Ten Things Tuesday: February 23

[wittyandwaiting]

Show us your ten things please.

[rikkiandjulie]

1-10: it's my birthday. I'm 27. I will celebrate by drinking margaritas, and eating pizza, all after work of course.

[kekaellypula]

I can't show you them. They are private.
1) symptom spotting but i think this one failed as well
2) my urine constantly has a strong smell
3) i smell everything
4) light spotting about 10 mins ago
5) back aches a little, could be from sitting though
6) i am hungry! feeeeeeeeeeeed me
7) had a horrific long distance fight over the weekend, things are getting better now
8) the wife is taking her NREMT this morning for the second time. missed by 2 questions last week but since we spent the weekend and yesterday fighting she might fail today
9) did i mention that i'm hungry?
10) slowly getting things checked off my board at work, key word is SLOWLY, if i go too fast I'll have nothing to do for a couple weeks

[sdfonz619]

1. Babyganics chest rub and Zarabee's baby cough and mucus worked like magic for us last night. Mila slept a very sound 5.5 hours and it all smiles this morning.

2. Today is my Thursday!

3. With all of that sound sleep last night I am still so. damn. tired.

4. I started a Pinterest board of ideas for Mila's 1st birthday and now I cannot wait! At the same time, I don't want her growing so quickly.

5. MW has a 4 day drill this weekend and this will be her first time away from home over night since Mila was born. I know she is having a hard time with it, so I have written her letters for each day that she will be gone and put them inside cards I made and decorated with Mila's foot and hand prints. She has no idea and is going to melt when she finds them in her ruck sack.

6. Work has been nuts the last few days making the days fly by. I am only working part of the day but it's getting harder not to stay the full day with everything going on.

7. My 5 month old is now wearing 6-9 months sized pj's and onesies and 9-12 month sized pants! Looks like it's time for another shopping trip.

8. Oh, and socks, we are buying socks almost every time we go to the store because she is out growing them so quickly. We just bought 12-18 months thinking they would last a little longer, but they actually fit perfectly. She is going to be in toddler sizes before we know it.

9. I miss being pregnant and wish I hadn't hoped it would fly by. I'm glad that I kept a journal, but I don't feel like I took it in as much as I wish I had now.

10. MW told me this weekend she would like us to look at reciprocal IVF again as an option for our next baby. As a butch woman, she has been struggling with the idea of carrying. Knowing her, I believe she will love the experience and won't regret it in anyway, so I think we are going to have a few more talks before making a set decision.

[JustJudy]

1. Why hasn't my period started yet?!?! Arg

2. We keep forgetting to put the trash cans out.

3. I was laying in bed and heard a truck drive by and ran out to to see if it had taken the neighbor's trash or recycle. I scanned the neighborhood and it looked like trash hadn't been picked up yet. So in my PJs I ran and grabbed our trash can and put it out. We live on a through street so there were, of course, cars driving by. Interesting way to start the day.

4. My mom booked a week at a cottage on the beach in SoCal for September. I know she wants to go to Hawaii, but we're not sure how she'll be feeling so it's hard to plan actual trips that require airplane rides.

5. I hope we get to go to the movies tomorrow night, it's Js day off.

6. It's supposed to be sunny and 55 here today, my favorite weather. I need to get off my butt and take a walk with the dog.

7. I'm anxious for Super Tuesday next week.

8. How the hell is Trump doing so well? It's embarrassing and fucking scary.

9. It's going to be a two cups of coffee kind of day.

10. Have a great day everyone!

[lv2016]

1. Happy birthday, rikkiandjulie

2. Good luck to your wife, kekaellypula

3. I was a guest lecturer at a satellite University campus this morning.

4. I do a lot of public speaking for work, so I don't get overly nervous before doing so.

5. Except this time, it's broadcast for students to watch live online or later during the week. So, today I struggled with maintaining eye contact with the students in the room because there was also a camera and a monitor where I could see myself presenting. I hated it.

6. So, I rewarded myself with McDonald's French Fries on my way back to the office.

7. Now I feel gross.

8. I have flowers at my desk because my wife surprised me at work yesterday!

9. I am visiting my best friend this weekend and wish I could fast-forward to Friday after work so I can start my four-hour concert.

10. I mean, road trip.

[serpentine85]

1) I haven't actually done a TTT before. I think I get the gist though

2) S is getting clingy. She's teething and has reached that stage where she's resigned to the next tooth coming through and lies draped on my shoulder all day, looking completely miserable. I feel so sorry for the poor little maid.

3) S's vocab is picking up. She likes to come up with perfectly pronounced and in context words - that we had no idea she could say - and then giggle and act coy when we ask her to repeat them. They then won't get repeated for several days. Today, it was yogurt.

4) Decisions, decisions. Sorting the clothes S has grown out of and making piles on the bed for charity, recycle and to keep for baby #2. The real decision though is do I finish this now or put it all in the storage box to sort again later and take a nap on the bed?

