March 2013 Mk V: Lumpy bumpy witty knitters (patiently) await the bloom!

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New one marchers sorry on phone and can't link! Will post title in our old thread x

Oh no, what happened MrsR?

Blimey ladies - busy day!

Zoey - that's horrific, no wonder you're stressing.

Hmmmm can see me getting a devil child next as DS2 such an angel- he is 18 months and just went to bottom of stairs and said 'night night mummy' started waving and started going up stairs! Have put him to bed and he put thumb straight in mouth and ain't made a sound- new any is go into Akers up for it I can feel it!!!!!!

MrsR what happened?

Evening ladies,

feel really dodgy all day today and fed up, I have so much that needs to be done!

Loving all the chat,

Manda just right deleting your post I googled my page name and found an old post under my old mn name, I had spaces between each letter as some mumsnetters wanted to nosey at my cakes AMD mnhq deleted it for me

Evening All! Have driven 350 ish miles (30 degrees, air con broken) done an all nighter with ds, packed and unpacked car, food shop for the week, made up beds, cooked dinner.... I'm a bit tired....

As we've been on the road for the last 24 hours I haven't had time to catch up with everyone but hope you've all had good days. I'm off to bed. Looking forward to a day on the beach tomorrow before it starts raining!

Night All!

Eek - 30 degrees & no air con, not great.

So MrM and I have now told his family. They're all chuffed, although I think he's getting a roasting from his Mum about us not vein married. I managed to cook a cracking vegetarian lasagne & garlic bread and my tiramissu was fantastic, if I do say so myself. Which is hood because there were six of us & I appear to have made enough for 12 so that's lunch tomorrow sorted.

Ive also managed to eat pasta and salad without feeling sick - a first for the last 8 weeks or so AND I've had enough energy that I didn't fall asleep mid way through the evening. Result all round.

Just heard my bro has rocked up to celebrate Socrates with my parents, with two bottles of bubbles. Aw.

Some classic typos there - sorry ladies

Gosh End you really need a holiday after all that! Hope you have fun at the beach tomorrow.

What a full day of talk! Have been checking in regularly, but with me what happens is I get up to date, start to write a message, get disturbed (phone rings, dd/dh need me, pan boils over etc) and never manage to post! Anyway on phone now so will keep this a short one!

Hope things are ok after this evening NexT btw.

Fx for good sleep tonight for myself and all other bad sleepers!

Sorry of course those names should be Ems and MrsR!

Mornin All, ds slept to a respectable 7 am this morning. Dh just asked me to get his shower gel out of his bag and I find he has packed condoms! Wtf?! Think I need to sit him down and have a little chat on the facts of life!

What does everyone else have planned for the day?

Oh Em that made me laugh! Maybe he thinks sperm can interfere with the baby?!

Tramp hooray for telling MrM's family and for your for your bro being bubbletastic on account of the baby! Cor, what I'd give for a slice of that veggie lasagne, right now, for breakfast! Yum.

Glad you think I did the right thing Gummi! MNHQ must think 'poor pregnant brain not thinking properly'!

Zoey I want two like that please! What a darling DS2!

Good luck with the continuing DIY SOS, Tea.

Working this a.m. (boo) then out for lunch with friends for their daughter's birthday. Her mum and dad know about the pregnancy but not her and she's going to be sooo excited! It's four miles away but we can get there almost entirely by cycling along the Thames so am really looking forward to the journey too as could do with some sun and fresh air!

MrsR waiting with baited breath for details - hope you're ok.

tramp vege lasagne, hope you saved some for everyone, I've just started to feel normal and lasagne sounds yum! Lovely to gear your good reactions to your news

DH just picked a fight with me about Christmas. Give me strength.

I've finally caught up! Marking my place before I get lost again :)
I'm recovering today from a food festival yesterday, I did enjoy it for the most part but the constant smell of frying sausages made me feel queasy and the four hour drive really took it out of me so managed to stay up for Dr Who and then went to bed - I'm so rock and roll!
I'm up for fb, you can have a secret group. I was part of one and no-one could see anything of it, you couldn't search for it or anything. All I had to do was be friends with the lady that set the secret group up.
BabyBoo news went up on fb on Monday and I told people at work, a lot of people (mostly men tbf) asked me if it was planned. I didn't know how to answer that, surely it's none of their business?
Anyway, today I am going to attempt making food. I always used to bake my own bread and was getting some great results (I even had my own bakery stall and made £100 profit in one day!) but the smell and the standing upright for so long has been putting me off. Can't wait to get cooking again, it's a big part of who I am and how I destress and I've really really missed it. Not to mention I'm getting a bit bored of DH's convenience food bless him, he tries so hard!

Morning everyone! Feeling much brighter today after a hard week. Going to have some pancakes with fruit and yoghurt now as a special Sunday indulgence!

4 weeks until 20 week scan! So excited!!!

Oh and done some serious maternity shopping! Topshop jeans with slouchy jumper, loads of weekend clothes and full work wardrobe. So happy!!

