Weekend Fly - take a deep breath and relax

[TeaMonster]

Morning all

Hope everyone is well this morning

We placed musical beds last night with the mini mads, so are shattered, but the sun is shinging.

SO football practice it is, then lunch and park

[TeaMonster]

psst we are over here

[swanriver]

Ah Simply, Merthyr Tydvll (spelt that wrong I know) but they left to make their fortunes. I will say no more (partly because not very well up on that branch) I have 35 first cousins alone on both sides of amily.
Ironing, a great improvement to situation by relocating ironing board to bedroom and right next to wardrobe. Dh occasionally trips over it, but still. May do some now

[swanriver]

Had a v. peaceful and pleasant day with ds2 at home playing in garden, pairs etc.
Others had a fabulous day at family meetup, so all home in excellent mood
Mum and Dad dropped back with dh for a cup of tea, but all too briefly, they were knackered.

Did loads of tidying
Some edge trimming of lawn with scissors
Laundry
fried potatoes x 3
Watched Hp with kds
No signs of illness in other kids thank goodness.

Your picnic sounds beautiful and atmostpheric TM what clever boys to be able to do Lego already (mne couldn't at that age and I still can't...)
Wendy, hello
Everyone else I've missed hello hope your Sunday was excellent.
Wolf, hello

[SimplyIsATalentedBuzzard]

swanriver What a wonderful mix you have! Hey, we might be related! Whereabouts do your Welsh lot come from (roughly)? Mine are south (the valleys mainly) and my English lot are Black Country folk. I feel very at home in a funny way when I go there and visit churches and graveyards where my ancestors were married and buried.

go Look after yourself and I hope you're feeling much better again by tomorrow. Finding dead people is one of the drawbacks of family tree research. I reckon that if I had a drink problem, I'd probably have something special to celebrate every day of the year with so many relatives, a birth anniversary, christening anniversary etc. It would be "Bottoms up!" and "Iechyd da!" for the Welsh!

galen I second TM. Well done on getting through the w/e. I hope your dh is okay. I'm sure he's finding it pretty tough going.

Right. I was going to type up some meeting notes this w/e but I haven't done it. I have, though, finished the ironing pile all bar the load which is on the washing line atm. My NEW RESOLUTION folks will be to do some ironing at least every other day. Feel free to ask me if you wish. I won't fib on this thread and if I know someone has asked then I'll feel compelled to do it before coming on and posting, so you'll be helping me if you do occasionally ask. Dh has a wardrobe full of work shirts and I think I've pretty much run out of hangers! See you tomorrow. Nos da pawb.

[Wolfcub]

evening all

done

been to shops
been to see parents re wedding
fed ds
wm unloaded reloaded and on
work call taken
bit of a sort through post hot spot in kitchen
toys in sitting room tidied up
kitchen table and two garden chairs oiled - bloomin hard job the table is too
last magazine recipes clipped
bits and bobs sorted for jobs I can do in my lunch break tomorrow
out of date/open too long stuff cleared out of fridge
something out of freezer for tea tomorrow

[wendyredkitchenredspots]

hello all
I've missed you all - RL in the way!

Galen thinking of you
TM name change! very swish

Everyone, see you tomorrow, hopefully

[TeaMonster]

Well done galen for even just getting through the weekend.

Groucy Make sure you do take things easy. DS1 has started on Lego Starwars - need to find inexpensive ones for his reward charts.

We had a lovley sunday Roast and have played lego with both the boys, also done some colouring, playing in the garden in between showers and a little ironing

Evening routine is done.

[galen]

afternoon all

feeling a bit frazzled now.
Hope all with flu type things are getting better

things not too bad here I spose. DC went out in back garden whilst I tidied a bit and mopped floors....sadly they found a large bucket of water anbd lots of mud.... and well lets just say I have had to bath them all already LOL

Did fish and mashed pots for lunch...tea will be something quick and easy yay!!

Need to get 3 of them sorted for school trip tomorrow....trousers, trainers,wellies,raincoats,suncream,lunches,snacks,drinks,money,purses.....

am also ignoring large washing mountain....

seriously exhausted and lacking in motivation though...

still DH hopefully back round 7pm....

right should go and be useful...

hmm DD1 supposed to be drawing in dining room but has bok propped up and I can hear beeping...who thinks she may be on her DS that I told her she couldnt go on??? LOL Better investigate!

[TeaMonster]

Swan pmsl at the kissing cousins

Groucy I will ser wolf on you.

