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November 2012 - This is the new fred, just like the old fred.

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StuntNun · 23/04/2014 13:22

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/postnatal_clubs/2048697-November-2012-Any-tips-for-surviving-the-18-month-sleep-regression

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Passmethecrisps · 04/05/2014 19:42

When were you there vq??

PurplePidjin · 04/05/2014 19:42

Wanda do potatoes in pots like I do. Dump bag of compost in giant pot. Push in seed potatoes. Water when you can be arsed. Dig up when ready. I've got 4/5 plants coming up from where I must've missed some last year

Kyz · 04/05/2014 19:43

Glad your eye is getting better pass and that sounds like a nice day out vq :)

Passmethecrisps · 04/05/2014 19:48

All this gardening chat makes me nostalgic. We had an allotment for years but gave it up. I under no circumstances want an allotment again but I do miss growing and gardening. I am a very good theoretical gardener Grin

Passmethecrisps · 04/05/2014 19:49

Oh and kyz please don't feel the need to apologise for just popping past. It is always lovely to see you and I think we all understand just how busy you all are. You know what I would really like though, if it was allowed? Is an up to date pic of e and his niece! I would so love to see how try are growing up.

ValiumQueen · 04/05/2014 19:49

Pass we didn't head out until gone 3 and had to sort out the membership so were quite late in. It was nice and quiet by then Smile I am so glad your eye is doing ok x

Passmethecrisps · 04/05/2014 20:44

Ah. We were gone by 12 when it was just starting to get busy!

How are you feeling?

YellowWellies · 04/05/2014 22:20

Haha Pass I'm 15 weeks so feeling the pressure that if I don't get these jobs done soon I'll not get another chance until no. 2 is 18 months!!

We've decorated three rooms in two months, I just want to get the dining room done and the last few boxes unpacked and I'll be well chuffed. Will put some pics on FB when I've tidied up and got the washing off the rads Blush but the lounge, office and spare room are just about done! I'm bidding on a cool milking stool on eBay for a bedside table for the spare room (its only £5.50 at the mo!) and then that room is done. After spending the first year here doing little other than the front garden and saving money for DIY it's lush to see some progress. Sadly the back garden is going to be little more than a playground until next year, that and the bedrooms are on the back burner!

YellowWellies · 04/05/2014 22:22

I'm toying with the idea of painting the front door from dull black to happy yellow. But that's going to be a bastard of a job isn't it? I hate gloss and I'd only blather the door furniture. Might get a quote...... Hmm

Passmethecrisps · 04/05/2014 22:34

DH and I have done gloss but it needs careful planning. To do it well I reckon (which means nothing) that you should sand of heat blast off the current then use a specific technique to paint the yellow. We have a book which tells you which order to to all the bits in.

Get a man in . . .

YellowWellies · 04/05/2014 22:36

Pass I think you're right! DH is like "Ahhh let's leave it as it is then" nononono that is the wrong answer to a nesting lady! Smile

ValiumQueen · 04/05/2014 23:14

Coughing so much again I am vomiting. Grr! All kids asleep for the moment and I am awake still! Angry

ValiumQueen · 04/05/2014 23:16

Get the front door dipped and then paint it. Although that would leave a gaping hole in the front of your house while you get it done. I am guessing it is lovely and old, so a new one would not be an option. Paint yellow spots on it? And keep adding spots until it is completely yellow?

Wandathewindfairy · 04/05/2014 23:37

Grin I like your thinking

GTbaby · 05/05/2014 00:33

I've got back one baby!
H has been with my sis today and she says he has been quite sad all day which is very unusual for him there. So left him there the night as they thought waking him would have upset him more. Going to get him first thing.
A got loads of kisses. He is tucked up in bed now.

PetiteRaleuse · 05/05/2014 08:54

Morning quiche. Trip to the paed today for both girls. Jabs for LO. The mmrv booster. Fx she doesn't react in the same way with the eczema etc.

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StuntNun · 05/05/2014 09:04

A terrible night last night, up five times probably a total of two hours. Today I will mostly be grumpy and tired.

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YellowWellies · 05/05/2014 09:33

Morning quiche.

GT lovely to have you back. Hope you had a fab weekend.

Stunt Brew and matchsticks.

DH has already dropped the bear at nursery, letting me have a snooze (bless that man), and he's headed into Edinburgh to get sushi making ingredients from the Asian supermarkets in Leith. So I'm having a cuppa and preparing for a chilled out day of painting and listening to the radio.

VQ its not actually a period front door and I was tempted to get another with more glazing to brighten up the hall. This might be a job for a couple of years down the line....

Zamboni · 05/05/2014 09:35

Morning quiche. Today we are doing nothing at all and I am just going to enjoy not being at work for the back hol and play with the DC.

ignores first personal training session later this arvo

GTbaby · 05/05/2014 09:50

I'm being VU. But I'm fuming and quite irrationally upset.
SIL was going to stay at our house to look after H. Her idea, would be easier for H and her. She was then going to drop H off at SIL2 house next day. So I left a list of things to pack to take to SIL2, all things she would need over night. Grow bag, milk bottle and toothbrush. She decided to stay at her own house, which is fine... But she didnt take all his things. Grow bag, tooth brush both not bothering me too much. But I'm really upset she left his milk bottle. She took his clothes I had laid out, so she deff came to the house. And I left a list in a box of things to add, she took the box but obviously ignored the list.

PetiteRaleuse · 05/05/2014 10:12

Assuming H is OK gt I'd be annoyed but let it go. Did you have a lovely time?

Wandathewindfairy · 05/05/2014 10:45

I too would be irritated gt but I too would think I was BU. As pr says as long as H ok just move on.

Ooo zamboni so what is going on with this personnel trainer? Does it come to your house or do you have to hup two around the park like they do on the movies?

I should do some shred today yearly am a bit of a blob I have eaten loads this weekend. I am missing out a 500 cal day today but will have a fairly light one despite this.

Zamboni · 05/05/2014 11:05

It's at a gym - the nutritionist and trainer are one and the same. I go there for a session. DH and I are doing sessions in a relay really.

YellowWellies · 05/05/2014 11:30

GT sorry but I think YABU - to be honest you've had a jolly abroad without kids. Not something that most folks with two kids under 2 achieve EVER. And the childcare was free? As the saying goes - don't look a gift horse in the mouth Smile . If you want them looked after exactly as you would do it - either stay home or pay for a nanny. If the kids were loved, fed, clean, rested I think thanks are in order even if some stuff was not done how you would have done it. No matter how they were cared for they would still have been unsettled and a bit sad because having their parents go away is a shock to any kid. Am sure it was because H was missing you not his milk that he was Sad . I'm not having a go but don't be harsh on your family - they did a very kind thing for you by looking after your boys.

GTbaby · 05/05/2014 12:03

Thanks folks. As I said I know I'm being VU and irrational. Feeling better now though they are both home.
Would never tell SIL I was annoyed about the bottle as I know it's stupid in the grand scheme of things. And I know H had fun with her and the her kids. I never thought leaving them would be this hard.