Jessica

Oh crap. I take that back. I forgot I'm moving!!! I have a PO box, but I don't know if I'm going to keep it since it's a little further away from where I'm moving too. I'll sign up later in the month closer to the deadline/closing date just to make sure everything is still a go as far as the move!

Neat! I'll send a pm now.

Quote: Originally Posted by lissah OK now I'm confused....are we to pick one or the other, or do both? LOL ditto. i'm lost. maybe just deciding on one would be easier. i have used elfster before and liked it. i vote for that (but either way is good in the end!).

Quote: Originally Posted by Sarah Dear nursery babies, You know I really prefer to do labor when I'm at work, and generally hate postpartum. And, this hatred gets worse the more nights I work in a row. Well, wouldn't you know it? Last night (finishing up 60 hours of my 72 hour week) I got stuck with nursery. Why, oh why then, must you all scream all night long? I've been trying to convince myself that I could actually bear the thought of having children and that I am patient enough to tolerate it, but baby from room 121: you are enough to make me want to schedule an emergency radical hysterectomy to be sure I never procreate! Your mom (who has had you in the nursery 95% of the time since you were born) is in for a RUDE awakening when she takes you home! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Oh I can imagine. Screaming/crying children are the one thing that really just drives me up a wall. I can't stand it. I have such a low tolerance for it. I seriously start to feel like I'm going to go crazy even listening to that for a few seconds. I have this client who screams/cries as part of his behavior, as soon as he starts doing that, my blood pressure shoots up as well my heart rate. I honestly want to smash something. I have to to learn some behavioral exercises to control my reactions to crying/screaming.

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB But I bet you wouldn't change a thing to have beautiful Aiden in your life soon.. :-) Oh and I'm sure DH is loving the fact that you keep buying bigger bras.. Yeah, I love the kid despite all the weird things he's making my body do. And Brian totally loves the fact that my boobs are getting bigger and bigger everyday. Ugh, men!

Dear Aiden- I'm sorry I blame you for my horrendous gas, but it's true. I googled it. You are making me drop stink bombs that even make daddy cringe (and that's tough to do!). Dear Lady in the Supermarket Self-Checkout Line- What on earth would possess you to use this line to check out $300 worth of groceries when you are so clearly technologically challenged? I can only assume you are trying to get a five finger discount on something or like to torture people who actually know how to use this machine. Dear Boobs- Pick a size. I'm sick of buying bras. Dear Right Arm Pit- Why do you sweat excessively? Left arm pit doesn't sweat as much. Why must you be so rebellious?

Can't really see it, but it looks like a regular card board gift type box. I agree with the seaglass being heavy. However, you could also use plastic if you don't want to go through the trouble of reinforcing the box. Some heavier cardboard boxes may be able to sustain the weight of seaglass though. I assume there was a coat of glue applied to the box and it was rolled in sand, and the starfish were glued individually. It looks pretty easy to make, I'm sure with a trip to the craft store you could whip it up in a reasonable amount of time.

Wearing it for the holidays is a good idea. And I don't think you're being ungrateful at all. I personally hate yellow gold, so I totally understand where you are coming from! It's just a matter of personal taste.

Just from the story, it's hard to tell whether she got this gift passive aggressively (like she knew you wouldn't like it, but got it for you anyway) or genuinely thought it was nice. Let's give her the benefit of the doubt and say she got it for you thinking it is pretty and that you would like it. That being said, I've gotten many a gift from my mother -in-law where I'm just like "Ehhh, yuck!" Luckily she often gives me a gift receipt and doesn't care if I exchange it for something else. However, once in awhile, no gr, so I sort of just pretend I like it, especially if it's something I know she really thinks that I will just love. I would (if you want to go the nice route) perhaps wear it a few times in her presence and then just put it away in a jewelry box. Chances are she probably won't expect you to wear it every time right?! Or you can take the blunt route and say "I appreciate the gift but it's not my taste." Stuff like this, although I'm usually straight forward and honest, I just white-lie my way through it because it's easier!

PS. When you have a gift registry, does the person buying the gift see the full address of the reciever or just the name/city/state? I am thinking the latter from what I remember. If that's the case, maybe if you are worried about giving out your address, you can set up a gift wish list type thing and have that the way your gift is picked. I don't know if that's a bad idea, but I'd be willing to buy someone a gift that way. I think Amazon hides your address.... I'm sure others may too?

Quote: Originally Posted by host this may sound harsh but i think if someone does not send out their gift then they should be banned for a period of time or even permanently. I agree because I basically look at it as being similar to mail fraud... or stealing. I always fork over he extra 65cents to pay for tracking on that stuff just in case it does get lost in the xmas mail craziness, at least I can prove I sent something, and if needed, I would send something later. Or better yet, I order online, have them (the company) send it and keep track of it and replace the item if needed.

I don't know know what the rules, regulations or best thing is. But I think it's so awesome your dad is so motivated to do all this just to get to your wedding. Just shows how much he loves you and FI!!! I don't know how much weight is realistic, but it kinda sucks he would have to pay extra $$ if he needs two seats. Do you live near him? I was going to say, maybe you could work out with him to keep that motivation going if you do.

