With IDOB and STT ready to go, the Wagon rumbles along!

[Kayzr]

Here we go new thread. Sorry for awful title!!

Hi CANT! Have joined other thread! Must now try and dig out something healthy for lunch. We need to do a big internet shop but really want to find out what's happening with the house first (ie, don't want to be packing up huge quantities of food!).

stuart is nice 2 and kim is fun

Hello all!

Oooh an i join weight loss thread?? I have lost 14 lb so far but slipped a bit last week. have another stone to go!

Star - great about dd, I hope that happens with GC as his first two teeth came through at the same time and was awful for him. Great aboutfood and sleep too

Cant- I agree dont actually rate lloyd but wanted Jamie to go out as find him a bit awkward and try hardish if that makes sense

Moosy - I thought you were ok actually! I think its because you keep yourself so busy wit cake making! obviously lots of energy, well done you!

Tink - sorry can't help with the ankle boots but if there is more than 1 bad review I would pass, however see what moosy says...

I afraid I haven't been watching im a celeb. just cannot get into something else!!

Hi Diege, hope you hear good news soon, great that DD2 bday went well and great about DS!

STT nice to hear from you! glad things are ok and recovering well!sorry cannot help with gaviscon although I mixed fed with GC for 10 weeks I did give BF up so no help to you. he did have gaviscon though and I found that he only needed it when having a bad bout of sickness and doc said it was fine to give as and when!

Kayz, IDOB, Gyo anyone else lurking!

hmm...I on DH's mini laptop and it keeps missing out letters so sorry about that!

also Moosy my sentence to you sounds a bit odd omit word 'actually' and I think it sounds better sorry about that!

must preview more!!

Hi all, had a great weekend at my parents. My niece is so cute now she is walking around and starting to talk more. It was a bit stressful having our first night away from home though and I was quite with my SIL. She lives really near my parents and was away overnight so offered us her house as my parents was quite full. When we got there it was an absolute tip - she hadn't changed the sheets on the bed, there was a dirty t-shirt and a pair of socks in the bed (we were staying in her room as she is decorating the spare room), the dogs bed is on one side of her bed and there was so much dirty washing thrown on the floor on the other side you couldn't walk to the bed, there were glasses full of cigarette butts and loads of rubbish on the tables and the carpet was filthy. I know she has been working hard recently but was p*ed off she didn't clear up a bit. Had to spend 15min tidying before I could move the moses basket in. Sorry for the rant but honestly .

I have some savings in my account so I'm thinking about splashing out on a wii fit as a treat. DD naps well during the day and I've been getting out walking but on miserable wet days like today would like to work out at home too. The wii fit and the sports games look really fun - I think DP and I would enjoy playing the sports together. Would you recommend it CANT? I'm not good at spending money on myself but hey, DP bought a new motorbike so I'm owed a pressie!

Diege and CAN'T - LOL at you enjoying all the pipping! Did I miss any news on the house front over the weekend Diege?

STT - glad to hear you are recovering well, I was amazed at how quickly I got over the c-section, and it's fab you feel you had a much more positive experience this time.

SST - yah for toth coming through quickly. Hope you had a anther good nights sleep.

Hi Gruff - those shes are really cute. I feel a bit guilty that DD already has a great shoe collection (all gifts) and I never put any of them on her . Actually, I put her in a dress on Sat to see my parents and got so sick of it riding up I had her back in her usual vest and babygro by lunchtime .

DD1's boots are ok so far but we've only had them a week or two so we'll see.....

Cake making's easy on the energy Gruff, I do most of it sitting down! Having said that I do have to make some horse legs tonight and I really can't be bothered, I just want to go to sleep.

Oops, these long posts of mine are becoming a habit .

x-posted IDOB, bleurgh at your sister's dirty bedroom!

Sorry for not catching up but need some advice...Our 'buyers' have been in touch today and said they want £15 grand off the price, based on the supposed fear of the canal bank at some moment dissolving into dust. I think me and dh now see the whole scenario as basically preparing the ground for asking for money off (ie, the whole canal thing was really a ruse, and timed so that we're unlikely to want to lose our new house). Sooo what to do? Dh's instinct is to tell them to basically F-off, but of course while they are morally low-life and really playing on us being so close to completion, we really don;t want to lose our dream house. We've already dropped the price to them after they 'did their sums wrong' when we accepted their first offer, and everything screams 'walk away' to me, but then if we say yes (and we'd have to go back to our mortgage people) we could be in our new house. Any advice appreciated!

Diege - that's really tough. I would be tempted to tell them to get stuffed, you have already dropped the price once and it sounds like a trumped up excuse. They might just stall again after this. It depends how badly you want the new house though - if you can drop the price can you at least make it dependent on them signing by a certain date? Sorry, that's not much help.

Thanks IDOB. Yes, ypou've pretty much summed it up. We tell them to stuff it and lose our dream house or pay up and are left with the horrible feeling that we've basically been blackmailed. Whatever happens they're due some really bad karma. Have spoken to dh and we're going to think it over tonight. Will probably offer a percentage (say 10 grand) and then walk away if they hold out for the 15. Thing is they're basing their demands on nothing and are purely being greedy, and I hate giving anything to people like that, but then we have so much to lose . Def time to use the face

Diege, I would really be tempted to tell them to shove it. Could you contact your estate agent and see if anyone who was interested in your house is still looking? Maybe them you wouldn't have to lose your dream house. I just can't believe how ridiculous they are being. How long has the canal been there? I imagine it's over 100 years and they were very well built and hardly ever flooded. (can you tell what my history coursework was about)

Diege- sorry to hear they've done this. I'd also be inclined to tell them where to shove it... what is your other options though? didn't you say you were considering those buy-your-house people who buy anything for a fast sale if the buyers fall through? Is that still an option? would their offer of £15k less be higher than what you'd get off them companies? would it destroy the costings on getting the new house?

