and my husband told him please don't. I feel bad about it but really can't deal with getting this horrible cold now. My dad came up by himself because he was tired of being with my sick mom. It was nice. And it's super cool to see fireworks off the boat.

[darnkatz]

Aug 29, 2015 20:30:16 GMT -5 Saudade said:

Aug 29, 2015 20:27:40 GMT -5 darnkatz said:

I made pumpkin cinnamon rolls this morning. Bad idea. I ate three today. Ugh. What is wrong with me?

Recipe? that sounds delicious.

Here you go!

[humpforfree]

One of my good friends just joined an MLM & I'm disappointed in her. Actually I don't know for sure its MLM, but she is a "consultant." It's one I've never heard of too- beauty counter?

[Saudade]

Aug 29, 2015 20:33:24 GMT -5 darnkatz said:

Aug 29, 2015 20:30:16 GMT -5 Saudade said:

Recipe? that sounds delicious.

Here you go!

oh my gah...those look insane. i cannot wait to try/stuff my face.

[meltoine]

I've been having more frequent contractions today. I haven't timed them, but I had several walking around target in the last hour. Taking a bath and assuming they will stop, since they always do.

[bowies]

I went shopping today after getting super frustrated at my lack of flattering tops. I bought a pair of booties and a hat. A hat. I've never worn a hat anywhere except for the beach. I almost left with a pair of Zella capris but needed to control myself.

The Nordstrom customer service though - man, so top notch. I think I might just give in and shop there exclusively.

No tops. My one gripe with our Nordstrom - they have a ton of XS and XL and nothing in between.

[robyn]

Aug 29, 2015 20:37:29 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Since I'm on a roll with complaining about the same stuff, I'll just say again that I'm so upset about my hair. I am not a person who cares about her hair at all, I'm super chill about it. But I really hate when it's shorter than you asked for and it's just...wrong. I'm so pissed that it can't fit in a ponytail (not even close) and I basically feel like a lollipop now with my round face and my very...round hair.  And I was SO looking forward to it, too.

I mean, I guess now I have something else to dread about family photos besides my weight. :-\

A bad haircut is the worst! I' had one a couple of weeks ago and I still hate it. I know you probably don't want any length taken off since they cut it too short already, but is it something you could have shaped up at the salon by someone else? I hope they can make it right for you somehow

[greycat]

We spent he day at the beach. DS had a blast and even went in the water (loves baths and pools but is weary of the ocean). He took an unprecedented 3.5 hour nap on the beach. It was a perfect summer day!

[annieh22]

Aug 29, 2015 20:34:41 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

One of my good friends just joined an MLM & I'm disappointed in her. Actually I don't know for sure its MLM, but she is a "consultant." It's one I've never heard of too- beauty counter?

I have some of this stuff and I love it. It's the only mlm I will buy. The sunscreen is amazing. Mineral, easy to rub in and non-greasy. I also love the face lotion. They follow the EU guidelines for ingredients which are a lot more stringent than the U.S.

Eta: the people I know who sell it are not pushy in any way.

[spk926]

We had so much fun today. One of those perfect family days, ya know?

We got up early and headed to catch the bus to the state fair. Made it on the first bus there and got to the fair around 8:15. Walked around, saw stuff we wanted to, ate gyros, cheese curds, cotton candy, cookies and other crap, saw Curious George, Clifford and Paw Patrol, went on some kid rides and then left just as the crowds were getting to be too much. It was cool and not hot at all which was perfect. Made it home by 12:45 and we all laid down for a long nap. Once up we headed MIL's house for dinner with her, both sets of great grandparents, DH's aunt and her 10 year old (who played with DD the whole time!).

Now we're home and DD is in bed and I'm relaxing on the couch eating my leftover cotton candy from the fair. DD was a trooper and in a great mood all day which really made a difference in how the day went. Great family day for one of the last days before I head back to work for the school year.



They have what they call "The Great Sing Along" which is like 30 microphones and a large screen for a huge thing of karaoke.


I would be lying if I said I haven't thought of these cheese curds all day. They were just so damn good!!

[spk926]

Aug 29, 2015 20:29:04 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

I'm linked in stalking the guy who is buying our house. Lol. Fun Saturday night.
He was born in 1990 which seems crazy but I guess not that crazy. I think he's older now than H was when we bought this house.

I totally "investigated" the people we bought our house from. He is a high up executive for a large coorporation and she is a lawyer that owned her own law firm a mile from our house. They moved out of state because his company wanted him to work form their headquarters so I knew I wouldn't see them around town! I was able to learn about them just from looking online and it was kind of fun. 

[ladygrey]

Aug 29, 2015 20:23:20 GMT -5 @callmefia said:

Aug 29, 2015 19:50:24 GMT -5 ladygrey said:

Thanks to the heads up from @notquiteblushing, I took DD to the Little Blue Truck storytime at Barnes & Noble this morning. They served the kids mini Oreo frappuccinos with blue sprinkles (to tie-in with the LBT theme, I guess). I am moderately breezy about most parenting issues, but this got some serious side-eye from me.

