My randoms: - I'm sitting in my car that's encased in ice waiting to defrost. No snow at least. I should've parked in the garage last night. - My boss sprung my performance review yesterday before I left work. I rated ok, meets expectations. Good news is I get my bonus! Well, half since I only worked 6 mo. - My pants feel tiiiight.
littlelion Yay for your bonus! I always tug on the waist band of my pants when they feel too tight to stretch things out a bit. I'm partial to a wider leg work pant for maximum comfort, even though I look less polished.
I feel like I participate minimally over on GKU. I'm intimidated to say too much (I avoid UO and FFFC) and I'm not comfortable sharing stuff about Leo. But I do enjoy reading all the randoms and really enjoyed the award show live blogging.
Other threads I like: photo challenge, sporadic GTKY, meal planning. On GKU, as well as here, it all depends on participation.
I feel like I participate minimally over on GKU. I'm intimidated to say too much (I avoid UO and FFFC) and I'm not comfortable sharing stuff about Leo. But I do enjoy reading all the randoms and really enjoyed the award show live blogging.
Other threads I like: photo challenge, sporadic GTKY, meal planning. On GKU, as well as here, it all depends on participation.
I'm game for any of those! I guess we need to just tag some peeps and get shake stuff up! It's lonely over here.
I might need to join GKU. Not ready for another one but we did it (on day 3 of my period though which used to be safe) and now I'm freaking myself out about being KU. I would like LO to have a sibling but having a baby this year would require some serious mental, financial, life choice gymnastics.
We conceived LO when we moved to our old apartment. Knowing us... Brand new 2 bedroom apartment... I wouldn't be surprised.
DH said he wants to do things "as naturally as possible", so I guess we'll see. Definitely unprepared for a newborn round 2.
I might need to join GKU. Not ready for another one but we did it (on day 3 of my period though which used to be safe) and now I'm freaking myself out about being KU.
If you'd like, there's a TFAS thread on Tuesdays. You can intro there and just wait in that thread. I've seen other women TFAS do that, only participate on that thread. Feel free to lurk around, read some of the past threads, the newbie blog, you'll get a sense of what that community is like.
bkmama0 FWIW a surprise baby can be really hard but also awesome. My 3rd could not have come at a worse time but it all worked out in the end. I will keep FX that things turn out how you want them to!
I feel like I participate minimally over on GKU. I'm intimidated to say too much (I avoid UO and FFFC) and I'm not comfortable sharing stuff about Leo. But I do enjoy reading all the randoms and really enjoyed the award show live blogging.
Other threads I like: photo challenge, sporadic GTKY, meal planning. On GKU, as well as here, it all depends on participation.
I'm game for any of those! I guess we need to just tag some peeps and get shake stuff up! It's lonely over here.
I agree! I like our little group, but it has been pretty quiet. I'm down for all of this. And I won't be joining GKU any time soon. Still on the fence about #2.
DH said he wants to do things "as naturally as possible"
I hate when my DH says this to me.
Super TMI, for us this means PO method (which kudos to DH, he is good at) plus not PO during "safe" non-ovulating times. Im OK with it, since before LO this was effective for 2+ years. But I think my cycle has changed now that my period is back, and I don't have as good of a handle on my ovulating window. Need to figure that out stat. I'm kind of ok with being natural-ish about it. Not ok with the fact that DH never wants me (or him) to get tubes tied or even an IUD. We're gonna have to do that eventually, I don't want surprise babies or worrying about surprise babies for the rest of my fertility. DH is such a hippie sometimes.
kcrus It's true, for LO it seemed like the universe provided and we are doing surprisingly better than we anticipated. LO was an earlier than I expected but not surprise exactly baby. I am sure we could make it work. And I'm a LITTLE more excited about the potential than I expected. But oof. More breastfeeding around the clock sleepless days and nights TWO babies... Hold me.
I feel like I participate minimally over on GKU. I'm intimidated to say too much (I avoid UO and FFFC) and I'm not comfortable sharing stuff about Leo. But I do enjoy reading all the randoms and really enjoyed the award show live blogging.
Other threads I like: photo challenge, sporadic GTKY, meal planning. On GKU, as well as here, it all depends on participation.
I'm game for any of those! I guess we need to just tag some peeps and get shake stuff up! It's lonely over here.
