We just buy a roll of small garbage can bags (maybe $4 and they actually fit the can. . I've had coworkers bitch about how they need grocery bags to clean up their dog poop, but we buy bags for that. They have ones made from corn that will decompose in the landfill.
I'm in CA and glad the bag ban has spread more!! We actually have some reusable produce bags too.
It did not even occur to me that they sold small can bags since I've never needed to find such a thing. We also buy dog poo bags, so need there =)
. Yeah they sell them at all stores. I think I've been working on my second roll since college! Ha they last forever!!
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Post by easilyunamused on Feb 19, 2015 13:05:34 GMT -5
Reusable bags: After I put my groceries away, I bunch them all up in one bag and put them on my front door handle to remember to bring them to the car. I also leave them on the backseat so I see them. I just bring them all in so I have more than I need. I love my reusable bags. You fit more, and like bunnyfungo said, you can throw them over your shoulder and carry more at one time.
This thread makes me feel old as shit & sad for my future children. They're gonna have the old mom & dad; I'll be at least 36 years older than they are. I kinda have the sadsies that there are people on here 16 years younger than me.
Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
July 2013 started TTC 7/20/2014=BFP; CP confirmed 8/1/2014 Dec 2014: Diagnosis = Unexplained IF 12/24/2014 Medicated TI (clomid)=BFN 1/22/2015: IUI #1 cancelled due to cyst 02/17/2015: IUI #2 cancelled due to another cyst 3/31/2015: IUI with Femera, 1 good follie, great sperm count = CP, my December Rainbow became an Angel
This thread makes me feel old as shit & sad for my future children. They're gonna have the old mom & dad; I'll be at least 36 years older than they are. I kinda have the sadsies that there are people on here 16 years younger than me.
Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
I never planned nor wanted to be a young mom. I always knew I'd be in my 30s before having my first child. This doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
I never planned nor wanted to be a young mom. I always knew I'd be in my 30s before having my first child. This doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I had always planned on having kids in my 20s but not getting married until I was in my 30s. But I also didn't want kids until after I was married.
Short of a time machine, not entirely sure how I planned on making all that work.
Oh, and I was going to pop out like 5-6 kids in 8 years. LMAO. Oh me.
Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
I never planned nor wanted to be a young mom. I always knew I'd be in my 30s before having my first child. This doesn't bother me in the slightest.
Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
I never planned nor wanted to be a young mom. I always knew I'd be in my 30s before having my first child. This doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I think its just starting to bother me now that I am the age I thought I would be when I had a child, not when I was still trying. I wish I had started the process earlier if I had known.
I have to remind myself that the age I am doesn't have to dictate the type of parent I will be. I can have just as close a relationship with my daughter with a 30 year age difference as someone with an 18 year age difference.
July 2013 started TTC 7/20/2014=BFP; CP confirmed 8/1/2014 Dec 2014: Diagnosis = Unexplained IF 12/24/2014 Medicated TI (clomid)=BFN 1/22/2015: IUI #1 cancelled due to cyst 02/17/2015: IUI #2 cancelled due to another cyst 3/31/2015: IUI with Femera, 1 good follie, great sperm count = CP, my December Rainbow became an Angel
This thread makes me feel old as shit & sad for my future children. They're gonna have the old mom & dad; I'll be at least 36 years older than they are. I kinda have the sadsies that there are people on here 16 years younger than me.
Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
Legal drinking age is only 18 here. I once dated a guy who's dad was the same age as my grandfather. I think it's partly a regional thing. The area where I'm originally from, most people are married and/or have kids by 20, but where we are now, it's more common to be mid-20's before that.
My UO (at least here in my rural hillbilly town) - I think camo looks just plain stupid in any setting besides the middle of the woods. Bonus stupid points if it's pink camo. What exactly are you trying to blend in to? I hope this is not unpopular in more civilized parts of the world.
I HATE camo. I live in a solidly redneck state and it is everywhere. It's one thing if you are out hunting. It is quite another when you are shopping at the mall/going to prom/getting married/going out to a nice restaurant. And of course DH's ex's husband loves it and SS comes over dressed in it all the time. We keep spare normal clothes here because him in blaze and camo does not fit in with DH and me in our WASPy dresses and polos. SS also loves country music bc of his mom and UGH we can't stand it.
NO:
My ILs keep buying camo for my DD. I never put it in those clothes but they think it's hilarious. My FIL loves to hunt which is fine whatever but we live in a city my daughter is two and will be doing no hunting. It's not even cute camo. It's really ugly pink camo that never fits her anyway.
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Don't feel sad Becky! At least not because of that. Being a young mom =/= being a fun or even a good mom. I am certainly not saying it means a young mom can't be those things, it just isn't a given. But I know what you mean, I felt old as hell too knowing there are people who can't legally drink trying to get pregnant... and that they will likely get KU long before me. I am seriously going to get lapped here soon.
Legal drinking age is only 18 here. I once dated a guy who's dad was the same age as my grandfather. I think it's partly a regional thing. The area where I'm originally from, most people are married and/or have kids by 20, but where we are now, it's more common to be mid-20's before that.
DH was 40 when DS was born. He has classmates that are grandparents and their grandkids are the same age our child.
But the generation lines in his family are all fucked up anyway. His oldest sister is 20 years older than him and had her 1st at 16, and her second 5 weeks before DH was born (so MIL and SIL were pregnant at the same time). MIL has several great grand kids older than DS, then one great great grandkid just a bit younger than DS.
My family isn't much different. There is the same age gap between my mom and oldest brother as there is between my oldest brother and me.
Legal drinking age is only 18 here. I once dated a guy who's dad was the same age as my grandfather. I think it's partly a regional thing. The area where I'm originally from, most people are married and/or have kids by 20, but where we are now, it's more common to be mid-20's before that.
