FEATURED: Your daily gripe

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...

I totally have one....

Yesterday was Mother's Day and I was looking forward to doing nothing ... well I did everything for MIL and my Mom, fine, we got home in the evening and I got an hour of uninterrrupted computer time.  But because it was *my* day I did not have to clean... well I spent 2 hours this morning catching up on what wasn't done yesterday

ARGHHHHH!!!!!! My sister is such a bag sometimes!!!!! We told my family we are having a baby in December and she rolled her eyes and said "seriously?". She was rude and condescending to me all day. We were all together for my grandparents 50th and I was trying not help and every time I asked if I could help this way or that she would roll her eyes and sigh then talk to me like she talks to my 3 year old. I'm 26, married with 3 kids and I wish she would treat me like an adult. So I snapped at her finally and she ignored me which made me even more mad. ARGH! OOOH! and she asked me if I was having twins! I said no and she told me I better have that double checked. RUDE!!!

This Weather!!!! Ugh it's May 4th and its snowing. 

I feel so bad for my family because I have just been in a "shitty" mood. I am moody and just lash out at the little things these past 2 days. We had two days of 70 degrees that were AMAZING but now I'm just down. I got my summer walking shoes out and bought new inserts so that my boyfriend and I could start going on walks. And he took one of his days off and so did I to get the yard clean tomorrow and it's probably gonna be cold (low 30s) and windy and rain/snow mix. YUCK!!!! 

Thank you for letting me vent. 

Happy Birthday!  Maybe the grumpiness was a ploy to get you distracted...   Hope your day was lovely! 

I hope your birthday gets better!   Happy Birthday!

My husband was rude and grumpy to me today. Usually that's just annoying but today is my birthday. Not even a card, he actually wanted me to go to the insurance place to fix something for him. Childish I know but still. 

I don't want to make dinner... I am so tired of making dinner.  We very rarely go out and even rarer for us to get take out.

I would just love some Chinese food tonight~!

I ran out of hours and energy for this day...

A petticoat? Gosh that is crazy. The bonnets are not horrible if you really need to protect a kid from the sun but they seem uncomfortable and there are more stylish ways to do it!

I guess it is hard for every mil to adjust to some other woman making decisions on how to raise her grandbaby since they all seem to be sure that they raised their own child perfectly!

I feel you, Amandalynn!  Your MIL could be like my MIL and wonder why no one uses petticoats and those frilly baby bonnets (she bought 4, enough sizes for over a year!).  This isn't Gone with the Wind, it's the 21st century.  Lets get up to speed.  In case you are not sure what these look like, here you go!

http://www.petticoatsgalore.com/

http://www.onesmallchild.com/products/Ribbon-Ruffle-Bonnet.html

Ugh, amandolynn, those attitudes and words from your MIL (especially in front of your daughter) would really bug me, too! :(And I am the same way about DH calling when he is OOT. ;)

I have 2.

My husband is away this week and he is calling me constantly. I get that he has a lot of down time there but I still have lots to do here. I miss him tons but I am still busy even if he isn't.

The other is my MIL. Her ideas on gender are so backwards and unacceptable. She is completely too emotionally involved in what my 5yo wears. We let our child pick out some of her clothes and last year she picked out board shorts and a rash guard from the boys section. This winter she picked out a tankini but refused to wear it. It just wasn't comfortable and she spent the whole time pulling at it to try and make it cover her. It is summer again so we are back to rash guards to protect from the sun, she likes them better anyway.

We were at the mall with the MIL and I showed my daughter a rash and swim skirt set, the only color they had in her size was blue. My Mil piped in, "the skirt is fine but the top looks like a boys t-shirt". Of course my daughter wasn't interested then.

We ended up ordering one online, my daughter chose it. It is pink with white hibiscus flowers and trim. My MIL happened to be here when the suit came in the mail. She made an ugly face when she saw it and some comments about how it isn't really a swim suit and how my husband is, "making my daughter this way", meaning modest.   My husband did say,  "yep, guilty! I don't want her to get skin cancer".

It isn't just swim suits it is all clothes. My issue is, wth kind of thinking is it that not only do you have to wear girly clothes and the right colors to be feminine but also to show skin? Why are the only clothes she considers appropriate modeled on clothes that pop stars wear? It is kid of creepy and weird to me that she didn't like the bathing suit because it is modest and it pisses me off that she said something about it in front of my child.

For the record, my daughter is naturally drawn to modest clothes. I think it is because they are comfortable. My husband isn't really that concerned with modesty, he is concerned with practicality and if something is age appropriate.

It just really bothers me. My child can be whatever kind of girl she wants. If she wants to wear boys clothes, fine. I don't want adults putting ideas into her head that she has to be or dress a certain way.

Don't feel bad at all. One of the boys I used to watch had both legs in casts. It was horrible it adds so much weight and makes it so awkward to carry them.

Don't feel bad! That would be tough with a 4.5 y/o.

This is bad because I am a mom but I am tired of having to carry my daughter around (she is in a cast).  I really feel like it is similar to having a baby.  It is killing my back

totally disapointed in the "award winning" dublin ohio school system. i've come to the conclusion that the reason the kids in this school district "excell" is b/c the bar (already pretty %&*$ low in america) is set EXTREMELY low. it's easy to get an A when you ask 1st graders to do things most 4 yos can.