Frugaleers dripping their way through a wet January...

[SneakyGremlins]

Hang on, that makes us sound like alcoholics

Deep breath wolf. Go into another room.
Pre teens emotions are running high here too.
Pm if you need to sound off

Wolf - ear plugs / noise cancelling ear phones. As life says move away from the strop. Sometimes people just have to let it all out and then things can be listened to. Likewise - Pm if you need to.

Wolf - wise words already. No different to a toddler tantrum (more complex reasons obviously). Move away, ignore. That's hard I know. When things are calm - ask if he wants to talk. Or sit quietly on the bed and wait. I do the latter sometimes. Xx

I just suggested to dh that he wees in the compost. He looked a bit scared! I am also imagining super-charged slugs full of caffeine changing around the garden all night! We've got billions of slugs actually so that's good to know. Thanks Unescorted.

Thanks life I’m feeling more rested but actually a bit worse! More coldy! But am in bed now. Ate al the veggies in a pie (a veggie shepherds pie for dinner - mushrooms seeet potato carrots celery spinach onion garlic kidney beans and lentils with swede mash) and have drunk loads of water today.

Had a nice easy day. Hoovered upstairs. Washed filter in the vacuum. Laundry (one load). Netflix. Watched three episodes of the sinner and then binged a bit of friends while I had a doze.

Very early start tomorrow. Dh is off to the “other” island for work for the day. His flight is at 8 he’s leaving here at 640 to get to airport at 7. Ds and I have to get ready and to work nursery. I’m aiming to leave the house by 745 at the latest. As want to leave work early to pick dh up at 545. May make it.

I think ds has a spot of the conjunctivitis. His right eye is a bit goooy. He’s been snotty for days and I think has probably rubbed some in there. Also he’s moving up to toddler group at nursery so new toys new kids new germs. Joy. He has a cracking cough too poor baby bear. But other than that he’s in superbly good spirits.

I may have to pop into nursery at lunchtime tomorrow to do the eye drops. I bought otc ones before New Years as Dm thought he was getting it then. Luckily we didn’t use them.

em glad you had an easier day. I don't know why but I always imagine living on a small island would be really claustrophobic. Having said that I have no idea how big yours is.

Snuggly dh had a similar look when I explained why he wasn't allowed to use the loo. It made toilet training ds fun.... the neighbours thought us odd mind.

Wolf some very unmumsnetty hugs

I rushed my shower after spinning, rushed my dinner, rushed to my meeting to realise that I was a week early

Am very annoyed with myself & the fact that I'm going to miss being able to do full class at bootcamp next week because of it

Green thanks for asking about the hyacinth, ds brought a rooted one home from school at Christmas & I've not done anything with it yet, it's just sitting on top of a jar of water. Do I pot it up inside or straight outside? We're due some cold weather next week.

Thanks unescorted I'll get planting! Also good to know about the coffee grounds. Utility room is invaded by slugs nightly! Can't use pellets due to hens & dogs.
wolf hope the meltdown has subsided, and ds has calmed.

Aw, you are all so sweet. She's been ok today, we had a great day compared to many others, but she just got really unsettled in the evening and she's only been in bed now for about 20 mins when we normally have her sound asleep in her bed by around 9, not sure what is bothering her tonight. I keep meaning to keep a food diary to see if I can identify any patterns with food but keep forgetting, have started it now but will probs be a bit sporadic.

Wolf You are also doing a great job! I think people probably tell parents of young babies that they are doing great but perhaps don't tell parents with older children? But you all still deserve to be told you are doing a good job still, because I know it doesn't magically become easier when they are older, you will have just different difficulties I suppose but I'm sure it must be really hard often still!

Em That pie sounds lush, making me hungry! My curry was meh, bland as I didn't have half the spices. Really need to restock my spice stash, I'm missing loads of stuff atm. Also interesting that he is moving up to toddler group already at nursery, the nursery DD is going to they stay in the baby group until around 20 months.

Morning all

Frugal fail, must have knocked the heating onto manual so it’s been on all night. I’m not even working from home today to take advantage

Thanks for the support re ds

Hope everyone has a lovely frugal day

Oops wolf.

Hope you and ds are OK Wolf and not too warm!

Over night heating always gives me a headache. How is DS today?
Dd is still a Madame

overnight heating always wakes me up - I feel I can’t breathe! Hope today is much better Wolf

I bet it is the medication Meadow, it played havoc with DD’s bowels for a bit

Up in the night with DS again (wet through his nappy again somehow... this would be much less of an issue if he didn’t have a meltdown each time over wet clothes. The whole house was awake, including my sister). Soooo tired, I can’t remember my last decent sleep. I have to work during DD’s nap today too.

I might take dd to a new playgroup today. Could drive but dd loves a bus so might do that instead.

Sorry you've had a bad night Seacow. I feel your pain!!

Wolf hopefully the house will retain the heat some bit, and it won't go completely to waste, nightmare though when you're so careful with not using it much.

Ds in to me at 2.57am last night, he's such a pet he brings his kylie sheet with him after noticing that when he comes in to me I've to go to his bed for a kylie sheet. Think it's the being back at school that unsettled him, he had a tantrum on Friday night which flared abruptly but wasn't as long lived as 2018 ones, he looked for reassurance and cuddles quite quickly whereas he rejected this last year. He was up too late and over tired.

