things I have realized recently...

number55

- if I had been on TK when in college none of my papers would have been written on time or particularly well.

- paypal makes it easier for me to spend money online, it means I don't have to get up and get my purse to get my cc number. This leads me to buy things more easily...not good.

- etsy was more fun when I was wedding planning.

- I miss wedding planning...a co-worker got engaged on the weekend. Today I asked her if I could plan her Sumer 2012 wedding...she laughed and said sure (jokingly I know)...then I asked her what her colours are and she nearly keeled over laughing...

These are things I have come to realize recently...do you have any random and relatively unimportant (or important) revelations?

This thread could alternatively be called: We already watched Glee and now DH is playing Starcraft...entertain me please...

J&K10910

Oh, you can plan my wedding!  

number55

JK, how did you end up not having an October wedding? I remember you from the Oct 2010 board but I don't recall the story. And if it was a horrible story and I just put my foot in my mouth I am sorry!

number55

Also...this thread could be a "you know you have been on TK too long when"...you post that you like someone's 'sig pic' instead of their profile pic on FB...sigh...when social media and online communities collide!

Nebb

Ive realized im really good at saying Im going to do things, but I really suck at following through. REALLY suck.

kd.joseph

I just watched Charlie Browns Christmas and I feel like I was robbed! It wasnt the same one. That just sucks.

jennylove810

-I just am not a career woman.  Work is what I do to make money so I can live my life, but I am not a ladder-climber and would be perfectly happy as a SAHM

-I really like hummace and mini oreos.

-I'm more obsessed with the William-Kate wedding than I'm comfortable admitting IRL, but it doesn't stop me from clicking on every single headline I come across

-I miss SB when I'm not here, and a lot of my opinions on society in general are at least partly shaped from the discussions here.

number55

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[QUOTE]Ive realized im really good at saying Im going to do things, but I really suck at following through. REALLY suck.
Posted by Nebb[/QUOTE]

<div>This is me pretty much EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. On my way home I list the things I will do when I get home. Then I get home and the only thing I do is make dinner and/or go to the gym. I never get around to doing my school work (well eventually I do, but it almost always on the weekend, which makes my weekends suck).</div><div>
</div><div>I wish there were a willpower drug.</div>

jennylove810

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[QUOTE]I just watched Charlie Browns Christmas and I feel like I was robbed! It wasnt the same one. That just sucks.
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]

What?  I just watched it too, and it was the same as it was 20 years ago... wasn't it?

J&K10910

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[QUOTE]JK, how did you end up not having an October wedding? I remember you from the Oct 2010 board but I don't recall the story. And if it was a horrible story and I just put my foot in my mouth I am sorry!
Posted by number55[/QUOTE]

I procrastinated, and procrastinated, and then I got a job, and started working 60 hours a week.  And then it was crunch time, and I was SO stressed that even the thought of wedding planning made me cry or turned me into a raging biitch, so we postponed.  I'm sad I don't get my fall wedding, but it was a good decision.

MISSCOURTNEY20

That my BC is no longer helping my PMS. I feel like shyt and I am really trying to not take it out on DH but he keeps talking to me!!

I am better at saving money when I have a goal.

I have spent way too much money on scrapbooking and that has to change next year.

kd.joseph

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : What?  I just watched it too, and it was the same as it was 20 years ago... wasn't it?
Posted by jennylove810[/QUOTE]

Ok maybe I wasnt paying close attention, but I dont remember Snoopy out dressed as santa collecting donations.

I just realized I cant watch t.v. and knot.

Jenny-nice to see you around these parts again.

paprika28

-I'm not having quite as much fun planning our wedding as I thought I would be. I'm half tempted to hire a planner.

-I just want to get it done and over with. I'd be super happy just going to the JOP, but FI wants us to have a real wedding this time around. (It's both of our second marriages.)

-I'm so not made to work retail. My manager was diicking me around last week after I got an offer for a part time position in medical billing, and I handed him my day-of notice after he gave me hell for my Black Friday 'protection agreement' percentage. wtf dude. I sold 20k worth of appliances. stfu.

number55

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : I procrastinated, and procrastinated, and then I got a job, and started working 60 hours a week.  And then it was crunch time, and I was SO stressed that even the thought of wedding planning made me cry or turned me into a raging biitch, so we postponed.  I'm sad I don't get my fall wedding, but it was a good decision.
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah, those all sound like good reasons...when did you make the decision (how long before)...I love my fall wedding but I could have just as easily done January, or April. We did October because we got engaged in October of 09 and summer of '10 was already all booked up. As teachers the summer would have been WAY easier but I wasn't willing to have an engagement that lasted til 2011...a year was about all I could handle. </div>

MarriedInAFever

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : I procrastinated, and procrastinated, and then I got a job, and started working 60 hours a week.  And then it was crunch time, and I was SO stressed that even the thought of wedding planning made me cry or turned me into a raging biitch, so we postponed. <strong> I'm sad I don't get my fall wedding, but it was a good decision.
</strong>Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

Yeah. I kinda wish I made that decision myself. It would have made the planning process a lot less stressful.

