No dog-ends. No roll-ups. No 'Just One's. NO SMOKING!!!

[minkmama]

Morning girls, not subtle i know but hey, some of us need this

Cough Splutter im ill

oh and we tried a night flight as we thought it made sense since it does for us adults (that's how we usually fly) but kids being kids....

the afternoon flight was far better. on the night flight, ds1 was crying for a couple of hours and dh had to cradle him with a blanket over his head a la breastfeeding and this man came up to him and said 'have you fed him (yes), have you changed his nappy(yes) - well can't you do something because he's been crying for hours now!!' THE CHEEK for goodness' sake he's a baby and his way of complaining about discomfort was to cry, what was the man's excuse?!!!! unfortunately dh was too tired to say anything.

the problem with night flights is that people expect to sleep. on the afternoon flight everyone thought he was cute (plus they were coming back from a super holiday in thailand in good spirits)

they bought an economy (ie- family) ticket not b*** business class!!!!!!

i find lying on the bed and talking upside down very effective for sounding ill unfortunately cannot fake illness with this SAHM job

Bloody Hell, im surprised you were on the BBC news...MUM throttles man on night flight...

am off to do those oils as ds2 sounds asleep!

luckily i was sleeping or else i would have given him my mind on the matter. pity.

wernt....faking...me??? Good Idea though

okey see you laterxx

I have got a day off the job but I still have little Tanya home with me...so...its like half a day off...

'afternoon fellow smoke-free zones.

Yes, fp that GF thread was a bit of a biggie. And it did rage on for far longer than it did on here. GF insisted on having all her posts under her previous pseudonym suppressed and I've still never been quite sure she's going to just let it lie. She never let that 'threat' towards me go. I think she made some of the MN teams lives a bit of a nightmare at that time. What was really weird was when one knew that it was really her and one read back the posts she'd written under her pseudonym it was really obvious that had been her all along! There was even one in which someone joked that she was actually GF and she brushed it off!

Anyway, not happy memories for me!

Mm, I got the oils this morning and dd is sporting a coating as she naps right now so will tell you if it's a lovely cough-free sleep. They smell gorgeous. I was also thinking about something you said about your Ds1 living on biscuits for 2 weeks when you went to Thailand and remembering you saying he was a small eater? My dd eats so little it frightens us sometimes and when we go away it's even worse! I'm anxious about this Christmas as we've got lots of visits to do. And how's your Ds1 doing at nursery now? Dd starts her settling in on January 5. I'm anxious about that too!

Let's face it, I'm anxious full stop. If there wasn't something to be anxious about I'd find something.

i should call you woody allen

even if it doesn't help her now, it'll help her when she's got a cold, so use it then too.

yes, going away is often horrid and i've reached a stage now where i don't expect him to eat. we got him weighed a couple of months ago and he was only 23lbs which was a massive improvement for him. we've had to see a nutritionist and paed in the past but they're okay about him at the mo cos of his height (ie - not tall therefore in proportion) runs around like a busy bee all day though and strong as a bull...don't know how he does it!!! he eats better when it's cold and since nursery is def more adventurous with food! oddly, he likes strong flavours like garlic, stilton (!), smoked bacon, haddock and gammon. strange child...

can't believe it's p.m already...where has my free day gone?!!!!

have finished blending fp, they look so funny like little brown bottles of moonshine will wrap them up tonight and do the info sheets.

hands are starting to freeze again, so see you later!

oh fp i forgot to add that i have run out of linden blossom so have added more of the others...hope that's okay please don't penalise me on FB for wrong description! Sorry, didn't realise and I wanted to get these to you now instead of waiting for a delivery if it's any consolation, linden is the weakest smelling of the lot and was a small quantity so it's not noticeable i must say though that i like your anger blend the best out of all the ones i make!

Cheers MM, as long as they smell nice and whiffy it doesnt matter...but as im in a witchy mood I will leave horrid feedback!
BM I hope she doesnt come here looking to stop smoking
Very weird way to behave though...
Had a few empty moments today that my mind tryed to tell me would be the perfect moment to fill with a fag...sigh and there was I thinking I was over all that.

i don't know if we'll ever get rid of some of our associations fp but the point is that we don't give in to them! and one day we'll def reach a stage where we hardly ever think of them, much like fg says..an old boyfriend. v. good analogy fg, no wonder you're a writer

am nearly three quarters of the way through the book and still no sign of croydon person!!! am steaming through it at night!

