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i didn't think that moving house was stressful until today....

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Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 20:15

basically we have bought a house (v lucky) and are trying to get most of the (mainly decorating) work done before we move in at the end of this month (mega lucky to be able to do this). it is going v slowly. not cause the guy doing it is bad, but just cause things have come up (as they do) like peeling off wallpaper and all the plaster comign down etc.

we have just under 3 weeks left and it has suddenly dawned on me that i need to get down there every spare minute i've got (i.e. eves and weekends as have ds rest of the time who doesn't mix with paint, sanders, steam strippers etc).

but dh seems to have a problem wsith that...i went round today to paint the floors of the bedroomos with primer and it went well, i got all 3 rooms done in the 6 or so hours i was there, but i ahve done my hand in (vis typing) and all my fingers are numb wehre i was leanign on it....dh is saying 'wtf are we paying somone if you're going to do it, blah blah....' i'm so pissed off.....i'm trying to get it done, he is allergic to decorating whereas i quite like it (altho did get really stressed with him today as couldn't lock the front door (hand done in) and thought he'd taken my cahnge of clothes awa`y (he hadn't)....)....anywaym, none of this will make any sense but i can't face 3 plus weeks of grumpiness tbh...and i know that this process if v v harfd on him for various reasons he finds the upheaval of moving v v difficult, whereas i thrive on change... none of this will make any sense but i jsut feel frustrated and peed off and thanks for reading if you've got this far...

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codsicle · 11/09/2005 22:04

oh god get someone in

hoxtonchick · 11/09/2005 22:07

yep, throw money at the situation

motherinferior · 11/09/2005 22:08

Lots and lots of money. Go on, go on, go on. Buy yourself a little something too.

codsicle · 11/09/2005 22:08

i hate chaneg e too

Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:09

you f*ckiers....i need support not bloody confirmation of what dh is saying she typed with bad hand....

dh says : 'they speaking sense'....bottle of wine down.

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Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:09

NOOOOOOOOO

this is NOT what i want....people be with me on this.....he is nodding sagely

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SoupDragon · 11/09/2005 22:10

Tell your DH you need more money to get someone in to finish it, spend the money yourself and carry on as normal.

SoupDragon · 11/09/2005 22:11
Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:11

pmsl

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hoxtonchick · 11/09/2005 22:11

lol. drink more. then you'll agree with us .

motherinferior · 11/09/2005 22:11

Get some really ogle-worthy blokes in to do it, and sip mixed martinis while you watch.

Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:13

dh has just gone up screen pointing at your posts saying 'true, yes, right, i agree' as he points....

i thought i'd have to keep this thread secret from him ffs...

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Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:15

i love you....i LOVE YOU...I really do....you make me laugh in the face of adversity...thank you

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edam · 11/09/2005 22:18

I sympathise. I know throwing money at it is the sane thing to do but it is very, very frustrating when a job needs doing, it isn't getting done, you pull your finger out to make sure it gets done and then your partner doesn't appreciate the superhuman effort you are making. Grrrr.

aloha · 11/09/2005 22:20

Believe me there will be so much to do when you've moved in, you will be glad you didn't totally exhaust yourself now. It never stops! The boxes, my God, the boxes.

motherinferior · 11/09/2005 22:21

Yes, you need to sit with your feet up sipping martinis now, you know.

codsicle · 11/09/2005 22:21

maybe boxes wiht ogle worthy men in them

Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:21

edam! are you me?

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codsicle · 11/09/2005 22:22

cheesy!

edam · 11/09/2005 22:26

Possibly - or merely the veteran of doing up our last house largely on my own (subcontracting to tradesmen when I started to get a bit of money but still organising the whole damn thing with no help from dh). Been on strike since moving - just can't summon the energy - with the result that NOTHING has been done in this house at all. Apart from dh painting two walls in the sitting room. Not two adjacent walls, mind you, two opposite walls. So we have one peach wall next to a cream wall next to a peach wall - you get the picture. Let that be an awful warning to you!

(PS peach is what previous owner left us, obviously).

codsicle · 11/09/2005 22:27

was wondering

edam · 11/09/2005 22:32

what, about peach walls? Have never got around to getting curtains for sitting room either - still got two different pairs up that dont' really fit properly but we just bunged up when we moved to have some privacy. Every so often when we have friends round I think 'God, that looks really studenty' but no-one's cut me from their Christmas card list over it (yet).

Heathcliffscathy · 11/09/2005 22:33

now christmas card lists that's a thread in itself... they are wrong....

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hoxtonchick · 11/09/2005 22:34

i reckon you should just move again edam...

aloha · 11/09/2005 22:40

I nag dh and he is quite good. I say, I'll take both children and walk the streets with them until I go mad, and in return for the peace and quiet and the footy on the radio you are expected to put up 2 blinds, one curtain rail and set up the camera software on the computer. Or something like that.