FLY LADIES - walk this way for Tuesday

[ByThePowerOfGreyskull]

can't believe no one has started this yet

Afternoon all
Well done Grouchy on yesterday's very kind deed
mad glad things went well at pre op and DS2 settled at creche
I love arts and crafts too and luckily so do my dc lol! (not much option!) We have made a post box this morning out of a cardboard box (ds was 'posting' letters through the back door when he closed it on dd's hand)
DD is a bit better, she has stopped vomiting now, and eating off and on. she is so sweet putting her hand behind her back when playing to stop it being bashed.
We are meant to be going away for a 2 days and one night at the weekend. Does anyone think I'm being wet and ridiculous not to want to go because of DD? She still has bandage on til next week and has had surgery after all. I just think that the two of them are a handful for my parents at the best of times, let alone when she has a very sore hand with a bandage that mustn't get bashed or wet etc. My mum and dad bought us the night away for Christmas so I feel bad but I just don't feel right about going. What do you wise ladies think?
DS off school today (closed) so we have had a lovely unstressed day. Loads of toys out we haven't had out in ages. Made bread, chocolate chip cookies and salad for lunch. Now I am having a breather then am going to do a bit of a home bless - didn't manage it yesterday as first a friend and daughter turned up, then MIL turned up then DH's sister. Nice that people are so caring.
I made a nice instant cheese loaf from Rachel Allen's Bake (again!) yesterday. I want to try Wolf 's gnocchi when I get round to buying some!

I raised an eyebrow over 'beasts' too and wasn't sure if an 'r' was missed out or it was deliberate Mine are definitely not beasts.

My mother always used to say the kids behaved beautifully when she was in charge! She just had a special way with them, very calm and childfriendly, pottering around with them. If your mother is used to the children, with other relations around to help her she might be fine managing. Is it far to travel, so that you could have the option of returning early if you had further misgivings?
I never left kids at that age, or even now, but my mother had a bad knee/ankle so that was the reason. I am sure it has made me more badtempered never escaping! In the end I think you have to ask your mother her honest opinion.

wendy glad dd is starting to perk up. If it were me I'd talk to your mum about how she feels about having dd and stress the no banging/keeping dry thing before making a decision to cancel the holiday. She might be able to put your mind at rest and dd may well be feeling much better by weekend but I totally understand where you are coming from.

Can I have the cheese bread recipe please? I am having some issues getting my hands on a copy of bake.

Well my mum isn't calm, but the children love her. She gets them all hyped up and manic, and her house is cluttered with not much space, so I am worried about bashing. The children would come home absolutely shattered, they always do. Plus DD would be in a travel cot, and she is too big for it, really. Just think DD needs all the sleep she can get atm to heal her finger. We would be going about two hours drive away. I don't like leaving them really but at the time it seemed like a good idea to get away - now this has happened I don't want to let them out of my sight (ironic when I was there when it happened, I know!)
Thanks for the advice, Swan

Will post recipe later, Wolf I'm off now if that's ok

I know how you feel wendy, Is dd more clingy than usual? She might not want to go for the weekend . Also might be difficult if stick being sick / not eating.

I don't think you will enjoy break in these circumstances (although I'm sure your mother would cope fine) and in the end it is meant to be relaxing not the source of further stress. I would postpone it and enjoy all the help she can give anyway.

I would go away. Your DD will be fine with your mum. You are not THAT far away and DD might be really pleased to see her Grandma. It might be the distraction she needs

i agree with EV i would go to, as a compromise would your mum have the dc at your house, if you explain to her about the cot?

If anyone needs a weekend away though wendy - its you!

All done. Just need to make sandwiches. Baked pots in oven ready for ds/dh coming back from gymnastics.

Also fabulous miracle face cream just arrived (from Avon friend). You won't recognise me tomorrow!

Catch 22 really, if you go you'll feel bad about DD and if you don't then you'll feel bad not going I like tthe idea of dd being cared for at home IMHO makes it a bit easier for you tbh

Oh, Hello again. Thanks for all the big ups about what I did yesterday. I was only being neighbourly.

Got Ed to play a board game! No Wii required Just made his tea and will get him in bed with a story and or film. Phew, I've started with a vile headache and I'm snottier than Gilbert the alien

Uniform and lunch ready for tomorrow. I can pretty much stop for the day. Well, as much as I ever do that is

TTFN

evening all !
mad glad all went well at hospital for you
swan hope youre feeling less frazzled now.
scatty I think I could do with some of that cream... could definately do with a miracle or two where my face and hair are concerned at the moment LOL
wendy tricky one about the wk end. I think if it was me I wouldn't enjoy it cause I'd be worrying too much. Then again everyone needs a break sometimes and chances are your DD would be totally fine, and the break may help you to cope with the rest of her recovery .Hope you make the right decision for you.

Fairly good day here.

Done:
lots of washing, and putting away
Our bed stripped, bedding washed, bed remade
Made L&P soup - eaten for lunch
Made chick and mushroom pie - eaten for tea
Made jam roly poly - also eaten for tea ( now need to diet for 3 days - something about this cold makes me want to make hot puddings though LOL)
Baked banana bread and muffins (with "help" from various DC)
DC's all enjoyed the snow - lots of mushy soggy clothes and boots dealt with!

