HELP! My Wife is addicted to Mothering.com Forums!

[Photar]

Help! My wife spends about 5 hours a day reading and posting to these forums! Its driving me nuts!

[Village Mama]

:LOL Im sure you will find yourself in good company!(just don't get sucked in yourself)

[Sneezykids]

Hm, it could be worse, she could be spending five hours on Ebay spending lots of money :p

[charmarty]

and so you come here and post this. nice.

[De-lovely]

and so you come here and post this. nice.



:nono

[lotusdebi]

:thumb

[charmarty]

:nono
what exactly are you shaking that finger at?

[De-lovely]

I guess it was misleading huh? I was shaking it at Photar for posting that here.....sorry. :innocent

[charmarty]

:wink

[Eggie]

:hug :)

[Irishmommy]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????

[fourlittlebirds]

Why is it driving you nuts? Just curious if it's just a vague notion that one should spend only a certain amount of time (defined by you) socializing and reading and discussing issues, or whether there are other things going on here. I mean, I can think of very good reasons why it might not be a good thing for me in my life, but just because it annoys someone else isn't one of them, sorry. :)

[charmarty]

:hug :)

Eggie~ :hug

[Raven]

Well she could be posting at Baby Center... :sick

[fourlittlebirds]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????

:LOL

[Raven]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????
:LOL

Not me. Im on for longer.... :bag:


Hey, I go to sleep at like 3am, k! Up at 9 with kids thankyouverymuch! :LOL

[cielle]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????

That was my first thought! :blah :blah

[Raven]

Seriously though... why does it bug you?

[wednesday]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????

I know!!! I was worried for a second but I'm pretty sure my DH was eating his dinner last night at the time this thread was started. :LOL

[charmarty]

Seriously though... why does it bug you?


Yeah that. And why are you communicating this here instead of to her directly?

[HeatherE]

Oh quit complaining, Photar, and go clean the house... :wink

[orangefoot]

What is your question?

Are the forums nurturing her in a way that you can't when you are not with her? If so I don't see a problem with that. We seek out those who will help us and sometimes they are few and far between in real life. Would you have a problem with her spending 5 hours at a friend's house?

If you feel uncomfortable about what she is learning then you need to come and have a read.

If you feel excluded from a part of her life you need to have a read of the forums yourself, or consider that there may be many areas of her life that you do not full access to, which is totally normal especially when you are on this journey in mothering - no pun intended

If she is reading here when you think she should be doing other things then that is something you need to discuss between you.

Be honest with yourself. Talking to her will help you find the answer to your unasked question; not posting here.

[annettemarie]

Oh quit complaining, Photar, and go clean the house... :wink

:LOL

[shalena]

Well she could be posting at Baby Center... :sick


:laugh:

[MamaAllNatural]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????

:spitdrink

:laugh:


To the OP, have you talked to her about it?

Oh, and is someone on this thread? :LOL :mischief

[Pandora114]

My DH wouldn't do that. He acctually comes and talks to me if I post something that ticks him off.

Anyway...who's up for spagetti?

[the_lissa]

Well I have pot roast provencale cooking in the slowcooker, so I will take a rain check on the spaghetti.

[Pandora114]

hmm ok, I'll pop some cookies in the oven then.

[the_lissa]

Mmmm cookies.

[darkpear]

Maybe the OP was joking, being ironic? Just a thought :p

(Yeah, I have a really sarcastic sense of humor myself...)

[HeatherE]

making home made mac and cheese and stewed tomatos myself...

[Neldavi]

Help! My wife spends about 5 hours a day reading and posting to these forums! Its driving me nuts!

:LOL My dh just said the other day "do husbands ever go on there and post that they're worried about their wives because they're on there all the time?" semi-seriously ....


Oh, crap, maybe it was him ... I was putting ds to bed at 7 last night ... :LOL

[eleven]

Full time parenting involves a lot of research and reflection!

