Wednesday Chatter

ashleybunny8 · August 2014

@livleighton - I hope your date goes well!

phira · August 2014

@swazzle Yeah, if you're going to commit to a house, it shouldn't be the only house you see. It's a little different than, say, only looking at one apartment to rent.

minskat30 · August 2014

@SouthernPeach89 - Definitely give "kisses" a try. Start it when he isn't biting and all excited once or twice a day. Just a little peanut butter on the fingers and while he licks it away reinforce "kisses" the whole time. If he bites once he has run out, I'd do the yelp and no more peanut butter (try again a few hours later). He should learn pretty quick that bitting doesn't get him what he wants...hopefully. Just my opinion but the Alpha Roll isn't a good idea...Nothing in Life is Free, redirection and positive reinforcement are far better though a lot more work. Is Maddux still teething? If so, a rag soaked in water, placed in the freezer to freeze and then given to him helps soothe their gums (though it does make a mess).

minskat30 · August 2014

@phira - Some of my best therapy sessions were where I had nothing "planned" to talk about. It is wierd at first I know but give it a try.

phira · August 2014

@minskat30 That's true. I like therapy a lot (I saw a therapist for a few years in high school), so you're probably right!

[Deleted User] · August 2014

@minskat30 -Thank you for all those suggestions. H and I know that the Alpha Roll isn't probably the best decision for us to use but it gets so frustrating sometimes when maddux tries to be "alpha". I'm going to work with him this week on this and see what happens.

eilis1228 · August 2014

@swazzle I don't understand how the owner could live without an oven. I mean, I use mine almost daily for dinner... this just boggles my mind. Also, if you really and truly feel like it's too much house, then walk away. I'm totally with you on not wanting to clean or pay to heat/cool space that will never/rarely be used. But you never know--you may tour other places and find yourself always thinking back to this one too. I think you're right to wait and see what else is out there first.

@ollie08 Ahhh that is so exciting!!!!!

@LivLeighton Wow, that is awesome that you've worked out in the morning so much this week. Way to go! I wish I had that discipline again... good luck on your date tonight! Post details tomorrow!

@minskat30 I'm glad you're able to work from home Friday. Sometimes it helps being really busy in the midst of grief, but I understand wanting to have a day or two to just process everything.

I'm thinking of you this week!

I'm soooooo tired. I think it's the antibiotics, but it could just be the infection hanging on. All I know is, I go to bed around 10 and wake up exhausted at 6:30. I even slept in until 7:30 this morning and am still exhausted. I wussed out on the gym yesterday, but I'm going to force myself to go today. I feel so guilty for not getting my butt back in gear. I keep having to remind myself that I'm going dress shopping in October, and probably in November I'll schedule our engagement pics. Motivation... I needs it.

Work is still interesting... there's lots to do, but technology won't let us do it right now. The CRM is still down, so I can't bill anything... so yeah. Just kinda chilling.

FI and I watched part of the second Hobbit movie last night. It drives me crazy how they pronounce "Smaug." I'm sure they're pronouncing it correctly, and I'm just a redneck who says "Smog," but "Sma-oog" is just weird to me. But yeah, overall, it's a good one. We saw it in theatres and liked it, and now that it's on Netflix, FI said we HAD to watch it. Such a goober. All of our summer shows ended, and we still have a month before the fall shows start, so we're watching random things on Netflix. Maybe he'll finally agree to watch House of Cards now...

I'm planning on asking the last girl to be a BM this weekend. I'm trying to get her to go get her nails done with me since the last time I saw her she said she'd never had them done before, but I think she's going to bail. I'll see her Monday because she and her husband are having a Labor Day party... I was just hoping to ask her without a ton of people around. She doesn't really go out much on her own though, so we'll see.

Also, I woke up today thinking it was Thursday, and I wanted to punch the air when I realized it was only Wednesday. Grrrrr.

minskat30 · August 2014

I get it @SouthernPeach89 - hugs. I've raised German Sheps, Akitas, Dobermans and Labs but none of them have been as tricky as our Great Pyr who is stubborn as hell on his good days. Its hard to not get frustrated and sometimes I don't succeed but H and I try to "take turns" when he is acting terrible to give the other a break when we've hit our limit. "Time outs" have worked wonders for us, honestly, because, like a puppy, our adult Pyr gets worked up. Not over fun/excitement but over "threats" he sees/hears (i.e., another dog being walked outside our house = the end of the world) to the point where he would hurt himself much less us. I picked a room small enough for him to not jump around and hurt himself but big enough to turn around and lay down and herded him there with my legs the first few times he was acting like a terror. He gets a few minutes to calm down and a treat when he exits and calmly sits for me. Now he knows the command and willingly goes to the room to calm down for a minute or two. Sorry for the novel...I really do feel your frustration (going on just a few hours sleep myself because of our terror) so just trying to offer my two cents for whatever is helpful.

lmcooper86 · August 2014

Hey all

@Swazzle - Wtf kitchen? I don't understand how someone lives there with no oven, that is bizarre. But seriously, if it doesn't feel right then don't do it...I wouldn't want to buy/clean/furnish/heat/cool a bunch of space that I wasn't using.

