Flamin' Friday!

[doglover31]

Nope... I'm lame

Someone has to have a good one!

[jt2378]

I confess, I can't figure out Imgur anymore and post a damn wedding dress pic, lol

Happy Friday all! Its been a hell of a week, I'm usually off but do have to work a couple hours today on a work project so blah but at least its from home

[doglover31]

So I don't use imgur. When I upload a photo I just do it on mobile from my phone. Is that a no no?

[doglover31]

Feb 26, 2016 8:59:25 GMT -5 @giamia923 said:

I'm off and I ran to the store with g and of course she fell asleep in the car. I just ran in to get my redbull and left her in there with the doors locked. and I wasn't wearing a bra!

I'm too paranoid to leave I in the car. I would have woken him up. Helicopter mom over here.

And I go braless to the store all the time.

[judyblume14]

Maybe it's a confession that I almost never wear a bra... just a shelf-top cami. the only time I wear a bra is when I work out.

@giamia923, were you at like a corner store where you could see the car? Or like Wal-mart?

i don't think I'd leave L in the car; and i don't think that necessarily means "helicopter parent," doglover31.

[doglover31]

judyblume14 helicopter mom probably isn't the right term. It's all I could think of this early.

[jt2378]

I don't leave H either, i guess my fear is not her getting into trouble in the car but more of some jackass hijacking the car or something with her in it? i don't know, it only takes a second to happen so thats what scares me.

N40Mom, thanks for the instructions, it worked!

[doglover31]

Feb 26, 2016 9:37:26 GMT -5 @adulruna said:

I don't think I could leave T either.

Ohh, i have one. If MH and I are going somewhere with T. One of us is always in the backseat with T. It'll never be T by himself back there.

MH didn't want me sitting in the backseat once he got out of the newborn stage. I'm constantly turning around checking on him though.

[doglover31]

jt2378 that is my fear too. I've heard too many stories of people taking cars with babies in the backseat.

[doglover31]

@100poppies I won't even leave him in the car to return a cart at the store. I just carry him with me. I really am paranoid about everything.

[jt2378]

H is a bear if I sit in the back with her, constantly wanting to get out and screams so she is solo back there, one of us never sits. Funny how they are all different, lol

[doglover31]

My wedding dress is balled up in a bag at the bottom of my closet. It has been there since my wedding day. It needs to be cleaned, but now that it has been almost 5 years, I don't think cleaning would help.

And I have no interest holding onto it. I would like to donate it, but again it needs cleaning and I just haven't done that.

[judyblume14]

Feb 26, 2016 10:18:51 GMT -5 doglover31 said:

@100poppies I won't even leave him in the car to return a cart at the store. I just carry him with me. I really am paranoid about everything.

+1. But i'm still not sure that it's paranoid.  I mean, I'm not judging anyone for leaving their kid in the car to return their cart.  I'm just of the "better safe than sorry" mind set here.

[judyblume14]

My wedding gown was stuffed in the bottom of my closet for 3 years. Not cleaned. Definitely stained with wine, beer, dirt from where it dragged on the ground, and cigarette ash (klassY).

When cleaning out the closet preparing L to arrive, I sent it off to take up space in my BFF's extra closet. I guess i'll get it back when we move. And maybe I'll get it cleaned.

[doglover31]

Feb 26, 2016 10:29:41 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

Feb 26, 2016 10:18:51 GMT -5 doglover31 said:

@100poppies I won't even leave him in the car to return a cart at the store. I just carry him with me. I really am paranoid about everything.

+1. But i'm still not sure that it's paranoid.  I mean, I'm not judging anyone for leaving their kid in the car to return their cart.  I'm just of the "better safe than sorry" mind set here.

For me I'm paranoid. I have been since he's been born and even during pregnancy. I know that it's normal to a degree but I get bad anxiety sometimes when he isn't with me. I always fear like the worst is going to happen. And I'm sure that comes from H's and I previous history where the worst has happened. I feel like I have the potential to turn into a helicopter mom, which I don't want to be. So I've been trying to work on keeping my anxiety at bay when I'm not with him.

And I do not judge anyone who chooses to leave their kid in the car for a few minutes. . Your kid your rules and your choices.