5)Have I mentioned recently that we are soon gonna be ttc? I'm ridiculously excited. As you can tell.

6) My new project is reviewing the cloth nappies. If we are lucky enough to conceive quickly, we could have two in nappies and might find it easier to use more pockets alongside our flats.

7) There's a pocket nappy sitting on the desk in front of me and I have no memory of why I've been carrying it from room to room.

8) My memory has been a bit off lately so I've started to write lists. I find them sometimes, stuffed down the back of the sofa or tucked behind the tea caddy - scraps of paper with cryptic clues about my week ahead.

9)It's harder than it seems, coming up with ten things.

10) I did it!

[2brides]

1. L had a job interview today that went really well and she thinks she will be called in for a second interview. I hope it is what she is looking for.

2. I can't wait for spring. The kids have been playing a crazy amount of PS4/computer games because it is wet/cold gross out. They need to get OUTSIDE pronto.

3. The summer vacation request calendar came out yesterday. With L's potential new job, I have no idea what to sign up for. But if I wait too long, everything will be taken.

4. We are doing work happy hour next week. I am excited. I love happy hour.

5. Yesterday I had to leave work early for parent teacher conferences. Even with that, taking the G to the orthodontist, and a grocery store run, I still had time to grill a steak dinner with all of the fixings. I could get used to getting home at 4pm.

6. I ate the leftovers for lunch and now I don't have anything for dinner. Boo.

7. I don't know if I can convince L to eat Chipotle. She had sworn off of them. I haven't.

8. Some days I think I rock my job and others....not so much.

9. It is nasty and rainy here. I would like to go home and crawl in bed.

10. I need to have more patience. Lack of patience is my downfall...

[cetcar]

1. A friend described it best. She used to make a to do list with 10 things on it. She has since reduced it to 5 and she's lucky if 2 get done. Babies keep you busy.

2. How did you go to the grocery store/run errands when your child was an infant? Did you take your stroller? Wear them? I am finding it is easier to just go by myself unless it's somewhere I can walk to.

3. Now that M is here, I'm feeling more grateful for our weather. I really look forward to our daily (sometimes more) walks. It's nice to get outside for a while.

4. I'm kind of nervous to start running again. I've ran a few steps since M was born and things feel looser down there and holy boobs. I need a new sports bra.

5. We had such a nice weekend. It was wonderful having CET home. We went on lots of walks and out to dinner. Already looking forward to the next one!

6. CET is in meetings all day today so I'll do her 5.

7. M is eating now then I think we'll head out for another walk.

8. Right now, freezer meals have been helpful. It's how we are having healthy dinners.

9. I bought a pair of jeans that fit (1 size up from my pre pregnancy size). My maternity pants were too big. Looking forward to finish getting rid of the rest of my belly and getting back into exercising. I really crave a good sweat, but at 4 weeks postpartum, it's not a priority yet.

10. Anyone want to share what they are having for dinner tonight?

[kh826]

1. Lucie is 4 wks old today and will be 1 month on Friday. How is that possible?

2. We finally ordered our birth announcements for Lu. They should arrive tomorrow. Then to address them all and write about 20 thank you notes. Oh man...

3. My family is coming the last weekend in March to meet Lucie. There was unnecessary drama around booking their trip. I don't understand. I also don't understand why they are waiting until she is 2 months to come meet her. They really don't live that far. They frustrate the crap out of me a lot of the time.

4. William is doing a ton better with Lucie. He has come a long way in 4 weeks. I'm really proud of him!

5. I started this a few hours ago, but didn't get to finish it. Let's see if I can get to 10 now...

6. Lu has some baby acne that goes away one day and comes back the next. Boooo!

7. I can't wait for J to post all of the newborn photos she took after the birth announcements go out.

8. I want some new spring clothes for when I go back to work. But I want them in a smaller size. Operation lose weight is under way.

9. I want to buy a house closer to J's family, but I don't want to extend my commute to work. Unfortunately, I can't have it both ways. Dilemmas!

10. I am starving. Time for my salad!

[esquette]

1. I just had dinner that was so good. Greens, sausage and orzo with parmesean. Sooooo yummy. I want more, but I'm already full.
2. Sweetie is making cinnamon roll stuffed baked apples for dessert.
3. Tomorrow is Nacho day in the cafeteria at work. Best. Day. Ever.
4. I am 15 weeks pregnant!
5. I finally FINALLY feel like myself. I've been pretty emotionally numb, tired, and on-and-off depressed for a few weeks. It is well established that my hormones have a profound effect on my mood, so I think pregnancy hormones just threw me for a loop.
6. My BFF from college just booked tickets to come visit in April. I'm so excited!
7. I made a list of all the pregnancy/baby decisions I could think of, and I'm planning to present them to my Sweetie one at a time. She gets information overload sometimes.
8. Speaking of which: For those of you who have little boys, what are your thoughts on circumcision. We aren't religious at all, so it's more of a health/well-being issue. I'm leaning towards NOT doing it, but I value input.
9. I bought chocolate milk at Whole Foods and I'm so excited to drink it.
10. This post brought to you by 2nd Trimester Hungriness, apparently.