@Blue & White - Well that was nice of them to give you a 20 minute warning? Fingers crossed for interviews!

@LivLeighton - Have a good time on your date! I didn't want to go on my first date with my FI...I don't know why exactly, I think I was just grumpy and tired of dating and Christmas was coming and I just didn't feel like it. I'm glad I didn't bail though!

@southernpeach89 - I'm sorry your puppy is possessed

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Day 2 of the great inbox clean out. Why do so many people email me? It's a bit insane, I feel like my eyeballs are frying from staring at my computer.

FFIL's cousin and her husband are here from Germany for a visit so we got to have a nice family dinner at FILs golf club last night. SO yummy! But that meant I got home late and then found out that one of my friends invited everyone except FI and I to his birthday thing last night and I am super annoyed (yes I know it sounds like I'm 8 years old). This is the second thing this summer that he hasn't invited us to and I don't know why and it's really hurtful. I know that I need to just be direct and ask him what's going on, but I avoid any sort of confrontation so I'm putting it off. Being upset made for a bad sleep last night.

To add to the house talk: FI and I are going to look at some places tonight. We actually almost bought a house a couple weeks ago (I mentioned that we were looking at it, but in reality we had signed papers and were in the cooling off period and I didn't want to jinx it so I didn't actually say anything), but then the lawyer reviewed the papers and we found like 16 ways that they could have fucked us over (new build), and it just wasn't worth the risk so we walked away. I was really upset about it, and am annoyed that we have to start all over again now. So we're going to look at 3 or 4 places tonight. Hopefully they all have ovens!

labro · August 2014

@Swazzle I can't give ALL the details on GM/BM gifts because well...CERTAIN people will see what they are getting. But for everyone BUT my sisters here's what I've got so far.

BFF #1 is getting this necklace from Etsy with her initials on the leaves, and a gc. She's super in to "tree of life" style jewelry.

BFF #2 is getting this necklace from Etsy and a gc. She's an author/illustrator and working on getting her book published with a literary agent. I think I saw this before I even got engaged and immediately thought of her.

FSIL #1 is getting this necklace from James Avery plus the other goodies I stuffed in her bag.

FSIL #2 is getting this cross necklace from James Avery. Both sisters are super religious...this one just suited her more because I see her wearing a lot of small, simple jewelry in this kind of style.

Our FG is getting a monogrammed necklace from James Avery on this charm. We had a heart inscribed on the back of it with our initials and I think our wedding date. I also added a little pearl charm to the necklace.

We purchased a Daisy Red Ryder bb gun, bbs, and targets for our RB with the full knowledge and permission of his parents. You'll shoot your eye out kid!

For our GMs we ordered personalized bottle openers from Etsy that I found in the Southern Living magazine. We did something different for each guy. A couple guys we did their favorite sports team logos/alma mater logos. A couple we did some phrases. Stuff like that. They turned out really nicely and the Etsy retailer was local to us so I was able to pick them up in person!

Peaseblossom55 · August 2014

I've so busy with work this week, it makes the day go by fast but I feel exhausted from it. At least tomorrow is my Friday!

@Swazzle no oven that is weird, I'm hoping there is at least a place for one, at least you can pick out your own especially if you are doing kitchen renovations at some point. We have 5 bedrooms too, which is a lot but we are planning kids. The home we have was the second place we looked at. We thought it was a great house with a lot of potential, some of it- especially the kitchen was rather dated, but we knew we could make it our own though. We looked at a few other house and came back to it again, and felt more certain it was the one. I would look around a bit more.

speakeasy14 · August 2014

@swazzle The house we are getting has a horrendous kitchen too. The only appliance is a dishwasher, that we don't even know if it works. We got such a great deal on the house with the intention of it being a fixer-upper. If that's your plan I say go for it, but if you want something move in ready then definitely keep looking, you'll find something you love soon! You could always just jump a state over and we can be neighbors

LivLeighton good luck on the date! Hopefully this one is a good one, and not another worst date story!

southernpeach89 nipping puppies are the worst! We would always just give my dogs something that they could chew on to distract them, but I like the peanut butter idea!

LaPeanut1018 I love that tree necklace! And we have one of those beer openers for when we build a bar, I think it's a brilliant idea!

Nothing exciting going on here, just anxiously waiting for close on the house so the "making it pretty" phase can start. Find out results for MRI tomorrow, fingers crossed I'm told I can start driving, because relying on other people for rides is the worst! Oh and sister's wedding is next weekend (two weeks) so really hoping I can walk without crutches for it.

phira · August 2014

@livleighton @lmcooper86 My last boyfriend before J, I had REALLY not been in the mood to go out on a date that night, and almost canceled. Obviously, that relationship didn't last, but it was a good first date.

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