Tuesday be kind to me

[ladytiffany24]

Sorry about your cranky preschooler @justinslovo. I'm a cranky adult today.

[erinshelley21]

LOL at even having to ask a pregnant woman if she's tired.

I am feeling about normal today so that's wonderful. Just back to the regular old nausea.

The snow is coming down pretty hard and my office parking lot is already covered, so that will make the driving I have to do tomorrow, Thursday and Friday interesting. It's also supposed to be like 6 degrees Thursday.

[ladytiffany24]

erinshelley21, ewww at lots of snow and 6 degrees!

[obi]

It is -6 here and a good amount of snow on the ground. I think today is supposed to bring very little snow but tomorrow through Friday will bring more. I have a lot of driving to do tomorrow so I hope that forecast is wrong.
I am very happy we got our winter tires put on on Saturday. Makes that $1100 sting a bit less...

[obi]

C slept in a bit this morning which was nice. He ran out of his room when he heard me close the washroom door.
He then came into the washroom with a half eaten chocolate chip cookie and a big shit eating grin on his face.
Im just thankful that these are little mini cookies and he only managed to get one out of the container.
This was followed by him letting the rabbits out who then hid under my bed, so this morning we got to play bunny wrangler before breakfast.

[erinshelley21]

I only mind the snow because of my H's side job of plowing. Couple that with his extended family's neediness and I'm a widow in the winter. But the plowing is good money and we inherited the plow when my dad died so aside from insurance we have nothing in it.

[obi]

Dec 13, 2016 11:13:59 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

@obimon we did winter tires yesterday. Woof. That hurt the pocket book.

I have decided to kick today's ass. Liv made her gingerbread house with minimal adult intervention while Fin and I cleaned the kitchen.

Now onto unpacking and cleaning up the clutter from our trip.

It hurts extra because we bought all new winters on rims with sensors last year for our Edge. We traded it in for a new Focus a few months ago so we had to buy all new tires, rims, sensors again because they were obviously very different sizes. Luckily we worked out a bit of a deal by including our winters with the Edge but... Not much. It was mostly for $ off the new vehicle and then a slight discount on the new tires.

So over a 1yr span we have spent nearly $3k on tires -_-
Luckily my H can change them each season so we dont have to pay for that. We just did it this time around since they were new.

With my H commuting an hour to work and us living in the snow belt there was zero compromising on cheaper tires too. Id be freaking out every day if he didnt have great tires on that car.

[obi]

Dec 13, 2016 11:46:52 GMT -5 @justinslovo said:

Dec 13, 2016 11:42:37 GMT -5 obi said:

It hurts extra because we bought all new winters on rims with sensors last year for our Edge. We traded it in for a new Focus a few months ago so we had to buy all new tires, rims, sensors again because they were obviously very different sizes. Luckily we worked out a bit of a deal by including our winters with the Edge but... Not much. It was mostly for $ off the new vehicle and then a slight discount on the new tires.

So over a 1yr span we have spent nearly $3k on tires -_-
Luckily my H can change them each season so we dont have to pay for that. We just did it this time around since they were new.

With my H commuting an hour to work and us living in the snow belt there was zero compromising on cheaper tires too. Id be freaking out every day if he didnt have great tires on that car.

Yikes a rama.

We barely made it up our road in my Edge with minimal snow. We live in the mountains. Do not want to deal with that again. So studded tires it is! Thankfully free rotation, swapping them out in the spring etc...

This is my first vehicle that isn't 4WD. It will most likely be my last. Makes me sad. I love my Edge.

Here's hoping you get some good years out of this set!

I had similar issues with my edge. It wasnt 4wd either. It had a set of michelin all seasons on it that were garbage in any amount of snow. As soon as we put on the cooper winters it was great though. I loved my edge and miss it so much. The focus is roomy for a mid size but so not the same as an edge haha.

But yes, fx this is it for at least a few more years!

Thats great about the free swaps! Its $25 per tire here.

[obi]

Omg my kid is babbling a new string of sounds and it sounds like "fuckin eh"
This has killed me dead.

[erinshelley21]

I was able to enjoy the spinach dip when I went home to grab lunch to bring back to work. My brother and I are sharing a car like we are in high school again. Except we are grown ass adults with separate cars and we don't even live together. It's for the greater good of our insurance agency so I can't complain too much. Said agency also pays for my gas so there's that. It is basically his car too.

[callmeKD]

My feet are so swollen today. But I think we decided on names!

[callmeKD]

@justinslovo I started iron supplements too. My OB and I had a good laugh because she started to ask if I like cereal (but I can't eat it because of the GD) and she stopped mid-sentence. So instead I'm on the supplements

[bookish]

I thought we had moved past the sickness of 2016, but DS got sent home from daycare with a fever. I got home, went to go grab the thermometer, and came back to puke in the hallway. DS didn't have a wet shirt or puke breath, so I think it was the dog, but I am not positive.

Mom life is so glamorous. Standing in solidarity with all of the rest of the sick March 17-ers! Also a shout out to all of you dealing with the cold and snow...stay warm!