You know they make some frappuccinos without coffee, right? Like, it's basically probably chocolate milk with Oreos and ice. And blue sprinkles. So lots of sugar but I've totally let my kid have some non-coffee frappuccino.....

Yes, I know they are non-caffinated. It's more the idea of serving super sugary drinks to toddlers and preschoolers. 

[humpforfree]

I don't know what to do about our vacation we were supposed to leave for end of next week. We were just going to my parents' house on the lake, about a 5 hour drive away. I'll be 35.5-36 weeks but there is a really good hospital/mother baby unit/nicu about 40 minutes away (our hospital is 30 away anyway).
Last night my mom called and pretty much uninvited us because she "isn't comfortable" with me being there between the drive to the hospital and the drive up and down. Gee thanks for waiting until a week before to let me know, after we've passed up other vacation opportunities all summer so that H could save his vacation time for this. So now we haven't had a family vacation all summer (H hasn't been off at all) and it's too late to really do anything else. I was so looking forward to a week of floating in the water and hanging out with H and L before 2.0 comes. L and I went for a week a few weeks ago and it was MISERABLE because h wasn't with us- I only got through it by knowing this trip was coming up.
L was delivered at 37 weeks due to low fluid. I'd had zero signs of labor prior. Fluid is very good this time and still no labor signs. I'm very comfortable with the hospital down there. We can leave to go home anytime we want. H says we should just go, but I feel like they don't want me there and also if I did go into labor they would be pissed about it, especially since we would need to leave L with them. Ugh. There aren't really many other alternative vacations closer to home, especially that would be super super cheap (less than a couple hundred dollars). Poop.

[humpforfree]

Aug 29, 2015 20:52:42 GMT -5 annieh22 said:

Aug 29, 2015 20:34:41 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

One of my good friends just joined an MLM & I'm disappointed in her. Actually I don't know for sure its MLM, but she is a "consultant." It's one I've never heard of too- beauty counter?

I have some of this stuff and I love it. It's the only mlm I will buy. The sunscreen is amazing. Mineral, easy to rub in and non-greasy. I also love the face lotion. They follow the EU guidelines for ingredients which are a lot more stringent than the U.S.

Eta: the people I know who sell it are not pushy in any way.

Crap, now I kind of want to look into it (to buy, not sell). Lol.

[Deleted]

We had such a nice time at the party! It was nice to connect with people with kids. The house was awesome. Six acres with a koi pond and an awesome wrap around deck. I zillow stalked it and it only cost like $16k more than our house so now I feel guilty Ben doesn't have land and a koi pond. Sorry I like sidewalks!

[Marmee]

My DH painted the half done foyer (very high ceiling) today & did a bunch of other stuff around the house. He's taking this week off to help me remodel our condo & do stuff around the house. And he's planned a trip to go White Water Rafting for my birthday (40!) my most favorite activity in the world. I <3 him.

[Deleted]

For Pete's sake. DH just chewed me out b/c apparently we're out of coffee. I do not drink coffee, so I rely on him to tell me when it's low so I can buy more (I do 100% of the grocery shopping). He did not tell me, so now he's out, which is apparently my fault b/c I should be "checking to see if we're out of stuff before I go grocery shopping." Seriously?! He expects me to check the coffee, milk, butter, cheese, bread, bacon, chips blah blah blah every week to see if we need more? NO. Be an adult and put it on the goddamn list when we're low. I am not keeping track of every food item in our house because he can't be bothered to write a single word on a piece of paper.

[Deleted]

humpforfree I would tell your mom to relax and still go if you can.

[imojoebunny]

DH and I went to a festival, then out to dinner, and to a friends porch for a drink. We had fun watching the hipsters and hearing good music. We are now home, watching our new puppy fetch a matchbox car.

[t]

DD1's party is over. We ran out of food! People are pigs, man. I ordered plenty but some of my cousins are the worst. Luckily everyone but DH ate when we ran out. I ordered him a cheesesteak from the pizza shop lol.
DD was so emotional. She wouldn't come downstairs after her nap and it took her forever to warm up, but then she was fine and we couldn't shut her up. DD2 was a lunatic. I think she was way over-stimulated and not enough napping. I nursed her every hour, which is really hard to do when you're hosting a big party! I finally gave up and put her in the tub...happy as a clam. We're also on day 6 of a poop strike so I wonder if that was part of the problem.

[ssmjlm]

Aug 29, 2015 21:09:12 GMT -5 @notquiteblushing said:

humpforfree I would tell your mom to relax and still go if you can.

humpforfree I would have called my dad in this case and asked him wtf was up with mom. I would still go.

Did yall see the ML thread on some targets serving alcohol? Yes!!

[ssmjlm]

Aug 29, 2015 21:11:19 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

Aug 29, 2015 21:02:33 GMT -5 spk926 said:

I totally "investigated" the people we bought our house from. He is a high up executive for a large coorporation and she is a lawyer that owned her own law firm a mile from our house. They moved out of state because his company wanted him to work form their headquarters so I knew I wouldn't see them around town! I was able to learn about them just from looking online and it was kind of fun. 

