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[somethingcleverer]

Where is everyone at? What's been keeping you busy? Come say hi and let us know how things are going for you!

[somethingcleverer]

Well today I'm getting fluids at the doctors office hoping to feel better. This weekend was rough so I mostly just laid in bed and slept but I was feeling better yesterday so I was happy with that. I even bought some flowers and put one or two in the garden. I'm just slowly planting in the yard because it makes me happy.

Otherwise the kids are in school until the 20th but S got a note that he won't have any homework from now until then! I'm so excited I made him go out to at after school yesterday.

[junkytrunk]

Things are crazy over here right now.

I've was busy planning Matthews party that was last weekend.

Then in 2 weeks I'm not going to be working from home anymore, they are sending all the work from home people back into an office. Boo!

Our lease is coming up in September and we are planning on moving into my FILs house and renting that out (he doesn't live there) but their current tenants are giving them a hard time on moving out, so our move out date has been pushed back a month to October. Well my H told our landlords about our plans to move and they have decided to put our house up for sale...in the next week or 2! Huh? Our lease isn't up until 9/15! And if is sells fast (which it will because he market is good for sellers right now) then we will basically have no place to live for a month because they don't seem willing to stretch our lease 1 more month for us. I can't stop thinking about this shit. We do have a few things up our sleeves as renters if they won't extend for us, since we can refuse anyone entering our property, but we will see. We are meeting with them on Saturday.

[vanessalc]

Feel better somethingcleverer!
I worked 4 shifts last week as opposed to my normal 2, so I was pretty much a shell of a person. I haven't really felt like I have had anything to contribute lately so I've been lurking. I need to change that.
Cooper 's been great. He's been into tractor pulls lately. He made a sled for his power wheels to pull and puts random bricks he finds on it.
Keller (blind puppy) is almost as big as our other beagle. Still a jerk puppy but he's getting the hang of living in our family. He goes to dog school at the end of the month. H would love it to be a boarding school .

[vanessalc]

junkytrunk housing stress is the absolute worst! Hope it gets settled soon. Sorry about having to go back to an office. Hope that transition goes smoothly for you.

[jennmm]

I'm here. At work so in and out but I am here.

[laurski81]

somethingcleverer , ugh I hope you start to feel better girl. junkytrunk , well that is just messed up. Can they do that to you? I mean your lease isn't up yet or is it just something where if they give you a certain amount of notice it's ok? I'm so sorry girl.

Things have been crazy busy for me at work and at home. My H is back to school so I'm with the kids by myself again for the most part every night. Henry is finally out of pull-ups for good though! I don't know if you remember me talking about how he's been potty trained for almost a year but refused to wear underware and would only wear a pull-up so I wasn't fighting it? Well we were down to our last 4 or 5 and I started a count down with him that lead us up to Memorial Day weekend. We counted down each night how many there were left and then once they were gone we put on his underware and he was 100% ok with it. I just don't understand him sometimes. He went from ridiculous screaming tantrums about only wearing pull-ups and hating underware to "ok man, whatever". I swear to god I'm all gray now.

[roo1582]

somethingcleverer - I'm glad to hear your on the upswing after your last treatment. Hopefully it only gets better from here!

junkytrunk - Sorry your dealing with the housing issues

I'm here! Work has been a little bit busy but hopefully it will level out here a little bit. The past two weeks I had a work trip and a few other work events, so I wasn't on as much.

[junkytrunk]

laurski81 I think when they sell it they have to tell them that we are here until the end of our lease which is 9/15, so either the sale wouldn't be complete until then or the new owners would be our landlords until then. Thankfully though, renters have more rights in this case than the owners, so we have the upper hand. It's just really stressful. Like I have to keep my house clean enough in case people want to see it? Uh no.

Glad to hear Henry has graduated to undies! These kids are a mystery!

[traceyt07]

I'm here! Off and on. Work's been busy lately with end of the year stuff and the kids have had end of the year activities too. I'm also planning Asher's birthday party and trying to figure out what in the world we'll do for Millie's.

somethingcleverer I hope you're starting to feel better.

junkytrunk that's so stressful. As a landlord I can't imagine doing that to a tenant.

laurski81 Yay for no more pull-ups! I've decided Amelia's going to wear them to bed until she's 30. I'm okay with it.

[starfishy]

Hey- I've been around. Just hanging with the new baby. She's so super sweet. Tommy is giving us a run for it, but he loves his sister. He hates when we say NO.
I'm planning his birthday and Js baptism so that's been fun to help me get rid of anxiety.

somethingcleverer I hope you feel better soon.
junkytrunk what a pain!

And here's J in her first cloth diaper. My mom loves cloth and bought us a whole stash. It was zero investment for us so it's been great.

[babywinks]

junkytrunk we were renting a house in CT and they showed it to sell or rent. We tried to keep the place clean and tidy, but I didn't stress about it. It definitely did not look nearly as nice as when we showed our own home, but there were no dirty dishes in the sink, beds were made and the kids toys were mostly picked up.

I'm here a lot, but don't always feel I have much to say. Been spending more time with my IRL moms group and feel like I have friends in NC now. It's good to feel like we've made friends again. That is always hard with moves.

