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."

Crispy Work and CM going fine, just got invoices off today hurrah and I will be in the black. Only downside is I might just be too good and be sorting out the clients' backlogs too quick, meaning hours may shrink sooner rather than later. Working on some stalking marketing now just in case. But am really impressed with the non-arty client, hoping he might like to train me up about his whole industry (social enterprise stuff) for future reference. It's not something I'm mad about but the company is successful and it's nice to be in an ethical, helpful industry.

wow buckets, that all sounds so promising!

oops shall we get tooled up and meet you at the exam centre? seriously though... i suspect E will manage to go a bit longer if she can't smell you..maybe? drtdg tk560560-rt

sorry DS 'helping' me type.. back later!

haven't read. just wanted to let ya'll know my state of mind today. in a rush between point B and point C (still have points D then back to B then home) i detoured back home to shower (i desperately needed it). stepped out of the shower and began to towel off THEN REALIZED i'd shaved one leg and not the other.

as you were..................

Spoke too soon, hours dropping drastically for next few weeks. Arse, need 5hrs a week to cover CM. Good job I made a profit this month - certainly won't let it spoil my unexpected childfree time.

evening, mental, eek

evening

Just running through........attending a charity womens event at the pub tonight. I know little more than that as to what it involves. I do however know that i have a free pass until the morning and the pub sells wine. Job done

Buckets I do hope work picks up for you - it is such a pain to try and co-ordinate the right amount of childcare to match the work. Could you put an advert in the local post office or gumtree advertising your ad-hoc admin support and office reorganisation/management/marketing skills?

Night Oops, TS, Dizz & Tweakers.

Adios..........

hey ..

have a fab time tonight crispy

breather dizzy ..

Liking your childfree time buckets and hope you get more work soon ..

"h" decided to go away tonight not tomorrow so my full weekend with the kiddies starts again now!!!

Got a banana/choco/walnut loaf in the oven yummm xx

Buckets, I wish you were closer to me, I'd have you in a minute!!

Dizzy if you ever have stuff that can be done by email/post you know I'll do it for nothing anyway!

Crispy Good idea to highlight the ad hoc bit, less scary for the artier type of client

Evening

waiting for chinese delivery - I can't be arsed to cook! DD1 did her magical screaming child at nursery again this morning but to be fair as DH and her left the house she announced quite sweetly ' Excuse me Papa but I am going to cry at nursery' and skipped down the path too smart for her own good! DH managed an hour before bringing her home. I took her back this afternoon and she was all sweetness and light! They have suggested 2 hours a day for the next few weeks instead of 1 short and 1 long day to get her used to us dropping her and collecting her later.

Anyone up for a little meet up in London? I am coming to pick up something for DH from Old Bond street on the 14th October - FB me if you fancy it, just DD2 and I DD1 doing nursery and the ILs.

Dinner has arrived back later :)

Helloo Dizz, Crispy, LOTI, CC, GB, VG and all I have missed

TS I had to lol at your single leg shaving! Reminds me of a friend from hockey who was visiting a phsyio for an injury. She was in a rush so just shaved her injured leg...not thinking for a minute that the physio might want to see both legs to compare

oops if i lived anywhere near you I'd be the size of an elephant with the yummy goodies you keep producing. Same goes for you dizzy

qod has S calmed down now?

who wants to see the pics from my photo session?? i can only figure out how to email the gallery so if you fb your email addy i'll send them over!!!

4 fecking hours from 2am. Jetlag in a toddler is not to be reckoned with.

But ... springasingalongdingdingding ... lovely news, congratulations.

Am ridiculously behind with work, so hiding here.

DD is a bumshuffler! so cute.

love to everyone.

PS please only post reassuring stories about nursery. 1st day for DS today. 30 minutes with the teachers before class so that they could see how he does. Tomorrow he will meet the class. Also, our nanny starts tomorrow too.

YAY! Longway he'll be fine.

Lucky but not (((hug))) Can you send me your bread recipe. I have bananas needing a good baking.

Oops did you telepath me? I picked up chinese takeaway for me and the girls because cooking was NOT my thing tonight.

Exhausted after a day of running back and forth across town. I have been "asked" to clean my dad's house and ready it for guests arriving MONDAY. This was my rant issue yesterday. The worst part was dealing with turning the water back on but I handled it MY WAY and called my plumber to do it. My dad will be PISSED but who cares I paid the bill and didn't have to deal with spiders or problems. Kitchen and Bath to scrub tomorrow then I'm done. Why OH Why he didn't put the house in order BEFORE he left I'll never understand.

LWFH good luck to you and T today. I'm sure he'll be fine. DS loves his and also went for shorter sessions to start with.

I sympathise completely on the toddlers with jetlag - it's painful.

lwfh here's a reassuring story about nursery: most days, DS runs up the stairs, bowls into his room and starts playing without so much as a backward glance at me. His room worker also told me yesterday that he's one of her favourites Everybody loves him there!

They've been incubating eggs this week and have six new chicks squeaking away in the little enclosure. DS loves them, he's totally enchanted and always says 'hello chicks, bye bye chicks' :)

I have put up a link to some more wedding pics in our FB place for anyone who wants to see them.

