Charlie is a spoiled brat

[traildrifterphalanx]

I'll have to try that. I'm not one for crickets because I blame them for giving parasites to my dragons but I have no proof...

I've never done butterworms but I think they'd love them. Waxworms I've done and Richter wasn't as crazy for them as I thought he'd be. Maybe I should try butterworms...

 

[NBGwen]

Charlie likes waxworms too much...butterworms next. He loves hornworms too.

 

[NBGwen]

Charlie is still gaining... 464g and 18.25 inches this am. He's going to be huge at full growth if this keeps up. I think he's a little bunged up though as he didn't poo yesterday. I tried to bath him, I got a very sad, forlorned looked for my efforts.

You can see a shed starting on the end of his snout, and his left front leg. I also trimmed his nails a bit...not a happy boy...

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

Hello there, bath-time Charlie!
He looks so incredibly different than Richter and they're just about the same size now! So strange. Hope he poops!

I've had a super busy week with work, birthday, and now an out of town wedding rehearsal tonight, wedding tomorrow, ugh. I had to weigh my clan yesterday night since I cannot tonight. Richter still has not budged on his size, but has been on a high veggie diet with occasional superworms still.

I'll be posting over on Alucard's page with updates, and photos will have to come in later as I'm currently at work.

 

[NBGwen]

The pictures don't do him justice, he is really really big for his age! My petsmart friend keeps insisting he has to be part German giant...well...if his growing keeps up like this, I may be inclined to agree with her.

LOL I'm posting from work...I really shouldn't be...but...

Sounds like you have a hectic week! And a wedding to boot! I'm so incredibly happy that this weekend will be low key for us. The in-laws were up last week and I overdid it at the gym yesterday, so I'm spent. Can't wait to see Alucard photos - she's so cute!

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

I'll upload my weigh in photos later today, but here's one to hold you over. :lol:

I have a lot of adorable photos on my phone but I get no reception at work, so I'll have to upload them later, maybe after rehearsal tonight.
Can't wait til this wedding is over. As a strong introvert, this is incredibly taxing on my system just knowing it's coming. I can't tell my best friend that I won't be part of the wedding party though. Too rude. At least it's only 1 day and I am not the focal point. I can live with that

 

[NBGwen]

Awww...look at that face!

OH I sooo get it. I got remarried almost 3 years ago and dreaded being the bride LOL - we had a VERY low-key ceremony - outside in a local park, whoever could come did (I did a general announcement on FB that everyone was invited LOL), My bff was my matron of honour, brother-in-law was best man...all three kids were part of it - ring bearers and the ilk - nothing formal. It was so laid back. My first wedding was completely the opposite and as an introvert it was hell. I hated it. My mother took it over the guest list...never let mothers take over anything... :shock:

Like you said, it's one day - and you have the next day to rest I hope...I always need a recuperation day after big events.

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

If/when I get married I think it will probably be a pretty small occasion, depending on of course who I'm marrying :lol: I recently ended a year long relationship that was not working out, but I'm on the prowl! :study:

My sister and her husband literally just went to the courthouse with my dad as a witness. They did plan to hold the ceremony, however, plans got cancelled and they quickly got married due to sudden/surprise pregnancy. I'd say shotgun wedding but they're still together, lol.

This is the second year in a row, almost to the day, that I've been part of wedding and more involved than just "a guest." Someone please just let me be a guest only! I was my boss's wedding assistant in her wedding a year ago, and a groomsman in this one on Saturday. I was also a groomsman for my cousin's wedding a few years back. I've never been to a wedding to just observe and clap. I wanna do that.

 

[NBGwen]

LOL on the prowl...that kills me! (sounds like me when I kicked my ex out LOL).

I much more enjoy sitting in the crowd. hmm...I don't think I've ever been a bridesmaid but when my bff who lives away got married she had me involved with all the bridesmaid getting the hair and nails done, just not in the wedding party (she sooo knows me). That was a fun time.

There's a lot to be said for a courthouse wedding...inexpensive, no one's expectations to meet, fun, did I mention the money part? IMHO people spend wayyy too much on fancy weddings...and many end up divorced a few years later. blah. No thanks.

