oh paddle, i do feel for you. the other day i had dd with me and was ignoring her while i worked. by ignoring, i mean letting her trash the place as it distracted her while i was on the computer..
half-an-hour later..she'd found a bag of christmas decorations in the cupboard, dragged it out and had peeled all the gilt off all the baubles, including some particularly (once) cool mini glitter disco balls and shredded tinsel everwhere. took me about 3 days to summon the will to clear it up!
and you feel so guilty when you get all snappy and resentful with tem becuase YOU CAN'T GET ON WITH YOUR WORK.
trouble is, at the mo, you've got no adult "back-up" to walk through that door of an evening and take over, eh? and that's so bloody hard (no need to tell you that, though) after your dd has flirted with ros' ds, if you ever need a breather she can always come over here, too, and play "twins" with my dd!
so, yes, BIG glass of vino, m'dear x