Lyra, Oggs, Berrie, Zeb (and Binkle) ....

[oggsfrog]

...... do you realise we've been chatting now for almost 18months .

Berrie, thankyou for the very kind offer to mug your children. It's much appreciated .
Tbh the car only cost £150 last year so it's reached the end of it's days I'm afraid - we need to get another one.

I know the feeling though - I think I've done really well at the shops sometimes, but try as I might I can't get it below £100 a week. Must Try Harder.

How many hours do you do?

I do five shifts per month - three mondays and a double saturday on the fourth week. That's enough for me for now.

Sorry you're feeling a bit down Berrie . Have a huuuuuuuuge (((hug))).

I've been wracking my brain trying to think what hours dd did. It doesn't help that in Scotland it's different.
What dh and I can remember is that dd didn't do any full days until she started school at 4.5yrs. Nursery (what I presume is your pre-school) was only half days.
Poor dd, I bet she's knackered, and it's a long time to be away from you at that age.

What alternatives do you have?

Dd was ill yesterday... sick, sore throat, headaches and snuffles. Bad snuffles today.
Looks like she'll be off tomorrow too (her birthday).
Trouble is I couldn't take her riding on Sat either (I slid off the road on the track to the riding school. Very icy), so I haven't had the chance to get her the extra presents, card and wrapping paper that I'd planned on...

Oh dear poor DD, hope you don't all catch it.

We are going to get rid of the Monday afternoon for a start. (feel a bit bad about this as they saved it for me during the autumn term until it was free.)

Then we'll think about the Friday.

Hope Zeb is snowed in and that nothing bad has happened.

Morning
Kept dd off today but she is probably well enough to have gone in really - still very snuffly though. She wants to make cheese scones so the diet is on hold for today.

The presents went down well and I'm glad she liked one of the last minute ideas dh and I had. I used ms publisher to make up some vouchers and made a lovely card to put them in. She now has vouchers for an ice skating session, a meal out at a place of her choosing and a grand day out .

Ahh, Happy Birthday little Ogglet.

We're undecided about whether or not we like cheese scones.

Am now just about to cook meatballs and tagliatelle - dd's requested birthday tea - which will be followed by Thorntons Toffee cake complete with a '9' shaped sparkler

Bleeuurrgh, Thorntons cakes are vile! Never had the toffee one though.

What's on for everyone today?

Bleurgh! indeed.

After eating it dh said he felt like he'd instantly put back on the stone he'd lost.

Dd couldn't eat the toffee sauce and toffee buttercream filling as it was too sweet, so we had to cut the filling out for her.

I ate mine regardless.... and felt sullied afterwards .

This morning I will be coaxing a reluctant dd back to school (for my sanity if no other reason).

I will then spend the day hauling water from the river (better still getting dh to do the hauling part), washing up, cleaning, tidying and catching up on paperwork.

Feeling distinctly grubby too as we haven't had baths for over a week now. Bloody buggering weather!

You?

Oh well, you know now. Hope dd got off ok.

I have just dropped off dd. She clung again and had to be prised away but no tears.Still feeling horrid about it half an hour later.

This afternoon I have a friend from University coming who I've just bumped into again after many years. I will spend some time trying to make my house look like I am a clean and tidy person. The tidying is done (it's all in our bedroom) but I need to do some serious hoovering and wiping. Next I need to put the clothes away. AIBU to be cross when he says, "Could you put the clothes away today? " I know I am but it still mad me mad! He means the huge mountain of ironed and unirond clothes in our room...tricky as I'm going to struggle to be able to open the wardrobe doors today...
I really ought to do a bit of planning too. I did first lessons with two girls last night. I am supposed to be working on multiplication and division methods with them but they both asked what the division sign meant. How did they get to 9 years old without being able to remember that. I am going to need to go right back to basics therefore a little research is in order.
This is turning into a 'to do' list. Must pop out and give chickens fresh water and collect eggs...er...need to make a pie for tonight which we will eat before going to visit Dh's aged Father to make his tea. Next try to pull in hearing DS read before story and bed at 6.30 followed by Star Treck Voyager and bed at 9pm. I have downloaded Far From the Madding Crowd to listen to as I go to sleep as the radio is pants at 9pm but it's a bit too hard to follow when sleepy so I'm going to look for something else. Any suggestions?
Here endeth my thrilling plans for the day!

I find you can't go wrong with a Dr Who audiobook read by Mr Tennant himself .

I know what you mean though, I have books I read during the day but need a real no-brainer for reading in bed.
I've just finished working my way through a stack of Just William books. They are so cleverly written. Richmal Crompton was amazing and she was so prolific.

We've got the dvd of Far from the Madding Crowd with Julie Christie, Alan Bates and Terence Stamp.

I covet the Harry Potter audiobooks read by Stephen Fry.

My current bedtime listening is a Paul McKenna cd. Apparently he will make me thin .

Dd didn't make it to school - she was complaining of bad headache, sore throat and blocked nose and did look a little flushed.

She's since been sick again .

Oh dear, poor dd....it's that cake I tell you!

Hi Guys! Sorry, not snowed in, but things, shall we say, have taken a turn for the worse with DH. He's currently refusing me access to DS until I get a psychological assessment . Obviously I'm fighting this and have also now filed for divorce. Things is getting not pretty.

Oh Zeb! I'm so sorry. What an awful situation.

If you want to talk you have contact address/phone /email etc. If you don't I understand.

Oh dear Zeb, how horrid for you.
Always here!

Morning!
And so the day begins again. I won't bore you with the details today!

Dd back to school today.

Dh working away from home today.

Beginning to snow again, buy yay!... ... managed to all get a bath last night [smila]

that smile was obviously corrupted by all the snow and tried to become an homage to Peter Hoeg [

Well I've hopefully found a place to move to - provided the credit check works out, which I'm not 100% certain of. It's opposite the school DS should be attending from September. Now I'm trying to work out what to do workwise - find new job, attempt to work from home, become a full time mum with no money. Ideas?!

Still nothing sorted with DH but thanks!

Fingers crossed for the new place.

If it was possible to work from home then that would be the best bet wouldn't it?
Not sure if you mean doing existing job from home (isn't that gone in April or is it still a possible goer?) or if you would be going free-lance.

Would you be going for sole custody or joint custody?
I have a friend who's husband had joint custody of his dd by his prev dw. The dd used to spend a week with each parent in turn. I'm sure it would be hard work but ultimately would depend how good the relationship between the parents is.

Really feel for you all .

Ideally, freelancing from home would be the best, although how, is a big question I need to think about.

Personally, I think joint custody is the way forward, but now my parents are trying to get involved in terms of questionning my moving to this village (the one I was looking at before), and also the whole work/finance thing.

Blimey Zeb, what's prompted that? he's actually stopping you seeing your own son for no reason? Doesn't he realise he's hurting DS more than he's hurting you?

Glad you are fragrant once more Oggs!

What sort of place is it Zeb?