[Helen White]

Okay, okay, okay, that is my rogue DH in the OP. Yes, he was being facetious. I mean, come on, I've just hit 200 posts after over a year.

I just found out about this thread because he was cackling at his computer (I'm sure at all of the :nono s, references to babycenter :LOL and directions to clean the house :thumb ). Yes, he has his own unique sense of humor. But you'd all be proud of him. He's one of the most supportive, sleep sharing, babywearing, cloth diapering men you'll find. Thanks, sweetie! Now you'd better post again and tell them all how wonderful I am! :LOL

[sapphire_chan]

I thought the first post was a joke? I thought it was really cute :LOL

(On a related note, and more seriously: While things like reading the forums can become obsessive and "soft" addictions, I doubt a husband who was really worried about his wife would make a post like the OP. I have a tendency towards soft addictions myself, so I know it's important to watch for the point where posting stops being fun and starts being compulsive.)

[Leilalu]

Well, my dh thinks it's funny that husbands post here. Because it's called"Mothering":LOL Don't ask....
And he also thinks "parenting" magazine should be called mothering, then I told him"no, honey there is already the Mothering magazine" :LOL

What's wrong with posting for a few hours? I'm sure you could occupy yourself with some chores or reading, or playing with children...

[PuppyFluffer]

My dear husband frequently walks through the room and says "You know, there is a 12 step program for that...." with a little chuckle!

[Red]

Ah, the OP should be grateful his wife isn't out at strip clubs picking up cute guys! (babycenter! Bah! come on, ladies, surely she could find more trouble than that!)

[amyjeans]

luckily, if I let him, my dh spends a fairly equal amount of time on cigar forums... :nut we need another computer and wireless to keep the peace!

[PikkuMyy]

Yeesh - how much is there to talk about cigars???

[MamaAllNatural]

(On a related note, and more seriously: While things like reading the forums can become obsessive and "soft" addictions, I doubt a husband who was really worried about his wife would make a post like the OP.

Yeah, it's kind of like going to a bar to get advice on your alcoholic wife. :LOL :shrug

[QueenOfTheMeadow]

My dh usually asks if anything interesting is going on in MDC, and I often read him funny or touching posts! He loved the threads you'd never see on MDC thread, and even came up with numerous ones himself, so when he tells me that my posting here is is certainly less expensive than counciling, I usually take it in the smarta$$ way he means it!! :LOL

[Irishmommy]

Yeesh - how much is there to talk about cigars???

Must. Not. Go. There. Family. Friendly. Site.

[lotusdebi]

:laugh:

[Seeking Refuge]

And how many of us are wondering if that is our dh in the OP??????

Irish you are a gem... :bouncy

[annettemarie]

Must. Not. Go. There. Family. Friendly. Site.
:rotflmao You are in rare form today!

[sewmom]

I think you should have a contest with your wife and see who can spend the most time posting here. :D

[kama'aina mama]

My dear husband frequently walks through the room and says "You know, there is a 12 step program for that...." with a little chuckle!Yes... but since the meetings are online.....

[Helen White]

When I pointed out to DH that I only had an average of .5 posts a day over the last year, he said, "yeah, but you're a binge poster." He's got me there. I think about 50 of those posts are from the last 3 days. But I had stuff to research! Really! :LOL

[Photar]

She cooks, she cleans, she makes beautiful babies. She takes them for walks, she reads to them, she buys them fish and teaches them how to take care of them. She does the dishes and the laundry. She cloth diapers and wears the kids in slings. She buys those cool soft leather shoes. She breast feeds and doesn't circumsize. She laughs at my jokes (at least the first 100 times I tell them) She doesn't spank the kids even when she's at the end of her rope. She reads books to me and to the kids. She tolerates my music. We have the same belief system. She's even the perfect height. My kids and I are soo lucky to have her blows my mind. I am seriously the luckiest husband on the planet.