[cosmicav]

@justinslovo LOLLLL at asking a pregnant woman if she is tired. That reminded me of this meme though

[cosmicav]

Whenever I take an iron pill, I immediately back it up with a Colace as a preventative measure. Two Colaces now that third tri is here. I remember having to take 2 per day in order to poop regularly in third tri during my last pregnancy, and I wasn't even taking iron then.

One of the most dismal parts of pregnancy is upon us. Rock poop lyfe

[meggypoo1]

I am so tired today. I stayed up too late watching football.
I am so fed up with my boss. I am looking forward to vacation even though I have to travel and deal with family. I am hoping for all the naps.

[obi]

I just stubbed my toes really effing hard on something my H was supposed to put away TWO WEEKS AGO so now I am in a rage.
I am so sick of the clutter in this house and with Xmas around the corner it will only get worse. MIL called the other day and said "you're going to need go rearrange your house", in all seriousness, because she bought so much stuff.

Yeah im in the process of doing that to fit a new baby in here but forget about that because we need somewhere to put all these fucking toys.

She is fully aware of how small our place is. I get that gift giving is her love language and I know she is doing it out of love, so id never say a word but if she loaded up on a bunch of second hand toys (she has been doing this all year) we dont need then they will never see the inside of my home. Not like they can be returned so Im happy to just donate donate donate.

Like, last week she sent me a pic of a bedroom set with a twin bed. Itd be great but she knows C has our double mattress which we are not changing. I said this and her response was "you can just put that mattress in the garage until you can sell it".

Whyyyyyyy? He loves his bed. His room is pretty big. Why would I downsize?

Ok i just needed to get that off my chest. Phew. All because of stubbed toes. Hormones be ragin'
/rant.

[obi]

I just wanna craft today but I have to be "responsible" and "clean my house". Laaaaaaame!

[erinshelley21]

obi, can you make your MIL keep some of the toys at her house or send some to your moms? I sent some of DS's older toys to my mom's last year before his birthday and Christmas and it helped a ton. Plus he gets really excited when he sees his toys at my moms.

[obi]

Dec 13, 2016 13:28:58 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

obi, can you make your MIL keep some of the toys at her house or send some to your moms? I sent some of DS's older toys to my mom's last year before his birthday and Christmas and it helped a ton. Plus he gets really excited when he sees his toys at my moms.

This is pretty much my plan. The problem is she lives about 2hrs away so she doesnt want to leave toys there because C will rarely get to use them.

We have a Ford Focus now so I am using "my car is too small" as an excuse for as much stuff as possible.

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@obi I feel you on the bed situation. DS is in a queen because he's going to be tall. My mom is constantly pushing us to get a twin.

But like, why? She's 5"1' so she doesn't really get #tallproblems but...I mean, space isn't a factor so why?

[ladytiffany24]

Speaking of tires, guess who just discovered a nail in the driver side rear tire of her three week old Honda Odyssey?! This girl! On my way to the dealership now. UGH! 😑

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I've been cleaning a little today. Mostly because my dad and brother are coming over today to see our new apartment/play with DS.

Now that all our stuff is unpacked and set up I'm thinking we need different colored curtains. DH said a dark purple but IDK.

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Dec 13, 2016 14:04:35 GMT -5 ladytiffany24 said:

Speaking of tires, guess who just discovered a nail in the driver side rear tire of her three week old Honda Odyssey?! This girl! On my way to the dealership now. UGH! 😑

The actual worst.

[jnow]

@obi that would make me insane. Clutter makes me angry. I get annoyed every time I pull into three garage, but I need to remind myself that organizing that is not the priority.

Hell no to just storing shit to sell.

[erinshelley21]

@amc25, I would have went through a drive thru and ate in silence! If DS falls asleep while we are out running errands that is my cue to get a drink and cake pop at Starbucks and enjoy the quiet time time playing on my phone.

[bookish]

@obi My MIL also feels the need to gift a million toys. I feel your pain. My H also likes to buy tons of crap, so I don't really have a strong front with him on the issue. He says they didn't have many toys growing up so they want the kids to have toys now. I think tons of toys just end up strewn about the house and a lot gets buried in the bottom of bins.

[callmeKD]

cosmicav that is a great idea on the colace. I think I still have some from my last pregnancy, I wonder if it's expired....

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Dec 13, 2016 15:11:13 GMT -5 bookish said:

@obi My MIL also feels the need to gift a million toys. I feel your pain. My H also likes to buy tons of crap, so I don't really have a strong front with him on the issue. He says they didn't have many toys growing up so they want the kids to have toys now. I think tons of toys just end up strewn about the house and a lot gets buried in the bottom of bins.

Here here! DS doesn't even have that many toys and he probably only plays with 4 or 5.

[cosmicav]

Dec 13, 2016 17:13:41 GMT -5 callmeKD said:

cosmicav that is a great idea on the colace. I think I still have some from my last pregnancy, I wonder if it's expired....

Fun story, I had Colace left over from my last pregnancy since I bought a giant bottle of it. (My son is about 20 mos now lol). The expiration date was 12/2016 so I thought I would be all good. I opened it for the first time in a few months in October or November and all the pills were fused together and had lost their round shape. It was very odd. I didn't chance it lol; I bought a new bottle that doesn't expire till 2018 so we good now