Hello.
I am a rubbish FLYer again, lately, but keep checking for the birth announcement.
It will definitely be on this thread somewhere....hopefully near the beginning!
Good luck Wendy
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Jas · 02/12/2010 18:57
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scattyspice ·
02/12/2010 19:35
Fingers crossed wendy start doing squat jumps or something 
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Another day of trudging/buses/sledging today. Am worn out with it all.
Also done:
laundry
sandwiches
hoover
wash up
nutty sounds like a good day 
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Nuttybear ·
02/12/2010 21:15
Wendy Just do some wiggling and I'm sure it will pop out.
Good luck to those who still have snow OFM MC and others. yse, snow okay for 2 days then it stops being funny.
DS had a fab day going from house to house. I wasn't so productive. But had a nice cuppa at the last house and a chat.
so I did manage
Make beds done
clean bathroom done
hoover upstairs done
Small Food Shop done
W/M and dryer on and off all day!
folded clothes.
Washed summer kings size quilt in my W/M I knew I should have taken it to the laundrette but kept putting it off! Going to finish drying it there!
Now off to watch Madmen before I read swan's thread 
Nuttybear ·
02/12/2010 23:13
OFM I just read a bit of last Saturday thread you and Funtime where loving the snow hey!
Just had a panic attack as I thought the boiler had broken down. I keep putting the themometer up and down all day and I thought I bust it. Sat in the cold with a hot water bottle watching Madmen then came upstairs and pressed a few buttons and it seems okay now. Famous last words I now really really feel for people with no heating at this time of year. Horrible nightmare. Swan Glad your gas leak has been fixed and your in a nice warm house.
swanriver ·
02/12/2010 23:39
wrapped several more presents for PTA in cellophane
piano lesson [crash course in Enigma Variations 
trudged on slippery slidey pavements backwards and forwards several times between school/shops/home
went to ds1 carol concert for Borough Schools with dd, and ds's godmother. Another icy trek. His choir did a Beatles song with religious theme (can you guess which one? has a Mary in it 
. Fab church, fab choirs (we were the best!), and lovely singing from the audience too! I was v. impressed by his music teacher and how she pulled the choir together tbh - when you see the choirs you begin to realise what an influence the "conductor" has...
dh in moderately calm mood after nice eve babysitting just one child 
and even ate the pasta bake {although he mentioned in passing he'd had to add a lot to it to make it edible...]
Scatty you are being heroic, I'm sure a lot of people are very grateful for you being there despite the difficulty getting in.
OFM next year presumably the Nanny will work out cheaper than this, so it could be an investment to pay more now. And in two years you wouldn't have anything like the existing costs and could revert back to the school hours set up. I think afterschool club might be very tiring three days a week - I know lots of people who use it but they all limit it, and it might be v. tiring when ds2 first goes to school too so it might not be a longterm solution when he's four/five either. Anyway - just trying to imagine myself in your shoes, but I suppose I'm not being very successful because you are obviously Superwoman to have managed to get six children out of house every morning and get to work at all!
must go to bed before I start thinking of essential chores...
OverflowingMum ·
03/12/2010 10:58
morning all
wendy how you doing??
nutty yes I always love the snow - for the first day or two LOL
swan yes, childcare needs will change a lot over next 2 years. The solution now of a nanny, and be doing 3 full days would be the most expensive, and will then decrease as DS2 gets older. Would ideally eventually like to end up with an after school nanny 3 days a week that could collect the dc from school (2 will by then be at secondary and making own way home)which would obviously be much cheaper than what we currently pay, or as you say I could then go back to hours to fit with school pick up...either way childcrae costs will go down over next 2 years, so need to see this as a long term investment I think to help mitigate the stress of returning to work when DS2 still V little, and with 6 of them!
and yay for DH eating pasta bake LOL
Well, snow still here, but no more and roads seem passable
DS1 school closed though still, as is DH school, and girls have an inset day anyway...
I have woken up with very poorly feeling stomache, and a bit shakey and unwell...
DH is going to take them to the park to brak the monotony of it all...
I may try and do some blitzing...maybe...
Sadly the concert dd's were meant to be in tonight has been cancelled - they are still sad about that, but hopefully it will be re-arranged...
right, off for a cuppa I think...
BBL
Nuttybear ·
03/12/2010 11:35
Bravo, Well done you! Now go and wet the baby's head with a cup of tea.
Arthur Robert a lovely name
dylsmum1998 ·
03/12/2010 11:55
YAy Wendy!! congratulations
Have been busy this morning. so far I have
cleaned and dusted the whole living room including behind all furniture
cleaned the kitchen behind cooker, fridge etc
cleaned the bathrooms
tidied and hoovered hall ways and stairs
tidied and hoovered my room
helped dd tidy and hoover her room
House is looking so tidy its great 
Its not snowing here either today, so hopefully it will start to thaw and I'll be able to get out tomorrow. Dc are meant to be at their dads, I need to do some christmas shopping while they are gone. And more importantly I'm meant to be gong out for a meal with my friend
anyway going to make a small to do list for this afternoon as I have done so much this morning;
ironing
lunch
wash up
dinner
sewing?
play in the snow?
BBL enjoy your cuddles WEndy
OverflowingMum ·
03/12/2010 11:58
oooooooohhhh jumping up and down with excitement!
HUGE congratulations wendy
How fab! Welcome to the world little Arthur Robert!(lovely name too)
Happy snuggling! [frgrin]
Makingchanges ·
03/12/2010 12:01
Wendy congratulations thats fantastic!!
We'll i've just been digging my next-door neighbours van out - no chance of my car moving any time within next week or so I think 
Now exhausted. Gonna have two minutes then get DD from next-door, make some lunch and get on with uni essay.
Two loads of washing donethis morning so far so not all lost
Back later
swanriver ·
03/12/2010 12:30
And...I hope you got the last bed in the hospital! Grr to horridness, thank goodness it's over.
oh, Wendy, just bask in success, I'm very happy for you. Just keep snuggling and don't race around!
Can't wait for my nephew/niece in early Jan
Sold sooo many presents this morning (mostly screwdrivers and mugs full of sweeties or teabags to eager schoolchildren.
House is truly a tip, I am not pretending. 3 nights out in a row, and five mornings "working" have taken their toll.
Unfortunately I have even more errands now for Xmas fair
posting mylist on fledglings
funtimewincies ·
03/12/2010 19:36
Congratulations Wendy (especially as a fellow 'mum-of-an-Arthur' )!
Jas ·
03/12/2010 20:14
Congratulations Wendy. Love the name (Just don't shorten it to ARF, which doesn't sound good being screamed across the school playground in an Essex accent
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dylsmum1998 ·
04/12/2010 08:28
its rained in the night so approximately half the snow from around the car has gone. Still a lot of ice on the road. I may be brave and try and get the car out later on today, assuming it will start after not being used for almost a week and being buried under so much snow
I made a bag last night to store my sewing projects in. Am really pleased with how it turned out.
today i need to;
try and move car
take ds to his dads
christmas shop
reserve things in argos
lesson plan for next week
review learning from last week (only mon to do as wasnt in after that)
see if still able to go for meal and catch up with friend.
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04/12/2010 14:27
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