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Sokmonsta · 14/08/2013 06:58

Morning! Since its a sunny day here I thought I'd say sunny hellos. Unless of course anyone else has beat me to it and I've missed the new thread.

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shabbatheGreek · 29/08/2013 09:16

Every morning Lewis asks me what the MNet Mummys are saying.....Chops he just almost fainted when I told him about the ice skating accidents Grin - he hates blood so now I am being asked 'how much blood was there!!'

I truly, truly cannot wait until Monday morning.....Tom off to college and Lew back at school.....I love both of them with all my heart but I am sick of feeding them, sorting out their arguments, picking up all their crap stuff etc etc.

Also sick to the back teeth of pretending to be Natalie Imbruglia to Lews 'Johnny English!!' He loves that film and loves Mr bloody Bean!!! He says the same thing every morning at 7am - 'Andma, you pretend to be Johnny English's girlfriend!!!' Before I know what I am doing I am talking like her and we have to act out stuff from the film. Yes, I know, I am barking mad!!!!!!!!!

triplets · 29/08/2013 12:53

I am back! Such a lovely wedding, fab location, and Anna looked stunning. Dk kindly pointed out to me I was the only woman in trousers!! Home an hour and feeling fed up already!

shabbatheGreek · 29/08/2013 13:27

I feel like I know Anna - even though we have never met!! Im glad it was a lovely wedding....you should have taken your trousers off and handed them to DK....and paraded around in your knickers - that would have shut him up Grin.

MultipleMama · 29/08/2013 15:10

Chops - I've been skating since I was 3 so I've had 20 years of practice! Haha. Make sure when you fall you're hands are in fists not flat (avoids fingers being cut off/ripped!) DS has had a bloody nose and cut gums and ice burns haha. Kids are so resilient!

Sok - Hope your DH feels better, glad to hear Jen is sleeping better! Hope you had a good day!

Shabs - I love Mr Bean and Johnny English especially when he gets the wrong building and mixes up the rings! Has he seen Johnny English reborn?

Trips - Glad the wedding was lovely!!

Petrov is still holding a grudge. I literally had swear at him in Russian of course to get a grip and forget it. He's currently bathing with the twins, I can hear the giggling from here.

My grandparents came today and Grandma could not stop kissing my cheek. She bought the kids toys and trinkets no idea how I'm gunna get them home. My Grandpa is over the moon and very proud that he's having a grandchild named after him. Ivan is no off the hook at providing grandkids now there's 4+ haha.

triplets · 29/08/2013 15:54

Shabs put a couple of pics on my profile so you can see my special girl xx

shabbatheGreek · 29/08/2013 16:25

Oh Trips - she is beautiful. Just as I imagined her to look xx

triplets · 29/08/2013 16:52

She is Shabs, inside and out, lovely sense of humour too. x

MultipleMama · 29/08/2013 20:50

Just wanted to wish everyone a good night.

Twins were really unsettled tonight, had to nurse countless times. I have no idea what Ivan did but they're currently passed out in their bed. I asked them if they wanted to co-sleep tonight. They've agreed. I've pumped loads just in case they have a bad night. I wonder if I'll actually have a whole night sleep for the first time in a year!

triplets · 29/08/2013 23:03

Was fed up so have found a very last minute break, off to The Norfolk Broads on Sat for 3 nights. Boys said "yehhhh", dd said "do we have to" and dk said "what for"....................ungrateful lot.

shabbatheGreek · 30/08/2013 06:55

Trips that sounds like a lovely break - I hope the sun shines and you ALL have a great time xx

Morning girls xx

Chopstheduck · 30/08/2013 07:48

Morning girls x

thanks for those tips, mama! Told the kids that one. They got off lightly really, the first aid guy was telling us, when we arrived there was an ambulance there, some guy had fallen while doing the conga, and a load of people ploughed into him, and he broke his leg badly - possibly 4 places!

Where I grew up there isn't any ice rinks in the whole county so it was only a couple of years ago that I went for the first time. I love it, but I am rather crap! Grin I wanna know how to swear in Russian now!

Shabs - the blood was dripping from his chin! ShockGrin Mine loved Mr Bean at that age too. Growing out of it a bit now, very sad!

