Dec 08 - three is the new two.

[Vagolajahooli]

Well it seems appropriate you cheeky breeders.

Rubes, you sound in slightly better spirits. And the nappy blindfold has made me laugh.

I am suffering with horrible piles and Braxton Hicksing away. Most uncomfortable. Fanny feels like it might fall out whenever I do a poo, which 4 times a day minimum. I am a wreck of a woman!

On the upside, the kids went straight to sleep tonight and I've got someone coming to help me 3-7 tomorrow. Yay!

Urgh, I was Beans, actually I am. Our tumble dryer has just broken..... again.... don't think it's worth dh attempting to fix it again.... And it's meant to rain.... On the upside, I might be able to get a new one like Hons' with a light My friends were here and did their washing for 2 days solid. Must have been the nail in it's coffin

Hons. What tumble dryer do you have?
I think we need a bigger one and our broken one is 9kg!! Dh wants a massive eff off one from Costco. Got to find out whose arse he's pulling all these funds out of.

I forgot to mention we had to get our car repaired when we got home from holiday £250. Last night my tooth snapped (it was already repaired from when I past out and chipped it). I'm now sat in the dentist waiting to abe fleeced. These thing come in 3's

Oh no Deids. Yes they do come on threes. I'm hoping the dryer is my third as we have had 2 car related issues now (my coming together with the fence cost us 1500) eek I can't bare to add it all up.
Hope they don't fleece you too bad.
Beans I hope your weather improves. Bit blowy and cloudy here.

Only £52!! Could have been a lot worse

Yay! Some good news! Pleased for you Deids.
Ours getting worse. dh managed to get out of work in time to collect car, but mechanic said as he was putting it back together there's a small crack in a part that can't be seen without before putting it back together so it needs replacing. And of course it's a main dealer only part and can only be bought from Volvo.....
So, dh is going straight to W London Volvo to collect it himself, drive it to the car garage, wait for it to finish, get fleeced, drive it home, then cycling back in to collect the other car.....
Should have bought another Audi..... We've only ever put fuel in our Audi and serviced it twice in 6 years..... Silly thing is - every mechanic so far has been amazed as they all say these cars never go wrong!
Right enough about my woes.... we still have our health.
It's pissing down now, guess I won't be running to pre-school in this unless it stops soon.... [sigh]
I've done far too much rambly posting of late. Sorry!

I'm at work so can't double check but I think our dryer is a Beko dcu9330w It is a 9kg one but the light is the most exciting feature!

I'll have a look when I get home.

Kill. Me. Now. We are getting a German au pair in Sept. just now the kids met her over Skype. DD2 full of questions: what games do you like? What's your fav food? How do you count to 10 in German? Are you friends with Hitler??????

Au pair seems not to understand the last qu. I try and gloss over it. DD2 helps out with "you know Hitler, the evil German man with a funny moustache".

Utterly PRICELESS!!!! Thanks Arti-ette's. Made my day

The Car. Is. Home.

Ladies, I will cease all conversation about this subject now. Promise.

In better news, I found out a brand new nursery / pre-school is opening up at ds's school so have just given notice for her as well. Logistically and financially a winner all round. Start up nursery not ideal, but who cares, it's 12 months, not I.

Arti, your DDs are hilarious!! DS1 would probably ask the same.

Rubes, glad the car is back.

The boys have absolutely loved Heathrow. I have actually, I love planes. I'm hoping they will enjoy Legoland tomorrow too.

Bloody brilliant Arti. Cheered me right up

I need to moan. So am home all the time with the boys. DH meant to be taking the car Wed for work so I organise my wk around that. He then tells me tonight no it's tom not Wed. So already a bit pissed as I need to go to the supermarket and get supplies for making more bloody food with the ten tonne of produce from the allotment. So I think I will go after prego yoga no time before as he missed his train and I have to go to another town to pick him up. There's me at 9pm slogging round Sainsburys. I get home at 10.15 to find him asleep on the sofa. All his dinner things still out in the kitchen inc the butter and cheese open. It's bin day tom bins still not out. Am so fed up I get one eve a wk to go to yoga can't even do my normal swimming or gym as it's the summer hols and our reg babysitter is away and he is training for another ruddy marathon which means his exercise takes precedence.

Ooh am mad. But apparently I am the unreasonable one for daring to have a go.

And breathe so much for being all relaxed after yoga.

Dearest girls - haven't been keeping up -usual rush rush rush - but have just read up, squinting, in bed at Mum's. I forgot my contact lenses and my specs but DP has sent them to me to me guaranteed delivery so I should get them tomorrow. Tired eyes.

Rubes - what a horrid few days. I didn't realise (only about the car). I could write a Russian novel about those garage wankers! Sorry about your bro (and also your friends) - puts terrible pressure on everything when you only see people occasionally. Hope you are feeling more chipper.

Good to hear from you, Vag. How long is left?

Arti, I got muddled about where you were camping - thought you were at Charlbury or Cornbury - basically walkable! How long will the au pair be with you?

A local friend of mine had her third child tonight - waters broke Sat night, was induced then ended in a crash section. Not want you want, really, but all are ok.

Still agonising about a third. Yes, row with DP did put me off a bit but it's not the main factor putting me off by any means. But still keep thinking about it, so...the agonising goes on.

So much more to say to lots of others but eyes too strained to continue!

Jam, I cross-posted with you. I must say that all sounds incredibly irritating. I get similar all too often. DP seems to think that because he goes to work it means he doesn't have to do anything at home ever. The few things he does sometimes do confer on him, in his mind, some sort of sainthood. Maddening. In fact he tells me how brilliant he is in comparison to his colleagues (as if I care what those berks do)

Anyway, I didn't come on here to moan about him. I need to look back and remember what else I wanted to say to people and do it over the course of the day.

