Tuesday Chatter

Ollie08

@severmilli12 & @swazzle - I would LOVE to rearrange our living room, but there is seriously no other way to re-arrange it. So we have to settle for updating with new artwork/photos/knick knacks etc. I would paint, but let's be real… It took me 5 years to paint the master bedroom, re-painting is not something that's happening anytime soon. 

@southernpeach89 - That's a bummer your cube-mate is back, maybe this is just the beginning of the end for her. 

blabla89

minskat30 said:

blabla89 said:

@minskat30 it's tearing him up. I'm not really involved, but I hate to see him so upset about it. Also FI tried to shave his dog (who has a double coat) and it looks absolutely ridiculous - hope your new groomer does a good job!

@blackbird230 I hope your appointment goes well! I hate getting blood drawn too

Sorry to hear that @blabla89.  Family drama sucks.  H has to deal with mine sometimes and he gets more upset for me than I do.  Fingers crossed it passes soon or your FI can at least block it out of his mind. 

Thank you. Until this came up I thought that my family were the crazy ones.

@southernpeach89 thank you - we definitely need some prayer. It stinks that you're going through all that with your step FMIL. I hope gets her stuff together so that you can have a good relationship again.

KeptInStitches

@peaseblossom55, throw it into minestrone soup if it is raining - perfect rainy-day food.

Peaseblossom55

@Keptinstitches yum that sounds really good too.

Dignity100

@peaseblossom55 - My FMIL sometimes makes zucchini parmesan crisps.

KeptInStitches

SON OF A BITCH LIQUID NITROGEN BURNS HURT.

Carry on. I just can't swear at work and I need to right now.

Peaseblossom55

@dignity100 that sounds good too.

I think I need to buy more zucchini now :-)

Swazzle

I'm having birthday sads today. I'm feeling a little down and lonely and not very excited about getting another year older. It's really not even a huge deal but I've been feeling like I could cry at any minute for no real reason all day. I texted H to whine to him about it and he told me that it was going to be a surprise but he made us reservations at my favorite local steakhouse for tomorrow night. I love him so much. 

buddysmom80

Swazzle said:

I'm having birthday sads today. I'm feeling a little down and lonely and not very excited about getting another year older. It's really not even a huge deal but I've been feeling like I could cry at any minute for no real reason all day. I texted H to whine to him about it and he told me that it was going to be a surprise but he made us reservations at my favorite local steakhouse for tomorrow night. I love him so much. 

Awww this makes my heart hurt, but kudos to H for planning a nice dinner out for you two!!!!!!

labro

@KeptInStitches I'm sorry about your burn! That's the worst! Swear away! 

I'm sick today. I started feeling icky yesterday evening and it got steadily worse. My mom was sick last week and I think she gave me whatever she has/had. In spite of feeling yucky, I still went with FI and my mom to my venue's open house. They have one about once every couple of months and they serve alcohol, have several caterers on site providing munchies, some of their preferred vendors attend (photographers, ceremony music, etc.), and the florist and the owner will do table mockups for the brides who are getting married in the upcoming months. So this month it was finally MY turn. Yay! I love love love love my centerpiece and linens!!!

We'll have three tall centerpieces and they'll be in a vase/stand thing like the one below.

Along with the three tall centerpieces, we'll have about 6 or 8 low centerpieces and the remaining tables will be black lanterns with candles like in the picture above with no floral to kind of balance things out. I'm so so so happy with everything my florist put together! I didn't have a super defined idea of what I wanted other than no loud fall colors (like red, orange, and purple) and lots of texture. These were a couple of my inspiration photos!

eilis1228

buddysmom80 said:

@swazzle I hope they don't abandon another dog! I wish someone would find Star's puppies too, was it confirmed she had a litter recently? I can't remember

Today I have a meeting with my new big boss and I'm nervous because I might have to negotiate a little bit. I left this depeartment originally because I wanted a M-F, 8-4:30 job. I still need those hours and if I go back to this department, they're not guaranteed. So, if she can't guarantee stable hours, I may have to change departments or resign next year. I will NOT be happy if I have to leave.

