Fab Feb 2011: Walking, talking and still not sleeping.

[blizy]

I hope you don't mind me starting a new thread? Lets hope it's a lucky one for me.

[reastie]

ems your poor cousin - is it treatable?

wiggs just looked online to see England and France drew on the football - not a good start to France winning and me winning loads of money . Forgot to say your poor friend

blizy yes I've travelled to elstree and borehamwood quite alot on occasion as a teenager when I went to top of the pops rather too much - you can get a train direct from there to kings cross - takes maybe 20 minutes or so

mizk sounds awful - not a holiday at all. Here have a few bottles of

Found out today a work colleague whose teaching room is next to mine is 18 weeks pg - I completely missed her fb announcement and hadn't even noticed she looked pg . No wonder she was asking for her baby car seat we are still borrowing back a couple of months ago [a bit slow] - does anyone else feel initially when they hear of other people pg and then a bit remembering how hard it was or is that just me ?

[ledkr]

mizk Im soory about your crap hols but I did laugh at them toughing away. Whe you are calm im sure you can regale us with your holiday/pil stories.
ems terrible news, dil auntie has just had the same diagnosis.Cancer treatments are so amazing now though so fingers crossed.

Just accidentally read some of the old threads when D was born and blubbed loads. needto was in labour late at night and i was chatting to her from hospital,d got taken in again with the cleft,reastie was shitting herself Then I read blizy announcing the name Zoe for her forthcoming baby and I cried like a maniac,had to hide in the bathroom.
Just wanted to say to blizy you are a total legend for the way you have coped and we are all so priveledged to know you and Zoe.
I am not drunk by the way I just felt I needed to say that.

[ledkr]

[reastie] I do and ive got 5. I just dont get why. I feel a bit nasty for a few secs but then im ok. I think its human nature,that was us,we were special and now its someone else

I have just come to bed because dh is monopolising the tv with football,springwatch,crap docus,football,terrbel fims and oh yes football.
I was freezing cold so scurried off to bed with hot choc,laptop and big bro and then 2 minutes later he comes up to bed I could have watched my sky plussed stuff but now im in bed grrrrrrrrrrrrrr.

Im hormonal but would that annoy you too?

[RobinSparkles]

Hey all! :)

Aw, Ledkr I haven't been back to read our AN thread for a while :)

Emski so sorry to hear about your cousin. Can they treat it?

Wiggles hope your friend is ok and got through the funeral as best she could.

MizK sounds so awful! I'm sorry you had such a crap time.

Hope everyone else is OK!
I've just been on the phone to my sister - apparently my mum has been giving some, not so subtle, hints about my mum's birthday celebrations. She said she wants to do something. We've (my sister and I) been talking about maybe going to see a musical, for something to eat etc. It would be nice, of course but I am so skint and getting a bit panicky :(

[NeedToSleepZZZ]

evening everyone,

posting from OH's stupid, clunky pc as my mac and ipad are both broken and can't afford a new one

ems, so sorry to hear about your cousin, agree with ledkr that treatment now is amazing. it's so horrible to think of someone so young with teenage children going through this though, big hug.

mizk, i can imagine you sitting in a corner muttering under your breath about being the only sane one! was the weather any good anyway?

reastie, any news about your grandmother? so sorry. i am jealous about your meet up today (if it happened!), hope you had fun. are you all over the bug now?

ledkr, you have no idea how much you got me through those hours that morning when i was in labour, i remember trying to watch silent witness and having to stand up every 10 mins to walk through the ctx! i read the old threads sometimes too, it's amazing how much we've all been through, not just with babies, it makes me so grateful for everyone on here. i think we must be the tightest group on mn!

not much happening here, B has learnt to kick a ball and it's great as he can amuse himself for more than 2 mins now, hooray! i'm waiting for the forecasted storm tonight, getting excited
still waiting for blood test results, i guess no news is good news but might call tomorrow to find out as he had a particularly bad time this evening and it's awful to see him in so much pain, he was sweating so much i had to change him

why is monday night television so rubbish??? started watching nighty night on netflix which is great but watching it with OH and he's out tonight and tomorrow night.