what star sign is everyone? i'm an aries.

omigod, it's 3pm and it's getting dark here!! have to go and pick up ds1 soon.

bm, ds1 started off well then cried everytime i left him not for me, but 'where is dadda?' he didn't cry for long apparently and was fine the rest of the day sometimes needing Mr Rabbit for comfort and a cuddle from the group leader (is that what i call her?). today was the first day he said 'bye' to me and was okay till the very last minute but was distracted by the prospect of seeing the snowman he'd made last week.

it is quite hard seeing them cry as you leave, but you've got to do it sometime otherwise they'd be 18 before they were ready! i knew he was okay during the day and wasn't traumatised when i collected him so we just kept with it. having said that, ds1 is very sociable and not shy at all, so that helped.

anyway off now, see you guys later.

Im a sagitarius. Dont think im like what im meant to be like. I have my 2 scorpio dds who ar e like chalk and cheese and they are born on the same day....so that makes me think its all a load of balls. LOL...but theres certains traits in certain starsigns isnt there.....that do ring true.
See if you can find out her name Mink....coz at somepoint your gonna have to say er hello...Group Leader could I have a word...and your gonna feel well daft!!! Been there done that!!!

Yes, I think there is some Woody Allen in my humour. Must be a downcast, ironic, Eeyore-like gene!

I'm a Taurus but have no faith in star signs. Some of my mums Jewish mates are rreally into numerology which I find a bit more likely.

Urg gotta go am typing 1-handedly while dd tries to yank out my rather absurdly girlish plaits which are attempting to hide the fact that my hair needs a wash!

See you later ...

I flopped again and had a cigarette this afternoon.

No point making excuses. But the reasons were just being extremely knackered and frazzled. Dd's very hard work at the moment. For the first time really. She's been a textbook 'angel' child most of the time but this last month or so has seen a massive change. I think it's a combination of the 'two's', the failed potty training and her being tired and unwell with her cough. It's as though every single thing has become a 'battle' with her and I think I'd cope ok with it because I know this phase has to be gone through it's just that I'm SO tired and dp's long working hours means I'm dealing with it all on my own.

Moan, moan, moan ... I'm feeling very weepy and fed up with myself at the moment...

Oh NO :( Your probably feeling worse as the wee bit of nicotine you did have is saying MOR MORE MORE.....
Its a bugger Bluemoon but really, we have all been there and done it 100 times over and one quit will be our last quit.
Im sure you said to me, as long as you dont give up and think Bugger It your doing ok.
Big Hugs. I know what frazzlers kids can be.
Doesnt help that its winter and its cold...

Only a few days ago I was there, but im back on the straight and narrow again...xxxxxxxxxxxx

You're kind, fp, thanks. But I'm really feeling down tonight, like I'm not on top of / in control of anything. I feel like I'd like to get thoroughly pissed but then I think I'd feel guilty about that too ... [miserable emoticon]

Well I would personally get pissed and in the morning make a fresh start.xx

But I feel pathetic, fp, like I'm constantly going to bed at the moment thinking 'tomorrow I'll be better, make a fresh start' and every night I go to bed disappointed in myself.

Oh I know just how you feel..sorry disapeered to go get a voddy and got distracted talking to dp(first time this week!)
I have had times where day in day out its a struggle just being and existing and having to do 101 things as well as stopping smoking just isnt good...but I have came to the conclusion that those sort of days feel 10 times worse when I am smoking, because as well as 6 phone calls, 3 letters 2 kids and a house to sort out theres that deadly bloody fag shouting my name every 45 mins.
Can you ship your dd off somewhere tommorow and get 5 mins peace?
Or stick the tv on and both lay on the sofa doign bugger all the next time you get a chance.

Poor BM, it will pass. the hardest thing is when you've already got an angel and then things start changing on you. i agree with FP, you should definitely get p*ssed and sleep early, if not tonight then tomorrow. is she sleeping any better lately? sleep when she sleeps or just rest on the sofa whilst she watches tv or plays. make sure you eat properly and don't skip breakfast as i find that when i'm weak with the boys, it's because i haven't eaten right.

i sound like a mother.

remember that one of your taurean traits is perseverence!

i'm well into astrology, read so much as a teenager that i was ready to try my hand at birth charts. don't really do any now but we got charts done for the boys and a compatibility one for dh and myself and i believe that if you get it done fully, it's obviously far more accurate.

dh is a taurean too. fp, you really look and sound like a sagittarian!!!