Tomorrow:
Mop floors (didn't do today - impossible when all 6 DC are here LOL)
thorough hoover of lounge before carpet cleaning people get here (11am)
Never ending washing....
Have an urge for more baking....(I love baking!)
Sort out present for mum's B'day

Just need to shine sink tonight.... going to read then. Really like current book!

See you all tomorrow

Scatty I am sure that you are ALWAYS glamorous.
My dcs are now eating their menuplanned shopbought calamari, arguing about the merits of school. If I avoid them for long enough they actually converse...
Grouchy - Board games - Yes if they like computer games they love board games!!!

Also done
hung out some laundry
washed muddy anorak
loaded dw
hoovered dd's room after friend's visit.

wendy it was a spelling mistake (I am dyslexic) and sometimes my fingers type slower than my brain works, but they are hugh (at least till the end of feb (H - infact the are bigger than my head, or at least my bra cups is bigger than my hat). I would ask parents to look after your little ones at your house. My mum has learnt that the boys are better in our home .

I have had a lovley afternoon and the boys are just watching backyardigans.

I have cuddled a day old baby (yum) - I would have loved a bus full

DH met our key worker for the boys when I am in hopspital (and like her), which helps. All played monopoly (the junior fairground version, which has been the best £5 I have ever spent)

Baked BeRo Busicuits with the boys, who love to play with the dough and this is the only recipe that holds up to the hammer and is still edible - well there are only two left

Had spag bol - need to strip DS2 to eat this

Bathed the mini's

So not much flying, but lots of lovley things going on in TheMadHouse and lots to be thankful for.

Thank you once again ladies for all your help and advice. Tonight my mum and dad came over to see DD and were here during the shower. DD had a bag on her hand as usual to keep it dry and I stressed the importance of keeping dry, holding arm away from water etc. Well I went to get the pyjamas and to the loo. Came back, and this is so like my mum, she was playing with the 'silly soap' (like shaving foam soap) with DD with BOTH HANDS getting her to rub it all over. 'We're having fun' Mum says to me. One look at the bandage I could see it was sodden as there was water in the bag.

So now you can see where I was coming from not wanting to go away at the weekend.

My SIL is a nurse and lives just down the road. Luckily she wasn't at work, came straight away and redressed it. But it wasn't good as she had to take the whole lot off etc when it's supposed to be covered all the time, and SIL is a gynae nurse and not used to bandaging fingers! She was shaking bless her, really did not want to look at the wound at all.

So I don't think we're going weighing it up. Like some of you say, I wouldn't enjoy it, worried about what was going on. And there's always another weekend, although we can't get a refund etc. I will broach it later and try to get my parents to go instead.

Will bbl and post recipe.

Ahh wendy now knowing that I would not go and leave her. I would instead offer it to your parents.

Thank you Mad I think you're right!

Good decision wendy (honestly - your mum sounds like my mil, my sil warned me never to leave dc unattended with her lol). What a shame for you though, missing stricktly and now this .

Well I would have thought that too, until this happened and my life is in perspective for once.

Rustic Bacon and Cheddar bread

320g plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
half tsp salt
quarter tsp freshly ground black pepper
100g Cheddar cheese, grated
100g bacon lardons, cooked until just crisp in sunflower oil
200 ml milk
2 eggs
1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
60 ml olive oil

1. preheat oven to 180, lightly oil and line a loaf tim (13 x 23 cm) with parchment paper
2. Sift dry ingredients and add grated cheese and bacon and mix well.
3. Pour the milk into a measuring jug, add the eggs, mustard and olive oil and whisk to combine.
4. Make a well in the centre of dry ingredients and slowly pour in liquid, stirring all the time until it is fully incorporated, to form a fairly liquid dough.
5. Pour the mixture into the tin and bake in the oven for 50 minutes. Remove from the tin and cook for a further 10 minutes on the oven shelf to crisp up the bottom. when cooked it will sound hollow on the base. Cool on a wire rack.

I felt the taste was too much olive oil but then I didn't have any wholegrain mustard or bacon in mine, so perhaps that's why. Delicious though and so quick and easy. I didn't have that size tin so used two small 1lb loaf tins - cooked for slightly less time and was fine.

A loaf tim lol.

ah, ok have revised my opinion now wendy agree with mad stay home with dc and give weekend away to your parents, shame you have to miss it tho, but there will be other times hopefully

evening all wendy thank you for the recipe, sounds yummy. What about you and dh agreeing to get a takeaway or make a nice meal on saturday night and have a bottle of wine and a good film to watch or do something else you consider a treat once the dcs are in bed. I know its not the same as going away but its something nice to happen which you very much deserve at the moment

done

been to dentist for me and ds
dw unloaded reloaded and on
watched ITNG with ds
bit of tidying up in kitchen, put washed pots away
made dinner
got ds ready for bed

Bit of drama with the mother once I got home. Ds has whalloped her in the face again and she is threatening that if he does it once more she will not look after him anymore. I am fairly sure that this isn't an empty threat, very worrying as ds lashes out often and I have no idea how we would afford 3 more days of nursery a week.