Thumbs up thursdays...is that right? I say thumbs down

[WineNChocolate]

Morning ladies!! I feel like I have been off the grid. I have been really busy at work which is nice cause my days are a blur but then again I don't feel like I have stopped. Anywho..Thumbs up/Thumbs down.

Thumbs Down: My DH's real father and his wife are visiting, which not a big deal...BUT I kind of had plans to get somethings done around the house..anywho. My husband last minute says to me "hey they are bringing their dog". I am sorry....come again. Did you just say they are bringing their dog.  OKAY let's get a lil back story...yes I have two dogs and yes my MIL visits with her Sheltie all the  time...however. My DH's father and wife have just up out of the blue decided they are coming to see us. DH's father is a lil estranged from him and they aren't "close" if you get my drift. My MIL is however always there and truly a treat to have around. AND her dog is like the best dog ever, never gets on furniture, no accidents in the house, listens to commands. AND my MIL is very vigilant to watch him should a mess happen like water or hair, so on and so forth. I HAVE been to my FIL house and they have a white husky...and the hair is everywhere and she is allowed on all furniture. They just shrug it off and laugh when you are sitting on the couch and she jumps up next to you with her toy and rubs her neverending shedding white hair all over you. I HAVE a shepard I understand hair but I make sure my guests are bombarded with dog hair. I have cloth couches guys my dogs know better and are usually out back running around. I can just see this damn dog running in my house and on my damn COUCH! WHITE HAIR just all over everything and them standing there with a "Oh she loves to be part of the pack" Sigh. So if you can tell I am not looking forward to their lil visit. Did I mention the are here from tonight till sunday. I will be honest and I don't trust this dog with DD, I think its very weird to come to our house for the first time ever and bring your dog...and not to mention DD and the dog have NEVER interacted.  Its so bad I just want to say I have things that I HAVE to do...and go do them...probably.

ANYWAY..how is everyone doing? How are those nurseries and all the projects you need to get done going?

[fikafairy67]

Thumbs down for me too. Heading to Jefferson hospital for pre-op procedures for the probable transfusion to baby tomorrow.

[requiressnacks]

WineNChocolate, I vote thumbs down too - I've been swamped at work this week, working late and then going home, eating dinner and passing out. I do not have the stamina for 11 hour days anymore. GRRRRR.

And hell to the no to an unexpected dog visit. That stuff annoys me.

fikafairy67, GL with the pre-op with the hospital! I hope you get any answers you need....

[requiressnacks]

On a happier note, H and I took maternity pics at the beach last weekend, so I am patiently (not so patiently) awaiting the pictures! I hope they came out good.

AND....my first baby shower is this weekend! My mom and sisters are hosting it and it's all my side of the family and my friends so I'm starting to get excited. There was a lot of dramaz (between my mom and sister) about people bringing their kids to the shower, but luckily I'm the guest of honor so I didn't get involved. Sweet!

[mrsp121308]

All of our big projects are pretty much done, minus a little painting left to do, so now we are just waiting for baby girl's bedding to arrive so I can pick out paint for her room.

I got up early to place my online grocery order hoping if I got it in early that I could pick it up tonight, no such luck. So now I have to make a special trip to go pick it up tomorrow and I'm annoyed. Total FWP.

Looking forward to the weekend and getting this GD test over with. Hoping for no rain tomorrow so we can go to the pumpkin festival since DD's have half-days of school and DH took the day off, so it'll be a huge dud if it rains and ruins our whole day of fun.

[mrsp121308]

fikafairy67, thinking about you and wishing you lots of good thoughts!

[kaydee0402]

Thumbs down!

DS has figured out how to open all the baby gates in the house. Nothing is safe anymore. Last night he got out of his bed, opened the baby gate and came in my room, woke me up and scared the crap out of me. I'm not a fan of this.

But on the thumbs up side:

Yesterday was our last 90 degree day of the year (hopefully)! We had a cold front come through last night and it feels glorious out today. For the next 10 days, temps won't go past the mid-80's. Byeeeee summer!

[requiressnacks]

I thought of a thumbs up - I passed my glucose test!

kaydee0402, I am so happy that the cooler weather is here! And OMG at your son figuring out all the baby gates! crazy.

mrsp121308, that stinks that you can't do same-day pickup. I love ordering my groceries online, but I usually only do it when I have a ton of stuff to get.

