Another Unofficial Chatterbox Thread- Everyone is Welcome!

[sameyeyam]

We have been talking about that.. A machinist is a machinist... You know? If all else fails, he can go to school and I can go back to work.

Well now, that would be interesting.

Mr. Mom by Lonestar.

Lost my job, came home mad
Got a hug and kiss and that's too bad
She said I can go to work until you find another job
I thought I like the sound of that
Watch TV and take long naps
Go from a hard working dad to being Mr. Mom

Well
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the fifteenth time
Breakfast, six naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr. Mom

Football, soccer and ballet
Squeeze in Scouts and PTA
And there's that shopping list she left
That's seven pages long
How much smoke can one stove make
The kids won't eat my charcoal cake
It's more than any maid can take
Being Mr. Mom

Well
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the sixteenth time
Breakfast, six naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr.Mom

Before I fall in bed tonight
If the dog didn't eat the classifieds
I'm gonna look just one more time

'Cause
Pampers melt in a Maytag dryer
Crayons go up one drawer higher
Rewind Barney for the eighteenth time
Breakfast, six naps at nine
There's bubble gum in the baby's hair
Sweet potatoes in my lazy chair
Been crazy all day long
Oh been crazy all day long and it's only Monday
Mr.Mom

Balancin' checkbooks, juggling bills
Thought there was nothing to it
Baby, now I know how you feel
What I don't know is how you do it

 

[funnygarcia]

We have been talking about that.. A machinist is a machinist... You know? If all else fails, he can go to school and I can go back to work.

Good!

Unemployed get 50% off tuition. .. or they do here anyway, I think it's a federal program??


I tend not to worry about the what ifs...

Not like I can control whatever happens, just deal with what you get.. one baby step at a time. We've been at the bottom, we can do it again -- wouod rather NOT but really it's not the end of the world to be poor. It sucks big time, thankfully we live in a country that won't let kids starve and try hard to keep people in a home. Plus rely on family to push on thru if necessary. We've always wanted a big place to share hosuing with E's family. We offer it as an option, so far his mom has wanted to try it on her own. But she is willing if it doesn't work out there for her.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=45976&pid=618979&scid=618979002

 

[staley7580]

Yeah... No. He couldnt do what I do! A french fry is NOT a vegetable!!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Peter Pan's Pixies?
Blue Ribbon Tarts?
Coke Corner Cuties?
Minnie's BFFs?

I like Coke Corner Cuties. That's cute

 

[funnygarcia]

Speaking of alternative energy...I seen something really cool from the airplane last week. I saw a GIGANTIC windmill farm. Not really sure where it was, but somewhere between Orlando and Seattle (obviously), not to far before the Rocky Mountains. We were travelling at 36,000 feet and you could see the blades turning. Just made me wonder if it's going to start changing the landscape of the US from planes. There were hundreds of them.

They are shipping tons of them (windmills) in from other countries. Right now they are bringing many of them into the Port of Longview, since the timber companies have plenty of room for storage. The pieces of absolutely HUGE, one partial piece of fan blade is on a giant oversized truck. I see them every morning as they are being trucked down I-5 to all over the US.

We drove by a few windmill farms on our way back to MN (Iowa?). Strangely soothing to watch them in synchronized movement.

They have a bunch in Plam Springs, some people hate them because yes it does change the landscape.

They are an engineering marvel.

 

[sameyeyam]

Wow, GAP sells strollers now? http://www.gap.com/browse/division.do?cid=43184

Are those people crazy?? $249 for a stroller?? Seriously, it's to lug around a tiny person that pukes and poops all day long. Of course I bought a nice stroller for our first baby...then I got smart and spent $9 on a folding umbrella stroller for the next one. The $9 stroller worked way better than the $100 stroller ever did. Our expensive (at the time) stroller had every feature that you could imagine...except it was the hardest steering thing you had ever seen. Oh well, live and learn!

 

[staley7580]

Good!

Unemployed get 50% off tuition. .. or they do here anyway, I think it's a federal program??