It's lovely to be at Mum's anyway. I sleep with DD1 next to me and DD2 in a travel cot whenever I am here but it seems to work out ok.

Lady, go for it! The longer you debate, the more you'll wish you'd cracked on with it. That's what I've found, anyway! I think if you're considering it so seriously, then you really do want another and will always wish you had, if you don't.

Spot, sorry you're going through such a rough time, sleep-wise. It's scary how easily one gets used to little sleep, but it does mean wading through gloopy feeling every day. Had issues with DD2 for so long it put me off for trying for DC3 for much longer than I would have liked! Plus I had internal debate about it for ages as to whether I could cope with more sleep deprivation. Jury's still out on that one... I'll tell you in 4 months! Sorry about my question on FB, I seem to be having a senior moment.

Jam, men are entirely selfish, and it seems to me, particularly sporty bastards. Mine is pretty anal about his tidying and bins etc (not trained by me, more the other way around!!!), but, as you all know, his training and sports activities take precedence over everything. Including his family. Which just pisses me off. When we waved him off from The Wirral on Friday morning, he said 'I wish I was only doing the length of England, then I could come and spend the next week with you and the girls'! Why is he saying this now???? Why didn't he think of this before he booked the whole fecking shooting match and decided to spend two weeks of his annual leave cycling. Grrrrr. MEN!

Lady, glad your friend is ok. There but for the grace of god go I. DD1 waters broke 3 days before she arrived and the hospital missed it, so I avoided induction. I went into labour 10 hrs before I was booked in for induction with DD2 after early water break again. Phew. Wonder how this one will turn out with intended home birth!

Lady, cross posted with you! Yes, I hate that attitude they often have of 'hey look, I lifted a finger, kiss my arse'. It's quite irritating! I know DH works hard, but its not like I sit at home twiddling my fingers and watching films. I'm a slave to the laundry etc!

Although, my lovely girl who has come to help started yesterday afternoon. DD1 needs a bit of warming up, so I started them off all of us going to the beach together and she was magic with them. She then took them down to another beach after their supper without me, and both DDs stripped off and ran into the sea. She had to run in in her jeans to grab them! Se looks like Heather Graham. Seriously beautiful. With a brilliant scouse accent, which I love. She's here again this afternoon and Thursday and Saturday and next Monday. Oh yay!

Ooh yes jam I hate that attitude which implies they hold down the money earning job therefore clock off when home. He's not giving much thought to you being pregnant.
Be different if you had a cook and a cleaner plus babysitter on hand etc. dh doesn't often display that kind of thing but prob only cause on the few times he has I go postal. He does pretty good I suppose as he usually does baths then after dinner he cycles for a bit then more work.
You should stop doing his washing for a bit and see what happens when he has no shirts for work! You def need time for yourself. ESP being pregnant.

Kayz how's it going? Bet the boys love legoland. We are yet to go and live quite close.

Lady car back now so really must plan.
Not sure what to do today now I have the car back. So used to not having it! Took kids to water slides on Sunday and they loved it. Dd even snuck on some of the slides for the over 1meter height - no fear. They've been pestering to go back ever since but although I had fun too I'm not sure I can do twice in a week!

Beans what's the story with the girl helping? Is she permanent? Thought you were in wales?

We are in Wales, Rubes, but I organised her back in April, last time we came, and she's helping out four afternoons while we're here. Which is ace. I even had a 15mon snooze yesterday afternoon!

Those slides sound fab, Rubes. Maybe save it for a couple of days so its more of a treat/ can be used as a bribe .

DDs are currently playing outside. Have brought out every sofa cushion from the house and put them on the lawn with various blankets and sleeping bags. The sun is NEARLY out, but not quite enough for me to be bothered to take them to the beach! Then later we are going out on the boat that Dad shared with his lovely friend, Arthur, for a pootle on the sea with the engine on. Emma is going to come and help as I'm not sure I'm up to managing both girls on my own! Should get them good and tired. Must remember to take millions of snacks!

Yes beans sadly it has already been used as a threat 3 times today.
Result there with the mini heather graham. Your afternoon planned sounds lovely.

Lady, we need to firm up this long overdue lunch and nut out this baby 3 dilemma! Hope you are having a relaxing time at your Mums. Watching the cricket ? I can't.

Rubes, you were right. The boys loved Legoland. It was excellent. Though you really need 2 days to be able to see it all properly.

We're now at PILs for the rest of the week. Which is nice, they're lovely people who are fantastic with the children. They've offered to baby sit one night. Hopefully DD will be ok with them.

Oh that sounds lovely, Kayz. How nice. Sure DD will settle for them! Fingers crossed. I'm terribly tired after another busy day of doing not very much. Bach work mostly. It's so nice here as am surrounded by cousins so get to see them all annually! Am now ready for bed. DDs only just gone to bed. Bonus of putting them to bed late is that they are getting up a little bit later... Spot, don't read this! DD1 slept til 8.50 this morning, again! DD2 is reliable at 7.30, neither of which I can complain about. It's lovely. And necessary as am not sleeping brilliantly at the moment. Last night I dreamt I was going into labour and I woke up very nervous and couldn't get back to sleep for about 2 hours, just in case!

Have just spoken to DH, who has 2 more cycling days to go. Goodness. It's gone fast.

Emergency outfit needed. Boys off to have a night with their cousins. DH and I going out for dinner on our own in town. All ok but DH has just called to say so and so work colleagues and big boss want to meet you. Aaarrgghh. Sweaty fat and pregnant with nothing but shorts or jean and tshirts to wear.

Jammy - can you wear a smart top / shoes with your jeans? It is hot and you are pregnant so cocktail dresses may be out. As long as you look clean and as though you have changed for evening, that's smart enough in my book.