Ignore this thread!

[maize 77,303]

What crashing?  You are part of it now!

 

:001_wub:

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Paige- stamps can be coated with drugs on the sticky side. Also stamps are often used as a prison currency in the prison black market.

 

 

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[Slache 87,779]

You still did the pregnancy part :)

But yeah, birth can be traumatic for sure.

My smaller babies slipped out pretty easily. The big ones though...I felt like my bones were being torn apart.

  

Mine were both c-sections, and I've got the issues.  I think it's the pressure during the pregnancy, and the overly exuberant kicking of the temporary occupant.

If I were in absolute perfect shape I would wear a size 12. I think the physical demands of pregnancy were easier on me than someone with a smaller frame.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

I tho k that I am going to wait for the new laptop before trying to sort out the FAFSA Snafu. I have to have all available letters for passwords etc. I feel a bit like a slacker for waiting despite having given them everything they asked for previously.

 

 

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[KrissiK 65,069]

I think I am a hummingbird mother. There was a hummingbird nest outside our apartment one year in California and that mom worked like crazy to take care of the three babies that were too big for their tiny nest. The best part was how she would fly around scolding the squirrel that sometimes got into the tree until she chased him away.

Hummingbirds are pretty scoldy. Ours chews me out every time I forget to fill the feeder.

[KrissiK 65,069]

I have to say I am really enjoying the ITT gang. Thanks for letting me crash your party :)

Oh, you aren’t crashing the party. It’s more like... “consider yourself.... one of us!! Consider yourself.... part of the family!â€

 

Booya/h too ya/h from a too early spring in California where we desperately need rain!!😩😩😩😩

Edited February 7, 2018 by KrissiK

[Paige 17,077]

It’s raining here. And we have our heat back on!! Baby is much happier because he hates his coats and hats!

[Slache 87,779]

I'm a dolphin with elephant leanings and a bad temper I don't think is common with people who share my views.

[Another Lynn 44,439]

Paige- stamps can be coated with drugs on the sticky side. Also stamps are often used as a prison currency in the prison black market.

 

 

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Should I ask how you know this?   :lol:

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Should I ask how you know this?   :lol:

 

:leaving:

[Another Lynn 44,439]

Maybe I'm a sea turtle mom.   :laugh:

[Paige 17,077]

I’m a honey badger mom because I take care of my kids like a good mom and don’t care about what anyone thinks of how I do it.

[Slache 87,779]

I’m a honey badger mom because I take care of my kids like a good mom and don’t care about what anyone thinks of how I do it.

Oooh, I like this.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Should I ask how you know this? :lol:

Serious answer- we’ve worked in ministry for years with a population that is often incarcerated. Also nephew was in prison.

[Critterfixer 54,461]

One read-aloud torture session done. :D  I maintain it is good for the boy, but he gives me the stink eye every time. One boy has crept into the lead on the trash-game tote board, and his brother has cried foul. I told him to pay closer attention to the state of the trashcans to seize the next garbage opportunity.

[luuknam 15,843]

I shoveled 5" of snow or some such and cleared off the car. My back did not enjoy it. 

[luuknam 15,843]

The good news is that this means I should be able to get the kids to music lessons on time, as opposed to running out with them, realizing there's more snow than I thought, spending too much time trying to get the snow off the car, and arriving a couple of min late. 

[luuknam 15,843]

I also knew about stamps. I think I just read about it in some book. I used to read a lot. 

[Renai 38,047]

Alex is being butt!

 

I have never wet the bed. I attribute that fact to my large, pregnancy accommodating frame and the fact that I've never given birth.

Um, this happened to me long before I got pregnant. Even after the first birth, because she was a section. Methinks pregnancy nor birth has anything to do with it.

[maize 77,303]

Oh, you aren’t crashing the party. It’s more like... “consider yourself.... one of us!! Consider yourself.... part of the family!â€

 

Booya/h too ya/h from a too early spring in California where we desperately need rain!!😩😩😩😩

 

It's clear

We're

Going to get along!

[Junie 50,334]

One read-aloud torture session done. :D  I maintain it is good for the boy, but he gives me the stink eye every time. One boy has crept into the lead on the trash-game tote board, and his brother has cried foul. I told him to pay closer attention to the state of the trashcans to seize the next garbage opportunity.

 

He can come to my house.  We have several trash cans that need to be emptied!

[Junie 50,334]

I have felt much better today.  :)

[maize 77,303]

Maybe I'm a sea turtle mom. :laugh:

Their methods work well if you have twenty gazillion kids...

[maize 77,303]

I have felt much better today. :)

Hurray!

[lanalouwho 9,234]

I don't know what kind of mom I am. I just try really hard to be there when they need me, and Not be there when they don't, even if they think they do.

[Slache 87,779]

Um, this happened to me long before I got pregnant. Even after the first birth, because she was a section. Methinks pregnancy nor birth has anything to do with it.

Maybe it's just because I'm a fabulous giantess then.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

I always thought of myself as a mama lion as they crawled all over me tugging on my ears.

 

 

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[Slache 87,779]

John is playing Sudoku.

[Renai 38,047]

You still did the pregnancy part :)

 

But yeah, birth can be traumatic for sure.

