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[Wolfcub]

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Good idea. I’m sure your friends will be leading very dramatic lives in the near future.

unescorted Are they going to relay the patio for you? At least your bills will be low.

Can you get the very card onto a 0%. Balance transfers can be done off a store card

My new carpet is amazing and smells lovely. Seriously considering moving into this room just for the new carpet as I have envy. If it goes back on offer this weekend, I may get DD1 the same carpet.

I would be very cross in your situation unescorted

£36 to the carpet fitter
£15 on takeaway as DP was late home

Welcome mrsc

Oh no, what a nightmare, Unescorted.

New carpet sounds great, Bacon.

Spends: £3.10 in Greggs.

Welcome newcomers and returners! I've finally found time to catch up and write a post.

Very low spend week which was needed but will have to do a large-ish top up shop and buy some birthday cards at the weekend. Luckily the bank holiday falls on payday so I get paid tomorrow instead.

I've been a rubbish parent tonight. Shouted at dd1 which made ds cry. Then made him cry again because he weed all over me and it made me jump and go "agghh!" which made him jump again. I feel horrible for shouting at DD but after a day of being ignored by truculent teens I think being ignored by her tipped me over the edge. Fresh start tomorrow.

Sorry to hear that unescorted. You don't really need all that at the moment, do you?

£27 champagne for lovely newly engaged friend. Who has a diamond the size of a small country on her finger. Beautiful.

Also argument with dh about me not being able to leave work early tomorrow to pick mil up.

Ha! Em. What planet is he on?!

No idea wreck. All week I’ve been “what time is your mums flight getting in, if you want me at the airport with you I need to know so I can agree leaving early with work” (I know he wants me there but he hasn’t told me) he’s “just leave it stop nagging we’ll sort it out”

So half hour ago “we’ll pick you up at 430 tomorrow from work” me: “you what? I can’t. I have xyz” him: “but mums coming in and we have to meet her...” me “I can get out at 5/515 latest”
Him: “not good enough. You knew I needed you to leave early....”

Disclaimer. Leaving early was mentioned. But so was taking a half day. And as I didn’t know which I was required to do I did neither. Because despite me continuously asking for clarification none was forthcoming.

And I’m the bad guy. now where’s my emergency phone call...?

Ah rubbish em but what does he expect if he won't tell you. You are not a mind reader.

That's not a great bank holiday unescorted, hope it's fixed soon

Snuggly it's a bad day, it's one bad day. Give your kids a hug, go to bed, start again tomorrow.

Oh crikey em he's getting twitchy again. Hang in there, breathe! She will be gone soon and you should get a normal, sane dh back!

unescorted that is really shit. I think they have to make good repairs, possibly compensate you? Leaving you without gas over a bank holiday is frankly appauling. Did you have to rescue any seedlings?

There is something wrong with my mouth. Tis odd. Feels like toothache, but my teeth are all fine. Could be an ulcer but I cannot find one. Almost like I've got a bruise right where the back of my jaw meets my cheek. Paracetamol hasn't touched it. And I never take it, so it usually works well. This did not stop me eating nothing does these days

£12 spent in the co-op on mince, milk and reduced sausages. £22 on fuel, needing to put more money in to get the same amount of petrol. Dp gave me £30 which covers the petrol at least.

Burgers in homemade brioche type rolls for tea. They were a bit dry. I've indigestion, a sore mouth and I'm getting grumpy. Early night for me!

I’m ignoring as much as I can. Trying to just breathe it away.

I know he thinks I’m being difficult on purpose. Which I’m not. But meh. Be the better bigger person.

To be fair they have been really good and upfront about the disruption. I have explained what I would like keeping in the garden and what needs excavating. They are taking the diggings to the tip and refilling the patio. It has given me a chance to look at the source of the water. Which thankfully looks as if it is a cracked pipe and not a spring. I just need to camera or dye the pipes to see where it is.

Em sorry dh is being a knob again. If he told you to butt out and stop fussing when you asked he can legitimately bugger off and go on his own

Unescorted that’s shocking I hope they put your garden back or compensate you. Such a shame when you’ve just done all your planting

Snuggly as others have said tomorrow is another day, we all have short moments don’t beat yourself up

Went for dinner with a friend whilst ds had contact. We used discount codes to know £10 off the bill

£40.01 on diesel

Thanks guys.

It’ll all work out. But I just wish he wouldn’t make things so difficult and wish he’d stop trying to force the issue. But he won’t. If I was in his shoes and he and my mum didn’t get on would I try and force it? Probably.

Thanks for all the welcomes!
Had a very good day spending wise here
£3 DH work commute
£2 ice lollies for DDs on the way home

em The problem is that you are not doing the stereotypical female appeasement of mil which would then make his life very easy. And I agree with you but I bet that is why he is behaving badly. Also he doesn't even realise that is what is going on as social conditioning of female roles is massively ingrained in us. Spends since I last posted petrol. Dog walker. Tesco. Think that is it.

em sorry to hear he is being such a dick. If you were in England I could send you the padlock key and you could have had your choice of unused mills that only get visited once a year. I guess you can take him for a long walk off a pier where you are.
Snuggly Good to see you

Lonely wolf There is a good chance the seedlings are almost ok. They have brought In a bit of burrowing kit so they could go under the Vege beds. The unplanted flower beds have been dug over and the chunks of clay are going. I can back fill with a growing medium and save the back break if digging the clay up myself. Also they take it to the tip again saving me a job. It could have been a lot lot worse.

Forgot £3.60 for two lots of parking
Ds is away with family for the long weekend I am dreading it even though he is being very difficult at the moment, I have made arrangements with friends for tomorrow night and with my parents for Saturday night. I feel like I’m going to be bouncing off the walls all weekend

Oh crikey. We have just worked out what is wrong with our ferrets. The oldest one had an implant to control his virility (!). It has worn off. Hence why Tilly was bitten, and the other girl has a healed bite too. Dp just picked him up in the shed - escaped, and said, "have ya seen the baws on this" Plus he is stinking to high heaven.

So. Tomorrow, call the vets. Swap sweet girl ferret with overly male male ferret into quarrantine cage, and ensure the pen is secure (dp has screwed the door shut for tonight).

Great, just what I need. A rampant ferret.

LOL! Lonely We had that with a Guinea pig once. We gave him to the local petting zoo and the keeper told us that every single female guinea pig in the place has babies on the same day shortly after. Poor frustrated guinea pig

Snuggly we have all been there at some point, I can remember shouting at dd when she was 4yo and recovering from having her tonsils out I was sleep deprived and stressed but still shouldn't have done it, luckily kids are very forgiving.

Unescorted I would be fuming at having plants dug up!! You sound like you are being very reasonable about it all.

Wolf keep yourself busy and do a few things you can't normally do (have a long bath/lie in/hair cut/go to the cinema) its hard but try and enjoy some child free time.

Em I am starting to feel a bit stressed on your behalf about this impending visit!!

Girlie I definitely agree on that. Looking after ill kids is hard, and though it's not a great time for sharp words, it does often seem to be the time when they are likely. Saying nothing about how the last few days have been going here.

Em Good luck these coming days. I have no good advice. Relatives can be very tricky. Glad you have a strong batting arm.