Friday Fly - Pamper yourself - me time is important and its date night too

[TheMadHouse]

Morning all

mission

babysteps

oh scatty I see you meant that you were waiting for floor, not to wash it. sorry.

hi all
got baaaad hang over, house needs tidying, can't do it atm.
ds2 in bed
me on sofa
got to try to arrange for someone to take ds1 to a party after school

i usually wash my floor everyday, dont know what hapens to my kitchen, but if i dont i stick to it!!
sill all done now.
have unloaded washer
stripped dd's bed- in machine now.

have also been to dinky dancers, veyr pleased cos dd actually did majority of the dancing today. i ususally carry her through the first half. so very pleased as i didnt pick her up at all today while we were there. (so what if i bribed her with the chocloate machine outside she did it herself today)

Errands done including new ballet kit £
now to start washing all those sheets...
pickup
then off to swimming fingers crossed they will not resist...

supper defrosting for our return

[Little whisper} Hello Folks

Getting up is getting harder. But I managed to force myself out of bed and

Downstairs with washing
Start breakfast
Wake Ed
Take indoor bins out
Serve breakfast
Empty DW
Put away
Up for shower for Ed and me
Down again to help him dress
Wave him off to school
Go back to bed I fell asleep
Up at 10:30 Strip bed sheets
Have lunch
Load DW
To School
Dinnerlady stint
Off Curricular activities stint
Home, re sheet bed
Load WM and run
General tidying.

I am in some discomfort atm. I'm putting it down to lack of sunlight and it being too damn cold. (and yeah, maybe doing too much). DH poured a slug of cold water on the post grad stuff last night which made me rather . I know he's being practical but the upshot seems to be 'so long as it has no impact on me' really.

I'm doing no more today. I'll take so painkillers and turn the heaters on instead

Definitely don't do any more today. Maybe you have planted a seed by having graduate conversation, even if he doesn't immediately bounce up and down with excitement.

evening all

We are back from soft play and boys have had supper and are in PJ's eating crumpets

We had a nice afternoon

Groucy Men are a bit like that or so I find

May be back later - may not as it is date night

Oh my word had a horrible day.
At Grandmas, DD (2.2)on her way out of back door, fingers in hinge, DS shut the door ... you can guess the rest.
Finger end from top of nail diagonally down to tip hanging off by skin thread.
Made MIL drive to A and E immediately (waved off her suggestions of waiting for DH, I couldn't drive as DD wanted me to hold her). She did it bless her (she drives but won't do roundabouts or right traffic lights both on the way to A and E )
Got seen straight away, x ray etc - broken and needs general anaesthetic for repair - sent to another hospital to see plastic surgeon. At other hospital waited 1.5 hours to see surgeon. Got to phone tomorrow to see if a bed if so, op is at 1.30.
Poor poor thing, and she didn't cry ONCE. Brave brave girl.
Of course, the words 'Don't shut the door, George' were still hanging in the air as he shut the door.

Oh what a hideous accident Wendy, thank god you had MIL with you. poor george too, he must be very upset with what happened - sometimes they are just on automatic pilot. Dd once caught her finger in heavy selfclosing firedoor hinge at a pizzeria and I think it was sore for ages, but did heal remarkably quickly compared to you or I doing same thing. Hope op works out tomorrow.

Oh my God Wendy I can only imagine what you are feeling, as I felt sick reading that. I hope there is a bed and everything for DD tomorrow and that all goes well. I know we will be the last thing on your mind, but please update us as soon as you can. I trapped DS1's fingers in the car door and was horrified.

Poor dd, Wendy Hope everything is OK tomorrow x x

Thanks guys
We have had finger tip in car door too with George I am thinking once is an accident twice is careless
I'm just tired and guilt tripping as we mums do.
I need a bath and an early night. Instead I'm obsessing looking on rightmove for a new house. I have got stuck surfing the Net, it beats housework, or thinking, or just doing something constructive
Hit me with a stick or anything!
Will keep you informed.
Oh, and I was meant to go to see Strictly tomorrow night in Sheffield

dont feel bad wendy i have lost count the amount of times dd has had her fingers shut in doors i swear her fingers are magnets for hinges!!
hope all goes well and she has her bed tomorrow poor love

wendy I hope dd is ok and that there is a bed free tomorrow
grouchy take it easy try and get an early night. DP pissed on my parade re volunteering last night and my parents pissed on my parade about it again today. Why is it that the people we love can't just be supportive when we try to fulfill and develop ourselves.

Done
did mammoth supermarket shop
picked ds up from granny's
put shopping away
washed bottles for recycling
cleaned bottom half of inside of fridge
took rubbish out
washed up
made shepherd's pie for freezer
made lamb burgers for freezer
more washing up
worktops cleaned
sticky shelf in baking cupboard cleaned
cleaned top of bin

I am exhausted and in pain - back, fingers and knee are killing me. Have just sat down and eaten tea and phoned loss adjusters who have left a couple of snotty phone calls, can't understand why when they know I work and they have my work number that they can't phone me at work. GRRR

Reasons: damage limitation- I told you so, I warned you (in advance)
selfishness/cautiousness - not wanting to take the slack fear of change
shortsightedness, protectiveness - not realising that we can tired out exhausted by present circumstances child demanding job too much to do already but we long for new challenges. New challenges are LESS exhausting because they inspire us instead of draining us.

oh and wolfcub and grouchy, made the BREAD by hand. very nice (possibly over did the rising) - so, thanks for your help. A present for DH on his return from eurozone!

mmm swan yummy, lucky dh homemade bread is really comforting and lovely

Hello

New mn has scared me off Couldn't face trying to find my way round the dodgy layout today, but it is a bit better now.

Sorry you all seem to have lost the secret FLYsoc, I promise MAD and I have not blackballed anyone

Ds is screaming the place down and lobbing bears out of his got like scud missiles in a bid to enter parental bed territoy. We are now in the second hour of war. I'm losing the will to live and dp is at risk of losing his rag so it's time for a cuppa whilst we try and draw up a peaceful resolution strategy

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