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Post by crimsonandclover on May 29, 2017 5:16:18 GMT -6
I'm starting one over here as well...
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Post by scorpioscuba on May 29, 2017 10:21:32 GMT -6
I've lost count of how many loads of laundry I did over the weekend. I really hope DD is finally this stomach bug she was still pretty miserable yesterday. Not quite the way I wanted to spend our holiday weekend.
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Post by crimsonandclover on May 29, 2017 11:27:01 GMT -6
scorpioscuba, I hope you guys are finally done with this bug! I'm also in an endless laundry cycle because I just ignored the laundry while BIL/SIL were visiting. That was a whole week without laundry and I'm paying for it now. For the first time ever I threatened to send the DDs to bed with no dinner tonight. They *once again* left a marker out without a lid. I told them to find it, and they said "no." That of course made me really mad and I said that if they didn't look for the lid I would throw away the marker. They shrugged and said, "ok." Spoiled rotten little jerks (is what I was thinking at that moment). I told them if they didn't care about the marker, then I would make it affect something they *did* care about, and if they didn't at least make a good effort to find the lid, they wouldn't be getting dinner. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth, and they never did find the marker lid, but at least I won the power struggle and they looked everywhere I told them to try.
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Post by pinktartan on May 29, 2017 12:46:07 GMT -6
Hey all! I think I'm just going to officially make the switch here. crimsonandclover oh boy. That does not sound like fun. Good thing they like their dinner!! I have no idea why my avatar won't show up! Wahh Today was a work day for me (we were off last Monday) but I'm going home early to take DD to the doctor. She has had a cough for a good few weeks and a couple days ago it started sounding really wet. Bronchitis seems to be going around.. I hope it's not that  As for everything else, just on DPO7 in the TWW. Hoping and praying. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by kcrkcs on May 29, 2017 13:21:06 GMT -6
scorpioscuba hope your girl is continuing to feel better. crimsonandclover the child power struggles are not something I am looking forward to. Sounds like you nailed this one! It's a work day here too because I gave all my employees the day off although I did piss off for a bit to get groceries and have lunch with hubs. He is trying so hard to make this a nice day for me, took me to one of my favorite restaurants etc. I am just in a really crap mood. Once we got home he ordered me to sit on the couch, have a glass of wine and catch up with my internet friends. So here I am before I finish evening chores. Decompressing. I desperately need to simplify my life. That is what causes me my current level of stress and anxiety. But how. These are my deep thoughts for today.
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Post by tinydancer on May 29, 2017 21:30:14 GMT -6
scorpioscuba, I hope your girl gets better! crimsonandclover, ugh, kiddos sure know how to push buttons, huh? kcrkcs, sorry you're so stressed. At least the hubs is taking care of you today. pinktartan, good luck this cycle. My period just ended so I should be gearing up for some sexy time this weekend! We got back yesterday from a trip to Chicago. The little dude was a real trooper when it came to travelling. We went to a wedding and he was so cute running around with the little flower girls.
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Post by kcrkcs on May 30, 2017 6:07:22 GMT -6
Brrrr who turned winter back on?!
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Post by crimsonandclover on May 30, 2017 6:08:38 GMT -6
pinktartan, good luck! My project for this afternoon is to get out all the old boxes of toys and sort through them - stuff to toss, stuff to donate, stuff to keep for a bit longer. My plan is to do this with the DDs, but I'm not sure whether that's actually a good idea... What I hope to do is use it as a lesson to teach them that it's very good to give things away to people who have need of toys, especially if it's something we don't need. How it will probably actually play out is I'll get out the toy boxes and they'll claim they still desperately love and need EVERYTHING in them even though they haven't played with it in the last 4m (the last time I cleaned out their toys) to 3 years (the first time I cleaned out their toys). Sigh... On second thought, maybe I'll just send them out to play in the pool while DD3 and I sort through the toys.
