Secular Confessions

[daylilies]

Awesome Bridget!

Did you like it though? My sister saw it a few weeks ago and thought it was pretty fantastic.

Yes, it was really well done, but I felt uncomfortable through a lot of it and watched parts of it through my fingers. I don't do well with injuries and there were a LOT of them. If I'd known, I probably would have waited for it on netflix.
It was fun though, I wanted to see it with other people so I posted on my womens group and got two people I hadn't met before to come. We all had the same reactions except one was a little less jumpy. LOL

[missychrissy]

I can't stomach watching graphic movies at all. Bobbie wants to see that one though.

[3andMe]

Since I never watch advertisements and never see movies in theaters, I don't hear about new releases any more. That movie looks really interesting. I'll have to keep it in mind for Netflix.

[daylilies]

It's reeeeeeally disturbing, mentally and physically. Does Bobbie watch a lot of horror movies?

[Cosmosmom]

So I'm doing WW and week one lost 1.5 lbs. I was happy with that...managed to stay within points and I didn't even exercise because well we just didn't have time. Kind of thought that we should give trying to get pg one last big hurrah while waiting for the money to start the adoption process. So far we have gotten in days 6, 8, and 10....go us! ;) Hopefully we can get in day 12 too...though DH just started a 12 day long stint at work since he has mandatory overtime this coming weekend. I'm not too hopeful but it would save us so much money if we didn't have to pay for an adoption.

I'm so tired this morning...I laid in bed from 11:30 until after 1am trying to fall asleep. But I did resist going in and making some rum/crystal light....didn't have enough points or I would have.
Is it the weekend yet again????? I am so not a fan of winter and it feels like it is snowing just about every day. Looking forward to April!

[daylilies]

Good job with the WW! Good luck with the pregnancy attempt.
I can't wait for spring either!

[stash]

See, and I had contractions everytime I did serious nipple stimulation. But I'm ny talking a little twiddling, I'm talking like you're **** well trying to milk a cow, until contractions start and then for a few more minutes. Every hour. For three days. Plus deep yoga squats every time I contracted.

[missychrissy]

It's reeeeeeally disturbing, mentally and physically. Does Bobbie watch a lot of horror movies?

Yes, they're her favorite. And Conner watches them with her. I'm not too fond of the idea, but he loves them and so far hasn't had any nightmares. He likes to make popcorn and sit with his big sister and watch those things. That's what Conner and Bobbie do to bond so I leave it alone.

I can't wait for spring either!

AMEN!!!

[daylilies]

Ew, well, there's stuff like fingernails falling off and other gross body things. And people stabbing each other. Just want to warn you...you might want to watch it before you let Connor see it. (or have someone else watch it, since you said you can't stomach that type of stuff) What horror movies has he seen?

[missychrissy]

Sounds nasty! I wouldn't be able to stomach it. He's seen them all...everything from Friday the 13th kinda stuff to more current movies that I'm not familiar with. Bobbie streams them on Netflix and I gotta say, he doesn't seem phased. He tells me all about it and knows that it's all pretend. He stayed up after I went to bed last night in fact to watch another scary movie with his sister. He's even watched Korean movies with her that had subtitles. Not one word of English and he told me everything that happened. He's a nut.

[AmeriBrit]

Wow, Connor is braver than I am. I get seriously demented nightmares from watchig scary movies. I have woken up a few times gasping for breath from having nightmares after watching movies. I'm always intrigued by them, though. The last one I saw was The Grudge and it makes me freak out a little inside when I have to go upstairs to feed Cash in the middle of the night....lol

Bridget, that's great about your substitute!

[The10Eels]

The grudge freaked me out because I spent time in Japan..

I confess I ordered a dress and belt, and shoes to wear to a friends wedding this summer. It came today and I love all of it, but the shoes are too big, and look funny so I am sending them back.....

so now I am in search of shoes

[daylilies]

It's funny what they understand! DH lets him watch some of his animes with him (although we have to be careful, because some of them are more mature than others) and he likes them. Animes are wicked complicated!

[Bridget]

I can't watch disturbing movies anymore. I've become very sensitive in my old age.
I had a really bad dream about my mom last night. It's left me feeling sad all day today. I'm bummed to be having dreams like that about her instead of happy ones. I haven't really dreamt of her at all until now and I'm sure it's because I'm about to go into labor and will probably feel her absence more than ever after I have this baby.

