You may think I am crazy but.........................

[willsmama]

The cookie is kicking in... I can feel the sugar in my veins... come on baby boy! Beat me up!!!

Put up those dukes Mr. Nanu! DO IT! :)

[sarahlynn]

The cookie is kicking in... I can feel the sugar in my veins... come on baby boy! Beat me up!!!

Put up those dukes Mr. Nanu! DO IT! :)

Yeah we dare ya..move all for mama....wait you cant do it (useing some reverse psychology there) :wink: works like a charm with cy :lol:

[DIVADLX]

You guys are funny... I just got a call back from my midwife who explained that at 17 weeks, if he turns so his back was toward my outside then I wouldn't feel anything. I am pretty sure that's all that is happening. If I don't feel him move by tomorrow, I'll go in to hear the heartbeat.

I'm just going to stop worrying now.

[willsmama]

You guys are funny... I just got a call back from my midwife who explained that at 17 weeks, if he turns so his back was toward my outside then I wouldn't feel anything. I am pretty sure that's all that is happening. If I don't feel him move by tomorrow, I'll go in to hear the heartbeat.

I'm just going to stop worrying now.

That is true, he's still a teeny lil' guy...:)

[DIVADLX]

To further entice you ladies on your RV trip... I cook, I bake like a crazy woman, and would totally put you all up in my apartment! I would kick DH out to the RV and we would have the world's greatest slumber party. I'd break out the blender - make some margaritas (virgin and non, for the knocked up) and get to girl talk!

[sarahlynn]

I'm just going to stop worrying now.

yup no more worrying..eat lots of chocolate and rest.. :lol:

i forget how tiny they are at only 14 weeks..we haev so many knocked up mamas on here its so exciteing..

[DIVADLX]

Actually I am 17 weeks - he's bigger than a softball now! Crazy!

[Momto3]

Wow Jenn! Already! That is crazy!

[sarahlynn]

WOW!!! 4 months already....time is flyin by..5more months EEEEK!

[DIVADLX]

15 weeks ago today I ovulated...

[CandiceLeigh]

I love that you know that exactly to the date :lol:

[sarahlynn]

15 weeks ago today I ovulated... :shock:

you never cease to amaze me woman

[willsmama]

15 weeks ago today I ovulated... :shock:

you never cease to amaze me woman

I have NO clue when I ovulate. Hence why I thought earlier this month I could be prego. But now, with evil AF I know I am not!

DH gets snipped next Thursday and states to me: "i have to be on bed rest for 48 hours" well, GUESS WHAT BUCKO, I had a freaking C-section and still BF'd a child, took care of him, etc. I mean, I won't make him do stuff, but you can bet your azz I won't be super sympathetic.

Then, one of my GF's tells me that I should be lucky that my DH is "doing this for me" since I can't be on the pill and that most DH's wouldn't have this done. I don't care either way. He is the one that can't 'use' condoms, so he can be the one to get snipped. And he'd better not be a super big baby about it, cuz guess what, I went through worse!

(I love love love my DH, don't get me wrong, but am not looking forward to having TWO babies to care for!) :lol:

[without]

Sarah,
Dog Dog Dog!!! Wahoo! I am always up for a dog! LOL I am trying to learn how to push the stroller and walk the dog (75 pounds) at the same time. :roll:


By the way can I have some of this junk food thats floating around?

[newmami]

Jenn, I am sure Nanu is ok, maybe he is having a lazy day!!
Oh the slumber party sounds soooo inviting!! wouldn't it be great if we could actually do something like that????

Saturday is my 6th wedding anniversary, and it would be 1 year since I got the confirmation that I was pregnant with Chris.... CRAZY!!!

Tracy, I don't understand your friends comment, DH also volunteered to get snipped, because he doesn't want any more kids, but as I was already cut and open, I decided to tie my tubes
And men are such babies when it comes to being sick :roll:

I don't know how to post a link to another thread, but I put some pictures of Dani on PICTURES

OK, I really have to go back to work now.....

And I haven't had any chocolate yet.... OI!!! :?

[without]

I stole some m&m's from my sec!

[sarahlynn]

6 YEARS :shock: that seams like forever to me :lol: my 2 years has me all worn out..

DH has mentioned gettin snipped...i told him he has to wait till we are 199% sure we are havin no more..i have this drive to just have one more baby..but now doesnt seem like the right time with all the junk going on..adn the thought of something permanent happing to DH health scares me.i dotn want to let the what ifs prevent another baby ya know but you haev to think of all the things.. :( maybe soemday..DH keeps saying how great it wil lbe in a few years to have no daycare when lucea goes to school..i keep saying but but what about one more.. :?

oh well

i wish i lived close enough to all you ladies for a meet up..

[Momto3]

yeah...meet up...with lots of chocolate! What am I talking about. I haven't had any either I've been dieting for so long!

Blech! One of the cops here who my family knows and loves his daughter (she's 12, maybe) was sent home from school last week with a fever...she has lukemia :cry: I hate that! I thank god every day that my babies are well. They are having a benefit for her at Applebees on the 25th. Applebees is NOT my favorite restaurant but I will go becuase the money raised will help her!

[without]

Oh, Lynn... my prayers will be with the family! :cry:

[sarahlynn]

:( oh how sad

[sarahlynn]

is it bedtime yet..

so we went to kindermusic...it was cool but lulu ran the whole time..all around..it was held in the big entryway of a church so there were hallways, reception dest, coat room, bench, water fountains and a lady who brought her 4 month old along so lucea never really stopped it was from one thing to the other..the whole time :shock: i jsut dont know if i wnat to pay that money for my lucea to run run run..i am thinking maybe gymnastics would be better for her..they start at 15 months and its parent-tot where parents and kids learn together..

does that sound like i am giving up way to soon..i just dont thing lucea is at all interested in sitting in a circle yet..she wants to move move move..

[DIVADLX]

You're LUCKY he's getting snipped? Whatever. That is a very sexist view your friend has. In a relationship reproductive responsibility is 50/50. AND the vasectomy is SO much easier to reverse than a tubaligation.

We have chosen vasectomy. We are thinking about doing it right after Nanu is born and we are sure we won't want another.

Our 6th anniversary of our wedding was Sept 1. We eloped 7 years from this Dec 30th though... so we're right there with ya Claudia!

So sad... as a parent I am sure they are sitting there going - how did we get from "a little fever" to leukemia???

[rhiannasmoms43]

I know several adults who have had leukemia for years, in one case over 10, they have been able to control it. Is childhood leukemia controllable/ curable?
As a parent our worries are never really over are they?

DH and I want one more (if he ever jumps on :roll: ) Knowing that my last will be a C section, I will be getting my tubes tied...I'm axtually looking forward to that surgery because it will be one less excuse for dh not to have sex.

[Momto3]

I am not sure about lukemia and the details of how the disease works. I sat and cried for a little last night just thinking how devastating it would be if it were my child. They are doing a benefit at our Applebees to raise money. The cops are serving and all tips and 10% of the check goes to help Maggie! Anyway...

on another note. I know I have said it before, I had my tubes tied and I am so sorry I did. I thought we were done at the time...now we both think differently. :cry: Alas, everything happens for a reason...

On to a much brighter note...ITS FRIDAY!!!! YAY!!!!!

[without]

I started out only wanting one baby. The first time I held Morgan I knew I couldn't stop at one. Sadly now that I am single it may end up being that Morgan is the only one I get.

Wahooo!!!! for Friday! I have to work a little over 1/2 the day tomorrow and then the rest of the day Morgan and I are going to veg at the house (well for us thats AKA for clean the house) and I am looking forward to an afternoon and night shut in the house!

[rhiannasmoms43]

I started out only wanting one baby. The first time I held Morgan I knew I couldn't stop at one. Sadly now that I am single it may end up being that Morgan is the only one I get.

Wahooo!!!! for Friday! I have to work a little over 1/2 the day tomorrow and then the rest of the day Morgan and I are going to veg at the house (well for us thats AKA for clean the house) and I am looking forward to an afternoon and night shut in the house!

You never know what the future holds for you 8)

[newmami]

You never know what the future holds for you
I agree

Lynn, I am so sorry for your friends, sick kids just break my heart!! I wish I lived closer, I would go to the fundraiser... I will be praying for them
I also give thanks every day that I have healthy kids
And sorry that you regret the tubal.... I would LOVE to have another baby, but DH would divorce me... Hmmm there is a thought :twisted: ... anyways, Jimdeb had a reversal and she has a beautiful DD

YES IT IS FRIDAY!!! I am looking forwards to spending Sunday ALONE with the kids!! and Chris is going to try sweet potatoes this weekend

Dani keeps surprising me, yesterday she was playing with a sponge and a brush for the dishes (they are on the cabinet under the sink). When she was done playing, she put EVERYTHING away where it belongs, put her sippy in the sink and left the kitchen.... awwww!!!

[Momto3]

I started out only wanting one baby. The first time I held Morgan I knew I couldn't stop at one. Sadly now that I am single it may end up being that Morgan is the only one I get.

Wahooo!!!! for Friday! I have to work a little over 1/2 the day tomorrow and then the rest of the day Morgan and I are going to veg at the house (well for us thats AKA for clean the house) and I am looking forward to an afternoon and night shut in the house!

You never know what the future holds for you 8)

This is what I am saying! Do you think for a moment that when my older ones were little or even 10 years old I was even thinking of having another babe? No way! My life situtation changed and voila!

[Momto3]

Dani keeps surprising me, yesterday she was playing with a sponge and a brush for the dishes (they are on the cabinet under the sink). When she was done playing, she put EVERYTHING away where it belongs, put her sippy in the sink and left the kitchen.... awwww!!!

I can't even get my teens to do that on a regular basis! Go Dani!

And yay for Chris and Sweet Potatoes!

[BBKCD]

Just jumping in...
I went back a few pages...I didn't find the leukemia post, so I'll go back again later. Just the thought makes me sad :(
I think I'm on the post-partum hormone roller coaster. Who am I? Linda Blair? One minute my heart is melting with love, and the next I am ticked at DH. Well, he was trying to be nice by taking the laundry down last night, but fell asleep on the couch. I had handed over all of my bras to be washed, so didn't want to be running down the hall au natural to retrieve the laundry. I woke him up several times and finally got him down there, and he brought the stuff back wet--well, more than damp, and it was already 11:30. So, I strung laundry out to dry all over the bedroom, and I was less than happy!
I can't believe I missed international chocolate day?!?!
Gee, I'll have to have a make-up day! :lol:

[without]

Dani keeps surprising me, yesterday she was playing with a sponge and a brush for the dishes (they are on the cabinet under the sink). When she was done playing, she put EVERYTHING away where it belongs, put her sippy in the sink and left the kitchen.... awwww!!!


Way to go Dani but more than that... Way to go Mama!!! Its because she has a good Mama that she is such a good little girl!

[Momto3]

I can't believe I missed international chocolate day?!?!
Gee, I'll have to have a make-up day! :lol:

The good news is there are 364 make up days! :lol:

[bel]

Finally Im jumping in, I afraid after 419 pages Ill kill this thread :?
ANyways...
Hey Clau Dani is awesome. Im in love about the trip idea, Ill fly to Orlando, so we can drive together to pick the girls up :mrgreen: and we can speak spanish until we get the first of them :lol:
It should be an awesome trip, and Jenn will be waiting all of us with a Margarita!! YUUMY that would be heaven....start gathering the lemons and tequila, Jenn!---> Im sure Nanu is ok :wink:

Sarah how is Matt doing today, I cant stop thinking of him, I was talking to Oscar about you guys yesterday.
Im in your boat too, since my yorkie got lost, Im dealing with my hope of getting another, I still have one but he is 10 years old, and Im afraid Ill loose him soon :cry: I can even think about it...my friend´s dog just had baby yorkies and she is begging me to take one home, she offered to charge my 1/3 of their cost. I just dunno, Oscar would kill me as he suffered so much when we lost Uchi he sais we wont buy another, ever. And they have to have their hair done twice a month which is really expensive :? I just dont know what to do, but I cant deal with my desire to get one :roll:

Candice I never ever tried drugs, nor even know someone who did it here, it isnt that common here I guess.

