Monday 4/11

[stinybean]

I know I've been blaming my exhaustion on remnants of the flu & pms, but this is getting ridiculous. I think it's more that I have to get my shit together & get back to my healthy self. I cannot deal with this exhaustion anymore, something needs to change.

Annnnd... good morning!

[erbear]

Morning!

I didn't sleep well and I'm cranky. It's the first day of state testing at my school, so I'm not sure what I'll be doing today since I'm usually in fourth grade.

On the plus side...it's not freezing!

[heartofglass]

Morning, the good is not negotiable....
Today is going to suck. My head is not going to be on my work and my heart is still at home. After another crappy night of sleep A started waving hi and bye this morning and clapping. Then he was whining and reaching for me over the baby gate as I was leaving for work. Cue the mommy tears. I wish somepone would by our house so we could move. I just want to stay home with my baby.

[jillywilly]

Morning! I've got a sore throat that yesterday I convinced myself was allergies, and DS may or may not have pink eye. Since Thursday afternoon, his eye will get some crust in it after he sleeps. It wasn't red, and it wasn't bothering him. Then yesterday, his eye got kind of red. It looked better this morning, but definitely still kind of red. Still not bothering him though... and I'm about 99.9% sure that if it was pink eye, I would have gotten it by now, I wear contacts so I'm constantly messing with my eyes. I figure if day care thinks its pink eye, they can call me, but in the meantime, I need to try and get some work done. In other news, we're still at one new tooth and one so close, yet so far, and still keeping DS a hot mess. I'm determined to be in a good mood though, once this drizzle clears out today, it's supposed to be beautiful all week long - it WILL be a good week!

[shahoi]

Good morning ladies. I slept like shit and have a long day ahead of me at work. Must.have.coffee.

[pghtruelove]

Morning! Not sure what we are going to do today. It's my sisters birthday so maybe stopping by there. Jules has started clapping and smiling we we say I love you. It is the sweetest.

[tjanca22]

Morning. I need to focus on work today; the past few weeks I've put everything off knowing that it could wait until later. I looked at the calendar this morning and it's later. I have a few deadlines this week and I really need to get organized. I brought good food, so hopefully I can put my ear buds in, snack on my treats and knock out some projects! Wish me luck
Have a good Monday everyone!

[mrsmonogrammed]

Over the weekend my dog developed an affinity for finding and eating chapsticks as well as (moderately) expensive footwear:(

But the rest of it was awesome! Bring it on, Monday.

[billyhorrible]

I've also got jillywilly's sore throat. Awesome.

I wasn't expecting to get here so early, but we're at the "Where the heck is the..." stage. Friday night we searched for the remote for at least an hour before finding it on a chair in LBB's room. Last night it took us 45 minutes to find a bottle of pumped milk that had been removed from the fridge and stashed under the couch. My child is not only mobile, he's a magpie.

[mgrandy]

Good morning! This weekend was a whirlwind and here we are back at Monday. Costco and grocery shopping today and DD is already down for nap 1.

[holliberry28]

I'm exhausted because I haven't been able to fall asleep before midnight all weekend.

In the field this morning, posting on the train. I don't have much. My sister emailed me a Huffpost article," why parents are more tired than you think they should be." And when I answered her, "yes! Do you wanna babysit?" Her response was " hahaha."

[tiffbot]

I have a preschool meeting tonight for DS to start preschool in the fall! Bahh its so weird to think about him starting!! It's a very casual/short class here and I think he'll get a lot out of it (also Ive known who all the kids his age are since we were all pregnant together, or whoever has moved here since, lol! Small town)

Also, some of the provincial park reserve a sites open today and we so far have one specific weekend in mind we want to get in so I guess I'll have to try that today too.

Have a good day!

[blueskiessmiling]

Morning ladies! It's a blah day here, but I'm home with baby, so all is well. We'll probably run some errands after morning nap. My H and I incidentally discovered that Fitbits track activity minutes during sexy time last night (if you're...ummm...active enough), so I have a new reason to skip the gym!

[alayne926]

Morning! It's so rainy and gross here this morning, all I wanted to do was stay in bed.

S ALMOST has a tooth through. Hooray for #1! Hoping once she pops it through, she'll be much more like herself.

DH is off work today and tomorrow. I'm so excited that I'm not on solo kid duty tonight!

[veggiemo]

Happy Monday! Let's hope this is a fast and easy week!

The weekend was cold and gloomy, I'm so ready for spring. I actually took the boys outside briefly on Saturday and we blew bubbles in the 30 degree, snow flurry weather. It was really sad. It's supposed to warm up at the end of the week and I can't wait!

[Bluedaisy]

Happy Monday ladies! Sorry to all how are not feeling well. My mom arrives this morning and I can't wait!!

[jillywilly]

So, day care called. They said his eye was looking worse, and pink eye has been circulating the classroom, so he needs to see the doctor. At least he only needs to be on drops 24 hours, so he can go back Wednesday. We're home now, doctor appointment isn't until later this afternoon, so he's taking his morning nap nap, and at least I'm getting some bonus laundry/chores done? I had a feeling this would happen, so at least I was able to get 99% done of what needed to happen before I left work to get him.

[alayne926]

Yay! I just heard from the Physical Therapist. They had a cancellation, so they can get me in a week earlier than scheduled, today!