[doglover31]

Feb 26, 2016 10:44:56 GMT -5 @adulruna said:

My wedding dress was cheap. I had it made of a similar dress I found on modcloth, just changed the colors.
MH spent more money on his suit and shoes than I did on all my stuff.
I feel like i'm the husband right now lol.

There is nothing wrong with having a cheap dress! You still looked great in the pic you posted.

[jt2378]

Mine is just like anniebn, sitting in the closet in the original garment bag uncleaned. It has sand on the bottom from the beach

[jt2378]

Feb 26, 2016 10:59:44 GMT -5 @giamia923 said:

Feb 26, 2016 10:25:52 GMT -5 doglover31 said:

My wedding dress is balled up in a bag at the bottom of my closet. It has been there since my wedding day. It needs to be cleaned, but now that it has been almost 5 years, I don't think cleaning would help.

And I have no interest holding onto it. I would like to donate it, but again it needs cleaning and I just haven't done that.

My wedding dress is still at my MIL's from after the wedding. There is a website where you can donate them and someone turns them into little gowns for angel babies. I was thinking of doing that.

That is a such a sweet idea

[spacedcadet]

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a dirty wedding gown sitting in their closet. It is in its dress bag but there are definitely stains from it dragging on the ground, etc.

I have left G in the car for brief store trips and returning my cart. I always put him in his car seat before loading my groceries. He is such a bear getting into the car seat it is just easier not to mess with it. I have skipped on running a quick errand though if he is in the car because I didn't want to mess with getting him out.

And when I say brief store trips I mean VERY quick like running into the convenience store for a drink or picking up dinner where I can see the car not like running into Walmart for something.

[judyblume14]

doglover31, that anxiety sounds burdensome

@giamia923, i like that idea for what to do with my gown. I was going to turn it into a christening gown... but that came and went. I might look into that donation!

[doglover31]

@giamia923 I've heard of that too! It's a great idea for a wedding dress.

[judyblume14]

Feb 26, 2016 11:17:24 GMT -5 spacedcadet said:

I'm glad I'm not the only one with a dirty wedding gown sitting in their closet. It is in its dress bag but there are definitely stains from it dragging on the ground, etc.

I have left G in the car for brief store trips and returning my cart. I always put him in his car seat before loading my groceries. He is such a bear getting into the car seat it is just easier not to mess with it. I have skipped on running a quick errand though if he is in the car because I didn't want to mess with getting him out.

And when I say brief store trips I mean VERY quick like running into the convenience store for a drink or picking up dinner where I can see the car not like running into Walmart for something.

There are so many times I skip out on errands because of the car seat hassle (in my tiny two-door car). 

I remember the first time I went to target with L, unplanned, on a whim. She was about 5 or 6 months old and it was a HUGE mommy milestone for me.  

[melw629]

I sometimes leave C in the car in the driveway (parked behind the house, not visible from the road) to grab something from the house.

I have never and probably will never leave him in the car to run into a store or something. I'm not so much paranoid about someone stealing the car...I'm scared someone's going to come along, judge me a horrible mother, call the cops, and video the whole thing on their cell phone, with an article in the local paper the next day labeling them a hero and me an unfit parent.

...I guess my priorities are backwards.

[doglover31]

melw629 I could see being worried about that too. I don't think your priorities are backwards. I think that is probably more likely to happen then a car jacking actually.

[doglover31]

N40Mom I just can't with the dress emails. David's Bridal takes that seriously...

[jt2378]

Legit LOL at the bond of N40Mom and her dress. That is a riot that she was updating you on her journey back to your waiting arms, lol

[spacedcadet]

melw629 - I am definitely right there with you. It has certainly been a deciding factor in times where I have debated leaving G in the car, even when I know it would take less than 5 minutes to run in and out when the weather is decent obv. I would never leave him out with the car running or the door unlocked.

[spacedcadet]

That is pretty funny N40Mom. Did you get your gown the extra special treatment? I'm sure she deserved it.

[doglover31]

N40Mom I love how they tried to up sell the royal treatment lol. Did you decide to give your dress what she deserves?

[jt2378]

Now I sound like a paranoid fool about hijacking the car but it has happened in areas around me that aren't too far away