It's the weekend again!

[lilyelayne]

[dreemkin]

Today is a chill at home kind of a day - rainy and cold (40s again...). Plus I'm wearing my H's boxers. Why, you ask? I've had some irritation where my pants band and undies hits my belly. I think it's due to losing weight bc the pouch like hangs a bit now (sorry if gross tmi). I usually keep it powdered there bc I sweat a lot during exercising. But lately it's been angry so I'm wearing a loose, light pair of boxers in hopes it'll help today teehee. Pretty comfy!

[lilyelayne]

Low key day here. Trying to decide if we want to have an evening swimming at the ILs with the cousins or if we want my parents to keep G and have a date night. Might depend on if it actually rains this afternoon or not.

[agm04]

lilyelayne DATE NIGHT! my opinion is strong bc i would do a lot of things for a date night right now.

related: DH is working nonstop. i am 35 weeks pregnant and tired. i'll probably be solo parenting most of the weekend. on a positive note, our house is looking really good. we have had painters around all week - finally getting the risers painted on our stairs (since hardwood floors were replaced like two months ago), + some other random stuff that needed painting. i can't believe what a huge job it has been.

[agm04]

lilyelayne i haven't forgotten about sending you those OPKs. i just keep forgetting to look for the HPTs and i want to send them together if i can. sorry! i'll try to do it this weekend.

[seamonster]

agm04 love tit for support.

Home date tonight. H and I agreed to do a movie with our wine. Toddler performance tomorrow if no meltdown occurs. I hate that they put it at 11am when that's when the kids all do lunch and nap. I don't know why daycare doesn't see this as a hassle.

[agm04]

seamonster thanks. i totally agree that the timing on that is weird!

[aggiebug]

Weekend!

It's a weird weekend here. Our 6th anniversary is Sunday. So what are we doing? Well H is fixing our roof tomorrow, we are going to a work party tomorrow evening and Sunday we are hosting our small group at our house. Life is so romantic

[lilyelayne]

agm04 turns out my mom woke up with a cold so babysitting offer was rescinded. Oh well.

[agm04]

lilyelayne boo. i hope you have a fun evening anyway!

DD has started kicking doors open. DH thinks it's hilarious, which makes her do it even more. the other night she kicked her bathroom door open and made a little dent in the wall. i was trying to show it to her and explain why she can't keep doing that, and she interrupted me to say, "the workers will fix it." (because our house is being painted right now...i've told her painters will fix this and that when she points out spots that are scratched, etc.) i was like no, we didn't pay them for this so they won't fix it. she said, "oh, sorry. what did allison do??"

it's so hard to be mad at them when they're cute.

[dreemkin]

I got a few retired and on sale pandora charms today on a site I've been stalking, Rue la la. I'm so excited and hope they arrive in good shape! One is for my dog, one is to remember my grandma, and one is for my favorite season (fall). I'm going to save them for gifts/birthday money. I'm just happy to have them new since they are retired!

[agm04]

dreemkin i used to love rue la la!

[dreemkin]

So I'm still not entirely sure what's happening on TCF right now. I'm confused. I do not follow any other board.
ETA: I will keep posting here as if nothing happened and hope it's still around. Someone let me know if the ship is actually, fully going down bc in that case some big goodbyes are in order and that would be sad.

[lilyelayne]

May 20, 2017 6:56:27 GMT -5 dreemkin said:

So I'm still not entirely sure what's happening on TCF right now. I'm confused. I do not follow any other board.
ETA: I will keep posting here as if nothing happened and hope it's still around. Someone let me know if the ship is actually, fully going down bc in that case some big goodbyes are in order and that would be sad.

Looks like a lot of the big parenting posters who are leaving are having their accounts and posts deleted per their request, so things will probably start settling and we can see what happens to the boards as a whole. Also it may be extra confusing if you try to read through the relevant threads because things are being deleted.

[dreemkin]

May 19, 2017 16:22:27 GMT -5 agm04 said:

dreemkin i used to love rue la la!

I'm loving this pandora sale. But honestly I can't afford most of what's on that site or even recognize a lot of the brands. I feel either poor or that things are way overpriced for what they are or like I'm out of the loop 😔 I can't decide lol.

[dmorgendorffer]

Things are finally settling down after quite a week. Wednesday when we moved out I was a mess, with the added joy of being super engorged. At least DH and I were both crying when it was time to leave so I didn't feel like a complete crazy person.

The AC in our hotel room didn't work and it was 90 degrees. They weren't able to move us until Thursday so Wednesday night was super miserable.

Yesterday we got into the new house and seeing E playing in our much bigger yard made me feel a little better about the whole move. It was all way too much physically for me, so I've spent all morning in bed so far today.

dreemkin I am with you on sticking around here. I haven't even checked in on the May17 board yet but I'm curious to see what happens. I'll check out the scary mommy board but I really only post here and my other bmb.

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer you are amazing for going through that in this timeframe. Not at all the same, but I moved when A was 4 months and memory wise it was tough to say goodbye to the house. We actually still live nearby and I'll drive by the house once in a while to see it. I hope you love the new house quickly and realize that you will make so many happy memories there! ((Hugs))
kartish thinking about you and hope you are doing okay!
agm04 hope the weekend goes well for you!