[xanthepants]

I'm here and stressing the eff out. Moving in 5 weeks. Packing like crazy and trying to get everything transferred over. Just transitioned to full time when I could really still use that Friday off now more than ever. Marriage counseling is going well. Work is crazy busy. Fly to Chicago for 2 crazy days next week. Trying to plan a birthday party and having my mom visit in a couple weeks too. So busy!!

[bliz1712]

I'm here, just been busy with work and little mini vacations. Hanna is still her spunky self, and mornings are getting difficult again. We've been successful with an earlier bedtime, but the last couple nights it's been harder to get to bed earlier. They want to play outside. Eliza is my little baby and I think I baby her a lot more than I ever did Hanna at this age. And I relish in the fact that she still wants me and only me, and she's still super attached. She still uses her paci (gasp!!!) and I'm dreading giving it up so I haven't really attempted it. I hide it and she's fine for awhile, but then later in the evening she wants it. I try with distraction and it sometimes work, sometimes doesn't. I'm still holding onto the last things I can with her being my last. V turns 13 in September. I can't believe she's almost a teenager. I'm hoping to take a day and take her to Valleyfair, a local amusement park, but we'll see if that works or not.

I'm doing great with the meds I've been prescribed. So far so good, the only thing is it's sort of killed my sex drive which is a bummer. And we had an interesting adventure the other day with my ring falling out. Thankfully I found it before H did, lol.

[tribute17]

I'm here but like a few others I just don't feel like I contribute much. I have a hard time coming up with stuff it if people post a question or something I can respond.

So you all heard my big news, baby number 3! Still really can't believe it happened. Hopefully it sticks and this can be it. I've been spending time adjusting to that, read: up all night. We live in a two bedroom townhome, the baby already sleeps in our room so he will have to share with Patrick and the new baby will be in our room. Going to be crowded upstairs but they are little.

H is only committing to his job for another year so he is starting to look for jobs. Hopefully he infs something great and maybe even back in KC. It would be nice to have grandparents close by. It is definitely stressful for me to know that we will have 3 kids under 5 and not know what our next few years look like. Will H get a good job? Where will we live? Etc. I just need to learn how to relax.

I'm enjoying my time as a sahm but ultimately I would like to work again. Ps preschool has mini summer camps so I signed him up for the Star Wars and peanuts camps. He is going to love them.

babywinks I'm glad you found friends, I need to get on that. I don't like not knowing anyone.

laurski81, Patrick can be like that too sometimes. Fit after fit about wearing his new shoes (same shoes just a size bigger) and then one day he is fine with it and showing them off to people.

[summergirl1211]

Hi ladies! I check in quite often throughout the day, but have been pretty busy myself. Work has picked up lately (which is weird since summer is usually slower) and I leave for Dallas tomorrow for a quick 2-day work trip.

I'm still dealing with nausea and fatigue on a regular basis, but hopefully that'll stop here in a few weeks once I hit the second trimester. I'm pretty much exhausted by 3:00 every day, which makes it hard for me to be productive at work and at home.

Riley is great. She's still really testing boundaries and I lose my patience with her daily, but she is just the sweetest thing ever. We now have neighbors in our new development and she has become fast friends with the 5 and 6 year old that live next door. She wants to spend every waking minute with them, I swear! It'll be nice on weekends to just let her play with them and not have her be so dependent on us every minute of the day to entertain her.

somethingcleverer, I'm sorry the weekend was so rough but hopefully the fluids will get you feeling better ASAP! We just started doing some planting ourselves, after never doing it before, and I really like it! I think gardening is going to be our new hobby.

junkytrunk, what a mess. I hope you can figure out a good resolution for everyone. House stuff is sooo stressful!

xanthepants, you've got so much going on lady. If you need anything let me now! I hope the next 5 weeks fly by so you can start settling in at your new place.

laurski81, yayayayay Henry! So awesome that he's done with the diapers/pullups for good!

[xanthepants]

somethingcleverer, When do you have to go in for your consults about surgery/radiation again? does that happen immediately now that you are done with Chemo or is there a little time between to heal and rest for a while? I'm thinking of you often and this next step. How are you doing emotionally?

[nursedesi]

I'm here frequently but don't post much.

Were getting ready for Henry's bday party. Hes been done with preschool for a few weeks so trying to get into our new routine.

Logans good. Hes talking more which makes me happy. Hes for sure my wild man.

Other than that H is laid off work, hopef he gets called back to work soon. Hes been busy working on projects around the house.

[tribute17]

And I hope everyone doesn't go to Facebook only. I'm not on Facebook and I would miss having this group.

[somethingcleverer]

Jun 7, 2016 14:56:46 GMT -5 xanthepants said:

somethingcleverer, When do you have to go in for your consults about surgery/radiation again? does that happen immediately now that you are done with Chemo or is there a little time between to heal and rest for a while? I'm thinking of you often and this next step. How are you doing emotionally?

