Hellobee Boards

DH said his girl name pick for right now is Nathalie!

I like it, but I am not sure if I would like Natalie or Nathalie! I don't mind the 'h' in there, but just kind of think why not keep it simple so she doesn't have to correct the spelling of her name her whole life....if this is a girl that comes out of course, haha! So Colin for boy, Lauren or Nathalie our girl name front runners!

I am so blah today, I am at work, have a whole whack of fires to put out, was out of the office yesterday downtown Toronto all day for another work thing and I ended up driving down with a 2 hour commute home....bleh!! DH is away tonight with hockey, they're into playoffs, so as awful as it is to say I will look forward to DDs bedtime tonight! She is the only one at daycare today (well her plus daycare's 2 year old DD) so hopefully she won't be too tired after a quieter daycare day.

My hotmail was hacked this am too, sent spam to gosh knows who, I can't see anything in my sent and so far what people have just sent me that I "sent". Argh, I need to switch to gmail.

@Beebug: I love the name Nathalie. If I didn't have a cousin named Natalie, it would have been one of my top picks for girls names! Sorry that you are having a blah day. We've had a rough couple of days as well...DH has been out of town (for a work thing in Toronto!!! hahaha) so I've been exhausted trying to feed/bathe/dress DD and get myself ready for work by myself. Luckily he comes home tonight, but not till after her bedtime! At least the weather is ok today so his flight should be on time. knock on wood.

@Mae: Hopefully today will be a better day, I just have two meetings and going to lock myself in my office all day to put out fires and plow through stuff! Seriously the promotion I came back to work to after mat leave was/is great, but my life revolves around meetings now, I never understood it when my bosses would complain of it, but I so, so get it now....bleh! Doesn't help I try so hard with DD now to not work at home in the evenings, even after she's gone to bed, whereas before it was totally normal for me to work 2-3 hours at home after a full work day....so over that, but times like now I should probably do that again here and there. I have seen Natalie spelled both ways, with the 'h' too, and in my head I say Nath versus Nat even though either way (I think?) it's supposed to be said like Natalie. Having a boy could really just take away all this spelling stuff, lol.

@cookie_dough: I RAN (like as fast as this fat preggo can run) for the go train/commuter rain to get downtown yesterday am, and sure enough as I got to the platform the doors closed. I went to the station closest to me, and they told me to drive to two stop's west as the one there was going to be held up by a freight train and I wouldn't make it downtown on time, so yah....rushed to drive to other spot, rannnn for that train, missed it, and it was like an hour to the meeting and I had to get downtown somehow. I ended up getting super lucky driving in and made it downtown on time, but ugh....what a crap start to the day yesterday! Hopefully your DHs flight gets home okay today, does he fly Porter or go up to airport? I used to love Porter, but getting down there is such a pain now.

We got the quote for painting our house, the guy (smart....so smart) ended up pricing out each room with exception to bedrooms and yah...I am so set on having the whole house done now rather than just the entry way/hallway and kitchen like what he came for, lol. Especially since I did my taxes last night and my return is massive.....all because I paid too much/opted to have too much deducted while on mat leave because I had heard of mat leave people really owing and I couldn't handle that. So I think it's going to go toward having A/C put in this Spring, painting the house, getting a shed for the backyard, and having a hitch put in my SUV, rest to beef up savings.....! That was a huge positive last night, and I needed it! I always owe money at tax time, so not owing is a treat, but this chunky return is so, so sweet.

On the plus side I am now able to give blood without fainting or panting or crying in DH's shoulder like a total wuss! Yehhh!

@cookie_dough: Go on the CRA site and dl the Federal TD1 form. There is a spot on there to have additional taxes deducted from your paycheque. I didn't know what to put, just didn't want to owe (like you experienced!!) and saw the max I could put was like 900 and something dollars) so had and additional $900+ in taxes taken off what was already taken off each pay (monthly, not bi-weekly, lol) and apparently that has paid off! I am going to start it again in May (you have to "un fill" it and submit again once not on mat leave if you don't want it to keep coming off) but maybe only have like $500 extra taken off this time? Might be a better balance, so much as I like this, going without an extra $1000 per month when I didn't have to, seems kinda crazy!

@Glitter: Glad you made it through the GD test alright. Hopefully the results come back good! Mine is on Friday and I am so not looking forward to it, bleh.

@Beebug: I've never seen Nathalie spelled that way, but I think it's a great choice! I'm sorry your week has been crappy. Hopefully it starts looking up soon.