Morning

Had a lovely evening and think i managed to avoid winning anything in the silent auction . I bid on a meal/night away, a hobby horse (for DD2) and a bag but not bothered if i don't get any of them.

Some local shops had stands so i did get a lovely pair of boot slippers which i had been looking out for.

LOL @ minioops telling papa she was going to misbehave . DD2 obv knew i was away last night and woke at 2am and persuaded him that she could come into our bed

LWFH Fingers x'd for new nanny working out and I am sure the LongBoy will have a fantastic time at nursery

TS I am sorry but i would be calling a cleaning company for a one of clean with your dads credit card number. You are obviously a much better daughter than me

LOTI hope you are ok. How are you doing with the whole 'H' situation? Doesn't sound like he making too much of an effort {{{{hugs}}}}

Hi everyone.

longway I don't envy you the plane journey and jet lag with kids

spring can't remember if I said congratulations so here's on from me now

Ladies I need to ask some advice. It's about breakfast time in this house. It's been an unhappy time for a while now. Usually it's just constant whingeing throughout but it seems to be getting worse. The cause of the whingeing varies and it's different things throughout the morning. So he'll point and whinge and I've got to guess what the hell he's whingeing at. Sometimes it's because he wants a drink, or something off the arm of the couch or he wants to be in a particular position, or I'm offering him the wrong morsel of food or he wants the bowl/plate to be put in a different position. It's absolutely ridiculous! I have to cycle through everything I can think of that could be making him whinge and sometimes none of them satisfy him. And then he'll suddenly accept one of them after I've repeatedly offered.

Breakfast time with him takes HOURS. We aren't getting to any of our groups and activities because he now spends the entire bloody morning either screaming, crying, or whingeing at me. ALL BLOODY MORNING.

Someone PLEASE tell me how to get control of this behaviour it's doing my head in and I can't carry on like this. God knows WHAT I'll do when I have a newborn to deal with as well.

Sorry that's a bit long

morning

back from tickety boo where dd2 had a ball and mummy got to drink a cup of tea woo hoo!!

good luck lwfm

qod.. breakfast in our house is a bit strange! dd2 has weetabix first - she must feed herself to normally involves me chasing after her with the bowl.. 1/2 hour later i give her a piece of toast and let her get on with it! she can it straight away but quite often has a quarter runs off and comes back to it a while later!! so often v v cold toast is eaten!!.. i find if i try and get her to eat and she is not ready/still sleepy or wanting to play she just ignores me!!

TS fb u recipe!!!

Thanks for asking crispy.. things are pants but since he is never around atm tis difficult to try and sort things

what on earth is tickety boo loti? does sound like you're having a good week with dd2

breakfast here is as follows:
DS chooses opens the cereal cupboard (the only cupboard without a lock on!) and he chooses what cereal he wants. he usually picks shreddies with a sprinkling of rice crispies. he then helps me choose what bowl he wants and then what spoon. once that's done, he wanders off to the table, climbs into his booster seat and straps himself in whilst i sort out the milk for him. i deliver his breakfast, sort mine out and we sit and eat together. once he's had enough, he pushes the bowl away and demands 'out chair' but he's only allowed down once i've finished.
oh and i'm strict, if he pushes the bowl away or starts playing with it, that's it, bowl is taken away into the kitchen. no second chances! he then doesn't have anything else to eat until lunch. he used to be a real monkey and do more playing with his food than eating it but he seems alot better now he's got more choice over what he has, what its served in and what spoon he uses
sorry, bit of an essay qod but hope some of it helps!

How much is he talking QoD? Could it be frustration on his part that he can't make you understand? Not that there's any easy answer to that one, I suppose

It's hard to say what to do as obv am not in your shoes, but I think I would be tempted to just ignore the whinging and not try everything in my power to make it stop. By which I mean, offer him breakfast, give him choices where appropriate, then just leave him to it. If he wants his bowl in a different position or something off the arm of the couch, he can do it himself!

DS is well into his breakfast so we're fortunate to enjoy mostly harmonious mornings. He usually has cereal or porridge - DH or I will fill his bowl, put milk in and then put it on the table with a spoon, and he will climb onto the chair and sit and eat quite happily. I generally ask if he wants some yoghurt/toast/fruit and he generally says yes to everything. Yoghurt and cereal are things to be eaten at the table, otherwise he's free to roam around and play while eating non-sloppy foods.

I would also not let his behaviour disrupt your morning activities. Offer him breakfast, give him reasonable leeway to eat it/make changes, then explain that you will be going to rhyme time or whatever in x amount of time, so S has x amount of time to finish his breakfast. If he doesn't want it, just take it away and take him to whatever activity you had planned. He won't starve, and he might get the message that Mummy Means Business

Thanks ladies. :)

The other thing is he won't feed himself. So I end up feeding him THEN getting myself breakfast. So yes some changes need to be made, but don't know how to get him to feed himself!

Think he does need to learn that Mummy Mean Business.

He used to be into breakfast and it was never any problem. But over the last few weeks it's all gone tits up a bit.