As for my sat randoms, H had to go manager (aka oversee) a project happening at work today so we are kind of chilling out. Another rainy cold day here. Yesterday N asked for a haircut and A said she wanted one too (monkey see monkey do) so I gave them both one. It was A's first ever haircut (I did just a trim) 😭. N's turned out to be more of a bob but it looks cute and summery.

[kartish]

Thanks dreemkin. I've been having a rough couple of weeks, but the result is that I'm on some meds and have an appointment for early June with a PPD therapist. So that's good, I guess. I just hate this though.

Anyway I'm all sorts of confused about weekdays going on here and why. I started reading some of the threads but not sure if I want to continue, don't think it's good mental wise. I get the gist though that the admins screwed up? Should I be upset?

As for me I'm at work and the past couple of days I've been training on some financial stuff and I'm pretty excited for the eventual new responsibilities. Last night we went to a birthday party for a friend's daughter who turned four - she is pretty much the same size as V though, lol.

[aggiebug]

kartish so many hugs. I am glad you have gotten some help and will be seeing someone soon. You are so worth it.

As far as the forum. It's a shit show. There are some accusations. There are things that concern me (to the grand extent a forum concerns me) and there is a lot that I think is overblown on both sides. There were concerns of actions being taken that would cause PB to shut the forum down which was the primary concern for me. Seems like that isn't happening, there is a mass Exodus but there is a good possibility we won't have to move unless we want to.

[dreemkin]

kartish I am in a family notorious for resisting help - medical, mental, whatever. And after my aunt's hospitalization (basically due to stubbornness) I was wondering why we are like that. I'm trying to be better about that and you are an inspiration. I'm sorry you are having a rough time but I'm so glad you are talking about it. I hope you get some relief and get in a better place 💛 We are always here for you (hopefully; unless this place goes down in flames but it probably won't).

[dmorgendorffer]

kartish I am right there with you on not even reading the other threads - seems like we're going to stick around as long as we're still able to post here. I hope you're feeling better soon - sounds like you're taking steps in the right direction and taking care of yourself.

[dmorgendorffer]

dreemkin I think you asked what J's name is? It's Josephine, so we've got two girls with old lady names - Edith and Josephine - Edie and JoJo.

[kartish]

dmorgendorffer what darling girls! Love the picture!

[kartish]

Thanks for the support everyone. It means a lot to me.

dreemkin, I'm not hesitant to go to the doctor for health reasons, but I had some bad experiences with therapists when I was a teenager during my parents divorce. Plus the whole mental health stigma.

But the main reasons I wanted to get help are so there's nothing coming in between DH and I, and to be a good example for my boys. Putting them first makes me put myself first in this instance, lol.

[kartish]

May 20, 2017 11:43:00 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

kartish so many hugs. I am glad you have gotten some help and will be seeing someone soon. You are so worth it.

As far as the forum. It's a shit show. There are some accusations. There are things that concern me (to the grand extent a forum concerns me) and there is a lot that I think is overblown on both sides. There were concerns of actions being taken that would cause PB to shut the forum down which was the primary concern for me. Seems like that isn't happening, there is a mass Exodus but there is a good possibility we won't have to move unless we want to.

If this place becomes a ghost town, could they shut it down? I wonder if we could find a place at GBCN...I used to post on the nest prior to the exodus, when it happened I needed a break from the boards and never signed up there; but I still lurk over there occasionally.

[aggiebug]

May 20, 2017 13:25:22 GMT -5 kartish said:

May 20, 2017 11:43:00 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

kartish so many hugs. I am glad you have gotten some help and will be seeing someone soon. You are so worth it.

As far as the forum. It's a shit show. There are some accusations. There are things that concern me (to the grand extent a forum concerns me) and there is a lot that I think is overblown on both sides. There were concerns of actions being taken that would cause PB to shut the forum down which was the primary concern for me. Seems like that isn't happening, there is a mass Exodus but there is a good possibility we won't have to move unless we want to.

If this place becomes a ghost town, could they shut it down? I wonder if we could find a place at GBCN...I used to post on the nest prior to the exodus, when it happened I needed a break from the boards and never signed up there; but I still lurk over there occasionally.

Well my other bmb actually asked the mods and if this place becomes a ghost town the will convert it back to a free forum and then we should be able to hang around. It was the discussion of posters intentionally putting up porn which would cause PB to shut us down that was a concern for a while.

I actually thought of GBCN too but apparently regs over there generally think that's a big nope.

[kartish]

aggiebug well I can see that. If we cam stay then that's good, I just don't want to one day log on and everything is poof.

[dreemkin]

dmorgendorffer how precious! I love the name. My girls have old lady middle names! Josephine was on my list too.

[lilyelayne]

dmorgendorffer glad the move is over, and I hope unpacking isn't terrible. Take it easy! And I love J's name!

kartish hugs. Glad you're reaching out for help. You deserve it.

[lilyelayne]

I think one of the big things that finalized the exodus was the thought/rumor/realization (no idea which actually applies) that one admin is living off the ad revenue from the forums while promising progress that never happens. And not being open about that. 🤷🏻‍♀️