Jan 07 Part 19: This time last year we were cooking our own little xmas puddings!

[Lizzzombie]

TA DAAAAH

Brand new and shiney, just like all those xmas presents which have already been wrapped up () and are underneath the colour co-ordinated tree!

nope she is sitting in silence because she has her dvd on although she has decided to draw a tattoo on her arm (and its ok because grandad has lots of them and daddy has one )

I love having laptop as I am currently mn'ing sitting next to ellie on my sofa and I have wireless router so if dh pissing me off I can go upstairs with it

Jodie - I've just put the kettle on so I'll make you a cuppa too. I still look back on November in horror when lo got one thing after another and was ill for the whole month.

Ohh, Dragon forgot to say hope your dad is recovering well.

Eah the laptop becomes even more appealing! Might ask for money for my birthday then go buy one in the January sales.

Lizz how do you feel having your birthday so near Xmas? (It was you wasn't it?). I guess many of our lo's will be in a similar position, but my birthday is earlyish January, and I used to hate it cos everyone was worn out from partying, and my presents were usually tat bought last minute at the end of the sales

RGee - I'll have a cuppa too please. Just waiting for my BF to arrive.

With your MS office - make a copy of it and a note of the key code then sell the original on eBay. I did this and got a fair bit (not that I condone making illegal copies of software )

Jodie - bummer about the illness. Let's hope it passes in time for crimbo

EAH - PMSL at 'just the ends please'. Bless!

LAL - how are you feeling today?

bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored and I have got a headache

Dentist done - ellie reluctantly showed him her teeth, hattie attempted to drink the mouthwash and now we are home and have diddly squat to do for the rest of the day hence my bored part..............

hi everyone, i'm afraid i won't be able to open on Saturday either as we'll be at Stonehenge for the Solstice!!

have fun though! xx

Coooo-ee!
Have had a mad busy morning and am about to pop off and get DJ from nursery, then off to a neighbours xmas party this afternoon. Not sure how long DJ will last before he has a tantrum from having no afternoon nap.

Having a birthday near xmas is a pile of shit!
No one can ever come out and everyone is always skint. I am postponing my night out until the end of January.

Urban. Is the solstice not on Friday? Its normally on the 21st Dec (my birthday) as its the shortest day of the year. I've never known it to be on the 22nd.

Right. Am offski. Catch you later x

Hello everyone,

Lal I was really sorry to read about your friend. I hope his dp is getting lots of support.
DH: hope your dad's doing ok.

You guys are so organised with posting. I'm a bit random with checking in at the moment as just haven't found the time.

Went out at weekend which was fun but not sure I'll use my babysitter again (17 y/o daughter of our CM). On the rare occasions we do go out we usually use the Sitters agency but thought I'd give this girl a go as Gabriel knows her and she's studying child care at college. I'd said she could bring a friend and she did but I couldn't help but notice that both smelled of alcohol . It might just have been alcopops but how seriously is she taking her responsibility? Back to Sitters I think.

Gabriel is still coldy with green stuff coming out of nose but no cough. He's already had 2 lots of ab's for a chest infection and this particular one has been going on for nearly 2 weeks. I'm taking him back to Dr tomorrow (tho' all they seem to do is tell me to give him Medised and prescribe antihistamine). Am I being paranoid to think this upper respiratory tract stuff has gone on far too long? Maybe it's just the season. We do have 2 cats...

Hello everyone,

Lal I was really sorry to read about your friend. I hope his dp is getting lots of support.
DH: hope your dad's doing ok.

You guys are so organised with posting. I'm a bit random with checking in at the moment as just haven't found the time.

Went out at weekend which was fun but not sure I'll use my babysitter again (17 y/o daughter of our CM). On the rare occasions we do go out we usually use the Sitters agency but thought I'd give this girl a go as Gabriel knows her and she's studying child care at college. I'd said she could bring a friend and she did but I couldn't help but notice that both smelled of alcohol . It might just have been alcopops but how seriously is she taking her responsibility? Back to Sitters I think.

Gabriel is still coldy with green stuff coming out of nose but no cough. He's already had 2 lots of ab's for a chest infection and this particular one has been going on for nearly 2 weeks. I'm taking him back to Dr tomorrow (tho' all they seem to do is tell me to give him Medised and prescribe antihistamine). Am I being paranoid to think this upper respiratory tract stuff has gone on far too long? Maybe it's just the season. We do have 2 cats...