[RobinSparkles]

Reastie I do and it's a crappy feeling isn't it? I don't know why though! Before I had DD1 I was always thrilled when anyone announced a pregnancy, I never felt anything but excitement for them. Now I just feel :( that I'm never going to do it again! I don't know why I feel sad though - I don't want anymore children, I have no patience for anymore children, we have no room for anymore children and I feel like our family is complete.
I don't really like children
I just love the excitement and the feeling of being pregnant, I think. A woman's ability to grow a completely new person is amazing, IMO. I'd hate to be a man and not get to experience it!

[RobinSparkles]

Poor Ben Needto. It must be so distressing to see him like that :( clever him for kicking a ball though :). I wonder if you've got a young David Beckham on your hands .

TV is crap ATM!

[NeedToSleepZZZ]

missed that bit reastie, i agree with the feelings of seeing other women pg! i was so when i saw an old friend today in m&s and she looked like the cover of a mother & baby mag; i thought she was about 7 months but she's 38 weeks and still working full time! i was crawling on hands and knees at that point! i was very good though and didn't scare her with birth stories just told her she looked great.

[MizK]

Thanks for the sympathy girls, it is funny really, am not known for my calmness in adversity so everyone I know was gleefully awaiting my tales of woe!
Think I've caught up now, so here goes....
debka enjoy Wimbledon, lucky girl! And huge congrats on the 6stone plus weight you have lost. Honestly incredible to be so disciplined for all this time.
blizy Hope London is good. And also agree with everyone who says that you are a v amazing lady. Lots of love xxxx
robin Does your mum know you are skint? cause I'm sure she wouldn't want you stressing about how to pay for her bday outing? Hope you sort out something doable, maybe check groupon for any bargain ideas?
wiggles hope your friend is OK x on a v different note, I was watching Poirot yesterday (weirdly seems like a few of us indulge on this thread) and it starred none other than Michael Fassbender... is it odd that I immediately thought of my online friend Wiggles :)
emski hope you are OK, thats horrid news. Fingers crossed for your cousin, the docs are v clever and can hopefully make her well again.
ponyo Cruse sounds like a good idea, you have had loads to deal with on top of the fact of losing your dad. You've dealt with things really well I think. And the OW should be ashamed of herself if she's making things any harder than they have to be for you and your family.
reastie I admit I NEVER feel jealous of pg ladies, babies are adorable and all but pg and tiny babyness is so hard. I just look at them and think, enjoy your moments of freedom before the sleepless nights :)
ledkr That is properly annoying of DH! I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes to be left alone to indulge in crap TV and not being pawed at once in a while. PS read your Ella thread - sometimes DP and I get fed up of how little my DCs expect of their dad and still think he's amazing, yet at home they expect to be entertained all the time or we are boring. I just bite my tongue but sometimes you wish that the love and time/energy you give compared to sh*tty exes would be acknowledged, almost? When she's grown up she will see how things were and what a fabulous mum and stepdad she has :)
hubbard have gathered via facebook that you are having a bad time. Chin up Missy, you are more than capable of making your DCs happy and you are worth 10 of their dad, clearly. Be strong and don't get drawn into any battles with him that are beneath you. He will see sense xxx
Big wave to granny tad borg expat and anyone else, need a lie down after my tedious rambling post :)

[NeedToSleepZZZ]

damn, i'm so slow on this computer! thank you robin, I hope B isn't a mini beckham as neither OH or I are up for standing on the side of a pitch in the freezing cold and handing out oranges . it'd be great if he played cricket or tennis as they only play in the sunshine or indoors!

[MizK]

aargh and hello to needto and four4 hope little Ben is OK, must be very worrying xxx and horrid to see them in pain :(

[tadjennyp]

So sorry about your friend Emski, hope the docs are great with her. How is your friend today wiggs?

Your holiday sounds a bit of a nightmare MizK. What a shame. What part of Cyprus were you in? I used to live in the Troodos Mountains with my ex when I was young and silly Beautiful island.

Hope you get some answer for Ben soon, needto. Poor little mite.