[kona]

1. It's Wednesday.

2. I'm working on 3 weeks of being sick. Just got pink eye yesterday. I'm never sick so this especially is rough. Also wearing glasses is rough for me.

3. We have a mid wife appt today that I will have to miss due to missing so much work this week already. (nanny was sick Monday and then I had to go to the eye doctor yesterday).

4. I found out last night in order to keep my 2nd job, I will have to get another certification by June. Apparently I was supposed to know that I needed it but no one told me.

5. I really need take some time to get healthy but that doesn't look like it's in the near future.

6. I want to get some painting done this weekend.

7. Work continues to be a struggle. And the last job I applied for responded finally saying they aren't going to fill the position.

8. O has been sleeping well lately. We have between 3-4 wake ups on a bad night to none from 7PM to 6:30AM. We have come a long way. She will also usually nap for 90-120 minutes but only if the house stays pretty silent. (I usually come home in the middle of nap time and she usually wakes up then).

9. esquette we had initially thought we would do a circumcision, but having done more reading if we have a boy this time around we won't be doing it.

10. 2brides I LOVE Chipotle! I hope you got some last night!

[cetcar]

Feb 23, 2016 10:51:23 GMT -5 rikkiandjulie said:

1-10: it's my birthday. I'm 27. I will celebrate by drinking margaritas, and eating pizza, all after work of course.

Happy Birthday!! Hope you had a wonderful day celebrating! Sending all good thoughts for your new year!

[2brides]

Feb 24, 2016 6:47:58 GMT -5 kona said:

10. 2brides I LOVE Chipotle! I hope you got some last night!

Nope. L texted me late in the day asking if we could meet at a Salvadorian restaurant we go to a lot because she wanted their vegetable soup. But I am in charge of feeding the kids tomorrow night before I take them back to school for an event. So.....

[rikkiandjulie]

Feb 23, 2016 20:18:02 GMT -5 esquette said:

1. I just had dinner that was so good. Greens, sausage and orzo with parmesean. Sooooo yummy. I want more, but I'm already full.
2. Sweetie is making cinnamon roll stuffed baked apples for dessert.
3. Tomorrow is Nacho day in the cafeteria at work. Best. Day. Ever.
4. I am 15 weeks pregnant!
5. I finally FINALLY feel like myself. I've been pretty emotionally numb, tired, and on-and-off depressed for a few weeks. It is well established that my hormones have a profound effect on my mood, so I think pregnancy hormones just threw me for a loop.
6. My BFF from college just booked tickets to come visit in April. I'm so excited!
7. I made a list of all the pregnancy/baby decisions I could think of, and I'm planning to present them to my Sweetie one at a time. She gets information overload sometimes.
8. Speaking of which: For those of you who have little boys, what are your thoughts on circumcision. We aren't religious at all, so it's more of a health/well-being issue. I'm leaning towards NOT doing it, but I value input.
9. I bought chocolate milk at Whole Foods and I'm so excited to drink it.
10. This post brought to you by 2nd Trimester Hungriness, apparently.

We are not religious, but if we have a boy we plan on circumcision. I've talked to several adult men, and even two Who weren't who wished they were, it's sounds vain but they both said because of Esthetics, and then I argued the point of "well it's really a mans choice", they all said "It's whatever, there are a lot of things you don't have a choice on in life" none of them seemed bothered by it except the two who didn't have it done.

[2brides]

We asked every male we knew (sans fathers and BIL) - gay, straight, circ'd and not...and the consensus was to do it. Nearly 10y in and it has been a total non-issue.

[sdfonz619]

2brides, FX L gets the second interview!

[2brides]

Feb 24, 2016 16:53:23 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

2brides, FX L gets the second interview!

She just got the call! She is going on next week!

[sdfonz619]

Feb 24, 2016 17:02:09 GMT -5 2brides said:

Feb 24, 2016 16:53:23 GMT -5 sdfonz619 said:

2brides, FX L gets the second interview!

She just got the call! She is going on next week!

Excellent! Now, FX she gets the job!

[wittyandwaiting]

1. It's Wednesday.

2. Tuesday's are hard.

3. I have 10 more working days until I go on maternity leave.

4. This is how I feel about number 3: youtu.be/9jK-NcRmVcw

5. I'm coming back to this over twelve hours later. One of those days; nine working days to go.

6. DS is circumcised. I don't regret it. He seems happy with it. Most guys I asked recommended it.

7. Tomorrow night I am having a cheat dinner. Eff you GD!

8. I need to get by eyebrows done.

9. And maybe a pedicure.

10. Does anybody have any experience making freezer crockpot meals?