Weekend Randoms/Chat Thread

[Sparkly]

Whatcha got going on this weekend?

[Sparkly]

We've had stuff going on EVERY weekend for over a month, so finally we have a relaxing, do-what-we-want weekend. Much needed.

MH is going to run some errands then do yard work today. I will probably do Target & grocery shopping later.

Tomorrow my mom & I are going to take DD to Children's Day downtown in the afternoon.

[silverspoon]

Yard work. Which mostly means me staring at the flower beds wondering if I pull this or leave that. Did we even plant that? I have no idea what I'm doing. Things are looking pretty sad out there.

I think we are going to get some new plants and start fresh this year. Last year was the first time we really tried to do something and I didn't like everything we picked out.

[shoogars]

It's raining here...I think going to go to a farm to table event at a local grocery store. Then this afternoon I have a photography class on photographing kids, with an old friend. DH will work all weekend, as usual, so no real breaks for me. (I never recommend entrepreneurship to anyone who wants to have a life).

[Sparkly]

shoogars, did you change your avatar? She's ADORABLE!!!

[shoogars]

May 2, 2015 8:46:27 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

shoogars, did you change your avatar? She's ADORABLE!!!

Yep. Thanks For some reason that is the only pi ture I can get to work. That is from about a year ago. That's the picture for her passport and we think it is hilarious!

[rnmommy]

Nothing exciting here. My husband is out of town for work. We generally go visit my mom on Saturdays but I'm at the tail end of a cold. She has ALS and has been on a ventilator for 9 years, so we don't visit if we even think we may be sick. Our oldest daughter is going to a Harry Potter party at her BFF's house. I may take the little ones out shopping for some summer clothes. We'll see how energetic I feel.

[Sparkly]

May 2, 2015 8:52:46 GMT -5 shoogars said:

May 2, 2015 8:46:27 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

shoogars, did you change your avatar? She's ADORABLE!!!

Yep. Thanks For some reason that is the only pi ture I can get to work. That is from about a year ago. That's the picture for her passport and we think it is hilarious!

My DD's passport pic is super funny too! I will have to find it later. She was about 5 1/2 months and getting her to hold still and look was really hard!

[Sparkly]

Okay ladies... I'm working on a thread like this to get pinned at the top of our board.
 goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/25466/welcome-read-introduce-before-posting


What do you guys want to do for weekly check-ins? This is what I have so far, because I think we have people in most of these categories, and I added the weekday stuff we did on GKU. Let me know what you think.


Daily:
Symptoms
Chit Chat/Randoms
Ticker Changes

Weekly:
Monday Bitchfest (not necessarily every week, but if people have something to bitch about they can start it)
PGAL (Pregnant after loss) - Mondays
Appointments for the Week - Mondays

Twatwaffle Tuesday
AMA (Advanced Maternal Age) - Tuesdays
STM+ Moms - Tuesdays

WTF Wednesday (this is pretty similar to Monday bitchfest and does not need to be every week)
Hump Day Bump Day (HDBD) - Wednesdays

UO (Unpopular Opinions) - Thursdays
BF While Pregnant - Thursdays

FFFC (Flame Free Friday Confessions - rarely "Flame free," ) - Fridays


We can also add (if people want) --
Healthy Living and/or Workout Thread/Check in
Plus Size & Pregnant
Newbie Playdate-like "not stupid pregnancy/FTM questions" (this wouldn't necessarily be weekly, just start a thread and let it continue until it gets too long for people to follow)


ETA: to tag everybody - hope I didn't miss anyone
@iliketurtles, silverspoon, shoogars, rnmommy, kelltothekell, pineappledeelight, hoopoe, ashley1106, peaseblossom55, luthien, foxtrot, cindylouwho

[Sparkly]

May 2, 2015 9:21:12 GMT -5 @iliketurtles said:

May 2, 2015 9:17:46 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

Okay ladies... I'm working on a thread like this to get pinned at the top of our board.
 goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/25466/welcome-read-introduce-before-posting


What do you guys want to do for weekly check-ins? This is what I have so far, because I think we have people in most of these categories, and I added the weekday stuff we did on GKU. Let me know what you think.