Tracy good luck on your diet, lucky lady 15 pounds?, I need to loose like 50 or more :lol:

Sherry Im still amaze I didnt know when you had your baby boy, where was I? Congrats! He is adorable. Hey you´re not late, in Paraguay Chocolate Day is 365 days per year (at least for me :wink: )

I made this too long sorry.

[willsmama]

I think my diet is never ending...BUT my 10 year reunion (I was bigger in high school than I am now) is in November, so I want to look HOT for that.
:)

[bel]

That amazing Tracy, Im sure you will :wink: I wish I could look half as skinier as I looked in HS :?
You one have one boy right? Are you sure you dont want at least one more. Im not judging or anything, Im just curious!

[willsmama]

That amazing Tracy, Im sure you will :wink: I wish I could look half as skinier as I looked in HS :?
You one have one boy right? Are you sure you dont want at least one more. Im not judging or anything, Im just curious!

Just the one.....we're done with him. Multiple reasons, I get asked all the time so no worries! :)

*DH has a 12 year old DSD from a previous marriage
*$$$ (we pay child support for DSD and daycare for DS)
*I had a DVT (huge dangerous blood clot) in my leg during my pregnancy, and unlike the other brave mommas here, I don't wanna go through that again! (hemmorhaged after my c-section, needed blood transfusion, etc.
*He has TONS of cousins and friends to play with, so i am okay with the socialization aspect of him being an only child. :)


But yeah, I am sure I'll always wonder 'what if' but it just isn't it the cards for DH and me. :)

[newmami]

You will look GREAT Tracy!!!

WELCOME BEL!!!

Hey Sherry, how is Drake doing??? I hear you on the hormones, give it some time hon... if it gets bad, talk to your OB

So I am going to play the lottery this weekend, and if I win, I will start the APA tour, AFTER I quit!!!

And I just go the BEST NEWS ever!! there is this lady at work (M)who is a true b*tch, always messing up people and treat them like crap.... well she is the one who fired my coworker S... well S put a lawsuit against M!!! HA HA HA!!! this just proves that what comes around goes around!!

Ok, back to my happy dance!!

[bel]

Little vent...
aw I hate these days, it´s been crazy at work. On wednesday I received two people from ARgentina, worked with the, organized a 40 people meeting for breakfast to present their cuban hotels, then meet again with them drop them at the airport :roll: the had two meetings yesterday afternoon, went to do the groceries´ shopping, went to pick up ceci from a party, on the top of it it´s really getting hot, ekk I hate it.
Then I have a meeting at 3, ceci has another b-day party I have to take her to, thanks God she stays without me, I have to come back and prepare a bussiness trip I have on sunday, and-...one of my best GF´s son will have his first communion (the biggest celebration on a catholic´s life) on sunday, guess who is in charge of the flavors? Yeah me. Ill do those tonight.
Ill go in sunday after his celebration (lunch). Im waiting this men who is coming from Swiss. We will work there (4hours away, car ride) on Monday and he wants to go to the Yguazzu Falls in the afternoon, so I guess we will be back maybe at midnight, urrg
Then we should visit diferent clients together here on tuesday, as you see it doesnt get easier :?
I just wanna sleep.

[sarahlynn]

OMG BEL you arent gonna have a very relaxing weekend are you??
hang in there your a busy mama but you can handle it.

[newmami]

Bel, I am tired reading your schedule............

YOU CAN DO IT!!

OK, I really have to go back to work, I just don't want to!!!

[bel]

If I could only laid in one of those cuban beaches we presented yesterday :lol: :lol:
Good thing for first time Oscar is coming with me---->at least we can have sex without a baby between us :lol: :lol:

[sarahlynn]

If I could only laid in one of those cuban beaches we presented yesterday :lol: :lol:
Good thing for first time Oscar is coming with me---->at least we can have sex without a baby between us :lol: :lol:

:lol: YAY FOR NO BABY SEX!!!

i just want sex darn it.. :? i wonder if DH wuold be up for hireing me a young stud for the time being till his mojo comes back :lol:

[willsmama]

I feel like I am never going to have sex again either.....I have AF now, DH gets snipped next Thursday and then it is at least a week after that until he can...eh hem....do anything. He says he's going to do the first one "on his own" he is afraid it is going to hurt! HA!

[Momto3]

Is there a full moon? Seems like it. everyone is having the day/weekend from heck!

[sarahlynn]

hmmm my day isnt going to bad..i was in such a good mood on the way to work because the weekend will be beautiful outside and i have it all off to do nothing..

we take cy to his cardiologist appt this afternoon and after that i am home free for the weekend..

my sis just called and we are going to take the kids to the harvest festival tomarow..i would love to go with just my sis but god if we dont invite my mom we would both be ****ed to hell and she may never talk to us again..hey that might not be so darn bad :lol:

[without]

OH, my gosh!!! I wish I were the size I was in high school! When I graduated I was 98 pounds. Lets just say now I would be doing a dance to see 199! :shock:

[DIVADLX]

Good morning ladies!

Stella woke up dry this morning!!! After sleeping for 11 hours, the kid had a dry diaper! yahoooooo!

We always knew Stella would not be an only child. I have a big family and DH was an only child. He had some cousins, but no one to share the private home life stuff, so he was pretty lonely and had to deal with a lot of stuff all by himself. His mom is also crazy and has no one to share it with. When she dies, he will be all alone to mourn her too. Anyway, so we knew Stella would have at least one person to share her life with.

Work! Arg! I am getting so frustrated with this job situation. We need the money but I am starting to resent how much getting the job at the hospital will interfere with everything I have planned this fall. And the fact that the stupid references haven't called them back yet! Grrrr...

[willsmama]

OH, my gosh!!! I wish I were the size I was in high school! When I graduated I was 98 pounds. Lets just say now I would be doing a dance to see 199! :shock:

I guess that is my one good thing about being overweight as a teen! I can say I look better now! :lol:

[DIVADLX]

And darn it! I just entered the pampered chef show I had for APA and $30 more in sales and I would have reached the next level! Darn it!!! Soooo close...

[Momto3]

Good morning ladies!

Stella woke up dry this morning!!! After sleeping for 11 hours, the kid had a dry diaper! yahoooooo!

We always knew Stella would not be an only child. I have a big family and DH was an only child. He had some cousins, but no one to share the private home life stuff, so he was pretty lonely and had to deal with a lot of stuff all by himself. His mom is also crazy and has no one to share it with. When she dies, he will be all alone to mourn her too. Anyway, so we knew Stella would have at least one person to share her life with.

Work! Arg! I am getting so frustrated with this job situation. We need the money but I am starting to resent how much getting the job at the hospital will interfere with everything I have planned this fall. And the fact that the stupid references haven't called them back yet! Grrrr...



Yay for Stella! Such a smart and talented cookie you got there!

I thought your new work was all a done deal?

[sarahlynn]

And darn it! I just entered the pampered chef show I had for APA and $30 more in sales and I would have reached the next level! Darn it!!! Soooo close...

why didnt you PM i would haev ordered something

[EvandAl]

Man I am behind on this thread!!

I am SOOO glad it's Friday! We are heading to FL to meet our new nephew (he was born on the 4th) and go to a b-day party for our neice who is turning 12 tomorrow :shock: Plus my mom is going to drive over to visit us too.

And darn it! I just entered the pampered chef show I had for APA and $30 more in sales and I would have reached the next level! Darn it!!! Soooo close...

Awww man I should have ordered my stuff :( I am still in for an order once we move!! Which is in 2 weeks from today :lol:

[DIVADLX]

I had it posted forever because I am donating 50% of my commission from APA sales to APA.

There's time if you did want to order- bit I wasn't lamenting to drum up sales. I was just lamenting.

I was oh, 200 pound heavier in high school, so I look better now!

And finally, the job. BRU is one of those companies that won't give employee info, so the hospital has to call their 800 number to verify employment and well, as of now, the hospital has called them, but they have yet to call them back. SO I missed orientation this week, which means I had to wait 2 more weeks. She said the offer was right behind the reference check... Gr.

[willsmama]

I was oh, 200 pound heavier in high school, so I look better now!
.

200!!?!

[newmami]

Lets just say now I would be doing a dance to see 199!
_________________


Me too!! :oops: :cry:

Jenn, I hope you can figure out something that gives you money but doesn't ruin your plans!

Fall festival.... here we can only have RAIN festivals :? . I want leaves that change color and a reason to make beef stew, hot chocolate and apple cider :hissy:

YAY Stella for being dry!!! she does better than me, I have to pee in the middle of the night

[tralynne75]

And darn it! I just entered the pampered chef show I had for APA and $30 more in sales and I would have reached the next level! Darn it!!! Soooo close...
Can you go back and change it. Just had my other stuff in.

Yay for Stella.

Lynn, I am so sorry for your friend daughter.

Yay Tracy for losing weight. I was 105 in High school and 120 after having Dylan now I am hitting 200. :shock: Hating life right now.

Claudia, can you teach Dylan to pick up behind himself like Dani? Katie does better then Dylan but not as good as Dani. How did you get her so smart??? I guess she takes after her mama.

[Momto3]

I was 105 in High school and 120 after having Dylan now I am hitting 200. :shock: Hating life right now.


Naaa you did it the smart way. My luck I would have lost a bunch of weight from my pregnancy and then got pregnant again. This way once you have that beautiful baby then you can lose it for good!


Supposedly that is what DH and I are doing now. I hate that men drop weight like slicing butter with a hot knife! He's dropped 46 lbs since June. Me 33 pounds...same amoutn of time and eating the same stuff. :?

[willsmama]

Supposedly that is what DH and I are doing now. I hate that men drop weight like slicing butter with a hot knife! He's dropped 46 lbs since June. Me 33 pounds...same amoutn of time and eating the same stuff. :?

Good for you though! I know, I hate it. DH lost as much durning my pregnancy than I gained! Grr. I love that there is a commercial that the guy eats sammiches to lose wieght and the woman says "I haven't had a slice of bread in 5 years!"

yeah, my DH can pile the food on his plate, and has to struggle to maintain his weight.

Sigh. Why did I draw the chunkola straw?!

[DIVADLX]

I haven't submitted it and can add to it, but again ladies, I am so sorry - I wasn't trying to get you to buy stuff!

Yep. 200. It took me almost 2 years of hard hard work but I got it off! And apart from the 25 post partum depression pounds I gained, I have kept it off. After this baby man, I am gonna get back to my lowest - the happiest weight-related day of my life - when I hit 199!!! So Tracy, I think 200 is pretty good! Although I probably haven't weighed 105 since I was 8 years old.

I was a fat kid, a fat teenager, a fat young 20's... I used to pray every night - until I was about 16 and decided no one was listening - to just know one day of what it was like to be normal, to just be an average weight and not be called Shamu, or have boys that I really liked tell me that they liked me but couldn't take me to the dance because I was too fat and they would be laughed at.

Jeez. This girl sure does know how to turn a thread depressing... ;)

[willsmama]

I haven't submitted it and can add to it, but again ladies, I am so sorry - I wasn't trying to get you to buy stuff!

Yep. 200. It took me almost 2 years of hard hard work but I got it off! And apart from the 25 post partum depression pounds I gained, I have kept it off. After this baby man, I am gonna get back to my lowest - the happiest weight-related day of my life - when I hit 199!!! So Tracy, I think 200 is pretty good! Although I probably haven't weighed 105 since I was 8 years old.

I was a fat kid, a fat teenager, a fat young 20's... I used to pray every night - until I was about 16 and decided no one was listening - to just know one day of what it was like to be normal, to just be an average weight and not be called Shamu, or have boys that I really liked tell me that they liked me but couldn't take me to the dance because I was too fat and they would be laughed at.

Jeez. This girl sure does know how to turn a thread depressing... ;)

That is fantastic! It is not normal to hear of someone successfully losing 200 lbs, so that is why I clarified! :) I have lost about 60 since high school. I have about 15-20 to look again how I looked prior to having Will- I was in the best shape of my life then at about 170 lbs (size 10, 5'*") so that is all I want again! :)

I am just happy that even at my full prego weight, I never got to my full "fat" weight!

