Fair enough-then maybe nursing (if you're doing that) clothes-tops and bras. Or a lovely nightgown OR comfy pj set. Or sassy mules (your feet WILL swell)! A journal or baby book, or just a good trashy novel. Those can all be wrapped
Are those small gnats what they call, 'no-see-ums'? I gotten eaten alive this past summer in FL but never saw what was chowing down on me lol.
I am such a Tom boy. I would never wear shoes with sequins, feathers, or satin lol. I do have under armour slip ons that I wear religiously
I make everything from scratch too. Well I mean I use a lot of boxed stuff but I still cook it myself. I like to do crock pot meals and stuff like that. I bet it’s hard for a local business to stay on business with all of the shipped meals now
Huh I’ve never heard of Cracker Barrel catering. We have a cracked barrel not even a mile from our house so that might be a good one! I’ll have to mention that to Dh and see what he thinks. It’s nice that you got grilled chicken because we don’t do fried chicken.
Ha ha, not when you have naturally curly/frizzy hair. My sister spent (still does) hours fixing her hair, but not in the bathroom. She had a dressing table/desk with hair straighteners, blow dryer, etc. When my hair was long, I wasn’t patient enough to dry it (at least 30-40 minutes) so usually a ponytail. We had 11/2 baths growing up. Bathroom was mostly for bathing and ya know. No putting on makeup or drying hair. In our current house, I could put makeup on dresser and stand there to do makeup (I’m a minimalist anyway) but couldn’t dry my hair because there is no outlet.
I’m not sure what they’re called. I’ve never gotten bit by them though. They just swarm our backyard but our backyard backs up to a preserve so that’s likely why
We have 4 full baths on 2 finished levels (basement is have it plumbed but is unfinished) for 3 people and 2 of them never get used. Which makes it a pain since they still need to be cleaned.
I might ask her for a comfy pj set and socks. I love having comfy pajamas@Haley R comfy pajamas. That's what I'm asking for. Nothing beats comfy pajamas postpartum. Even better if they don't look so pajamay that you feel guilty for wearing them all day when getting dressed seems impossible.
As far as one bathroom, schedules make it possible. We have more than one now but survived with just one before. Even with multiple bathrooms we have to schedule showers and baths for everyone because there is only so much hot water and time.
I'm with you @SouthFayetteFan What works for everyone is different. I can't imagine having much larger than where we are now and many people would consider it small for the size of our family. We also live in a high cost of living area and couldn't imagine the mortgage if we went bigger
I have a HC from Safeway that I have been using for our PF Chang’s visits
My mom always complained about cleaning the house even though she loved living there. They entertained neighbors sometimes so it did get used. I would say we were in the basement the majority of the time
YupI lost it twice this past year to that.
Are they the love bugs? That are gross, gross, gross! They were all over the Disney cruise ship deck on our one cruise.
No they aren’t love bugs. These are teeny tiny white gnats that are in huge swarms.
UR balance.
The chopping and prepping of veggies takes time but I used to do it on weekends and the fridge would be full of containers of veg prepped for each meal. Then throw it in crockpot or oven.
I had a 1,200 square foot house in the suburbs before I meet dh. I hated the 'burbs, so he moved in and I moved back with my parents closer to the city. I sold the house after a year and bought a house around the corner from my folks. Lived there for 2 3/4 years and bought a bigger house not too far away, but area was nicer. That house needed work, so I acted as the general contractor and gutted most of the house while living there. Dh had a big business deal come through just after I finished the work (5 years after being in the house), we paid off the mortgage and bought our house in the city (in Toronto). We were very lucky with timing because we always made a good profit selling. However house we have now (13+ years) is my favorite -- love the layout, finishes (it was custom built), backyard, neighborhood and proximity to everything. Don't want to ever leave. That first house we still reminisce fondly about -- the size was fine for us and it had a nice layout -- 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms upstairs and living and dining rooms and kitchen on the main level (unfinished basement). Probably wouldn't have sold, except I hated the suburbs and the commute to my Bay Street job was almost an hour each way (thus moving back with my parents during the week).All of this talk of houses... I’ll just say that my 1,200 sq ft plus basement I finished myself is good for my family of 4. It has beds, it has bathrooms, it has a TV, it has a kitchen - what more could I need...AND I will have a mortgage paid off while still 35 yrs old
Don’t compare yourself to others, decide what you require and be content when you have it.
DS prefers to use our huge master suite bath to his own
Maybe once he is a teen that will change.