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Post by dizzycooks on May 30, 2017 6:19:40 GMT -6
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Post by dizzycooks on May 30, 2017 6:20:24 GMT -6
scorpioscuba that is terrible. Your pic on fb was so sad. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by dizzycooks on May 30, 2017 6:23:35 GMT -6
kcrkcs simplifying life...how? I'm open to any and all ideas and have seep thoughts I'll share later. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by silverspoon on May 30, 2017 6:49:28 GMT -6
scorpioscuba hope everyone is on the mend. crimsonandclover I would be tempted to just do it without them, but maybe you can get most of it done today and then leave 1 box or something for them to help you go through at a later time. kcrkcs I want to do this "simplifying" that you speak of.
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Post by silverspoon on May 30, 2017 6:51:39 GMT -6
Back to the grind today.  I'm definitely not ready. Everyday I walk in this building I just get this overwhelming sense of dread. Things have been weird here lately. Weirder than usual and there's a lot of tension in the air. It's time to queue up some podcasts I think. |
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Post by dizzycooks on May 30, 2017 8:18:08 GMT -6
This day already sucks. I showed up 45 minutes early for my daughters camp drop off. Since when are we 45 minutes early??
Then the clinic called with my blood work results. Apparently I have high lipids? She recommended a healthy diet and lowering my carbs. Ha. I realize how flippant that sounds, but I don't see myself lower my cave I take and I'm not really a candidate for losing weight. Anyone else deal with this?
Oh and low vitamin d. Gosh. It's been cloudy, rainy or snowy here for 8 months. I am not a fan of supplements, mostly bc I fail to remember to take them.
I'm annoyed.
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Post by scorpioscuba on May 30, 2017 8:32:35 GMT -6
DD was MUCH better yesterday!! Thanks for the good thoughts! 😊
I really need to finally just bite the bullet and wean her. I was late coming in to work because she wouldn't stop and when I made her stop she threw a fit and I couldn't even get ready for work. Ugh!
And apparently it's time for me to majorly focus on my marriage before it implodes. We had a huge blow out yesterday which ended up in a good conversation. But not sure where to go from here to avoid falling back into the same unhealthy patterns.
Life is hard guise!
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Post by scorpioscuba on May 30, 2017 8:38:04 GMT -6
dizzycooks I live where the sun is always shining and my vitamin D was low as well. I was given supplements and I took them maybe twice? I can't remember to take meds either. I definitely don't think you need to lose weight and it seems like you already eat very healthy. So, yeah, I have no advice on the lipids.
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Post by crimsonandclover on May 30, 2017 8:41:09 GMT -6
The sorting project went better than I had feared. We've got 1 box of 6 still left to sort through, but we probably sorted out about 3 boxes to throw away or give away. Some of what we kept was for sentimental reasons (the last presents I know my dad picked out for DDs 1+2 before he died), and some was because they still want to play with the toys at some point.
I still have to bag everything up, but I'll do that tonight when they're in bed, I think. I'm calling the project a success.
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Post by scorpioscuba on May 30, 2017 8:45:14 GMT -6
The sorting project went better than I had feared. We've got 1 box of 6 still left to sort through, but we probably sorted out about 3 boxes to throw away or give away. Some of what we kept was for sentimental reasons (the last presents I know my dad picked out for DDs 1+2 before he died), and some was because they still want to play with the toys at some point. I still have to bag everything up, but I'll do that tonight when they're in bed, I think. I'm calling the project a success. Impressive! I still can't get DS to do this so I have to do it in secret. Which comes back to bite me sometimes but I just can't deal with him still wanting to keep EVERY THING. |
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Post by nellieoleson on May 30, 2017 11:07:51 GMT -6
This day already sucks. I showed up 45 minutes early for my daughters camp drop off. Since when are we 45 minutes early?? Then the clinic called with my blood work results. Apparently I have high lipids? She recommended a healthy diet and lowering my carbs. Ha. I realize how flippant that sounds, but I don't see myself lower my cave I take and I'm not really a candidate for losing weight. Anyone else deal with this? Oh and low vitamin d. Gosh. It's been cloudy, rainy or snowy here for 8 months. I am not a fan of supplements, mostly bc I fail to remember to take them. I'm annoyed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Was it just your triglyceride level that was high? Were you fasting when they drew your blood? If you weren't fasting it could have just been temporarily elevated from food you ate. Some people have chronically high lipid levels due to genetics. They usually need to really watch their diet and take cholesterol lowering medication. medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000392.htmSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by dizzycooks on May 30, 2017 11:37:03 GMT -6
nellieoleson I was fasting. I'm sure it's genetics so I'm just screwed. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Post by crimsonandclover on May 30, 2017 12:04:58 GMT -6
scorpioscuba, up to now I'd just gone through their toys while they were gone and put things in boxes. This time we went through the boxes. We kept more than I had wanted to, but there was a reason for pretty much everything, and when I questioned some of their choices (puzzles that were incomplete, for example, or old grungy stuffed animals that had no sentimental value), they were ok with changing their minds and putting it in the "trash" pile.
