August 2008 Laugh Line

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Too much pressure and too little thread space left me with but one choice so here we are. Let's discuss further the private space because quite honestly the "private" space is not so "private" at the moment. I'm no detective BUT there's only a handful of threads over there and all are beckoning me to read through them. For the moment we are safer here. Like a new model car, we should wait and let the kinks be worked out by the folks that can't WAIT to be part of the "new thing."

Heavens above that was long and somewhat boring

Sorry if I made anyone sneeze earlier; there was a lot of dust We have been busy all day and only half the house is clean. Poor DH got the job of cleaning the fridge, was disgusting but all sparkly now. I read on mn somewhere that white vinegar was good for cleaning wooden floors so the house smells like a chip shop

Tweaky what a twat!!!! Glad you kept your cool and have witnesses though. It worries me sometimes, what if one of my children grows up to be a twat there seem to be so many of them around (especially reading on mn) fingers crossed all our babies will grow up well adjusted and continue to love their brothers and sisters (and their mums of course!)

Evening all

Oops that sounds sad but I am confused, i thought your mum lived in flat in a mansion somewhere and you loved her? Am I confusing you with someone else??? Anyway do you know the massage lady well enough to say you don't get on wit your brother and please don't talk to him about you and your DDs? Having had a twat for a father I know how shite it can be.

Okay I fogot that bit out - my 'mum' is the person my dad married when I was 8, when the other supposed mother decided she wanted the other 4 kiddies but not me.

christ we're a complicated lot! Oops - I'm sorry that you feel they have encroached on your world

I never realise just how complicated Dizz until I typed that. I have not even thought about them in years and lived in my very safesecure world. Of all the wonem in the world - he is in the navy FFS, one nearer the sea would have been more handy!

I guess it's totally down to how you feel about her oops If you think she can be trusted not to talk about you then go ahead, otherwise look for someone else. Life is too short with too many other things to make you anxious about.

Do any of you guys have bunk beds up? We've decided to get some of the kind that separate into two single beds so there will bejust room for one single plus DD's small single in their room. Am not yet convinced a top bunk is a safe place for Thor unsupervised, although DD is trying to persuade me...

Anyway I've seen some cheapish but OK looking ones on ebay, mattresses a bit pants but nothing a mattress topper wouldn't cure, but the only trouble is it's only 150cm high. I suppose that means less far to fall but won't there be too little headroom after a couple of years? Some others are super-great but sooooo expensive. God I am rubbish at making decisions

Oh I heart this one but it's £750 ffs, without mattresses

oops no advice but sounds so

Electric company are arses and have gone to court for warrant of entry against us (they say) for an incorrect amount which we couldnt' pay because they couldn't seem to recognise our account number. How do you go from getting the bill to having a warrant of entry in 2 months? anyway we've decided not to stress it and let them fit the fecking meter (not that we have any choice). Today has been very very stressful though and feel so frazzled now. Going to have a bath and then head to bed I think.
tweak your brother sounds such a charmer!

Have just finished my paperwork for the Trust - serves me right for ignoring it for so long

night all

HP I believe Crisps has bunk beds for dd2. She'll have grand advice, I'm sure. We're considering them too but like you I'm fearful of the top bunk. That said the girls were bouncing on their bed like it was a trampoline tonight. Wonder how the bouncing would go with a bunk bed?

Oops I'd probably change my whole CM setup if I found that out. I still avoid FB stuff where I see my brother's wife posting. I don't want her to know ANYTHING about us and if my brother wants to know he can pick up the phone and call me. Seriously blood is not a bonding agent. I rationalize it but considering the animal world. Some animals breed and birth loads of babies and those babies go on never to come back into contact with their parents or their siblings. HUMANS are suppose to be more advanced and therefore enjoy living in groups, sharing with one another. Although some "humans" I know aren't so far removed from the "animal" world.

Tired now. Going to bed soon. See you all bright and early....maybe.

Oops sorry you feel your safety net has been breached and hope that you are able to work something out one way or another. It doesn't sound like a nice situation to be in especially as DD1 seems to like the centre and get a lot out of it.

Loti I also think you shouldn't burn your bridges too soon. Although the new job want to keep communication open we all know how difficult it is once a position has been filled especially at the moment.

Tweakers your brother is an idiot - can't believe he'd say something like that in front of DS.

QoD hope the leccy situation gets sorted out - I also recommend a letter of complaint sent high up. If it is their error they will have some kind of compensation amounts that they can offer you.

Dizzy wishing you well in your decision making and hope all the changes will be positive ones.

LWFH hope you had a good flight home and are not too sad to be back.

Cyteen your day sounds fabulous I can't wait to see the photos. Congratulations again.

Right ladies have sussed it and last AF arrived 29 August (the day Mum & Dad left). Usually cycle is 28 days so should have arrived Friday (or earlier if last month anything to go by) so better go do what TS suggested. Will buy some on way home from work and you'll probably know one way or another before you're all up and about (TS excepted)!

morning vg

waits impatiently for spring to come back ..

hugs oops, no great advice but you must do whats most comfortable for you xxx

Morning All

Having slept on it and had a srious discussion with DH he is sure there are some child protection/confidentiality clauses in her contract so if he come a knocking the only place he could have found that info is from her, as we are invisable on the electoral roll. We are not going to stop using the centre but will avoid any specific events organised by her.

VG - yes I am totally sure I saw the way her treated the boys (only 9 and 10 at the time) and the atmosphere of fear in the house. My girls don't need to be exposed to that.

Enough of that..

Springs - have every thing that can be crossed crossed for you.

Hots - I'd go for it he may surprise you. I love the expensive ones but at the price - DD1 has an ikea one!

Morning Loti

oh i was hoping i'd get to the bottom of the page and get some news from springalingalong i'll be patient then!

oops... not sure if this will help or not but personally, i don't have a problem with what my brother finds out about us. i know there's nothing he can be told that's bad or would reflect badly on me (i'm no saint but i do manage to keep certain things from family ). So, as far as i'm concerned, mum,nice bro, sis can tell him what they like, it'll only make him realise how much he's missing out on by not being a nicer person and actually being part of our lives. it sounds like you'd prefer a complete separation from her though so in that case, finding a new masseuse would be a good idea. otherwise you're going to be constantly watching what you're saying and won't be able to relax.

albs is popping in this morning so i've just dosed Pea up with fresh scent for her to sniff Sticky boy is less sweet smelling! Why is it that as soon as Pea was born, DS changed from sweet smelling, non-sticky boy to the complete opposite?! he does have exceedingly beautiful eyes though!

morning all

sorry oops, crossed with you there... sounds like avoiding her is def way forward, ignore my above ramblings! i hadn't realised that she didn't know where you lived etc

ooh I am very envious of ALBS

I might be heading London direction next week with smallest DD if anyone is around - I will find out for definite later.

This one Hots. But if you wait they have 10-20% off days every month or so.

Gotta go.....

forgot - Mornig Tweaks:)

Morning all

6.10am again , this time it was DD so after staying up a bit too late reading my book last night in anticipation of 7.30am wake-up (fool) am a bit tired today.

Like the look of that bunk bed crispy; it's similar in size to the first one I picked. Do you have them as bunks yet? What's the head room like in the bottom bunk? This is the cheap ebay one and this is the taller one I like the fact I could take the ladder away during the daytime and still feel safe letting them play upstairs...

How far ahead/behind is springa??? Maybe she's saving it for morning wee!

oops let me know when and where you'll be