[mrsdee1982]

Apr 11, 2016 9:12:38 GMT -5 alayne926 said:

S ALMOST has a tooth through. Hooray for #1! Hoping once she pops it through, she'll be much more like herself.

Twins!  C has her first tooth starting to pop through.  I was able to see it and feel it yesterday.  Poor thing was miserable all day and night.  I hope once it pops she'll be back to normal.  Until the next one that it.  

10 months and 10 days but we finally have a tooth popping through!

[beersandweirs]

One of my coworkers told me her son didn't get his first tooth until 18 months. 18 MONTHS!

/anecdote

[wegrowsheep]

jillywilly I hope you don't get pinkeye too. But hooray for a bonus day at home for getting things done!

Having a pretty chill day here. After 2 weeks of warm weather, I don't mind a day to catch up, especially since we were gone or had company since Friday. I have a full schedule for the rest of the week, so I'm living it up in my pj's while I can.

T has a runny nose and feels warm, and DD wants a day off from school to do artwork, so I'm letting the big kids have run of the living room while I snuggle T for a nap.

I teach dance this afternoon, hopefully he feels better by then!

[wegrowsheep]

And since I completely missed FFFC, my Monday confession is that I have never been into, much less shopped at, Trader Joe's or Whole Foods.

[mbjune13]

Today is a pretty chill day. We have swim lessons at 5 so we are just bumming around until then. DH surprised me with a weekend away this past weekend. We ended up staying in a hotel for 2 nights and went swimming with B. We also went to a home and garden show. It was a great surprise, not baby free but relaxing.

[erbear]

Now I wish I would have got Starbucks on Saturday! I just had a reward, though, so I think I only have a few stars.

[wegrowsheep]

Apr 11, 2016 11:54:52 GMT -5 @scoop said:

Apr 11, 2016 11:53:34 GMT -5 @jemomma said:

This doesn't shock me considering you grow a lot of your own food. I wouldn't shop at either of those stores if I had something better in my own backyard

This exactly. Also, the area you live in has a lot better/more fresh and local options in general. Not shocked.

Safeway and our local grocer have plenty of options. My main reason is that I see them as altars to the organic and non GMO movement, and I refuse to support it. Although Safeway isn't much better...

[mrsdee1982]

Apr 11, 2016 12:46:45 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

Apr 11, 2016 11:54:52 GMT -5 @scoop said:

This exactly. Also, the area you live in has a lot better/more fresh and local options in general. Not shocked.

Safeway and our local grocer have plenty of options. My main reason is that I see them as altars to the organic and non GMO movement, and I refuse to support it. Although Safeway isn't much better…

May I ask why?  I'm not really for or against it, but this is the 1st time I've heard someone seem passionate against it.  

[mrsdee1982]

You guise. This is insane. This woman is filming herself snowboarding on her go pro and she is being chased by a friggin black bear the whole time and doesn't even know it!

www.yahoo.com/news/woman-went-snowboarding-while-being-122900543.html

Can you imagine what it must have been like for her when she figured it out while going through her videos?!

[tiffbot]

Got our first site booked!!! Canada Day weekend and to have DS's lake birthday party!! Ahh I'm so excited we just bought a camper at the end of last summer and haven't used it yet and I've been so anxious for this summer to begin!

[jessila]

I took a half day today. Chick-fil-A for lunch, target, and TJ Maxx alone. Now I'm going to hang out in a parking lot and listen to a book while I pump prior to picking up O.
Admission - most of the stuff I bought was for him. But I got a couple new tops and new pillows for the living room.
I'll catch up on everything later tonight.

[wegrowsheep]

Apr 11, 2016 13:17:44 GMT -5 mrsdee1982 said:

Apr 11, 2016 12:46:45 GMT -5 wegrowsheep said:

Safeway and our local grocer have plenty of options. My main reason is that I see them as altars to the organic and non GMO movement, and I refuse to support it. Although Safeway isn't much better…

May I ask why?  I'm not really for or against it, but this is the 1st time I've heard someone seem passionate against it.  

I'm pro GMO and conventional ag because I care about people and I want them fed, and because I know that the food myself and other farmers grow is safe. Genetic modification is a method of plant breeding, not an ingredient. The pesticides we occasionally use are so, so much safer than what we used to use.
There are very few differences in conventional vs organic farming. They come down to pest control, yield, and cost of product.
We all use pesticides, but not the same kind. Conventional farmers typically use less per acre, and less frequently.
Organic farming yields approx. 1/2 to 2/3's of it's conventional counterparts.
Because the yields are lower, costs of fertilizer and pesticide are higher, and the hours spent on paperwork are absurd, organic produce costs significantly more.
What bothers me more than anything, even to being ragey about it, is the marketing scheme. It says "Go organic! For the earth, for your body, for your family!" and implies that conventionally-grown food is farmed irresponsibily and poisons the earth, your body, and is bad for children. LIES.
It implies that I don't know what I'm doing, and that I've somehow been duped by "Big Ag." I have a degree in what I do, and so do most of the farmers I know. We work closely with industry people that are both educated by universities and first-hand experience.
I've had people ask me if my produce is organic, and then not buy it because I simply said, "No." They assume it isn't safe, and that's really sad.

Some organic farmers like to compare it to designer purses, saying there will always be a market for organic food, because that's just how some people choose to spend their money. I think food is a basic need, and shouldn't be a privilege.