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Babystepping our way through February, with brews and pointy sticks!

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 14/02/2012 07:52

Hi all, Welcome to the new thread.

Oiii!,*Carrots, bessie, Zoo, Scout, Dlamis, and anyone I've missed - Over here!!!

[Brew] anyone?

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liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 15:58

aw sounds like you had a lovely afternoon scoutSmile

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 15/02/2012 16:12

Hi Zoo

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liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 16:15

up for 20min buddying?

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 15/02/2012 16:17

You'll need a rather large stick and a bribe Wink to get me moving!

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liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 16:22

---------------->>>>>>

erm,erm,erm.......

i know.

a BIG carrier bag of double chocolate mars barsWink

i will be back at 4.45!

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 15/02/2012 16:23

Your on! Smile

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liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 16:46

halfway through washing up mountain...
did you manage anything BC

liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 16:47
Scout19075 · 15/02/2012 16:47

I have learned -- TS will only be fooled using the "sauce" trick if it is a reddish color. Sad

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 15/02/2012 16:49

Done a bit of washing up (same old boring job!).

I hope to get a bit more jobs done tomorrow as DH is home to help with the DC.Wink

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liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 17:04

finished dishes...I HATE WASHING UP!!!
you spend time doing it,turn your back and theres always more

liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 17:05

*scout8 that still gives lots of room to be sneakyWink
glad you managed get something done blackcatSmile

liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 17:07

whats for dinner?
...havent a clueShock

maybe a bean and veg stew(one pan to wash takes less than hour to make)

whats everyone else having?

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BlackCatTryingToFly · 15/02/2012 17:09

Yes I know what you mean Zoo, I HATE WASHING UP!!! too.

DH is home now, he has taken DS out to get us some food as I'm not up to cooking at the mo. I must sound like a lazy cow to some people but I am not too well at the mo. I think Zoo understands. x

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liveinazoo · 15/02/2012 17:18

wish we were having takeout.least then kitchen would stay relatively tidy for longer than an hour!

i do understand and depression isnt a lazy illness-i wish it was then i could get going and sort my hom,e and life far faster!!!

dp has arrived now for usual wednesday visit.if i get a chance i will pop back in later

youve done really well today blackcat

we both "survived" til the cavalry(partners) arrivedGrin

bessie26 · 15/02/2012 17:20

It's not so much crawling more dragging herself across the floor commando-style!

DD1 will have her tea at pre-school today, DD2 is having potato cakes DH & I are having supermarket pizza & salad as he is going out tonight & we need a quick/easy meal.

The only thing I hate more than washing up is drying up. At least when you are washing the pots you feel like you have (kind of) accomplished something, you can see what you've done. Drying them? Meh

carrotsandcelery · 15/02/2012 18:16

Evening everyone!

Scout re the tin - I would put it to Mr Scout that he has a week to find a valid use for it and if not it can go to someone who will find it useful (charity shop). Would that work?

bessie Awwww! at commando style backwards crawling. That feels a very long time ago now.

I have spent the day in the company of 5 children ranging in age from nearly 11 to 2. We went out for a long time early in the day and then played at the other family's house (which was immaculate Blush).

We came home to some "presents" from Twilight and I felt hugely guilty as we had clearly been out too long for her.

That has been cleaned up, disinfected and shampooed. Bleurgh! The dogs have also been fed.

My next job is to take dd's friend home which is going to cause ructions and then feed the troops (we have soup left over and went out for paninis so are not that hungry so that should cover it).

The house is an almighty mess.

My dcs go back to school tomorrow though so I will hopefully get back into some sort of routine although I am riding tomorrow and dh is off on Friday and wants to go out to play.

I will chip away at it though.

BC and zoo - glad you got each other going. BC the suffocation was well intentioned. Shock Grin

Scout19075 · 15/02/2012 18:34

Toddler doesn't always allow me to respond (as in, he wants to type) but I do read during the day.

BlackCat, I understand too. Just be gentle with yourself.

Dinner here is slow cooker chicken pot pie with Bisquick biscuit top. Yum, yum. Toddler wanted nothing to do with it, even put over pasta twirls. Ended up making him some red sauce so he'd eat. He's gone funny on food the last week or two but I've noticed he's chewing his hand a lot more so I think he's working on molars (and his desire for cereal and pasta would be explained as they're soft & easy to eat).

MrScout still hasn't left the big smoke and doesn't know when he'll be able to. Sad The person he's working for on his current project/assignment doesn't do time keeping and "forgets" that people on his team have families and commutes. ARGH.

carrotsandcelery · 15/02/2012 19:32

BlackCat I think you would be surprised by how much most if not all of us understand.

Scout I have spent the last few days reading through the thread and by the time I get to a point where I can respond something happens. By the time I get back I have heaps more to read etc.

I also get jumpy when dcs here on sleepovers start having a look over my shoulder incase they go home and tell their dmums all about it and their dmums are mumsnetters and realise who I am .

Dcs are fed (Ended up doing beans on toast with a bit of cheese for them as they didn't want soup). I was waiting for dh but suspect I should have just eaten as I am decluttering a packet of Thorntons caramel squares at an impressive speed Shock

carrotsandcelery · 15/02/2012 19:33

Scout as for the molars - dd was complaining about molars coming through today and she is 10. I have had a long gap inbetween though Grin

carrotsandcelery · 15/02/2012 19:34

Yikes! I have eaten the whole packet. Now I feel sick and guilty. I will have to hide the packet before dh or dcs see it. Blush

Scout19075 · 15/02/2012 20:14

carrots, TS has been quite late on the teeth front. Always seems to be at the tail end of the "average" or just past. I was the same way. A doctor told my mom that the longer the teeth take to come through the stronger they are. They certainly were in my case -- out all of my teeth only one came out without help. I had two teeth loose for nearly a year but wouldn't come out so the dentist had to take them out. I had to have the last of my baby teeth surgically removed when I was 15 (including my four impacted 12-year molars so they took them out the way they take wisdom teeth). Eeek! I had adult teeth waiting and wanting to come in and were coming through within a week of my surgery (I still had stitches in and the teeth were stretching the stitches). I looked funny (gaps in my mouth and my face swollen to a square).

MrScout still not home and won't be for at least another 90 minutes or so. I think I'm going to declutter some Reese's. Grin

carrotsandcelery · 15/02/2012 20:18

Scout that sounds a grim experience Shock

I am glad I am not the only one decluttering at this time of night. Grin

Scout19075 · 15/02/2012 20:29

What, eleven teeth removed at once? I only missed one day of school (did it the day before we started Easter break) and when I went to talk to my teachers to get work some didn't believe me.

Just like at the end of my sophomore year of high school I had the chicken pox and missed my finals and I had teachers struggling to work out why I had them and how to work out my grades since I was exempt from the exams.

I have a very interesting medical past and present. Grin

Ooohhhh, I've found a home for one or two of Toddler's special baby toys (but ones that aren't special enough for me to save). YAY!

carrotsandcelery · 15/02/2012 21:57

Scout that sounds hideous. Shock

I have been watching the perfect tv programme for your dh. It is on More 4 and is called "Obsessive Compulsive Hoarders". It might be on the on demand facility. It might be too touchy for him but it might also show him what could happen to him if he keeps rescuing tins and trays. Have your tissues handy though as it is very sad to see someone in such desperate need.