WE ARE ROCKSTARS! :)

[AshleyElizabeth]

Really, I just wanted to be part of the 421 page thread.

HI!

[DIVADLX]

It makes me really scared though when I gain anything... those 25 PPD pounds made me feel like such a loser because I had kept the weight off for 3 years before that... but I know I can do it.

Let's talk about chocolate again... :lol:

[willsmama]

Let's talk about chocolate again... :lol:

Deal. Sarah...how are those PB M&M's doing? :)

[AshleyElizabeth]

Let's talk about chocolate again... :lol:

Deal. Sarah...how are those PB M&M's doing? :)

Funny you should mention those. I had my first packet of them the other day at school. SO GOOD. I meant to get A3 (the penut ones) but pushed A2 (penut butter ones). Musta been fait.

[Momto3]

Supposedly that is what DH and I are doing now. I hate that men drop weight like slicing butter with a hot knife! He's dropped 46 lbs since June. Me 33 pounds...same amoutn of time and eating the same stuff. :?

Good for you though!
Sigh. Why did I draw the chunkola straw?!

Thanks Tracy - It did really suck when I was pregnant and I know that part of that was the baby but at 4'11", I was as wide as I am tall. That was no fun!

There must have been more than one chunkola straw given out!

[willsmama]

Yes. They are GOOD.

Hence, why i don't buy them and am trying to live vicariously through sarah. :)
:wink:

[without]

mmmm.....welll since I ate all the sec. m&m's yesterday I have nothing to eat today. :lol:

Ok girls I hate tooting my own horn but since we are talking weight.....

I have walked 1 1/2 miles while pushing Morgan in the stroller for the past two days. I am going to do it again today. I am so proud of myself. Pray I have the will power to keep it up. :wink:

[willsmama]

mmmm.....welll since I ate all the sec. m&m's yesterday I have nothing to eat today. :lol:

Ok girls I hate tooting my own horn but since we are talking weight.....

I have walked 1 1/2 miles while pushing Morgan in the stroller for the past two days. I am going to do it again today. I am so proud of myself. Pray I have the will power to keep it up. :wink:

Great job! I can't wait until Will has the patience again for me to walk with him. It was great on my Mat. leave, he just slept (newborn) but right around 3/4 months, he'd scream 1/2 way through my walk. So now, as long as it stays quasi-warm enough I am going to keep doing walks and hope they can get longer and longer!

WTG though! :)

[Momto3]

mmmm.....welll since I ate all the sec. m&m's yesterday I have nothing to eat today. :lol:

Ok girls I hate tooting my own horn but since we are talking weight.....

I have walked 1 1/2 miles while pushing Morgan in the stroller for the past two days. I am going to do it again today. I am so proud of myself. Pray I have the will power to keep it up. :wink:

Way to go Pam.!!! The diet lady said it would come off faster if I would just walk 30 minutes a day 3 times a week. Now let me see, where on earth did I leave that extra 30 minutes a day?!?!?!

[without]

Well... I didn't walk on Sat. or Sunday but I will walk again today! Morgan does pretty good when we walk but it helps that I also take the dog so she has her to mess with while we walk. My dog is trainned and has all kinds of ribbons so I don't have to worrie about her at all and she lets Morgan hold the leash and pretend she is walking her. Its cute. :)


OK.............. Girls I need you thoughts!

Dad: So what would you think of dating a guy 20 years older than you?
Me: Laugh um... is he rich? Does his swimmers still work?
Dad: Swimmers? Oh, um... yea I am sure they do men's swimmers never stop working.
(Van quite for a moment)
Dad: ___________ (for got his name but the guy who sits beside him in the quire) was asking about you and we were talking and I asked him if he new any single guys to set you up with and he said his brother. Hes a good looking guy.
Me: In the back seat quite for a moment as I do the math in my head 30+20=50
Me:!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh my gosh he would be 50!
Mom: thats older than me!
Dad: Yea but he is a good looking 50
Mom: and he may have money I saw him at Sam's buying dog food
Me: thinking what in the world?? Shopping at Sam's buying dog food doesn't mean you have money?? LOL


So what do you think? I am I wrong for thinking 20 years is a little much?


Then to if I were honest with myself....... I am still waiting on Larry (a guy at church I like who just started dating an 18 year old hutchey :roll: ) to notice me. *Blush* I hate it that I became so smitten with him but any one who knows me well could see he is my type. If only I were his.

But any way..... what do you think about the whole...20 years thing?

[Momto3]

For me, I think the 20 year difference would be too much. I don't think there is that much to have in common, you know. But only you would be able to decide what and who you are comfortable with. Maybe meet him for coffee or lunch. Just a short brief thing to see if there is any spark. Its all in the chemistry.

[without]

Well... this guy attends our church so I am sure my parents will point him out. We go to a church of about 400 so I do not know every one. I think I will just get to know him in church setting and if there is a spark then ok but I just can't get past the thought that he is older than my mom! :shock:

[rhiannasmoms43]

Well it definitely depends on the person, both the younger one and the older one.
20 years can seem like a huge gap, or none at all.
I think I would be leery of a guy 20 years older than me who was being set up by his brother though....I think the age gap would be too much for me to think about before seeing the guy, kwim?
I know a wonderful couple with a 35 year age gap- she was 25, newly divorced, he was 60. She couldn't have children due to meds she had to take for arthritis and he has arthritis as well. Their marriage is successful.

I also know another couple who just got divorced- he is 52, she is 34.
She wanted to go out dining and dancing, he thought a good night was popcorn in front of the tv.

[BBKCD]

Whether 20 years is too much of an age gap depends on your POV. My step-dad was 18 years older than my mom, and they were together for 20 years before he pssed away. They had alot in common, and got along great. So, maybe it's not the # of years between you, but who the person is, and how you get along.
I personally wouldn't date anyone that much older...I don't *think*. But I look at long-term. Yes, generally, they're more well-established, but (this is morbid), I always take into account that they're going to kick it long before I do (well, most likely)...
During my single years, I dated older, and I dated younger. You can figure which were good for what :lol:

[newmami]

Hey ladies, it is Monday again :?

Pam, woo hoo for walking!! I NEED to work out, but I don't have time... I need to get up 5:30 and work out for 30 min, so I don't feel I am neglecting the kids....
As for the age difference, IMO 20 years is A LOT!!! but hey, it works for some people, right? I say give it a chance and go out for coffee or something

Oh!! add me to the list of the fat straw winners :roll:

How were your weekends?? Saturday was our anniversary and DH was in the WORST mood ever!! his son made him upset and as always, he took it out on me... so I mostly ignored him.... We went out for dinner, it was delicious, but I missed the kids (they did great with the sitter) and couldn't wait to go back home. DH was in the mood and I had a headache, so for the first time in my life I faked the O so he would leave me alone :shock: ... HAPPY ANNIVERSARY HONEY!!! :twisted:

Sunday was a quiet day, we went out to the mall because I wanted to see some diaper bags (I need a new one). I found one that I like, but I am ordering on line because they don't have the fabric... anyways, I told DH how much it was and he said it was too expensive ($90)... HELLO??? we spent $170 on his stupid anniversary present, and $90 is too much for me???? what about the $1000 he spent on his STUPID helicopters??? I was FUMING!!! so I am considering ordering the diaperbag, and tell him I want NOTHING for anniversary (I told him a gift cert for a SPA, but I am going to say never mind because I am upset).
Then he was watching football and feeding Chris, his team was losing and he was upset, and Chris was fidgity while eating, so he yelled at him "knock it off".... I was containing the tears and just wanted to rip Chris from his arms and get out of the house........

Anyways, in a better note my parents called on Saturday and Dani said Abuelo to my dad... he almost cried, and he said "she just killed me".... they are coming on November for her birthday. This year is their 40th wedding anniversary, and they are going to redo their honeymoon in Canada (how romantic is that!!!), then they are coming for a week to stay with the kids.

[willsmama]

Claudia, sometimes I want to come down there and kick your DH in the head..... :evil: ORDER the diaperbag.

20 years, can be a big difference or a small one. I say it depends, but I probably wouldn't date a 49 year old....

[without]

Claudia, sometimes I want to come down there and kick your DH in the head.....

Ditto!

Yea for your parents coming for a visit! It will give you some thing to look forward to! :wink:

[Momto3]

Claudia, sometimes I want to come down there and kick your DH in the head..... :evil: ORDER the diaperbag.
....

Ditto for me Claudia! Like Chris would even know what "Knock it off" meant!

[willsmama]

And...have your ORDERED THE DIAPER BAG yet? If DH gets mad, just tell him Tracy told you to..... :lol:

[sarahlynn]

i'm hungry..sorry was away all weekend so i have to try catch up

[willsmama]

i'm hungry..sorry was away all weekend so i have to try catch up

Don't you hate it!? Then you have the "monday lack of motivation" to have to read through and catch up.

I just don't want to ACTUALLY work today...

[sarahlynn]

me either..the weather was so nice here all weekend and now its beautiful again todayand i have to sit and stare out a frickin window.. :x

lucea was so clingy all weekend i mean i couldnt go two feet fromher and she had a fit..i think its eye teeth but nothing is comin through yet..

otherwise get this..my DH has begin work on his MAN ROOM in the basement..ah huh a room dedicated to x/box and a big screan tv..i'm no tgonna complain cause it get them out of my living room ..YAY..but i may never see DH again darn it.

his friend asked if he could install a pole and put up nudy pics :lol:

[Heidi]

his friend asked if he could install a pole and put up nudy pics Laughing

LOL, that's funny. I wish we had room for a man room. Matt has about 4 computers spread around the house and across the street. Do you think he'll start calling upstairs to place food orders. :lol:

[willsmama]

Hmm. Will has been turning our family room into his own "man room" we took down the tippy CD tower/DVD tower and replaced it with shelves full of bins that hold..You guessed it...Will's toys.

But that is where we'll be spending ALL of our time!

LOL, he's taking over!

[without]

Oh, I so know the feeling! There are more kid sofa's and chairs in my living room with Dora on them than places for adults to sit!

[willsmama]

Oh, I so know the feeling! There are more kid sofa's and chairs in my living room with Dora on them than places for adults to sit!

Good, at least it isn't me, but I'd rather his stuff be in there then having to run upstairs all of the time, etc! :)

[newmami]

Our living room also looks suspiciously like a playroom for kids....

I wish Dh had a men's room, so all his helicopter, photography and etc CRAP can be stored there!! :roll:

Added to the lack of motivation to work, I had computer problems for like an hour :evil: , so I am ready to go home.... then there was a birthday cake and I missed it because I had to fix a problem that the former coworker made... UGH!! I hate doing this
Tomorrow would be a better day and I would actually work instead of getting lost in the computer cables....
Oh did I mentioned that AF came to my house yesterday??? yeah, the weekend was SPLENDID :?

[BBKCD]

Aw, I want cake now :?
I hear you on the living room situation...Too many toys and not enough room.
DH was supposed to work a few hours this morning--well, it's 3, and he isn't home yet. C is napping, but will be up any time, and Drake's in between feedings.
I'm tired.
We put Ciara into a toddler bed b/c while she was at my mom's she learned to climb out of her pac n' play, so I know she will get hurt if she climbs out of the crib. Anyways, one way to settle the issue of whether or not she's ready for the toddler bed, right? She was up at 2:40 a.m., so DH had to go in there and lay on the floor until she'd go back to sleep.
TMI, but my house smells like vomit. C threw up in her carseat on the way back from my mom's. (She isn't sick--just too much junk at Grandma's, I think). I had no chips for the laundry room, and the manager's office was closed. I rinsed her clothes, which are still in the sink, and her carseat I wiped down, but it still smells. ((SIGH)). So, I'm waiting for David to get home so I can take care of that situation.

[eenchoo]

me either..the weather was so nice here all weekend and now its beautiful again todayand i have to sit and stare out a frickin window.. :x



At least you HAVE a window to look out of, I am in the basement!

