Tuesday tragedies...

[jnnfrrose6]

DS still refuses to poop in the potty. We've now given up pull ups to take that crutch away from him and have had to toss some underwear that just aren't't worth attempting to salvage.

[ladytiffany24]

FWP here...got a massage yesterday and now today I have some sore spots from where she was working out some knots.

[Lola]

I'm in major purge mode. Threw away diaper inserts, clothes and my boppy.
More to come today.

[soon2bmrsn]

I can't think of anything specific. Probably because I do something tragic/dumb at least once a day. Haha

[liziz]

I bought Parenting's favorite jcrew soft pants, and then I stupidly wore them while cleaning my shower and got a bleach spot on them.

[sararl07]

We found a mouse in our garage over the weekend (no idea how he got in there) and we put out sticky traps. We this morning we found him stuck and it was so sad...he tried so hard to get unstuck he dislocated his leg. I had my husband hit him with a shovel (a bit brutal but I thought necessary to end it's suffering quickly).

[Liv]

sararl07,

[isolemnlyswear]

I failed at paying two bills on time this month epic fail

[Liv]

Jan 12, 2016 13:17:25 GMT -5 isolemnlyswear said:

I failed at paying two bills on time this month epic fail

I'm taking care of bills right now and was late on one by a day. crapcrapcrap. Money stuff always ties my stomach in knots. 

[walterjenne]

DS woke up with a low grade fever and extra clingy. Now at urgent care since we dont have a pediatrician yet. We also don't have insurance cards yet because of DHS new job so that means more paper work. Ugh. Also his fever that was have ring around 100 is now up to 102

[rlb]

David Bowie. I seriously cried.

But Florence + the Machine announced they are coming to Detroit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DH literally emailed me yesterday and said he would go to a concert, but they were only doing international venues, until today!!!!!!!!!

[rlb]

Jan 12, 2016 14:31:37 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

Jan 12, 2016 13:20:25 GMT -5 Liv said:

I'm taking care of bills right now and was late on one by a day. crapcrapcrap. Money stuff always ties my stomach in knots. 

-Stuck-

Money does that to me too, I hate it so much.

Automatic payments, it's the only way to go.

[sararl07]

[isolemnlyswear]

Jan 12, 2016 15:30:20 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

rlb, we pay everything through automatic withdrawal, but it still stresses me out making sure we have the money before the withdrawal.

This and unfortunately sometimes I need to bump certain bills (water, garbage, uninportant ones that dont fine me)when life happens. So I fear to have them all set up that way.

[jnnfrrose6]

Jan 12, 2016 15:10:44 GMT -5 rlb said:

David Bowie. I seriously cried.

But Florence + the Machine announced they are coming to Detroit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DH literally emailed me yesterday and said he would go to a concert, but they were only doing international venues, until today!!!!!!!!!

I just saw yesterday they are coming down here for a festival may 13-15. They're top billed with Jane's Addiction and My Morning Jacket. Also, Eagles of Death (the band playing in the club in Paris that was attacked) will be at this festival. Smaller stage, I'm sure, but notable none the less. 

[jnnfrrose6]

Jan 12, 2016 15:35:21 GMT -5 isolemnlyswear said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:30:20 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

rlb , we pay everything through automatic withdrawal, but it still stresses me out making sure we have the money before the withdrawal.

This and unfortunately sometimes I need to bump certain bills (water, garbage, uninportant ones that dont fine me)when life happens. So I fear to have them all set up that way.

Our only automatic one is daycare. I pay everything online, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on auto payments because it makes me anxious. I want to see exactly how much my bills are and why before I pay them. 

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Jan 12, 2016 18:09:03 GMT -5 jlhv1909 said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:39:28 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Our only automatic one is daycare. I pay everything online, but I'm not ready to pull the trigger on auto payments because it makes me anxious. I want to see exactly how much my bills are and why before I pay them. 

I had my minimum payment to the hospital (still paying for birth) set up to withdraw automatically. Cue my disbelief when I received a notice that they were taking me to collections for nonpayment. Come to find out after the first year, the office I was paying switched and I didn't realize it because I was paying automatically every month. So on one side of the hospital I had a credit, and on the other side I was being taken to collections for the same amount.

Well that's annoying!