Trips, that sounds lovely. Family can be ungrateful buggers! I've won a short break to flamingoland and dh is distinctly underwhelmed cos it is up North! Anything north of the m25 seems to scare him a bit! I think cos ONCE he went to Liverpool and it was very rough and the car next to him got their tyres slashed. I'm sure he will enjoy it once he gets there, he wasn't convinced by Devon and then loved it. The kids are very excited cos it has a zoo and theme park and we will stay in a log cabin!

Mamma Mia was brilliant last night, i wanted to dance all night. DD was absolutely beside herself, her face was such a picture when the curtain came up. It was her first west end show, and I think she expected something more like a local theatre production. Took her to a chinese buffet before and a wander round Chinatown and Covent garden. She is obsessed with Japan, so loved it all - there was a lot of Japanese stuff in some of the shops!

bubby64 · 30/08/2013 09:14

chops - I loved Mama Mia, I've seen it twice now. As for ice skating, the last time the boys went, M fell and split his eyebrow, he still has thescar ehere it was gluedGrin
Trips- who cares, im sure you looked nice in trousersSmile
soks- I hope youallget some betterrest soon.
mama- you will have to box everything up and send it by post, it would work out cheaper than excess luggage.
shabs- ours dont go back until Thursday!

Well, yesterday was a disaster! Whe had a major fire, and, surprisingly, it was not caused by our smaller blaze in the heap, but, the fireman thinks, by the sun shining on a broken pane of glass in my greenhouse further down the garden. We have completely lost both our sheds, Dhs tools, the boys bikes, all the garden tools, mower, strimmer etc, all the hedge and fence panels, and next doors shed. It has melted part of the conservatory, and we have some cracked windows, but the house and oiltank were saved. The boys were at the neighbours, and had the good sense to run back with her and get the dogs. and the neighbours call the fire brigade. we were very lucky, 5 minute later and we would have lost the house, it all went up so quicklySad Sad . I got a call at work, as did dh, and he was home in 10 minutes, just as the firemen got there, i took 20, and could see the smoke from 5 miles awaySad Sad Sad. I then had a panic, I couldnt think straight to find our insurance details, I had forgotten I had changed providers last year, and i was looking for the wrong company. I have now found everything, it was where it was supposed to be, but in my panic, I had overlooked the documents because they did not match the picture I had of them in my head.Confused
What else can go wrong ladies, have we run over and squashed a luck fairy or something Sad Sad Sad

shabbatheGreek · 30/08/2013 09:29

Oh my word Bubby Shock you have been so lucky....I know it wont feel like that but my strange brain works overtime when I hear news like that. xxx

Chopstheduck · 30/08/2013 09:54

oh Bubby! That sent shivers down my back. Such a horrible thing to have to deal with but at least the house and more importantly your family and pets are ok. Hope it all goes smoothly with the insurance company and it is soon all sorted out.

triplets · 30/08/2013 15:14

Bubby............omg how awful and scary...............but thank God you are all safe..............what a nightmare though. Awful how easily these things can happen, thank God for insurance. xx

MultipleMama · 30/08/2013 18:49

Trips - They'll wish they weren't so ungrateful when they're older and have to pay for their own holidays! I do hope you all enjoy yourselves though! :)

Chops - Glad you enjoyed last night! Always wanted to see Lion King at the west end. Russian MAT (MN is weird and doesn't recognise my Russian format) is banned in Russian, well certain forms anyway! When I get on my laptop. I'll give Russian swearing 101 haha.

Bubby - Oh, God! Thank god you're all okay! I'm sorry for the damage it's caused but the important thing is that you're okay. Hope the insurance can help!

Despite being child free, I still woke up when they started crying and reached out to sush them and then realise they're not there haha. Twins woke about 3 times last night and according to Ivan awful screamers and greedy feeders! Which is true. I wasn't needed at all last night which made me a little sad but I did sleep better. Had a few braxton hicks tonight so they've agreed to co-sleep with the boys again. I love my family.

bubby64 · 30/08/2013 21:11

Thanks for the support, the sound of the boys screaming when they rang me will stay with me forever, I never want to hear that againSad
Loss adjuster coming Monday, but he has already said get quotes for the fence and replacing the oil tank, which are the most important things, as well as the clear up. Its a real mess, but everything can be replaced or repaired.

