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December 2011: They're one Jim, and highly illogical!

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LittleMissFantabulous · 30/12/2012 22:29

I went with Gary's suggestion, as it was quite awesome and indeed factual!

:o

Onwards?

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SparklyandHappyMe2013 · 04/01/2013 11:28

Oi you will starve or is that the idea?

NorthernChinchilla · 04/01/2013 12:32

That CAN'T be right Oi, surely! That's a bloody lunch Shock! admittedly I wouldn't eat Ryvitas under any circumstances, but still And where's the Martini allowance Wink?

Do you remember when the DCs were little, and they would always, always communicate telepathically so that each and every one of us would be crawling onto the thread and groaning? I think it's turning one, they're sort of re-starting the cycle, there can be no other explanation!

Hope the freezer lives up to your expectations MissRee!

Very exciting morning here on my day off...had our builder round, and we need a new ceiling across half the middle floor, so DS's room and the corridor. Will all have to be taken down and re-done.

Then DS and I went off to the bank to pay in Xmas and birthday monies. All three of us are at separate banks, so did DP's, then mine, then DS's...only to find that all of the rellies had sent money to DS, but written the cheques out to me and DP Confused!
So ran off to doctor's - DS referral for grommets (sp?) for his ears- and then DS passed out, so back to my bank and then DP's bank to pay in DS's money and take it out, and then back to DS's to pay it all in
AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Dropped him off at nursery and I'm going to do exciting housework all afternoon and wait in for two deliveries.

I'm sure someone should have told me when I turned 18 that life was going to be this thrilling Hmm

NorthernChinchilla · 04/01/2013 12:33

How's DD faffin, forgot to ask?

SevenReasonsToSmile · 04/01/2013 12:33

oi step away from the pâté! No offence but are you sure you've worked out your points allowance correctly if you've used them all already?! Good luck with it anyway.

DSM glad he's apologised, though it does seem this is a cycle which repeats itself every 6 weeks or so of him implying you don't pull your weight, then apologising and you thinking he's wonderful again.

gary I agree birth reflections sounds like a good idea, whatever you do though please don't spend your entire pregnancy worrying and stressing about the next birth. My DH is 14 years older, so no late babies for me either.

I've never watched OBEM, nor am I interested in doing so. I'm afraid it's reality TV gone a step too far for me, some things should be private, and no amount of money could ever make me want to share something as personal as giving birth with the nation.

My MW was with me the whole time while I was in labour with DD, though it was late at night and DH was only there for the last 15 minutes. I came very close to swearing at her though when she told me it was too late for pethidine. Looking back now though I'm glad, I was alone for parts of my labour with DS, and so spaced out on pethidine I can't remember large chunks of it tbh.

I had been looking back at 2012 with bitterness about the whole flat stress saga and DS broken arm, however after reading easily's post about things you're proud of I've decided a new year equals a new more positive me, hence the new name. I'm proud of reaching our 5 year anniversary, raising money for charity doing street collections, proud of DH for getting his place in the London marathon and proud that I taught DS to read.

GaryBuseysTeeth · 04/01/2013 12:58

Oi, working out the calories on what you've said, that's around 740cal tops (unless the lemonade isn't diet, which would bring it up to 800ish at a guess).
Does WW go on sat fat or sugars?
Because ^ that's a very sugar rich few meals, but aside from dropping the sugar in coffee, pate & OJ I can't see anything 'wrong' with it?

Northen, that sounds expensive/dusty!
Highlight of the day so far is dancing to Earth Wind & Fire's Do you Remember? with DS. So with you on life being just as actionpacked I as expected it to be.

Will def. discuss with the MW at booking appointment, I know it's for the best but I don't want them to think 'problems with the birth?', she must need to be under the mental health MW again, because she was the woman I had so much trouble with.
If I have to have a hospital birth, I would like a CS...but asking for homebirth (and almost no intervention) or everything they could possible do sounds a bit weird? I know I don't want an early induction again, so hope this one plays ball!

EasilyBored · 04/01/2013 13:21

We went to soft play thia morning, remindme not to attempt that again in the school holidays! I think monkey would enjoy it if it was quiet, but he was a bit overwhelmed and got knocked over a couple of times (by children far too big to be in the toddler area).
northern that does not sound like fun!

gary do you have a birth centre near you? Might be an option rather than the hospital?

We're not going to see my neice tomorrow as my inlaws want to go at the same time and they have flu - we've all spent the past three montha going from bug to bug so F that. I'm not getting flu!

Oi have you looked at slimming world? My mum does that and it's really flexible. I can't get on with weight watchers - the amount of points you spend on wine are ridiculous. Wine is practically fat free in my head!

FestiveFiggy · 04/01/2013 13:31

Great day so far my car has been towed off to the garage as it still refuses to start think there's something wrong with the clutch which sounds expensive and dh has taken the other car round to the local garage for a new tire as we have a puncture that is before the MOT and service and road tax due on my car by the end of the month. Happy January!!

