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[Deleted User] · February 2016

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Where is everyone?!

labro · February 2016

I'm here! Just doing this!

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[Deleted User] · February 2016

I'm here just doing this:

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labro · February 2016

I guess I have a few minutes. I'm WFH today which means I can do some quick vacuuming, sweeping, and laundry. I'm having Costco and Home Depot come by the house today to measure our floors and give us some quotes. I think we'll end up just hiring someone to re-carpet the bedrooms and we'll do wood floors ourselves but I'm having them put together the whole shebang so I can see a good apples to apples comparison.

Tonight I'm making schnitzel for dinner and serving with mushroom gravy, spatzle, and asparagus! NOMS!!!!! Soooooooooo not healthy but I don't even care because it'll be delicious!

minskat30 · February 2016

I'm here, just...

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[Deleted User] · February 2016

Ugh I seriously need to do some cleaning around our house....the Maddux tumbleweeds are starting to accumulate and so is our laundry!

I finally got to go to CrossFit last night though and it felt great! I may go again tonight.

I'll be administering a Coffee IV for the rest of the day....I'm so exhausted. I cannot stay up to 10:00 anymore lol. DANG BACHELOR!

minskat30 · February 2016

@southernpeach89 - Yeah, I don't know what is wrong with me. I stay up not until 11 most nights even though I know I'm going to be tired the next morning. Makes no sense.

labro · February 2016

@minskat30 I need that sleepy puppy in my life!!! Cinders is NOT sleepy! She just wants to play all day long!

jenjen047 · February 2016

@southernpeach89 - WTG on Crossfit. I did not work out last night....instead I got my nails done. Priorities.

@labro - So jealous of you WFH.

@twodimes - Welcome back! Your pictures looked amazing but I want a full AW!

Last night was boring. I didn't even watch The Bachelor but I overheard people at work talking so I know who goes home. Gr. I'll watch with H tonight.

I'm ready to go home.

[Deleted User] · February 2016

Welcome back, @TwoDimes!!!

I went to bed early last night (like 8:30) but I'm still exhausted!! No throwing up so far today, so that's super exciting!

I need to wash the sheets tonight and vacuum the house. Might have to enlist H to do some vacuuming.

Yesterday I was so productive after work. I drove over to a smoothie place and got a peach protein smoothie, then stopped by Target to pick up a couple things we needed. Went home, and instead of napping until H got home, I picked up the house (it was very cluttered and the kitchen was a mess because H did his weekly cooking on Sunday evening). I also did a little bit of laundry, then made myself a quick balsamic pasta salad to snack on. After dinner, I didn't do much though. I read a little bit, took a bath with epsom salts and essential oils, read a little more, then went to bed. My life is so exciting and glamorous.

[Deleted User] · February 2016

It's raining for the first time in quite a while today. I wish I was at home in my jammies!! Rain is so much better when you can just lay around and listen to it.

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minskat30 · February 2016

I'll post my day in gifs because I can.

I know I've said this before but I'm seriously thinking of throwing out my scale. I'm up 2lb this week. I have no idea what the hell Ani is doing in there but I'm not eating all that differently (well, other than the bag of large jelly beans I demolished recently) so whatever. I was measuring ahead at my last doctor appointment (not sure how accurate the belly measurements are though).

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Pretty sure I'm going to be over the 30-35lb weight gain recommended at the end of this by 10-15lb. Thankfully my mindset has changed about it though. I literally looked at the scale today like this...

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Have a full day at work today full of crappy deals and people yelling about things.

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Then spin class after work...

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Then probably staying up reading about (i.e., scaring myself with) birth stories on the internet I shouldn't read.

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500days · February 2016

@twodimes you definitely need to AW pics from Mexico! I loveee Cozumel.

Hi everyone! I feel like I haven't been here in forever. Not a lot going on for me besides being busy at work. I have a couple meetings this week so I prob won't be here tomorrow or Thursday

Hoping that we can eat out tonight...I just don't feel like cooking at all. I stopped blue apron a couple of weeks ago because it was taking forever for me to prep the meals, so we've been eating a lot of Trader Joe's meals. Nothing wrong with it, but I just feel like I am in a cooking funk. Hoping I can come back in a bit to read up on everyone's day.

[Deleted User] · February 2016

@minskat30 - I quit weighing myself. You should, too, at least for a little while.

And I read way to many placenta previa stories yesterday, so I'm in the same boat.

minskat30 · February 2016

Oh and how could I forget groomed Rajah pictures?!? They had to take a LOT of fur off...poor guy was pretty matted in spots. We couldn't groom him without getting him aggravated and thus causing his leg to have more issues/pain for a while. He looks like a puppy again, guys. Hilariously he forgot where the groomer was and was all excited to go into a "new" building until he saw the groomer. He crouched down to make himself as small as possible and tried to sneak out the back. Ha! He's feeling much better now I'm sure and he got a giant cookie for being such a good boy.

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[Deleted User] · February 2016

@minskat30 You're beautiful! As long as your blood pressure remains at a healthy level you're doing great! Plus....you have to think about all that fluid in there....it's a lot.

jenjen047 · February 2016

@500days - I thought BA meals were unnecessarily complicated. I find HF to be much simpler. H and I are trying a new pattern where we roast a chicken on Sunday and have that for our Sunday dinner, and then we have leftover chicken to do something creative with on Monday. We have HF Tuesday - Thursday and then Friday and Saturday we wing it depending on our plans. I'm sure this will feel like a rut after awhile, but it's working for now.

Swazzle · February 2016

Good morning and happy not-Monday.