All my daycare kids went home early! The roads are supposed to get really bad. So I'm finished for the day and am breaking my tradition of movies on friday nights only and we're watching Toy Story 3 in the middle of the afternoon!
I am actually giddy with excitement of just laying here with the kids and doing nothing for 2 hours.

[daylilies]

Have fun Bridget!
I thought TS3 was disturbing, LOL. It was just so scary and sad Everyone I know cried.

[daylilies]

Has anyone heard of First Fridays? I got an evite to one at a friends house. I googled it and found something about a Catholic thing, but she and everyone she invited are UU's

[Cosmosmom]

I think that the UU church here does first fridays....a potluck if I remember correctly. I haven't gone to any yet but mostly because it's a Friday and that is usually a fun night for DH and I since we are both in weekend mode.

[The10Eels]

Ive heard of First Fridays, but none that have anything to do with religion. All the art galleries in my hometown would hold first fridays, where they had an open house on the first friday of the month.

free wine, and culture....

[missychrissy]

Yay Bridget! Enjoy your little break-you deserve it!!

I've heard that about TS3 (that everyone cries). I haven't seen it yet. That was the first movie Conner went to the theater to see, and his big sisters took him.

I've never heard of First Fridays before. I don't have a clue what that is.

[daylilies]

Yeah, it's sad and a little scary, but being a horror film buff, Connor probably wasn't phased ;)

[Cosmosmom]

I didn't watch TS3....we rented it and I told DH I couldn't stay up for the whole thing so we stopped it. I got up the next morning to find that he finished it without me. I was irritated and won't watch it now.

[Bridget]

Yeah, I cried. More than once.

[missychrissy]

No, Conner wasn't phased at all. He loved it!

I have to drive to work for the next 2 weeks because I lost Jessica's bus pass. The bus won't replace them and said to call the school and ask if they'll issue (pay for) another one. I won't ask them to do that, so it looks like I'm driving. Boo.

[missychrissy]

Bobbie was thinking about college and actually living away from home yesterday and she got herself so worked up she had a pretty serious anxiety attack. I told her she doesn't have to move out if she's not ready. She can go to the local community college for her first semester so she can get a sense of what college is really like. I don't want her moving out of state and then getting so anxious she quits school.

[daylilies]

Aw
I was all too ready to move out. It just seemed like the natural thing to do when high school ended. I ended up really screwing up though.

[daylilies]

You know, more and more I'm realizing that DH is very disappointed that I'm not more career-oriented, and for some reason, that breaks my heart more than any other thing he has disapproved of with me.
I think he'd be happy to sit on his ass and play on the computer, do his other gaming things, play with Josh, and I be the one who works. Not that that's a terrible thing, but I kinda wish I knew that earlier.

[missychrissy]

Why do you think that? Has he said anything like that? Staying at home isn't as easy as one would imagine. I did it with Bobbie and Jessica...that was when I learned I'm not really sahm material.

[daylilies]

Yes, last night we were at dinner and he started asking me about what my expectations were when I thought about getting married. I said some stuff about wanting a companion, a friend, and he said "no I mean financially". I kind of kidded that I just wanted someone who could hold a job, then I asked him what his expectations were. He said "I didn't expect anything. I was naive." I cut him off there, I really didn't want to get into it while we were out to dinner. But I get what he's getting at. He's hinted more and more lately that he's disappointed that cooking school didn't yield a great career for me. I've got something in the works now, but I'm not sure it'll be a great moneymaker.

[stash]

Why is he disappointed? Because he wants to be josh's full time caregiver? Because he's lazy and doesn't want to work, thinking sah is somehow easier (it's not, working is easier, I know because I do both). I think you clearly need to have the discussion with him.

[Cosmosmom]

Kate could he be stressed about being the only one working? I used to want to be a SAHM and was going to homeschool and everything. I pretty quickly realized that my DH cannot handle the stress of being the only moneymaker in the house and so I got a job. Thank god I had that job when he was laid off from his and we were able to be on my insurance and everything.
I now make like 16-17K more than my DH does....and really it is more stressful to be the bigger breadwinner but I'm better at dealing with the stress than he is.

Or maybe he's thinking that you might be happier if you had a career you enjoyed?