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HillsBesideTheSea · 01/01/2019 01:16
cag sending hugs and good vibes for today with your meeting and little cagletini and her jabs
SC good luck last minute lunch plan
Mog I too have dresser envy
Foxes mine gave up naps just over a year,was bloody hard in early I'm still tired but won't sleep phase and the lack time to do things was sooo hard initially.sending sincere sympathy
Dd2 has brace tightening todayand has been invited a sleepover Saturday 2pm-sunday 6pm.luckily it's only around the corner.first time asked attend with rest social circle regularly doing these shindigs.part of me doesn't want her to go as I suspect it's for the purpose entertaining rest of them with her lack social cues,but she's desperate to fit in
it all depends on state her mouth.would it be wrong of me to hope it's too sore?
Morning!
Thanks Bower I'd love the recipe when you have a moment but no rush! Teaching & decorating sounds full on!
Noted about jars; thanks again Cag, I'm sticking with root vegetables puree! Thankfully still have an Annabel Karmel book around and a really good cookery book written by a lady chef for her toddler called Cooking for Cocoa. It will be nice revisiting! Amazing how all the advice changes so rapidly (and differs in different countries). Good luck with med appts (both yours and Cagletini's ) and glad you are through the worst of withdrawal.
Zoo hope dd2's brace tightening goes ok and she's not in too much discomfort, and good luck with sleepover decision, sounds like a tricky one!
DD went to rather gruesome modern interpretation of Macbeth last night (we were sent a letter about it) and was quite wired when she came home and didn't sleep until after 2 am and this morning first thing (8 am lesson) has to reach 12 metre target on climbing wall wearing a blindfold in gym class in order to pass (yes even wall climbing is subject to being marked and formally assessed grrrr! She is terrified of heights but at the same time says she can't wait! 
. Have made her pancakes with maple syrup this morning for fortification purposes as she is going to try and nip home for lunch to see the babies (twins)! 
. Her year (4ieme secondaire) wouldn't normally be allowed out of school during breaks - usually year above until they have that liberty - but there's a huge building project going on so half of school grounds out of bounds, so they all walk the streets at lunch time. This was a great novelty back in September when the weather was warm and they could visit local snack shops etc with friends. Not so much now when freezing cold and streets covered in snow so she's happy to come home for a bit (but too far to do every day).
Had better stop rambling and get on! Have a good one everybody!
Tada
Wash on
Fed cats
Littertray and bins sorted
Breakfasts and pack up for lil zoo(dd2 lunch real is 1-2 and app at 2 so having" real "food whilst can still chew for lunch!!)
Wash up
Sweep living room and kitchen floors
Wash in dryer
More wash on
S+s bathroom
Write shopping list(trip to wilko,home bargains and poundshop in town then onto pet store for flea treatments and finally Aldi for bread/milk etc)as DP around for appointment I utilising the car for shopping purposes
Wipe kitchen surfaces
Clean hob
Wipe cupboard fronts
May seem Uber productive as wasn't up as early as usual but I am angry cleaning as lil zoo has become child from hell.we were discussing a stray cat poo on bathroom floor(thanks to joys eating human hair) so left half breakfast saying we put her off,then it was not tying hair up despite nuts in class and finally heard crunching in hallways and eating lunch crisps.each time I asked why doing X,y,z and didn't answer enraging me further and then we had tears.ffs.finallh time leave with dd2 I asked getting hug thusormjng and stonewalled me.had restrain myself from slapping her face as look gave me I had rising anger and urge to do it
Not best of morning parenting,but at least powered thru lots jobs in case dd2 wants comfort later....
To do
Shopping
Found load recipes that need filing/writing out in recipe books.will start on that
Poss stick head in boudoir
Forgot to add SC you are a proper trooper constant catering for everyone.i would be offering dried up marmite sarnys by now hoping take hint eat elsewhere
Any news on DH investigations?
Hope you get squishy little one cuddles
Right,signing out til later.dp will be descending very shortly and D's is still sitting here in his pjs!!
bower that recipe looks so tempting and I have all the ingredients too (except the dried apricots , I have other dried fruit that might work though!) I really shouldn't make it though, I made cakes yesterday... 🍰
Zoo hope it gets sorted soon that really is crap. I feel your pain re getting very angry with the dc! I was like that with ds this morning, had to manhandle him into his coat because he was having a tantrum just as we were leaving , I felt terrible all morning then picked him up from nursery and they said he was really happy today so all the screaming and crying just for me! 
Our dishwasher has given up the ghost. Reminds me how much I hate washing up!
Ta da
Washing up X2
Washing on
Rubbish out
Been to shops for party bag stuff and some groceries
Made lunch for me and ds
Tonight's dinner chicken tikka masala which dd has said she wants to help with so that will be fun...
bower hope you can fight off the bugs, zoo as if you wouldn't want the boiler working with very cold temps predicted for the next few days - I hope they visit today! I hate it when the dishwasher goes down foxes, washing cups and mugs always seems like a poor use of time to me.
Bit more tidying and dusting today, cleaned the bath and sink in the main bathroom, one load of laundry not hung up yet
It is cold. Stay warm, zoo 
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Sass that is really good of you to take on February thread 
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Thank you to Hills for managing scary January .
Bower thank you so much for taking the time to post that recipe when you are feeling rotten. Much appreciated! I hope you feel much better soon. Take it steady.
Oh no Zoo you must all be so miserable in the cold with no hot water. I wish you lived nearer so you could all kip here. In your shoes I think a leak might suddenly appear out of the blue
Gah re: DW Foxes what a nuisance! I hate being without one so totally understand your frustration especially with little 'uns!
How is the weather with you Lisette?
Vigorous wing flaps to everyone else!
Entertaining went well so thanks again for all the tips! Totally beguiling and delightful mini guests did indeed bring their own provisions but went home with my puree so all bases covered! Had to take furries for longer walk afterwards to make up for being separated from us for a couple of hours (locked them in separate room with beds/blankets/toys/provisions for duration of visit) as never take risks with visiting dc. They were rather indignant at missing a nice lunch though No other Flying done other than two loads washing! Hopeless! Did cook tomorrow's cod with pea and broccoli puree though as we are now eating out tomorrow night. Tired so in bed with the Yorkshire vets atm. G'night all!
Oh yes, DD only made it to 11.5m (0.5m short) on climbing wall so she has to go through it all again next week, the rotters! She sort of loves/hates it though so not the end of the world, just wish they would offer an inkling of praise for effort occasionally, so negative! Gah!
She is making Mary Berry's coffee and walnut mini cakes atm for a friend's birthday. It's great, after years of careful supervision, when one can can finally leave the offspring to cook alone and get on with it by themselves and then eat the results! . It won't be long now Foxes! 
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