Wolf Sounds like a cool afternoon to me

Waves to everyone else

We have been for a picnic on the moors and dodged the rain showers. Twas very nice nad sort of enid bytony with the flask and table and chairs out the back of the car.

Watched the boats at Scaling Dam and also saw what I think was an adder

I am now cooking chicken and going to do the ironing.

I am also going to back on the chick is cooked - yum

Sometimees I wish I had two ovens

[swanriver]

LOL "dead germans" Grouchy I suppose most ftrees contain rather a lot of dead people

I have watered everything with Tomorite
Picked up playstuff from garden
Rung a cousin
Ds has been allowed downstairs and is watching Step Inside
Dd has rung to say she's on a MerryGoRound but not kissed her cousins yet.

Still need to do something useful indoors

[Wolfcub]

afternoon all grouchy you are supposed to be taking it easy woman, that list does not look like taking it easy to me!

done

bed made
dry washing folded
bathroom cleaned
quick tidy in living room
discussed weddings with dp and looked up a few of the hotels on the net
phoned work

am watching the grand prix and think I will clip recipes from my pile of food magazines while I do so.

Have a lovely day all

[grouchyoscar]

Afternoon All

Thanks to everyonr for the good wishes. I am feeling a lot less fluy but I'm taking it steady. I was supposed to be visiting a mosque today but, I don't think I'm up for it now

Been FLYing, basically clearing up after DH's cookery last night also

Had a shower
Made bed
Pegged out
Clean work surfaces
Load dw and run
Load WM and run
Empty kitchen bins
Fed the cat
fed the birds
Tidied the laundry in the bedroom (embarrasing mess)
Wrapped a pile of pressies for Ed and DH

To DO

Ironing
Uniform for morning
Pack bags
Reading practice with Ed

Ed has mislaid his PE shorts and 3 school sweaters {hmm] where the heck are they? Ho hum

DH has been doing his family tree for ages. We are constantly discovering dead Germans!
y GPs did theirs years ago and how strange, My GGD had a brother with the same name as DS and I never knew it was a family name!

[swanriver]

The other thing that's weird about family trees is that you begin to see that what you thought of as your "area" is all wrong. Most of my father's family came not from Ireland at all but Midlands, everyone buried and married in same church for about 3 generations. And yet I've never even been to that Birmingham church.

[swanriver]

Dh has taken 2 dcs on train to a big family getogether in Hants with strict instructions not to kiss anyone, but they seem well. Maybe this was something dd already had 2 months ago when she ws off school for week..And ds had a 24 something or other last week. So I'm thoroughly confused and eating loads of garlic and onions.

Hope you got a good night's sleep LBB, I think there are dozens of ways we could all pick up this flu. We have been keeping ds2 away from his siblings most of this week, (but letting him walk down street to pick up from school) no playdates etc or fraternization.
NHS direct website explains about tamiflu admin for vulnerable patients.

Scatty, party should be great fun. My boy guests always loved just general romping as well as a few organized games. Giving a party always quadrupled my admiration for teachers - how DO they do it?

Simply - We have a family tree already but it is so complicated Swedes, Welshmen, Norman-Irish, Germans. We found we had called one of the twins after a 1200 ancestor the only one in the family with that name - that was spooky.

Now I need to give ds2 a nice bath, and generally continue tidying up.

[SimplyIsATalentedBuzzard]

scattyspice Don't worry, we all have our skeletons. I've found a few!

TM Now I'm jealous! I've far too many "John Jones, coal miner, married to Mary." types in my family. The only unusual names I have are on the English side. Your unusual maiden name should make for a great starting point should you ever decide to do it.

[scattyspice]

Morning tea.

Having a busy weekend. Yesterday ended up being erand day (with dc in tow!) then lovely sociable friends had a house party so piled round there . Today is DS party so trying to get ready for that (and keep dc busy until 3 as they are already very excited). BB when its all over.

Have a good day evevryone.

[TeaMonster]

Morning all

Scatty and Simply I too would like to do some family tree research, but that website didnt include my maiden name, as there are less than 100 people in the UK with it

DH has just got up - his turn for a lie in

Dones

Boys fed and dressed
Me dressed
Washing hung out
DW emptied
Floors swept and mopped
Outlook issue resolved

DH is now going to attempt to fix DS2's broken specs Tantrum this time about yoghurt.

To Do's

Roast Dinner
Ironing and put away
Plans for the week
Check on Mum
check the weather forcaste for the week ahead

[scattyspice]

Morning girls .

simpl I'd love to research our family trees. Dh had a hanging in his family and we have at least one vagabond lol.

