My house is so overwhelming. It's tiny and Christmas exploded. We need to move. I just want to cry. My H is stressed from work and, I hate to say it, but he is bringing a lot of it on himself. He needs to relax. A good friend got married yesterday. I couldn't go and neither could a few other friends. One friend sent the bride an email and signed all of our names. Nice gesture and not a big deal, but the email was kind of weird and not something I'd send to a friend on her wedding day. Anyway, nothing too exciting. Just little thoughts on my mind.
Post by MixedBerryJam on Dec 30, 2015 9:43:42 GMT -5
One of my gifts for Christmas was a $25 gift card to Omaha Steaks. I went on the website and found a few little things, sauces and such, that totaled $21. Knowing there would be shipping charges, I wanted to leave a few dollars unspent and figured I'd pay any overage with a cc. So I check out and my $21 purchase has a shipping fee of $16. I guess I'll be driving to my local Omaha Steak store soon. Fortunately it's only a few miles away.
Soooo tiiirrrreeed. We just got back from our holiday vacation, 14h drive, at 2am. And now I'm at work. This is no fun.
DS almost fell out a door on Christmas day. Like the door was open and he was leaning out, back first while holding onto a box. There is a foot+ drop onto concrete steps, and he wouldn't have had a prayer of breaking his fall with anything but his head. And because of the box between us, I very nearly didn't catch him in time (I didn't realize the screen door wasn't latched until it started opening). I honestly don't think my blood pressure has ever spiked like that in my life, and I keep thinking about it almost a week later.
Also, DS has been at daycare for an hour. They just called to let me know he had a head bump. Really, kid? A week off for RSV and then a week of super awesome vacation, and you can't just chill at school?? lol
ETA: Oh! And I made my dietbet weigh-in for this month this morning. I seriously have NO idea how I did that. I tried to be good about portion sizes without actually saying no to, um, anything. lol. And I had a blizzard in the car on the way home last night. I'm pretty damn proud of myself!
I took a melatonin last night and shut my eyes to go to sleep at exactly 9:01pm and didn't wake up once until 5:22am. And then back to sleep until my alarm at 6am. After almost a week of not-great sleep because of having people stay at my place it was glorious.
BF and I decided to skip a NYE party we were invited to (it's a backyard dinner thing, they asked people to contribute $50pp and byob...uhhh...no thanks) and just cook dinner at home and have a Homeland marathon and I'm super psyched
I'm so anxious for the new year to get started. My final divorce hearing is next Friday, then just the name change process (ugh). And I've written up a new budget and it's tight, but I want to get really serious about my finances so it's got to be done. I'm ready for 2016!
We are not big NYE people and it is actually pretty nice. We will take the girls to Uno's (around here they do a special NYE celebration early with a balloon drop and sparkling cider) and we will most likely have the girls in bed by 8.
Then my mom will have them at her place on Friday night!
All 3 kids are sick and the little one is teething.
My H is on thirds now, and today is the first day he went to sleep before noon. He laid down around 830-845. Except he decided to sleep in our 3 yo's room. There is no possible way for me to keep all 3 kids and the dog quiet because that room is also the play room and is right next to the living room.
IT didn't install a program I use regularly correctly on my new computer. Apparently it was in trial mode. Our guy is fixing it now, but this is seriously killing my mojo. I got here early and have been so focused. Ugh. I really want to finish this project today.
Day seven of being home with my 4YO. I thought things were going fairly well but maybe not. Last night he told me, "Mama, I need a minute. Can you go away please?"
Related, I've discovered that coffee with eggnog used as creamer and a dash of rum is awesome.
I know this is a randoms thread, but I have a flameful, and I know it's a flameful.
My family really annoys me with their gift-giving. They are gifts; I should be thankful no matter what. But they want me to put together a list every year, so I put together an amazon list, and then they get me sort of what I asked for, but not really. I wanted a thin-packing gym towel for after I shower at the gym; I put a large one on my list. My mom got me a little hand-towel. I wanted an electric blanket, and I picked one out that was affordable but still had a function to tell it to automatically shut off after a certain period of time, so that you could fall asleep with it. My sister got me an electric blanket that does not have the shut-off function, so I can't use it when falling asleep. I wanted kitchen shears and had broken several pairs before, so I wrote that I wanted a specific brand because they are more durable. My mom got me a cheap-o pair. Just get what's on the list, people!
Okay. I'm done being ungrateful, so I'll either use what they gave me or sell/donate it and buy what I want. I love my family.
I know this is a randoms thread, but I have a flameful, and I know it's a flameful.
My family really annoys me with their gift-giving.
Same. Every year, I set up different wish lists for different sides of the family with things for DD. They request a list, I send a list. Easy peasy. Dad, though, asks for the list and buys NOTHING ON IT. At all.
DD has a very narrow room. So while it's long, with the windows/doors/closet/bathroom, etc., there's only so much space in there. This is the second year of my Dad/sMom buying her pieces of furniture. Last year, it was a princessed-out vanity with seat. (sigh) I moved some things around, took out a night stand and jammed it along the wall. This year, it's a wiiiiiiiiiiiiide princessy dresser. What the ever loving fuck?!
Last year, I asked them not to do that again, very politely, as space is limited in my small condo. Why they bought her furniture again this year, I'll never know. Especially since she's already filled to the gills with a bed, dresser, book shelves, toy storage, dress-up station. STOP BUYING PEOPLE, especially CHILDREN, FURNITURE!!! I'm grateful they buy things she DOES like and appreciate the gesture, but HOLY SHIT you should never buy people furniture unless they request it. So now DD is torn between keeping the vanity or keeping the dresser and I am ticked they put her in that position.
The real kicker? They leave it in the box, so not only do I have to find a way to cram it into my already-full-of-presents sedan on the way home, I have to haul it upstairs and then build it. (sigh).
Post by pantsparty on Dec 30, 2015 11:49:38 GMT -5
I am dragging ass these past couple of days. I wish I could just take the next couple of days off, but I need to close out the month. Plus I brought a cold back home from Michigan, yuck.
I watched Straight Outta Compton on the plane ride back (like, it was actually available to watch, which I thought was weird, but whatever) so now I've been obsessively Googling to find out more of the REAL story.
H and I exchanged gifts last night! So spoiled. I loved everything, which is shocking because he bought everything off my curated Amazon wishlist. LOL. He got me a heated brush, a Fujifilm Instax Mini 90, the book Wool, The Food Lab cookbook, a spiralizer, and a BUTTER KNIFE! I am most tickled over the butter knife, LOL.
I thought all Christmas cookies that came in a tin were equal (you know, the danish butter cookies). I have been sadly mistaken, as my recent clearance cookie acquisition is disappointment in a tin. Good thing they were only 75 cents.
Apparently M (5 1/2 years) can thread her own sewing machine. I'm really glad she has my mom for this crap. She definitely would never have learned that from me!
Post by stephm0188 on Dec 30, 2015 21:02:37 GMT -5
Paying for shipping irritates me a lot. I went shopping yesterday and couldn't find any of the items I wanted in my size in store. Running capris that were on sale for $21.99 become a lot less appealing when tacking on an extra $9 for shipping.