November 2012 - We're ready for Spring... any time now please!

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The Great Lymington Meetup is a week tomorrow :)

I'd love to have £150 a week, it'd feel like a fortune

If I went back full time after childcare costs I'd be left with about £200 a month! No point whatsoever, I'm fortunate enough to not have to go back as well, dp luckily has just got a promotion so we can manage on one wage, just.
It would grieve me to work all month just to pay childcare.
As much as I love the idea of being a sahm, I will miss being out at work and grown up conversation every day.

We have poo!

House prices piss me off. As a teacher & a civil servant (who used to be based in London) we should be able to afford a fantastic house etc. However, given house prices in the SE, our "forever home" is a 3 bed soul-less sixties semi in need of a fair bit of work for just over £1/5mill. If we wanted a better "quality" one of the same size (I.e. single storey rear extension that most of these properties have now) it would have cost £1/4mill. A few years back, a £250k would have bought you a very naice house indeed... Thankfully the house is in a good area, on the doorstep of a currently good primary school, my parents, my Dsis, the local free preschool, a library, shops, good transport links and we can afford it with me working 3 days a week. But still that my reasonably good wage is effectively devalued by the expensive house prices & cost of living dahrn sarff

Congratulations ! No need to shove anything up anywhere after all.

There was blood only a bit, and not surprising really. It was not a hard poo, just formed. He has never done a proper formed poo. It was green. He did not cry. Hopefully his system will adjust. It has been a big change.

HerRoyalFuckingAwesomeHighness yes, indeed

Haven't had time to catch up on thread yet, but had a lovely day with Detective and O . Both O's were perfectly behaved and adorable all day . Off to bed soon as am shattered.

Oh, Detective I found your wipes!

Lovely chasing! I hope there are pics

Penelope has a sore throat and is fighting a viral infection. Keep calpoling basically. I am a tiny bit annoyed as I ha her at same doc last Friday for a rash on her chest. He shrugged his shoulders and said eczema. Today he strips her and says "oh! Have you noticed this rash? Looks like a viral rash to me" I just said "yes. I was in with it last week and it was eczema then"

Anyway. After a dose of calpol she is as happy as larry so hopefully she can fight it off quickly. She has had that rash for a fortnight though.

Hooray for poo VQ!

Weirdly all the time P had solid poo there was no blood. Now she has liquid poo and she makes her little pooper bleed! I think the lady doth strain too much

Good comeback pass is it me or is it only ever the shittest GP in the practice who ever has short notice / emergency appointments

YW there is a reason for that. You just said it. There is an ace doctor at my practice and people will wait weeks to see him.

Yay for rolling fruuit and sleep piikz.

Tits l hope your day was ok.

I am very thankful Dh has just got an interview for a job that is a bit better money and much better hours.

I am liking BLW at the moment ~ he has so far only had. maybe 2 actual tastes, but think he has cottened on he can get lots of fussing if he puts stuff to his mouth.
Garden l gave him toast fingers this week and am planning on giving him some of that Rachels organic yogurt for kids next week.

I am thankful house prices are not too horrendous here (oop north). I trained as a solicitor in London and always remember at the time l was moving back to the north my boss was buying a car which actually cost more than the 2 bed terrace l was buying with dh!

Help!! Any plumber out there?? My washing machine doesn't drain or spin. Ot's full of nappies and I don't know what to do. It's a washer-dryer and doesn't have a filter at all. Will the nappies get damaged if they stay in the water all night? Or shall I open the door and flood my kitchen? Arghhh.

House prices don't make me angry but mortgages do. And banks. It supposed to be good debt but when mortgage companies change their terms and conditions and you have to accept them, you have no choice. That makes me upset. A year ago today the plan was to take 6 months maternity and go back to work in May so I do know how hard it is for most of you financially. As it stands now I will take a year maternity and go back to work part time after-mostly working from home while O sleeping. I am also planning to set up my own business at some point.

Can't wait to hear the details of the meeting chasing and detective.

Is the drum wonky lilly? If you were doing a load of mixed items - some very heavy and some light - the drum can become unbalanced. Take everything out and put a small amount of similarly weighted items back in and try to spin. We have a washer drier and it has happened to us

Oh. And you'll need to pile towels in front of the door

See the thing is YW that I really like the guy. He is weird and I like weird. But his weirdness and slightly slack approach to actual diagnosis was fine when it was just me. When it is my child it is less endearing.

He gave me a list of 'alarming' symptoms - one was a rash and another was a loss of appetite

Not wonky at all. It is half full. With lots of water. It just skips the draining and spinning and finishes the program. Even if I just put spinning on, it doesn't do anything just jumps on finishing the program after 5 min.

Lily- a lot of washers have a drain for exactly this issue. Is there some sort of flap at the bottom of the washer? Most of my machines have had a pull up or off flap with a kind of tap behind it. You can then pull out the tap (with a small pipe attached to it) and drain it into a bucket iyswim?

I hope that made sense

It doesn't. I think it's because it's a washing machine/tumble dryer together. I leave it overnight and make a decision tmrw.

Wow 19pages, I have alot to catch up on.
Tattoo done, and looks wonderful. I was so tired, I fell asleep on the chair.Oops.
It's been sunny here, so I've been out for a walk and I am very unfit! Us it doesn't help that I've just eaten my Easter egg.
Been weaning N, and it's been a joy. His poo has gone all tar/ dark green. I hope it's normal. I've got some cod to purée , I hope that goes down well.

Right off for a tea then bed.
Evil

Just sought DH's opinion on the washing machine lily. Seconds catbag's thought about the tap - ours has one apparently!

Does it have a screen which shows error codes? When ours became unbalanced it wasn't overfull but had towels and a sheet. Apparently the weight of the towels unbalanced the drum. Apparently it is very common - I had never heard of such a thing though.

This doesn't have a screen at all, it's an old style one although only 5 years old. Digged out instructions but not helpful. Might ask neighbour tmrw.

Actually lily ours doesn't have a door but the whole bottom should pull off. DH just had a go at ours to see how to get it off as he said "she needs to pull like a bastard". Apparently inside there is a tap thing like the cap of a sports bottle. What make is it?