Oooh Hermione, with your prior knowledge can you be persuaded to be the one to set up a FB group?! Be nice to have an easier space to share pics and such. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but enough, I think, have given the idea the thumbs up Yes, totally out of order for people to ask if it was planned. And there's no helpful way to respond - if you decline to answer they will presume it was a surprise. How annoying. You could turn the tables and say, 'So what about your kids? All planned?!' Wow, impressed by your bakery stall! I normally do all the cooking but I haven't had the energy and DH has taken over about half of it (plus a lot of 'my' tasks, in addition to his, poor love!)

Turkish was about to feel jealous about your scan for a mo, then I worked out that it's only 3.5 weeks till my 18-week (cervix) scan, so yay! Time is flying! I feel like a new woman since getting my uplift maternity bra and skinny H&M maternity cords so can feel your joy on the shopping front!

Yummy home made crusty bread bacon sandwiches sound amazing hermoine tell me what time your oven finishes and I am there for bread:)
tramp congrats on sharing your news and lasting all night without falling asleep its amazing how tiring growing a person can be manda you must be super woman for even managing to get up everyday growing 2!!!!
I am off to buy new DVDs today ready for my few days bed bound after op this week, any recommendations? Nothing scary thou as am a total wimp :)

Felling more human this morning have showered and used expensive new shampoo and conditioner and all my new santaury stuff so smell nice and have de fuzzed legs etc- however new razor has made me look slightly like I spend the night with Edward scissor hand as have manged to cut one leg about 10 times!!!
I must be a bit better as DH once again used the tap down stairs while I was in shower and it went freezing and I just told him to turn it off, no swearing, threats of death etc :)

Might take kids to Hayling Island today they have a little fun fair right on beach and can get amazing fish and chips and sit on beach plus there is a shop that sells fresh made hot doughnuts that are amazing- DH thinks I only want to go for doughnuts I can't see the problem with this

Anyway hope everyone has an amazing Sunday and has as good weather as we are going to- now to find summer clothes that fit

I am well up for a Facebook group too :)

Hey all! Lovely weekend do far with Sil, Bil and children, about to drive on to Norfolk and hoping the weather stays good!
Well done lexi on the clothes, it's been a real pain for you so I'm really happy! Yeah!
Reception in Norfolk very bad so will probably disappear off the radar for a week, please try not to use an entire thread while I'm gone, I'll never find you!

So pleased everyone is having a lovely Sunday morning. It's amazing what a good nights sleep & not feeling nauseous and hormonally ratty can do for you isn't it!

If we have a meet up I promise to make veg lasagne, but only if we also get some home made bread.

Tbh - the tiramissu is the real coup.. Can I have it for breakfast do you think?

Had a lie in & feel awesome. Getting up now then we're away for night in the spa hotel where I have my massage!!!! Yay.

Zoey - so funny reading about trips to Hayling Idland etc. My childhood right there. Although traffic on a nice day to Hayling is such a fag we'd have been off to the tail end of Southsea with a picnic & bathers. These days it needs to be a lot warmer for me to consider sea swimming. Although when socs comes along I suspect I'll revert to a motherly grown up vsn of 7 year old me. Roll on the play parks & the seaside trips :)

Turkish - hurrah on the new clothes

Morning! I've just done a JoJo and zoey and pampered myself. I have managed a lovely razor cut like zoey too. Ooh tramp spa sounds lovely!

Didn't have an amazing sleep, I kept waking up to DH snoring. Grr.

Hermione I love making bread too. I used to make most of our bread but haven't managed any at all since being pg. I particularly like sourdough but I can't see me having time to do this again for years. Never sold any though, wow, you must be amazing!

Hope you are having a nice time in Norfolk lanny I used to live there, so lovely.

Have a nice lunch out manda. I'm meeting my cousin with her baby tomorrow, good practice :)

Todays exciting job: clearing out the garage. Not looking forward to this at all as there is so much junk in there. We have no choice though as we are having some furniture delivered soon that belonged to DH's gran. It is a good feeling getting rid of useless rubbish though. I just can't believe how it all piles up. Urgh, there will be spiders in there won't there...

Morning all 13 hours kip last night on and off! But boy did I need it!
Spent the afternoon at the house cleaning windows and attempting to mow the lawn (take two today). The grass is about knee height and I was borrowing next doors flymo... You can picture the effort!!! My abs are so sore from the force of pushing such a weak machine over such out of control grass!! I've decided I'm going to try strimming it first!!

Loving the earlier chat about the OU. I had a tutorial yesterday, funnily enough. I think I'm addicted to being a student... I did my undergrad MA in modern languages at St Andrews (yes, Wills was there for some of the time I was), then a postgrad qualification at Aberdeen. Had been out of uni stuff for about 6 years and had DS, before deciding to go back to studying alongside working. Enrolled at the OU to do French from scratch. Have almost completed my first module and have an exam in a fortnight. Love it. Once I've done the French, I fancy some kind of English lit course, or maybe I'll do something sciency for a change?