[Leapinglizards]

I decided stubbornly that I was going to get the Christmas tree out of my house this morning. It has too heavy to lift so I dragged it outside. In the process of dumping it over the porch railing a branch caught my glasses flinging them down with the tree. Took forever to find them

[Leapinglizards]

Oh no it was funny after the fact. Spent about 15mins mumbling only me. Lol

[anotherdreamer]

This is more of a Tuesday tragedy than a WTF Wednesday- the van wouldn't start this morning. DH was supposed to at work, and he has an interview later too. Luckily one of his work friends is letting him borrow his car today, but seriously van? I think it's because it was so low on gas (DH drives it around on E all the time- annoys the shit out of me) and so cold today, which suckkksss.

[Liv]

Jan 13, 2016 10:49:11 GMT -5 anotherdreamer said:

This is more of a Tuesday tragedy than a WTF Wednesday- the van wouldn't start this morning. DH was supposed to at work, and he has an interview later too. Luckily one of his work friends is letting him borrow his car today, but seriously van? I think it's because it was so low on gas (DH drives it around on E all the time- annoys the shit out of me) and so cold today, which suckkksss.

Yuck! I hope it's just low on fuel!!

[rlb]

Jan 12, 2016 15:35:21 GMT -5 isolemnlyswear said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:30:20 GMT -5 Cdnfroggy said:

rlb , we pay everything through automatic withdrawal, but it still stresses me out making sure we have the money before the withdrawal.

This and unfortunately sometimes I need to bump certain bills (water, garbage, uninportant ones that dont fine me)when life happens. So I fear to have them all set up that way.

Yes and yes. At least once a week I go through our budget to make sure we are set, and do have to move the ones without penalty once and a while.  I am pretty anal about our finances.  

[rlb]

Jan 12, 2016 15:37:18 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:10:44 GMT -5 rlb said:

David Bowie. I seriously cried.

But Florence + the Machine announced they are coming to Detroit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DH literally emailed me yesterday and said he would go to a concert, but they were only doing international venues, until today!!!!!!!!!

I just saw yesterday they are coming down here for a festival may 13-15. They're top billed with Jane's Addiction and My Morning Jacket. Also, Eagles of Death (the band playing in the club in Paris that was attacked) will be at this festival. Smaller stage, I'm sure, but notable none the less. 

I went to a festival back in 2003(?) in ATL, Music Midtown(?).  It was dirt cheap considering all the notable acts that were there.  It was an awesome time.  

[jnnfrrose6]

Jan 13, 2016 11:54:42 GMT -5 rlb said:

Jan 12, 2016 15:37:18 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

I just saw yesterday they are coming down here for a festival may 13-15. They're top billed with Jane's Addiction and My Morning Jacket. Also, Eagles of Death (the band playing in the club in Paris that was attacked) will be at this festival. Smaller stage, I'm sure, but notable none the less. 

I went to a festival back in 2003(?) in ATL, Music Midtown(?).  It was dirt cheap considering all the notable acts that were there.  It was an awesome time.  

All very likely. Music Midtown is big here. They stopped it for about a decade,  it started back a couple years ago. It's not so cheap now, but still big acts. 

[rlb]

Jan 13, 2016 12:21:43 GMT -5 jnnfrrose6 said:

Jan 13, 2016 11:54:42 GMT -5 rlb said:

I went to a festival back in 2003(?) in ATL, Music Midtown(?).  It was dirt cheap considering all the notable acts that were there.  It was an awesome time.  

All very likely. Music Midtown is big here. They stopped it for about a decade,  it started back a couple years ago. It's not so cheap now, but still big acts. 

It ruined me for all other festivals because of how inexpensive and stacked it was.  Now it's $60 for a one day pass just at our local hippie festival.  I think I paid $45 for the 3 day pass there.  It would take me a while to list all the notables I got to see and that were there that I didn't get to see.  Those were the days...

[honeybee434]

I've had too many clients end up with credit issues due to failed automated payments set up through their own bank. I don't think I can ever do that for my own peace of mind. I would get paranoid and then check them all every month which would end up taking the same amount of time for me paying them online anyway. I do have a few set up on auto draft from the institution we owe, like our mortgage and one of our cars.

[rlb]

Jan 13, 2016 14:25:15 GMT -5 honeybee434 said:

I've had too many clients end up with credit issues due to failed automated payments set up through their own bank. I don't think I can ever do that for my own peace of mind. I would get paranoid and then check them all every month which would end up taking the same amount of time for me paying them online anyway. I do have a few set up on auto draft from the institution we owe, like our mortgage and one of our cars.

Don't get me wrong, I still obsessively check to make sure everything is going through, I just don't have to panic if it's a couple of days after the due date that I remember.