Enjoy Wimbledon debka especially Nadal

Grr to dh tonight ledkr. Agree with the others, Ella knows how great you and dh are, she's just acting out because she knows you love her.

Blizy have a lovely time in London and hope you can meet up with granny.

Hello to everyone else. Completely shattered and have to teach tonight. More coffee in order, I think!

[RobinSparkles]

But Needto think of how much money he would get and be able to spoil you with! ha ha. Although, if you're not standing in the cold handing out oranges, you'll have something else to endure - dull school plays, sports days and crappy kid's birthday parties (until you can just drop them off anyway!)

[RobinSparkles]

Good luck with teaching Tad, hope the coffee works!

[tadjennyp]

Thanks Robin!

[americanexpat]

Emski - how horrible for your cousin and her family. I hope it's treatable.

ledkr - Like everyone else said, I think it's normal at E's age to say hurtful things intentionally (but I have no experience of 10 year old girl). Horrible for you and DH though. Just keep telling her that she's being rude and hurtful and it won't be tolerated?

hubbard - I can't believe how quickly some men can forget their children. Listen to ledkr and remember that you'll come out the other side.

reastie - I'm always when anyone announces a pregnancy. I loved being pregnant and would do it again in a heartbeat if it didn't result in a baby.

MizK - sorry about your rubbish holiday.

The vom smell still lingers in the kitchen. It's not the carpet, it's coming from behind the radiator. Any top tips for scrubbing behind the radiator? There's only a 1cm gap between it and the wall. I keep spraying Mr Muscle behind it and it's helping a bit.

[wigglesrock]

americanexpat as a professional vomit scrubber, sometimes the smell can just get in your nose and you think you can smell it everywhere, give it a day or so with open windows. Stop spraying anything fragranced and then in about 48 hours, see if you can really smell it.

reastie I have to say, I have absolutely no pangs of envy when anyone I know is pregnant. I had to buy a baby present for a friend this week and even shopping for newborns didn't make me go aaah, more aaggggh I'm surprised at myself, but yesterday I was able to go upstairs with the girls - put all 3 of them in our room with the tv and muck out Sofia and Olivias room and they were able to amuse themselves for 30 mins or so. I felt great as I had earmarked when my Mum had Anna tomorrow to do it and now I can read my dirty book focus on another part of the house.

MizK poor you, I've been there - when you want to go home a day can feel really long.

RobinSparkles I'm in the same situation - its my Mums birthday and my parents 40th wedding anniversary at the end of the month!

Emski hope your cousin and family get some positive news and she isn't in any pain xx

Nothing much to report here, Mr W took A to Sofias sportsday yesterday before he had to go to work. He got home last night and complained about how tired he was and how she had him running everywhere - how I laughed sympathised Its Sofias birthday next week, but she's having her friends party on Sat and then some family round on Sun. Its party bag central here. My confession is that I love doing party bags - seriously. I never got them and I like picking all the bits and pieces

[americanexpat]

wiggles - the kitchen window has been open nearly constantly since Saturday and the smell still hits me when I walk in the kitchen. If I get close to the radiator, it's vile. I can smell it as soon as I walk into the house after work. The Mr Muscle seems to be helping, the vomit smell isn't overpowering the kitchen any more. Also, how sad is it that I'm really looking forward to the family birthday parties when we move?

[Grannyapple]

Hello there. Off to meet blizy shortly....feels a bit strange going to meet someone from t'internet .

reastie I too get a teeny tiny pang of envy when I hear of other pg's.

N still a bit 'off'...he couldn't have his mmr booster due to temp so will try again next week. Nurse thinks it probably is teething but didn't want to take any chances... Other than a temp & being off his food a bit, he's fine.

Will try to post a pic later of the meetup with blizy, can't guarantee it tho as I'm bit of a technophobe at times .

[blizy]

Boke to the vomit American!

Ledkr- you have me tearing up
Here! I'm not amazing, just doing
What I have to, to get through. You all have me very embarrassed.

I'm waiting in st. Pancreas to
Wet granny( I left stupidly early invade I got lost)!

Reastie- I'm staying in st. Albans.