MultipleMama · 30/08/2013 21:58

I think hearing children scream would stick with anyone but you can take solace in knowing your boys are okay!!

Dieter refused the bottle tonight so currently b/f him while Petrov sits with me feeding Dom. Feels strange feeding with Petrov not that it's uncomfortable or awkward but I'm usually b/f both with DH asleep or laid against DH. I've never really had the chance to bond with my BIL due to distance so I'm grateful for this moment, my boys love him. My brother got lucky finding Petrov.

MultipleMama · 31/08/2013 01:16

Can't believe Kvothe is 5 years old on Tuesday. It breaks my heart that I'm missing my baby's birthday but I know he'll have a great time. 5! He's growing so quick!

Sokmonsta · 31/08/2013 08:10

Morning!

Oh bubs I do hope the clean up is quick for you. ((Hugs))

Chops glad you had a lovely time In London. I did a performing arts course at college which included a two day stay in London to see a couple of shows each year. It was an amazing experience and one I'd love to repeat with dd when she is older. For now I'll settle with taking her to our local tiny theatre.

Mama. It sounds like you and the dc
are being well looked after. Glad you are getting rested.

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shabbatheGreek · 31/08/2013 08:15

Morning girls xx

triplets · 31/08/2013 23:04

Why am I here? Why do I bother? Why does nothing seem to go right?
Yes, as you can see I am away on a so called break, 3 nights whoopee.
So we leave home at 10am, should have been here by 2pm, traffic hold up meant it was 3.30pm.
Arrived to find the keybox empty, as I only booked it on the pc y/day I had no contact number for the owner.
Luckily next door neighbour had owners number, he phoned her, she lives 100 miles away. She contacted the cleaner who lives locally to come back................it took her 1 hour and 15mins.
3 grumpy kids and 1 grumpy dk
House spacious, but not too clean, dirty cutlery in drawer, patio filthy, fluff under every be etc.
No light in the bathroom, so found spare bulb and had to stand on loo seat to reach the glass shade, only to find it was screwed on. Then ......crack......loo sea cracked right across.
I burst into tears.
dk said I was a bloody idiot to have stood on it.
Found contact number for owner and phoned her and confessed.
She was lovely and said not to worry, would get it all fixed tomorrow and apologized for no key.
5pm felt so stressed so had a nice cup of Wine :o
Then Becca wanted a bath, fixed shower screen meant you had to stand in the bath to put the plug in and turn on tap. She did, shower came on, head swivelled round and soaked us and the floor.
Got M&S Chinese for supper, bloody electric oven, no instructions, couldnt get it to heat up, cursed and moaned asking for help. Finally dk sorts it after again telling me Im hopeless.
Eat and clear up.................just like home.
Kids go off for a walk, trawl thru freeview channels and find Grease on film channel.
dk rattles newspaper so I turn it off.
9.30pm he goes to bed...............top floor, room of his own thank God.
Sit and read paper, drop my pen down the sofa, put hand down to get it and something very sharp cuts my finger and it bloody hurts.
Tell kids to leave landing light on on our floor so we can see in the bathroom as it pitch black in there.
I go to the loo, finger dripping and that toss pot upstairs turns our landing light off.

I love holidays.

Sokmonsta · 31/08/2013 23:54

Oh trips. When you get back, look at something for just you and bugger off for a few days, leave them all to it.

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shabbatheGreek · 01/09/2013 00:49

You know what Trips? Our paths through life have been very similar - except you got triplets and I got Tomster Smile

We both know the awful sorrow of the death of a child. When a precious child dies things are NEVER the same. We (if we are lucky enough) have more children and we know how precious life is.....so we do everything we can to make good memories and to make them smile. EXCEPT teenagers dont get IT!! They really dont. They will only know when they become parents the awful road me and you have walked down.

AND as for DKnobsters.....they are totally, totally useless. Oh yes the world revolves around them. Oh dont even get me started on them!!

I am way beyond angry for you. Nobody, unless they have gone through the same, understands how we feel - no pissin' body.

I hope the next couple of days improve. I wish I could win the lottery and take you to Faliraki with me xxxxxxxx