Hey all! A belated "Happy Easter" to all fledglings. Hope everyone ok and that you all had as good a holiday as possible.
Cannot believe it is Friday again - time is flying by - no pun intended!
Just sweeping in for my weekly visit. Easter didn't go exactly as planned; I didn't feel particularly well and we were still assembling Ikea outdoor dining furniture while the lamb was in the oven and the guests were on their way ! We are so terribly behind with everything at wreck2 and everything is taking ages to sort out. But we've had essential electrics and plumbing done so we can camp there reasonably comfortably and have done an awful lot of digging and pruning and mowing!
Still, countryside still blossomed-filled and lovely and a change is as good as a rest and all of that! Highlight was seeing a couple of hares boxing in the early morning in the garden. DD very upset about returning to school though, although she is in better spirits now she is actually back ifyswim.
Three steps forward and two steps back with technology too. Had telephone land line and Internet connection installed as planned and all went well. Then dh's technical bod from office came out to connect dh's phone computer thing to office servers and now telephone and Internet don't work again. We are trying to get this fixed currently.
Since coming back have been attending one long series of medical (and veterinary!) appts - latter for furries not me 
and an educational psychologist appt on behalf of dd. One of the gynae appts was a bit worrying and I definitely have to have (a) an operation and (b) further urgent tests to determine scope of operation and treatment [gulp]. Absolutely no point in worrying until I have more concrete facts though.
Have hardly seen dh - he was mahoosively busy with work even during the holidays - I just seem to follow in his wake picking up half-empty cups of coffee that he never has time to finish before he rushes off somewhere else! Wish he had managed to have more of a rest during Easter holidays poor bloke.
Oh and as for Flying: have caught up with laundry but basket is full again so need to tackle that again today and do urgent towel wash first. Also need to organise linen for family bed-making tomorrow. And do usual veg soup-making and meal planning and prep (fishcakes tonight) as had no chance to do that yesterday (although did get some food shopping gone and have had heavy boring bulky household basics delivered via on-line grocery order ie washing powder, loo rolls, tins of toms, demineralised ironing wate, cleaning materials, bathroom toiletries, etc etc which still all putting away). As for rest, lovely cleaner getting increasingly intermittent in her attendance so I cleaned the public downstairs rooms on Wednesday morning and need to do bathroom and bedrooms today once I've finished office work.
Also need to do some baking because dd is having a load of classmates around tomorrow - they are working on a project together - lots of teen girls and boys requiring sustenance!
[Sorry that was all very long and boring]
How are all of you? Have speed-read thread so pls forgive me if I have missed something important!
Hello to Cotswold! 
Have exactly the same problems as you with regard to decision making and clutter!
So sorry to hear about your guinea pig Purple and how is your new job going?
How is the morning sickness now Cag? (Well done for roof emptying btw!) and hurray for comfy sofa! Sorry your ds is suffering with excema. DD has it badly behind knees and sometimes on arms but it has improved significantly since adolescence struck for some unknown reason. Floor has disappeared in boudoir here again too 
- funny how that happens isn't it? - and that is despite having cleared it before leaving for Easter hol. Harrumph. Back is bad atm (too much digging and pruning) so need to go slowly at it.
Sympathies with out-of-control paperwork Honu it is very very bad here too (can't seem to make decisions about it and am definitely breaking all the rules and touching one piece of paper about 15 times not once!!) Apartment therapy sounds good!!
Afreshstart aw to your ds sitting up but oh no to continuing sleep interruption/deprivation.
Toostressy Good luck with early morning starts!
Hey Celeste good to see you back!
Foxes sympathies re old kitchen that never looks sparkling clean! I have the same problem and a mahoosive crack in the floor.
Can't scroll down any more but enthusiastic waves to Zoo Mermaidsandunicorns Bluepheasant and anyone else I have missed!