I'm having a look at what I can do tomorrow in London, very confused with the tube lines.

I will try and catch up properly later, I have no wifi or 3G reception in my hotel.

Have a good y'all.

[blizy]

Oops don't think granny will be too happy if I wet her. obv meant meet!

[Four4me]

Ha ha blizy at wetting granny have a great meet up!!!

emski such difficult news, fingers crossed that she is ok. And wiggles I hope your friend is bearing up. And reastie I hope your granny is ok? Life can be so crap sometimes.

I haven't looked through the old threads, probably wouldn't know how to find them

Wondering how borgs friend children that were ill are doing?

Sound like a nightmare holiday mizk , never again I guess.

deb enjoy wimbledon, I went once ages ago with school. It was ace.......see what I did there

Well Archie had his second hair cut this morning, it was a lot less noisy than the first one. I have finally got round to organising his christening. It is going to be on 12th August, so the weather better improve as I want to be able to lock have everyone outside!!! At least he'll be able to enjoy it at this age (which is my excuse for it taking me so long to get organised!!!)
Off to get Imogen from her morning nursery session, Arch really misses his partner in crime when she is there.

[Emski76]

Afternoon all
Just finishing my bowl of tin peaches, yum. Yep im on a boring diet again.No alcohol for a month (Im counting the days...its been 4) and limited naughty food. Lets see how long I last.
My sister just text me to say that my cousin is improving and may be moved out of intensive care soon. Aparently she went in last week to have gall stones removed and they found the liver cancer. She then got an infection. Apparently they'll start treatment when she's well enough. Hopefully this is the first step on the road to recovery. Thanks for all your well wishes.

Granny and Blizy, hope your enjoying your meet up. Or your 'wet' up as Blizy called it.

Wiggles, I quite often pop into those £1 shops and spot lovely things I could put into party bags. Last year I bought Gruffalo party bags for Ben's birthday party, that were already filled and it did take a bit of the fun away!

Re other people being pregnant. Up until a few weeks ago I would feel a huge pang of jealousy and even got upset when two close friends told me they were pregnant, but now just look at them and think 'ha, labour, sleepless nights, green poo'. Nah, I won't be doing it again!

Need to, I hope you get Ben's test results back asap. Keep us updated.

Right, thats me back to work then, booooooooo

[RobinSparkles]

:o Imagining Blizy waiting to wet GrannyApple actually made me laugh. I was imagining you hiding around a corner with a water balloon or something, ready to soak her!

emski my thoughts are with your cousin. Hope she gets well enough to be treated soon!

[reastie]

blizy and granny come on then, how did the wet up go? . blizy what are you going to do tomorrow then? Do you have any ideas for what you'd like to see/do?

Re: party bags wiggles I used to do party bags for all DHs family at his birthday lunch every year most of them are adults - I couldn't resist but I'm a abit more boring now and my aim is to get one of those big book people multipack books where they are about £1 each and just wrap up a book for each child - saves on the money and effort [genius] and I at Mr W being tired out by S

Thanks for all the Grandma wishes - she died - should hear soon when the funeral will be and have to work out whether to stay or not - ems and ledkr what days do you work/have off?

Oh, and I may have potentially made myself voluntarily redundant - I was asked to teach A level additionally from Sept which would put an extra day on my timetable a week plus extra work from home to prep. I said no which apparently means I'm breaching my contract so if they want to kick up a fuss they can make me leave - am awaiting to hear but apparently my decision to say no has been officially 'frowned upon' by the powers that be . I'm actually quite non bothered by it - if they value me little enough to make me leave over it then I'll just leave and spend more time with Alice and the gym . But I hope think it should be fine.

deb I told my technician at work today about your wimbledon tickets (we are both fans of nadals bum ) and we actually sat there for over a minute drooling at the thought of going

ems I'm so glad the news is promising

four4 I think your christening tactic should have been to be so disorganised that you got all 4 done together

american yuck yuck yuck. Can you not unscrew the radiator from the wall (or get DH to) so you can give it a proper scrub? ALthough do agree with wiggs that the smell does get right in your nose