trtlcrzy
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 10:56:35 GMT -6
M still wakes up everyday and runs to the door to see if it snowed. Then she's pissed. Come up north to visit, in like a month, when we have lots of snow! She’d love it!
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joelies
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Post by joelies on Dec 21, 2017 10:58:10 GMT -6
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Post by tallb on Dec 21, 2017 10:59:15 GMT -6
I do mornings here. I'm late daily. Of course today we were early and I forgot my badge. If the kids are up before MH leaves at 7, he will help get breakfast or j dressed.
Yesterday I sent a pic of j and n in a pile of toys. No shoes on and j had a stool on his head with the quote "can we trade places?" He complains that I get 3 extra hours a day with the kids even though it's getting them to and from school. Sometimes I wouldn't mind sitting in traffic in a quiet car listening to podcasts.. especially yesterday.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 10:59:16 GMT -6
I just had breakfast. Probably another weird combination for most of you, but so yummy. Fat free Greek yogurt, A big teaspoon of peanut butter, a tiny squirt of agavr, a pinch of salt and a big big pinch of cayenne pepper. So good together! I could get on board with this one! EL OH EL I was thinking guster is quickly approaching wineallthetime territory with these combinations.
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Post by tgrimes on Dec 21, 2017 10:59:24 GMT -6
M still wakes up everyday and runs to the door to see if it snowed. Then she's pissed. Come up north to visit, in like a month, when we have lots of snow! She’d love it! You know I don't do snow!
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Post by wineallthetime on Dec 21, 2017 11:05:57 GMT -6
I could get on board with this one! EL OH EL I was thinking guster is quickly approaching wineallthetime territory with these combinations. Hahaha!
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Post by trtlcrzy on Dec 21, 2017 11:15:56 GMT -6
Has anyone used peel and stick wallpaper before ( flamingo)? I was watching a show on DIY network last night and they did a very subtle gingham wallpaper in a bedroom and I was thinking it would be really pretty to put some in my laundry room. This is the one I was looking at: "] There are also regular wallpaper options if peel and stick isn’t great.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 11:16:10 GMT -6
Morning. Sorry about S, inthekitty. Hope you're both feeling better soon. Glad to hear everything went well with H, slenle.
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Post by cagoldi on Dec 21, 2017 11:17:15 GMT -6
My mom comes over to help me with mornings. She also does DC drop off because they open right as I need to sign on for work. Thank Dog. I honestly don't know how I would continue working if she weren't such a huge help.
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Post by slenle on Dec 21, 2017 11:18:39 GMT -6
We’re home and h had a box of raisins, a pouch, a scrambled egg and two cups of milk.
Now he’s passed out on me on the couch. And I have to pee.
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Post by yummeecookee on Dec 21, 2017 11:19:16 GMT -6
I get my kids up and dressed then mh usually takes care of breakfast.
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Post by sands42 on Dec 21, 2017 11:26:52 GMT -6
inthekitty That sucks.... I hope the counseling really helps you guys. Marriage is hard. I can commiserate with you. 2017 was not a great year for me and MH. The entire year was horrendous actually. It’s finally looking up.
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Post by tgrimes on Dec 21, 2017 11:28:57 GMT -6
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Post by flamingo on Dec 21, 2017 11:36:56 GMT -6
sands42 I know right? Things have actually been ugly around here. An issue about his parents came up and I tried to talk about his mom and he went right into his mode of his mom is the poor victim of my nastiness. It pisses me off to no end. He finds an excuse for every shitty behavior she does and my feelings about how she acts don't count. I wasn't speaking to him. I think I found a marital counselor and am trying to figure out babysitting arrangements. I just can't do it any longer. I'm tired of him giving into his mom's every shitty behavior like it's nothing and acting like I'm a horrible person. Of course insurance doesn't cover it but I figured it's cheaper than divorce. I hope y'all are able to talk through this with a third party who can kind of open his eyes a bit. I think it is really tough for some men to see any fault of the woman who raised them. It's admirable (sort of) that they're loyal to family, but there is definitely a line and as his wife you deserve the benefit of the doubt. This was my dad for a loooong time WRT my mom and his mother (this was the infamous "not delightful" grandmother who was awful to just about everyone). Whenever my mom would say anything, my dad dismissed it as just her being dramatic or overly sensitive, etc. It drove my mother crazy and I know she talked to a counselor during that time. Obviously you know you can't change your MIL at this point, but he's married, so you come first now, not her. (PS: My dad finally got his head out of his hindquarters...it took a pretty epic Thanksgiving...but to his credit, since that time he has *always* gone to bat for my mom and became a lot more willing to call my grandmother out over her shenanigans).