I went to Trader Joe's last night and spent too much money and I don't even feel bad about it. I fucking love that place. PS Cookie butter ice cream is no joke.

I made a HC meal (Maple-Miso Glazed Salmon!) for dinner and watched Shameless with H and then Downton Abbey and I'm SO SAD there's only 1 episode left ever. I'm going to cry so much more than usual.

I have a hockey game tonight and I don't really feel like going but I have no choice. I just want to go home and get in my jams and on the couch and watch the Bachelor from last night. IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK.

500days · February 2016

@jenjen047 Yes and I am mad that we cant get home chef meals! I get jealous reading about them here.

@swazzle I go to TJ's like twice a week. I am obsessed.

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@minskat30 - Rajah looks so handsome!!!

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[Deleted User] · February 2016

@swazzle OMG cookie butter ice cream sounds heavenly! I want it!!!

jenna8984 · February 2016

Accidentally hit quote, ignore that box. I'm also busy, busy at work today.

@southernpeach89 @minskat30 I don't know how you can stay up that late! I DVR everything and go to bed at 9 on the dot. Then I watch my shows the next night at like 6pm while making dinner.

@twodimes missed you, hope the trip was amazing!

So daycare hunting is very similar to house hunting- you don't know how great one is until you go sprinting from the next. LOL. Although, now we have 2 really great ones to choose from and we are torn! Option 1- I'm leaning towards- closer to home/convenient location, bigger space for the kids/ separate rooms, really liked the owner. Option 2 H is leaning towards- about 18 minutes out of the way, space for kids was smaller, but the 2 owners were AMAZING. Same price.

labro · February 2016

@minskat30 I'm proud of you for saying "I don't care" to the scale.

There's A LOT going on in your body right now and as long as your BP is good you just need to not focus on your weight so much. Continue doing what you're doing lady! I promise the weight will start to fall off when you're holding your little girl in your arms because of all the good practices you had while you were pregnant (exercising and eating right).

@Swazzle I vote skip the hockey game. How come you don't have a choice? I know you have season tickets....is this game against a major rival?

minskat30 · February 2016

@swazzle - Cookie butter ice cream?!? Yummm.

@southernpeach89 @labro - Thank you.

Thankfully my blood pressure is rock solid. It actually lowered a bit during pregnancy of all things.

@cocobellaf - Ha! Any ache or pain and I'm on Dr. Google like white on rice. H told me to step away from the computer with the birth story reading. Its like a scab you have to pick at though, right?

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jenjen047 · February 2016

@500days - Can you get Hello Fresh? That's what I get, not Home Chef (or whatever HC is). I think I have some free Hello Fresh boxes I can send you if you PM me your email address!

@minskat30 - I'm no expert but it sounds like you are staying active and not going crazy out of control eating buttered pop tarts like Jessica Simpson did, so I imagine even if your weight gain is a little over the recommendation, it's not a problem. Don't beat yourself up too much, you're growing a human after all!! Also Raj is adorable! How often do you typically get him groomed?

@jenna8984 - Good luck choosing a daycare! I have no input other than that haha

Swazzle · February 2016

@labro - Yea, it's against the Rangers and I usually feel guilty skipping games since we paid for them.

@minskat30 - It is DIVINE!

500days · February 2016

@swazzle You need to try the cookie butter cheesecake too. I have a list of like 50 things I only buy at TJ's lol

@jenjen047 I will definitely try a free delivery of hello fresh! I've been thinking of trying them but was waiting for a good groupon. But, free is even better!

minskat30 · February 2016

@jenjen047 - He went a long time without a grooming since he started favoring his one leg and then again post-surgery during recovery (6-7 months total?) but we get him officially groomed maybe once every other month under normal circumstances (and in the summer I take a rake to his coat to get out the undercoat at least once every week). His coat is pretty self cleaning (of course that means whatever he tracks into the house goes off his coat and onto the floor...ha!). For me, I think the weight gain isn't helped by the fact that I lost before getting pregnant which, sadly, makes it easier to gain during pregnancy. Meh. I lost it before, I lose it again I guess.

minskat30 · February 2016

@TwoDimes - Ani is her nickname.

Her name will be Anika or Aneka (Ah-knee-kah). I'm torn on spelling but leaning strongly towards Anika. Her middle name will be similar to mine "Karn" (which was a variation of my grandmother's first name "Karen")...and we are torn on the spelling there too. Leaning towards Karin. Sorry, that is way more information than you asked for....lol. That taxi ride is insane. Taxis in Milwaukee are similarly priced and its crazy. Also, your H IS amazing...he picked you up, fixed your car and bought you dinner?!? What a hunk!

Swazzle · February 2016

@500days - I saw that! I didn't buy it though. I figured the giant tub of ice cream would suffice until my next shopping trip

I also got the chicken tikka masala. Have you tried that? It was on a couple lists I saw of TJ's best products.

What else...... H got a couple different jars of salsa. I got the cilantro dressing and the champagne pear dressing. Jerky. Egg white salad with chives. Pomegranate white tea. White cheddar corn puffs.

That sucks about Home Chef. I wonder why they don't deliver to you? I've tried Home Chef, Blue Apron, Plated, and Hello Fresh and I like them from best to worst in the order I just named them.

labro · February 2016

@jenna8984 That's tough! How different are the programs between the two? Like does one start early with teaching a second language or do any other special education stuff that the other one doesn't do? Is there any difference in pick up or drop off policies or in safety procedures?

@TwoDimes I wish we were closer too because I know Cinders and Indy would be BFFs! They could play all day and tucker each other out!

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