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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 7:21:42 AM
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lexie
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Lexie you are a good Aunt, do you think you could mention what you and nephew spoke about to his mother in a way that's not going to get her back up?
Thanks Nicole. Dh and I have been talking and we don't see there is a way to explain it to the mother without her getting her back up (I already mentioned one thing and she just started rationalizing it away). I'm going to talk to the father because he is easier to talk to about this stuff, he'll just listen and take it in, and Dh is going to talk to him about letting our nephew stay at our place for a bit (not to live, but maybe for the rest of the summer or a few weeks.)
Donna - not how I pictured either of you at all!!!! That's neither good or bad, I just had a completely different idea of what you all looked like!
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Canada is closer, so by that logic, I'm more likely to live in an igloo than in NYC. Hehe...
Ahahahaha....are you further north than I am?
Well my battery is dying which is my cue to get off the computer and get some stuff done around the house. We're in for a very busy week!
Have a wonderful day ladies!
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 7:37:51 AM
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firefightermama
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Awww, Christina, too bad on the quitting thing. You can do it! I don't personally know how hard it is, but hubby quit while we were dating, after about 13 years. It's been 4 years for him this summer.
We're doing PowerLab at our church this year too!
We had a pretty good weekend. Friday night we took Chase up to the River and let him walk around, and he had a pretty fun time. Then on saturday we went to a friend's cottage, and spent the day there. We didn't do much, but Chase had a good time, there were lots of kids and dogs there, so he was quite entertained.
Yesterday we spent the day at my mom's house at the pool, and Chase hated it! I thought he would love the pool, but he was really scared.
Today is supposed to get really hot. I'm missing my pool. We didn't set it up this summer because we didn't want it to be in the way if we were building. We have to figure out what we're doing, I'm really missing the pool on hot days like today.
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 8:55:16 AM
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firefightermama
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Jen, where are you from? Did you know anyone when you moved there?
Oh my, mondays are lazy around here. My house looks like a tornado came through, because we only stopped in to sleep and then leave again. There is stuff everywhere. Yeesh.
I better get to work before it gets hot!
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 9:16:30 AM
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This should be an interesting week. We are dog sitting for my bil's totally huge Burmese Mtn. dog.
Is he a Burmese Mountain Dog or a Bernese Mountain Dog?
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 9:45:03 AM
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PrincessDonna
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Donna - not how I pictured either of you at all!!!! That's neither good or bad, I just had a completely different idea of what you all looked like!
LOL...okay, so now do tell how you pictured me/us. People rarely are the same as the picture I make up in my head either. I don't know where my mind gets these things...
And yes, I know you don't live in igloos. But the last time I was in Mississippi, someone said something about all the Eskimos in Canada. I almost laughed my head off. The only difference I see in Canada is the metric system. Otherwise, y'all could almost pass for Americans, or more specifically, northern NYers.
Jennifer, my laundry pile exploded over the weekend too. Yay. 
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 9:51:04 AM
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We need to do some cleaning around here too. For the last week and a half I feel like we've hardly been home. Two weeks ago Tuesday my parents were in Chicago to visit my grandparents. Between work in the late afternoon and then a VBS a block from my parents' house we were gone from 2:00-9:00 every evening. Then last week I had other errands/meetings that I felt like I was out running every day. We just kind ofcrashed all weekend.
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 10:08:09 AM
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MamaMilty
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This should be an interesting week. We are dog sitting for my bil's totally huge Burmese Mtn. dog.
Is he a Burmese Mountain Dog or a Bernese Mountain Dog?
I stand corrected...he is a Bernese....aren't they beautiful? Although its kind of like living with a small pony in my house...
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 10:11:06 AM
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MamaMilty
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Jen, where are you from? Did you know anyone when you moved there?
We moved to the west coast from the east coast of FL. My Dad & SM and Sis & her fam are all withing 45mins of our new home. That is really nice, but they have very different lifestyles in the day to day, and I haven't been real successful in meeting anyone around here. I know we will eventually....
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 10:14:39 AM
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Thinking out loud here, pardon me...
Before the new baby is born, we need to...
