FEATURED: Your daily gripe

Breastfeeding! I weaned Arden about a year ago and now that she sees me breastfeeding the new baby, she wants to breastfeed too! My goodness, this kid has been throwing FITS because we tell her no and then try to make her something else or distract her from it. It's not easy considering a newborn breastfeeds so many times a day and Arden won't give up about it. I have no clue about what to do and my MIL is telling me I should just pump and exclusively bottle feed but that's not what I want to do! Grrrr. It doesn't help that hubby just agrees with everything his mom says for the most part -.-

I've been getting more migraines than normal lately (I blame pregnancy horomones) and they have been knocking me on my butt. I actually broke down and called my mother to come watch my 3 kids for an hr so I lay down to try to get rid of one. My hubs has not really said anything or done much to help, fine whatever. Then yesterday he came home from work at 10 am because his teeth were bothering him. He went down for a nap and didnt surface again until 3ish. I'm mad because I'm still expected to keep the house up and take care of the kids with these terrible migraines but his teeth hurts and he can come home and take a nap? Argh!

So yesterday, Liam, my 2 yo, fell down and was crying, a bit more than normal (it was after 3pm).  I thought that he was super crabby because it was nap time, but you know your cries as a mom, and this didn't seem like a cry that I was familiar with.  This was a very painful cry, and I looked him over, and nothing.  I brought him to my neighbors, and they looked him over and thought that whatever is wrong with him, is not visible.  His right arm clung close to his chest, and he only moved his left arm.  I knew something was very wrong, since he's a righty.  My hubby came home, and I'm telling him I think there is absolutely something wrong with him.  Liam took a 45 min with Bryan when he came home, maybe all the crying wore him out, maybe the pain did the same.  Anyway, when he woke up he started to cry again.  I insisted at 5 that we take him to the pediatrician, but they were closed.  My general doctor was unavailable so Bryan took him to Night Lite Pediatricians at about 530ish or so.  Bee wasn't keen on taking him to the docs, thinking there was nothing that serious about what had happened.  Well, after getting an xray, turns out Liam had a dislocated elbow!  It was popped back into place, and he came home just fine.  As a mom, I find that I always trust my instinctsabout a child's cry.  Had I listened to my hubby, Liam would still be crying in terrible pain.  Always go with your insincts!

Oh no I hope your okay! I understand your pain after things like that you just want to sleep Or lay in bed watching a movie or reading a book.

I fell down the steps today and I hurt... it was so stupid but ugh I just want to go to bed

And that is EXACTLY why I'll never have one of those.  I call Vietnam Veterans Admin to pick up stuff (my Dad was a Vet so I don't mind donating to them, and if I need a little extra cash when I clean out the closets (for myself and my children's clothes), I use Thredup.com.  Here is the link and info:

http://www.thredup.com/bags/info

So we had a garage sale the last two days (friday and saturday). First off the set up was rough. Wednesday was the closest my bf and I have ever come to having a fight. (its been almost 11 months and we haven't fought yet) 

But then the days of what's with the haggling. I realize that these items are used but they're also priced at like a 5th of what they would cost brand new. No I will not take $10 for a $100 gumball machine. The key alone cost $5 to make. The ladder was $350 brand new. (yes they are streamlined now) but its in great condition and we're only asking $75 NO I WILL NOT TAKE 20. 

Do you really need me to change $4 to $3? NO YOU DO NOT... It's a fuckin dollar. I can tell by the $50,000 car you drove up in that you have an extra dollar. 

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR..... I know we need to have another sale and I don't mind most of it but jesus christ just take the price as is. 

I was so angry at her! I told her to leave early because if she wasn't going to respect what goes on in my house, she doesn't deserve to be here.

OMG... how did you control yourself around your MIL?  I would be giving her the spanking!

Today, I put Arden in time out because she was having a tantrum and my MIL blantly disrespected that and took her out! My MIL is at my house so I can rest before the baby comes and she KNOWS Arden's time out spot (it's a red mat that she never sits on unless she's in trouble) and I just don't understand why she would take her off. I understand, she's your grandchild BUT it's my kid. Don't undermine my discipline! She did this multiple times today and it lead into me eventually giving Arden a spanking because she refused to go to time out like usual!

oh my goodness....  I hope he does not need surgery and he is all healed up soon

Dang. Yeah Uncles that aren't parents don't get it. That's how my godson broke his arm. He was playing with uncle Mac and bouncing on the beds in a hotel room. I hope William is ok and doesn't need surgery but if he does I know it sounds cliche but remember its harder on you than it is on them. 

Today we went to the in laws for a little cookout and my BIL Blake was outside playing with the boys while Ryan was helping his mom with something and I was inside feeding Eleanor and I was about to give her her treatment when I heard William scream. I have never heard him cry and scream so loud in my life. Turns out Blake was pushing William on the swing while Alex played in the sand box and Blake was pushing William too high I guess and he got scared and let go. He ended up breaking his wrist which might need surgery and he had to get stitches in his chin. I know Blake didn't mean for William to get hurt he loves our kids and our kids love him, but sometimes I think he forgets how young they are.  

today I feel like Cartman from southpark. I just want to throw up my hands and say "screw you guys, i'm goin' home!"  home being to my room.

