Monday FLY -Master bedroom

[Jelley]

Kelly

Thanks EHM

90% of washing put away.
Tea cooking.
Now playing isketch for a bit!

Afternoon All

The course seemed to go well though my brain had turned to semolina. Will read the file this week.

The hunt for DS's shoes was fruitless. Tesco's range was size 4-9 and then 12-3 DS needs 11...grrrh. Good news is I have a pair stowed in his wardrobe. They'll do till his 35 quid a time Clarks give out

Got home to find our lovely council had not taken the boxes of recyclable waste just left it so it blew everywere. managed to condense it to 2/3rds of 1 green bin but I phoned to complain. I'm doing what they want aren't I? They did say to make more use of the grey (straight to landfill) bin

So done this afternoon
Tidy outside gates
Organise green bin
Zest and juice 14 oranges for freezing
Tidy up (messy enough but DDS also 'helped')
Load and rum WM
Hang up to dry
Hang up yesterday's washing to dry
Load and run TD (DH assumes towels are self cleaning and drying
Clean sticky orange fingerprints off front room window
Vac downstairs
'Shine' sink

You've all been so busy.
Mega impresive EHM

Luda I sorted out our filing last summer and had a large washing basket of waste paper to shred. DH's filing system is pile it on kitchen table, when it slips off, put into carrier and hang in cellar head. Repeat! 5 bags of paper, mostly total rubbish. And I agree re insurance, DH has 3 or 4 pension plans and they send through reams of paper for a laugh. I'm sure one of them is 'Sandra in accounts has swapped chicken sandwich to prawn pasta for lunches. This is how it will affect your policy' as they costantly send A4 sized bundles.

Shouldbe my tip for the paperwork is to refine the sorting as you go. I start with a 'stuff to keep' and 'stuff to chuck' piles, then 'his' 'mine' 'ds' ''house' then sort each pile into the relevant areas (eg 'house' becomes 'bills' and 'insurance'). It make it easir to tackle in smaller chunks. I also advise getting a filing box or expanding file so you can keep it all in separate sorted areas, makes it easier to update.

Righgt. off to do DS's tea, have fun....byyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeee for now

Thanks for the tips grouchy - I hope to tackle the filing later on this week.
satin look after yourself x

I've done nothing much, as predicted
I'm half way through the ironing which I will aim to finish this evening.

Not much else to report, non-eventful day here really.....

Hello, I have made it through the paperwork!!!! It really needed doing but it was a huge pile!

I don't have any tips especially, just chuck it if it isn't relevant! I did keep all the bank statements....put them all in a huge folder...these go back about 5 years but we always seem to need bank statements, and I always think they might come in handy at some stage

I have to just go and sort tea but will be back for a read up in a bitxx

grouchy Glad the course was ok...even if your mind is now mush! I had the shoe nightmare last week! Just where do they go!? And why is it they dissapear just when you want to go out!! (I found ds missing shoe under dd1 in a box!...of course!!!)
I would have left the bloomin recycling blowing around for them to collect!!! (ok well maybe I wouldn't ...but I'd have wanted to) Weren't they already about 6 weeks behind? You had loads of it too! What did they want you to use the grey bin for? Bloomin heck....they are supposed to encourage recycling are they not (Its a sore point here too...can you tell! )

tort glad the dr's visit went ok, your kids sound so loving! Mine are terribly shy! I am going to attempt the lemon drizzle cake tommorrow...I have the lemons ready

shouldbe Is it still snowing where you are? It is feezing here...and I think it is on the way....I get all excited too...until the novelty wears off

EHM You have a very impressive list today! You've done great by the looks of things! We also had a tenancy agreement for a flat we lived in before we were married...it is now an office block I think...or something similar.

Jelley Hope you managed to get some more done, I know the clingy child thing all to well! Dd2 is teething quite badly, her bigger teeth are just poking through on the top and the bottom and she is very whigy and clingy. It does make it hard to get anything done. I end up carrying her around....with her in one arm and trying to vac with the other which is not great but its beeter than tears and whining!!!

satin Hope your dd is a bit better, and I hope you get some sleep tonight. Do you think all this feeding is down to a growth spurt?

Right well I have completely lost track of time!!!!! I haven't put the kids to bed yet...so I'd better go do that!! Dh will hopefully be home soon, with a bit of luck he can help! (wishful thinking)

Bye for now xx

luda DD2 is normally very shy! She normally sits on my lap cuddled in. This Dr was so good that he put her straight at ease! Fantastic!

Only problem for me was seeing them with him and realising that they have no grandparents around(he was an old chap!). My parents are too far away in Turkey and xp2's parents don't really have anything to do with them.

I know that feeling tort, my kids don't see their grandparents either...once maybe twice a year, and they live in the same country!!!!
My dad, I'm not sure why, but doesn't come to see us very often and we can't practically stay with him, he lives on a narrowboat and there is absolutely no room what so ever!!! We can never afford to stay in a hotel or anything either.
MIL has been once in the four years we have lived here! If we don't visit them, then we never see them.

Dh has 4 sisters and a brother, 2 of his sisters come and stay fairly often. His youngest sister comes most often, she is only 20, and brings her ds and B/F (they are comming up at the weekend)
My brother has only been once also in the 4 years we have been here....but thats life I guess.

p.s its nice to find a doctor who is good with kids, our doctor is lovely too. He is very understanding of ds who freaks out and usually refuses to let the doctor anywhere near him!

Our dentist on the other hand.....he's quite moody and his assistant isn't any better! Last check up ds refused to open his mouth and after at least 10 very painful minutes of the assistant trying to sit him on the chair and bribe him with stickers, I had to ask the dentist if I could count his teeth at home, and maybe next time he'd cooperate!

I did loads today

• Won two games on isketch.
• Had a bowl of soup (was homemade out of the freezer).
• Got dressed.
• Posted a letter (was tax return so very important)
• Hung up a dressing gown from the washing machine.
• Made macaroni cheese for dinner.

Few I am exausted now .

Sounded a bit like Bridget Jones there .

He's not a normal Dr. i think he is a (retired)child psychiatrist or something. Its all to do with final court hearing. He had to look at kids attachments to each parent and to siblings etc. I'm hopeful his report will favour DS's coming home!

Thanks Grouchy & Ludaloo I am completely knackered .

DW loaded,On & Empited x 3 done
wash/dress baby done
shower/dress me done
Gave baby breakfastdone
General tidy needed despite my efforts yesterday.friend coming at 1pm.done
Hoover upstairs
Clean bathroom done
S & S downstairs toilet done
make fajitas for tea(made big batch so I put 2 portions in freezer too)done
unpack Tesco shopping done
Ironing.
3 loads of washing done
3 loads in tumble. done

Also did quick trip to supermarket for 2 items i forgot of tesco delivery.
dd bathed & in bed at 8.15. I've just fininshed batching up more baby food for freezer. I am off to bed see you all tomorrow night night sleep tight.x.x

good luck with the report tort I suspect he will have a lot of experience and will be able to tell. Did he not have to see you and the boys together? Oh have I missed read somewhere....did he see the boys with you and dh??

He saw boys with xp1 then me with DD's then xp1 dropped DS's at mine so he could se me and all DC together then saw DD's with xp2!
Complicated isn't it! lol!

Hello to all.

Just a quickie as I've got to head for bed and have had a very busy day. Have flicked through the thread.

I hope everything goes well for you, tort.

I won't do a list of everything I've done as I think beauty sleep is a greater priority!

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these bloody links I 've off to sort dd as she now screaming at me, will try & do Tuesday thread when I return

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