-sort through the toys, weeding out some to sell, some to trash, and some to keep
-sort through a bunch of clothes, getting them in their right size bins, and getting rid of what we don't need
-get fall clothes ready to be switched out, so I don't have to do that with a newborn and two other little ones
-finish painting Hannah's new bed (purple ) and maybe walls (a nice, springy green) (Brian is doing this...the bed at least will be done before baby is here)
-get newborn clothes out and washed (have to figure out how to do this without siblings figuring out which gender we're having...but I don't want to wash BOTH gender's clothes!) Maybe just wash a few of each for the first few days and then have the rest of it ready to wash when we get home with baby?
-get Nick's new room ready (has to be done by the 17th)
-all my VBS registration duties (VBS is July 21-25th)
-all my golf tournament flag sponsor duties (tournament is Aug 23rd...less than 2 weeks before my due date)
-keep up on all the basic house stuff...dishes, laundry, floors, etc.
I need a nap after listing all that.
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 10:21:19 AM
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Georgia-Peach
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Jen, my hubby and I are originally from the west central part of Florida...near Tampa. I am not a Florida fan though now that I have lived in Georgia (truly southern compared to FL). I miss my family and the beach, but that is it.
Oh about the neighbors daughter being a mother's helper, I haven't thought of it. I don't really feel like I need that right now, but maybe when I have two. I like my space too so I don't know that I would like having someone else here trying to help me other than hubby or my mom. I am funny like that.
Today I have a ton of cleaning and laundry to do before we leave Wednesday for vacation. We spent an hour outside this morning and now Hunter is entertaining himself. Loving it! Tonight after dinner we are going to run to Target to pick up a smaller, travel friendly high chair to take with us. Our high chair is one that straps to a chair, but it is still rather large to travel with. I also wanted to look for some summer clothes since I now have birthday money.
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 11:02:15 AM
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firefightermama
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yeah, I really can't stand the humidity either. It makes such a difference in what the temp feels like.
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 12:06:19 PM
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Georgia-Peach
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We work with our youth group at church and there is one 16 year old that we have had babysit for us. We know her well and trust her completely so we do have a reliable babysitter for now. I know once she starts dating she will still be reliable, but most likely unavailable.
Whoa, what a day so far. Hunter is just being a...how shall we say this nicely...booger? He is into everything from dog food, to pulling the straw stuff out of my ficus trees, to throwing computer paper around, to messing with the printer, etc. He is entertaining himself, but with the wrong things and I am trying to clean up. I am in a yuck mood so it is not a good combination and I need it to be nap time already. Ok, my vent is over!
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 12:06:49 PM
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Ellie-Mae
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Donna, are you going to paint both bunks? or just the one. I have to tell ya... When David first realized that we were getting rid of the bunks he was really sad. When he heard that you guys were getting them, he was really happy. He said that it made him feel good to know where they were going, and that they were going to a good home. He didn't even mind that his beloved bunk beds were going to be made girly. He just really liked that Hannah was going to love them like he did. If you need help painting them I will be back next week.
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RE: SAHM Support Part II - 7/7/2008 12:51:14 PM
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PrincessDonna
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Donna, are you going to paint both bunks? or just the one. I have to tell ya... When David first realized that we were getting rid of the bunks he was really sad. When he heard that you guys were getting them, he was really happy. He said that it made him feel good to know where they were going, and that they were going to a good home. He didn't even mind that his beloved bunk beds were going to be made girly. He just really liked that Hannah was going to love them like he did. If you need help painting them I will be back next week.
We will paint both bunks, but I'm not sure if both will be done now. I think we're only going to set up one because I won't be able to keep Levi off the top if we set them both up and with Hannah and the baby sharing a room, there isn't room to have them separate.
Brian has done two coats of primer to the headboard and one of the rails. Those two are ready for paint now...and we decided on a deep purple. He'll prime the footboard and the other rail this week and probably paint next week. We're going to do the window and door frames that same purple.
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But Donna, what if you're wrong again, and you wash all the wrong clothes?
Well, then we'll do what we did before, and my mom will come and wash a load while I'm in the hospital. I'm pretty sure the doctor is right this time though.
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Now, however, I would *love* to find a nice tween and train her into the perfect babysitter! lol. I would never leave any teenager with my three rowdies without first spending a lot of time with me at home first....so...needless to say...no babysitters for me right now.
