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Hi FGS. I just clicked "threads I'm on" and this one came up, which was nice. It's often none (I'm an irregular these days rather than a regular) or just the au pair threads where we share our worries, mis-matches and (occasionally) successes. Right. Time for bed! Nos da!
Evening all. No flying done today. Been shopping! Got DD1 a scooter for her birthday plus wrapping paper and cards. Bought too much stuff as usual! lol! Even the dog got treats and a new brush!
Have made a start on her cake. Hopefully can get it all iced and decorated tomorrow them it will be ready for saturday. She is very excited about her birthday! Need to think up some party ideas for the 29th!
Hello to all. Sorry, I can't keep up these days. I skip through the thread once a week or so and that's it. The house is getting de-cluttered gradually. Dh, kids and I are fine. Our au pair is going home in 2 months and we may have found ourselves another who'll start in Sept! So...I do think of you all even though I'm rarely on the thread and post even less often. Keep up all the good work! Until next time.......
HN hope your pride was bruised more than you, take it easy won't you
TMH Glad it went well with the doc
I've skimmed the thread but can't remember anything So I hope you're all healthy and hearty. ( for the DCs with gastro, it's awful and the fasting is a pain)
Had a busy day. Morning routines, Ed to school, meeting with vicar re the toddler group, Dusting and sorting and the afternoon at school. Just done some gardening and I must crack on with Ed
Can I do a proud me bit please I've just finished my reading friends stint from January. one reader has improved their reading age by 9 mths, another by 6 months and one by a whole year. I'm so chuffed with them all and it was a joy to do.
Dcs decided to do painting after school, so have spent last 30mins cleaning up paint (DD kept wondering off to play with something then going back to paint so managed to get paint everywhere). I'm sure messy play is good for kids - but it doesn't do anything for me!
Need to fold and sort laundry and go food shopping after tea. Have done Ds homework .
gem i would swap, then you have saved the money to do something else with. although i think as dame has said i would be panicking between now and then wanting everything to be perfect, but i would assume the other person involved feels the same.
have re-tidyed the living room dinner is nearly cooked the dc have gone off to play in the bedsrooms, so will prob need to redo those as well at some point today
Not sure what I think about the house swap thing, think I'd be to stressed by having to get my house perfect and spotless for them but a lot of people do it and it works so if you re ok with the concept then why not?
Back from school run, bribing my children with promises of playing on the wii if they tidy for me and maybe some cookies too!
Hall is a bit better, living and playroom tidyig now.
Washing hung up Will to live well and truly lost table now has dent in it from all the headbanging. Working from home is great for the old work life balance thing but it's crap from a motivational point of view. I don't even have the constant barrage of emails to distract me
TMH I can recommend Slimming World (she says...eating a crisp sandwich ) Its one of the easiest diets to follow that I have tried (and I have tried a fair few!) I have currently swayed a bit from dieting.....I tend to do it for so long and then get bored/tempted back to junk!
I am going to be starting again very soon, as I did so well I don't want to pile any more back on. I was 11 stone 6lb when I started in January....I'm 10stone 3lb now. I'd like to get to 9 stone 6lb ideally....that would be a loss of 2 stone in total, which I hope will stop me putting any more back on!
Your whole operation sounds very good. The consultant does sound very helpful and reassuring. I guess that puts your mind at rest a bit. If you want to have a go at slimming down a bit...I'll join you for some moral support however you decide to do it
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I have just been to the shop to pick up my Avon brochures I left with the girls in there AND THERE IS SOMEONE ELSE DOING IT!!!! HOW VERY DARE THEY!!!!! She had left one of hers in there. Only good thing is that they have already just ordered from me. Tut.... I have competition now!!!
I am back from the hospital regarding the mastectomy and reconstruction and the platics consultant was lovley. If I love 18kg then I can have the transflap one where they take it from your tummy and give you a tummy tuck at the same time. He said due to my body shape I am an idea candidiate. He also reconds that I will lose another 2kg from each breast during the surgery.
If I do not manage to lose the weight then it is implants. I can not have the back muscle ones done as my body shape is not ideal for it.
So it looks like it will go ahead october time ish if I start losing now.
I am back to see him in 4 weeks and he will take photos and show me how I might look - scars and all.