 

My smaller babies slipped out pretty easily. The big ones though...I felt like my bones were being torn apart.

My first was small and was a section. The second was 2 pounds bigger and a vbac. Go figure. A warm up with a smaller baby would have been nice...

[Renai 38,047]

Do older cats always want to just lay on top of you? She wasn't this clingy when younger. I don't think...

[Slache 87,779]

IT'S NOON! I really need to teach someone something.

[Critterfixer 54,461]

I did it again. I forgot to eat lunch. It would be nice to remember to eat before I get the shakes.

[Critterfixer 54,461]

Do older cats always want to just lay on top of you? She wasn't this clingy when younger. I don't think...

Most of my old ones transitioned from aloof to affectionate with age.

[Susan in TN 71,362]

He couldn't see that well.

:D We like it!

[Junie 50,334]

Ds17 found a coin on the sidewalk when he left work today.  He grinned, did a quick mental calculation and told me that he had just picked up 1/ 100,000 of his first year's college education.

 

:D

 

ETA:  It was a dime.  He needs to save about $10,000.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Junie

[Susan in TN 71,362]

Two of dd19's roommates have strep. :ack2: We have made sure she knows where to go the minute she feels sick - campus clinic or nearby Kroger clinic. If she doesn't get it by this weekend she should be in the clear. Also, she hasn't fainted in A&P class again. We have thoroughly badgered her about eating and drinking before class and bringing some hot tea and a small snack along. :D

[JoJosMom 28,812]

We can send 3 pieces of paper and 3 envelopes, but no stamps. I don't know why stamps are contraband. You also can't send anything written with crayons, markers, or painted.   I can't imagine what's dangerous about a kid's picture with crayons. Seems mean for the parents.  :confused1:

 

That just goes to show that you are a normal human being. I know why and I can imagine. Mostly because I worked in the business for so long. (In the county where I worked, we had multiple state prisons and a unit in the office dedicated to prosecuting "prison crimes," i.e., crimes committed by inmates in the prison.) My assignment to the unit was an eye-opening experience.

 

[JoJosMom 28,812]

Betcha I'd win the "traumatic childbirth" contest. :glare:

[AMJ 31,946]

  

If I were in absolute perfect shape I would wear a size 12. I think the physical demands of pregnancy were easier on me than someone with a smaller frame.

 

 

Quite probably.  I have a short torso, so not a lot of room for internal organs once the baby put on some size.  I slept in a recliner for many weeks because if I laid down flat I couldn't breathe at all.

[Slache 87,779]

Betcha I'd win the "traumatic childbirth" contest. :glare:

Trigger warning:

 

That would be Quill. She had a stillbirth. She said she was dressing this perfect little baby that just wouldn't wake up. I will never forget that. I just cried and cried.

 

Eta: I don't handle dead babies well because of a past experience. Not my baby.

Edited February 7, 2018 by Slache

[AMJ 31,946]

One read-aloud torture session done. :D  I maintain it is good for the boy, but he gives me the stink eye every time. One boy has crept into the lead on the trash-game tote board, and his brother has cried foul. I told him to pay closer attention to the state of the trashcans to seize the next garbage opportunity.

 

 

I truly love this development.  Imagine, kids fighting over the CHANCE TO take out the trash!

[AMJ 31,946]

I shoveled 5" of snow or some such and cleared off the car. My back did not enjoy it. 

 

 

You are brave and intrepid.  Yup yup.

[AMJ 31,946]

He can come to my house.  We have several trash cans that need to be emptied!

 

 

After this afternoon's visit now my Dad does, too.  He had just one small one in the living room (though I thought I had taken over at least 2).  Now he has a mid-sized one under the kitchen sink, and two larger-than-little ones, one in the bathroom and one in the bedroom.  The original small one is now in the living room.  Bases covered!  I even found him some 8-gallon trash bags to line them all.

[AMJ 31,946]

Do older cats always want to just lay on top of you? She wasn't this clingy when younger. I don't think...

 

 

Yes, yes they do.

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

I finished my book. I was hoping to take s much needed nap but I guess resting in my armchair has some benefit.

 

 

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[AMJ 31,946]

Betcha I'd win the "traumatic childbirth" contest. :glare:

 

 

I had 10 days of on-again-off-again labor followed by an emergency c-section in which the pain meds wore off much sooner than the staff thought they would.  I'm not doubting you, but I am curious: what have you got?

[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

Dd is meeting a new pet walking client.

 

 

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[AMJ 31,946]

Trigger warning:

 

That would be Q

 

 

Omigosh!  How awful!   :grouphug:  :grouphug:  :grouphug:  to them all.

 

Until just now I forgot my cousin also had a stillborn years ago.  So terribly sad.

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[Jean in Newcastle 175,447]

I had 10 days of on-again-off-again labor followed by an emergency c-section in which the pain meds wore off much sooner than the staff thought they would. I'm not doubting you, but I am curious: what have you got?

She was in a coma afterwards if I remember correctly.

 

I threw up for the last 14 hours of my 73 hour labor but JJM’s experience was much worse than mine.

[AMJ 31,946]

I finished my book. I was hoping to take s much needed nap but I guess resting in my armchair has some benefit.

 

 

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It is a different kind of nap, when the book is good.