Daily:
Symptoms
Chit Chat/Randoms
Ticker Changes

Weekly:
Monday Bitchfest (not necessarily every week, but if people have something to bitch about they can start it)
PGAL (Pregnant after loss) - Mondays
Appointments for the Week - Mondays

Twatwaffle Tuesday
AMA (Advanced Maternal Age) - Tuesdays
STM+ Moms - Tuesdays

WTF Wednesday (this is pretty similar to Monday bitchfest and does not need to be every week)
Hump Day Bump Day (HDBD) - Wednesdays

UO (Unpopular Opinions) - Thursdays
BF While Pregnant - Thursdays

FFFC (Flame Free Friday Confessions - rarely "Flame free," ) - Fridays


We can also add (if people want) --
Healthy Living and/or Workout Thread/Check in
Plus Size & Pregnant
Newbie Playdate-like "not stupid pregnancy/FTM questions" (this wouldn't necessarily be weekly, just start a thread and let it continue until it gets too long for people to follow)

Personally, I don't think we need that many threads daily, I think we should either go with a daily random OR Monday bitch fest through FFFC.
I'd like a FTM Friday check in if others are interested, I'd run it.

We do not have to do all the things every week. I won't be starting all the threads every day, so it's sort of on an "as needed/wanted basis."

I will add FTM Friday and you can host. I will be happy to host STM+ and BF for now, because they apply to me. If others want other check-ins, let me know if you would like to host/what day. If someone who is AMA or PGaL wants to host those, that would be great. (You can lurk other boards for deets if need be.)

[Sparkly]

May 2, 2015 9:25:47 GMT -5 @iliketurtles said:

Also thanks for putting this stuff together, Sparkly. You'd be my vote for board mod lol

Just trying to get the board going here! I know how important my BMB was to me, especially in the beginning, with my last pregnancy, because you really don't have anyone else to talk to about it.

I think we'll get more lively as we get more people. I hoping for lots of BFPs over on GKU this month!

[Sparkly]

May 2, 2015 9:46:53 GMT -5 @iliketurtles said:

May 2, 2015 9:40:11 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

Just trying to get the board going here! I know how important my BMB was to me, especially in the beginning, with my last pregnancy, because you really don't have anyone else to talk to about it.

I think we'll get more lively as we get more people. I hoping for lots of BFPs over on GKU this month!

I'm feeling the "You don't have anyone else to talk about it" with. We're waiting to tell family, and it's really hard because I just want to talk about how excited I am. 

+1 I hope we get lots of GKU'ers up in here! 

Yeah, the first few weeks are tough -- and get tougher when (if) you really start feeling like shit. It can be very lonely and overwhelming, especially when it's your first. I didn't know too many others who were pregnant or had kids IRL when I became pregnant the first time, so that was another part of it for me.

[peaseblossom55]

May 2, 2015 9:17:46 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

Okay ladies... I'm working on a thread like this to get pinned at the top of our board.
 goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/25466/welcome-read-introduce-before-posting


What do you guys want to do for weekly check-ins? This is what I have so far, because I think we have people in most of these categories, and I added the weekday stuff we did on GKU. Let me know what you think.


Daily:
Symptoms
Chit Chat/Randoms
Ticker Changes

Weekly:
Monday Bitchfest (not necessarily every week, but if people have something to bitch about they can start it)
PGAL (Pregnant after loss) - Mondays
Appointments for the Week - Mondays

Twatwaffle Tuesday
AMA (Advanced Maternal Age) - Tuesdays
STM+ Moms - Tuesdays

WTF Wednesday (this is pretty similar to Monday bitchfest and does not need to be every week)
Hump Day Bump Day (HDBD) - Wednesdays

UO (Unpopular Opinions) - Thursdays
BF While Pregnant - Thursdays

FFFC (Flame Free Friday Confessions - rarely "Flame free," ) - Fridays


We can also add (if people want) --
Healthy Living and/or Workout Thread/Check in
Plus Size & Pregnant
Newbie Playdate-like "not stupid pregnancy/FTM questions" (this wouldn't necessarily be weekly, just start a thread and let it continue until it gets too long for people to follow)


ETA: to tag everybody - hope I didn't miss anyone
@iliketurtles, silverspoon, shoogars, rnmommy, kelltothekell, pineappledeelight, hoopoe, ashley1106, peaseblossom55, luthien, foxtrot, cindylouwho

This all sounds good to me

[peaseblossom55]

We are waiting for the Rangers game to start then we will need to do some yard work. I also need to run a few errands. It's so annoying how my cravings are tied to food commercial I see. Anyone else?