There's so much... but i think if i were in that position i'd preobably sell it to them purely to get rid of them and into my new hosue... all being well on the price in accordance to what you need to be able to get the new house.

IDOB- yuk at your sister... wii-fit!!! YES!!! all the way!! it's a 'fun' way to loose weight!!

Very tempted KAYZ. There are no other interested buyers that we know of, sadly (market v.slow here) You're right, the canal is old (over 250 years) and has never flooded. We're also uphill so theoretically could never be affected even if it did. Plus the sides of the bank were reinforced with steel when our house was built. I think tbh the canal thing is just a smoke-screen and that they've wanted to get it for less all along. How can people like that sleep at night? They probably expect us to go back to our seller and ask for some money off, but there's no way we'd let someone else suffer because of greed. We've now decided to offer £5 grand, even though it will kill us, and walk away if they say no deal.

Hi CANT! Have thought of the option of both auction and those companies which buy, but we'd get about 70% of the valuation with both, so more expensive than giving them 15 grand. TBH I'd pay up to 10 grand, but then as dh says they might push for another 5...It will be tomorrow now that we get back in touch as our EA is not in till then (poor temp has had to relay it all!)so will put our offer in and sit tight. Dh is determined to stick at 5 and is far stronger than I am at this house business. I just don't want to lose my house! Having said that, we're already stretched with the mortgage deal we've got at the moment so another 15 grand would be difficult.

Realise why they turned down our offer of paying for a full engineer's report of the canal bank now...it would have come out fine and they want money off . Sorry for all the ranting - just helps to get it down!

Diege- dont worry- rant away!!

They sound like utter twunts IMO- but if the market is slow then it'd possibly best to try and hold out for the sale.... BUT sounds like your DH has more about him than to be defeated by them!!

Hey Diege - it sounds like a good compromise although it must be sickening to give them anything off. I'll keep my fingers crossed it all works out.

I've just ordered a wii and fit board - I feel a bit guilty (I'm not good at spending money on myself) but very excited! Now I just have to hope DD carries on with the naps so I can have a go on it.

Thanks guys! We'll see what the morning brings. CANT do I have permission to postpone diet until tomorrow?
IDOB I think the puchase is fully deserved, and a great idea .
Just been listening to Jeff Buckley album and had forgotten how brilliant he was. Bet you no-one's heard of him have they

IDOB- DD still wears things like babygrows and just leggings and tops often. I love her in a nice dress but they are only really worn for visiting family etc!! however- DD also owns a very large selection of shoes. She does wear them now her feet are a little bigger, but most are still too big (my kids seem to take after me and have very small feet) dispite being 0-3 sizes or 0.5 shoe!!

oops- posted too soon was also going to say-

gruff- no you can't join the weight loss thread .... of course you can- will be great to have you over there!! Now get your butt over there!! Your weight loss sounds impressive already!!

IDOB- I find my best time is during DD2's mornign nap when the other 2 are at school & nursery too!! She falls asleep on the way back from the school run without fail, and then i have a good couple of hours to do my workout, some housework and MN!!

Diege- permission granted- however i'd like you to run up and down the stairs one extra time tonight- may burn off some extra callories for you

Diege I have Jeff Buckley album! Grace yeah? Had it a few years. good isnt it. I think your buyers are taking the p*$$!I cannot believe they can do that to someone dont give them any more than 5k. Grrr, Im so angry on your behalf Rant away! whoops think i dd some ranting for you

Right I will get my butt on that thread, Cant

IDOB - I have the wii fit too, its fab and DH loves it too. We get very competitive with it!

Yes, Grace Gruff - very cathartic As CANT says, look forward to seeing you on the weight loss thread. Thanks for the ranting for me (it helps oddly). Am going back and forth thinking will we regret not giving them 15 grand in the future, but I think you have to draw a line and make a stand somewhere. If they're after money what's to stop them asking for another couple of grand the day before completion? Right, will breathe out now and go and run up and down the stairs as CANT's request

hoping the stairs running has made you feel less guilty about the choccy you'll no doubt be wanting tonight!!

Think DS is very tired- he's been sat in his bed crying for the best part of an hour- ie since we got in from school. All because i told him off because he was talking to me like crap!! I'm sick of it from him, so told him off and said that if he was going to speak to me like that then i didn't want to hear anything from him... he came in, stormed off upstairs and has been crying/screaming etc...

He's been off his tea the last weeks or so, keeps waking at 5-5.30am... when he's never been an early riser- it's all started since he started school- i'm at my witts end- and am sick of it, yet he wont go to sleep when he comes home any more, otherwise it'll mean he wont go to sleep at bedtime till 10 or later....

what do i do? put up with a horrible little boy for a couple of hours every evening when i know sleep will solve it? or have a disrupted evening every night and get him a nap? i just can't fathom what i'm supposed to do with him!!