DS survived his jab seemingly unscathed he was very cuddly this morning which is very unlike him swimming lessons restarted today, been to the charity shop with a bag of old toys and books waiting for the car to get back so can do the weekly shop and do watching obem. I always was disapproving of obem started watching it while I was pregnant find it quite therapeutic as had always been horrified by the idea of pregnancy and childbirth. Now watching it I can feel my ovaries twitching I'm 32 in a couple of weeks and DH is 38 in March really need to start making some decisions as I know he does not want another one if he hits 40 need to work on him pretty sharpish. When preparing the charity bag a few months ago I would just put everything in it but this time I kept quite a lot of it back and he wasn't horrified at the idea of it being stored in the loft so maybe he is coming round to the idea how I wish I had kept all the Dannys clothes from newborn to 9 months there was hundreds of items I have just given away as was convinced that I wasn't having another.

raaboonah · 04/01/2013 13:39

Oh dear lord. If I could phone in such today that would be great. As it is cbeebies is my babysitter Blush we ventured out to a local free natural history museum to meet some nct pals but it was totally jammed, neither boys ate any overpriced crappy lunch and both went ballistic as did i so now we're home, DS2 asleep after a successful transfer out of the car and DS1 watching rhyme rickety eating a very nutritious sausage roll Hmm

I couldn't get on with ww. Too much faff to look everything up and too easy to cheat.

I did my own mental aibu post imaging the replies if I'd posted what I'd eaten and expected to lose weight. Basically portion size is the biggest thing for me si smaller plate and just serving myself what I thought the minimum I could eat to just stave off hunger. I lost 9 lbs in 2 months. Must get on it to shift a couple more pounds. It has made me feel much better to be slimmer again.

raaboonah · 04/01/2013 13:41

*sick not such and rocket not rickety

NorthernChinchilla · 04/01/2013 13:57

GBT, doesn't sound weird to me at all. When I read the post-natal ward thread on MN, it made me want to hide and have a homebirth, and I was requesting and having a CS! Maybe it's an issue of control- I felt with a CS it was controlled, as I knew what would happen, when and how. With a HB you're in your own place, your home turf, and by definition you can't have medical staff forcing stuff on you, so again you're in control.

Ah figgy sounds like we're having similar days, it's so bloody expensive!

I remember you posting about just having one and your mummy/baby friends being all horrified (which is rude!) and giving stuff away... it is scary though the amount of stuff that you have for a baby, I'm shocked at it all piled up in a cupboard!

OK...let the writing of the finance books and other wild times commence!

SparklyandHappyMe2013 · 04/01/2013 15:03

Seven I know what you mean about the 6 week cycle. DH wasn't this bad before. He sent me a lovely e-mail his morning saying sorry for being so stressy for the last 6-8months. Work is overloaded and Darcie's attitude really doesn't help when he gets home and he knows he takes it out on me and he is sorry. Also that he will try harder to help me out more. Things will start to calm down at work when he hires someone new for his team now he has been given budget to do so!

jigglebum · 04/01/2013 16:43

We ve had a nice last day of the holidays here, as we are lucky and it is not that busy around here generally, apart from in the summer holidays. Took the DCs to a local (ish) National Trust place and met the in laws. Had a good walk/run around the gardens and play area, had lunch and then DS went off for an afternoon and evening with the inlaws and will come back at bed time, so just me and Freya this afternoon and she is currently attacking the CDs! but we have been having a nice time playing . Tbh she is a good girl in the day , it is just the sleep issue which I am struggling with - she is still waking 3 times in the night and I am the one who has to deal with it. However I am trying to be more positive in 2013 and not get too stressed about it all (hard to do at 4 am after 2 hours of being awake but I will try!)

When I did myfitnesspal for a few months I lost 1/2 stone without really consciously trying that hard - it just makes you think about what you eat a lot more I found. I think I will go back on it. Oi I could not survive on that total food for the day!

SevenReasonsToSmile · 04/01/2013 18:07

Right I'm spreading the positivity, things I'm looking forward to in 2013:
Going to London with DH for the marathon
Having DC3 and enjoying newborn cuddles
Being able to baby-wear with a newborn again (really loved it!)
Having the guttering replaced so ours isn't the worst looking house in the street anymore
Having the garage converted and getting to plan the new kitchen
DH hopefully knocking the separating wall down so we have a big bathroom, and replacing the bathroom suite.

Anyone else have anything they're looking forward to this year?

We ordered new furniture for the nursery yesterday, it's coming next week. And we've decided on a girls name, it's Beatrice, and means bringer of happiness.

SparklyandHappyMe2013 · 04/01/2013 18:53

Seven love the name Beatrice. Do you know if bubba is blue or pink?

We need a lot of work doing to our house as it is the house that Jack built. Really not sure how DH was able to buy it really as the agents & surveyor need shooting. The loft conversion is not compliant with building regs and had someone in last night to tell us how to put it right (DH brought the house with it already done) and basically he said we need to rip it out and start again which will cost £15K. To sort all the electrics will cost a good few ££££ and to sort our kitchen & conservatory out to make it more open plan and need new kitchen anyway will cost almost £30K and to extend will cost another £35K.

If only we had that amount of money in the bank. We are in a great location so don't want to move. Can't even if we wanted to as the house is unsellable due to the loft so not sure how DH was able to buy it. Confused

DH came home and cooked a yummy toad in the hole with balsamic vinegar gravy.....yummmmmy.