She does stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4560.JPG) and this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_1255.jpg)

I do stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4558.JPG).

As a completely unrelated side note, what is up with message boards not using regular html?

[annettemarie]

She cooks, she cleans, she makes beautiful babies. She takes them for walks, she reads to them, she buys them fish and teaches them how to take care of them. She does the dishes and the laundry. She cloth diapers and wears the kids in slings. She buys those cool soft leather shoes. She breast feeds and doesn't circumsize. She laughs at my jokes (at least the first 100 times I tell them) She doesn't spank the kids even when she's at the end of her rope. She reads books to me and to the kids. She tolerates my music. We have the same belief system. She's even the perfect height. My kids and I are soo lucky to have her blows my mind. I am seriously the luckiest husband on the planet.

She does stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4560.JPG) and this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_1255.jpg)


Dang. Now I wish I was married to her. :LOL

I do stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4558.JPG).
Actually, that's pretty freaking cool, too!

[Trishy]

She cooks, she cleans, she makes beautiful babies. She takes them for walks, she reads to them, she buys them fish and teaches them how to take care of them. She does the dishes and the laundry. She cloth diapers and wears the kids in slings. She buys those cool soft leather shoes. She breast feeds and doesn't circumsize. She laughs at my jokes (at least the first 100 times I tell them) She doesn't spank the kids even when she's at the end of her rope. She reads books to me and to the kids. She tolerates my music. We have the same belief system. She's even the perfect height. My kids and I are soo lucky to have her blows my mind. I am seriously the luckiest husband on the planet.

She does stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4560.JPG) and this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_1255.jpg)

I do stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4558.JPG).

As a completely unrelated side note, what is up with message boards not using regular html?
THAT'S IT! Next time I get married I am marrying a woman!

MDC does use regular HTML, we just don't have the feature to post images directly on most of the boards. It makes the boards load faster or some techie thing like that.

[minicooper]

I figured you were joking!

Photar your last post made me cry.

We should all have relationships like that or at least men that appreciate things their women do and vice versa.

Thank you.

Sorry for the sadness, I think I'm home sick and too emotional about everything right now :)

You both sound awesome and your kids are terribly lucky! Wanna adopt a 30 year old Canadian who now lives in the US of A? I come with a REALLY cute 20 month old. :)

[Helen White]

Thanks, sweetie, you're the best! What would I do without you and your massive tinkertoy crane? :love

That book is Evidence of Harm, btw. In case anyone was curious.

[annettemarie]

What would I do without you and your massive tinkertoy crane? :love


Ahem.

Family. Friendly. Site.

[Helen White]

Ahem.

Family. Friendly. Site.
:rotflmao

[Helen White]

You both sound awesome and your kids are terribly lucky! Wanna adopt a 30 year old Canadian who now lives in the US of A? I come with a REALLY cute 20 month old. :)

Thanks! What part of the US are you in? There's really no way you'd want to move to Taft--we are not nearly cool enough to compensate for it.

[minicooper]

I'm currently in Connecticut hoping to move to NYC once DH gets a job there :) we are staying with his best friends until that happens (house full of 7 people).

I dunno California is more like what I'm used to :) I moved here from the westcoast of Canada :) just a three day train ride from you! :)

annettemarie did I ever tell you how cool you are.... it helps that your screen name is BOTH of my middle names! you crack me up

:)

[Ruthla]

He's one of the most supportive, sleep sharing, babywearing, cloth diapering men you'll find. Thanks, sweetie!

Your DH wears cloth diapers? I did NOT need to know that! :blush






:LOL

[Photar]

Your DH wears cloth diapers? I did NOT need to know that! :blush

Actually, she means I cloth diaper a lot. Watch out, I might cloth diaper you!

[charmarty]

My deepest apologies for reacting so harshly to your OP. In my defence there have been a few SO's who come and post some not so nice things for the world to see when it should be kept between the two. In other words, there have been some real jerks posting here and there things they should not be. I though this was another one of those situations.