[Momto3]

Sherry - sorry about the puke! I don't think I could stomach that smell (no pun intended). Did you have another c-section? You seem very mobile!

[willsmama]

Our living room also looks suspiciously like a playroom for kids....

I wish Dh had a men's room, so all his helicopter, photography and etc CRAP can be stored there!! :roll:

Added to the lack of motivation to work, I had computer problems for like an hour :evil: , so I am ready to go home.... then there was a birthday cake and I missed it because I had to fix a problem that the former coworker made... UGH!! I hate doing this
Tomorrow would be a better day and I would actually work instead of getting lost in the computer cables....
Oh did I mentioned that AF came to my house yesterday??? yeah, the weekend was SPLENDID :?

You really needed cake! Especially with AF. She finally went away for me, sorry I sent her to you! :(

[Heidi]

Ok, I am so out of the loop, Congrats Sherry on Drake. I didn't even know he had been born. I just love that name.

[without]

At least you HAVE a window to look out of, I am in the basement!


Me too! :(

Ugh! and Sorry about the vomit! Thats a smell that stays in your nose for hours even after its been cleaned up. :roll:

[DIVADLX]

Hey there!

20 years... I would have issue with it - BUT I would still give him a chance. You never know, he could be great, just had 20 more years to get great - that's all! I think as you get older, that age gap matters less and less. if you asked me at 25 if I would have dated a 45 year old it would have been a big fat no...

Claudia. Dumb Dh. How selfish can he get?

I'm getting kicked off of DH's computer... goodnight!

[BBKCD]

Sherry - sorry about the puke! I don't think I could stomach that smell (no pun intended). Did you have another c-section? You seem very mobile!
Yeah, I had a c-section. This one is a classical incision through the uterus b/c of the location of the placenta, and I also had a previa. I don't feel that Pain from the inner incision). When I feel tightening/pain now, it's in the lower left hand corner, sometimes the right. Well, where my ovaries would be, I guess, and I did have a tubal, so wondering if that's what I'm feeling. My OB doesn't want me taking much ibuprofen b/c I'm still on blood thinners, so, I deal with a little discomfort versus being doped up. :wink:
(Although the discharge nurse said as I was leaving, "if you're feeling a little stressed, take a couple of those pills" :lol: )...

[BBKCD]

Ok, I am so out of the loop, Congrats Sherry on Drake. I didn't even know he had been born. I just love that name.

Thanks! :D I didn't back down on the name--*Drake Ryan*, and DH agreed just prior to my c-section :lol:

[without]

I am so happy to hear your little guy is hear and you are both safe.


I have decided not to think on the 20 year age diff. that much until I get a look at him. :wink:

OK.... Do you think this is rude????

Back ground... My EX mother in law and I hate each other! She tried to pay me off to divorce DH a few years ago, she has made threats to take Morgan, and the list goes on. She is pure evil. BUT.... she is Morgans Nana and I don't feel as if its right for me to keep them apart so I let her come over every other Tuesday for 2 hours to spend with Morgan. (I am pretty much just letting her have Grants visitation while he is in Prison)

So here is my problem....
Today is the day she comes to see Morgan. I also know tomorrow is her birthday. So as much as I dislike her Morgan and I went to the store last night and Morgan picked out a birthday card and a coffee cup for her. (this cost me 1.50) and then we went home Morgan colored her a picture and colored on her card. I filled the coffee cup with some candy I had at the house. I am afraid she will see this as a slap in the face. I mean I only spent a dollar fifty! But thats all I had to spend. When I was married to her son we would spend around 100 on her but I just can't afford to do that. For peat sakes I keep hot guling my shoes! If I had 100 dollars I would buy some shoes. :lol: I mean she isn't my kin any more and well... Morgan hasn't found a job yet. LOL

What do you think is it rude to give her this gift? If I can't buy her any thing nice should I give her nothing at all?

[BBKCD]

Pam, IMO, it's supposed to be the thought that counts! So, no, I don't think it's rude. You're making the gesture on Morgan's behalf. You could completely diregard that it's her birthday and "forget", but you are more thoughtful than that, which says alot about your charactar. I think what you're doing is fine.

[without]

Thanks... I just don't want to come across as rude I mean just because she is rude doesn't mean I should be. Any way the 125.00 huge clock I bought her two years ago that she just had to have is still in the box in her closet! LOL

Also she just got back from a two week trip and while she was gone I took care of her dog and cat. I feel as if this was birthday present enough from me. :roll: Then the more I think about it I start feeling like I am being tacky again! See.... I keep talking my self around and around until I dont know what I think~ :?

[BBKCD]

Ask yourself, "what would she do for you?"
I understand that b/c she is rude, you don't have to be. And, yes, it was really kind of you to pet-sit for her, too.
You are a single mom, and certainly, she shouldn't expect $100 gifts from you! (some people may still do those things, but you can bet it's on credit)....
Give yourself a break Pam!!!

[Momto3]

I agree with Sherry. Its a token that you (Morgan) remembered her Birthday. If she doesn't think its nice, then SHE is the one with the problem. And why the heck did't you take her up on the offer to get money to divorce Grant?!@?!?!?!?!?!

[sarahlynn]

:( i'm sad Jenny is gone..

[without]

Jenny is gone????? Hold the phone whats up?? If you need to PM me please do! I hope you mean on vacation! :shock:


And why the heck did't you take her up on the offer to get money to divorce Grant

At that point I was trying to do the christian thing and stand by my man and his drinking and drug problem and his abuse. :roll: It was the child porn that pushed me over the edge and I filed for divorce the next day but I delt with the abuse drugs, and drinking for 4 years praying he would change.

[newmami]

I agree with the girls, it is a nice gesture and that is what counts.... if she hates you so much, she should not even expect a present, so she should be grateful you are making sure Morgan keeps a relationship with her

So I am holding a pity party this week... I am DREADING coming to work every day, this week I am DONE working, I just want to stay with Dani & Chris and play all day :( . God I wish my life was easier......
Anyways, I hope it is AF talking, and that once she packs her stuff, I feel better.

DH asked me again what I want for Anniversary, so I am sticking to the diaper bag that I want!! I don't buy ANYTHING for myself anymore, the kids come first ALWAYS, so that will make me happy.
If he really means that me being happy is all he needs to be happy, then he will OK the diaper bag... or suck it up! :x

I am also sad to see people leaving here...... sometimes I feel like I don't fit in APA anymore, it used to be my second home, but I feel that because I don't CD, BF, Cosleep, AP and are 'green" I just don't belong here... sigh another for my pity party

[sarahlynn]

Jenny is gone????? Hold the phone whats up?? If you need to PM me please do! I hope you mean on vacation! :shock:.

i'll PM you..anyone else who wants to know the deal PM me or let me know..its pretty sad IMO..theyll probubly get all pissed at me for brining it up but hey its bothering me

.... sometimes I feel like I don't fit in APA anymore, it used to be my second home, but I feel that because I don't CD, BF, Cosleep, AP and are 'green" I just don't belong here...
well i dont really co sleep much at all, i do vacc, i am definetely not all green but thats what i love about thsi place all the differnt people and lifestyles..but it seems that lots of the time we cant be treated as adults..everyone is so censored on here

[without]

Claudia,

This is just me talking out loud so please slap me if you think this is wrong but.... do you think it could be because you are coming off you RX? I never really knew why you were doing this but it could be that you are not ready to come off? Just a thought :)

I am also sad to see people leaving here...... sometimes I feel like I don't fit in APA anymore, it used to be my second home, but I feel that because I don't

I am in the same shoes you are! I do CD, co sleep and used to BF and I am as green as my budget allows but still don't feel as if I fit in. It could be because Morgan is getting older and I am not having another baby or it could just be that I don't know the girls like I used to. I have been here forever and a day. Started out in TTC years ago. Now I feel as if there really isn't a spot for me. :cry:

[newmami]

Sarah, I want to know what happened to Jenny, obviously it was something ugly and it makes me upset

Pam, I actually went back to taking Zoloft every day, instead of every other day, because I was feeling edgy.... maybe you are right and I am not ready to come off yet....

I need to pee really bad, and I am still here.........

Just wanted to say that I love this long and nonsense thread, it is you ladies who keep me coming back!!

[sarahlynn]

this thread rocks...

it doesnt sound like your ready to go to every other day..my GF with the 4 kids started some anti dep..i wonder what she started..but she is doing so much better..i am so proud of her to take the step to get help..she used to be so sad and cry a lot and have bad days and now she is doing much better..she has a mom who is totaly NO MEDS and she gave her a har dtime abotu it..but i am proud of her..

so my MIl comes in 4 days..i love my MIL weird i know :lol: i think she needs to come up when matt is having a relapse so she can see for himself how he is ya know..so she doesnt have thsi horrible picture in side her head..

[Momto3]

Pam - I'm the same as you. Not ttc any longer and Katelyn is getting older. But still, its a place to conect with some familiar moms. Otherwise, there is no one with babes around me. Everyone else is older.

Keep on keeping on...this thread :oops:

Claudia - if the meds make you feel a bit better, then so be it!

Sarah - I like my MIL as well! We're one of the rare few.

[EvandAl]

Okay I know I have been behind on this thread, but I always come and read, and I agree some of you ladies are what keep me coming back to APA. I'm also really sad that Jenny is gone, but I totally understand her reason for leaving.

I'm not "crunchy" but I'm not jello either, so it is hard to find a spot to "fit" in sometimes. I do CD, Co-sleep, and still BF BUT I did circ and we did 90% of vaxs, plus I have done CIO before (don't do it now though). So I know that pulls me out of the AP section too.

Pam, I think the cup and candy and picture from Morgan are a GREAT present. Shoot I have no problem charging stuff :oops: but those are the kinds of gifts I give :D

Can I add a Pitty post to this :roll: I feel like Sh*t. We went to FL over the weekend and my sinuses are out of control, I can't breathe! Plus I got my first period since John has been born (I know I'm lucky I got such a break) but it has been so freakin heavy that I keep leaking onto all my clothes and everything. Plus I think my supply is WAY down so for the last 2 weeks John has been attached to the boob and wants to only sleep with me and won't go to sleep unless he still attached, which kills my back, plus I can't breathe laying on my side. Okay Sorry ladies I just had to get that out! I think DH thinks I'm being a wimp. I just called and asked him if we could get take out for dinner because I have no desire to cook!

[sarahlynn]

oh ALison iam sorry your sick..darn it everyone is sick.. :(

I'm not "crunchy" but I'm not jello either, so it is hard to find a spot to "fit" in sometimes. I do CD, Co-sleep, and still BF BUT I did circ and we did 90% of vaxs, plus I have done CIO before (don't do it now though). So I know that pulls me out of the AP section too.

but i freqent the AP section because i am an attached parent even though i vaccinate and circ and some other things..doesnt make me unattached ya know..i always felt welcomed there as well..but i could be wrong..maybe because we do eat crap on occasion i should go in there :shock:

[without]

Dont flame me for saying this but.....

I have posted many times in that section and its rare when any one responds to my post over there.

[newmami]

Dont flame me for saying this but.....

I have posted many times in that section and its rare when any one responds to my post over there.

Me too Pam... I am the thread killer there!!! :mrgreen:

Sarah, are you going to PM me and let me know what happened with Jenny???????????

Alison, you can always vent here... I am sorry you are not feeling well

[sarahlynn]

Dont flame me for saying this but.....

I have posted many times in that section and its rare when any one responds to my post over there.

Me too Pam... I am the thread killer there!!! :mrgreen:

Sarah, are you going to PM me and let me know what happened with Jenny???????????

Alison, you can always vent here... I am sorry you are not feeling well

oh crap PM comin your way i forgot :lol:

sometimes i feel liek i post the dumbest crap and get tons of responses and i coudl post that my left leg fell off and i get like 2 responses :lol:

i try to respond to every post i knwo something about or have input on or pics and stufff..i go into NM and BF the most the other forums i go itno little there are just so many of htem i have a hard tiem keepin track

[willsmama]

I am trying to catch up, and I am as Jello as they come.....some of the AP moms must CRINGE at me and want to call child protective services! :()

Sarah, i am going to PM you too....just cuz I like dish!