Sorry for all those with flu (or fluy dc). It said in yesterdays Guardian that anyone with flu at this time of year is likely to be swine flu but not to go to GP as they aren't testing or treating and no drugs needed (if normally healthy) treat as normal flu and take it easy.

BBL DS wants on.

[SimplyIsATalentedBuzzard]

Disclaimer That website in my last post may cause you to lose an hour or so of your time as you look up all the surnames in your family. I am in no way responsible for this nor for any following obsessional interest in family tree research. Thank you for reading.




P.S. I have over 2000 people in my tree. It is fascinating stuff. Be warned!

[SimplyIsATalentedBuzzard]

Sorry littleboyblue I've no advice for you on the swine flu front or the small children and sleeping front. I hope you get a good night's sleep tonight.

I've been looking at my family history file tonight (on the PC) and playing on this website My English side's surnames are really quite individual. The Welsh ones are Jones, Davies, etc which are a hard slog esp as they weren't very imaginative with the Christian names. I suppose they had to keep the grandparents happy by naming children after them but things did become mighty repetitive as a result! I must get back to it. I haven't done much for years.

Nos da pawb.

[swanriver]

You've worked very hard Galen, glad dh is nearly home again
Grouchy, dh sounds lovely - but you must GO BACK to bed and leave him to it.

It's v. late, I've just returned from "music school"concert with ds1 and pizza with friend. He has declared he needs to learn another instrument so that he didn't get bored listening to other people play all the time LOL.
The last orchestral piece played was Jurassic Park, it was fabulous. And we listened to a guitar ensemble playing Beat It by MJ We walked home on a high

Anyway earlier back at home we had
picture polishing
bed re-making
linen boiling
potato boiling
ds2 room fumigating and hoovering

a bit of quarrelling between kids, loads of telly and quite a nice day considering

Wolfcub, glad arrangements are coming together for May.

[galen]

Quick hello all

swan glad DS is recovering

lbb sorry you're feeling rough.
hope you get a good nights sleep tonight

mad hope you've had a restful day after musical beds!

grouchy I hate ants LOL they give me the creeps! Hope you're feeling better

everyone-else Hi!

Things not too bad here. Have heard from DH, FIL has apparently regained consciouness, although hs levels are fluctuating....
Things are very difficult with his family though...they sound as if they are still a bit in denial of the whole situation, and arguing a lot between themselves, possibly to avoid dealing with the tragic situation...
DH sounded very worn down...but is cominghome tomorrow, as there is little to be gained by him staying there any longer at this stage

A reasonable day here today.
been and got DD1 trainers this morning (slightly stressfull, busy shops...6 children...not a good combination, but needs must LOL)
Lots of playing outside while DS2 napped
Pursuaded (actually bribed with lollipops oops!) all DC to tidy their bedrooms and put washing away
Been to watch local history group re-enactment of civil war battle! Older DC loved it, younger ones hated it due to loud cannons...sigh and DD3 asked "why do people watch wars...they're sacry" so maybe not an altogether successful outing, but it was free and only down the road LOL
some washing done.
lots of tidying...despite which house still a tip LOL
Bolognese for dinner
Dropped DS1 to leavers party
Home - littlies to bed
biggies to bed
Now have to wait up for DS1 to get back LOL
Then fall into bed , shattered!!

Will see you al tomorow.

[Wolfcub]

evening all

done

vaccum living room and litchen
dust living room and part of kitchen
washed kitchen table
washed back door
washed front of wm and dw
cleaned inside and outside of oven door
cleaned switch-plates in living room and kitchen
went to fire station gala
went to thomas cook (boo nasty sales lady)
went to thomsons (yay lovely sales lady) - and discovered that a wedding abroad hasn't gone up as much as we though, we will discuss through the week and may go and book next weekend - looking at the first 2 weeks in May
took dp into city to meet his friends
fed, read and bed ds

grouchy I hope you start to feel better soon, glad dp is looking after you

[Wolfcub]

evening all

done

vaccum living room and litchen
dust living room and part of kitchen
washed kitchen table
washed back door
washed front of wm and dw
cleaned inside and outside of oven door
cleaned switch-plates in living room and kitchen
went to fire station gala
went to thomas cook (boo nasty sales lady)
went to thomsons (yay lovely sales lady) - and discovered that a wedding abroad hasn't gone up as much as we though, we will discuss through the week and may go and book next weekend - looking at the first 2 weeks in May
took dp into city to meet his friends
fed, read and bed ds

grouchy I hope you start to feel better soon, glad dp is looking after you