€100 on bootcamp this morning
Will need to buy two birthday cards this week also
Going to spend €10 to use body analysis machine that bootcamp guy has bought too.

Had a good day yesterday with dfriend. Lasagne and cake were much appreciated.
Today am going to meet 2 ex work colleagues for coffee & cake. One of them has a 2 month old baby so I've got a pair of Blade and Rose leggings for her (very cute & didn't exist when my dd were little) £10 but I bought them before Christmas.
Then I've the afternoon to myself so today is going to be about tidying and organising my sewing corner & reading.
Unescorted I love the idea of the straw bale compost. Not sure we've got a secluded enough spot in our garden

Ahhhh I wish DD would nap for more than 30 minutes at a time. Or that she would be happy with toys for longer than 10 minutes a few times a day . Or that she wouldn't wake up as soon as you come in from a walk so I spend her nap times walking and can't get anything done or have a rest . Oh well. I guess she will soon be big and not needing to nap so much and then it won't be such a big deal.

I am also planning to take her to a new playgroup today Seacow. Have just popped a diazepam tho cos horrendously anxious even though it's only a few mins walk away and in a church that I used to have violin lessons in as a child . Also need to go post office to send off DD's passport application which I'm also hideously anxious about as we go on holiday so soon and the post office staff are not very um personable to say the least. The fella in the shop bit is ok if just a bit dozy (we took her for her photo last week and he was like uhhhh idk what to do and had to ask a post office counter lady and she told him and then he tried to get us to put DD laying down on the counter I was like um can we put her on the floor instead please, she'll roll off! ) but the two women who work on the actual counter are not very customer-focused...so that will cost me a bomb as I think I'm going to grit my teeth and pay the extra to have it done in a week to give me peace of mind because if there's any problems if I wait the three weeks or if it's a bit delayed longer then there won't be time to fix it and apply again before we go away and I will just have sleepless nights over it until I get it back so. My parents helpfully keep telling me I should have sorted it ages ago and I know that but I was too anxious and DH didn't show any interest or help me until I had a big meltdown about it the other week. And it's too late now for that isn't it!

north I had to google those leggings as I’d never heard of them.... and I’m nosey! They are very cute 😍 there’s always someone in my work having a baby so will keep them in mind for the next one.

Should be nsd today apart from Tesco delivery but counted that yesterday. Weather is crap, wet and windy, so no desire to go out and spend money anyway.

Hello!

I wondered if I could pop back in for 2 minutes just to say I hope you are all okay there. I haven't read back (I'm too scared, tbh) except that I saw you ended the last thread early. I'm sorry if things have been difficult there.

I've had a week off MN and I'm hoping that that has helped to calm things down there. It's been kind of restful here as dh is at home so I've had a chance to spend proper time with him for the first time in years.

Also I know that I talk too much on here, and I'm not good at controlling my own rambling tendencies really. Even though I try hard, I always end up wittering again. And then I put my foot in it. Ooops. Sorry. Again. I'm hoping that removing myself has helped get things better there.

I think I might take a while longer off MN, as dh is on leave from work for a while, and it would be nice to take the chance to hang out with him. And also I really worry about coming back and talking too much and putting my foot in it again, which would not be good.

I wondered - would it be okay if I do what Laska does, and just come back to visit once in a while, without actually spending my whole life on here?

You've all been such lovely lovely company for the last four years during which I've been isolated at home while recovering from illness. The chat has been wonderful, during the days, and especially during the nights, when I would have otherwise been alone. I would miss you all something awful if I just vanished away.

I don't really want to come back just now and start reading for the responses to this, because I don't want to derail the thread, and make things difficult.

Also I should really keep trying to get on in RL and I have even managed to get a little job, which I ought to get on and do. But if there a consensus of "yes, visit once in a while" or "no, buzz off" I'd be glad to hear it by pm or something.

Anyway, thanks again so much for all of your lovely company over the last few years. It's been great, and I've learned a ton of things that I never would have known before.

Have pm'd Autumn. It'd be lovely to see the others back too. We miss you all!

Meadow my two didn't nap at all really until they were 8 months and then they napped for a lot longer more contentedly, well dd formed a routine of morning and afternoon naps and ds just napped whenever but there was no work to getting them to sleep. I don't generally post about the baby years because I don't recall them in great detail even though ds is only 5. He didn't sleep at night until he was 2.5 so I just survived them really

I also pm'd Autumn but I pm'd Lonely because I love to see everyone posting here.

Hi all, I'm having a lovely time at the spa! We had a nice dinner last night and I've just been for a facial 😊

Nice to see you autumn and glad you're getting on okay, I think popping in every now and then is a good idea.

I've just seen the job I went for and didn't get has been readvertised, I know it's glutton for punishment but I might go for it again 😅 will have more time to spend on the application this time at least.

meadow I think he’s moving up because others in the group are ready and they have loads of babies just joined. He is full of energy so it means he’ll get to run off more steam!!

unescorted 45sq miles. That’s how big the island is. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

Girlie so jealous of your spa! Definitely go for the job.