[sheepish]

I'm sitting at the lab, having just downed my glucose drink. I had orange - it wasn't so bad, it tasted like a melted freezie pop, but it was a little rough to drink that much of something so sweet in 5 minutes. Now to wait an hour for my blood draw...

[kaydee0402]

requiressnacks, he's only 18 months old! I'm not trying to humble brag or anything, but sometimes he's too smart for his own good. He's watched me open and shut the gates enough that he knows where to apply pressure, how to pull out the lock and lift the latch. He also figured out how to rip the safety handle off of his closet door. And pull the socket covers out. According to daycare, he does similar things there as well. They refer to him as the Escape Artist. DH and I call him Houdini. If you put a lock on it, he will figure it out.

[kaydee0402]

Sept 15, 2016 8:43:28 GMT -5 sheepish said:

I'm sitting at the lab, having just downed my glucose drink. I had orange - it wasn't so bad, it tasted like a melted freezie pop, but it was a little rough to drink that much of something so sweet in 5 minutes. Now to wait an hour for my blood draw...

Yuck!  Good luck! 

[requiressnacks]

Sept 15, 2016 8:43:28 GMT -5 sheepish said:

I'm sitting at the lab, having just downed my glucose drink. I had orange - it wasn't so bad, it tasted like a melted freezie pop, but it was a little rough to drink that much of something so sweet in 5 minutes. Now to wait an hour for my blood draw...

Good luck!

I didn't mind the drink. Sort of tasted like flat orange soda.

[mrsp121308]

requiressnacks, I love online grocery shopping. If I didn't do it, I'd have to take both girls with me and that would not be fun at all. So anytime I need more than $100 in groceries I use the online shopper and then they bring it right out to my van and load it for me.

[requiressnacks]

Sept 15, 2016 9:21:54 GMT -5 mrsp121308 said:

requiressnacks , I love online grocery shopping. If I didn't do it, I'd have to take both girls with me and that would not be fun at all. So anytime I need more than $100 in groceries I use the online shopper and then they bring it right out to my van and load it for me.

That's how I am! I usually use it around the holidays or when we host our memorial day party. Totally worth the $10 service fee.

I have a feeling when we have 2 infants at home I'll be utilizing the service more frequently.

[lola]

WineNChocolate, Total thumbs down! It makes me CRAZY when people bring their dogs to my house, especially asking last minute (more like telling). We have a non-shedding dog, and I cannot handle the hair.

fikafairy67, Hang in there. Sending positive thoughts your way.

requiressnacks, Hooray for a shower! Have so much fun.

mrsp121308, Pumpkin Festival? That sounds like fun!

kaydee0402, Jealous of your cold front! I'm going to Denver this weekend, and I'm SO excited about the cooler temps... Except I can't zip any of my jackets.

sheepish, I am also sitting in the waiting room. I had the pre-test blood draw, and the 1 hour. But I have to wait for the 2 hour, so I've got another hour to go. I also got my Rhogam shot, right in the bum. Holy moly, that one hurt.

Thumbs up for me, as I'm halfway through my glucose test. Starting to really feel like crap from the lack of food, so I'm looking forward to a delicious brunch before I head back to work. And this afternoon, we have a work party with margaritas (book) and Mexican food (woo!).

[requiressnacks]

lola, I treated myself to an epic bagel and cream cheese after my glucose test. It was amazing!!!

[lola]

Sept 15, 2016 11:20:51 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

lola, I treated myself to an epic bagel and cream cheese after my glucose test. It was amazing!!!

Mmmm. I'm currently waiting on pancakes!!!

[mrsp121308]

lola, the pumpkin festival is so awesome! It's got pumpkin flavored desserts and drinks, apple cider, rides for the kids, and a HUGE craft show.

[requiressnacks]

So, last week I kind of aggressively approached our vending machine guy at work about why the seltzer was empty for two weeks. By the look on his face, he thought I was a total weirdo, so I thought for sure we weren't getting seltzer anytime soon.

WELL - this morning I notice that not only do we have lemon/lime seltzer back - he added a row of pomegranate! Yay!

[Lucy]

I went to the grocery store last night and was stopped by a middle aged man in his Budweiser PJ's to ask if I was pregnant. I think he was autistic, so I was trying to be nice. He went on to ask if I was married and if I had other kids and I thought I did an okay job of using short answers and making it clear that I didn't want to talk to him. So he walked away. THEN a few minutes later he walks back to me...