I am going to try and lose the weight as it is going to be a long operation at least 12 hours so being fitter is better.
hi all, the flat was clean- have chased dd round flat to retreive My purse- its not hers!
she's now got her ironing board out and shopping trolley and play foods out all over the floor. and has decided she doesnt want her clothes stripped off and running about playing very nicely [hhm]
Ha Ha!! that is soooooo beyend my technical abilities, even if I had a camera in the house, which I don't as DH takes it with him when travelling around(he's quite a keen photographer hence the various shots of my bump) and we only have his very posh slr camera which I've had the odd go with but was asked by my 6yr old the other day if I was allowed to be touching Daddies camera
Ruby - that sounds great! Dont put any more in or all the mums will be mortified and wonder how they can possibly meet that standard when it is their turn
Just getting organised for party - have some pre-packed party bags with 3 little colouring books and some mini-pens. Each child will have t shirt they have decorated, piece of cake, sweeties from pinata and any prizes they win in games. That sounds enough do you think?
I have tendency to go OTT. I have a load of pens/pencils/novelties which I can use in future, and am trying not to spend stupidly.
ok so managed to pick everything off floor in dining room, kitchen, living room and hallway. Cleaned downstairs loo too. Playroom is another matter but I expect that to get trashed again later so wont bother for now. Kitchen surfaces cleaned and washing put on airer.
hello all just finished lunch and put DS to bed for his nap
been to toddler group this morning so he should have a good sleep
loads to do today
clean kitchen sort out paperwork clogging kitchen worktops!! ironing clean out wardrobe clean windows downstairs mission
OOh yeah can I please get your opinion on something?
We are going to visit family at the end of the summer who live quite a way away and there is no room in their house for us to stay. I had a look at renting a small cottage and its looking as though it would cost around £400.00 for the week.
Anyway long story short my friend knows someone really well who lives in teh same are as our family and they have a daughter who lives in our town. They are an older couple and have offered for us to do a house swap so they can come and visit their daughter during the same week and it obviously won't cost us anything.
What do you guys think ? Would you do it? would you be scared of them trashing your house?
i know- am feeling v. pleased with myself today! am in middle of ordering my shopping from asda just looking for shopping codes to see if i can save any money
hope your getting on ok and not wearing yourself out
Right, have done 2 15 min bursts in kitchen, going have a quick sit, hang washing out - our bed which stripped before school, let ds potter in the garden for a bit then have another go.
Right, had quick look at yesterday as was confused by bank talk, sounds like a plan to me for unexpected bills, why does that always happen just after you've spent money that you now can't afford?
Nutsaboutchocolate hope you are feeling better today, take it easy.
Grouchy, hope you are feeling ok after yesterday too.
Hello to everyone else, that's as much as my brain will hold I'm afraid
Thank you all for being nice to me (even those that were being strict) The thing is I was doing really well and in theory, it shouldn't take that much actual hard work to get the house looking reasonable again. DH pointed out last night that someone may need to sleep on our sofa bed in the playroom at some point quite soon so I want to make sure it's tidy enough to fold it out and find the spare bedding.
I liked it when my kitchen looked like someone else's and all that really needs is piles of crap sorting and a good wipe around whilst clearing surfaces. My hall was the first thing I tidied and lasted the longest but messy now as i folded the highchair for dh to take up to the loft 2wks ago and is still there, he used the pushchair and didn't fold it up or put in the car which I always do and that's been there a week and now stuff is gathering around them, why does that happen? so I can do a bit of that but need to 'encourage' DH, he'll say nag.
So,I shall set my timer for 15 and see how it goes, if I do 15 on and 15 off will that be ok?
i phoned housing people about non working bath/shower and they cant get out to fix it til monday! thats ages away so not feeling too impressed will be phoning nanny and grandad later to beg a shower for me and kids!
done so far today; tidy living room/kitchen hoovered dusted washed up made beds breakfast for dc cleared out car folded and put away dry washing
to do: ironing tidy my and dd bedroom tidy ds bedroom hoover bedrooms mission s&s bathroom
dd's not very happy this morning not sure why, she just a bit miserable and cuddly. managed to do most of work before she got up
Ruby can i join bank robbery please??
jas enjoy circus
dame as everyone else said do the bare minumum you'll neeed your strength for baby
bianca well done on the weight loss
bewilder thanks will try that later when i've been to shop to get some
Jas oooh you do have a busy day! Enjoy the circus! My kids would be super if they knew that!
dame don't feel too bad about the lack of flying....you being fit and healthy for your baby's birth is far more important. Just do the basics if I were you.....rope someone else in to help too
Ruby I'm in....I'll be the gettaway driver, I'm a bit nifty on the old 0 to 60 Glad you and got to chat...its god to communicate when things are a bit stressful. I think the provider instinct comes out in most men when things are tight.