MeaghanandMichael

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[QUOTE]-I just am not a career woman.  Work is what I do to make money so I can live my life, but I am not a ladder-climber and would be perfectly happy as a SAHM -I really like hummace and mini oreos. -I'm more obsessed with the William-Kate wedding than I'm comfortable admitting IRL, but it doesn't stop me from clicking on every single headline I come across -I miss SB when I'm not here, and a lot of my opinions on society in general are at least partly shaped from the discussions here.
Posted by jennylove810[/QUOTE]

Is it a cop out to ditto this??

jennylove810

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : <strong>Ok maybe I wasnt paying close attention, but I dont remember Snoopy out dressed as santa collecting donations.</strong> I just realized I cant watch t.v. and knot. Jenny-nice to see you around these parts again.
Posted by kd.joseph[/QUOTE]

Then maybe I wasn't paying attention either cause I don't remember seeing that at all haha.. who knows

And thanks! :)

betrothed123

That amazon.com sucks big donkey balls.  I placed an order November 28.  They said it would ship in 24-48 hours.  December 5 it finally shipped, in 2 parts.  The first part did not have any tracking information and was supposed to arrive today.  It's not here.  Thankfully the second part arrived (it was due Dec. 10 according to the tracking number).  WTF?

jennylove810

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : Is it a cop out to ditto this??
Posted by MeaghanandMichael[/QUOTE]

Not one bit, that's just great minds

number55

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[QUOTE]! I am better at saving money when I have a goal. I have spent way too much money on scrapbooking and that has to change next year.<div>Posted by MISSCOURTNEY20[/QUOTE]

</div><div>I wish a goal made it better...my goal is 3 years away and that makes it so hard.</div><div>
</div><div>I spent so much money on Scrapbooking stuff that I won't use because CM changed all their products and I have pages but no page protectors and empty albums I won't ever use since really I am never going to make another one by hand, I will only ever make them on the computer. This coming summer I will finish up the albums I have and that will be that. Oh, and I let my mother and her mother both pass away before asking them to help me sort through the old photos from that side of the family...so I guess I will have to just figure it out by guessing!</div>

crose29

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[QUOTE]Oh, you can plan my wedding!  
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]


No kidding, same here! I hate wedding planning!

MISSCOURTNEY20

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : Yeah, those all sound like good reasons...when did you make the decision (how long before)...I love my fall wedding but I could have just as easily done January, or April. We did October because we got engaged in October of 09 and summer of '10 was already all booked up.<strong> As teachers the summer would have been WAY easier but I wasn't willing to have an engagement that lasted til 2011...a year was about all I could handle. </strong>
Posted by number55[/QUOTE]

Such the reason we didn't wait. i don't think I would have lasted at all.

NatesGirl16

I've come to realize that I am amazingly anal and organized when it comes ot things I actually want to do, like planning.

I also have realized that I'm more vocal and honest and I like it.  I credit SB with this.

jasmineh7777

B- I jsut ordered from Amazon for the first time. Now I'm scared!

I realized this week that little dude I work with is going to grow up someday. That terrifies me. People aren't always nice, and I'd much prefer that he remain a child.

I just realized that next semester may very well kill me.

MISSCOURTNEY20

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : I wish a goal made it better...<strong>my goal is 3 years away</strong> and that makes it so hard. I spent so much money on Scrapbooking stuff that I won't use because CM changed all their products and I have pages but no page protectors and empty albums I won't ever use since really I am never going to make another one by hand, I will only ever make them on the computer. This coming summer I will finish up the albums I have and that will be that. Oh, and I let my mother and her mother both pass away before asking them to help me sort through the old photos from that side of the family...so I guess I will have to just figure it out by guessing!
Posted by number55[/QUOTE]

Oh I would never be able to have a goal that far away. I am very good at putting things off until the last minute. I was trying to lose 7 pounds for the whole 7 months I was engaged and never got around to it. LOL!

I am better at saving when the goal is close. Like less than a year. I did it when I bought my house and for the wedding.

number55

oh, I have another one. it stems from a conversation with a really good friend (also a teacher) whose child is the victim of bullying. I believe that not only the bully needs to be taught but also the bully. My friend is upset that nothing is being done to stop the bullying (which I totally get) but she never talks about her son's 'role' in it. He is at his third school in three years (not entirely because of bullying, the first move was partially motivated by it, the second had NOTHING to do with it) and he has had problems at all three schools. I get that bullying is wrong but we need to work with the victims too. They need to learn strategies and skills to help them. The reality is that eventually, they will be adults and they won't have anyone to 'suspend' bullies for them, they will need to work through it themselves since adults bully too!

kd.joseph

B-What did you order?

They did the same thing with me when I ordered a book awhile back.

Jas- normally there is no problem. Dont worry.

betrothed123

I hope your experience is better than mine.  If not we'll trash talk them together when it's all over with, Jas.  I was thinking about it and I've never had a satisfactory experience with them.

number55

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: things I have realized recently... : Oh I would never be able to have a goal that far away. I am very good at putting things off until the last minute. I was trying to lose 7 pounds for the whole 7 months I was engaged and never got around to it. LOL! I am better at saving when the goal is close. Like less than a year. I did it when I bought my house and for the wedding.
Posted by MISSCOURTNEY20[/QUOTE]

<div>Yeah...our goal is to save about $75000 over the next three years. That is for a house downpayment and to have extra cash to help us survive for the year I will be off for maternity and the following year when DH will go to 50%.</div>

MeaghanandMichael

I need to send my SSs their stuff. It is funny becuase I loved shopping for them, but I just have not gone to the PO.

betrothed123

I ordered 3 books, one of which is the non-trackable item, a movie, and a teapot.