So again, I am osrry I came off so harsh.

It's good to see more husband wife teams.

[StephandOwen]

Watch out, I might cloth diaper you!

:bigeyes What was that about a family friendly site?! :LOL

[mamabearsoblessed]

subbbing

:LOL
just had to dulurk to let you all know how thouroghly I'm enjying ths thread. I wish my dh would sneak on and get in on the action every once in awhile ;) he gets sick of me :soapbox I admit I am guilty of preachin to the choir & dh is so supportive :throb
you guys crack me up
:love

ok i'm off :tiptoe

nak

[UUMom]

Photar-- now I wanna marry you. :heartbeat

And actually, joke or not, i think it's fine to post either way.

:flipped Some of us truly are addcited.

[Zaxmama]

I want to marry his wife...(she is the perfect height you know) and then I want to go buy some tinker toys!! :LOL

[Red Sonja]

(she is the perfect height you know)
:spitdrink

Not gonna go there.... :p

Back on topic, I'm relieved to find out it's not my DH! :LOL

[ceilydhmama]

I'm currently in Connecticut hoping to move to NYC once DH gets a job there :) we are staying with his best friends until that happens (house full of 7 people).

I dunno California is more like what I'm used to :) I moved here from the westcoast of Canada :) just a three day train ride from you! :)

:)
Minicooper - your post got me. I was living in Annapolis MD for almost 4 yrs and my SIL is in CT. I got very homesick for the left coast:( NYC is nice though - it felt much better being there than in MD. Good luck settling in.

[annakiss]

She cooks, she cleans, she makes beautiful babies. She takes them for walks, she reads to them, she buys them fish and teaches them how to take care of them. She does the dishes and the laundry. She cloth diapers and wears the kids in slings. She buys those cool soft leather shoes. She breast feeds and doesn't circumsize. She laughs at my jokes (at least the first 100 times I tell them) She doesn't spank the kids even when she's at the end of her rope. She reads books to me and to the kids. She tolerates my music. We have the same belief system. She's even the perfect height. My kids and I are soo lucky to have her blows my mind. I am seriously the luckiest husband on the planet.

She does stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4560.JPG) and this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_1255.jpg)

I do stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4558.JPG).

As a completely unrelated side note, what is up with message boards not using regular html?
awww... What a sweet husband! I cried! :love

[Storm Bride]

What's with all the Vancouver moms living in the US? My best friend moved to Colorado a few months ago, and I'm probably moving to Knoxville, TN next summer.

Photar: Great thread. I wish I appreciated me as much as you appreciate your wife!

[Mackenzie]

My dear husband frequently walks through the room and says "You know, there is a 12 step program for that...." with a little chuckle!


Where? :mischief :D

[zoe398]

and I'm probably moving to Knoxville, TN next summer.

Maybe I'll see you there...I believe I'm moving there next summer. :D

[Heffernhyphen]

Who else noticed the laptop plugged in right next to the cooking dinner? If I could move my computer around the house like that, my post count would double in about a week.

[Kathryn]

Aww. I wanna sweet husband like Photar. My dh is a stinky piece of dried snot. He'd never come on here and talk sweetness about me.

[OneofEach]

"My wife is awesome."

Photar - that was just an awesome post. It brought tears to my eyes. Thanks!!

[Helen White]

Who else noticed the laptop plugged in right next to the cooking dinner? If I could move my computer around the house like that, my post count would double in about a week.

:LOL You look at that picture and see the laptop. I look at it and think, "Ahhh!!! My spaghetti mess is on the web for all the world to see!! And the honey was left out!" I was actually hoping no one would look past the crane. :D

But as far as the laptop...it gets worse. We have wireless internet. Guess who was on MDC while bathing the kiddos this morning? :p

That sounds so bad that I had to come back and say, the kids weren't endangered, as I was quite attentive, although it probably wasn't the safest thing for the laptop! :LOL

[Helen White]

Hmmm...and now that I'm looking more closely, I think that must be an earlier prototype of the crane. Like the one before he butchered our kite for more string and made it long and strong enough to haul things from the floor to the counter.

