April 2009 Episode 14 "Operation Kill is standing down."

[AuldAlliance]

Voici FWs!

Bebe, my response would be 'If you want to see moo for her birthday then you are more than welcome to come and see her here'. I am pretty sure she wont make the effort to come there but if she does you can do a little something there.

We will have a tea party the day before here (his birthday is a Monday) with mum, dad, my sisters and the neighbours and I am taking the day off and DH and I are going to take him to choose a rabbit but we wont be doing a big garden party like we did last year. There will be plenty of time to stress over big parties as they get older as Schultes and puzz know.

Boff, can't find your pm - my email is [email protected] xx

We are going out for the day as a family for Holly's. Probably an urban farm or something. This is the first year Ellen is having a party so Holly wont get one until she is 4 either.

Not time to stop as I am supposed to be working but big kisses to you all.

Hello :) Just been to the alpaca farm (XH [not quite, but we're getting there ] took G there a fortnight ago & ever since G's been asking me to take him. I promised him that I'd take him today & he's been so excited all week. When I picked him up today, he was literally jumping up & down, shouting 'mummy! PACAS!' The CM said he's been at fever pitch all day, bless him.

For his 2nd, we're taking him to soft play with his friends from the CM. He'd probably go to soft play that weekend anyway (he goes every couple of weeks or so) but there's just going to be added cake & balloons & friends. It's not costing much, but he'll love it. Apparently XH has invited his delightful parents so it won't be at all awkward, I'm sure (!)

Bebe, YANBU. They can visit if they're that bothered. We have exactly the same with XPIL. At one point XMIL (I'm loving the X ) told us to move up to their one-horse town (quitting uni, leaving our flat, etc) because she was missing it all. This from the woman who visited 3 or 4 times during our entire relationship (once being the wedding when she refused to speak to me & once the day after I gave birth & she was incredibly rude & had me running around after her despite stitches, etc.) I was about to go into a whole rant about them, but will keep it at the mini version - it's not the point The point is that if people care that much, they know where you are. If they don't, they can bloody well wait. You have enough on your plate.

Well I'm glad everyone is seeing that way too.
I was starting to think maybe I was over-reacting.

I did email and asked if they would mind having a little 'party' for her when we come to visit in Easter. (was just thinking we'd invite SIL's family)
Will talk it thru with DH tonight and see if has any ideas abt how best to handle the situation.

Dh is livid, I blurted it out the second he got in the door which wasn't the wisest probably. He said I was not to worry about it at all and he'd talk to her and his sister about it. He said they were being unreasonable and were not really considering what trouble it would be for me/us. and it was the last thing I should be thinking about/worrying about right now.
Unless, he said, you really want to go back and leave me all alone for a week or so...

hello?

quiet around here isn't it?

Have plastered and sanded bedroom walls, painted undercoat and there are only 2 walls left needing 2nd coat now.

I am insane. And not v good at plastering, but, hey, it's not our house, so what the hell.

Hope everyone is OK. bebe, ignore family. My new motto.

I'm here. I really shouldn't be.

Moo is ill, has been since Saturday, well she threw up on Sat. but has had fevers on and off since then... she's currently sitting beside me in the couch looking grumpy and ill :( poor dear

I cannot imagine plastering with Moo around, even if I knew how to...Auld you are amazing.

Dh informed me he's going on a diet tomorrow, no dairy or grains...which is an awful lot of what we eat... feeling very disheartened by this as I cannot see it working and so he'll be grouchy abt not being able to stick to it...on top of everything else in my self-centered world I just feel :(

Bebe - are you OK? Sorry if I am being out of line but you seem like you might be a bit sad? Are you ok there?

If it's any consolation DH says things like that all the time and it lasts a day. I tell him he has to make his own food as I am not making anything special and every time he just eats what we are making.

K has been ill too, really sad and clingy but he is coming out of it now. It's horrible when they are like that but enjoy the snuggles and treats while you can. She will soon be better and keeping you on your toes again! Fingers crossed she gets better soon.

Puzz, me either, I should be at work. But it is Monday and I have morning/all-day sickness so I can't be bothered....

Auld, wonder woman, fancy popping over and coming to paint the rest of my house???

Maybe we could have a FW DIY business? and go around to each others houses painting and decorating our way around the world...

BB I am feeling disheartened and tired currently. Really could use a good night's sleep (or ten).
And I need to go shopping!!! and some ME time I think. But at the same time we're not buying things here because of saving money/space issues.
I'm not really feeling confident with this pregnancy either tbh. And my EHIC is still not here so I've not been in to see how it's going. Tho I do think I keep feeling stirrings...and I'm defo lactating, and my belly seems to be growing daily, so it would seem everything is ok.
If I can get Moo to go to bed early tonight I'm going to sit down with my writing and pretend the world doesn't exist.
(thanks for asking, I feel like all I've been doing is whining lately so I'm trying not to burden people when there's not anything to be done currently abt any of it)

Sorry to here abt your continued sickness. It really is the pits and annoying isn't it? Like having the flu for weeks on end. :( Have you found no relief from the pills?

Not really, it takes the edge off the nausea but the actual sickness remains the same! Grrrr! But am hopeful, hopeful beyond hope that the second trimester which begins next week gets a bit easier!

Could you ask DH to take Meg out on Saturday and have a completely selfish day? Do whatever you want? It's no surprise you are worried after the initial wobbles but all seems to be going in the right direction (!) Isn't it weird how these babies take over your life even before they are born!

Well that's not so great. :( But hopefully the 2nd trimester means it'll end soon for you! Mine did change in second trimester from being ALL day to being mostly at night/if I eat late.

He's mentioned taking her a couple of times, but it never quite seems to work out for some reason or another. Hopefully this weekend we can work something out. Maybe he can drop me at the mall and then go out with Meg somewhere else...

bebe, I didn't plaster with A around. I did it when he was at the CM's and I should have been working, and for the past 2 weekends DH has looked after the kids while I did DIY. I could never have done it with a small child under my feet (and the dust created when I sanded is evil and toxic). I am not wonderwoman just a loony who took it upon herself to rip off the wallpaper.

I'm all in favour of an itinerant FW DIY group. They can come and sort out my cock ups. Like the weird line of paint around the top of the door, where it seems to have gone on much thicker than elsewhere. I should put another coat on the whole wall to hide the unsightly mess, but am losing energy fast. Have a conference in 2 wks, and my paper is still in my head...

Oh you poor buggers. I wonder if second pregnancies do make you feel more rotten. I certainly felt worse with Holly.
I hope you both feel better soon.

Tough times at work. Can't give content but suffice it to say I Am Not Happy and it is someone else's fault cos they is stoopid.

BB, will email.

Actually I have eaten a Snickers bar and I am crying and can't drive home. Need some FW love.

Aw sweetie! Are you ok? I imagine you're home by now. lots of hugs.

I'm dying for a Snickers myself...or any chocolate for that matter...how can I be pregnant and not have any chocolate in the house? ...Because DH keeps eating it all!

Boff, whoever it is is an arsehole. And snickers are my favourite comfort choc of choice too. Imagine them with their pants on, take a few deep breaths and go home and cuddle your lovely family. .

I am not OK I am not home it takes over an hour to get home. I have to leave now as I have no childcare after 730.

feel even more sick at vision of line manager in pants

don;t even know why I have a line manager given that i am supposed to be an academic

nasty emails, summoning me to meetings, where i am not listened to

have asked to see union rep. strike action looming and that has not helped the relationship.