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Post by peachsmama on Dec 21, 2017 11:44:05 GMT -6
sands42 I know right? Things have actually been ugly around here. An issue about his parents came up and I tried to talk about his mom and he went right into his mode of his mom is the poor victim of my nastiness. It pisses me off to no end. He finds an excuse for every shitty behavior she does and my feelings about how she acts don't count. I wasn't speaking to him. I think I found a marital counselor and am trying to figure out babysitting arrangements. I just can't do it any longer. I'm tired of him giving into his mom's every shitty behavior like it's nothing and acting like I'm a horrible person. Of course insurance doesn't cover it but I figured it's cheaper than divorce. I hope y'all are able to talk through this with a third party who can kind of open his eyes a bit. I think it is really tough for some men to see any fault of the woman who raised them. It's admirable (sort of) that they're loyal to family, but there is definitely a line and as his wife you deserve the benefit of the doubt. This was my dad for a loooong time WRT my mom and his mother (this was the infamous "not delightful" grandmother who was awful to just about everyone). Whenever my mom would say anything, my dad dismissed it as just her being dramatic or overly sensitive, etc. It drove my mother crazy and I know she talked to a counselor during that time. Obviously you know you can't change your MIL at this point, but he's married, so you come first now, not her. (PS: My dad finally got his head out of his hindquarters...it took a pretty epic Thanksgiving...but to his credit, since that time he has *always* gone to bat for my mom and became a lot more willing to call my grandmother out over her shenanigans). It took my grandmother dying for things to change in our family.. I'm glad your dad saw it before then! But A witnessed it all so I never have to worry about the same situation with his family lol. #silverlinings
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Post by flamingo on Dec 21, 2017 11:50:41 GMT -6
yummeecookee LT's along the way for solidarity. I think you handled it about as well as possible at this point. I'd be angry at my husband, too. Hope he will come around and apologize for his part in this (and I hope your MIL apologized...)
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Post by Sunny41 on Dec 21, 2017 11:52:10 GMT -6
lahdeedah , i thought about taking him to get tested but i haven't gotten a temp over 99.2 despite his body feeling hot to touch and his lethargy. I also don't think he needs tamiflu so i think we will just work through it at home and hope the rest of us don't get it. ANd I just realized that MH probably didn't get teh flu shot because he was in PR when we got them. But E is finally eating after turning down dinner yesterday and breakfast this morning. And he asked to go to the zoo. Sorry kid, it's too cold for the zoo even if you were feeling good. How are you taking his temp? Our forehead thermometer will say 99 or no temp but then I can do the ear thermometer or rectal and it’s 102. Stupid inconsistent thermometers. i've done arm, ear, and temporal. Usually if he has a fever they will start with a high reading but these were starting around 95 and then finally peak at 99 like if I try.(almost like i took it so any times i was trying to get it hot.) In the past if the first or second attempt is over 99 then I just call it a fever. Ive never really had one high enough that I worry about how high. If that makes sense. But he seems better now and played with Playdoh for 30min while I made pivot tables. And he is eating a lot. I haven't given him drugs since 4:30 so I am glad to see the appetite back on its own.
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Post by flamingo on Dec 21, 2017 11:54:07 GMT -6
trtlcrzy No experience with peel n stick wallpaper, but I love wallpaper in general, esp. in a space like a powder bath or laundry. I've heard of a lot of military families who use PNS paper in rentals, so I'd think it's probably pretty safe as long as you follow whatever instructions re: wall prep (if any), etc.
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Post by Sunny41 on Dec 21, 2017 12:00:44 GMT -6
we have something similar and bought 2 so we can take one off when it gets wet or puked on and there is one there or ready to put on.
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Post by flamingo on Dec 21, 2017 12:00:45 GMT -6
Hi!