I'm having the week from hell too - DH and I are both sick, our city is experiencing an epidemic of water main breaks which means twice this week we've been without water at work which means no filling up my water bottle and no going to the bathroom! They had to bring in porta potties one day. On Tuesday I also learned that what my boss had previously said about doctor's appointments was incorrect and all of my appointments (every 2 weeks!) have been counting against my sick time which means less leave after the babies get here. (Which may not be a problem since I'm planning to SAH, but it's still stressful to find this out NOW 27 weeks in!). And on top of all this, we are moving our administrative offices beginning Friday. So I've been trying to pack up my office a little bit at a time without lifting anything, bending over, etc. And I still come home feeling sore and stiff and unable to move! Ugh.

@cookie_dough: Not so bad owing over two years, worst case if you don't unfill it, you will get the money back.....but not until tax time.....so not the end of the world and may prevent you from ever owing. I beefed up my RRSP contributions this year which also probably helped as I just always owed something....so it's nice to at least be able to do this to not have to worry!

@twodoghouse: Oye about all the work stuff, and the watermain stuff, that is definitely not fun! Brutal about the sick time stuff, and crazy that it's only getting sorted now, they should definitely not make you pay for your bosses mistake!

Wooo another medal for Canada! Silver in Men's long track speed skating, 1000m! Watching it online, well....listening!

@Mae: @cookie_dough: Parks and Rec is generally a lot more fun than my job is on a daily basis, although we have our fair share of adventures!

@Mae: You mean it's not Ally McBeal all the time at your job? Haha!

@twodoghouse: oh no so sorry to hear about the sick leave situation. It's frustrating getting wrong info from work. I've had to deal with that also. Does this mean that your paid maternity leave until you are officially a SAHM will be less?

@anandam: yes it was dreadful and weirdly I felt too sick afterwards to eat much of anything. I slept a bit and feel better now though! Nope I didn't have to do any carb loading diet. Just fast for twelve hours before going in to the lab.

I passed my test! Yippee! No GD for me.

I haven't been around much, but I just read through 30+ pages of stuff! Everyone looks great. Glad to hear things are going well for most. I announced that we are having a boy in another thread and we have decided we are naming him Jace. I'm a huge cow in comparison to most of you at this point, and if one more stranger mentions that I'm "going to pop soon" or "any day now!" I may punch them I also stopped throwing up this week. I've been puke free for 4 days!

@Beebug: I love all those names! Is that spelling more common in French? I've definitely seen it before but would never even think to ask what way to spell it. Kind of like Nicole/Nichole. My cousin has the "h" and I think her name is always misspelled.
Sorry about the tough commute. I remember one day when I was pregnant with DS I realized on the train that I forgot my laptop at home so I had to take a bus home and then back to work again. I was a couple hours late! Days like that the commuting gods just conspire against poor worker bees.
@Glitter: Glad you are feeling better! Last time I didn't pass the one hour test (because I stupidly ate a high carb lunch right beforehand) and felt like death after the 3-hour test. That stuff is nasty.
@Mae: If you just got a finger prick, how do they test your iron? I thought that was standard testing at the same time?
@junebugmama: You look great! Congrats on the boy. That's a really cute name! And hooray for finally feeling better. I can't believe you've been sick this long.
@mrsog: Congrats on the promotion!!! I love to hear stories about employers promoting pregnant women. Love the name Thomas too. It was on our short list with DS. For some reason all my favorite celebs seem to be named Tom so I think it's a really great name!

I'm pretty sure we are settled on Otis for our name. It's the name I originally wanted but was unsure about because it ends in S and our last name begins in S. No one except me thinks it's a big deal though. It is actually after my great-uncle who survived Pearl Harbor and his last name also began with S, so I think I'm ok with it. Right now we have Owen as a back up name.

@skipra: Aw I love Otis! I don't think it sounds funny with any of the imaginary S names I just used. What is your first baby's name? If you don't mind sharing that is.

@junebugmama: You are not a huge cow! Rock that baby belly! Love Jace.

@mrsog: Thomas is so sweet

@Beebug: I've never seen Natalie spelled with an h either. I thought it was pronounced...whoops! I am sure that isn't too big of a deal though. My DH, who has a fairly common name, gets his mis-spelled often.

@twodoghouse: Boo about the sick leave. I'd be annoyed by that. And oh my gosh on the toilet situation! I think just knowing that I didn't have a bathroom would make me have to go more.

Forced photobomb anyone? He was so unimpressed with me!

27w pic, late....of course!

@Beebug: Oh, and that picture is awesome! haha there's no way I could have ever gotten my dog to pose!