Post by silverspoon on Nov 26, 2016 8:40:32 GMT -5
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm looking around my house at the fall decor that needs to come down and thinking about the Christmas stuff that needs to go up.
I really really don't feel like it. The majority of our Christmas decor is NMS and was stuff we didn't pick out. I think this year after Christmas I might shop the sales and pick out some things I actually like.
Post by silverspoon on Nov 26, 2016 10:45:40 GMT -5
Most days I think my marriage would be better if we could just live in separate residences. I constantly find myself wondering, "why would you put that there?!".
Most days I think my marriage would be better if we could just live in separate residences. I constantly find myself wondering, "why would you put that there?!".
There's a family in my hometown that are married but don't live together. Apparently they just couldn't deal with living in the same house, so he moved down the street. I guess the kids sleep at whichever house they want to, and the parents hang out a lot.
I have zero energy for holiday decorating. Zero. I am really looking forward lights on our deck but the only way that's going to happen is if Hubs does them.
Most days I think my marriage would be better if we could just live in separate residences. I constantly find myself wondering, "why would you put that there?!".
There's a family in my hometown that are married but don't live together. Apparently they just couldn't deal with living in the same house, so he moved down the street. I guess the kids sleep at whichever house they want to, and the parents hang out a lot.
#lifegoals
I do recognize that I may not be the easiest person to live with, but come on now. He bought a gun safe (which he does need) but zero planning as to where it would go. The house is tiny. My utility room that was mostly organized is now in shambles, but the fucking safe fit so I guess his non-plan worked so all good for him. NOT ALL GOOD FOR ME.
Post by scorpioscuba on Nov 26, 2016 12:18:55 GMT -5
silverspoon, dude, not even a conversation first about possible locations for said gun safe? I'd lose my shit if H started moving my crap around.
I also have no energy for Christmas decorating but I have no choice with my over the top, hyped up for Christmas, 5 year old. Like, seriously excited. He is explaining everything in excruciating detail to DD which is precious but obviously she's like "whatevs, let me pull these shiny things down and eat them."
silverspoon, dude, not even a conversation first about possible locations for said gun safe? I'd lose my shit if H started moving my crap around.
I also have no energy for Christmas decorating but I have no choice with my over the top, hyped up for Christmas, 5 year old. Like, seriously excited. He is explaining everything in excruciating detail to DD which is precious but obviously she's like "whatevs, let me pull these shiny things down and eat them."
scorpioscuba I feel you. S is so pumped, but swears up and down that he's on the naughty list. I've gone out of my way to point out nice things he does, but he still says it I think once we decorate he'll make a big deal about it to M. So far he hasn't really talked to her about it. When we take them to see Santa he might want to explain it to her.
My stress levels would be much lower if I could drive myself places. I can't handle being late, but unfortunately I'm a slave to other people's schedules. I am supposed to email at my friend's house in 10 minutes, my mom had an errand to run, and I need to get benadryl before we go.
Most days I think my marriage would be better if we could just live in separate residences. I constantly find myself wondering, "why would you put that there?!".
My mom always used to say she thought married couples should live in duplexes - one on each side.
I was again met with a look of utter betrayal followed by crying that frankly I think is a bit of an overreaction.
LOL. Story of life for every single parent of a child age 0-3. Have you seen the blog "reasons my kid is crying"? I think there's a hashtag for it, too. So freaking funny, and so freaking true.
scorpioscuba poor little thing. Maybe a spider? Not that that helps.
I WISH I knew what it was! I checked her crib and found nothing but had already washed her jammies. I'm not quite sure how she even got bit since she has been in leggings or footed jammies the past several days. Either way we lucked out and got a pediatric Dr. who specializes in bites and stings and he knew right away it wasn't infected....YET. If it's going to it will be 48-72 hours from the bite. So now we have to keep a very close eye on it. I gave her benadryl for the itching and now she is sleeping since she missed her 2nd nap.
@scorpiodcuba hope it heals with no fuss. silverspoon the look of shock and horror every time I try to intro even the smallest amount of formula is both funny and ridiculous. The tiny dictator hath spoken.
Lollipop, im glad your friend is able to help. I'll be praying hard for you guys at the clinic on Monday. Try to stay positive! kcrkcs, hope you are feeling at least a little bit better. crimsonandclover, the visiting coordination makes sense. DS will sleep until 830 if he has a hard night, which is maybe once in two weeks or so. Mostly he sleeps until 630 or 7. I love that you are hanging out with the Syrian family. What an awesome thing to do. We have a Christkindlemart (sp?) in Chicago and i'm meeting a friend there next weekend. Lots of European goodies! Can't wait! scorpioscuba, DD is still a little too young to understand the novelty of christmas and im trying to figure out a way to teach her about the true meaning of it. Hope the urgent care visit went ok. Enjoy your wine!! NellieOleson, silverspoon now the duplex idea is genius!! Totally would get behind that.
Thanks icequeen. My mom has been researching and it looks like if there is a problem the only solution is surgery. So I'm hoping that it's not a problem.
Post by crimsonandclover on Nov 27, 2016 3:43:44 GMT -5
icequeen, I've been to the Christkindlmarkt before in Chicago. It is pretty similar to the ones in Germany, except here you can buy the hot spiced wine (Glühwein) at any old stand (we sold it at the preschool stand ), whereas in Chicago you have to go into a special tent to drink it and show ID to get into the tent. I went once or twice with some Germans and they laughed about that!!
