Weekend FLY. Last two days of rest before back to school rush(for me anyway!)

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Morning. Am i really the 1st? Never started thread before.

Oh...inside of wardrobe still to be done too...

Living room curtains now in the dryer, and bedroom curtains in washing machine.
No more rooms today, just finish off in our bedroom, hoover the living room and our room, and then tomorrow I will tackle the hall and downstairs loo (will take me forever as the cupboard under the stairs is grim!)

Nice to get all the curtains/blinds washed, they had been bugging me, and it does make a big difference too.

I found an unused wardrobe hangy shelf thingy, and have hung it on the end of our curtain pole...which doesn't actually look too out of place, and have made lots of extra places to put things, like my hair dryer/straighteners, books, jewelery box etc.

Right off to figure out how exactly I hoover under our bed

Good afternoon

dds room is all done, and looks great I'm looking forward to her seeing it now

Need to bake a cake for PiL for tea, run the hoover round and pack the school bags then that's it for the day

I noticed TRs thread this morning, always good to see her

Dh and I had lunch - I sobbed through some of it after a(nother) fall out

Better go and make the cake or it won't be ready on time.
Back later to read through properly

Dream - I get discouraged very easily, so it wouldn't work for me to have a whopping list on here. I reward myself with some time on MN when I've done my two or three jobs.

Next: clean sinks and toilets

[oooooppps]

Just noticed the fish tank (should have checked hours ago!) and the new pump was bubbling the tank up like a little jacuzzi!!! the fish were all swimming for dear life to avoid being swirled up in all the bubbles! (have now altered the bubble setting thing )

Glad you have DD's room sorted...hope she likes it
Sorry you had a (nother) fall out with DH though
Good luck with PIL's visit.

Janni I am a list person...I love making them I have to write it all in a big list....then I see it as more of a challange (I HAVE to get it all done then)
Also I get distracted very easily, so its good to have the list to refer back to and keep on track!
I sometimes wish I had less of an OCD about things really, then I might be nice and laid back like you.

Bianca - hope you feel better soon and that you can make up with DH. Luda - I feel like those fish of yours, swimming against the tide for dear life!!

Will now have a quick tidy up of study before taking DSs friend home.

Oh

My step mum has just phoned, dad had to go into hospital friday....with chest pains...
She panicked as dads side has a history of heart attacks (his dad, his oldest brother, and his uncle all died from heart attacks)
They gave him an x-ray and his heart and lungs were healthy, and they think he has picked up an infection internally, so he was sent home to rest and take anti-biotics and pain killers....except dad being dad, won't take the pain killers and won't rest properly
I am now very concerened
He is going back to the hospital on Tuesday so we'll see.
My step mum thinks he has been over doing things....he is 62, and has spent most of the winter clearing a nearby woodland He isn't the sort to stop because of pain...he tries to just keep going through it.
He kept telling my SM it was indejestion!
Daft old thing.....he had better rest up, otherwise I'll be down there to make sure he does! I absolutely cannot imagine losing him

Luda Does he live far away from you? I hope he sees sense and rests up a bi more.

Bianca @ a(nother) row.
I'll be baking tomorrow. I am going to try and make an Iggle Piggle cake for ds' birthday on Tuesday.

Jas He lives about 3 1/2 hours drive away. He is in the midlands, we are on the west coast of mid wales.
Its at times like this I get a bit panicky that we live so far away. If we lived closer, I would be there with DH to help out. You see they live on a narrow boat, which is getting a bit impractical for them now. They have to hump the coal from one end of the mooring to the other and they have to use big heavy generators for power...that sort of thing.
Dad manages ok normally, but my SM won't be able to do all of that on her own (I lived on the boat from the age of 10...until I left to go to Uni....so I know what they have to do each day...light the fires, get the coal, start the gennies, not to mention having to move the boat to have the toilet tank emptied and deisel pumped in)
I wish we were closer so we could help out.
I have just phoned my bro, in the hope he might offer to go and see him, but I think that fell on deaf ears

Well...hopefully this might make dad realise he needs to slow down, problem is, he thinks he is Captain Invincible!

Oh Luda I hope you get some reassurance that he's OK and looking after himself x How far away is your brother?