[annettemarie]

Hmmm...and now that I'm looking more closely, I think that must be an earlier prototype of the crane. Like the one before he butchered our kite for more string and made it long and strong enough to haul things from the floor to the counter.

You definitely need to post more- you crack me up. :LOL

Why the heck do you need a crane to haul things, though? Wait a minute- are you homeschoolers?

[Helen White]

You definitely need to post more- you crack me up. :LOL

Why the heck do you need a crane to haul things, though? Wait a minute- are you homeschoolers?

:LOL Thanks! Actually, I guess we are homeschoolers, although our oldest is only 3. I recently read "Homeschooling: The Early Years," subscribed to Home Education Magazine, and have started networking with other local homeschooling moms. Although we're technically still "thinking about it," I find myself thinking of public school with increasing distaste. Oh, and we go to the library a lot. According to the book, that's a dead giveaway. :wink

[Heffernhyphen]

But as far as the laptop...it gets worse. We have wireless internet. Guess who was on MDC while bathing the kiddos this morning?

Ew . . . I bet you poop & post, too, don't you. :wink

[annettemarie]

:LOL Thanks! Actually, I guess we are homeschoolers, although our oldest is only 3. I recently read "Homeschooling: The Early Years," subscribed to Home Education Magazine, and have started networking with other local homeschooling moms. Although we're technically still "thinking about it," I find myself thinking of public school with increasing distaste. Oh, and we go to the library a lot. According to the book, that's a dead giveaway. :wink

Do you get mothering? My littles were pictured in the homeschooling article. :love You're lucky you've figured it out this early- it's a way of life! (says that mama with a pulley attached to the wall lamp so the kids can take their baby dolls for a ride)

[Helen White]

Ew . . . I bet you poop & post, too, don't you. :wink

:LOL Ummm...no comment!

[Helen White]

:eek

I just realized this was a featured discussion in today's e-mail! And it has almost 2000 views already! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this may just be the most sucessful first post in the history of MDC. You're the man, sweetie! :thumb

[Helen White]

Do you get mothering? My littles were pictured in the homeschooling article. :love You're lucky you've figured it out this early- it's a way of life! (says that mama with a pulley attached to the wall lamp so the kids can take their baby dolls for a ride)

Yes, I do! What page are you on?

[annettemarie]

I don't have my copy in front of me- it's the little boy and girl cutting paper lanterns.

[Helen White]

I'll check it out when I get home! (I work 16 hours a week tutoring in the evenings at the local college after DH gets off work. Obviously there aren't any students in here right now! :LOL )

[Photar]

(says that mama with a pulley attached to the wall lamp so the kids can take their baby dolls for a ride)

Dude, no way! I've gotta see pictures of that! Last night I was realizing that I could hook a line of string to the ceiling in the kids room and have a clean shot all the way into the kitchen, effectively from one end of the apartment to the other. Then, I could rig a pully thing to ride the string.

I made a prototype to ride the string, but I think tinkertoy pulleys have too much friction.

[Helen White]

I can't find my Mothering magazine!! I think maybe it's in the car...will look tomorrow.

[Crystalina]

:LOL

As someone who has known these two crazy kids for a long time, this thread has been CRACKING me up.

Also, this is so the type of thing that my husband has done on the 'net. He, like his good friend Photar, also definitely has his own brand of humor.

Good times. :thumb

[Photar]

:LOL
Also, this is so the type of thing that my husband has done on the 'net. He, like his good friend Photar, also definitely has his own brand of humor.
Good times. :thumb

That reminds me I forgot some stuff. Helen wears special nursing bras and got rid of the television. She researches stuff all the time and pays the bills. She does the budgeting and when we were in school she figured out my schedule. She wakes me up in the morning and gives me a hug before I leave for work. She figures out what sizes of clothes the kids are going to be wearing years in advance and buys them ahead of time. She keeps her hair long only because she knows I like it that way. Taught our DS his colors and shapes and numbers and body parts before I thought a kid could learn that stuff.

