Vents/confessions/randoms

[bk1]

Whatever you need to get out today.

[bk1]

Baby related, feel free to ignore:

I hate how annoying it is to get a babysitter. MIL is always up for it, but runs 10-30 minutes late every time so I have to plan anything taking that into account.

My mother changes her mind last minute. So she is babysitting so I can go to the chiropractor and she offered to keep G so DH and I can go out to lunch alone. Bliss. Except 30 minutes before she was to be here she decides she wants me to take G to her. Blah blah back and forth and now she is coming to my house, which was her original plan. Stop trying to change things last minute!

Lame I know, just annoying.

[estrellita]

H is frustrating me lately. Gee keeps saying he's going to do dishes and I get up in the morning and they are still piled up in the sink. I miss having a dishwasher! He won't do anything around the house unless I nag the hell out of him. I at least attempt to do SOMETHING productive every day, even if it's something small. He does normally cook dinner, I'll give him that, but that's about it. I just want to live in a clean place and hate that I have to be the one to do it. Can't he just be responsible for once? I hate being a nag but sometimes I feel like I'm the only adult in the house!

[estrellita]

And my phone can't seem to figure out the right words. Not even fixing it right now! Stupid phone!

[MrsMB]

I'm pissy today...and I have no reason to be. I'm willing myself into a better mood!

[luv2rn4fun]

DH has been sick the past week (he got it from C and I). I am running out of patience with him because he won't stop coughing at night/early morning (which means I'm sleeping on the couch now for 3+ wks straight) but yet does things like work on my car for 12+ hr on Sat, gets up an hour early to do his workout, comes home and does a ton of work outside, and did quite a bit of work outside on Sunday as well. I would either love to be able to sleep in my own bed or at least not be woken up at 5a...or if he's going to wake me up at 5a don't decide not to do your workout because you are dizzy and then come disrupt my morning quiet time before C wakes up (and by disrupt I mean ask me a ton of questions about stuff I could care less about vs. being affectionate and want to spend quality time together...I could give up my quiet "me time" for that).

[wanderingenough]

FWP here -- I wanted to put up my Christmas tree this week (hides) because we have guests coming in town. We got an awesome deal after Christmas two years ago on a 9ft tree. Low and behold, it doesn't fit in our new house because all the main living spaces have 8 ft ceilings. I even dragged the 55lb box up from the basement "just to check" if I could somehow make it fit. I still have our old 6.5 ft tree but I wanna use our big one.

[rockinrobyn]

wanderingenough You are brave! I want to put up our Christmas decorations but feel I will be shamed.

I am just frustrated by how long my to do list is and how short H's is. Granted he is taking 18 credit hours this semester and has a ton of homework and projects, but I am getting burnt out doing all the housework and tackling things on the to do list.

[MrsMB]

wanderingenough rockinrobyn I guess I should confess that ours is already up. I am traditionally a "not until after Thanksgiving!!!" person and my DH wants it up right after October. He won this year because his family is spending Christmas with US....12 days before my DD. I figured I wanted to do it now verses later due to the exciting circumstances

[amaranth]

I just got my mom's Christmas gift for over $300 off. I am so excited! My siblings and I are replacing ALL her dishes with brand new ones. Hers were used when she got them 27 years ago, so she is going to be thrilled. And we got such a good deal.

Also, I can't decide whether to even bother decorating for Christmas. With a climbing, curious toddler it sounds like a nightmare. Plus we're gone Christmas eve and day. What would you do? I could maybe just decorate the mantel and put out stockings.

wanderingenough That would make me so sad. I'd want the big tree too.

luv2rn4fun It's no exaggerating to say sick husbands are the worst. *hugs*

[luv2rn4fun]

amaranth- we're not decorating for those exact reasons so I vote no. We'll likely do stockings bu I can't fathom staying home all day with C and constantly having to pry him from pulling the tree down. As or DH, he's not "OMG I'm so sick and useless"...just wish he would stop coughing so I can sleep next to him and maybe C would fall asleep easier.

wanderingenough- no joke, DH looks at houses with the intent that it will work for our 9' Christmas tree. ((hugs))

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amaranth I would just hang up stockings and decorate the mantel, nice and simple. Our Christmas tree and most of the ornaments were destroyed when the sump pump broke in April and flooded the basement. I don't plan to get a new tree for a while, so this year it's just going to be stockings. While I'm pretty lazy with decorating, I love when people put their stuff up early.

My sister dated a slew of duds the past year, but she just had her third date with a decent guy, and it's looking much more promising. He's going to her work Christmas party with her! I am excited.

[anyastroud]

Nov 17, 2015 14:14:41 GMT -5 amaranth said:

Also, I can't decide whether to even bother decorating for Christmas. With a climbing, curious toddler it sounds like a nightmare. Plus we're gone Christmas eve and day. What would you do? I could maybe just decorate the mantel and put out stockings.

I put my tree up 3 days before Christmas and take it down Christmas day after the kids go to bed. For this Exact reason.  It is a nightmare constantly having to tell w not to bother the tree.