Well the child starvation programme is fairly stressful! They have had the odd rich tea biscuit and piece of dry bread, but they can't actually eat anything else until at least lunch time. Will take them into town this morning and distract them I think.
I managed a run last night, no idea how far it was....will have to go back up there in the car to measure it, but I am sure it was a personal best. My knees ache a bit this morning.
am checking out Bank of England for our Big Heist - Dame, you may be a decoy - you won't be able to run away fast enough!
Actually Dame, I am going to speak to you very severely! You are very pg and spd, so you cannot start doing mega housework. Walk round with a bin liner and dump anything you can. Potter and tidy up, but you need to rest and build your strength. If you do anything, empty the freezer and do a big online shop (lots of loo roll) and then take it easy. Once baby is here, you can start to develop little routines. I found an osteopath made a huge difference to my recovery time with dd3 with spd.
Bianca, sounds like lots going well. Hope you and dh can get on better. Have you made appointment with doc???
RR is FL police today - so watch out.
I am going to check party supplies, paint and alien and maybe shop for party food.
DH and I had chat about work, still don't really know how long we can live without income (esp if I order wii items!), but at least he knows I don't blame him . He was on guilt trip about 'providing for family'. Silly sod - not his fault.
Anyhow life goes on . RR goes back to bank blueprints.
Hello, just gettig this on my list, need to fly today, really with myself that I've let it slide as I was getting into good habits was going to get house under control before baby and now i'm 36 wks and coug be havig a cs at 38wks and live in a tip
Right shall go sort boys out, shall try and scan yesterday's thread as have no idea how folks are and will be back later. Will do short bursts as SPD is killing me atm so will have to pop in say hello every now and then to give myself a break
Ds is sitting quietly with a cup of milk so I'll say another quick hello before I go and get the packed lunches made
I've been working loads lately and also been taking a bit of a MN break (didn't last long - too addicted )
Haven't lurked so have no idea what everyone has been up to - hope you're all OK?
Big events for me over the past week are ~managed to get through my 40min dentist appt (slight panic before hand but fine once in the chair - broken tooth is finally whole again!) ~finally reached my 3 stone weight loss target am now 11st 5 ~dd has been lovely since our awful time with the community police etc ~dh and I are struggling
I have a day out planned today with a good friend so need to get my act together as I need to leave the house in good time
I will try to come back on sometime before the day is out.
I started this thread nice and early as I read HN post from last night and wanted to say smehing warm and supportive, but am rubbish at it, so I'll just send good wishes that you got a decent nights sleep last night, and a gentle reminder that you are not rubbish at anything......you put me to shame with your positive attitude in the face of adversity
Bianca - Are you lurking at all? We are missing you!
Tort -I missed your post last night, too. I hope youget to se your dad soon.It is a shame he can't stay for a day o two when he comes.
Bewilderbeast You seem to be having the same financial problems as lots of us.
I've got a busy day today.....toddler group,parents visiting, then we are going to the circus this afternoon. I also need to find something I can feed everyone that requires no effort at all My menu plan has fallen by the wayside this week, as we are living out of thefreezer due to lack of food budget,so it may be an interesting concoction tonight.
I'm going to go and have ashower as I'm up early and all the dc are still asleep....
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I just clicked "threads I'm on" and this one came up, which was nice. It's often none (I'm an irregular these days rather than a regular) or just the au pair threads where we share our worries, mis-matches and (occasionally) successes. Right. Time for bed! Nos da! 
So I hope you're all healthy and hearty. (
I've just finished my reading friends stint from January. one reader has improved their reading age by 9 mths, another by 6 months and one by a whole year. I'm so chuffed with them all and it was a joy to do.
HOW VERY DARE THEY!!!!!
if they knew that!
with myself that I've let it slide as I was getting into good habits
