D'ya ever wonder if you could still do the twist and not actually wet yourself in the process?

[shabbs]

New thread my friends xxx

Hello!

How's it going Bubs?

My oldest niece has apparently been told she is not allowed to speak to our side of the family

I've been blocked one one of her FB profiles but not the other so have sent her a message as I've still got her birthday present and couple of bits she loaned my dc, saying basically I'm not interested in what's going on between her and my sister. But she is my niece and goddaughter, I care about her deeply and want to know she is ok.

She's even blocked my dad and at least until recently they had been meeting on a regular basis.

Bubbs............thinking of you xx

Hi all. Soks - dh has some family rifts, some he is not worried about, others upset him a lot, hang in there and keep your door open, I'm sure your niece will get in touch when she wishes to.
We're settling down here again, DH and I have had a long talk, I said I know he has been under a lot of strain, but he has to keep a rein on his temper. Also, I told him how scared I was when he disappeared, and how I had worried he had done something to himself, and how much I needed him, so we are now determined to get through this together.
As for the boys, they have been on punishment duty, I made them tidy their rooms and now have them painting green wood treatment on our 120 ft paneled fence. Its not too strenuous for J after his surgery, but it is a long, boring job. DH said it sounds a bit "Tom Sawyer'ish" but I have stood firm and they have got half way down it today. M is back to school tomorrow, and J on Thursday, but they are going to continue the fence at the weekend, especially as they are both grounded with no xbox!
I started back to work today, and I was surprised how exhausted I was after the 6 hrs, They are being good and I am dictating how many hours i want to do.

I'm hoping it's just a stroppy teenage phase. But it hurts as she spent a lot of time with me when she was younger. She's changed so much, sadly not for the better, and it really will be a case of nature over nurture if she carries on the way she is doing. I've always said her dad doesn't know any better than his upbringing. But my niece should as she's not had that. But maybe she just likes all the drama about it.

Anyway. Door is wedged firmly open.

Twins are being funny still. Joshua came to me this morning, just as I was rounding up their shoes to put on to go to school "mummy I got macaroni" - pants full of pooh. So we were late as I had to clean that up.

James continues to be challenging. Although I did manage to get him to do his homework, even if he did have a dose of the sillies halfway through and scribble across it.

Bubs. I'm glad you and dh have had a chat. I hope he does take on board everything you've said.

Hi all hope everyone is ok..........Bubbs? Right you clever lot, need to ak as I am not geeky! Thomas is on a contract for his phone with Tescos, I pay it, £10 a month for x amount of calls/texts. Normally he hardly ever uses it for making calls but since he went to Harrogate he has been phoning us most nights. Tonight he suddenly got cut off, he was talking to me on our home phone. Then he sent me text on my mobile said he had run out of credit to talk. He needs it as its his only way of keeping in touch, I am not allowed to phone him. Whats best to do, phone Tesco? Its not my phone so not sure that they will deal with me.................even though I pay the bill! My wretched foot is really playing me up today, this has been going on since Christmas, waited over a month now to get an appt at the local podiatry dept!

Trips - my Tom says phone Tesco and ask for their advice. You will need as many details as possible. Explain the situation and ask for their best deal. He says to mention the fact that your Thomas has joined up for the Army. Its worth a try to get a bit more out of a million pound company. xx

MULTI million pound company.....our military personel should not be paying anything to keep in touch with family and friends.

For future trips, get a password set up on the account so you. An speak to Tesco on Thomas' behalf. Dh and I did it with our EE accounts as I pay both of them but they are in our own names. It means dh gets to do all the negotiating at renewal time as he's better at it than I am.

But shit that there's no other access to speak to family, even a pay phone.

Potty training is er..... Interesting. Preschool have gone through all their spare clothes and some this week. Even though I've told them they need to be on top of asking them regularly. Although Joshua did go, then as soon as he sat down he wet himself. Am expecting them to ask the twins to go back into pull-ups for a while. But they're going to give it at least another week. They've said it might be the change of being back at preschool.

Oh, and blessed relief. I had a text from my niece last night. She has chosen to block us as she's fed up of feeling angry at comments that are made, and what she's doing being fed back to my sister. Which possibly explains why she doesn't want her younger sister to do every other weekend as middle niece will tell her mum everything. It's not a bad thing. But I suspect a 15 year old is fed up of having her every move reported by a nearly 10 year old.

She's happy to come and see us or maybe meet at a park with my dc. She can get to us by school bus so I've reiterated the offer that one of us will take her home if she wants to come over for tea one day.

Type message and lost it! So here is a much reduced version!
My foot is painful....chased up hosp appt to be told it will be prob in June!
Have sore throat and feel yukky.
Trouble in camp at Harrogate. One junior soldier who wont own up has smeared poo on the toilet walls. So whole platoon are being punished for 2 days :( Me, dk and James are off to London tomorrow, back on Sat........not feeling up to it. Doing Albert Hall tom night, then London Eye, River cruise on Sat..........he says hell pay...........we`ll see! Night girls xx

Soks- glad that there is at least some contact with nice, and preschool willing to persevere with potty training, that's good of them as often they Ho for the easy option. Hope James has settled a bit
Trips- have you got the phone sorted out? It's a shame that juvenile disgusting behaviour by one idiot is causing the whole squad to be punished, and have they caught the theif yet? I hope that your London trip goes well, and your foot doesn't play up too much.
Shabbs- you ok love, you've been a bit quiet, and I know you have had a hard few weeks.
Chops, nice to see you pics on Facebook, you have had some lovely bike rides with your family, My 2 want to do the Go Ape in Thetford Forrest. They weren't talk enough last time we went 2 yrs ago.
Things are still a little tense here, DH has a hair trigger with his moods, and the boys are still arguing and physically hurting each other on a regular basis. A few months ago it was James who was instigating the fights, and Mike was the victim and trying to be more mature, now it is Mike causing the problem and James is definitely the victim . DH and I were going out last night to a reunion of my old hospital ward staff, but we almost didn't go as we were so worried about coming home to a war zone again, especially as M had kicked off in the afternoon because I was enforcing a previously earned gadget ban. We went in the end, and, although I enjoyed it, we left earlier than we normally would have done because we were worried about them. When we got home,all was calm, thank God, but we shouldn't have to worry about 2 14yr olds like that. I am seriously thinking about asking a neighbour to babysit them if we go out again! .

Yaaaaaay! Jen actually did a successful eye test today. On her terms but the Dr was able to establish her vision in each eye is very different. Which is perhaps why she doesn't like wearing her glasses. 1 lens is definitely too strong a prescription for her. So instead of going with the half prescription recommended last time, we're going with what they believe she should be. Off to choose new glasses tomorrow :)

Joshy has to have an op to correct his. It can be done when we like. We're back in 3 months so going to ask then for them to book a date. Part of me feels leave it until it bugs him/other kids notice. But dh feels strongly that we should do it before he starts school so his vision can be as good as possible. Plus remove the opportunity for teasing (it's really bad even when he's wearing his glasses). Also going to get him new glasses tomorrow. Grown up ones now he's 3!

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ooops made a mess of that..........anyway good night at the Royal Albert Hall............marines were fab..............hunky too! Walked my socks off, foot sore, throat sore, exhausted and broke............yep, had a good time!

xxxxx Trips.

Glad you had a good time Trips

Night all xxx

Morning........getting off to a good start! James had to dash back from his paper round, got diarrohea! No bugs needed this week, up to Harrogate on Thurs to bring my soldier home on Frid. Getting sooo excited to see him, 6 weeks. He`ll be home for a week, be hard putting him on the train back. x
How is everyone? Bubbs whats the latest with your treatment, are you feeling ok? Shabs loved your FB post about the new lead!

Hi all,
Trips -glad your lad is coming home on leave, no wonder you are so excited, hope that there isn't any bugs about to spoil things for you and him. Also, I'm glad you had a nice time in London, even tho your feet hurt you.
Soks- I agree with your DH about getting Josh's eyes done before he starts school. Also, glad you have finally got a better idea about Jen's vision.
Chops and Shabbs, been keeping up with you on FB.
As for me, after my 3 x 6hr shifts, I have already realised that I am going to struggle at work for a little while. I am going to do a couple of nights this week, and I have been told I am to stay down on the unit rather than go to the other 2 floors to help out, so although the shift is 12 hours, I shouldn't be too busy.
I am now on the Thalidomide, and I have been told I am to be on these between 6 and 18 months, depending on future scans and blood tests. I finished the radiotherapy 9 days ago. I was actually surprised at how tired the radio made me, and I think this is what made this week so hard, I just haven't got the stamina to work even a busy 6 hr day shift, I was absolutely knackered when I got home from a late on Friday.
Boys are still being very strictly monitored by us, they are behaving atm, but it doesn't take a lot to set them off. DH is also still not trusting them an inch, and his temper is still a bit of an issue atm. He also wants to get himself motorbike again, and is looking at various bikes on line all the time. He has fallen in love with one at £5,000, which is way over anything he could actually afford, even when I am back in full time work. We are still on a break from our mortgage atm, so this looking at bikes is very premature, and tbh, I'm not too keen, but, since I already have 2 boys talking about getting bikes as soon as they are 16, I suppose it better that they have a father to show them how to do things properly.

Morning girls xx

Trips I remember our excitement when my brother in law came home on his first leave. 16 year old boy had turned into a man!!! He did his basic training in Yorkshire. He came to our house first and he looked taller, thinner and so grown up. Remember him having something to eat and then taking his boots off to show off his blisters LOL. Feel so excited for you - I bet you will see a big change in him.

Down in the dumps this morning......better kick myself up the bum and get on with the day xxxx

Beautiful day here, so I went to a local farm shop to use a voucher i won at a fete last year. I bought plants for my hanging baskets and whilst in the shop I saw a nice herb planter, it had a small chip in the top rim, but no crack, and was ex display, so they sold it to me for 8 quid instead of the 15 , so i got great value for my £20 raffle prize Anyway, now been out in the garden sitting and doing my baskets and replanting my herbs out of the old pots etc I had them in before into the nice purpose made pot. Might have to frost protect baskets a bit still, but at least they are done.
The fence is now painted so i now to get the boys to dig me some holes along beside it for my 5 ballerina fruit trees I got in a wowcher deal (85% off), and my 3 magnolia bushes my friend got me for my birthday last year, which have been sitting in pots outside all winter. We will get the garden sorted this year!

Oh, and while at the farm shop, I saw a job advertised there which would be just up DH'S street, so I grabbed a job description and showed it to him at lunchtime. He now wants to ring for a few more details and have me revamp his CV to possibly apply. I hope that it's as good as it looks and it pays a reasonable salary.

All sounding positive and happy with you Bubbs I am glad :) D`ya ever wonder where that Rubester I these days??

why can`t we edit our messages if we make a mistake, I hate making mistakes!!