Moving Furniture...

[ghuns]

I hate moving furniture. As a kid, my mom made us rearrange the living room on what seemed like a weekly basis.

I came home from work the other day after working 5AM-4PM, loaded up the outdoor boiler with wood, and came in at 5 wanting nothing more than sit in my recliner and enjoy a glass of bourbon.

My wife and daughter, who's visiting with the grandbaby for a few weeks, had other plans.

Our living room offers limited options for furniture arrangement. We've had the same set up for years. Really dating back to when our 20 something kids were small. But I was informed that the long standing set up just won't due for an 8 month old baby that's getting more mobile by the minute. He needs more room for "activities".

So we moved everything. Essentially rotating it all by 90 degrees. Not too big a deal on old hardwood floors. Just slide everything around. But the TV needed a cable wire run. There was plug on the wall for it, but the cable was disconnected down in the basement about three sets of DirecTV equipment ago. The system we have now has exactly one wire with no splices in it that runs to the main receiver. So that wire had to move. So I hunted for the fish tape, pulled down drop ceiling tiles in the basement, crawled around the stacks of boxes and junk, pulled the wire down, rerouted it, and fished it back up.

After putting away my tools, I finally got my glass of bourbon and a sit, along with a slice of cold pizza from the fridge for dinner. I was pretty pissed. I hate doing shit like this on weeknights. Everybody knows I hate it.

To top it off the baby was pissed too. That's pretty unusual for the kid, he's as close to a perfect baby as I've ever been around. But he's teething, it was almost his bedtime, and he's getting used to his newest fashion accessory, a $1900 corrective helmet he has to wear 23 hours a day to round out his barely out of round little head. Seems like a scam to me, but whatever.  He didn't want to crawl around, didn't want to use his walker, didn't want to be held, didn't want any of his dozens of toys, just wanted to SCREAM at the top of his precious little lungs. My daughter was at a loss for what to do with him so she threw him at the wife who was trying to get some work done in her makeshift dining room office.

Now my wife is a certified baby whisperer. She has a superhuman ability to calm even the fussiest baby, but even she was batting .000. At this point, one of the daughter's dogs, the one who has kinda claimed the baby as his own, started barking at the wife. Apparently he was dissatisfied with her handling of the situation. She kinda fake threw the baby at the dog, like, you take him. This elicited a brief pause in the screaming. She repeated this and got a little giggle out of the kid. With the new furniture arrangement and all the additional room for activities, she kinda pulled out all the stops...

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Amazing how a belly laugh from that little guy can flip my mood 180 degrees in a few seconds. I might kinda like the kid.

[Shazam/TPP]

nothing worse than a baby teething and i think boys are worse than the girls. i put my shooting ear muffs on and walked and rocked my oldest when my wife was at her wits end. That made it much more bearable.
you do what you can when they cry so hard they don't breath!! cute grand baby enjoy!!  

[neurosis]

I've had these invisilign things in my mouth for going on six weeks now.  

I probably sound exactly like that baby every other tuesday when I have to put a new tray in.

[ghuns]

I've had these invisilign things in my mouth for going on six weeks now.  

I probably sound exactly like that baby every other tuesday when I have to put a new tray in.

I had braces in middle school. It was painful once a month when I'd go in to get them tightened.

They only thing that made it bearable was that my orthodontist ONLY employed heavy chested, smokin hot blonde assistants.

[neurosis]

I had braces in middle school. It was painful once a month when I'd go in to get them tightened.

They only thing that made it bearable was that my orthodontist ONLY employed heavy chested, smokin hot blonde assistants.

 I do have a sugar tits for that.   The only problem is that she lives on the other side of the State so we only see each other every other week.   This is my week off so I'm probably going to have to kill it with booze later.  

[thad]

I've had these invisilign things in my mouth for going on six weeks now.  

I probably sound exactly like that baby every other tuesday when I have to put a new tray in.

Maybe you should consider getting a dog.

[neurosis]

Maybe you should consider getting a dog.

That would be cruel.  I dedicate 12 hours of my day to work.  I do however have a 25 pound cat who is probably the biggest asshole animal in the world.  That motherfucker drags dead possums up to my second floor balcony and leaves them for me.

[neurosis]

double post.

[neurosis]

I'm waiting for a raccoon to eventually kill him.

[Incogneeto]

This thread went to shit quickly.

[Matthew Hajicek]

That motherfucker drags dead possums up to my second floor balcony and leaves them for me.

You'll never starve.

[Mr.M]

That kids laugh is terrific! I can see how it changed your mood. 😁 Tonight my youngest was so thrilled to sit with me at dinner, he pulled his chair right up by mine and held my hand while jabbering away. I had had a decent day, but that took the cake and was my favorite part of the week. I didn't even mind when he stole one of my tacos and all the bell peppers that slid out of mine onto my plate.

[ghuns]

...I didn't even mind when he stole one of my tacos...

Yeah, that's where I'd personally draw the line. I ain't sharing my tacos with ANYBODY.

[Leehound]

I can relate to having grandchild in the house. My daughter and 4 month old granddaughter are permanent residents. One day when baby started a crying fit, I put her in one of those jumping seats that clamp to a door frame. Instead of jumping , I swung her back and forth (not it's approved use). It shuts her up and eventually puts her to sleep. Now it's my daughters go to method when baby is inconsolable.

I love my granddaughter and it is a real joy when she gives my a big smile. But I am looking forward to the day when my wife and I have our house back to ourselves.😀