Someone posted on FB about rainbow chip icing back in stores ( @bunnybean maybe?)
Anyways I bought some today and made rainbow chip cupcakes and icing. It was pretty disappointing. It tasted way to chemically. H and I have been eating better with little sugar so I think our taste might be changing or rainbow chip is no Bueno.
Post by Velar Fricative on Sept 1, 2015 20:59:08 GMT -5
I will just bury this in here, PDQ.
It's September, so I would have been due this month. I'm doing okay so far, but it's only the 1st. Anyway, I feel like I have no business grieving considering I terminated my pregnancy. No one is making me feel this way but it's just what I'm feeling right now. I have no regrets at all and overall I've been fine 3.5 months after the D&E (aside from when I hear/read the bullshit being spewed among the GOP POTUS candidates which makes me want to throw shit), but at the same time I wish I was having a baby this month.
I know most people here have not been in a TFMR situation or would rather not publicize they were, but I just wanted to let this out and a Confessions thread felt as good as place as any.
We told people after DD was born we didn't want visitors for a week. 7 days to enjoy our new family while DH was on 'paternity leave'. MIL and SIL still called to see if they could come over. After DH had told them before DD was born what would happen and how they were to be respectful of our new family.
I feel like the same thing is going to happen after this baby and I'm already annoyed. I haven't seen them since June though so maybe that streak can keep going.
Post by Velar Fricative on Sept 1, 2015 21:03:06 GMT -5
DH's MIL won't drive to us either.
Like mother, like daughter - my mom didn't start driving until age 36 and sticks with the roads/parkways she is familiar with near her house. I didn't start driving for real until age 32 but I do drive anywhere and everywhere after only 6 months of regular driving.
But yeah, the OP situation would frustrate me a ton.
Huge hugs Velar. You're allowed to feel anyway you want about this. even someone who has gone through the same situation can't tell you how, what, or when to feel anything. I wish you peace this month.
And now since MIL has decided she can't drive on highways DH has to drive her up to see BIL in the hospital on Thursday, stay until Friday night and then go back to pick her up Monday. It is a 2.5 hour trip each way and is totally screwing our weeks plans.
I don't really know how to put my foot down about this but come on. It is DS's Bday on Saturday and I'm 8+ months pregnant.
Uber? Cab? At some point it may be financially worth it.
Endless hugs Velar Fricative. I have been thinking about you a lot the past couple weeks. You are entitled to however you feel and no one would think otherwise. the circumstances are irrelevant.
Omg, Velar, you should feel NOT ONE SINGLE OUNCE OF GUILT over grieving. You made a choice that was right for you and your family. That doesn't negate your right to grieve. At all. I am so sorry.
Velar Fricative I think however you want to feel is the right way to feel. I wish there was something perfect to say, but there isn't and for that I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you or anyone have to go through this and the resulting emotions. Big hugs to you and your DH.
Here's my confession about car seats: every time I consider switching DD I go watch the video that shows what their necks do when they are FF and that is enough for me to put up with her back there.
Now THAT, my friends, is confession-worthy! Salty-sweet combos are the most amazing thing on earth- salted caramel, salted chocolate, chocolate-covered pretzels, ground-beef stuffed plantains...
I really don't understand it. I like salty foods, and I like chocolate. But for whatever reason when they go together I'm just like meh. Except for chocolate covered pretzels. I can eat a ton of those.
DD breakfast sandwiches are the best of the fast food options IMO. DD has an egg white with veggies option which McD's may now have. McD's does not have turkey sausage and DD does which makes a difference for me. Also DD offers those small wraps when you want a little something with egg but not an entire sandwich.
What the...
You do not rate fast food breakfast options on healthiness, lol.
anna7602 I don't eat a lot of breakfast sandwiches (though they are my guilty pleasure, that's for sure) but of those 2, it's McD's hands down.
Well I did not say anything about choosing DD because it's healthy, you assumed. My meat-eating consists of poultry and lamb so that eliminates the sausage at McD's so turkey sausage at DD is actually an option for me. Also I like the egg white patty. I think the veggie bits make it interesting. For me, my options at DD are better. All I can usually get at McD's is an Egg McMuffin. I mean if I'm going to be eating eggs and cheese, I may as well eat it on a croissant at DD. I could get McD's southern style chicken biscuit but I'm pretty sure my brother did an exhausting search one year and concluded that the ones in this area don't carry that. Oh wait, DD has it! I don't really like it though so I almost never get it.
You do not rate fast food breakfast options on healthiness, lol.
anna7602 I don't eat a lot of breakfast sandwiches (though they are my guilty pleasure, that's for sure) but of those 2, it's McD's hands down.
Well I did not say anything about choosing DD because it's healthy, you assumed. My meat-eating consists of poultry and lamb so that eliminates the sausage at McD's so turkey sausage at DD is actually an option for me. Also I like the egg white patty. I think the veggie bits make it interesting. For me, my options at DD are better. All I can usually get at McD's is an Egg McMuffin. I mean if I'm going to be eating eggs and cheese, I may as well eat it on a croissant at DD. I could get McD's southern style chicken biscuit but I'm pretty sure my brother did an exhausting search one year and concluded that the ones in this area don't carry that. Oh wait, DD has it! I don't really like it though so I almost never get it.
DD's "eggs" (I use that term loosely) are packaged and microwaved, vs McD's cooked fresh on the grill. I hardly ever get McD's because there's a Dunks on about every corner around here, and I don't do fast food breakfast often, but if we're comparing egg n cheese sandwiches McDs wins hands down. I wish Dunks would get it together and find a way to serve better eggs. They have the worst English muffins too, and they're never toasted well. The croissant is pretty good though.
Omg, Velar, you should feel NOT ONE SINGLE OUNCE OF GUILT over grieving. You made a choice that was right for you and your family. That doesn't negate your right to grieve. At all. I am so sorry.
This is what I wanted to say. Of course you have the right to grieve. There is nothing wrong with however you feel. Allow yourself to feel it. (((Velar Fricative)))
So many hugs Velar Fricative. You are 100% entitled to grieving - you lost a member of your family and that is all that matters. Keeping you and your family in my thoughts.
And sorry, it IS in fact more comfortable to FF than RF. Sure kids are more flexible, but give me a break. Who wants to sit in a cross legged or squat position for hours on end, day after day?
Not to mention motion sickness and plain boredom. We'll keep ds2 RF until close to 2 I imagine (or if he starts fighting the carseat) but I certainly don't intend to extended RF.
I want to buy my kid an atrocious plastic toddler bed, but all the awesome ones are boy-ish--pirate ships and race cars! Why don't they have anything cool like that for girls?
Ds2 has been beating matchbox cars off of ds1's head all morning. While I keep stopping him and telling him to be gentle, inwardly I'm like "TAKE THAT DS1! HOW DO YOU LIKE IT? HUH?" since he's usually the one doing the intentional bonking.