I couldn't find much on the old owners of our new house... generic names and both retired. They're moving to BC so ditto on not running into them.

We plan on visiting our old neighbors so hopefully our buyer doesn't suck. Otherwise awkward!

[Deleted]

Aug 29, 2015 21:09:59 GMT -5 @starry said:

Aug 29, 2015 21:07:53 GMT -5 @supergreen said:

For Pete's sake. DH just chewed me out b/c apparently we're out of coffee. I do not drink coffee, so I rely on him to tell me when it's low so I can buy more (I do 100% of the grocery shopping). He did not tell me, so now he's out, which is apparently my fault b/c I should be "checking to see if we're out of stuff before I go grocery shopping." Seriously?! He expects me to check the coffee, milk, butter, cheese, bread, bacon, chips blah blah blah every week to see if we need more? NO. Be an adult and put it on the goddamn list when we're low. I am not keeping track of every food item in our house because he can't be bothered to write a single word on a piece of paper.

Is he in a caffeine deprivation rage?

Not that it justifies being an asshole. But I'm flashing back to my childhood where on a few vacations my normally very mild tempered mother would go completely insane when somehow she did not get her morning caffeine. :::shudders::::

But if he's just bitching and THERE'S STILL TIME even less sympathy. 

It's 10pm here, and he was going to prep the coffee maker for tomorrow morning. It's his turn to sleep in, so he's mad he won't wake up to coffee like he does every day. I'm sure one of us will end up getting Starbucks drive-thru tomorrow morning (30 min round trip) which I don't see a problem with. But apparently it's a BFD to him?! I don't understand coffee.

[lizzard]

Aug 29, 2015 19:54:19 GMT -5 @vicmo said:

I burned my hand in a stupid way making dinner - put a pot in the oven and then forgot that the handle would be 375 degrees a few minutes after it came out. Duh, Vic.

I did the same thing on Wednesday night. Ouch!

[justjen]

Aug 29, 2015 21:03:31 GMT -5 humpforfree said:

I don't know what to do about our vacation we were supposed to leave for end of next week. We were just going to my parents' house on the lake, about a 5 hour drive away. I'll be 35.5-36 weeks but there is a really good hospital/mother baby unit/nicu about 40 minutes away (our hospital is 30 away anyway).
Last night my mom called and pretty much uninvited us because she "isn't comfortable" with me being there between the drive to the hospital and the drive up and down. Gee thanks for waiting until a week before to let me know, after we've passed up other vacation opportunities all summer so that H could save his vacation time for this. So now we haven't had a family vacation all summer (H hasn't been off at all) and it's too late to really do anything else. I was so looking forward to a week of floating in the water and hanging out with H and L before 2.0 comes. L and I went for a week a few weeks ago and it was MISERABLE because h wasn't with us- I only got through it by knowing this trip was coming up.
L was delivered at 37 weeks due to low fluid. I'd had zero signs of labor prior. Fluid is very good this time and still no labor signs. I'm very comfortable with the hospital down there. We can leave to go home anytime we want. H says we should just go, but I feel like they don't want me there and also if I did go into labor they would be pissed about it, especially since we would need to leave L with them. Ugh. There aren't really many other alternative vacations closer to home, especially that would be super super cheap (less than a couple hundred dollars). Poop.

This is such a terrible thing to do to a pregnant woman! I'd be livid.

[Deleted]

I'm beat. We went to temple one hour away this morning and then my h had to work so I solo parented the rest of the day. Dd only had one 40 min nap in the car. I took her to target and she was one of "those" kids who doesn't want to sit in the cart and throws everything on the ground, while screaming. My back and hips are killing me.

[robyn]

Aug 29, 2015 20:50:43 GMT -5 @mrswindycity said:

Aug 29, 2015 20:43:15 GMT -5 robyn said:

A bad haircut is the worst! I' had one a couple of weeks ago and I still hate it. I know you probably don't want any length taken off since they cut it too short already, but is it something you could have shaped up at the salon by someone else? I hope they can make it right for you somehow

I don't know. I've been trying to figure out if some shorter layers in the front would be better, but then I worry I will look like a Christmas tree. :-\ 

I considered going really short and one of the reasons I didn't is because I hate this exact length when it's growing out. So in my head I'm like, oh I'll just do it 2" longer than that dreaded length. Yeah...nope. Sorry you hate your haircut too!

Ugh, boo!

[mcfelix]

spk926 - what are cheese curds?

humpforfree - I'd be totally pissed!! Do you think you can talk to her and have her reconsider? I mean, come on, you've been pregnant for awhile so it's not like it is a surprise that you'll be that pregnant on the trip.

[glitzy07]

Aug 29, 2015 21:28:33 GMT -5 mcfelix said:

spk926 - what are cheese curds?

humpforfree - I'd be totally pissed!! Do you think you can talk to her and have her reconsider? I mean, come on, you've been pregnant for awhile so it's not like it is a surprise that you'll be that pregnant on the trip.

SERIOUSLY!?