I'm all about SS. The address thing doesn't bother me so much because I have a PO Box... the only thing that makes me hesitant is that I've been involved with SS's before, sent my gift, but apparently I was a bad girl because santa didn't give me anything!! I have had good SS experiences though. But twice I was burned. That's the main sucky side for me.

Niiice! Congrats! I can't even win a couple of bucks when I play.

Ditto Maria. It's both odd and highly inappropritate that this other guy is calling you. And, I know she's your friend, but she's clearly being selfish in this situation. She wants to keep her marriage and have a guy on the side. If she loses "everything" in the divorce, I say she deserves it and may her lesson be learned.

Ditto what everyone else said. You just want to make sure the picture is the correct dpi and demensions or else it will look crappy when printed.

Aww, I'm not going to offer advice because I'm sort of in the same place (owed my by my ousin but she's not paying up). It sucks! I hope she pays up soon. But definitely don't do her hair again until she does so. It's just sad when the people you are closest to let you down like this.

Quote: Originally Posted by BrittneyD Unfortunetly our sex life is not that great. We try to have sex, but most the time it hurts too much, and we have to stop. The doctors say there is nothing wrong with me, but my body is telling me something different. I try to tough it out for FI, but he can't bear to see me hurt that bad. Hopefully we'll figure out, so we can enjoy ourselves more often. Did they check for cysts, tears in the ligaments, etc? I went through the same thing earlier in the year. For a few months out of nowhere it just HURT. I thought it might be a cyst, but got checked out and that wasn't it. In fact, like you, drs said my body was physically fine. I guess I could chalk it up to some mental thing, but I really don't think that was it. No matter what position we tried, it was just painful. Sorry if this is TMI, but I swear, it felt like he was going to go right through my body. It felt like his penis had gotten longer, or my vaginal canal had gotten smaller. It was really very strange. There also wasn't a problem with lubrication or anything. Anyway, we actually just took a complete break for awhile and when we started to TTC it was no longer painful. Anyway, sorry for the detailed info! But just wanted to let you know I've been there as well, although I still have no clue why!!

How cute!! I wish I could have joined you girls, but I'm in the midst of mayhem right now with work and school. All my spare time is spent with my head in research books. You all look so cute though! It's funny how a lot of you look different from your avatar/siggy pictures. Glad you had a nice time Heidi. You deserve it.

Sounds like fun times. I agree, step-sister should be the one changing her date. If she's the pain in the ass type, I can only assume she did this on purpose for some silly reason. Anyway, I say, if you guys want to get married in PR, do it. If people don't want to come or whatever, so what, their loss. You'll have an awesome time with the people who do come. I know it's hard to think this way, especially when it's possibly your own mother and brothers who may not come, but they're all grown-ups and should understand the concept of priorities. I also hate when people use money as the excuse. Ok, in some instances, it really is the issue, but I think more often than not people could swing the costs if they just actually saved the money and stopped spedning it on frivilous stuff. It is their choice how to spend their money, but they shouldn't lay a guilt trip on you if they are spending their money unwisely instead of saving for the wedding trip. Personally, ever since my own DW, I'm all about destination weddings. I am bummed none of my friends who are engaged are planning DW's because I'd totally be motivated to save up and attend. I love any opportunity I can get to travel!!

Do you guys get Clipper Magazine? We get it in the mail every month or so and it has a bunch of coupons for local businesses. Usually there are a ton of tanning salon ads and coupons in those that might help you out. I did a stand up tanning booth and bought a one month unlimited membership. However, I tan really fast, so it probably would have been cheaper for me to just buy a block of about 5 or so sessions because that was all I needed to get as dark as I wanted to. I only spent 10 minutes per session in the booth. So take that into account as well when picking out your plan... how fast you tan,

With paypal, if you set up a premeire account (i think that's what it's still called) where you can accept credit card payments, you get charged a fee. The fee is supposed to be like a credit card transaction fee, but it will get applied to all your transactions. If you set up a personal account, you don't have to pay fees on every transaction, but can only accept 5 credit card payments a year I believe, and that fee is higher than the business account fee. It's a pain, because when I sell on ebay, I get slammed with fees from both ebay and paypal. It sucks. You can view the difference between accounts here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/we...p-fees-outside

Heidi- I was out all day so didn't get a chance to read this until now. I'm so incredibly sorry I have had a miscarriage, so I know the feeling. I was upset, angry and most of all just thinking how f'ing unfair it is. I know there's nothing I can do or say to take the pain away, I really wish there was. My thoughts are with you and and Reggie. Take care of yourself.

once or twice a week is dh if lucky. he'd prefer we did it everyday, but honestly, between school, work and being pregnant, i'm waaay too exhausted. vacations though are always a turn on so anytime we go away from home we're like rabbits. when i'm not stressed and pregnant, it's about 3/4 times a week.

I don't know if I missed a post or something where you (Tammy) shared your pro pregnancy pics, but I love the siggy. It's so sweet. Except, why did you not include a picture with your pretty face?! The boobs are a nice compensation though I want to see more!