Children At Play or Who Moved the Cheese

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Hello.

morning all

hip sorry you are missing your hen weekend .. hope you are feeling better and being looked after..

crispy iphone are so so addictive ..

bibi cannot wait to see the new logo..

thanks ursula for agreeing to sort ss.. i did think about offering but my organisational skills are so bad u would probably exchange gifts in time for the easter bunny ..

off down south today to see friends, tis a family trip first since spain so we shall see how it goes .. and af finally turned up so hoping my grouchy/eating all around me mood will cease

morning all, my first go at opening the shop today on my own and I have to take all 3 girls with me as DH was working till 4am - should be interesting

cold here too

hippy, hope you're feeling better today dah-ling

Morning all

Can anyone explain why DH is still sleeping, DD2 is still sleeping,DD1 nad I have been up since 7? Tomorrow DH has to leave here at 8am to head for TopGear in London so apparently I can sleep in then because he has to get up anyway?? So I can lie in bed listening to him thump about, come in 57 times to ask where certain items of clothing are, let DD1 run up and down outside our room yelling. Then I have to get up and deal with the girls alone all day, which is my own fault for not wanting to take them shopping in London with MIL, until he drops in at 9pm wanting dinner!

Hippy sorry you are not well, hope you are feeling okay this morning.

Enya - hope trip goes okay nad 'h' behaves himself.

Bibi - Pop the girls over here for a bit :)

to everyone else.

Morning, DH has given me a repreive from crackodawn swim lessons so I now have bright red hair, looks v goth. Have perked up since spending most of Wed and Thurs crying about anything and everything - think it was my cycle again, I seem to go to pieces around cd21/22.

I'm in for Secret Santa. That reminds me I was going to get some fleece sleepsuits for all the kids for Xmas, will have a look on Ebay in a mo.

Family visit to Historic Romsey today to trawl the better class of charity shop and set up some provisions for ILs. MIL having major foot surgery (toes broken and reset or something) today and FIL can just about heat soup.

If anyone wants 30% Gap voucher let me know as I have one valid till 14th.

Yesterday a public holiday here for Deepavali but I had to work all day as not managed to recruit anyone yet and that team supports Hong Kong where it isn't a holiday. DS and DH had a lovely if very busy day. They went to the aquarium in the morning on a boat trip followed by soft play in the afternoon. I met them in a pub having fish and chips together. DS wanted Daddy to put him to bed too.

Silk glad you are feeling better.

Hippy hope you're feeling better today

BBBB Top Gear I am jealous!

Enya good luck for your trip

foul mood. silk, i think we're cycling together again.

shiney, you look nice.

had more to say but head is fuzzy. i could use some alcohol to clear it out.

silky - Primark have the fleecy suits all lined up and instore

Bibi YESSSSS! are they doing adult ones too?

Evening all :) DH doing bedtime so I am happily on the sofa engrossed in sparkly Saturday night telly. Feeling a bit pants today what with all the uncertainty - are we moving away or not? Am I going to change career/be a SAHM or not? Will I get pregnant or not? I hate being in limbo.

Hope you are all feeling much cheerier than me!

yes silky - adult ones too

Star - fecking foul mood here too DH on really shitty shifts (5pm-4am) so sleeping then up and away and the girls are driving me bonkers. Also have my period so definately not pregnant

sorry - haven't done much to cheer you up have I am honking of garlic or I'd offer you a snog

I'll take whatever I can get, Bibi Sorry to hear of the curse, mine is just finishing up now yet still I contemplated POAS earlier ffs.

[solidarity hug]

Lordy - we must all be cycling together!! I got my first period since DD2 was born this morning - no wonder I have been so snappy with DH this week.

Star didn't realise you were thinking of moving away!

Sorry everyone feels crap, apart from those planning to buy fleecy suits of course!

Boybait, you outdid us on the rugby pitch! Well done

ds1 watching X Factor - vom vom vom - however cosy fire and sleeping ds2 herald peaceful evening with papers.

Bibi great news you might be coming over!

All very early days Ursula - I haven't had my annual leave approved yet and probably won't till Jan

Morning all surely must be my turn for brekker, it's been a while Freezing up here so something warm I think. Who's for scrambled eggs on toast? My only other offering is Toast with apple jam. Tesco required later on then!

