Morning everyone - looks like Awen and Amani have things going for them! Still same-old same-old here, lots of mild contractions or hefty BH, but nowt actually happening - will give things another go tonight with a long walk followed by clary sage bath and massage, pineapple and some time with DH .
Had a lovely lie-in this morning, didn't get up until 10am, although I still got my average 4-5 hours sleep! This is very rare for us, but I suppose we'd better make the most of it! We've also had a very productive morning - baby's room is virtually complete, including stuff like the nursing chair and side-table that we were going to leave until afterwards. Just need to give the house a going-over with the hoover and I'll be happy! I think you're right KT - although I want this LO to come along, mentally I am holding back because of silly things like the cat litter needed changing, and we needed to take the old carpet to the tip - I know it's silly stuff, but it hangs over you!
Sorry you feel like DH is being lazy Gingeme - I know exactly what you mean! I'm trying my hardest not to nag mine to do stuff that I can't do, but I stress when he doesn't do them unless I nag! He tells me not to stress about it, but I don't think they understand that it's not something we can just switch off!
What are peoples' plans for Christmas? We haven't got anything planned to be honest - we'll do our food shop today and hopefully get a nice chicken or duck (DH doesn't like turkey) and all the trimmings so we can still have a Christmas dinner. We've never been the sort to put up decorations (we're not remotely religious, and lived in a really crap area before) but this year we've got some lights up in our window and trying to make an effort! If we see a nice artificial tree reduced today we'll probably get it - with three destructive cats we've never bothered with a tree before!
My Dad might be popping up for a day, depending on when he's working - he's a semi-retired GP and does lots of locum work and often covers other practices' Christmas leave. Apparently he can earn more doing one Christmas shift than he would in two weeks any other time - daft isn't it! We've been invited to Christmas dinner at my FIL's and his girlfriend's but (and don't hate me for this!) they drive us both absolutely mad, and we can't bear to spend any more time than is absolutely necessary with them! They bicker all the time about stupid things, and she always has long dirty nails and I can't bear the thought of eating food she's prepared! Aah I feel so much better for having got all that off my chest! When I think about mine and DH's upbringings (several broken marriages, a distinct lack of give-a-shit parenting) it's no wonder that we're not very family oriented! I'm just glad in a way that we've got our priorities sorted - our own family will come first, and I'm really looking forwards to increasing it by one .
Ooh that's a long post - think I'll go and have leftover chinese takeaway for lunch!