[peaseblossom55]

May 2, 2015 9:46:53 GMT -5 @iliketurtles said:

May 2, 2015 9:40:11 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

Just trying to get the board going here! I know how important my BMB was to me, especially in the beginning, with my last pregnancy, because you really don't have anyone else to talk to about it.

I think we'll get more lively as we get more people. I hoping for lots of BFPs over on GKU this month!

I'm feeling the "You don't have anyone else to talk about it" with. We're waiting to tell family, and it's really hard because I just want to talk about how excited I am. 

+1 I hope we get lots of GKU'ers up in here! 

It's hard when you are keeping quiet and have no one else to talk with too. It sucks because I just want to tell the world too!

[Sparkly]

May 2, 2015 10:47:26 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

We are waiting for the Rangers game to start then we will need to do some yard work. I also need to run a few errands. It's so annoying how my cravings are tied to food commercial I see. Anyone else?

I just want all the foods. And I'm gonna eat them until M/S hits! lol

[Sparkly]

I'm in bed with DD for her nap. I want to sneak away because I'm starving (again) but I don't want to wake her. I was considering taking a nap with her...but food.

#thestruggleisreal

[silverspoon]

That looks good to me. I lurked a few birth month boards while we were trying, but I never really paid attention to their daily threads.

We can always change something later if it's not working for us.

[peaseblossom55]

May 2, 2015 11:01:31 GMT -5 Sparkly said:

May 2, 2015 10:47:26 GMT -5 peaseblossom55 said:

We are waiting for the Rangers game to start then we will need to do some yard work. I also need to run a few errands. It's so annoying how my cravings are tied to food commercial I see. Anyone else?

I just want all the foods. And I'm gonna eat them until M/S hits! lol

It's awful when you crave something begin to eat it and then are like nope nope nope.

[ashley1106]

We started building our deck today! WooHoo!

[pineappledeelight]

Ahh! I feel like I've missed so much in a day!! I was busy at a baby shower all day and now I'm babysitting my nephew (he's asleep now) so I finally got a moment to check the board!

I love the idea of getting the board rolling along with some daily threads! Definitely like the idea of having a positive one too. Thankful Thursday is cute!!

And thank you Sparkly, for getting this all together!!!

Can't wait for this board to grow!! Come on January babes!!

[rnmommy]

I ended up taking all 3 kids shopping for summer clothes and sandals for the 2 littles. It was a busy day and thankfully no eye rolling from the almost teenager!

[peaseblossom55]

We just got in from running errands and doing grocery shopping, we ordered take out from the local diner. It was so good and I'm so full.

[rnmommy]

I made taco pasta for dinner tonight. It was delicious!

[peaseblossom55]

May 2, 2015 20:20:29 GMT -5 rnmommy said:

I made taco pasta for dinner tonight. It was delicious!

Oh that sounds good.  Cooking is so hard when I'm nausea and when H eats meat and I'm a vegetarian.  I try to make recipes that are easy to make meat and non meat but use some of the same ingredients.

[rnmommy]

I think it would be easy to split this. Make the meat separately for him and he can add it in to his own dish at the end! I don't eat beef, so I used ground pork. It would probably even be good with tofu.

[peaseblossom55]

May 2, 2015 20:27:39 GMT -5 rnmommy said:

I think it would be easy to split this. Make the meat separately for him and he can add it in to his own dish at the end! I don't eat beef, so I used ground pork. It would probably even be good with tofu.

Nice, I didn't even think of that! Thanks :-)

[cindylouwho]

Thanks Sparkly! You're awesome. I'm just now reading this because work. Boo. I prob won't be very active Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays because of work over the summer. I feel like I missed out on so much already, lol. And I'm ready for bed...this fatigue is no joke...

[peaseblossom55]

May 2, 2015 20:30:24 GMT -5 cindylouwho said:

Thanks Sparkly! You're awesome. I'm just now reading this because work. Boo. I prob won't be very active Saturdays, Sundays, and Tuesdays because of work over the summer. I feel like I missed out on so much already, lol. And I'm ready for bed...this fatigue is no joke...

I miss out during the weekdays mostly because this site is blocked at work, and there are only so many times I can be on my phone.  

[silverspoon]

It's way too early to be thinking names, but I'm anxiously waiting to hear what Kate and William named their baby girl. Apparently my top choices are also rumoured to be theirs. I'm probably going to cross whatever they choose off the list.