[sarahlynn]

yeah jello or crunchy i love all the apa mamas..we make a nice mix ya know..

OH i cant wait to decorate for halloween :D

[willsmama]

yeah jello or crunchy i love all the apa mamas..we make a nice mix ya know..

OH i cant wait to decorate for halloween :D

I know! Me too! When do you decorate? 10/1? Earlier?

I didn't want people to :roll: at me in my neighborhood! :lol:

[sarahlynn]

maybe this weekend if i find time..or next weekend..i think i am gonna see if MIL wants to take the kids to the pumpkin patch this weekend when the weather is still nice

WHATS FOR LUNCH

[willsmama]

My lunch = lame.

But, I lost 6 lbs last week.

Chicken salad sammich w/Fat Free Mayo, Pretzels and ANimal crackers.
:)

[EvandAl]

I am dying to get into our house so I can Decorate for Halloween!!! I am so freaking excited!!

I grew up in a neighborhood where there was no trick or treating so I've only been like 3 times in my life. I am so excited that we will be in a real neighborhood and can take John to a few houses. Plus I am dying to hand out candy :D

[newmami]

Woo hoo Tracy for losing 6 lb, that is WONDERFUL!!!

I am still dragging myself at work... lunch was blech!! I had a lean cuisine pasta :yuck: ... the only good thing was the chocolate pudding :P

[without]

my lunch
oatmeal and hot tea

I lost 4 pounds last week. :wink:


I am about to place an order on lorannoils.com to get ready to make suckers for the holidays! I so want to take Morgan to a pumpkin patch this year. I wonder if we have one close. :?

[newmami]

Our pumpkin patches are pathetic... people buy pumpkins and just put them on a piece of land... yeah that is Florida for you!!

I want fall! I want leaves that change color and cooler weather!!! :hissy:

Dh keeps talking about moving out of here in couple years... but until I sign a contract for a house in another state, I do not believe it!

Tracy and Pam, apparently I found the pounds that you lost :?

[willsmama]

[quote="newmami"
Tracy and Pam, apparently I found the pounds that you lost :?[/quote]

I swear, I didnt' send them to you! I sent them WEST! WEST! :)

[sarahlynn]

OMG 6lbs and 4lbs you ladies ROCK!!!! WTG!!

ok now i dont want to share what i had for lunch i feel like a pig :(

do you ladies dress up for halloween?


spaghetti, garlic toast, cinnamon bread, kool ade

[newmami]

Totally jealous of your lunch Sarah.......

I do not dress up for Halloween, it is not something we celebrate in Mexico as big as it is here, so I am not used to it.... besides DH is a party pooper, and our subdivision doesn't have that many kids, so there is no trick or treating here

Basically I just eat the candy

[willsmama]

Sarah, with your bod, you can eat what you like, and I'll live through you!

:)

I just wonder where all of this extra tummy came from that I didn't have before.


I'll post a pic of me soon so you guys can see what I am dealing with here. :)

[sarahlynn]

well at least you do the best part EAT CANDY!

[willsmama]

Mmm.
Candy corn.
I love Candy Corn!

[katie]

Darn it - I should not have opened this thread. Now I want mellowcreme pumpkins!

[without]

I used to dress up but havent in the past two years. Mss. M is going to be a chicken for halloween and my friend said I should dress up like a butcher! LOL

[Momto3]

Yay on the weight loss! Last week I lost .8 (pathetic) but this week I have already lost a pound and there are still 4 more days to go before weigh in so it may be 2.5 by then!

I am right there with you Claudia on the Florida. Pathetic pumpkin patches! I remember going to the pumpkin patch up north which was always connected to the Cider mills and we always had hot cider and fresh donuts. I want my kids to experience ALL that! But DH moved here 4 years ago from Connecticut and its been his life long dream to live here! :roll:

[sarahlynn]

you know what i DONT like is cadbury eggs :(

[DIVADLX]

It makes me sad that some of you feel like you don't fit in! I feel like there is a good mixture of mamas here - of course in the AP/NFL forum you're not gonna find a lot, but everywhere else there is a great combo! I am 100% AP but I am SO not 100% NFL... I am sure there are a lot of other mamas like that too.

It is sad to see that Jenny chose to leave, but one can always hope that she will choose to return! We've seen it happen before - folks need to go for a while, but we see them come back all the time!

Candy corn - disgusting and oh so addictive... i can't get enough of the stuff!

My MIL's birthday was yesterday so DH called her and she got her nose all bent out of shape because when she said "what if I flew here from Norway and just called you from the airport" and he said, well, that wouldn't be the smartest thing because what if Stella was in California, or somewhere else? And she got all ticked that he didn't just say "oh yeah, come on over!"

What an idiot. I mean, I have a trip planned to CA, to Germany... so over the next few months I will be gone with Stella for at least 3 weeks! He was simply trying to save her from coming all the way from Norway to find that Stella was no where near. :roll:

[sarahlynn]

I am 100% AP but I am SO not 100% NFL... I am sure there are a lot of other mamas like that too.

MEMEMEMEMEMEME :lol:


HEY i think i figured out why lucea is as nasty as she is..when i was pregnant i went to a Montley Cru concert.. :shock: it rubbed off on her little body all the nastyness..BAD MAMA! :twisted:

OH wow your MIL sounds interesting..you have lots of trips planned!!!

[willsmama]

I am 100% AP but I am SO not 100% NFL... I am sure there are a lot of other mamas like that too.

MEMEMEMEMEMEME :lol:


HEY i think i figured out why lucea is as nasty as she is..when i was pregnant i went to a Montley Cru concert.. :shock: it rubbed off on her little body all the nastyness..BAD MAMA! :twisted:

OH wow your MIL sounds interesting..you have lots of trips planned!!!

Crap, I went to a nick lachey :oops: :oops: concert when I was prego with Will, what does THAT mean!? Nick L. is HOT though. :)

[DIVADLX]

Motley Crue! That's gotta be it! :D

My MIL... you've heard her epic tales... Things have gotten so much nicer since we have realized we hate each other and don't speak except cordially when forced to.

I am making homemade chili today... I can't wait for tonight when it has been simmering for hours and hours to eat the hearty goodness!!!

[CandiceLeigh]

Hello, hello again! I will try to catch up and try to remember the last 4 pages that I read!

Pam, that sounds like a great gift to me! It's the thought that counts, and she should be so lucky that you even acknowledeged her birthday!

Claudia, sorry that you're dreading work every day! :( I have those days where I just want to stay home and hang out with Chris. Especially when he's sleeping so soundly and I don't want to wake him up.

Sarah, yay for MIL visiting! Weirdo... :mrgreen: I just decorated my cubicle at work today for Halloween! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to decorate for. I don't dress up, but I sure will dress up Chris. Also, I'm thinking of having a Halloween Party/Birthday Party for my DH this year. His bday is on the 29th, so I thought it might be fun. Then everyone could dress up and we could PAR-TAY!! :D

Lynn, I like you! So don't you dare leave APA too! My heart can't take all these departures. You too, Pam & Claudia! You all BELONG. 8)

For lunch, I had a salad and a sandwich. I'm still hungry... :oops:

[DIVADLX]

Oh yeah and she tried to equate her calling from the airport after spending $1200 on an airline ticket, to my mom calling as she was driving from the enxt town over... but what I told DH - if I am in California, the answer would be the same to both of them! I wouldn't teleport back for my mom and not her - you know?

Besides. My mom has more courtesy than to do that.

What a freakshow.

On the bright side, we sent her a video of Stella saying "hei beste mor!" Basically "Hi grandma!" and the vacant look on her face when DH tried to get her to say "gratulater med daggen!" Happy birthday. She did manage "Happy birthday" though.

[sarahlynn]

My MIL... you've heard her epic tales... Things have gotten so much nicer since we have realized we hate each other and don't speak except cordially when forced to.

this made me laugh :lol:

mmmm chili..tis the season here in ND ... today is chilly outside...brr...i just want to go home and snuggle my babies and than take a warm bath tonight ok hot bath..

DH called and said he is gettin a bit more feeling back in his hands..YAY i dont ask him everyday anymore how he is doing cause that would drive me nuts so his happy updates make my day :D

[Momto3]

Sarah - that sounds so promising for your DH. Good news.

Candice - I'm not leaving. I tried once but all the juciness of this place brought me back. I say have a party for your DH what a great excuse. The year DH and I got married the 31st was on a Saturday. I said no way are we picking that date for our anniversary! But the reception could have been a costume party :lol:

Jenn - I wouldn't have come back either if she just showed up. Who does that?


Is it really cold enough where you guys are already to ahve chili and hot cocoa and stuff? Ugh! I hate our 90 degree weather! Oh wait it was only 86 today. Blech!

[DIVADLX]

Today's high will be 59... currently it is 53. So yeah. Chili weather! yay!!!

I think we all have had our share of APA vacations... but the tried and true always come back! Too many great mamas on here, and for me at least, some true friendships. How could I leave those???

Sarah - feeling in the hands! Wunderbar!!!! Maybe he'll get some feeling you-know-where and you can have a marathon to tide you over...

:D

[sarahlynn]

Sarah - feeling in the hands! Wunderbar!!!! Maybe he'll get some feeling you-know-where and you can have a marathon to tide you over...

:D

HEY i was thinking the same darn thing..good minds think alike or is that sick minds think alike :lol:

its cold here today i wonder what the temp is..let me check..currently 59..brrrr

[newmami]

I am jealous with Lynn on the weather... it cooled down in here to 86 :roll:
I want chilli and beef stew, and I want to stop wearing flip flops and shorts in November...........

As long as this thread is alive, I am still here... today I am just having a pity party (and an excuse not to work :lol: )

[DIVADLX]

Claudia - it was SO nice moving back here from Hawaii. To see the leaves turn and to have a fire in the fire place and wear a nice cozy hat outside... it was pure heaven for me!

[willsmama]

Um, Can I come on vacation to your Fl homes ladies when I am freezing my BUTT off in Minnesota in the dead of winter??!

PLEEEEASE!

[Momto3]

Are you kidding me? 59!?!?!?!

For some reason I just can't imagine that the weather is that cold in the same country I live in. I moved here from upstate NY when I was 10. I miss the leaves changine color and the smell of a fire burning (in the fire place of course).

[sarahlynn]

i love watching the leaves change color..its my favorite and wearing sweatshirts and makin coacoa

the house my dad moved into has lots of trees so we will be makin leaf piles and jumpin in.

[willsmama]

i love watching the leaves change color..its my favorite and wearing sweatshirts and makin coacoa

the house my dad moved into has lots of trees so we will be makin leaf piles and jumpin in.

True, i love living in MN in the fall, it is just in the DEAD of winter that I want OUT.

[bel]

Im back yeah! I impress I didnt kill this thread :lol:
hey this goes fast! well, i cant wait to cudle with my family I havent seen them in almost 3 days :?
awww orange leaves! cold! Snow! That´s never going to happen here :(
I have some knoew, well Jenn you already know them...Im going to cali on december, it´s official.
San Diego, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Francisco, SEATTLE, and Vancouver...any other girls there that would like to meet me??? :mrgreen: Im having many cities, so I guess I could meet more than one APA lady :D

[EvandAl]

Morning Ladies!!

The weather was sooo nice here yesterday! I haven't even checked what it is today. I have to run to the post office so I guess I will find out :D I love Fall. When it's cool but not cold and there is a nice breeze. Plus I LOVE to eat soup so I'm thrilled that it's almost time to make them!!!

Yay We move in almost a Week!! I haven't even packed a box yet :oops: I guess I need to get busy!

Sarah - Yay for DH getting feeling in his hands.

[Momto3]

Get packing Alison!

Oh soup! I love to make 15 bean soup! Its so good but, again, so rare that we have the cooler weather here. Anyway...its hump day and the weekend is almost here!