I'm down for any of these. I'm too shy to join a new group. I lurked for months before finally speaking up. I hope LO doesn't get my social awkwardness.
littlelion congrats on your bonus! You must have missed the snow that's headed our way. Go figure- go on vacation to ski and we get alllll the snow back home. They're calling for 6-9 inches here today. bkmama0 that's kind of where I'm at. I think we eventually want another, but I want lo to be older/more independent and in a better position financially. We're contemplating moving this year, so maybe after we get through that. It would be a ridiculously tight squeeze with 2 lo's in our current house. How's moving going for you?
bkmama0 that's what we've been using too. We're too cheap to pay for condoms and I have zero desire to get back on birth control. I did have a moment of panic last month when my period was being a jerk and took forever to start, but so far, so good. *knocks on wood* We've already agreed though that once we're sure we're done, Dh is getting snipped. He said I've been poked and prodded enough!
raven I lurked for months too because I was shy! I didn't speak up until after everyone made the switch over here.
Super TMI, for us this means PO method (which kudos to DH, he is good at) plus not PO during "safe" non-ovulating times. Im OK with it, since before LO this was effective for 2+ years. But I think my cycle has changed now that my period is back, and I don't have as good of a handle on my ovulating window. Need to figure that out stat. I'm kind of ok with being natural-ish about it. Not ok with the fact that DH never wants me (or him) to get tubes tied or even an IUD. We're gonna have to do that eventually, I don't want surprise babies or worrying about surprise babies for the rest of my fertility. DH is such a hippie sometimes.
TMI too- Yep, we use the pull-n-pray method too. I think after Leo was born we weren't that sexually active (leaking boobs and a cosleeping baby can do that). It was month 9 that I first got KU and then right after again. Now I don't trust my cycle enough even to try to GKU! I had DH on duty right after my period. I've never used any hormonal birth control so I've already talked to my OB about my next delivery (fx) getting my tubes tied.
I should mention that my boss said an opportunity for improvement is to boost my productivity by automating or scheduling more of my querying and listed some contacts in IT to help out. As he said this all I could think was "But then when will I do my tcf'ing?"
Lo has 2 molars now! I noticed them this morning, so no idea how long they've been there. He's a beast about letting us check in his mouth, so it only happens occasionally. They weren't there 2 weeks ago. Lol
His talking is finally starting to take off. He says "mama" and "Dada" very clearly and with purpose. He occasionally says "iggy" for kitty, "boo" and "momo" for Elmo. He also shakes his head no when he's doing something he knows he's not supposed too. I was starting to be concerned about speech delays, so I'm happy to hear some words out of him!
ashlantic I also hate hormonal BC with a passion but am considering copper IUD. Either that or meticulously temping and charting (but let's be real, am I organized enough for that). I'd like DH to get snipped once we're done as well, we'll see.
Moving = no progress yet! We have until April 1 so have been procrastinating a bit, but this later this week/weekend we will for sure start.
Hope you're catching up on sleep etc ok post-ski trip
littlelion I don't think I was around these parts back then so I apologize if I missed something important! Scary about unpredictable cycles.
Post by ourcrazynavylife on Mar 1, 2016 11:06:26 GMT -5
Lurking from clinicals. Just wanted to say hi.
I tested this morning and got a BFN. So that sucks. Part of me wants to think it's too early (10dpo) but part of me doesn't want to get my hopes up too much.
Soo I'm kinda bumming. But then this random desktop background appeared on my computer and made me smile.
I tested this morning and got a BFN. So that sucks. Part of me wants to think it's too early (10dpo) but part of me doesn't want to get my hopes up too much.
Soo I'm kinda bumming. But then this random desktop background appeared on my computer and made me smile.
Lol
That's still early! There is still hope mama. I will keep FX for you.
bkmama0 I had horrible migraines on bc (which we only figured out the link after we started ttc and the migraines stopped) and I've had a couple of friends have really bad experiences with Mirena, so the pull out method will have to do for now. I tried temping when we were ttc, but I doubt I'd be disciplined enough to do it now. Good luck moving! ourcrazynavylife how much longer do you have with your clinical? And add me to the list of people keeping their fingers crossed for you!
Mom problem: I used to get songs from the radio stuck in my head. Now I have songs from lo's multitude of electronic toys stuck instead.
omg, yes. Leo has this turtle that plays all different songs, and one of them reminded me of a Spanish children's tv show and once I hear it, I can't stop humming. I just looked it up and it's this classic by Beethoven. I'm gonna try to insert a youtube video here. Also, I spoke too soon. It's been snowing here for the last couple of hrs. My commute is not looking good.
I tested this morning and got a BFN. So that sucks. Part of me wants to think it's too early (10dpo) but part of me doesn't want to get my hopes up too much.
Soo I'm kinda bumming. But then this random desktop background appeared on my computer and made me smile.
Lol
FX that it is just too early! And this is super cute, kinda of reminds me of our LO's in pjs.
Finally getting laundry done. I had zero pants I could wear in public. AF arrived today. I am not happy. Just found out DH will be gone Mon-Fri for the next two weeks. I wish he would tell me these things sooner. I think that's it for randoms today. I'm still recovering from the weekend so I've been taking it easy on cleaning the last couple days.
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