WEDNESDAY! RANDOMS!

[mrsmonogrammed]

[mrsmonogrammed]

We have a meeting offsite today so will be eating lunch out- whoop!

[sabrinaml]

Rough night here! I'm counting down until nap time. But until then, here's to hoping my one cup of coffee kicks in soon!

[ashbash]

DH had an exam last night so after solo parenting all day and solo bedtime I had 3 glasses of wine, watched HYGAWM, went down an instagram spiral of #strollermeat and fell asleep on the couch waiting for DH. Klassy Mommy

[erbear]

We're traveling to Virginia today. Yay 6 hour plus car trip! We have lots of toys and books and snacks and an iPad full of Mickey!

As a bonus, I haven't had a period since June, when I started depo. I started one today, ughhhh. Great timing, body!

[ashbash]

Oct 19, 2016 8:13:34 GMT -5 erbear said:

We're traveling to Virginia today. Yay 6 hour plus car trip! We have lots of toys and books and snacks and an iPad full of Mickey!

As a bonus, I haven't had a period since June, when I started depo. I started one today, ughhhh. Great timing, body!

What part of VA if you dont mind me asking? Its where I grew up and is soooo pretty this time of year

[Widget123]

Interviewing people today at work while H is home with a sick LO (he just has the runs, nothing too exciting). Might be a Mommy and LO day tomorrow.

[jillywilly]

erbear, my period appears to be starting today as well, so I'm right there with you on the ughhhhhh train. At least the upside is now I can drink copious amounts of wine guilt-free while we watch the debate tonight at least.

I'm just happy it's one day closer to the weekend again. Going shopping to Kohl's with my mom over lunch because she has a bunch of Kohl's cash and a 20% off coupon, so I'm hoping to find some jeans. And maybe a pair of jammies or two for DS. Otherwise, that's pretty much it for today!

[tiffbot]

Hi!
Yesterday was pretty long. DS woke up in the morning short of breath again but this time his inhaler wasn't working. Combined with the 3 weeks of runny nose and cough (not that he's been feeling particularly bad, super hyper and chatty yesterday!) H took him to the city to the ER in the afternoon. After some chest x rays they still couldn't determine if it was a virus or pneumonia so we are still just treating it as a virus and pump up his inhaler usage over the next few days.
So DD and I had a pretty quiet afternoon here! She's been coughing overnight too but otherwise doesn't seem to be affected as DS.
So we'll probably take it pretty easy again today.

[alayne926]

Good morning!

Nothing exciting going on here. DH is working the 4:30pm-10:30pm shift this week, so solo dinner, bath, bedtime is getting old.

I think I may take the kids to CFA tonight for dinner to try to wear them out so I can drink a glass of wine and watch the debate.

[blueskiessmiling]

Just ordered my Elfster ornament. So excited- I LOVE Christmas!

I think we might try Chuckee Cheese with my sister and nieces in a bit. I'll see what kind of mood DD is in and make a last minute call.

[billyhorrible]

DH is home with BH again today! I do love these mornings. And it's my Friday today! Which inevitably means it's going to be loaded to the gills with chaos.

[ashbash]

Oct 19, 2016 9:02:02 GMT -5 @scoop said:

Oct 19, 2016 8:13:34 GMT -5 erbear said:

We're traveling to Virginia today. Yay 6 hour plus car trip! We have lots of toys and books and snacks and an iPad full of Mickey!

As a bonus, I haven't had a period since June, when I started depo. I started one today, ughhhh. Great timing, body!

Related question. Is there a way to lock the home button on an iPad/iPhone while playing a video? DD loves watching videos of herself but also equally loves pushing the button.

Yes, its called guided access. I forget exactly how you turn it on, im sure its in settings somewhere. If its on then nothing works until you double click home and put in a passcode

[jillywilly]

Oct 19, 2016 9:08:31 GMT -5 ashbash said:

Oct 19, 2016 9:02:02 GMT -5 @scoop said:

Related question. Is there a way to lock the home button on an iPad/iPhone while playing a video? DD loves watching videos of herself but also equally loves pushing the button.

Yes, its called guided access. I forget exactly how you turn it on, im sure its in settings somewhere. If its on then nothing works until you double click home and put in a passcode

This is life-changing information, THANK YOU!

[sugarkissed]

I think you click the home button 3 times to turn guided access on. We have recently discovered it and I can't believe that it took 3 years.

[veggiemo]

Happy Wednesday! DS was happy to go to school today which was so great. It was the best drop off since day 1. LO is home with H and they are doing some errands and hanging out.

alayne926, did you try the audio books? We are on night 4 and it's still working! On night 3 we tried changing up the book and switched to Roald Dahl reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He reads a little faster and with his accent I think it made it harder for DS to zone in on it. So that was one little hiccup. We switched back to Ms. Piggle Wiggle and that fixed the issue.