[without]

its still in the 80's here but I can't wait for it to cool off!

I know there are great ladies here on APA. I hope no one feels as if I were picking on them! I just feel as if I don't know as many people as I used to and have not made that bonding friendship that I had at first when I started here. I keep coming back because there are so many nice people here. Its not the people its me and the feeling as if I don't belong to a group. :roll:

Tooting my own horn.....
It was still on the warm side last night around 7 (86 deg.) and I walked my mile and a half any way! If its above 80 most the time I wont walk because "its to hot". Well... I made my big fat but go any way! Yeah for me and self motovation! :lol:

[Momto3]

Go Pam! Yay!


:oops: I didn't walk last night :oops:

[without]

I had to much bread with dinner last night! Hey what can I say I am a good cook! LOL But I try to look at the good side I ... Groomed a dog, made dinner, ate dinner, went for a walk, gave morgan a bath, gave myself a bath, done a load of laundry, feed the dogs and put them to bed, and I still made it to bed b4 10. Needless to say I didn't have time to sit down all night. I am working on time management. Its hard to fit it all in when you work 2 jobs. :D

[rhiannasmoms43]

I'm kind of in shock today ladies.
As dh was leaving for work this morning, he told me he is going to look for his own place...
No warning, but over a years worth of clues, kwim?
I'm sad, but not heartbroken...I've got a years worth of resentment to work through before I feel any pain.
I just want a normal life back with normal emotions.

[without]

Oh, my gosh!!! I am so sorry!!! Please if you need any thing or some one just to talk to I am hear for you! Morgan was 9 months old when EX DH left. I am hear for you sweetie!

[EvandAl]

I'm kind of in shock today ladies.
As dh was leaving for work this morning, he told me he is going to look for his own place...
No warning, but over a years worth of clues, kwim?
I'm sad, but not heartbroken...I've got a years worth of resentment to work through before I feel any pain.
I just want a normal life back with normal emotions.

Oh my goodness!! We are all here for you if you need someone to talk to!
I hope it is for the better! HUGS!!!

[CandiceLeigh]

Oh no, Julie! :cry: I'm so sorry. Please come here to talk or vent whenever you need to.

[BBKCD]

Wow Julie...I'm sorry.
((HUGS))

[bel]

Im so sorry Julie! You can vent all you want here!

[willsmama]

OMG, I am so sorry. :( Wow..why? How? I mean, why would he just make a comment like that right before leaving for work? :( :(

[newmami]

Oh Julie I am so sorry hon!! I cannot believe he just said it like that
TONS OF HUGS, and know we are here for you!!!

Pam, I wish I could accomplish as much as you do in a night.... maybe I have to work on time management as well :? . DH went to a stupid helicopter meeting, it was nice being ALONE!! I made dinner for Dani, gave the kids a bath, made dinner for myself, sent some emails, and sat down to feed Chris and had him fall asleep in my arms

I am in auto pilot today, I am awake since 3:45 am :shock: . Dani woke up couple times, I guess the rain woke her, and of course I am the one who goes to calm her down...
But on a better note, DH asked me the website for the diaper bag, so I am getting that PLUS the SPA!!! and this weekend he is taking us shopping for the kids...... and he has let me off sex.... hmmm... what is going on here????????

Ladies from the cold weather, you are always welcome to Florida!!!

Hey Bel, can I join you on the west coast tour?????? :lol:

I think I finally realized what I need to feel better, I need to go home, see my parents and spend some time with my family, I miss them like CRAZY!!!... but I don't have any more vacation time... SUCKS :(

[without]

Claudia,
I wish their was a way I could donate some of my vacation time to you so you could go home to see your family.

[Momto3]

Holy Crap Julie! I'm so sorry to hear that. Must be quite a shock! We're here for you!

[willsmama]

I have exhausted all of my sick/vacay days too. :(

So I put meat down the garbage disposal last night. Clogged up the WHOLE house. Roto Rooter had to come, $329 later, it is fixed. :(

Also, our garage door broke and isnt' being fixed til' Friday. DH is getting "fixed" tomorrow (hahaha) so i might not be on APA tomorrow. :(

I need sleep too.
:zz:

[without]

Good luck to your DH and his jewels!

[willsmama]

Good luck to your DH and his jewels!

Ha! Thanks! He has to wear a jock strap for a week! GROSS!
:yuck:

[CandiceLeigh]

I am at work and I don't want to be. :| <~I've never used that smiley and I just wanted to. :mrgreen:

I got my feelings hurt last night. I was at my dad's house and my brother (17) and my sister (25) still live at home, so we were just hanging out watching TV. Well, Chris of course wants to be doing everything they're doing. My sister was on her laptop, so he wanted to play on her laptop. My brother was playing X-box, so Chris wanted to be sitting right in front of the TV and in my brother's way to watch. Well, they both started getting annoyed and were both saying, "Get your kid Candice, keep him under control." :( :x He's 1!! He's curious and he wants to play and I'm sorry, but I can't "keep him under control." It's not like I can tell him to sit down and he will listen. He doesn't get stuff like that yet. So, I got up and picked up Chris and said, "We have to go. We're not welcome here." I was so upset :cry: and mad! :x I am not visiting with my brother & sister for the rest of the week and I will not answer their calls either. Yes, I am officially holding a grudge. :? (I know it's juvenile, blah, blah, blah. I'm still doing it though!)

[willsmama]

I would too! That is rude and mean of them!
:(
:sneeze: <---I've never used THAT smiley! HA!

[Momto3]

I am at work and I don't want to be. :| <~I've never used that smiley and I just wanted to. :mrgreen:

I got my feelings hurt last night. I was at my dad's house and my brother (17) and my sister (25) still live at home, so we were just hanging out watching TV. Well, Chris of course wants to be doing everything they're doing. My sister was on her laptop, so he wanted to play on her laptop. My brother was playing X-box, so Chris wanted to be sitting right in front of the TV and in my brother's way to watch. Well, they both started getting annoyed and were both saying, "Get your kid Candice, keep him under control." :( :x He's 1!! He's curious and he wants to play and I'm sorry, but I can't "keep him under control." It's not like I can tell him to sit down and he will listen. He doesn't get stuff like that yet. So, I got up and picked up Chris and said, "We have to go. We're not welcome here." I was so upset :cry: and mad! :x I am not visiting with my brother & sister for the rest of the week and I will not answer their calls either. Yes, I am officially holding a grudge. :? (I know it's juvenile, blah, blah, blah. I'm still doing it though!)

You go girl!

[CandiceLeigh]

Good luck to your DH and his jewels!

Ha! Thanks! He has to wear a jock strap for a week! GROSS!
:yuck:

Eww, I bet he's gonna be uncomfortable!

:soapbox: <~another one I've never used!

[willsmama]

Hmmm. What else haven't I used...
:arrow: WHat the "H" is that for?!

[CandiceLeigh]

I have no clue :?:

[willsmama]

:idea:

Maybe it is to use instead of <or>

hahha.
i am cracking myself up! Oh, and my computer froze the smileys so my :roll: guy looks crosseyed! HAHAHAH!

I really need more caffiene, don't I?
:!:

[sarahlynn]

OMG Candice how crappy of your brother and sister and home **** imature ya know.. :x i dont blame you at all for holding a grudge ..

WHAT A BOUT JEWELS..oh wait is it snip day ???? :lol: and yeah eeeew on the jock strap.. :lol:


its only wed :(

yay for my mom calling just now and inviting me to lunch..she said call DH and see if he wants to go :( but i didnt i just wnat to go with my mommy.. :lol: bad wife huh :roll:

[willsmama]

You deserve to just go alone with your momma! :)

[newmami]

I agree that you deserve to go ALONE with your mom!!

Candice, I would be upset too... come on, it is not that Chris is destroying the house, he is just being a kid... UGH!!! :x
Oh if you are willing to do another swap, we should do kids CD's!!!

It has been raining all day!! it is gray and gloomy outside (and terribly humid). I HATE days like this, they make me feel gray and gloomy

Am I the only one who thinks this week is dragging REALLY bad????

[sarahlynn]

i love swaps..i did talk to Jenny and she liked the books i sent her..

[EvandAl]

Am I the only Dork that Loves kids CD's?? :oops: :lol: We listen to "kid" music all the time.

This week is really draging! At least I know I will get out of the house tomorrow for playdate. I think John is bored to tears with me this week HA.

[willsmama]

i love swaps..i did talk to Jenny and she liked the books i sent her..\


Good! I hope whomever she sent hers to has a way to thank her!
:)

[CandiceLeigh]

Sarah, you totally deserve to go to lunch without DH and just with your mom! Mom's are awesome! Have fun! :D I'm glad Jenny got and liked her books. I emailed her yesterday to tell her how much I was going to miss her.


Oh if you are willing to do another swap, we should do kids CD's!!!


Claudia, I LOVE organizing the swaps! They are so fun. I would totally do another one for kids CD's, but do you think people are tired of me doing the swaps? I just don't want to step on anyone's toes. :oops: That's a great idea though. Chris has no kids CD's and he loves to dance! :lol: I need to get a video, so I can show ya'll. He looks so cute/funny.

[willsmama]

[quote="CandiceLeigh"]

Claudia, I LOVE organizing the swaps! They are so fun. I would totally do another one for kids CD's, but do you think people are tired of me doing the swaps? I just don't want to step on anyone's toes. :oops: quote]

Um, IMO, you can keep doing them! I wouldnt' be able to keep it all straight but love there are cool 'put together' ladies like you out there that will do it!

I used to be put together...then I had a baby!
8)

[sarahlynn]

i love that you love doing swaps and NO YOU CANT STOP!!! no matter whos big toes you step on.. :lol:

i am a bad mom we dont do a lot of kids cd's :(

[DIVADLX]

I'm kind of in shock today ladies.
As dh was leaving for work this morning, he told me he is going to look for his own place...
No warning, but over a years worth of clues, kwim?
I'm sad, but not heartbroken...I've got a years worth of resentment to work through before I feel any pain.
I just want a normal life back with normal emotions.

Big hugs to you! I can't imagine how crushed I would feel.

Mrs F - I would totally hold a grudge too! Your "kid" is their family too, so they are as much a part of his life as you are - and maybe if they spent a little more time playing with him instead of glued to technology, they wouldn't be so bugged! How can they not want to play with that cutie???

Well ladies- they offered me the job this morning!!! I start on Monday - two weeks of training 8-4:30... I am SO sad that Stella will be in daycare for 2 weeks, but DH will pick her up at about 2:30, and I will get to come home and be with her. i am so worried about her picking up bad behaviors from the other kids. And her getting sad and me not being there.

BUT this gives me renewed hope that we will be able to buy the house soon! I have been a bundle of nerves.

On happy news too - we discovered I should have enough frequent flier miles to pay for my flight to Germany! yay!

[willsmama]

I'm kind of in shock today ladies.
As dh was leaving for work this morning, he told me he is going to look for his own place...
No warning, but over a years worth of clues, kwim?
I'm sad, but not heartbroken...I've got a years worth of resentment to work through before I feel any pain.
I just want a normal life back with normal emotions.

Big hugs to you! I can't imagine how crushed I would feel.

Mrs F - I would totally hold a grudge too! Your "kid" is their family too, so they are as much a part of his life as you are - and maybe if they spent a little more time playing with him instead of glued to technology, they wouldn't be so bugged! How can they not want to play with that cutie???

Well ladies- they offered me the job this morning!!! I start on Monday - two weeks of training 8-4:30... I am SO sad that Stella will be in daycare for 2 weeks, but DH will pick her up at about 2:30, and I will get to come home and be with her. i am so worried about her picking up bad behaviors from the other kids. And her getting sad and me not being there.

BUT this gives me renewed hope that we will be able to buy the house soon! I have been a bundle of nerves.

On happy news too - we discovered I should have enough frequent flier miles to pay for my flight to Germany! yay!

Good for you! Stella will be fine! Good stuff going on for you! YAHOO!

[without]

I didn't do the last one but would love to do one with a kids CD! I really want to get Morgan Choo Choo Soul but I don't have the right program on my computer to download it. :reading: < is one I never use! I love to read but never use it.