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Post by mrsoscarfelix on May 30, 2017 13:09:35 GMT -6
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Post by lollipop on May 30, 2017 13:45:03 GMT -6
The sorting project went better than I had feared. We've got 1 box of 6 still left to sort through, but we probably sorted out about 3 boxes to throw away or give away. Some of what we kept was for sentimental reasons (the last presents I know my dad picked out for DDs 1+2 before he died), and some was because they still want to play with the toys at some point. I still have to bag everything up, but I'll do that tonight when they're in bed, I think. I'm calling the project a success. Impressive! I still can't get DS to do this so I have to do it in secret. Which comes back to bite me sometimes but I just can't deal with him still wanting to keep EVERY THING. That's what I do too. Wait till he's gone, ruthlessly purge, pray he doesn't realize that things are missing. That last part doesn't work so well sometimes. Most recently was yesterday when he bought a tool bench at a garage sale, and found out that I got rid of all of his tools, because he only ever uses them as weapons. |
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Post by nellieoleson on May 31, 2017 13:45:44 GMT -6
I got a call from the pediatrician at noon yesterday. Dd1's blood work was back and the results were abnormal. The doctor had already talked to a specialist and wanted us to get Dd1 there at 3:00 that same day. We went to the appointment and apparently her endocrine system is all out of whack. They don't know why, and they said usually they never figure out a reason, but sometimes it's a tumor. They will be doing a brain MRI soon to hopefully rule out any kind of growth. They will have to sedate her for it since she is so young. She doesn't have any other neurological symptoms right now, so it seems like we have every reason to be optimistic about that. But yeah, it is really scary and sucks big time. She will be starting medication soon that will help balance out everything that is going on with her and will make sure she keeps growing. They said the medications are really effective and are tolerated well. She will have to take them until hits puberty so that the growth plates in her bones don't fuse prematurely. I actually feel a lot stressed out today than I have been because I feel like I have my H and the doctors to help me carry the burden of worrying about her, when before I felt like it was all on me. We are also super busy with getting ready for our move and my MIL is flying in from MN today to help watch the girls while we pack, etc. I feel like things are going to be okay, but still kind of reeling over here. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 13:51:36 GMT -6
nellieoleson, I'm sure that wasn't exactly the news you wanted to get but it sounds like the doctors have a good plan and the medications sound very effective. take it day by day. the mri will be harder on you than her but I'll be thinking of you guys and sending good thoughts!
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Post by valiente on May 31, 2017 13:56:27 GMT -6
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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2017 13:57:47 GMT -6
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Post by valiente on May 31, 2017 14:02:17 GMT -6
I'm sorry to hear that, Nellie. I hope the MRI is uneventful and everyone breathes a little easier after.
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Post by pinktartan9 on May 31, 2017 14:03:53 GMT -6
Sending love and positivity nellieoleson. Hoping you get good answers asap. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by valiente on May 31, 2017 14:09:33 GMT -6
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