DH decided to spring it on me last night that my ILs are coming to town TONIGHT. Not to mention they are staying with us and I am expected to make dinner. Yay? Trying to look on the bright side that they will be leaving on Friday night and I will have my entire weekend. It's only until tomorrow night is a mantra I am chanting in my head.
I feel bad posting this but its too fun not to share. A girl on my BMB just posted "teasers" from her mat photos. She has been a regular, and fairly nice, so I feel bad, but they're kind of a hot mess, lol. The potato chips on her shelf slay me. community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/66596654.aspx
Those.cannot.be.real.
Please?
There is so much crap in that photo (and the dirty fridge) that it looks like a kitchen from Hoarders.
Eclaires- I have weird sunscreen sensitivities too. Most sunscreens give me heat rash. I used to use ban de soleil, but I can't find it anymore. I've also found that Alba sunscreen doesn't make my face sting.
...Aaaaaaaand I just booked my flights to Cincy in mid-November so we can have even MORE people at the GTG if harpy moves there. Just sayin'
YAY for booked Cincy flights! We have some definite possibilities for tailgate possibilities so far, and I'm sure more will pop up by then...SO excited
Yes! How fun. I look forward to adding another fab P&CE-er to my GTG list.
Post by meshaliuknits on Jun 14, 2012 10:43:51 GMT -5
Aw, bunny. I'm sorry. I know how much you love the kittehs.
My ILs are moving to WA in September. FIL was talking to H about visiting after that and he said "we'll stay in a hotel..." SIL said something similar about visiting CA one last time while they have somewhere free to stay (ILs). H and I are trying to figure out if they don't want to stay with us b/c they think our house is icky, we give off a vibe or if they think our cats will steal their breath. I think it's the latter.
We're moving this weekend. My 4.5 yo has been acting out, having meltdowns and this morning DH called me to tell me that she was hysterical at daycare dropoff this morning (yeah, really helpful DH what am I supposed to do about that?) She starts a new daycare/preschool on Monday and she is having so much anxiety about it. She's been at her current place since she was 5 months old. I am doing everything in my power to help her through this change but it's breaking my heart to see her go through this. I just want to know that she will be ok and this won't damage her for life!
Aw, bunny. I'm sorry. I know how much you love the kittehs.
My ILs are moving to WA in September. FIL was talking to H about visiting after that and he said "we'll stay in a hotel..." SIL said something similar about visiting CA one last time while they have somewhere free to stay (ILs). H and I are trying to figure out if they don't want to stay with us b/c they think our house is icky, we give off a vibe or if they think our cats will steal their breath. I think it's the latter.
Isn't this a perk of having the cats, then?
Apparently! They should list that as a benefit when you adopt them.
2. The reason I haven't participated in the mad men discussion is because I haven't seen it. I haven't seen it because Dish fucking sucks and deleted AMC from our lineup. We were so mad we canceled Dish the next day and are waiting for Comcast to arrive.
Post by mominatrix on Jun 14, 2012 11:29:48 GMT -5
I want to fucking scream!
I'm dealing with two completely assinine situations (and apparently, I can't spell assenine, and I don't fucking care).
1. is the stupid garbage around the girl's school. I can't tell you how incredibly stressful it is not to know whether the school she's waitlisted for is going to open another room, a room she'd get into. If it doesn't we're in our neighborhood school, which is crazycakes scary... so we'd want to get on a waitlist for another school. But the district won't even say when they're going to make the decision, nevermind what the decision is. :@
2. The nonprofit that I do a lot of work with is imploding, big time. There are huge issues with internal politics, disbanding of kind-or-required-by-the-bylaws boards, and a whole lot of other crap.
Like this... there are a good number of volunteers. You used to have to pay a minimal dues. Now, they've changed it to having to pay an "assessment". Basically, each level of the organization, up to internationally, assesses $ to the level below it. So, if USA says that they need $50M next year, they tell each of the states to come up with $1M (the numbers aren't that big or round, but bear with me). The state turns around and says to its 100 volunteers, "OK, in order to be allowed to volunteer with us next year, you have to pay 1/100 of the $1M that we owe to USA." Cut a check.
It's more complicated than that, but it turns out that each of us is being required to pay $100, which might not seem like a whole lot... but in the voting on whether or not to do it (I'm on a committee that votes on such things for the whole organization), when I say, that it's bassackwards to be relying on the volunteers to be the main financial contributors (cus, you know, we're also VOLUNTEERING our time) I got my head handed to me on a big, shiny platter. Oh, and having the organization say "we want this much, pay up" without so much as a by-your-leave giving us a chance to ask WTF it's for... well, you can guess how I feel about that.
Oh, and despite the fact that it's by no means voluntary (like, if you don't pay by a date certain, you're out, not voluntary), and one person on the chat board is getting apoplectic about how much BENEFIT we all get from this money... apparently, people are trying to convince me it's a tax deductible donation....but, you know, they wouldn't say that to the actual people who are paying it, because they wouldn't want to be liable for anything.