She's really so cool, that it really makes me look like a regular dead beat parent in comparison.

I know I am forgetting stuff... I'll post more when I remember it.

[Helen White]

That reminds me I forgot some stuff. Helen wears special nursing bras and got rid of the television. She researches stuff all the time and pays the bills. She does the budgeting and when we were in school she figured out my schedule. She wakes me up in the morning and gives me a hug before I leave for work. She figures out what sizes of clothes the kids are going to be wearing years in advance and buys them ahead of time. She keeps her hair long only because she knows I like it that way. Taught our DS his colors and shapes and numbers and body parts before I thought a kid could learn that stuff.

She's really so cool, that it really makes me look like a regular dead beat parent in comparison.

I know I am forgetting stuff... I'll post more when I remember it.

Okay, okay, okay. I wear the bras for convenience. (Don't know that nursing bras are much of a virtue...) I don't so much "wake him up in the morning" as kick him when he's let the alarm go off too long. Lest you all think I am some kind of a shopping addict, I just pick up clothes for the kids ahead when I find them at yardsales and on clearance. I keep my hair long because I like it that way (maybe I shouldn't own up to that one?) and cut it short every year or so just for fun (much do DH's dismay...maybe he blocked it out of his memory?). I didn't really "teach" Ethan any of that stuff--just read to him a lot.

Most importantly, no one in their right mind would think my husband is a deadbeat parent. I think the most common thing I've been told about him is "he's so good with kids!" Or maybe, "you're so lucky!"

[annettemarie]

Dude, no way! I've gotta see pictures of that! Last night I was realizing that I could hook a line of string to the ceiling in the kids room and have a clean shot all the way into the kitchen, effectively from one end of the apartment to the other. Then, I could rig a pully thing to ride the string.

I made a prototype to ride the string, but I think tinkertoy pulleys have too much friction.

Well, it's just a pulley from the education store with a string and a tiny basket attached. It used to me more high tech (for us)- there were two pulleys, one attached to the light and the other attached to the hanging plant hook, and we made this whole family of pipe cleaner/wooden bead people called the Beadle Builders, and some wooden seesaw levers, and cars with wheels and axles (from legos) for a unit of simple machines. Alas, the Beadle Builders and their car and seesaw are long gone, but the pulley remains.

[annettemarie]

Lest you all think I am some kind of a shopping addict, I just pick up clothes for the kids ahead when I find them at yardsales and on clearance.

I do the same thing, but my DH does not count it as a virtue, but as a storage problem. :LOL

[mamabearsoblessed]

:lurk: :happyt: :grouphug

i simply love this thread

[ceilydhmama]

It's got me laughing. I showed dh the tinker toy crane and I saw his eyes start to sparkle as he started designing one for himself. :LOL :LOL :LOL

I wonder if it is time to get stock in tinkertoys:)

[Helen White]

Dude, no way! I've gotta see pictures of that! Last night I was realizing that I could hook a line of string to the ceiling in the kids room and have a clean shot all the way into the kitchen, effectively from one end of the apartment to the other. Then, I could rig a pully thing to ride the string. .

Just you remember, we're moving next month!

[rdl2k5]

Kind of curious what would bring people to Knoxville, TN. 2 people posted saying they were moving here. It's a great place to live.. But not sure why you'd decide to come. (not a real "Wow I want to live therE!" type of place on first visit)

Unless you're coming to work at UT or one of the National Labs in Oak Ridge..

[delicious]

this is the best/cutest thread ever. i seriously need to get dh some tinker toys.

then we will be cool 8)

[Helen White]

I do the same thing, but my DH does not count it as a virtue, but as a storage problem. :LOL

Yeah, just think--how many husbands would praise their wives for buying clothes ahead AND for getting rid of the tv?