It's been an interesting morning around here. I went to take my shower and the water was lukewarm..fortunately our typically-useless property manager was able to get a plumber out quickly, who found that the circuit was blown on the breaker panel. Oops? Did not even occur to me to check that, but then I've never lived in a house before where appliances randomly blow, so. If it happens again they're going to 'change out the components', whatever that means. :shruggy guy:
DH just got home so I'm about to head out for a manicure and get some stuff to bake cookies and bars for our neighbors.
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Post by xolastunicornxo on Dec 21, 2017 12:01:49 GMT -6
Morning! Dh is officially on vacation until after Christmas! We took ry to school and went to the gym together. Now we’re taking Lucas to a dr app and then dropping him at school and then going to lunch at my favorite restaurant! slenle I’m glad surgery went well!! yummeecookee I’d be pissed, and I think it sounds like you handled it well. Dh pulls shit like that sometimes with his dad sometimes and it’s infuriating. inthekitty I’m sorry you and dh are having a hard time.
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 12:08:05 GMT -6
cagoldi, lol. Most of the things @wine posts, I feel like I would try. I'm glad you're taking control of the situation, inthekitty, do you think your husband will be receptive to therapy? I do everything in the mornings, mostly because my husband leaves right after six. He's helpful in the summer, but leaves most of the kitchen things to me because I'm pretty particular about it.
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Post by wineallthetime on Dec 21, 2017 12:11:24 GMT -6
I want to add some wallpaper in my house, I love it. flamingo, can you come to Michigan to tell me what to do!?
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Post by mwhip on Dec 21, 2017 12:13:13 GMT -6
I do everything in the morning for E and the dogs. Get up, get myself ready, then let the dogs out, feed the dogs, get my breakfast and lunch together, make coffee, then get E up and dressed, hair done, teeth brushed, then make coffee and out the door to daycare or with grandparents.
H spends too much time reading WTFE on his phone while on the toilet to help. It's frustrating AF, but we have a routine.
Most days, H couldn't tell you where E is during the day, especially if it's a week that she is somewhere she isn't normally. Before his leave, he had taken her to DC twice, when I was out of town. I had a work party one Friday when he was off and I asked him to take her and pick her up, you'd have thought I was asking him for the world. Dude, she is your kid, you can drop her off and pick her up too. His last week, before returning to work, I asked him to pick her up, as a surprise because I knew she would like it and he wasn't doing anything. He was much more receptive.
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Post by tgrimes on Dec 21, 2017 12:13:21 GMT -6
I'm still laughing at flamingo saying hindquarters.
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Post by guster on Dec 21, 2017 12:13:34 GMT -6
Such a dd: We've been home all day. Charlie has been up in his crib yelling for the last 45 minutes. I'm going up to get him now-- a nap is not going to happen. I'm not sure how he's not tired. He's been up since 545. Also, the earlier I wake up, the earlier he wakes up because he's got some supersonic hearing.
I really want to go out, and just get Starbucks or something, but the thought of getting both of them into and then out of jackets and into the car seats sometimes feels like it's just too much. Think I'll be making a solo trip when Mh gets home in a couple of hours.
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Post by mwhip on Dec 21, 2017 12:15:47 GMT -6
I can't get on board with wallpaper. When I was married to my ex, he owned a small lake house that had the WORST wallpaper. I removed it all and it was such a bitch. The house we lived in had 3 kinds of wallpaper in the small bathroom, it was awful, we didn't even try to remove it after the lake house incident, we just put paneling up over it. I'm sure whoever bought that house, took the paneling down and wondered WTF happened there.
We have wallpaper in two of the bathrooms at our house now and I want it gone SO BAD. But my dislike for wallpaper removal holds me back. Hopefully this summer, when we get our savings account built back up, we can remove that shit.
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Post by wineallthetime on Dec 21, 2017 12:17:41 GMT -6
guster, I'm sorry. I thought about you and Charlie on Monday when L got up at 5:45am and fought the nap hard. Of course she won and then it was cranky tired toddler! Getting them ready to go outside or get into the car is exhausting, so I totally get that too!
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Post by wineallthetime on Dec 21, 2017 12:19:11 GMT -6
mwhip, the wallpaper removal piece is holding me back. We had wallpaper in our house when we moved in (and still do in one upstairs bathroom). Such a pain to change/remove! Plus, so easy to damage the walls if it wasn't put up correctly.
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Post by Sunny41 on Dec 21, 2017 12:20:25 GMT -6
Sorry about the crappy husbands ladies!
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