D'y ever wonder if that's a hamster in the garden or just a DT's poo? [groin]

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Yey! I've never started a D'y thread before!!

Please someone find me and don't start a new thread.....

Back laters girls - going up to chellesters!! xx

Oh Neenz, you are bringing back some memories for me. Sounds like you are doing a fantastic job. I was the same as you - didn't want to disturb DH unless I had to at night, and during a particularly mad time for him at work, he slept in the spare room, whilst I dealt with both DTs in our room. But I knew if I needed him, he was there, and once work was back on an even keel, we basically 'did' a DT each (by this time I was bottle-feeding) at night.

Merry - I have an Edie . Lots of people comment on it, although I know of quite a few now, so it's not as uncommon as it was.

HM (the one in oz ), I kept meaning to text you last week to wish you a good journey, but kept forgetting . Hope it wasn't too traumatic for you and the DCs and you are having a good time now.

I forgot to tell you all (or did I?, can't remember ) - DH said after I got home from the meet-up that I could go away as often as I liked! So roll on the next meet-up. But if you all want to come to London, I have a sofa-bed .

Ruby, your MIL sounds a right laugh

I need to get back on the health wagon. I've just had a bag of Skips, DP has just gone for pizza and the Magners is chilling in the fridge I was doing very, very well

DD1 had a friend over today. When the DTs were wee it worked well. DD1 played and I took care of the DTs. Now they are older and more compatible with the games, the DTs just want to join in. Some of DD1's friends are great, they make the game suit everyone (especially those with younger siblings). But this little girl has no brothers and sisters and doesn't take kindly to our DTs. She comes running to me all the time complaining about them. I try to separate the DTs from DD1 and her friend but today was gloriously sunny and its not fair to keep the DTs in for long.

It ended up a big loud, shouting, pile of shit. No-one was happy. DD1 joined in with her friend complaining about the DTs. The DTs complained that they couldn't get in the paddling pool or play with the sand etc etc etc....... I took the DTs in with the promise of painting and so I ended up with a kitchen full of mess instead of doing laundry and dinner prep........

How did you all cope with this? I get on very, very well with this little girls mum and I don't want to distance the girls as they do play very well together.

Normality has resumed in the Peace camp, H is home! Within 30 mins we were snapping at each other. Did I expect too much? Just an arm around me to say Im sorry you have had a shitty week too, the garden make over looks lovely, thank you for looking after things it must have been hard......................... am I being unreasonable? He finally got his bloods up to 9.7 still not brill, but they decided to let him home and have another blood check on Tues. I have had a horrid week, last night we were all set for his return, I have sweated buckets, ran round in circles, not easy being 56 with three 10 yr olds, then at the last minute they wont let him out, and just when I needed ,so needed an ear all my friends here were out or busy. I really felt low. So today he does come home, at 5pm, again I have worked hard, everything, looked lovely, but he was grumpy, he had had a roast meal at 1pm in the hospital, so I thought it better to wait and ask what he might like............"haven`t you prepared anything he said"? Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh and ggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

oh Triplets, I do feel for you, its horrible isnt it when you feel unappreciated but feel as though you dont have the right to say so.

I am feeling pretty similar myself right now - DH has been in Melbourne with his Dad who is up and down and I am here looking after the kids whose jetlag means they are all up every night and I am getting little sleep. I dont want him to feel sorry for me, just a thank you, but dont want him to feel like I dont care about his feelings and what is happening to his Dad if that all makes sense.

Anyway I'm shattered and its only breakfast time here......

Shabs!!! Wait up!!! Did you give Chellster my messsage?

Ruby Well done you!!!!!

I spent yesterday with some Aussies HM. One of them was as huge as your DH

Glad you're safely there. Sorry that you're shattered. Jump HD's bones for me won't you. [did I say that out loud???????]

Hello HM.........I have lost track as to where everyone is, are you really in Australia, you must be very tired after that journey! Thank you for your message, I still feel upset, then I feel guily for snapping when he has been stuck in hospital for 6 days, being injected and scanned and everything else.Its just that I feel he doesn`t see that this affects all of us. He may be the stone thats thrown into the water but the ripples are al of us trying to help and get along and give our love and support! He is a very stubborn man!!

oh MArs, you are awwwwwfulllllll

Still trying to make up my mind whether I like it here enough to live here, I thought I did, but you know what there are just as many hoons (badly behaved youngsters!) as there are in the UK!

Hi Tigs

Thanks Tigs!

Shabs I must go to bed, you are a stop out, where do you get your energy from? Listened to my cds, cant believe you did that for me xxxxxxxxx thank you

Got to go to bed...............night night all............cant read my book as theres a man in my bed tonight!

Tigger - Chellester was crying tonight because she appreciated your message so much. She is a wonderful woman. I only met her two years ago. She just turned 40 - several years ago her mum and dad died within 11 months of each other - she is straightforward, honest and loyal. A wonderful, fantastic friend.

HM hope your trip is going well.

Trips - Sagapo sweetheart. It will all be fine. xxx

Where would our families be without us? I do think that most of the time, nobody notices that we are the glue that holds everything together and that we just keep on going through thick and thin.

these are for triplets and HM, and all the rest of us, battling through against the odds, whether it's just the general day to day madness or more fraught circumstances.

Phew, just went into philosophical mode there for a minute. Went to bed too late last night and expected DCs to sleep in after a hectic day yesterday, but no such luck. And it's DH's turn for a lie-in .

Hope everyone has a good bank holiday - it's pissing pouring down here though.

Morning tk - Morning girls.

Hope everybody is doing ok. For once, it is Bank Holiday and we haven't got rain!! Its not very warm though.

Goodmorning????????????
Its peed it down all night and its blowing a gale, lovely Bank Holiday weather, so bang goes the promised trip to Dover Castle, I cant face telling them I have been up since 5am again, didnt get to bed until late (waiting for that Shabster to get her self in), its now 8.40am and everyone else is in bed! I have cooked 10 slices of bacon, dish of scrambled eggs and homemade American style pancakes with maple syrup.............anyone fancy some, this ungrateful lot don`t deserve it!! Last night was horrible, felt as though H was taking it all out on me, then my best friend phoned up from Cornwall in tears and I had to talk to her DH to try and sort it out, it was horrid. So hope today will be better, all round! Morning Shabster my love xx

Morning Trips......chuck us some of that bacon my darling. I am starving.

Glad you liked your cd's.

D has still got a face like a bulldog chewing a wasp about me going out with my friend on Saturday night!! I know what you mean about families being ungrateful

....also, the real reason why I go round to my two friends so often is - when D is working at our local club he thinks I have a steady stream of male visitors [tut emoticon] he has a great imagination. Once I am at Jo's or Chelles he can relax!!! He doesn't realise all my male friends are forming an orderly queue outside my bedroom [in your dreams emoticon]

...just thought! I do take Tommy with me - it sounded as though he is left 'home alone!'

Hooray- Have just had an email from friend to say she's had the triplets. They were born at 32 wks +3, and weigh 1.7 kg, 1.7 kg and 1.8kg. In scbu but doing fine. Am so relieved.

OMG Duchess - how exciting - good weights for triplets - mind you I still talk in 'old money' so have had to convert it quickly in my fuddled brain

Please pass on my congratulations to your friend.

I jsut used the converter thingie on my laptop and it seems 1.7 kg= 3lbs 8 roughly and 1.8 kg- just under 4 lbs. Given that said friend is tiny and small framed, those are amazing weights.

Brilliant weights - it is very exciting - just glad its not me!!