Ladies, I've got my coffee, I've got my keyboard. I'm going to hit Shutterfly HARD today - we need family calendars, Christmas cards and first birthday card invitations. I will AW everything later
crimsonandclover - that is SO FREAKING COOL that you are hanging out with the Syrian refugee family. You rock! I am so torn up about Aleppo right now
crimsonandclover - that is SO FREAKING COOL that you are hanging out with the Syrian refugee family. You rock! I am so torn up about Aleppo right now
Well, tbh they've lived almost next to us since April and we've just now started hanging out with them more regularly. But still, the fact that we've got a bunch of girls relatively close in age means it should be pretty easy to hang out. I went to the playground with our 3 and 3 of their girls the other day and was not sure how that would go, but they are *so* well behaved it's embarrassing (when looking at my kids' behavior).
They've got a pretty typical and yet crazy story of getting here. The dad and his BIL (one of the mom's brothers) WALKED from near Aleppo where they lived to Turkey, where they took a life raft over to Greece and then walked from Greece to Austria then took a train to Germany. It took them 2.5 months. When they got here, the dad told the mom to come, so she packed up the 6 kids (including the baby boy who must have been about 3-4 months old at the time) *all by herself* and brought them to Germany. It took them 13 days and included several more trains than the men took but also a rubber blow-up boat from Turkey to Greece. I cannot even imagine. But on a humorous note, can I just say: 2 grown men took 2.5 months to get here, 1 woman and 6 kids took 13 days. Can anyone say mom-efficiency and motivation? They said their house was destroyed, the school the kids went to was falling apart, and they hadn't had electricity in 4 years. When they got to Europe they said the kids, especially the little ones, were amazed by the lights. Cute and sad all at once.
H cleaned almost the whole downstairs of our house by himself last night and this morning. He's done dishes, swept, swiffered, taken out garbage, and hauled boxes to the basement. He also took the gerbil to the basement for a few hours. All of this is because our landlord is coming over this afternoon. But since it's done, we're going to decorate for Christmas sometime this week. Our Elf on the Shelf (Bernard) is making his first appearance Tuesday morning, and I have something to wrap for each of the kids that he'll "deliver". I have to find him and the book that goes with him in the basement.
It's finally starting to feel like Christmas for me, even though we still have no snow.
Lollipop, good for YH for getting all that done! Elf on a shelf is kinda creepy to me tbh! Lol. I know some kids really like it though. We're still a little young for that. crimsonandclover, I know you have mentioned the refugee family before a few times. That is such a remarkable experience and I'm really chuckling at the mom/dad journey comparison. 14joa31, I ordered my christmas cards last night. I feel so accomplished lol.
My sis left today to go back to NY. I miss her so much. She will be back for Christmas. We went to brunch with her and my mom today and it was fun but I was in a shitty mood because DH and I were fighting all weekend. This afternoon we agreed to just let it go and apologize. Cue make up sex. Part of me wonders whether he just wanted to apologize so he could get some but part of me also just doesn't give a fuck anymore. I'm so tired. The kids have been really wearing me out lately. DH was supposed to leave for another overseas trip tomorrow but now it looks like he's not going. I'm panicking.
Post by dizzycooks on Nov 27, 2016 23:22:49 GMT -5
I've been totally mia due to vacation, but I'm reading along. I'll get caught up tomorrow. In the meantime, someone please smack me and remind that while I may not have an entire current rainbow, I have enough diapers to diaper my baby for a week before doing laundry and I do not need to buy *any* more diapers no matter the deal??? My bank acct is thankful my cc I for isn't saved on the website. Omg. So many cute things.
Lollipop, good for YH for getting all that done! Elf on a shelf is kinda creepy to me tbh! Lol. I know some kids really like it though. We're still a little young for that. crimsonandclover, I know you have mentioned the refugee family before a few times. That is such a remarkable experience and I'm really chuckling at the mom/dad journey comparison. 14joa31, I ordered my christmas cards last night. I feel so accomplished lol.
We don't really stress the "he's watching you" stuff too much. Ours mostly just moves and occasionally leaves messages or gets into mischief. S loves trying to find him and see what he got up to while he was sleeping.
He was so cute today though. We have a key decoration that hangs on the outside of the door that says Santa's magic key on it, and we explained to S last year that we needed it because we didn't have a chimney. He just realized today that we have a chimney now so we don't need the key anymore. He was super excited about it.
Hugs, icequeen! I wish things were better with you and DH. It would make things much easier on you.
I'm so with you dizzycooks! Grovia has some new prints out that I want SO bad but like you I have more than enough diapers so I have refrained...so far. Which ones are you eyeing??
I scored an Instant Pot on BF and it arrived today. Anyone else have one? I'm super excited to use it but not sure what my first recipe will be. I'm looking for inspiration!
Anyone remember how mastitis felt? I am still sick. Got worse overnight. Achy, probably have a slight fever, right boob is sore although only to touch and not terrible. Also doesn't hurt to nurse. Doesn't feel super hot or engorged either. So I am thinking no but don't want to ignore if it could be. Wah I can't take another day off and I definitely can't work like this.
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