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[cowplanet]

cocopuff, shit doesn't get done at our house. Every day is triage.

[Knitter]

Jun 9, 2016 11:01:22 GMT -5 cowplanet said:

cocopuff, shit doesn't get done at our house. Every day is triage.

+1 I'm learning to be ok with nothing but the minimum getting done right now.

Laundry is clean but never put away, toys everywhere, amazon boxes stacked in my office, just stuff all over.

But I go to the gym, we go for walks, we eat good food. I'm focusing on the stuff that makes me feel good and right now it's all about my health.

I'll catch up on the house when I'm finally getting a decent nights sleep again.

[sdfonz619]

Jun 9, 2016 10:57:07 GMT -5 Knitter said:

G is napping in the car so I'm hanging out in the BRU parking lot with a Timmie's (coffee) playing with my new cars settings.

I'm going to run in and get that pop n play yard when he wakes up.

It's weird, it's like my car but not and everything is wrong. I love that it's new but hate that it's unfamiliar :/ also I'm terrified that I'm going to crash it. I never had an accident in my life until we bought our first brand new car 4 years ago, then we had 3 accidents :/

Both big kids noticed right away. I didn't realize that new car would be so much darker.

I was just telling MW last night that I love these SUV's!

[txshep]

Well, they accepted our offer. Now to worry about them securing financing, our house reaching proper appraisal value, and our house passing inspection... I guess I should also worry about being homeless since we have no where else to live yet.

[hypotheticalme]

sdfonz619, my endocrinologist just said not to take levothyroxine with coffee. She said they're not sure if it's the caffeine or something else, but it messes with absorption. No idea on tea!

Things are good here. We're making a cross country trip for a family reunion this weekend-basically flying all day with both kids for two days of visiting. I'm not looking forward to it.

Also we're putting an offer on a house! They're reviewing offers on Sunday so hopefully we get good news before getting on the plane on Monday. The place is awesome, and it's in a great location with fantastic schools. If we get it we shouldn't have to move for a very long time, if at all!

[uclameghan]

Jun 9, 2016 10:23:38 GMT -5 cocopuff said:

I took a half day to go to M's 9 month well baby visit. It was supposed to be a nice morning and Glen and I were going to go to brelafasf between dropping A at school and going to M's dr appt. Glen decided it was the perfect time for him to "getting things done" and left at 7:45 to run errands. I had to get everyone ready and out the door, which was way harder than I anticipated.

I'm finally home and Glen is still out doing whatever. I'm annoyed because it's been a few weeks of him taking off to do things as soon as I'm home. He's not off duty just because I'm home. We are snippy with each other and I'm short tempered with A, which makes me feel guilty.

I don't know how two working parents do it. There aren't enough hours in the day to get shit done with just me working!

You are correct - there just aren't enough hours in the day.

[jessiespano]

Jun 9, 2016 9:46:56 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

FX for you! nomnom

jessiespano, Sounds like that is exactly what H is doing and is making me wonder if this is why M has been up for 2+ hours MOTN to nurse on and off before falling back to sleep. Last night was a little better. I hope you get some sleep and relief soon!

It's crazy. I also wonder if he's working on my supply because I feel like it's dipping a bit. I just need a break, kiddo!

[Knitter]

Jun 9, 2016 11:26:12 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

I was just telling MW last night that I love these SUV's!

We really love ours! It's nice and big for our flock, but not quite a mini van.

[sdfonz619]

Jun 9, 2016 11:53:01 GMT -5 jessiespano said:

Jun 9, 2016 9:46:56 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

FX for you! nomnom

jessiespano , Sounds like that is exactly what H is doing and is making me wonder if this is why M has been up for 2+ hours MOTN to nurse on and off before falling back to sleep. Last night was a little better. I hope you get some sleep and relief soon!

It's crazy. I also wonder if he's working on my supply because I feel like it's dipping a bit. I just need a break, kiddo!

I feel like we are in the exact same boat. I feel like my supply has been dipping also. Granted, I'm sick, but even before I noticed a decrease in my pumping output at work.

[sdfonz619]

Jun 9, 2016 11:54:25 GMT -5 Knitter said:

Jun 9, 2016 11:26:12 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

I was just telling MW last night that I love these SUV's!

We really love ours! It's nice and big for our flock, but not quite a mini van.

We have a little beater we are looking to replace so I'll have check this out.

[ugotstarbucked]

Eloise slept in until 8. We also had her 9 month appointment- big, healthy baby here!

I just got CFA for lunch. Holy moly, how have I never had frosted lemonade before? It was amazeballs.

[lilylove31]

I haven't posted in a few days, but I still lurk and love tit almost everyday.
Is it possible for babies who have only ever really been bottle fed (since 4 weeks old) to all of a sudden reject the bottle? I dread bottle times with O lately. Usually he is crying through almost the whole bottle or just not interested, but if we take it away he cries harder. Well last night I'd finally had enough so I dumped his formula in his sippy cup and he chugged all 7oz down in less than 5 minutes and held the cup himself the whole time. Should we just go with it and just use sippy cups and kick the bottle this early?

[nomnom]

lilylove31 Go with whatever works.

cocopuff Two working parents survive one day at a time, same as everyone else. :-)

[ugotstarbucked]

lilylove31 if he's over the bottle switch to a sippy or straw cup. A bottle isn't necessary at this age I don't think. Save your sanity!

[txshep]

Jun 9, 2016 12:26:18 GMT -5 nomnom said:

cocopuff Two working parents survive one day at a time, same as everyone else. :-)

100% this. I work 50 hour weeks, and DH works 60-70 hour weeks... sometimes you're just running on autopilot.

[mrsb1008]

Jun 9, 2016 11:01:22 GMT -5 cowplanet said:

cocopuff, shit doesn't get done at our house. Every day is triage.

+1 for this.

Laundry gets done, but not always away. Stuff is scattered all over and we're just barely keeping up. I keep telling H that he needs to relax on trying to make the yard look pretty. We have stuff inside that needs to get done first. No matter what I feel like I have half finished projects everywhere.

[cocopuff]

Thanks for the feedback! I feel Iike we are ships passing in the night lately. Every night there's yardwork or cleaning or a project or haircut or dr appts or something that needs to get done without kids. From the minute I walk in the door, We are just shifting parenting duties back and forth to get to bedtime. Or I'm on my own while he does some house related something.

I think cleaning and yardwork don't have to be 100% but DH disagrees. Every dish must be cleaned and put away after every meal. Grass must be cut, hedges trimmed, gardened weeded, every week. Bathroom must be scrubbed cleaned, floors mopped, every week. Laundry folded and put away immediately. That coupled with no viable babysitting, has me running on fumes and no time for just us. One date in 9 months is insufficient.

If it's this hard when one of us is home, I can't imagine if we both worked outside the home. I may see how affordable it would be to have someone come one full day every other week so there's more time to do stuff.

I took a half day today and he went grocery shopping, got his hair cut and whatever else. Then tonight he's doing yardwork when I get in.

[tngrl3]

txshep FWIW, I sold my town home at the end of the year to a guy who did and FHA loan. He was well qualified and had a decent job, just didn't have the credit built up or enough saved for a huge down payment. I was nervous about it, but my realtor said she thought it would be fine. I payed about 1/2 the closing costs, but otherwise it was a full price offer. It ended up going really smoothly and closed on time with no issues. Hopefully you will have a similar experience!
Also D needs to stop being so adorable. I can't handle all her cuteness!

I think my interview went well. I liked the doctor I would be working with and the office staff seemed nice. I was there for 1.5 hours so hopefully that is a good sign? I should know something in the next couple of weeks. This would be a good fit because it is part time now with the potential to go full time down the road when the kids are a little older, which would be ideal.

[obie1680]

Jun 9, 2016 11:26:12 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

Jun 9, 2016 10:57:07 GMT -5 Knitter said:

G is napping in the car so I'm hanging out in the BRU parking lot with a Timmie's (coffee) playing with my new cars settings.

I'm going to run in and get that pop n play yard when he wakes up.

It's weird, it's like my car but not and everything is wrong. I love that it's new but hate that it's unfamiliar :/ also I'm terrified that I'm going to crash it. I never had an accident in my life until we bought our first brand new car 4 years ago, then we had 3 accidents :/

Both big kids noticed right away. I didn't realize that new car would be so much darker.

I was just telling MW last night that I love these SUV's!

They are nice my mom got one. After her heart surgery I was driving it all over since it was bigger and could fit all my siblings plus DS in his car seat more comfortably. They drive like your on a cloud!

[obie1680]

I just had the pink drink from Starbucks, it was so good! H took a sip and wished he got that instead of his iced coffee.

[sdfonz619]

Jun 9, 2016 14:29:23 GMT -5 obie1680 said:

I just had the pink drink from Starbucks, it was so good! H took a sip and wished he got that instead of his iced coffee.

What's the pink drink?

[obie1680]

Jun 9, 2016 14:30:22 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

Jun 9, 2016 14:29:23 GMT -5 obie1680 said:

I just had the pink drink from Starbucks, it was so good! H took a sip and wished he got that instead of his iced coffee.

What's the pink drink?

It's a refresher strawberry, acai & coconut water.

[txshep]

Jun 9, 2016 14:20:03 GMT -5 tngrl3 said:

txshep FWIW, I sold my town home at the end of the year to a guy who did and FHA loan. He was well qualified and had a decent job, just didn't have the credit built up or enough saved for a huge down payment. I was nervous about it, but my realtor said she thought it would be fine. I payed about 1/2 the closing costs, but otherwise it was a full price offer. It ended up going really smoothly and closed on time with no issues. Hopefully you will have a similar experience!
Also D needs to stop being so adorable. I can't handle all her cuteness!

I think my interview went well. I liked the doctor I would be working with and the office staff seemed nice. I was there for 1.5 hours so hopefully that is a good sign? I should know something in the next couple of weeks. This would be a good fit because it is part time now with the potential to go full time down the road when the kids are a little older, which would be ideal.

That actually makes me feel a lot better. I'm glad you had such a positive experience with a similar situation. Hopefully ours goes smoothly as well! And thank you... Dani is freaking hot mess, but at least she's cute, right?

Glad your interview went well! Fx for you!!

[cocopuff]

txshep, we took an FHA mortgage when we bought our house and so did most of our friends. Maybe it's a regional thing? We qualified for a traditional and were pre approved for way more than we were looking to spend. The broker said FHA is good for first time buyers so we went with it. We also had the seller pay closing. But we still had to prove we had the dos payment and closing costs in the bank. Not sure if this was an FHA thing or not, but I do remember having to prove where the downpayment came from. If it was "gifted" from a parent the parent would have to sign an affidavit that they would not be seeking repayment. Not an issue for us as we funded everything ourselves but a friend did have an issue with it.

The inspection is a little more demanding than tranditional but nothing I can think would apply to your house. Every door had to have a door know and light fixtures in every room, random things like that. It did not delay our closing at all, in fact the loan was ready 10 days early and we could have moved closing up if we wanted.

Fingers cross your sale goes smoothly! And you're not homeless.

[sdfonz619]

Jun 9, 2016 14:43:59 GMT -5 obie1680 said:

Jun 9, 2016 14:30:22 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

What's the pink drink?

It's a refresher strawberry, acai & coconut water.

Oh. that sounds yummy!

[andtheheartbreakers]

I am part of this IRL moms group, and we were talking two weeks ago about how as moms were never in any pictures. So yesterday I brought my camera and offered to take a picture of each of them with their babies.

So I got all the pictures done up today and put them in our moms group on Facebook. Each one of them has made the picture their profile picture, but not a single one has said thank you.

I don't know if I should be so upset because I am the one that offered, and maybe using it as a profile picture means they like it - but why can't people just say thank you?

\rantover.

[hypotheticalme]

Jun 9, 2016 16:16:36 GMT -5 andtheheartbreakers said:

I am part of this IRL moms group, and we were talking two weeks ago about how as moms were never in any pictures. So yesterday I brought my camera and offered to take a picture of each of them with their babies.

So I got all the pictures done up today and put them in our moms group on Facebook. Each one of them has made the picture their profile picture, but not a single one has said thank you.

I don't know if I should be so upset because I am the one that offered, and maybe using it as a profile picture means they like it - but why can't people just say thank you?

\rantover.

That is obnoxious. I'd be upset too.

[obie1680]

Jun 9, 2016 15:21:00 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

Jun 9, 2016 14:43:59 GMT -5 obie1680 said:

It's a refresher strawberry, acai & coconut water.

Oh. that sounds yummy!

It was!!!!

[rcdizzle]

Jun 9, 2016 16:16:36 GMT -5 andtheheartbreakers said:

I am part of this IRL moms group, and we were talking two weeks ago about how as moms were never in any pictures. So yesterday I brought my camera and offered to take a picture of each of them with their babies.

So I got all the pictures done up today and put them in our moms group on Facebook. Each one of them has made the picture their profile picture, but not a single one has said thank you.

I don't know if I should be so upset because I am the one that offered, and maybe using it as a profile picture means they like it - but why can't people just say thank you?

\rantover.

Sounds pretty shitty to me, esp from face-to-face friends. It's not about needing recognition, it's about being a decent human being that can treat people with manners.

[uclameghan]

Jun 9, 2016 16:16:36 GMT -5 andtheheartbreakers said:

I am part of this IRL moms group, and we were talking two weeks ago about how as moms were never in any pictures. So yesterday I brought my camera and offered to take a picture of each of them with their babies.

So I got all the pictures done up today and put them in our moms group on Facebook. Each one of them has made the picture their profile picture, but not a single one has said thank you.

I don't know if I should be so upset because I am the one that offered, and maybe using it as a profile picture means they like it - but why can't people just say thank you?

\rantover.

Yeah - not OK. I'd be ticked too.