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  1. fussymonkey

    Just read what my credit card company is going to do to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

    No offenses ShellyLynn, but Sk!mom's chuck wagon sounds way more entertaining than yours. Hers comes with a dulcimer and duling banjos. I'd trade your boring one in for one of her entertaining ones. OMG , I can just picture a literal chuck wagon and how it would be welcomed up here in hip hop...
  2. fussymonkey

    Goodings?

    :idea: Hi OP, I have an idea that might be helpful to you: Check a bicycle in your luggage. Sure it might get tossed around a bunch and you'd have to pay the baggage charge, but think of the savings! Your DH could ride it, you or one of the kids on the handle bars, a couple of bags of...
  3. fussymonkey

    Just read what my credit card company is going to do to me!!!!!!!!!!!!

    OP- you mentioned that your husband owns a chuckwagon? What on earth is a chuckwagon? I assume we're not talking about the thing a cowboy bellies up to at the end of the day for grub before snuggling by the campfire with his can't-quit-you boyfriend?
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    doula vs. midwife

    Hi Javamom, I haven't worked with either (I WISH!) but I thought that doulas and midwives had different purposes. I believe, at least in my state, the midwife replaces the doctor, and actually monitors yours and baby's health during the pregnany and delivery. Doulas, around here, do birth...
  5. fussymonkey

    I don't have the heart for parenting!

    Yes, I am really hard nose, as evidenced by the smilie faces. Bullies make regular use of smilies, you know. Its the low -down smilie-using, healthy boundaries-touting sons of you-know-whats like me that teach kids how to steal candy from a baby. :rotfl:
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    Suggestions for baby shower gifts? (2nd baby)

    I think this depends on the customs of your area. I have never yet received a shower invitation that didn't include a registry card. For all that its supposedly 'tacky' its dang convienant to know what a person could use, what they need, would enjoy having. I don't feel obligated to stick to the...
  7. fussymonkey

    I don't have the heart for parenting!

    Eh, grow a pair. :laughing: Not everyone is going to want to play with them; good life lesson learned for the kids. ;-) Your kids will take thier queues from you. Do you want them to just shrug off these little things and go on with life, with healthy boundries and self esteem, or do you want...
  8. fussymonkey

    Thank you for telling me about Dole Whips!

    You can get them at the Dairy Barn down the road from us. They aren't Disney-specific. I tried one at the Dairy Barn after all the commentary here about them, they are not nearly as orgasmic as the Dis would lead you to believe :confused3
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    How to budget a wedding...

    One of my cousins had a gorgeous wedding with 80 guests 2 years ago in DC and spent around 4K I think. She put want ads on Craig's List, like "wanted: wedding florist. Color scheme is blue and brown, need 3 flower girls, 1 bridemaid, 1 bride's bouquet, 5 boutineers, 2 corsages. Budget: 500" etc...
  10. fussymonkey

    "Working your way through college"

    My DH did it, he graduated in '98 though, so a long time ago. He was a supervisor at a video store, lived at home and attended college, graduated in 4 years with no debt, and he paid every penny of his tuition. I have a freind, too, who did it more recently, but it took him like 8 years. He...
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    Need advice-sis thinking of eloping to get financial aid!!

    Not so much. Why shame on her parents for having other uses for thier money? For all we know there may be debt the OP doesn't know about, retirement to save for, etc. Many people's 401Ks have taken major hits lately and people in thier late 40s/early 50s are really amping up thier savings to...
  12. fussymonkey

    Confidence as Parents

    You are on to something here... it becomes most evident when you are pregnant and you start getting accosted by parents of differing theories (breast/bottle, cloth/disposable, spankers/non-spankers, SAHM/working mom) who say things like "babies were made to be breastfed" or "I didn't want...
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    How to tell the kids "we're going to Disney!"

    Omg I feel like such a bad parent, here's what I did: "Guess what FussyPrincess, we're going to Disney". That was it.
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    WWYD? cut trip short to attend wedding?

    I'm very close to my family, too, and was pleased that almost all of my cousins were at our wedding. One of my cousins missed my wedding reception becuase she had Elton John tickets. When she apologized for not being able to be there, I was like "Heck, I'D miss my reception for Elton!". Your...
  15. fussymonkey

    Housekeeping stepped on my laptop

    :rotfl: In this case placed and left are the same thing. Either way the essentials are the same: don't leave your stuff in a place where it can be damaged and get upset when someone accidentally damages it. There's no scenario I can think of where half under a hotel room bed is a safe place...
  16. fussymonkey

    New baby on rides?

    We took our DD at 4 months and were able to do lots of stuff, anything that didn't have a height requirement: Pirates, ISW, HM, etc. Traveling with an infant was really easy compared to travelling with a toddler so enjoy it now ;)
  17. fussymonkey

    Why no toll-free phone#'s?

    I don't know if this is Disney's rationale, but our company has direct dial numbers becuase international callers often have difficulty calling toll free numbers. There are whole areas of certian countries that simply can't call a toll free number in the US. :confused3
  18. fussymonkey

    Housekeeping stepped on my laptop

    Hi OP, Ok, so here's the thing: yesterday my four year old left her favorite Barbie on the floor. Her dad tromped through the house with his work boots on and arms full of stuff, didn't see it, stepped on it and its head popped off. She cried "Daddy broke Barbie" and we just told her that when...
  19. fussymonkey

    Nice way to say ENOUGH?

    To say nothing while the OP's family is buying gifts that indicates she WON'T be able to fit the gifts, and then to just foist it on them when packing is both passive-agressive and an easy way to assure herself that her family will have sour memories of the trip, not to mention hostility toward...
  20. fussymonkey

    oh great... that's MY car

    A child wouldn't even be the worst of my worries- they're quick (or so young they should be holding a parent's hand in a parking lot). My concern would be the 84 year old grandma that takes a half hour to walk from her call to the Walmart doors, know what I mean? A lady with a walker, or a...
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