[without]

Are you kidding all her good habits will rub off on the other kids! The moms will thank you for brining her. It will be fun for her since its only 2 days a week and for a little over 1/2 a day.

[DIVADLX]

No - its every day, for only 2 weeks. My regular schedule is working nights - when she will be with Papa. But every day...

[newmami]

Jenn, congratulations on the job!! Stella will be fine and she will have fun with the other kids
About picking habits, the only bad one Dani picked was tantrums :roll: , but we are working on those (I need to train DH first), to balance, she learned at daycare to take her plate and sippy to the kitchen sink... she used to throw them in the floor

So why are you going to Germany and most important, why without me???? :lol:

Pam, I looked for the Choo Choo sould Cd once here in Disney, but they don't have it. I will keep looking!

I also LOVE kid's music! I would play it on the car without any problems... for now I sing to Dani, she is obsessed with Barney's songs (DH is about to have a heart attack as he hated Barney).... I am soooo getting her some CD!!! :twisted:

[Momto3]

Yay Jenn! Congratulations! Stella will be fine. She will show them how smart and talented she is!

[EvandAl]

Jenn Congrats on the job!!! I'm sure Stella will have a blast at daycare and like someone else already said, I bet she will teach the other kids some good behavior :D

[sarahlynn]

rhiannasmoms43 wrote:
I'm kind of in shock today ladies.
As dh was leaving for work this morning, he told me he is going to look for his own place...
No warning, but over a years worth of clues, kwim?
I'm sad, but not heartbroken...I've got a years worth of resentment to work through before I feel any pain.
I just want a normal life back with normal emotions.

:( i bet your in schock, i hope you can get htat normal life back very soon and be truly happy.

Jenn CONGRATS

[CandiceLeigh]

i love that you love doing swaps and NO YOU CANT STOP!!! no matter whos big toes you step on.. :lol:

Well, if you insist! :mrgreen:

Jenn, that is so great about the job! :D I'm excited for you! I understand your qualms about putting Stella in daycare though. Chris has never been either and I don't know how he would handle it. I'm sure she will do great though! She's such a cutie, all the other kids will gravitate towards her. I missed it too, why are you going to Germany? Don't forget to get me a souvenir! :lol: (just kidding)

Julie, where are you? Are you holding up ok? ((HUGS)) :vibes:

[sarahlynn]

holy crap am i bored ladies :|

i have crap to do but i just dont wanna..i wanna go home

[rhiannasmoms43]

Well aren't I the little Chicken Little today :oops:
DH came home from work at lunch and we hashed it out...I cried, he cried...it's all good.
God I hate fighting!

[willsmama]

holy crap am i bored ladies :|

i have crap to do but i just dont wanna..i wanna go home

God, so am I. I have a monthly review with the boss, then NOTHING. And I am stuck until 4:30!
:(

[CandiceLeigh]

Well aren't I the little Chicken Little today :oops:
DH came home from work at lunch and we hashed it out...I cried, he cried...it's all good.
God I hate fighting!

That's GREAT!! I hope things stay straightened out for the 2 of you!

[bel]

we discovered I should have enough frequent flier miles to pay for my flight to Germany! yay!
YAYAYYAYAYA!! I love those miles, my and my moms credit card gives us miles too, we have tons since they double them if you buy outside the country which is very often. She flow to Washington last time for $15. That way cheaper than our travel agent discount! :mrgreen:

Wow Jenn you rock! You would love the extra money, dont worry about Stella, she will do great! Are you going to be ok with your belly? That was conserning me about you going back to work. Hope nanu is a tropper too! :wink:

Candice, you do great with swap, forget about other people. Chris is a cutie, I could smack your bro and sil for you :wink:

Sarah---< what did you have for lunch! Im crabbing anything :lol: I love to hang out with my mom, usually we travel together! It rocks!

Clau, Im sorry about your DH, is he home again? I mean after his helicopter meeting...I wish I could be there have a big cup of hot cocoa and talk, talk, talk with you I love rainy days doing that :wink:


As dh was leaving for work this morning, he told me he is going to look for his own place...


How are you doing sweetie? Did you guys talk again? Im so sorry.

[sarahlynn]

i hate fighting..it seems like me and DH go through spells ya know..things go so good for so long and than BAM a huge blow out..

[BBKCD]

Well aren't I the little Chicken Little today :oops:
DH came home from work at lunch and we hashed it out...I cried, he cried...it's all good.
God I hate fighting!

Glad to hear you're working it out :wink:

[bel]

yaya!! Im so happy for you! I was so worried!

I had a sad morning today! One stupid girl (of other travel agency) wanted to give me trouble, thanks god I resolved it! Yeah for me! I cant wait to be home to! But I have a meeting with a friend at 6 and a b-day party at 8.30, pizza, and only girls! Yeah! I love those only girls meetings. It will be at the club, which I love as well.

tell me something funny, it´s not even 4 here yet. I dont wanna work anymore today, I will just talk to you guys. Tomorrow will be another day :D

[sarahlynn]

awww a girlie pizza party i wanna come..i dont get many girlie nights..

Hey get this for the first time in about a month DH touched me :shock: i know i know its a shoker but i was doing dishes last night so he wouldnt have to cause i know its hard for him and he came up behind me and hugged me and sadi thanks :D


ugh i was just payin bills..i paid 7 medial bills :( i need 4 more jobs...and can someone tell me why i paid the utility company $100 extra last month i could sue use that right now darn it :?

[Momto3]

Yay Sarah!

Yay Julie!

I just read those, now I gotta go back and read the rest that I missed...brb

[bel]

aww Sarah that melted my heart! You will tell me when you guys have sex, right? :mrgreen: I didnt tell you we had a great sex night on saturday with no kids, yeah! And after two cups of Caipirinhas (the brazilian version of margarita´s) that was heaven :lol:

Clau, where are you?

[newmami]

He he he, I am actually working!!! I was dealing with some financial statements :arrow: not good when you are sleep deprived!!

Sarah, I am glad Matt is getting closer to you. Sorry about the overpay, they should credit you that one!!
Do you have medical insurance? are they paying for Matt??

YEAH JULIE FOR MAKING UP!!! you got me scared !!

I wish that people at work gave me a little credit that I have a BRAIN. I get this documents and a note stating: Please Fed Ex, and a business card.... clear enough I shall say, so why does he come back and asks me if I had any questions about it?????? :roll: That happens when your former assistant was an idiot!!

[without]

My sec. left for work and didn't come back for 2 1/2 hours!!! :twisted: :evil: I had to cover for her! She didn't even call to let me know she was going to be late!

On the + side she brought me a butterfinger! :lol:

[willsmama]

Well aren't I the little Chicken Little today :oops:
DH came home from work at lunch and we hashed it out...I cried, he cried...it's all good.
God I hate fighting!

Glad to hear you're working it out :wink:

So glad you are working it out!! Scary...:( (((HUGS)))

[Momto3]

My sec. left for work and didn't come back for 2 1/2 hours!!! :twisted: :evil: I had to cover for her! She didn't even call to let me know she was going to be late!

On the + side she brought me a butterfinger! :lol:

Was she buttering you up?!?! (pun intended)
Took her 2 1/2 hours to find a butterfinger?

[sarahlynn]

Sarah, I am glad Matt is getting closer to you. Sorry about the overpay, they should credit you that one!!
Do you have medical insurance? are they paying for Matt??

yeah paying all the deductables from all the medical crap, lucea birth, cy and lucea surgeries, checkups, DH ton of appts..it never ends..and all the clinics and hospitals bill separetly so its just so many to pay..i just give them what i cna each month ya know.

[DIVADLX]

Germany - remember my college roommate who's husband got stationed there, so she moved there to be with him then BAM he was deployed to Iraq? I promised her I would come visit and have been uber stressed about it because I have NO way to pay for it. But with the position I got I only have to take 1 week off because i work 7 days on then 7 days off... so I will get all 3 weeks!

Bel - they know I am pregnant, and they hired me anyway! So belly will be just fine. I am a very hearty pregnant woman.

Rhianna'smom - I am so glad you guys were able to hash it out!!!

Sarah - way to go with the groping!

Man we need this money! I was beginning to think we would have to put off buying the house before Nanu was born!

[sarahlynn]

LMAO way to go on the gropin..you crack me up

[without]

Girls I didn't go walk last night! :( It was super hot even at 7. So I got out the hose and bucket and washed my car by hand. I used body parts I forgot I had trying to reach every part of my car and scrub that thing! I I was so tired when I was done and today i am a little sore. So do you think that counts? :roll:

[Momto3]

Absolutely! My DH keeps dropping weight and I am struggling. He works construction and moves ALL day long. Me, I sit at a desk and watch my thighs and butt spread wider and wider...Any type of movement helps!

[newmami]

YES Pam, washing the car does count as workout!!

I am up again since 4 am.... Chris would NOT go back to sleep after he ate at 4, and guess who had to keep checking on him??? yeah while Dh was SNORING!! really why does he bother waking up to feed him when I am the one who gets him, change his diaper, put him back on bed and wakes up whenever the kids cry???? If the same happens today, I will go downstairs and start cleaning my house (except vaccum)... at least I would do something useful...
So sleep deprivation is taking a big toll on me, I am grumpy and tired.... UGH!!!

Jenn, where in Germany are you going?? I loved Germany, I love Germans and I love apple struddel!!!

[without]

Good! I sit behind a desk all day long too and I am deff. getting the sec. spread! My butt spreads better than warm butter! :roll:

[sarahlynn]

Darn it CHris go to bed for mama and let her get 8 hours of uninterupted sleep already :lol: bad boy


Well just got back from DH neuro appt..we saw the new lesion on the spine and she said the weekly shots he is taking arent doing the trick he shouldnt be having these relapses on them so we are trying a new shot that is daily :shock: its a completely differnt drug so maybe it will be the one that helps him..other thatn that nothing new..

i am posting pics of lucea new nursery.

[without]

i hope the new shots help! but ouch once a day!

[sarahlynn]

yeah EEEK once a day..but the once a week ones were inermuscular and these ones are subcu so maybe it wotn be so bad :? i hope

[DIVADLX]

GOSH Sarah - it just SUCKS. You know, I know I am just an online person, but you are awesome. I mean it would be so easy to you to allow this to totally drag you down - but you don't. You rock!

Man Claudia - 4:00 am... I guess the bright side is all the extra time you get with him? I'm reaching, I know...

Stella woke up dry again! Yahoo!!!

[Momto3]

Dang it Sarah! I was hoping DH was on an upswing! I'm sure this new medicine will help! Keeping my fingers crossed.

Yay for Stella! And mommy!

Claudia - Sorry you are not getting any sleep. I hope Chris gets with the program soon!

Hmmm lunch time. Grilled chicken on a bed of romaine lettuce with diet dressing. ASk me tomorrow what's for lunch. It will be the same **** thing. Every frickin day...

[without]

Yea, for dry bums!

Boo!!! for waking up at 4! See Claudia if you lived with me I could take care of him I get upa around 4 any way! :wink:

[sarahlynn]

YAY FOR STELLA! how cool is that..when lucea wakes up dry i put her right on the potty and she goes..thats our only time of success :lol: but she sure loves to throw TP in the potty..a whole roll went in last night :?

[bel]

aw sarah Im sorry for Matt´s app, but Im sure he will be fine!
hey girls, what did you guys had for dinner, Sarah you or Sarah baby were having pig, I cant rememeber Neutral
I had an awesome evening, we went to clebrate my friends b-day as i told you, I came back at 1am, Im sososososo sleepy today :? we had pizza at our club, and my friends are very pretty (all of them) so 3 teens (18 go fihure) asked us if they could seat at our table! It was so funny, three od my friends are preggo :lol: we were just talking and taking about hot guys, pregnancy, AF, you know, and them bum they came and sat there :lol: we kept talking but two of them whom are still single talked to them. Silly boys, fourteen years younger :shock: :lol:
I smoked too, just two, but anyways. I was stinky when I went home :oops:

Jess is Nanu moving ok now? You were consern uh?