Dd is home and delighted with her bedroom
Ds is home and was suffering withdrawal from Lego Stars Wars he's had a little play on it and is all flushed and grumpy now we've made him stop for supper/bath-time etc Think we might have to set some serious boundries when it comes to computer time, is anyone else very strict with monitoring how much time their dcs spend on the computer in one sitting?
PiL have gone, MiL commented on my weight loss which made me

Now we're all on our own for the evening I'm going to get the kids to bed, have a bath and hope for a good nights sleep. I have work tomorrow.

about your dad Luda, hope it's a straight forward thing.

Janni long 'to do' lists terrify me. I just write what I've done as that make me feel like I've achieved. I'd love to see Trinity here.

Been busy keeping an eye on our feathered friends, refilling bird feeders, squishing fat and seeds into bags to hang up as feeders and helping Ed with his reading (It,an,at,is, oh,no, ok as. Not too bad really for a boy who can't concerntrate)

And I've done

Make lunchboxes for tomorrow
Tidy front room
Empty TD
Take it upstairs
Do ironing
Ed's clothes out for morning.
Get bags ready for morning
Put laundry away

Fancy a laugh?...DH is a useless zombie when there is a footy final on, even if he despises both teams. Today's match a case in point. He comes down for extra time and turns the TV onto the match. Ed gets fed up then giddy, Match on a 1-0 knife edge, 3 mins extra time, DH getting uptight and agitated and...

Ed jumps on the remote on the armchair and crashes it. It turns over to an advert for a channel that advertises an 'adult' channel {blush] (I don't know how the hell that happened or why it is on our system) DH is doing his nut, the remote won't talk to the box, the 3 mins is running out, he's shouting, Ed's laughing hysterically and the TV is stuck on women posing in uncomfortable skimpy undies (or 'Ladies fashions' as Ed calls them ) DH shrieking at Ed to go to bed and Ed is laughing his head off.

Then to add to DH's meltdown, BIL calls and says 'Dis you see that!' Dh diplomatically says no, technical problems' and just decends into a gibbering wreak. In the mean time tarty women are posing provocativley in awful scanties!

And Ed has just said 'Ladies fashions are too old for me I think'

I love being me I'm just sat there with the laptop amid the chaos tring not to react.

Sorry for the long post but I had to share that incident, you couldn't write it in a sitcom

Have lovely evenings all xx

Bianca that Lego Star Wars is mega addictive to kids and adults. Ed will play it constantly. I have tried to limit time spent on it but enforcing it isn't worth the effort. I know that sounds pathetic.

Mind you, it's improving his fine and gross motor skills and he's learning to perserve with an activity, recap, repeat when he gets things wrong until it's right, work out how to do things, ordering, logic and all that stuff. I told him this afternoon, if he puts the same effort and focus into his schoolwork he will be brilliant.

I can only hope the Indiana Jones one to come is as good

Luda - I'm so sorry to hear about your dad. At least the tests did not find anything serious.
GO - your Ed sounds very mature in saying the ladies' fashions are too grown up for him

To do: DW, kitchen, school bags

Evening all

Right I am giggling away so much that DH has asked me what I was laughing at so I told him, he laughed his pants off to - so its going to be Ladies Fashions in this house too GO

We had a lovley day out, we had lunmch and dinner out and the boys were well behaved and ate everything in sight {proud mummy emo}

We got their bedding, a duvet, pillows and some other bits and peices from Ikea. We also picked up a table top and four legs from Ikea for the new spare room to be DH's desk.

I have laughed so much I can not remember anything else - so catch you all tomorrow

Hi,

I may not be around tomorrow, we have decided to go and see my dad...
I'm just too worried really, I know everything is probably fine, but after my neighbours sudden death, and my dad's high risk of a heart attack it is really playing on my mind...just if I didn't go and see him, and something happened I'd be gutted
I'm sure it is just him over doing it...but all the same...

Bianca glad your DD liked her room

Luda Hope your dad is ok.
Bianca Sorry you and DH fell out again. Mine are limited on PC or wii etc. DS's take it in turns on the PC and get about 30mins each usually and not every night. They don't like that much but i don't like them on it too long. Wii is better cos they are active with it!
GO that is funny lol!

My funny story of the day is here pmsl!

Monday