My MOH told me the date of my bridal shower (October 11th), so that's cool and I have to give her a guest list and that's all I know. I was surprised she was going to do anything since she's been really busy with school. She legit is getting her MLS in two years, it's crazy.

I have to pay my venue today, she sent me a fee schedule for only 50 guests and someone (ME) forgot to tell her that we're up to 64 guests...BRIDE FAIL

After I pay her, I have to order invites!!!!!! For some reason I'm really excited about this.

Tonight I'm going to watch Masters of Sex, play with the kittens and have leftovers for dinner.

The kittens are crazy active. They were playing from 6am this morning until I left for work.

MLS? Library Science? If so, I have that degree too! I always get excited when I hear about others becoming librarians.

Swazzle

buddysmom80 said:

Swazzle said:

I'm having birthday sads today. I'm feeling a little down and lonely and not very excited about getting another year older. It's really not even a huge deal but I've been feeling like I could cry at any minute for no real reason all day. I texted H to whine to him about it and he told me that it was going to be a surprise but he made us reservations at my favorite local steakhouse for tomorrow night. I love him so much. 

Awww this makes my heart hurt, but kudos to H for planning a nice dinner out for you two!!!!!!

I'm kind of surprised. In 7 years, I don't think he's ever planned dinner, or anything for that matter hahaha

GoldenPenguin

@swazzle - NO BIRTHDAY SADS!! You're still just a young pup. And I told you that you can still come this weekend and hang out with FI at the Secret Pool! 

I was going to write here about something that might make me weird, but I think I'm going to start another post about it. I think it could be fun. 

Swazzle

@LaPeanut1018 - Oh I love everything!!!!! I'm sorry you're sick, though

blabla89

WAIT WAIT WAIT. Is it @Swazzle's birthday??

Peaseblossom55

@lapeanut1018 wow those flowers are so pretty!

@swazzle I'm sorry you are feeling down about your birthday.  I get that way too and I'm not really looking forward to mine coming up either.  That is so sweet he is surprising you with a birthday dinner.  I try to look at the age as just a number but easier said than done sometimes.

Swazzle

@goldenpenguin - I know, I'm going to hang here and probably go to the beach on Saturday. My tan from @buddysmom80's house last month is long gone! 

@blablah89 - It's tomorrow but thank you

Ollie08

Don't be sad about your birthday @swazzle! I'm glad DH planned a surprise for you. And I'm with @GoldenPenguin, you're still a young pup. And I refuse to let you get the sadz because that means that I should have the sadz and I'm not sad about our age at all! 

minskat30

Awww, @Swazzle.  You are so young...no sads.  Happy Birthday!  Can you do something to treat yourself (massage, pedicure, buying a piece of clothing you've been wanting, etc.)?  That always makes me feel better.

Ollie08

Oooh! Oooh! They just posted the school supply lists for the kids and announced Open House (exactly a month from today). I am not ok with summer almost being over. The whole not having to rush everywhere and all of the extracurricular activities etc has been SO nice. I'm not ready for this shiz.

Swazzle

@Ollie08, @minskat30 - It's not so much about getting "old." I don't really know how to explain it But thank you! I'm treating myself to a mani/pedi after work today. 

buddysmom80

@ellis1228 Yup she's going to be like a real librarian. She'd like to focus on working with kids but sways back and forth based on her mood that day. She's working in a library now and loves it. We've both been bookworms and she's worked in all aspects of publishing and I think she's found her calling!

@lapeanut1018 everything is so pretty and I hope you feel better!

joy14bw

Swazzle - do you mind me asking how old you are turning?
 I got lonely and sad right before my 30th but that had a lot to do with me just ending a 3 year relationship.
I've loved being over 30 though. I've never felt more comfortable with who I am.

phira

@swazzle I had a string of bad birthdays for a long time. Something always went wrong. As I got older, I'd try to adjust my plans based on the previous year so I wouldn't be disappointed, with mixed results (e.g. for my 23rd birthday, my birthday plans went fine--invited friends over for dinner and it was fun--but I got a 2nd degree burn and two days before that, I got into a car accident). For my 25th birthday, I decided I wasn't going to plan ANYTHING and left everything up to my friends, and it ended up being the best birthday ever. Same thing for my 26th: I asked J to plan something, and it was fantastic (he cooked brunch for me, we watched some movies, and then went to a fancy dinner). Somehow, having other people in charge (so long as they know they are in charge and have to actually do stuff) makes me like my birthdays a lot more.

And, well, mani/pedi can't hurt.

@KeptInStitches LN2 burns suuuuuuck. I always tend to get them without realizing it, so then I go home and it's like why does my arm hurt?

I am so fucking sore today. I was sore from Sunday night, and then at the gym, I stayed on the elliptical for almost 45 minutes so I could watch the entire pilot of Ugly Betty. I hope I'm able to drag my sorry ass back to the gym tomorrow.

During my primary antibody incubation, I need to mail back a dress to Modcloth, and then I need to hurry everything along so I can leave early and hit up a seamstress on the way home. I have NEVER brought an article of clothing in for alterations before (I feel like I'm not quite an adult); about how long does it take? I found a seamstress kind of nearby who can turn around somewhat major alterations in a week, so I'm confident that she could shorten a dress a few inches in a week and a half.

Ollie08

@Swazzle - I know what you mean. I've had birthdays like that for most of my 20s. It kind of started when I realized that having kids meant that birthdays were no longer about me (i.e., every birthday present I received the year I had your namesake was baby-related). I have to admit that Q has really hit it out of the park the last 2 years. 

I still get bummed thinking about an upcoming birthday because I really don't want to be disappointed for whatever reason. It's kind of like Christmas, it's a whole lot less fun the older you get. Maybe you can treat yourself to something you normally don't do, a guilty pleasure? 

eilis1228

HOLY MOLY THERE ARE A LOT OF POSTS ON THIS THREAD! 

My worries/complaints for the day:

-Blah, didn't work out this morning. Must work out tonight. MUST!

-My to-do list at work is a mile long, and catching up on emails while I was out is going to take most of the day. Not going to stay late either... nobody ever died from not receiving library services, so whatever.

-My apartment is a complete disaster. COMPLETE DISASTER. We're not as packed as I'd like us to be, we haven't taken the trash out in a while, and dear God I'm so over our roly poly "infestation." I find roly polys EVERYWHERE, but they're normally dead when I find them. This happened a few months ago, and the apartment complex was supposed to add more weather stripping... but since we're moving in about a week and a half, I don't think I care enough to harp on the management. They can do it after we leave. I'll just have FI vacuum up the carcasses every few days.

-Laundry. Must do laundry. The hamper is overflowing.

-As you can tell, FI and I live like teenagers at the moment. Must get better at adulting!

I promise I'll go through and read all of the posts during lunch!

lmcooper86

@LaPeanut1018 - So pretty! Sorry you're not feeling well, but I'm glad you had fun at the open house

@eilis1228 - I feel like my apartment is constantly backsliding into a disaster zone. I'm out a lot, and when I'm home I want to relax. Plus my apartment is REALLY small, so as soon as I start accumulating extra stuff (*cough cough* wedding magazines and other planning stuff) it starts to look cluttered. It's driving me nuts.

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@LaPeanut1018 - love all the pictures!!  just gorgeous!!

eilis1228

@lmcooper86 We're the same way! We do so much during the week that when we're able to sit, that's all we want to do. Every Sunday we clean (well, normally every Sunday), and by Wednesday the apartment is a disaster again. When we first moved in, we were on top of all the chores, but now we couldn't care less. It's a problem lol.

bethsmiles

I'm in a grumpy mood today. I woke up with my eye swollen. It's happened before when I haven't been sleeping well so I'm not concerned but it's definitely annoying me. At least I get to work from home today though so I didn't have to go into the office looking freakish.

I need to pick BF up in a couple hours to drive him to an interview. Him and his dad drive to work together so they had this complicated plan so that BF could get to his interview at 3 but since I'm not going in to work today I said I just pick him up from work and drive him. But BF is annoying me by calling/texting me to remind me to pick him up. Um, I'm the one who is always super crazy pants about needing to be on time. I will be there!