HIM: I know how that happened to you! Your husband did it. His sperm fertilized the egg. Do you know how it happened?
ME: Uh, yep.
HIM: But do you know HOW?
ME: Uh huh (and walking faster).
HIM: Can I tell you?
ME: Uhh, no thank you!
HIM: Please?!
ME: NO THANK YOU!!!

I probably could have handled the whole thing better, but I was kind of in shock.

[littlelion]

I read this and could totally relate to the initial sentence of "I'm not doing that when I have a kid!".  Things change when you actually have a kid.  But the overall point of the story was touching so I thought I'd share. 

www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/09/15/my-daughters-lunchbox-is-the-source-of-my-secret-shame/

[littlelion]

Sept 15, 2016 11:59:02 GMT -5 @kc295905 said:

Thumbs up: it's my Friday and my house is clean.

Thumbs down: my friend's parents were just involved in a bad car accident and his father died. They were hit by a drunk driver. We are going to the viewing tomorrow

I'm so sorry.

[kaydee0402]

Sept 15, 2016 11:36:45 GMT -5 mrsp121308 said:

lola , the pumpkin festival is so awesome! It's got pumpkin flavored desserts and drinks, apple cider, rides for the kids, and a HUGE craft show.

Yum!

[kaydee0402]

Sept 15, 2016 11:43:24 GMT -5 requiressnacks said:

So, last week I kind of aggressively approached our vending machine guy at work about why the seltzer was empty for two weeks. By the look on his face, he thought I was a total weirdo, so I thought for sure we weren't getting seltzer anytime soon.

WELL - this morning I notice that not only do we have lemon/lime seltzer back - he added a row of pomegranate! Yay!

Lol he was probably terrified of upsetting the pregnant lady that needed her seltzer water!

[hmr11913]

fikafairy67, lots of thoughts & prayers your way!!!!

@kc295905, so sorry about your friends father.


I also was on the glucose test bandwagon today, yippee! I had fruit punch... I had orange last year and I thought both were equally good. First I drank that, then I had to go to my OB down the hall for my check up (baby is breech right now.... ahhh! He said not to worry though as they move and can flip a lot and he/she was head down last time), then I had to schedule a surprise ultrasound in 2 weeks.. he wants to check cervical length since I had G so early...then I had to get my blood drawn, THEN I had to go back to my OB to get my rhogam shot. Talk about a pain in the ass, literally! I should get my results by tonight they said, maybe sooner... hope we all passed!

After I was done I got deep fried cauliflower from the hospital (they have the best food ever) and also a caramel apple.... then I got to work and they had salad, pasta and garlic knots catered in... so, I'm stuffed.

[emilie]

fikafairy67 thinking of you. hope all goes well with the procedure.

Lucy LOL and yikes. I would have done the same thing!

I also have my glucose test tomorrow - someone brought yummy cookies into the office and I ate two of them. oopsie. I will try to lay off the sugar for the rest of the day

[Deleted]

Good luck to all the people doing their GD tests today.

Thumbs Up: it's almost the weekend, my students were actually really good this week and have done what they need to do. Happy teacher.

Thumbs down: I have had 0 energy today. Also, MIL keeps being her lovely self. She likes to be offended by things, but never realizes that she's being a jerk most of the time.

[lola]

hmr11913, No joke, that shot was PAINFUL today! My husband said it was a really big needle. And I almost died laughing when the lab tech said, "Oh, they got you in the 'big muscle'?" I'd never heard it referred to like that before.

emilie, I cannot resist cookies.

@kc295905, How awful! I'm so sorry.

Lucy, OMG. I don't even know what I would've done!

requiressnacks, I love it! I live for that stuff at our office, and I've made flavor requests because apparently I'm a special snowflake. But it was totally worth it.

mrsp121308, That sounds amazing! I love all kinds of festivals.

[hmr11913]

lola, I didn't think mine was painful, however my ass is a pro by now at taking injections like a champ ha ha.

[lola]

Sept 15, 2016 14:40:50 GMT -5 hmr11913 said:

lola , I didn't think mine was painful, however my ass is a pro by now at taking injections like a champ ha ha.

Ah, that makes sense. Mine is not, and I was a little traumatized!