I'm Judging all of you guys that have your tree up already

[bk1]

I'm thinking of putting my tree up this week. DH got it and the rest of the decorations down last weekend.


I don't even care what anyone thinks. Last year I decorated the new house and we moved over here on Christmas day, and the two years before that I didn't put up a tree at all. I have been waiting a long time to get to decorate a house I am living in! I have no idea how I will keep G off of it but whatever, I'm putting up my tree no matter what.

[awick14]

I would love to put a tree up early but for us it's not possible with our tree, as we are getting a real one. We are planning on getting our tree dec 18-19th. We always make a huge day of it. Sledding, hot coco, a big fire and cutting down a tree.

We started the tradition the year we bought our house, and it's been amazing every year since.

[MrsMB]

Nov 17, 2015 15:30:31 GMT -5 bk1 said:

I'm thinking of putting my tree up this week. DH got it and the rest of the decorations down last weekend.


I don't even care what anyone thinks. Last year I decorated the new house and we moved over here on Christmas day, and the two years before that I didn't put up a tree at all. I have been waiting a long time to get to decorate a house I am living in! I have no idea how I will keep G off of it but whatever, I'm putting up my tree no matter what.

ROCK ON!!!

[bk1]

awick14 That sounds like an awesome tradition. We had real trees when I was growing up but mine and DH's allergies couldn't handle that now.

[awick14]

DH always had a fake one growing up and I've never had a fake one. So for me it's the normal thing to do. DH loves it.

[mac08]

That sounds like a great tradition, awick14!  You and your H seem like you always make an effort to do special things together 

We have have a fake one for now but growing up I always had a real tree.  We went to an Xmas tree farm, climbed a huge hill in the snow, and cut it down ourselves.  I hope to start getting a real tree when we have a bigger place.

[amaranth]

You guys inspired me. I got all the Christmas holiday stuff out And I'm doing the mantel tonight.

[ewall]

Christmas would be my favorite holiday if it didn't involve decorating. So much work!

I thought DH and I might spend some quality time together since I'm leaving for a work trip, but he's running on the treadmill instead. So now he's not spending time with me AND he's hogging the exercise equipment. Boo.

[ewall]

Oh, and I pretty much hate FB at this point. I don't give a damn about anybody's opinions on Starbucks, Syria, etc etc. I realize that one of those topics is much more serious than the other, but the idiocy I've seen in my FB feed extends to both.

I just want to see people's pictures and how their lives are going.

[anyastroud]

LOL ya'll 
Dh is upstairs in she shower and I can hear him singing spice girls "if you want to be my Lover"
I'm dying laughing down here on the couch.

[wanderingenough]

luv2rn4fun - my h actually did the same thing! he pointed it out as soon as we picked our new house. i kept hoping I could somehow bend the top or something. Haha

[HoneySpider]

I don't care what other people do but there will be no Christmas in my house until Thanksgiving is over!

[luv2rn4fun]

Nov 17, 2015 21:28:07 GMT -5 wanderingenough said:

luv2rn4fun - my h actually did the same thing! he pointed it out as soon as we picked our new house. i kept hoping I could somehow bend the top or something. Haha

Aw, bummer . Sorry it's not working out- that would be very frustrating. Too bad you don't have normal 10' ceilings...then you could try a 9' tree or compromise with a 8' tree.

amaranth- way to go! Enjoy decorating!!

awick14- your tradition sounds lovely! DH also had a fake tree growing up and my family always had a real tree. I would love a real tree but I realize I would lose that battle many years with DH and I would rather have a tree vs no tree at all. And it's much easier to take care of and cheaper in the long run. But it sure is nice to come home to the smell of fresh pine

[awick14]

Nov 17, 2015 22:03:53 GMT -5 HoneySpider said:

I don't care what other people do but there will be no Christmas in my house until Thanksgiving is over!

Can my defense be that we use Remembrance Day as our "no decorations until _______". Mainly because our thanksgiving is so early.

[awick14]

mac08- we are trying to start traditions and spend time together as much as possible. We started making our own traditions after TTC. We had always figured that we would wait until we had kids to start our own traditions but then we realized if that wasn't happening then we would just do it anyways.

DH and I learned years ago when I worked out of town (2-3 weeks away, 1-2 weeks home.) that the money I made wasn't everything and spending time together was so much more important.

luv2rn4fun- we are able to go out into the bush and cut our own tree down for free. All you need is a chainsaw and a truck to put the tree in. (You print a paper off online that gives you a permit to cut the tree.)

[luv2rn4fun]

awick14- that's awesome! DH would love to do something like that (me too)! Too bad we don't have that option around here...trees are anywhere $40-100+.

[awick14]

luv2rn4fun- the years we haven't cut down our old tree we have bought trees and they cost $30-$100 here, I couldn't imagine paying that every year. I'd then get a fake one and buy pine scented car fresheners to hang around the middle of the tree. I LOVE the smell of pine in the house.