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

Very true, focusing so hard on LOOK HOW HAPPY WE ARE WE HAD TO SPEND MONEY TO PROVE IT! only to be divorcing just a few years later, if even.
My boss is already talking about how she isn't attracted to her husband anymore and their 1 year anniversary was just last weekend (on Father's Day, in America) but "doesn't want to do that to her kids again" ... like really? They bought a house together not that long ago, too.

I think I just confirmed why I'm single :lol:

Weddings can be beautiful, but you don't have to spend thousands. I'm not anti-wedding by any means, I just think some can be a huge waste of money.

 

[NBGwen]

Gah! That's awful! I think people get so wrapped up in the idea of a wedding that they forget who they are marrying and why...

That said, I dated my hubby for 6 years and had a baby boy before finally acquiescing to his request to marry LOL - I was on a huge man hate when I left my ex, and my present hubs became a confidant then partner around that time. He's seen it all from me.

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

Hey, that's the way to do it. Never jump into anything. I think people just love the status of saying they're engaged or married like it makes them feel more valuable because someone committed to them, implying they have worth.
Woah, sorry this got deep.

My sister and her hub got married only 6mo after knowing each other, and not trying to broadcast everyone else's personal lives :lol: but they've had many issues since, like 4 or 5 threats to divorce, and have a 5 y/o daughter.
I've dated several people, about a year each, one being 3 years, and maybe I have a commitment issue, but around 1 year is when I hit the point where I can't stand being around them anymore. I'm going to have a hard time finding someone's company I enjoy more than being alone.

 

[NBGwen]

Yup - I totally agree. I got engaged fast when I was with my first hub. 3 months of dating, year and a half engaged most of it with me living 1500 miles away. I was sooo young and inexperienced ugh. I think self-esteem plays into it a LOT.

Oie...getting married quick like that usually goes south fast, but occasionally works...harder with kids involved.

The longest relationships I have had are with my ex and my hubs. Before that it was 3 to 5 months max...was with the ex 10 years (have no idea how I stayed with him that long, not to get into detail, he's just a really awful person), and with my hubs now for 9 years, married 3. People rush into it with no thought of the future. Take your time...there really is NO rush LOL(hindsight is a great thing...)

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

I totally understand the self-esteem thing. My 3yr relationship was a self-esteem issue and I felt they became part of my identity, which is wrong. Luckily, this is totally fixed!

I'm in no rush. Yeah, I get lonely sometimes, but I value my alone time so much.

 

[SHBailey]

Wow. Just read all these wedding/marriage horror stories. Reminds me of what one of my friends said once: "If the relationship can survive the wedding, it's a good sign". Another friend, watching me get stressed out with the wedding plans, commented that "All brides short-circuit sooner or later."

Our wedding was a big mistake, but the marriage was not. If I had the wedding to do over, I'd do it completely differently than the way we did it, but my husband would not. So I won't have it to do over, because I don't plan to ever get married again. I'm keeping the one I've got if I can get away with it. 18 years and still in love, and the proud adopted parents of two reptiles (one bearded dragon and one corn snake); no human children. The mistake, in my opinion, was in trying to turn our wedding into an attempt to convert our family and friends to our religion, even though they weren't allowed to be at the actual ceremony because they weren't members of our church. I'm not a member of that church anymore either, but my husband still is. It has made our marriage interesting, to say the least -- crucible for interfaith relations.

The one thing that brought me some comfort was when I read a book by Robert Fulghum (author of "All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten" and a number of other similar books). He's a minister and has officiated at a number of weddings, and tells some pretty funny stories about them. He comments that most people make a mess out of their first wedding and then manage to learn from their mistakes if they have a second or third one, so count yourself lucky if you got it right the first time. So even if our wedding was a disaster, we must have done something right since we're still married 18 years later, and no one in either of our families has completely written us off either, so I guess that's something worth celebrating.

Charlie may be a "spoiled brat", but she's a really cute one. :mrgreen: