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d'ya every wonder how life carried on and on and on.....

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Kelly1978 · 27/11/2006 11:47

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Too much waffling, you know who you are

I jsut wanted to psot to say good luck hm, hope you can hold out, but it really sounds like things are moving. Jsut think you could be cuddled upw ith your baby by tomorrow morning!

Glad to hear dt2 is better, fg.

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FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 28/12/2006 11:56

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FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 28/12/2006 12:00
FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 28/12/2006 12:02

Kelly1978
LapinRose
JuA
TracyKb
Triplets
Piximon
DevonDoris
HarrogateMum
LG&T

...... Mars begins the invites list!

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 28/12/2006 12:04

OMG

I knew this was a plan to get me to agree to a meet up!!!

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 28/12/2006 12:17
HarktheHarrogateMumisSinging · 28/12/2006 14:19

Can I be Matron of Honour - plllllleeeeeaaasseeeeee!

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 28/12/2006 16:28

Because you asked so nicely you can!

Now I want all the multiples to be my bridesmaids and page boys!

HarktheHarrogateMumisSinging · 28/12/2006 17:35

just digging out a little peach swirly number from the early 80s complete with hooped underskirt.......

dingdonglapinroseonhigh · 28/12/2006 19:55

oh I do love a wedding, congratulations mars and fg and more importantly to tracykb too, missed that one before

btw fg you have to share with us, you know you need to and you know it will help just to tell us what you're going through. You know that if any one of us was in your situation then you would tell us that anything goes here and if not here then where...so don't be shy girl!

dingdonglapinroseonhigh · 29/12/2006 20:18

Hi all, v quiet here...DTs have been dancing round all afternoon singing 'doh a deer...' (DH got me sound of music dvd for christmas, I love it ) sadly weather is dreadful so we've been a bit housebound today, will spend tomorrow preparing for the invasion of the inlaws on Sunday, not really looking forward to it but will aim to let the time pass by in an alcoholic haze

How's things FG? Hope you are ok

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 29/12/2006 21:14

Hi dingdong, thanks for asking, well I kind of took the cowards way out and buried my head in the sand. We haven't mentioned it to each other since and I'm going to leave it that way....for now. It is requiring discussion but we need the time to be right I think. We are a fairly solid pair that tend to have small niggles rather than big blow outs so I see it as a marker that needs attention. I suppose I'm not really wanting to have the conversation but I won't ignore it.

DP went to the gym yesterday morning and I went swimming this morning so we are using the holiday to try to afford each other a little time out. (Hey, I did 30 lengths (first in 2.5 years), had a peaceful shower and blow dry, read my book for half an hour and then they joined me for lunch....... which then got messy......but it has been a holiday of leaps in terms of being able to do stuff that we couldn't do this time last year when the DTs were younger, and so therefore has been fun .)

Phew, sorry you asked?

Alcoholic haze helps me heaps , do it and do not be concerned, it makes playing happy families bearable!! Good luck.

How's everyone else?

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 29/12/2006 22:19

FG: Set a limit to the ignoral time, then deal with it!

dingdonglapinroseonhigh · 29/12/2006 22:39

Glad you are getting time to yourself FG but you mustn't keep hiding away until he's back at work you know! Make a deadline like Mars says - perhaps by the end of the year?

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 29/12/2006 23:02

jajas............ coooooooooeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dingdonglapinroseonhigh · 30/12/2006 09:42

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FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 30/12/2006 18:33

has someone been salsa-ing or on the sauce?

We chatted last night. I think we have ironed out some stuff. He is lovely and we still are solid we just get lost amongst it all. He absorbs much, worries about my moans and has lost confidence at work due to working in a dog eat dog society. I probably don't help by being the great big powerful (ha!) frump that I am [slightly ashamed emoticon]. He wishes I would accept outside help since he has to be away from us so much, but that just doesn't work for me. He knows I struggle on until he gets here and then feels loaded himself. This makes us both worn out and tetchy. I can't/won't change but I will try to be more aware of offloading so much. He is due a work change too......blah de blah de blah.....

Anyway, I feel better and I suggested he lie in today and took him in a bacon sarnie and a pot of tea and thrust a book under his nose at 10am.

How's everyone? Dingdong, how long before family fortunes kicks off in your house?

Mars....well, I don't really know what to say! (a first!)

JuA · 30/12/2006 18:54

Frumpy - glad you have talked to dh - you will just have to come on here more to unload!

Christmas was chaos! So many toys - I have no idea where to put them all and the dt's have their birthday at the end of January! but I managed to persuade my Mum and Dad that they would love to host their party in Sheffield! so that is a weekend away and less mess at my house!

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 30/12/2006 20:04

jajas is another multiple mum I "met" somewhere else on the site! So... no sauce and no salsa! lol

Now FG.... honey........ can I ask a question? (though why I'm asking if I can ask I don't know as I intend to ask anyway!)

Why don't you let your man get you some help? Would it be that bad? It would allow him to feel that he would contributing to family life more. Also, it would free you up to use the hacksaw on your toenails lol!

I'm so glad that you have talked and I truly hope that you have heard each other. Sometimes we have to let the things that we hold tightly to go (eg doing everything) and learn to lean on one another... even if we don't really need it (or sometimes want it) that much. It's about giving value to the other.

Don't mean to lecture babe. Just really glad that you talked!

All of that was said without the aid of sauce or salsa! lol

Overrunderthemistletoe · 30/12/2006 20:10

hello all, haven't really been on MN for a while, due to dh being around, and doing the family thing. We've had a nice time, but both of us feel a bit stressed about how hard it is with three such small children. The idea of family time is appealing, until you are redecorating the christmas tree for the millionenth time
Sorry to hear that things have been a bit tense in your house Fg, sounds like you are already starting to work it through, so that sounds like a strong couple to me.
Looking forward to having a nice eveing with friends we have known since 1990, just hope we can all stay awake for midnight.
If I don't catch up with you all tomorrow, happy new year, and I look forward to mnetting with y'all in 2007

FrostyTheSnowMarsLady · 30/12/2006 20:12

Happy New Year Overrun. I know what you mean about the Christmas tree. The bottom is completely naked. The DTs seem to have finally left it alone which is preferable to when DT2 decided to topple it so that he could have the star from the top. Sigh..........

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 31/12/2006 16:48

I really adore you girls. Thanks for all your words. Mars, yours are especially lovely xx.

Happy New Year everyone, could this be our third year together? WOW!

JuA · 31/12/2006 17:57

Happy New Year everyone!

Can't believe this time last year I was very pregnant and couldn't imagine how on earth it was possible to look after 2 babies and a 2 year old.... and now I can't even remember what life was like without them!

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 31/12/2006 18:14

The party is in full swing in oor hoose!! Kids have no clothes on and we have The Proclaimers blasting at 48 on the dial, everybody dancing and singing .

About to ruin the mood and suggest a bath ......., well, I do have champagne in the fridge and its rude to let it ruin......

Happy days all xx.

FrumpytheGrumpyreindeer · 31/12/2006 18:15

Hi JuA fancy some champers?

twinkletwinklelittletracy · 31/12/2006 20:34

Hi all

Have been catching up over the last couple of days but like Overrun, no time to post with lots going on. Know exactly where you are coming from Overrun - our DTs are really hard work at the moment....v. clingy but only to me, OH won't do, so even though he's ready willing and able to help/take over etc, they won't let him. And when I'm there, it's simply too distressing to try to let him get on with it, whilst they're screaming 'MUMMMMEEEEE' at the tops of their voices - for him, them and me. They're both a bit under the weather, as am I, so our trip to SIL's tomorrow is off which is disappointing as everyone seems to be on better form if we're not at home .

Xmas with MIL was much better than I'd thought - girls at that point were all on good form, so a great distraction for her and we all had a lovely time. Our living room is packed with evidence of the massive support we have given to the chinese economy this year .

FIL's funeral not as bad as I'd expected either, glad it's out of the way now.

FG - sorry things have been a bit fraught with you, glad to hear you have talked now...hope things get better.

And to everyone - HAPPY NEW YEAR, looking forward to getting to know you all better in 2007. Have a good one.

xxxx

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