Post by mrs.jacinthe on Nov 30, 2012 10:11:22 GMT -5
I have crap to post that isn't important enough for it's own post. Add your own.
1. Last night sometime a mega-huge branch, at least a foot in diameter, fell off a dead tree in our front yard (we rent, tree disposal is deferred maintenance by our LL. Sigh.) It missed my car by about 2 feet and knocked the top off the hose bib by our pond, creating Mt. St. Helen in water in our front yard. So R had to go out there in the rainy dark, assess the situation, move my car, and find the master shut-off valve. All in a bathrobe. LOL Good thing it was dark.
2. I went for a run last night to work off some frustration and it felt SO good. I need to do that more often.
3. I usually buy generic grocery store coffee creamer, but last time around, R bought me the CoffeeMate stuff and it sucks. It's practically flavorless and not sweet at all, so I have to add splenda to my coffee. Wow, FWP much?
4. We have a giant jug of orange juice in the fridge and neither of us drinks oj. I'm thinking about buying a bottle of champagne to help it disappear faster.
I let Rubes watch way too much tv lately. I'd go down in Bump flames for sure. Whatever, she loves it, she's happy. She's still perfectly well adjusted. At least she loves the weather radar,Sesame Street, Einstein and the like. Educational, right?
I'm not pg, and we're not TTC yet, but I'm still obsessed with baby names. I don't necessarily love DH's favorite girl name, but I can't let it go. I feel like even though I don't 100% love it, I would regret not using it because it is an awesome name (Colette).
Totally! H watches weather radar for his job so it's on in the background a lot. I noticed when she was a little bitty newborn the radar colored "blobs" would fasincate her and the voice would settle her right down.
Now she likes watching the colors move apparently.
Hey, I'm assuming she's learning geography and weather patterns out of the deal.
H always comes in at lunch and asks her, "So what's the radar look like? Any snow yet?" Hilarious.
Whatever. She's like her mom. Requires a lot of background noise (although I prefer the radio). She plays well and does a lot in her day otherwise, but she gets kinds of whiny and clingy without the noise.
I'm not pg, and we're not TTC yet, but I'm still obsessed with baby names. I don't necessarily love DH's favorite girl name, but I can't let it go. I feel like even though I don't 100% love it, I would regret not using it because it is an awesome name (Colette).
Colette is awesome. My Mom has a variation of it for a name which is Rubes' middle name. I love everything about it from the way it's spelled to the way it sounds. My mom LOVES her name too. She always says it's simple, pretty, gets lots of compliments but people aren't all "WTF is that for a name?!"
I also think it makes a lovely sibset with ToddlerWop!
I'm not pg, and we're not TTC yet, but I'm still obsessed with baby names. I don't necessarily love DH's favorite girl name, but I can't let it go. I feel like even though I don't 100% love it, I would regret not using it because it is an awesome name (Colette).
Colette is awesome. My Mom has a variation of it for a name which is Rubes' middle name. I love everything about it from the way it's spelled to the way it sounds. My mom LOVES her name too. She always says it's simple, pretty, gets lots of compliments but people aren't all "WTF is that for a name?!"
I also think it makes a lovely sibset with ToddlerWop!
Yeah, I get a lot of compliments on it when I mention it to people. I love that it's ridiculously uncommon (hasn't been on the top 1000 SSA name list since the 1980's), yet still normal. We'll see though. We might end up with a boy next and it won't matter, which is ok with me :-)
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Nov 30, 2012 11:05:34 GMT -5
Oh! I have another one. I totally don't understand automated soap dispensers for like 95% of situations. The marketing for these things says "soap dispensers are one of the 10 germiest things in your house!"
Well, yes. They are. Because I pump soap into my hand BEFORE it is clean. So touching the soap dispenser in order to get soap results in my hand getting dirtier - right before I clean it. Right? Am I missing something here?
I also don't think people think about the faucet they're touching. If you have dirty hands, and you turn on the faucet, get soap, wash and then touch the dirty faucet again to turn the water off...yeah, you just touched the germs you were trying to get off your hands again. This is why automatic faucets make more sense than automatic soap.
1. This baby is still totally nameless. Time is going by waaay too quickly.
2. DH has suddenly developed an opinion on light fixtures. "Are you sure you don't want the same hall light we had at our other house?" "I really think the semi-flush-mount looks better with a nipple than without." "I do NOT like those shades." I was ready to shank someone in the lighting aisle last night.
1. This baby is still totally nameless. Time is going by waaay too quickly.
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My child was nameless until 24 hours AFTER she was born. We actually called her "nameless baby" through my entire pregnancy.
I think this makes much more sense than having names picked out before you are even pregnant.
Our oldest daughter was named when the nurse asked me her name while she was cleaning her up and I blurted it out. We had narrowed it down to a couple of favorites, but the one she has is the one that was the right fit, (and wasn't the name that I had been favoring while pregnant), which I wouldn't have known before seeing/holding her. Also, I knew with our second daughter that none of the name options that we had chosen for the the first one would be a fit, and I was right. Totally different pregnancy and kid...none of the names would have matched her personality.
TBM, I think we're going to just go to the hospital with a list of favorites. (We also don't know if it's a boy or a girl.) I do need to work on narrowing down a list, though, LOL!
DH doesn't like pets AT ALL. Dogs, cats, birds, nothing. He is okay with fish but I don't consider those to be ideal family pets. Well, I was on pinterest the other day and there was this adorable picture of an english bulldog pup and I showed it to DH. He actually said "If I were to get a dog, that is what I would get." What?! Who is this man and what has he done with my husband? I think I'm wearing him down one cute puppy pic at a time.
DH doesn't like pets AT ALL. Dogs, cats, birds, nothing. He is okay with fish but I don't consider those to be ideal family pets. Well, I was on pinterest the other day and there was this adorable picture of an english bulldog pup and I showed it to DH. He actually said "If I were to get a dog, that is what I would get." What?! Who is this man and what has he done with my husband? I think I'm wearing him down one cute puppy pic at a time.
R would have said he wasn't a pet person until he met Cat. And now he's just a huge mush-face around animals. Perhaps you should start with photos and then move to in-person exposure.
DH doesn't like pets AT ALL. Dogs, cats, birds, nothing. He is okay with fish but I don't consider those to be ideal family pets. Well, I was on pinterest the other day and there was this adorable picture of an english bulldog pup and I showed it to DH. He actually said "If I were to get a dog, that is what I would get." What?! Who is this man and what has he done with my husband? I think I'm wearing him down one cute puppy pic at a time.
This is my H. He downright despises pets. Like if it doesn't moo we can't own it.
He's mellowing now. Rubes is obsessed with the barn cats and he didn't bat an eye when I said we're getting a goat in the spring. He's really anti-dog but is all mushy now because Rubes loves them.
1. This baby is still totally nameless. Time is going by waaay too quickly.
2. DH has suddenly developed an opinion on light fixtures. "Are you sure you don't want the same hall light we had at our other house?" "I really think the semi-flush-mount looks better with a nipple than without." "I do NOT like those shades." I was ready to shank someone in the lighting aisle last night.
1. We went to the hospital with a list too. Not even a narrowed down one. We had like 10 names. In labor we cut it to 4. Then the dr. made a comment about never having a "Ruby" and that's how she got her name..lol. Names are important for sure, but I do think people way overanalyze it.
2. Tell Mr. SJH to sit home and have a relaxing girly drink you casually browse light fixtures at Lowe's.