[Helen White]

Hmmm...he did give me a pretty hard time about that Thanksgiving platter I found at a yardsale for $1, though. He says it's the ugliest thing he's ever seen. But...it's just like the one my grandma always had!

[mirlee]

You sound like a great family! Love the pulley system. You two rock!
(This post was written on a mac ;) )

[eorr]

:lurk:
You two are cuties. :love

[kate~mom]

this thread is too cute. :love

[Helen White]

You sound like a great family! Love the pulley system. You two rock!
(This post was written on a mac ;) )

Jacob (Photar) supports a huge Mac network at the High School. :thumb The one on the counter was actually one he checked out. The laptop we own is Mac as well. I do have to say, personally, it drives me crazy to not have a right click. But it's cute! :LOL

[Gale Force]

Helen and Jacob,

If you are ever in California Hot Springs, just north-east of Bakersfield in the sierras, feel free to come by. We have a 3-year-old, a slide, and a huge great room that is great for many indoor activities in bad weather. You can see the house in my signature.

Amanda

[Helen White]

:lurk:
You two are cuties. :love

Aww, thanks to everyone who's saying we're cute.

Would you think we are even cuter if you knew that my mom used to be his babysitter, we've known each other since we were 7, were friends through junior high and high school, and were lab partners in college chemistry before we started dating? :LOL

Seriously, though, we're not THAT cute. We can bicker with the best of them. Having a husband with such enthusiasm for tinker toys and such can be a double-edged sword. :p And I know sometimes I drive him crazy with my perfectionism. But...at the same time, we've put each other through college (and not to completely derail myself here, but isn't it a little funny that I have a diploma signed by Gray Davis and he has one signed by Arnie?). We've become parents together. We've survived unemployment and family crises. We're successfully raising a 1-year-old and a 3-year-old. And we're happier together than we ever have been. I kind of feel like, if we can make it through all we've been through, we'll make it through anything.

I think we've just learned to give each other credit for our good intentions even when we don't agree with the other's choices. Having that, we can talk through just about anything.

[annettemarie]

Seriously, though, we're not THAT cute. We can bicker with the best of them. Having a husband with such enthusiasm for tinker toys and such can be a double-edged sword. :p And I know sometimes I drive him crazy with my perfectionism.

Shhhhh!! We have elected you the new cutest couple. Well, you tie with Sean and feebeeglee. But don't mess with our minds by telling us your faults.

ETA: I love it when potentially bad threads go good!

[Helen White]

Helen and Jacob,

If you are ever in California Hot Springs, just north-east of Bakersfield in the sierras, feel free to come by. We have a 3-year-old, a slide, and a huge great room that is great for many indoor activities in bad weather. You can see the house in my signature.

Amanda


Oooh! That sounds like fun! I want to go! :) How far from Bakersfield would you say you are? Would you be interested in coming to any of the Bakersfield/Kern County MDC get-togethers? We've met a few times and are trying to set up regular meetings. We have a monthly thread going in Finding Your Tribe if you'd like to check it out.

[Gale Force]

We're about an hour and 20 minutes from Bakersfield. My dad lives there so we do visit, but do more of our shopping in Visalia since we have business meetings there. I'll have to find the Bfield thread.

[Photar]

Hmmm...he did give me a pretty hard time about that Thanksgiving platter I found at a yardsale for $1, though. He says it's the ugliest thing he's ever seen. But...it's just like the one my grandma always had!

That platter is ugly but the ugliest thing is that stuffed turkey thing that is the worst turkey EVAR!

[Helen White]

That platter is ugly but the ugliest thing is that stuffed turkey thing that is the worst turkey EVAR!