I tend not to worry about the what ifs...

Not like I can control whatever happens, just deal with what you get.. one baby step at a time. We've been at the bottom, we can do it again -- wouod rather NOT but really it's not the end of the world to be poor. It sucks big time, thankfully we live in a country that won't let kids starve and try hard to keep people in a home. Plus rely on family to push on thru if necessary. We've always wanted a big place to share hosuing with E's family. We offer it as an option, so far his mom has wanted to try it on her own. But she is willing if it doesn't work out there for her.

I know it.. I was going over what programs we would qualify for and such, and I was about in tears.. I WAS a single mom on welfare. Im NOT that person anymore. We have worked really hard to get away from that.. Its just crushing to know we might be there again.

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=45976&pid=618979&scid=618979002

I saw those at babies r us, and we were rolling!!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Are those people crazy?? $249 for a stroller?? Seriously, it's to lug around a tiny person that pukes and poops all day long. Of course I bought a nice stroller for our first baby...then I got smart and spent $9 on a folding umbrella stroller for the next one. The $9 stroller worked way better than the $100 stroller ever did. Our expensive (at the time) stroller had every feature that you could imagine...except it was the hardest steering thing you had ever seen. Oh well, live and learn!

Crazy! I would rather buy one from Costco or somewhere else. I was buying pants and then an ad popped up saying that they have new baby products.

 

[funnygarcia]

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=45976&pid=618979&scid=618979002

yeah, heard of it but seriously one more freakin thing to wash? Pass!

See it's like this.. you get the clueless dad to change all the diapers, you will be pee free

 

[staley7580]

Are those people crazy?? $249 for a stroller?? Seriously, it's to lug around a tiny person that pukes and poops all day long. Of course I bought a nice stroller for our first baby...then I got smart and spent $9 on a folding umbrella stroller for the next one. The $9 stroller worked way better than the $100 stroller ever did. Our expensive (at the time) stroller had every feature that you could imagine...except it was the hardest steering thing you had ever seen. Oh well, live and learn!

Mclarens are a LOT nicer then the cheap strollers though! I hate the cheapy ones... they are always to short! Ugh. Its a pain in the butt to find a stroller that doesnt break our backs. The one we have for the twins is a massive beast of a stroller!! But DANG is it high! The handle bars are higher then Mikalahs head!

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Mclarens are a LOT nicer then the cheap strollers though! I hate the cheapy ones... they are always to short! Ugh. Its a pain in the butt to find a stroller that doesnt break our backs. The one we have for the twins is a massive beast of a stroller!! But DANG is it high! The handle bars are higher then Mikalahs head!

 

[staley7580]

yeah, heard of it but seriously one more freakin thing to wash? Pass!

See it's like this.. you get the clueless dad to change all the diapers, you will be pee free

Frelan wasnt around for Alex's newborn diapers.. but with Mikalah, he always got peed on! He was lucky she didnt have the distance a boy does. its mostly just a puddle.. On my moms couch.

 

[funnygarcia]

Are those people crazy?? $249 for a stroller?? Seriously, it's to lug around a tiny person that pukes and poops all day long.

hmm I could get it at Target for cheaper (when it's on clearance of course

Oh well, live and learn!

And then get LUVS!

 

[sameyeyam]

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=45976&pid=618979&scid=618979002

Apparently designed for people that are too stupid to just throw an extra diaper over his privates!

Good!

Unemployed get 50% off tuition. .. or they do here anyway, I think it's a federal program??


I tend not to worry about the what ifs...

Not like I can control whatever happens, just deal with what you get.. one baby step at a time. We've been at the bottom, we can do it again -- wouod rather NOT but really it's not the end of the world to be poor. It sucks big time, thankfully we live in a country that won't let kids starve and try hard to keep people in a home. Plus rely on family to push on thru if necessary. We've always wanted a big place to share hosuing with E's family. We offer it as an option, so far his mom has wanted to try it on her own. But she is willing if it doesn't work out there for her.