I saw the surgeon already and have surgery set up for 7/6! I thought I shared here but maybe I didn't. I'm going for my post chemo mri on Friday at the butt crack of dawn lol. I should have a good week or two of feeling good before the surgery. I haven't spoke to anyone about radiation yet. I have a friend from high school who had the double mastectomy and she said it wasn't too bad, she was fishing with her boys after a few days. I hope the same is true for me. I'm just having the one breast removed right now. If I decide to do both they will remove the other one during the reconstruction and do the reconstruction on both together. I'm leaning toward just having the one removed. My doctor is not a fan of prophylactic mastectomy (not sure if that's the right term) but she will do it if I want to. Plus it will only serve to prevent a new cancer on the other side not prevent the current cancer from coming back.

Emotionally I'm ok. I haven't had a lot of time to process everything. I'm pretty terrified that the cancer is going to come back and kill me before the kids grow up. I worry about that a lot. I'm hoping that once the surgery is done I can find the time to get to therapy because I know that will really help me process these thoughts but it's been very hard to find the time and energy to go.

[cbear]

I'm here too! I check in a lot because I do like the smaller feel here as opposed to FB, so I hope we don't lose too much steam!

I'm on summer break for the first time in forever and I am loving it! The girls have to go to our daycare two days a week to keep our spot so I did a lot of golfing today lol, tomorrow I will do housework, womp womp.

My goal is to really crack down and workout a lot this summer, my BFF goes to the gym almost daily and they have a little daycare center so I'm excited to get back into that.

Other than that nothing major. H and I are still keeping our eyes out for positions in Iowa for him, and he's applied to a couple but no bites yet so we shall see!

[britbratjf]

I'm here every day checking in! I have a hard time finding time to write out responses to stuff! And I rarely remember people's handles so I have a hard time tagging people!

I think I've mentioned it but my mom is moving to FL I'm very sad about it. But they are flying us down over 4th of July!

My BFF is getting married this weekend so I've been busy with that.

Planning Dagnys bday party. Planning Disney in September.

Freya is crawling and info everything. She's a lot of fun but a busy little bee!

[mightybee]

I've become a dirty lurker over here. I check in often, but find it hard to write out responses and also feel out of the loop.

The days seem much busier now that D is out of preschool and not napping most days. I miss my few hours per week to get stuff done (respond here!), but it's fun getting to do all the summery stuff with the kids. P was so little last summer so I think we'll get to do a lot more this year. They're both so fun.

My biggest news is that we're staying in VA. My H had a job offer that would move us to PA this summer, but after a lot of deliberation, we decided that it wasn't the right choice for us. I'm happy with it and can now move on with planning the rest of the summer.

[britbratjf]

Jun 7, 2016 12:37:55 GMT -5 starfishy said:

Hey- I've been around. Just hanging with the new baby. She's so super sweet. Tommy is giving us a run for it, but he loves his sister. He hates when we say NO.
I'm planning his birthday and Js baptism so that's been fun to help me get rid of anxiety.

somethingcleverer I hope you feel better soon.
junkytrunk what a pain!

And here's J in her first cloth diaper. My mom loves cloth and bought us a whole stash. It was zero investment for us so it's been great.

What a cutie!!

[xanthepants]

somethingcleverer, I would have a hard time processing it too I think. It's a lot to think about. Big fat hugs. You are going to be around a long time, they caught this early and you are responding so well to treatment. Plus with every year that passes there are new advances for new and better treatments and they are going to be monitoring you so You are really in a good position moving forward. Think of it that way. Regardless "elective" surgery is scary, but you are doing it for all the right reasons. Therapy seems like it would be a great place to lay all your fears. I know it's helping me (for other reasons obviously. ;-)

[barefoot84]

I'm here. I've been mostly lurking these past weeks. I seem to be a bit in a funk. May was a hard month (we almost lost my grandmother, than my mother wasn't feeling well, and than my MIL was hospitalized for almost two weeks and she's having a really hard time recovering and we're struggling with the thought we could lose her a lot sooner than we had thought...), and I think it exhausted me, mentally and physically. I'm trying to find a healthy place again, but we've also been having issues at work and I feel like I'm always on the edge of a panic attack.

However, the past month has also reminded me how important it is to take time for myself and for my loved ones, and how important my health is so hopefully I can keep that in mind and get back on a healthy and happy track.

[barefoot84]

somethingcleverer, You're in my thoughts daily. You've been an inspiration with how well you've dealt with your cancer, how you kept the focus on your family and stayed positive. You're an amazing woman, and so incredibly strong. I hope surgery goes well.

[somethingcleverer]

barefoot84 thank you! I hope things start to improve for you and you can find some extra time to yourself. Big hugs to you.

[jfresh]

I lurk here often and check in when I can I miss you girls! I do like that LLR has a few of us talking more on fb but I miss everyone else! I just need to hang out here more.

[lainikins]

I am around. I try to read chat stew each day or every few days, but I don't feel like I have much to say. I have been real busy in the LLR world and am getting ready to launch myself. Other than that, we are just busy with all the early summer activities. I can't believe Emmett only has one day of preschool left this year. I am still not sure how I am going to fill his time this summer and keep myself sane.