Alley got certain privileges taken for 1. taking Gigi out of the apartment complex and lying about where they were going and 2. telling a neighbor she would babysit after hubby said no.  I tried to be nice and at least let her out in the front yard to get some exercise, but I told her no going to friends houses. what does she do?go into a friends house. when I went to get her she looked at me like I was crazy "but I was helping them move!" um you're 12, you don't get to decide what rules to follow. this is exactly why you're grounded in the 1st place.

Gigi is being really sensitive b/c hubby has been working a lot lately and she always get so cranky when she doesn't get to see him much.

add to that my sister's divorce. ugh.  I feel terrible for her I really do, but she's basically content to sit back and let her soon to be ex husband totally screw her over, then she'll want to cry to us about it. I wouldn't care, but she's got kids! and she's trying to use this in  to change the balance in a long standing family disagreement, lying about things my mother has supposedly said.

So we bought this crossover a week ago. Its a Journey. When we test drove it I specifically asked if the air conditioning works. I'm pregnant and don't want to be without AC this summer. He said yes but when we got the car I was playing around and found out the ac only works on the drivers side! Plus they didn't fill the gas tank, it had less than an 1/8 of a tank. AND the drivers seat is power but wont adjust forward/backward. SO annoying! I wouldn't be so irritated if they had told us this upfront. So hubs took it back today to get it fixed which leaves me without a car all day. Guess who has the biggest craving for a slurpee with ice cream in it? This girl! My mother said she would bring me some today but she still hasn't shown up. Blah all kind of lame things to be upset about but I've been pukey for days and I'm tired. Hope everyone else is having a good day though.

Gah! Landlords!

We are moving this week. Our lease was supposed to be ready June first but the new landlord sent it to the wrong place so we actually sign it tomorrow provided it is fixed.  The crazy lady had in there that we are responsible for all repairs to the premises and for all repairs and replacements to her appliances should they break to include the air conditioning and the heating. Her appliances are OLD. Like we are really going to agree to replace her heating and cooling when they die. If we are at fault for something needing repair, fine, but we are not paying general maintenace and repairs to things we do not own.

It is also in the lease that we are not allowed to hang anything in the house. There are no window coverings anywhere in the house and we are supposed to agree not to hang anything? I think she sent the lease to us late on purpose to make us panic into signing something that was not in our interest but we gave ourselves a month overlap with our current lease.

Our current landlord sold this house and after months of showings, we now have the people buying the house coming in regularly for who knows what reasons.  Just to look at it more? I dunno. It is getting annoying.

This landlord is crazy as well. We have our own washer, dryer, refrigerator and microwave that are much much nicer than the ones he left. We stored his in the back of the laundry room and in the garage. So crazy man sends us a text asking us which appliances we are planning on leaving. Wtf.  My husband replied. "Yours." and the landlord was all, "Which ones are they"? Like he does not know which are his? We have only been here a year. He lived here for 12, we are the first renters. Anyway, we told him we have the documents from the movers showing the serial numbers of our things from when we moved in, in case he gets confused.

Is everyone corrupt? I really wish we had went ahead with buying. We felt too rushed and really couldn't find a house we really loved so we decided to rent until we do find our home but I am so, so tired of dealing with landlords.

There is a pidgeon roosting above our back door. The door we use all the time. It has only been two days and there is a pile of poop already forming. Grrrrrrr. I just wanna kill it. 

I just want one freaking hour by myself, without having to cater to other people.  It would be nice to be able to have an adult conversation but I would just settle for some quiet and not having to clean up after others

No MIL stuff today, but this is school related.  More like rude school moms related.  Liliana gets out of school at 1:30, and a car line starts to form anywhere between 12:30 and 1pm.  Sometimes I get there at 12:30 because my son hasn't napped and he sleeps in the car for the 45min to the 1 hr that I'm there (thank goodness for magazines, books and iPhones!).  There is usually a woman who is there before me, and we don't speak because I don't know her, but we recognize each other.  Ok, now jump to 2 days ago.

I drive an SUV and she drives something compact.  She is driving behind me (I didnt know it was her, BTW) and as I am pulling up, I have to pull up a little to make the turn to get into the line.  She seizes the opportunity to turn her car around as I am turning mine to cut me off in line!!!  I am livid!  She totally cut me off!  Why???  She recognizes my car (at least I think she does), and even if she didn't, why would you do that?  The worst part is, is that this is an Episcopal school, and the same people who pull sh*t like this are the same ones who claim they are Christian-like!  Argh, that totally bugs me!  I just wanted to get out of the car and give her a piece of my mind!  So annoyed.  Thanks for letting me rant.  Sigh...