DH was 40 when DS was born. He has classmates that are grandparents and their grandkids are the same age our child.
But the generation lines in his family are all fucked up anyway. His oldest sister is 20 years older than him and had her 1st at 16, and her second 5 weeks before DH was born (so MIL and SIL were pregnant at the same time). MIL has several great grand kids older than DS, then one great great grandkid just a bit younger than DS.
My family isn't much different. There is the same age gap between my mom and oldest brother as there is between my oldest brother and me.
My grandfather's family was like that. It can be confusing. I really don't think k parental age matters that much. I know women who were in their 30's when they had kids and are crappy parents, and I know people who were teens and are great parents.
Another UO: Just because someone comes to your door does not mean that they are an intruder. People in my area are complaining on nextdoor about "intruders" and the most recent was a kid with no coat at 2 in the morning who was disoriented and banging on their door. That doesn't scream intruder to me. The kid needed help. People need to calm down.
I never planned nor wanted to be a young mom. I always knew I'd be in my 30s before having my first child. This doesn't bother me in the slightest.
I think its just starting to bother me now that I am the age I thought I would be when I had a child, not when I was still trying. I wish I had started the process earlier if I had known.
I have to remind myself that the age I am doesn't have to dictate the type of parent I will be. I can have just as close a relationship with my daughter with a 30 year age difference as someone with an 18 year age difference.
I never wanted to be a young mother, but I wanted to be finished having them by 32. I don't know why I picked that number. I was 32 when we started trying to that was out the window, but I definitely thought we'd be have #2 on the way around this time, not still a year minimum from #1. It's not something that bothers me all that much most of the time. I know that I wasn't ready to have children when I was in my early 20s and that MH & I weren't ready for kids when I was in my late 20s.
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Post by britterrss on Feb 19, 2015 13:50:56 GMT -5
Finally caught up!
My UO: I think vitamins (and prenatals) are a waste of money. I don't see the point of taking them if I'm getting everything I need in my diet. I know some people don't, and that's fine if they want to take them. But goddamnit I don't need 1000% of Vit C and 3x the folic acid than is recommended.
Legal drinking age is only 18 here. I once dated a guy who's dad was the same age as my grandfather. I think it's partly a regional thing. The area where I'm originally from, most people are married and/or have kids by 20, but where we are now, it's more common to be mid-20's before that.
DH was 40 when DS was born. He has classmates that are grandparents and their grandkids are the same age our child.
But the generation lines in his family are all fucked up anyway. His oldest sister is 20 years older than him and had her 1st at 16, and her second 5 weeks before DH was born (so MIL and SIL were pregnant at the same time). MIL has several great grand kids older than DS, then one great great grandkid just a bit younger than DS.
My family isn't much different. There is the same age gap between my mom and oldest brother as there is between my oldest brother and me.
My youngest sister is 11 months old and my son is 2 1/2. My family gets weird looks all the time.
My UO: I think vitamins (and prenatals) are a waste of money. I don't see the point of taking them if I'm getting everything I need in my diet. I know some people don't, and that's fine if they want to take them. But goddamnit I don't need 1000% of Vit C and 3x the folic acid than is recommended.
Vitamins are to SUPPLEMENT your diet, not replace it. You should be getting everything from your food. It's infinitely better to eat your vitamins because they are absorbed better by your gut when eaten in the foods they naturally reside in. There's a reason it's in those foods.
But, not everyone eats a well balanced diet so vitamins fill in the holes.
UO: I can't stand it when people other than my mother or MH call me sweetheart, Hun, darling, cupcake, etc. I am not anything to you other than Miss/Mrs, my first name or hell even Ma'am. I'm looking at you mr. Electrician who also threw in a couple arm squeezes to go with the pet names.
I'm still on the first page, but this is not a UO in my book. I can't stand this. Especially when I'm on the phone at work or something. Do not call me "sweetie". If you're a man, I assume you're being condescending, and if you're a woman, I assume you're being a bitch. Might not be what the person on the other end intends, but that's how it sounds to me.
I wish smoking in public was banned. Not just in parks and around children but everywhere. I have serious allergies and I hate it. If you must kill yourself do it at home or at a cigar shop or something. I live in Florida where it's nice to eat outside a lot and I never get to because everyone is just smoking and killing their lungs. Go away smokers.
I don't smoke and I am also allergic to it. I hound my friends and family regularly about quitting if they smoke. However I don't really feel like we have a right to tell business owners what they will and will not allow in their establishment since smoking isn't illegal. I have the right to decide if a place gets my patronage based on their smoking policy. There are plenty of places that would choose to be smoke free and there are some places that should absolutely 100% be smoking free at all times. I live in a city that has banned smoking in most places and I have seen a lot of people lose their jobs. Bars have closed left and right and league bowlers have gone to surrounding cities because they don't have a smoking ban. Plus I feel the city really screwed over a lot of restaurants by just a few years prior to this ban they made them install very expensive filtration systems and in many cases required separate entrances for the non-smoking and smoking sections.
Me: 30 DH: 29; Married: September, 2010 TTC #1: April 2013 Benched: May 2013 Cancer(DH) Off the Bench: September 2014 July 2015 ER low sperm count and motility(radiation side effect). FET September 1,2015. BFP 9/9/15.- 3 on the way.
About a year ago in Detroit, a man shot and killed a woman on his doorstep. It was 2 am and she had been in a car accident, was drunk and looking for help. He didn't want to be a victim and shot through the door without any hesitation. He was found guilty of manslaughter.
People always assume the worst.
Yeah. I'm not going to shoot and kill anyone that comes to my door at 2:00 am (or at any time for that matter) but I'm also certainly not going to open the door. If they ask me too, I will call 911 from behind my locked door to help them.
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