[rhiannasmoms43]

Sarah, I'm giving you big squeezy cyber hugs.
It must be so scary having them guess which of the meds to give your dh.

For the ladies who sit behind a desk all day- would it be outrageous to bring in an exercise ball to sit on rather than using your chair? Not only does it improve your posture, but you are working your core muscles the whole time you are sitting there...and if you start bouncing it gives your butt and thighs a good workout. I'm thinking of bringing one into work when I go back, but then I'm in an out-of-the way office and I don't get many important people that visit me without sufficient notice...just a thought...

Thanks ladies for being there for me yesterday...big group hug :D

[DIVADLX]

Bel - Just so there's no confusion... haydensmom is Jess and I am Jenn - but YES Nanu has moved a TON since then. In fact, I thought i had seen his movements, but it was really too high so now I am not sure what I saw. i don't know. but i can feel him. And yesterday was a midwife appointment and got to hear him loud and clear!

Tomorrow's pay day! Yahoooooo!

[sarahlynn]

i would be fired if i use an excersize ball at work..because i wouldnt be able to resist bouncing all over to the copy machine, file room, bathroom..i would cause a horrible distraction.

BUT at matts appt today ugh i weighed myself :shock: :lol: ok like 15 lbs over still NOT TO SHABBY HUH! :lol: i read it as 10 over adn DH is like umm are you supposed to subtract 5lbs :? SHUT UP :x

MEN UGH!

oh well..maybe if i go tlucky once in while i would burn off some calories..

my mama made roast, squash, carrots, pots, busicuits last night YUMMM

Hey jenn what did happen with that little man is he movin..NANU

[rhiannasmoms43]

sgoethe wrote:
i would be fired if i use an excersize ball at work..because i wouldnt be able to resist bouncing all over to the copy machine, file room, bathroom..i would cause a horrible distraction.

*heh heh I got a visual and it is pretty amusing...and yes, distracting...*heh heh

Yay for Nanu moving. Whe do you start your new job? I know you said but I forgot :oops:

[sarahlynn]

YAY payday for us to..well DH :lol: i only get paid once a frickin month..

[DIVADLX]

Monday starts 2 weeks of training.

My mom can be such a jerk sometimes. I was with her yesterday for the midwife appointment.. ok I'll start with that... I took her to my appointment with me because she is terrified of me having a home birth and I thought it might help allay her fears. So anyway, she basically tells the midwife that one of her main concerns is that I am SO fat that a homebirth must be dangerous. :shock: My midwife was very gracious though and said that they are very conservative and don't consider my more than average weight to be a risk factor in any way.

Thanks mom. I appreciate it. Hearing you call me fat at the midwife appointment was almost as ego boosting as when she said i was "plain" the other day when we were talking about beauty.

Anyway, since i had to do all the HR stuff yesterday I decided to show her the hospital where I will be working. She was looking and said "do you know how lucky you are that they gave you this job?"

:shock:

Yeah, 'cause it had nothing to do with me? So to that I just HAD to say "no, its just 'cause I'm so wonderful!" ha.ha.

Why does my mother have such a low opinion of me that she thinks that only a stroke of luck would get me this job? Couldn't have anything to do with my 17 years of work experience, my glowing references, my $75,000 education, my own personality... nope. Pure luck/

[Momto3]

Ugh Jenn! That is more than rough! Sorry you have to hear that from your Mom. I love my mother, but she has never been the supportive nurturing one.

We know better than what she said anyway!

[newmami]

OMG Jenny, I am sorry your mom was so destructive!! Like Lynn said, we know you are beautiful and a wonderful woman and mom, and that you will handle that home birth like a pro, and Nanu will be the happiest baby ever!!! oh yeah, and that the hospital is lucky to have you as an employee :D

Sarah, I hope the new medication works for Matt.. ouch shots every day :?

Bel, glad you had fun with the girls... I miss that too :cry:

This morning when I was getting my lunch ready I was running late, so instead of taking one hoagie roll from the bag, I brought the last 2. At lunch time it hit me that maybe DH wanted the other one, but oh well.... he called me b/c he was trying to find the roll, I told him what happened and apologized, and HE GAVE ME THE COLD TREATMENT!! WTF?? when is he going to grow up?? after we part on the phone, I thought "screw you", and went on with my life..... 1 step forwards, 2 steps back......

[rhiannasmoms43]

Jenn, your mom must be related to my dad. :roll:
Gage was only 2 months old when my father started asking me if I was worried about heart attacks and strokes with my waistline being so large :?
How we ever made something of ourselves and developed any confidence in our abilities is beyond me. Sometimes relations can be so toxic. :(

[without]

We must have the same mom!!!

My mom said the other day (to a lady at church) (with me standing right behind her) I can't believe Pam has worked at the University for 6 years and runs that whole office buy herself. Its a wonder she has kept her jos! :shock: I am very good at my job thank you very much! :roll:

[bel]

bum on your moms girl, my mom is always bragging about my skills 8) I love that, I just dont think Im as good as she think I am :oops:

sorry Jen I know you´re jenn (of course :lol: ) sorry sometimes my fingers go faster than my mind. Im sorry about your mom, you´re wonderful forget about her rude comments.
YAY on Nanu´s movements!

Clau how are things with Steve again, beside the rolls things I mean :wink: Are you still wanting to return to mexico. Your parents are almost going there eh? times fly for sure, have they seen Chris after they came for his birth? I cant remember.

Hey Julie, did you BD after talking?? I love sex talks :oops:

[newmami]

Yes I want to go back to Mexico, but I know it would not happen, so I just suck it up.
There are a lot of things in this country that I don't agree with, and another long list of things about DH.... but he made it loud and clear that he would not let me take the kids to Mexico.... so either I kill him or just suck it up :shock: .

My parents are coming in November, after their trip to Canada!! I CANNOT WAIT!! I am going to make a Dora the Explorer party for Dani

[Momto3]

Claudia - Sorry hun, that was not very mature of your DH. :roll:

Speaking of which...last night DH got so frustrated. Really he is hurt. Its not me its Katelyn. She always cries for me in the middle of the night. Even if he goes to pick her up, she points to me and cries. If I am making dinner she will stand at my feet and say, "up, up, up" even if DH is in the dining room and says to come to hima nd he will pick her up. And when he gets to my mom's to pick her up she doesn't want anything to do with him. He is never harsh with her, very kind and gentle so I don't know what gives/ I told him its just a stage and that by the time she is 2 or 3 she will only want him and nothing to do with me. He's just so hurt by it.

[bel]

wow clau Im so sorry, could you talk with someone who can tell you how to leave? I mean there must be some kind of way :? Im sorry
I love Dora! sadly Ceci was "too old" she said when it was just new theme, I love it. You can see: I need another girl! :mrgreen: (yeah! as if that´s gonna happen :roll: )

BTW do you guys have MSN? I would love to have your adresses if you dont mind, we could have a group talk :P PM me your info if you do, you have my adress in my siggy :wink:

Jenn what do you do at the hospital?

[sarahlynn]

so either I kill him or just suck it up :shock: LMAO well i know which one i would pick


She always cries for me in the middle of the night. Even if he goes to pick her up, she points to me and cries. If I am making dinner she will stand at my feet and say, "up, up, up" even if DH is in the dining room and says to come to hima nd he will pick her up

this is exactly my lucea..most of the time she wants just me and DH can do nothing for her..he doenst seem to mind or he doesnt show he minds..i tell him its not cause she doesnt lvoe him its because i have the boobs and he doesnt

[Momto3]

Claudia - Isn't it funny that he won't let you take the kids to Mexico but he rarely has anything to do with them while they are here?!?!

[newmami]

Funny or upsetting Lynn???

Anyways, sorry about DD, you are right and it is a phase, soon she will be all about Daddy. Tell DH to hang in there!

See, he is going to be all boo hoo boo hoo when I get home... UGH!!

[sarahlynn]

I was sittin up with DH last night and he says "i watched the end of that baby story....." and on about it


and i said HONEY :shock: A BABY STORY!!! :D

he looks at me and says I HAVE TO SLEEP WITH YOU TO GET YOU PREGNANT HON! :( thats right not gonna happen..

darn it i have the crappin baby bug HELP DONT LET ME GET PULLED IN

[Momto3]

Funny or upsetting Lynn???

Anyways, sorry about DD, you are right and it is a phase, soon she will be all about Daddy. Tell DH to hang in there!

See, he is going to be all boo hoo boo hoo when I get home... UGH!!

Yes, not funny = ha ha, but funny =odd or upsetting.

[sarahlynn]

YAY my boss just said i coudl go home..
bey ladies

[CandiceLeigh]

Jenn, I'm sorry your mom made those rude comments. I don't think you are insanely big! :shock: I've seen your pics in Feb DD and you look great! I love the pic of Stella kissing your belly. So cute! Plus you are freaking amazing and I know you will kick butt at your new job!

Claudia, that's lame that your DH got pissed over something so little. :? I hate when DH gets mad over small stuff like that. So annoying! That's great that you get to see your parents soon! From what you've said about them, they seem like great people. :D

Sarah, I'm so glad your DH got some more feeling back in his hands, but boo to the shots. Ouch! Does he stick himself or do you do it? Oh, and you need to have another baby! Your kids are so dang cute! :twisted:

Lynn, that sucks for your DH. I can imagine that would hurt my feelings too. Poor guy. I'm sure it's just a phase though. Katelyn is so cute in your siggy, I can understand why he would to spend all the time he can with her.

Bel, welcome back! I'm glad your trip went well and you got some uninterrupted BDing with your DH! :D

Pam, your mom too? What is up with everyone's mom this week?

Ohhh, Tracy's DH was getting snipped today! :shock: Hope things are going good Tracy!!

Ok, so last night DH woke me from a deep sleep to give him a BJ. :roll: I was like, no I'm tired you freak! Of course, the way he woke me wasn't so bad. :oops: I guess he thought I should return the favor, but man was I tired. I told him to just make it a quickie so I could go back to bed. Really romantic, huh?

[bel]

Jenn, I dont think I have seen a pic of you :wink: go figure I love you tons without knowing your face :lol: internet is amazing uh?

Candice, are you still amd at your brotehr? are you still working on baby nr 2?

Ouch on Tracy´s DH, hope it isnt painful EK!

Lynn she will change very soon! It is just that she sees you all the time I guess. Poor DH.

Hey saratoo I know you went home early---> but you lost our conversation with sarah after you were gone :twisted: hehhehe

Claudia, I wish you can resolve all with Steve maybe sometime he will let you go to Mexico with your kids. I wish.

[DIVADLX]

You are the nicest wife ever... I have a permanent get-out-of-BJ's-free card... DH doesn't ask for them. I don't give them. He got enough of them when we were in college. ;)

My MIL sends Stella gifts for every 1/4 year of her life - it is so sweet! For a MIL who is such a freak-show, she is a very sweet grandmother.

Anyway, one of the books she sent is called (I translate loosely from the Norwegian...) The little Mole That Woke Up And Someone Pooped On His Head. It is all about him trying to figure out which of his animal friends pooped on his head by comparing the poop, which remains firmly planted on his head, to the various manners of poop of the various animals. It cracks me up! I love books like that!

[rhiannasmoms43]

Jenn, I want that book in English :hissy: My sick sencse of humour craves those kinds of childrens books :lol:

Bel, no sadly there is no bding going on in our house, hasn't been for a very long time :( That is one of the reasons I was so sure it was definitely over the other day. He claims (I'm still not sure if I should believe this) that he looks at me and sees 'mom' and that my body belongs to Gage right now because I'm bfing. That when I stop bfing we will start bding :? What a way to ensure I don't do baby-led weaning :roll:

[Momto3]

Sorry to hear that Julie. Oddly, I felt more like that than DH did when I was bfing Katelyn!


Candice - You go girl. I don't care how he woke you up...my sleep is my sleep, don't wake me!


Claudia - How was Hoagie Man last night?!?!

[rhiannasmoms43]

*snicker* Hoagie Man