DD2 been asleep for an hour and a bit already. Hoping it's for the night.

Work was interesting today. Enjoying being 'me' there.

DD1 about to head to bed and I'm going to finish having a bath and get in my jammies and chill!

mopsytop · 04/01/2013 18:56

seven love that name, was our no 2 choice for a girl but a close run contest with minimopsy's real name!

NorthernChinchilla · 04/01/2013 19:55

Oh, that sounds familiar SAHM... our loft conversion was obviously done on the cheap and on the quiet, and it's definitely not compliant with regs. The only issue that stops me falling in a blubbery heap completely is that the building regs are revised so often that even something built a few years ago will no longer be compliant with current regs.

But it's what I'm dreading when we come to sell, will the loft conversion stop us doing so...?

Oh, and I certainly may have fallen asleep on the sofa after my previous post and had a two hour nap Blush.... Still managed to get a fair bit of the boring housework done though, just the tree to take down and the thank-yous to write.

FestiveFiggy · 04/01/2013 20:00

And the key to a scream free bedtime is apparently having him be up since 11am without a nap Grin

dh and I are now watching love actually so can finally delete from the v+box it's so cheesy but many very sweet parts too.

OiMissus · 04/01/2013 20:00

Beatrice is a lovely name. Very nice indeed. Smile
Glad your DH has seen the error of his ways SAHM. Let's hope he keeps this up!
As for WW, I agree it was little more than a lunch rather than a full day's food. WW is probably based on sugar and fat. The chicken was 8pts. Each ryvita was 1 pt. the hi juice and lemonade didn't help, nor butter and pâté! It soon adds up to 29pts.
It runs on different rules to my kind of diet. I'd rather go low carb and keep my fats. (Hence the chicken leg quarter with skin for lunch)
I was gradually working down from hi carb juice drinks - it was my cheat/treat in place of alcohol. Gah it's Friday night, how will I survive without booze!?
As for Slimfast, I could never do it. The idea of milkshakes in place of real food is absolutely not for me. Signing up to WW online was really just to make me note every item that I eat so that I have to think about it, as well as think about portion sizes.
Things to look forward to: a martini in 27 days time! also: maybe a baby, and doing up the house. Grin I'm hoping to carpet and decorate the hall, stairs and our bedroom, and carpet BOi's room in the next couple of months.
We still haven't decorated/tiled the WC, but we're getting quotes for that and some tree work tomorrow.
In Summer I'm hoping to completely transform the living room and dining area by ripping out a wall and creating a fireplace and chimney in a new half wall... Then new suite, carpet, decor, furniture, curtains etc. If the pennies will stretch to it. Grin
Then there's just the driveway, balcony, bathrooms and spare rooms to do!! (And then it all starts again). I'd also like to look into converting the non-garage into a room as well as developing the loft area, but that would need a decent lottery win. I can dream!
Right, BOi is a-bed! Time to get the stir fry rocking!

OiMissus · 04/01/2013 20:31

I love Love Actually. DH hates it. Thus proving that he is not perfect and often requires the administration of a haddock-slap to the left cheek.

Faffin · 04/01/2013 20:34

Northern thanks for asking, DD is a lot better than she was and slept last night at least, but is still somewhat explosive at the rear end. Fortunately DH was off today, so I was able to leave her at home with him this morning and take DS out to musical minis - poor little man hadn't been out to do anything fun for days.

Have had a proper catch up with my friend who had the giant baby last week. Obviously main thing is that she and her DS are both doing well, but I think she needs to complain at the standard of 'care' she received. The hospital midwives were furious that the community midwife hadn't measured her properly and referred her for further growth scans-she had one at 34w and they were already saying he was 6lb then. Apparently she should have had another scan and they should have considered an early induction-as it was they just left her and he was 12 days late. She even had to book her own induction as the community midwife wouldn't see her for 11 days over the Christmas period. I wouldn't say anything to my friend, but I'm also annoyed by the midwives at the hospital who gave her DS formula from the start and told her she wouldn't be able to keep up with his demands if she BF'd him. He's now 100% formula fed at a week old, and she's not happy about it but is telling herself it was the right thing to do, because that's what the midwives had said Angry

mopsytop · 04/01/2013 20:47

Bloody hell faffin, that's a disgrace :( feel so lucky with the midwives I had but it shouldn't be a question of luck!

Oi my husband HATES Love Actually with a passion!!! I love it! I think it might be a girl boy thing!

FestiveFiggy · 04/01/2013 20:54

My husband loves love actually he cried at it once which still cracks me up Grin

Faffin · 04/01/2013 20:54

I know mopsy, my midwives were really good too. I feel very fortunate. And it's definitely a girl/boy thing. I had a lovely evening watching love actually and wrapping presents before Christmas. DH was out for the evening at his works do!

Faffin · 04/01/2013 20:55

X post figgy Grin

mopsytop · 04/01/2013 21:06

I nevergot to watch it this year faffin as finishing my thesis. Need a night in soon to watch it with wine and kettle chips... Must encourage husband to have night out... !!!