[pghtruelove]

Day so far-
4am: J wakes up for the day with a 102 fever dropping sweat. Fought her for the next hour to take Motrin.
830am: BIL takes J so I can nap.
850: Dog throws up all over bed.
915: Finally lay back down in bed.
945: Laundry room floods. I get J to nap while K and his dad figure things out.
10: J has been napping a much needed nap for 15 mins, fucking fire alarms start going off because the water is leaking through our fire sprinklers.
1015: Fire dept and Police show up to the house.

I'm so fucking done with today already. Too early for vodka?

[mrsdee1982]

Damn pghtruelove , that's a harsh day!

Guided access is going to be a game changer for us!!!!

So, DH threw me a curve ball last night. We've been planning on moving out of state within the next year. So far, the plan has been to move to Lexington to be closer to my family. We've even made a trip out there recently to look at houses. Well, yesterday he was pulled into a meeting at work. They are going to be opening 3 new stores in the Dallas/Ft Worth area within the next year and they have asked if he would be interested in running one of those.

My gut tells me that staying with his current company and moving to TX would be better for us financially and more stable for his career. But my heart doesn't know if I could be truly happy not being near my family. Also, I've spent months doing research on the housing market, job market, school districts, cost of living, etc for KY. I know nothing about TX. So this is a pretty major plot twist. I told him it couldn't hurt to get all the information. Once he has that, we'll sit down and have a frank conversation about what would be best for us and our little family.

[jillywilly]

pghtruelove, in your case, no. Not too early for any booze.

[alayne926]

veggiemo, no. We don't have a tape player at home. I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and the cheapest one they had in stock was $35. Going to Target today at lunch to see if they have anything cheaper before going to the BST FB pages. Don't want to invest a ton in this in case it doesn't work for him.

[alayne926]

pghtruelove, sending you all the alcohol...

[veggiemo]

Oct 19, 2016 10:53:51 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

veggiemo , no. We don't have a tape player at home. I went to Wal-Mart yesterday and the cheapest one they had in stock was $35. Going to Target today at lunch to see if they have anything cheaper before going to the BST FB pages. Don't want to invest a ton in this in case it doesn't work for him.

The ones I'm talking about are on CD. Our library has shelves and shelves of them.

[missjenniebean]

Happy Wednesday!

Nothing exciting here, going to the doc later bc v has a swollen lump under her ear. Always fun!

carrots have a good baby free weekend!

[erbear]

I hope he feels better, tiffbot!

pghtruelove all of the alcohol for you!

carrots LOVE Savannah! Have fun!

Guided access is amazing! You can turn it on under accessibility, btw!

[erbear]

ashbash we're headed to Roanoke!

[alayne926]

veggiemo, we don't even have a small CD player

[heartofglass]

Lol ashbash I had no idea #strollermeat was a thing! And thank you for the phone tip. A wants to hit the home button then is livid when the video or pictures are gone, not to mention trying to make phone calls.

Hope he's doing better today tiffbot.

Oh mrsdee1982 that's tough, especially after you've had the KY plan in your head for so long. Three hours is a tricky distance: it could mean a quick day trip for a visit or an obligatory overnight stay.

Nothing much here today. LO and I have had breakfast and we're watching the sunrise now. I'm looking forward to a long nap soon so I can catch up on some sleep last night.
After eating at the brewery last night and checking out their prices I'm seriously considering investing in a keg. Is that crazy?

[veggiemo]

Oct 19, 2016 11:21:23 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

veggiemo , we don't even have a small CD player

Haha, gotcha! We still kick it old school with a CD player in the boys' room. I almost got rid of it recently but I'm glad I didn't now that this audio book thing entered our lives! I do know you can download them to play through an ipod or what-have-you but then you would obviously have to pay for it. Library is free, and free is good  

[tiffbot]

I had no idea about guided access either!

mrsdee1982 good luck with the decision and discussion!

[alayne926]

Oct 19, 2016 11:48:59 GMT -5 veggiemo said:

Oct 19, 2016 11:21:23 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

veggiemo , we don't even have a small CD player

Haha, gotcha! We still kick it old school with a CD player in the boys' room. I almost got rid of it recently but I'm glad I didn't now that this audio book thing entered our lives! I do know you can download them to play through an ipod or what-have-you but then you would obviously have to pay for it. Library is free, and free is good  

Definitely want free. Plus...I don't trust him with screens. He will for sure not shut down if there's an ipod, ipad, or phone in there. He gets sucked in WAY too easily!