April chat for locals

[mellow2]

New thread for new month!

I meant first pregnancy, not thread. i should read my meesages before posting!

foxie meant the kids they all like coming to yours

pgregory welcome yes people do meet up the more the better chance for day meet ups and fun evening ones

mrsR&cov good to know

my laptop is now officially dead

toddler has decided its the wrong kind of pasta so not eating waiting for dh and his infinite pantience to come home and deal with it

evening all
welcome gmama
and pgregory

woiuld love to meet you soon, but this week crazy as dh away/kids on holiday/FIL over from oz/work overload

i have dd, nearly 3, ds2, 6, and ds1, 8, live in mortlake and work from home. (sadly...have serious office )

kew, hope dr gives you some anti-biotics..hards drugs is the way to go

foxie..i tend to go for multi paydates, too. gets t over with

sfx..yes, just give me a shout for the shoe shopping/cappuccino moment combo..

paddle..how does coping with the rellies go..nod...smile...ignore...
oh god, i'd much rather go for nod...smile...slap ropnmd the face with a wet fish
can you tell FIL is driving me nuts already?
actually, COV, think he would make a fab match for your MIL

only the guilty pleasure of america's next top model this evening is keeping me going..
deep breaths deep breaths

playdates..
i don't make them pay....hmm, there's a thought..

ds1 and ds2 do street dance
it looks fun
i want to do it..
sadly my body won't co-operate

Paydates, now there's an idea - people pay you to play at your house
DS has multi-playdate tom at his friend's, I don't host v.often due to demolition squad turning up and trashing the house. Takes me a week to tidy up after them

Hello Pgregory - How long have you been in Moscow? I've visited a few times, interesting place

Gmama - not sure where you live but I'm guessing if you don't know Kingston then you're not within walking distance. Don't worry, maybe we can meet another time once you're more settled and you have your bearings Where did you live in SF?

MrsR - LOL at wee in handbag, classic

OMG - what a Mare!!!

After walking back serenly with 5 kids and buying nice treats in shop (everyone happy up to this point...) I have just spent the last two hours on my knees:

scrubbing up dog poo on upstairs carpet(on DS1's friends socks - shoes already banned in house to avoid dog poo incidents - HTF did he get poo on his socks??),

scrubbing chocolate off sofa (thanks kids for giving DS2 a penguin to eat) and then...

scrubbing vomit off sofa (too much chocolate!)

Lordy!!!

...ah now, foxie, if we did indeed have paydates that damage would be covered..
and, yes, mrsR...loving the wee in the handbag

OK so I was wrong. Not often you'll hear that form the mouth of Kewcumber. Tis not a virus but a good old fashioned bacterial infection. Embarrasingly the dr had to tell me I had a temperature..."well I do feel a little unwell"

Actually what I said was "everything above my armpits hits... but its probably a virus isn't it"

Why am I always convinced dr's are going to tell me that I'm a hyperchondriac when I have pain in my throat and ears, struggling to draw breath, cough like a chain-smoking navvie, keep failing asleep during the day (and apparetnly have a temperature)?

Oh no foxie! I live in dread that somebody is going to bring dog poo into the house. So far sticks, stones, leaves, sand, mud, but not yet poo ...

Where's my takeaway? I'm starving! All this effort storming up the stairs and threatening to take away DS2's monkey if he doesn't pipe down and stop taking off his sleeping bag is making me hungry. But they have gone quiet now. Best go and clean up the kitchen then ...

Hello Kew! At least a diagnosis. Hopefully medication will make it better soon!

sorrry foxie - would have been more sympathetic if I felt better.

pgregory can I practice my Russian on you when you get back - what part of Richmond are you moving back to - guess where I am!

Did you ask the doctor whether it was possible that a viral infection had lowered your body's resistance and allowed a secondary bacterial infection?

thanks slng - at least they have given me the strongest dose of amoxicillin so hopefully will feel better wihtin a day or two. I knew I was ill when I couldn't get in teh shower this morning in case it hurt my body

no I was reverting to pathetic toddler type behaviour so couldn't ask intelligent questions. But yes I still think that it all started with sinusitis (which is usually virla in my case) and it developed into chest infection after that.

Hi all, sorry not been on in a while but everything ok. Have been stressing about a presentation for my next tutorial which is far too long!

Well done to Gherkin on potty progress - I've not even started ds yet, might give a go in the summer. MrsR, lol @ handbag wee!

Hi to Lausy, gaelsmama & pgregory, nice to see you here. I'm in Brentford with a 2yr ds!

I'm around Weds am if anyone fancies Kew?

Kew, hope you feel better soon

Sj, sorry I did get your email, next week is fine. I'm around Tues, Weds & Thurs if that's any good

Hi Ros - sorry, unlikely that I can meet the next few weeks as it's GP central; my parents are visiting next wk and then IL's the week after (I'm really going to need that night out). Good luck with presentation though, hope not too stressful for you.

Kew - at least you now have drugs, hope you'll feel better in a few days

Foxie - nightmare , always be wary of the demolition squad

oh no Foxie - hope the clean up goes well - something to be said for dark brown carpets eh? I spent yesterday cleaning up the hallway where ILs dog had wiped his muddy tail all along (neat line though). Still haven't ventured into the garden though [coward]

greg - welcome - lucky you being in Moscow. I'm finishing work in July so will be up for playdates then.

sfx what's happend to your laptop? bet its vista - I hate it. Mine is so temperamental and I have to keep on installing/deinstalling IE updates.

KC - am so glad you got anti's - hopefully you'll start to feel better in a couple of days. But you must rest up (easier said than done though).

steppie after FIL left yesterday, dh breathed a big sigh and said TF he's gone. A lovely man but drives you mad. Has a good heart though.

poor you KC that is really rotten hope you feel better soon

foxie I'd g for paydates - brilliant steppie

ros glad all is well might be around for Wednesday am hoping to go swimming tomorrow

mrsR no I had a very old laptop the very old battery just completely died don't use microsoft anyway, getting new one soon in the mean time using dh's

SJ that is why my cunning plan of permanently messy flat comes into fruition

no worries sj, hope its not too busy for you and hopefully see you at the night out!

foxie, hope you're de-pooed, de-chocolated & de-vomited now! I don't mind a multiple playdate, tbh ds can create that much mess on his own so its no difference to me!

Finally saw the TW finale last night, wasn't very surprised & dh quite happy!