WA state has a lot of retraining programs for unemployed. DH didn't have to pay anything for his schooling. They paid tuition, books and any fees. Even paid for him to get new boots and work clothes and his fees for testing and getting his commercial driver's license.

 

[Alex2kMommy]

http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=45976&pid=618979&scid=618979002

Oh my, now I've seen everything!

OK, here's my super-secret diaper-changing trick (don't tell anyone!):

1. Get everything ready; open up your new diaper, pull a wipe or two free, open up the cap to the butt-cream, etc.

2. Pull the end tapes off the used diaper and lift up the top so a whiff of cold air hits the li'l wizard.

3. Slap that wet diaper back down on top of the wizard and let the little runt pee in it... again.

4. THEN lift the baby's feet, pulling his behind up. Slip the wet diaper out and slide the fresh diaper in. Wipe everything down fast! Tape the diaper up nice and snug, making sure the li'l wizard is pointed DOWN. (I cannot stress how important this last part is!)

 

[staley7580]

Oh my, now I've seen everything!

OK, here's my super-secret diaper-changing trick (don't tell anyone!):

1. Get everything ready; open up your new diaper, pull a wipe or two free, open up the cap to the butt-cream, etc.

2. Pull the end tapes off the used diaper and lift up the top so a whiff of cold air hits the li'l wizard.

3. Slap that wet diaper back down on top of the wizard and let the little runt pee in it... again.

4. THEN lift the baby's feet, pulling his behind up. Slip the wet diaper out and slide the fresh diaper in. Wipe everything down fast! Tape the diaper up nice and snug, making sure the li'l wizard is pointed DOWN. (I cannot stress how important this last part is!)

Indeed... the business must be down! I had better clue Frelan onto that one. I see him having issues with that.

 

[funnygarcia]

Tape the diaper up nice and snug, making sure the li'l wizard is pointed DOWN. (I cannot stress how important this last part is!)

ahh the joys of being a "boy mom"




Wet Tshirts are NOT good on lil boys.

 

[sameyeyam]

Crazy! I would rather buy one from Costco or somewhere else. I was buying pants and then an ad popped up saying that they have new baby products.

It's a sign Pix.

Mclarens are a LOT nicer then the cheap strollers though! I hate the cheapy ones... they are always to short! Ugh. Its a pain in the butt to find a stroller that doesnt break our backs. The one we have for the twins is a massive beast of a stroller!! But DANG is it high! The handle bars are higher then Mikalahs head!

Perhaps that's why I liked the cheapy ones...just my height!

Oh my, now I've seen everything!

OK, here's my super-secret diaper-changing trick (don't tell anyone!):

1. Get everything ready; open up your new diaper, pull a wipe or two free, open up the cap to the butt-cream, etc.

2. Pull the end tapes off the used diaper and lift up the top so a whiff of cold air hits the li'l wizard.

3. Slap that wet diaper back down on top of the wizard and let the little runt pee in it... again.

4. THEN lift the baby's feet, pulling his behind up. Slip the wet diaper out and slide the fresh diaper in. Wipe everything down fast! Tape the diaper up nice and snug, making sure the li'l wizard is pointed DOWN. (I cannot stress how important this last part is!)

Wow, are your boys ever going to be confused when they go to see the Harry Potter movies.

 

[eatmypixiedust]

Oh my, now I've seen everything!

OK, here's my super-secret diaper-changing trick (don't tell anyone!):

1. Get everything ready; open up your new diaper, pull a wipe or two free, open up the cap to the butt-cream, etc.

2. Pull the end tapes off the used diaper and lift up the top so a whiff of cold air hits the li'l wizard.

3. Slap that wet diaper back down on top of the wizard and let the little runt pee in it... again.

4. THEN lift the baby's feet, pulling his behind up. Slip the wet diaper out and slide the fresh diaper in. Wipe everything down fast! Tape the diaper up nice and snug, making sure the li'l wizard is pointed DOWN. (I cannot stress how important this last part is!)