Monsters Inc on already as girls have had me up from stupid o'clock. E apparently fell out of bed on top of L At some point after DH got home last night he pulled out the guest bed underneath E for L to sleep on - I never heard a thing Shall have to let him sleep today as a reward now!

Time changed last night and the kids are ignoring the extra hour of sleep reward. Thankfully they are ruining the house without my help. Neither has come in to say good morning or "I need ." The tv is on a little too loud and I could do without the buzz lightyear gun.

I guess our next thread should be called Cycle Sisters. Mine hasn't started YET but I'm crabby as a bad apple so I know it's only hours away. Maybe it got lost in the time change.

More vacation details... I have booked us for a day at Discovery Cove. I am going to swim with dolphins. DD1 is going to be thrilled hopefully. With the reservation comes complementary passes to SeaWorld so guess where else we are going. There's so much preplanning and prework required to make a trip like this go smoothly. I think I'm done now though. I'll still continue to read the blogs and information sites so I can be completely "in the know". Despite my bad mood this planning thing has been uber-exciting!

Bibi, I'd like eggs on toast please.

Dirty eggs with toast!! Sorry Bibi. Couldn't wait.

God I love my parents. Not only are they paying for a massive family holiday in France next summer (16 of us in total), they have now offered to drive one each of me and DBro's 6 kids down with them earlier. This would make it cheaper for us to fly down there but my dad and BIL would be able to provide an airport taxi service too. DH & I have never driven abroad and had been bricking ourselves at the thought of the Mystery Machine breaking down there. I am SO lucky to have such thoughtful, clever, capable and LOCAL parents, never let me move away!

AWESOME NEWS SILKY!!! Do they want to adopt a few more?

silky - well done you. I wouldn't mind a useful anyone within 100miles

fecking cold here again today and fecking boiler still a v boring pita

st - your order was 3 hours late so am not apologising for you having to make your own eggs

Hey gals , apologies for the state of me with my hair half dyed but I know you lot won't mind!

ursula it was my dneice who mistakenly said cockporn instead of popcorn

Cold ish her bb but I doubt it's anywhere near as cold as yours [brrrr]

Nice hair silky and great news on next years holiday. Glad you have such nice parents

star where you thinking of moving to?

We want to go back down south and be nearer our families/friends - parents are not getting any younger, etc. - but for now we're just waiting to see how the economy shakes down before making any serious moves. I have achieved better serenity today :) helped by a lovely walk in the Peak District with DH and DS.

I've no idea what's going on with D today - she's fecking miserable and has been since yesterday DH took her and L out for a walk with the dog to give me 5 minutes peace and DD1 walked in the door 2 seconds later home from her party! DH arrived back 3 minutes later with misery in tow and no happier

I've spent the afternoon sorting out the girl's wardrobe. There was absolutely NO point in hanging E's skirts and dresses up on L's wardrobe at all - they're gong to have to wait on D

Star -well done on the cobweb blowing walk we wrangled time and time and time again about moving home when mum was ill but it just wasn't worth it. We wouldn't be able to afford a garden shed never mind a house near the sea and the schools would be shoddy at best. On a more selfish note we wouldn't have got any more help with the girls and would have left all our pals behind. Hence we stayed and spent a fortune in petrol instead! It always unsettles me a bit coming and going. Then again with nobody speaking to me yet there isn't any point in me going anymore

DH is now walking round the house sighing so I suppose that's my 5 minutes up

hey ladies,

back home from down south {crisp twas surrey so no journey down m5}.. dd2 fell off a chair and bumped her head .. it was bleeding .. mummy completely freaked, daddy remained v v calm, thankfully no need for a&e but need to watch her v closely for 24 hours.. she is currently underneath her princess table so think she is ok but what a shock!!! apart from that it was a nice trip ..

its weird how some of our cycles are in sync, feeling like death warmed up with it tho ...

star could really do witha bracing walk..

bibi hope dd3 gets out of her grump soon..

hip hope you are feeling better..

you have fab parents silks, btw thanks for asking re dad's eye, thankfully ok at the mo but we are keeping our fingers crossed..

hi shiney/st/urs and everyone else