Um...I bought a big cloth stuffed turkey Thanksgiving decoration the other day at a yardsale. I actually bought it as a gag gift (because of his reaction to the platter), and it is ugly, but...it's growing on me! I think we will take family portraits with it every Thanksgiving. It'll give us an idea how much the kids have grown every year! I think our children will develop fond family memories of it and will fight over it after we are gone. :LOL

Oh, and EVAR! is a reference to how DS pronounces the title of his "Richard Scarry's Best First Book Ever" (with enthusisasm).

[Helen White]

We're about an hour and 20 minutes from Bakersfield. My dad lives there so we do visit, but do more of our shopping in Visalia since we have business meetings there. I'll have to find the Bfield thread.

You might want to take a look at the July and August ones too, as not much has been posted on the September thread yet.

[lilyka]

I do stuff like this (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/IMG_4558.JPG).



oh you post made me cry.

and my nine year old was reading over my shoulder and saw you project. in her words

"THAT! IS! SOOOOOOOOO! COOOOOL! "

[Photar]

Damn this thing is ugly (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/turkeyplatter.jpg)

[annettemarie]

Damn this thing is ugly (http://www.cs.csubak.edu/~jwhite/photos/turkeyplatter.jpg)
Yeah it is. And how cruel is it to put a dead turkey on top of a badly executed painting of a live turkey?

Um... no offense, Helen. :LOL

[Helen White]

Oh, come on now, be nice. It's colored with my fond childhood memories of my grandma. I said she had one just like it.

And don't you believe that price tag. I talked her down to at least half price. :LOL

Jacob, you didn't get into the storage unit for that, did you?? I didn't think we had it in the apartment...

[bjorker]

Hehehe, I actually read through this whooooole pooossssssssst. I must be nuts. But it was hilarious. :P Thanks, all of yas. :love

[monkaha]

We had a platter just like that when I was growing up, only the colors weren't so bright. More fall-ish.

Great thread, now I want some tinker toys! (and a laptop and wireless internet. Why take a book in the bathroom when you could read mdc?? :LOL )

[Storm Bride]

Kind of curious what would bring people to Knoxville, TN. 2 people posted saying they were moving here. It's a great place to live.. But not sure why you'd decide to come. (not a real "Wow I want to live therE!" type of place on first visit)

Unless you're coming to work at UT or one of the National Labs in Oak Ridge..
DH and I find living here to be too expensive - a small house (too small for a family of five) runs about $500,000. So, we may decide to move. If we do, it will be Knoxville, because that's where dh is from. He has friends and family there, and we have no friends or family anywhere else. Besides, Knoxville's really pretty...and I love the Smokies - Gatlinburg is fun...it's just a really neat area.

My dh used to work at Oak Ridge, but he left to come here and live with me.

[Helen White]

Hey all, for those of you who've offered me recent congratulations, thank you so much!! But my elevator birth story was actually just recently bumped up. Kira's almost 1 now. :)

For those of you who don't frequent the birth stories forum but can't pass up "elevator birth story" without investigating further :LOL I will kindly provide a link. http://www.mothering.com/discussions/showthread.php?t=203377

Hmm...now that I think about, when my sweet husband was singing my praises on this thread, he might have mentioned this unmedicated birth (and letting him SLEEP through the first 80% of it) ahead of the nursing bras. :LOL

[CABsDad]

Hey...so does mine! All day she talks about different things she has found through this website and then after work she is on it typing a way and sending me emails all day.

[Riot_Nerrrd]

If mommas can start calling themselves WoWW (World of Warcraft Widows), then we can call ourselves MDCW (Mothering dot com Widowers). :irked:

[CherryBomb]

Hey now! Some of us mamas are WoW'ers, too!

Seriously though, I was thinking the same thing, hehe. Dh and I both play WoW, but if he ever gives me guff about being online too much, I remind him that he plays WoW about twice as much as I do, so it evens out. :)

[Helen White]

I was a Starcraft Brood War Widow at one time. I still am from time to time, as he relapses occasionally.