HEYJUDE, OMG, G is so adorable and gorgeous! LOOK AT HER!
IIOY - I was worried we were going to have a too small swimsuit situation, actually. I grabbed that one and forgot it was from November when we went to the beach. But luckily, it still fit b/c Scarlett is pretty small still (it's 12-18m). Jackson does the same as your DD, though. He manages to find some clothing item that was meant for the donation or sell bin and insists on wearing it. drives me insane.
We're moving this weekend. My 4.5 yo has been acting out, having meltdowns and this morning DH called me to tell me that she was hysterical at daycare dropoff this morning (yeah, really helpful DH what am I supposed to do about that?) She starts a new daycare/preschool on Monday and she is having so much anxiety about it. She's been at her current place since she was 5 months old. I am doing everything in my power to help her through this change but it's breaking my heart to see her go through this. I just want to know that she will be ok and this won't damage her for life!
Aww poor thing She will be OK though - it will just take time. Kids are resilient.
Missuss those pictures are....,different, that's for sure.
My nieces came to meet Will this morning. I love them. And ignore the snuggies on the back of our couch. I don't even pretend to clean currently and I love my damn snuggie.
(the girls had just driven 2 hours to drop Dad off at the airport hence the pjs.). I also swear my brother can afford new jeans (well now that he is post residency ha.)
Post by 2curlydogs on Jun 14, 2012 11:59:27 GMT -5
I am waiting for the vet to call me back so we can discuss Lucky's biopsy results. I hate waiting. I've been waiting since Tuesday. Call me! Augh.
I have tomorrow off. AT&T is coming to get rid of Time Warner. It'll cost us $70 less a month and we'll be getting better service. Suck it, TWC.
I'm so excited about H's Father's Day present. I just need to buy the frames for the photos and wrap everything. I think he's going to love it.
B is talking up a storm these days, now with "sentences" like "bye bye doggies!" He also must give the dogs their goodbye cookies and feed them dinner. He gets all pissed if you do it instead of him when trying to rush thru things. *sigh*
Post by 2curlydogs on Jun 14, 2012 12:24:54 GMT -5
Just got off the phone with the vet. She's pretty convinced it's a tumor. My baby dog has to have surgery. He might have cancer. I'm trying not to hyperventilate.
Just got off the phone with the vet. She's pretty convinced it's a tumor. My baby dog has to have surgery. He might have cancer. I'm trying not to hyperventilate.
Just got off the phone with the vet. She's pretty convinced it's a tumor. My baby dog has to have surgery. He might have cancer. I'm trying not to hyperventilate.
Oh no...I'm so sorry! I hope it's not cancer and it will be an easy surgery.
Hugs, curly! I hope it is not cancer and it's something that the surgery takes care of.
But if it is cancer, I know that Purdue University's vet school does all kinds of cancer treatments (w/ good success rates) for dogs. My aunt and uncle took their dog there. I'm sure that other universities do too, so it might be something to look into depending on what you find out.
Just got off the phone with the vet. She's pretty convinced it's a tumor. My baby dog has to have surgery. He might have cancer. I'm trying not to hyperventilate.
We're moving this weekend. My 4.5 yo has been acting out, having meltdowns and this morning DH called me to tell me that she was hysterical at daycare dropoff this morning (yeah, really helpful DH what am I supposed to do about that?) She starts a new daycare/preschool on Monday and she is having so much anxiety about it. She's been at her current place since she was 5 months old. I am doing everything in my power to help her through this change but it's breaking my heart to see her go through this. I just want to know that she will be ok and this won't damage her for life!
Aww poor thing She will be OK though - it will just take time. Kids are resilient.
And I'm sorry about your kitten bunny
Thank you... I keep thinking things like we're leaving the house we brought them home too, they started walking here, etc etc...so it's not surprising she's having a hard time with it all (and according to my mom, developmentally it's a good thing that she's recognizing change, trying to process it, etc). Like mother, like daughter I guess.
Post by 2curlydogs on Jun 14, 2012 12:54:35 GMT -5
eclaires - yeah, we have the UW vet school out in Madison. They're awesome. I just worry cause I don't know what treatment will or will not be possible because of his Addison's Disease. Hell, just the surgery could conceivably cause him to have a crisis (vet thinks this is unlikely, though), which can be life-threatening in itself. Should it be malignant, would radiation or chemo even be possible with his condition? Hell if I know.
And apparently the incision to remove it is huge. How on earth do I keep a Portuguese Water Dog calm so he can heal without him destroying shit from boredom? Or keeping Indy from playing and wrassling with him? And calming a toddler who freaked out when Lucky had the cone of doom on a week ago (he kept pointing at Lucky, crying and saying "Owie!" and "No!" and "OFF!").
*beats head against wall* Ugh. So much in the air. I do not deal well with situations like this.