Whoops. Not been drinking, honest.

Hi Love2Dance - are you sure it wasnt their cheap perfume which was the alcohol smell?! - out of interest, how much does your sitters agency charge?

Well, this afternoon has been a washout so far. I bombed it up to nursery, picked up baby, bombed back into town to collect a perscription, then home, changed me and baby to be at house down the road for a 'party' by 2pm.
Hmm...well, I was there at 2:01, with two other parents and their little ones. The 'host' kept saying things would start, when the others got there.....well....45 mins later, with no food or drink, or toys being offered (I had brought my secret santa present, a bottle of wine and a tin of biscuits) she eventually offered a cup of fruit punch, then door bell went and the 'others' arrived.
Dylan promptly kicked off. Very tiered from nursery. So I have come home.
Non event.
Waste of a bottle of wine and tin of biscuits.
Some people obviously don't watch Anthea Turner Perfect Housewife do they.

Now I have to clean my bathroom. Bollox!

& I never got Dylan's secret santa present either. grr. [fANGRY]

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wilkie, I've been away for so long I missed J starting with a childminder.
Is MIL not having him now?

iirc wilkies dh has him on mondays, he goes to cm on tuesday and mil on thursdays this means mil does not have to stay overnight

Pheww,
Just back from not so quick food shopping and CM gift trip. CM said Gabriel hardly touched lunch (most unlike him) so he's a bit mis tonight (I'm sure he's got another tooth coming as well as the cold. Off to Dr again tomorrow but not sure what they can do - not more ab's I hope).

Lizzz: Sitters charge about £20 a quarter. There was a joining fee too. I pay the baby-sitter direct. £6.70 p/h which is rounded up to the nearest 1/4 of an hour. The girls they've sent have been really nice though it adds up if you're out for a longer evening.

Better get on with writing some last minute cards.

EAH - you are perfectly correct (as usual)

No news about DH's job yet. Feel very MEH about the whole thing

I ended up buying wine for the girls at nursery. Bit of a cop out but I felt I had to buy something and had no inspiration. 3 bottles for a tenner in asda and it was ok wine.

Wilkie - what does MEH mean?
I am out on sat night so couldn't do secret santa then either. Looks like we are gonna have difficulties getting together - will we have to wait til xmas day?

Just been to mothercare and got some lovely tops for ellen in the sale. Realised she has several pretty skirts but no tops to go with them and I want her to look pretty while we are staying with family over xmas rather then being in nursery type clothes iykwim.

EAH - hope your brothers house gets sorted out. I hope mine goes smoothly! The people we are buying off have been delaying it so I have been a bit peeved lately.

Anyway - shall I share my newest news with you????? Baby vino no 2 is due on 26 june!! DH and I are very excited and I had a scan yesterday which reassured me all seems ok. It works out perfectly with my secondment at work cos I do that for 6 months then will be on mat leave again - cos my secondment is higher salary it means I get higher maternity pay too.

vino - congrats thats fab news wooo hooo I have gone all tingly aaawwwwwwww I want a baby again

i am so excited I just texted laughalot and wilkie to tell them (slightly ott arent I now am placing bets on who'll be next, UD/PCF/Bunnyhunny/Wilkie)

Evening all. at your rubbish party Lizz!
Think I missed out on J starting with a childminder too Wilkie - glad you got it sorted out though
We went to look round a nursery for F that I actually liked today, so am feeling like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders this evening I'll need to change the days I am currently working, but i did warn work about this so fingers crossed it'll all be good.

Gosh I just watched How to Look Good Naked for the first time... what a lot of saggy boobies!

I haven't had my secret santa pressie yet...

VINO!!!!!!! CONGRATULATION!!!!!! Gosh I actually screamed (kind of quietly) when i read that ... and the only person around to tell was DP, who just kind of raised 1 eye-brow!

have you joined the due in june 2008 antenatel thread

WHOO fab news Vino - you kept that quiet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Vino - wow that's amazing news, congratulations!!! We have a 20 month gap between our first two and it's really lovely :D

So can you look at my thread for me please and tell me honest opinions?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1375/443004?ts=1198098864429&msgid=8969439

Congratulations, Vino