April 2007 - is that a star in the sky? OUCH, no it's a set of keys

[ElfPolarBear]

[NorthernLurkerwithastarontop]

oh maveta - how true - this lo knows exactly how i tick!

[fpesha]

Just had a letter from school saying one child in class 9 (the class I work with) has been diagnosed with scarlet fever and a child in another class has threadworms So fingers crossed that they dont get either.

[NorthernLurkerwithastarontop]

what did they do - save up all the good news for one letter

[fpesha]

Lol seems like it doesn't it!

[mammyjounderthemistletoe]

Lol at good news for one letter!!

NL, you are certainly not a bad mother. The advice you give on here is always very sensible and helpful, and is obviously the way you parent your children. I did cc with ds and it was really hard work, but maybe today was just not the right time for B. Maybe she was just a bit too over tired. Sounds mad but can make things more difficult IME. I found that pick up put down just did not work, but there are others who swear by it so who knows?

[mammyjounderthemistletoe]

To my secret santa, thankyou thankyou thankyou!! When I got back from picking up ds from school my parcel was here and it is lovely. The lemon scrub smells gorgeous, the necklace is lovely and lots of pink sparkly nail polish!! Have you been to my house to check what I like? I am a real pink and glittery type creature and I absolutely love it!
Thankyou very very very much

[KneehighinYellowSnow]

Hello hello hello, had a very busy weekend here, we went into London to take advantage of WO's harrods tickets to see father xmas, was bloody mental we nearly didn't make it as we couldn't find any parking anywhere the only car park that was empty was too low for our car to get under

Anyway in harrods (when we finally made it) we took dd1 and the dt's to the floor where santa was, and we joined the que for what we thought was to go into a grotto or something, but no we waited for half an hour in a hot corridor with not a lot to amuse the kids, and then we were taken thought the door into a room with father xmas in it and that was it no magical grotto or anything like that I was very for the poor effort made by harrods, I will not be going back there the picture was £10 and for the amout of hassel dd1 was very disapointed.
next year we are going somewhere with something a bit more special.

Oh well we had a nice meal and day looking at all the xmas decorations.
I hope you are all well and the Lo's are behaving themselves

[regularindisguise]

Just a quick post.

Pants, haven't changed my name back. It's Norma.

I'm not on much at the mo because my parents are here. You've prob all realised why I'm not sure if I'm coming back.DH & I are fine though. If you all feel uncomfortable having me back after xmas then just say so and I'll just post elsewhere on MN.

[LuceYule]

Thankyou to the Scottish mummies for a lovely afternoon. I really enjoyed seeing you all again Our babies are all getting so big and some of them are fast
GMM hope that little C is feeling better

Notgoodtiming, we are all here for you and I hope that you are ok. Suprises can be quite bewildering and I am thinking of you x.

Best dash because we are off to sing carols and the children are having dinner with a friend.

[runnyhabbit]

for the record I am not pregnant

ngt - I can only imagine your emotions right now, but we are here for you x

[iMustBeMad]

I think I made it quite clear how I felt on the subject of you returning NB, but I can't speak for others.

Matthew just spat on Joe . He is now sat on the stairs for 4 mins........

[runnyhabbit]

Sorry, that last post was a bit abrupt

Tbh, work is getting me down, well the work is ok, its my boss

He has turned into a complete arsehole. Told me last week that he had been offered a job, £70k a year etc...Think he was expecting a reaction from me, but I just calmly said to take it if he's not happy. Didn't like the fact that I didn't seem to care iykwim.

Then this morning, he came into the office, dropped files on his desk, and virtually shouted "I don't know why I effing bother" Started ranting about some of the fitters, then said he had to go out, and left.

Have really had enough, esp when I consider how much I have left after childcare, petrol etc...thing is, I like working, and used to really like this job.

Plus W is not happy today unless I'm holding him. I know he's full up with cold, but could do with 5mins peace.

Anyway, best go and do tea

Might "see" you later
x

[geordiemacminxpie]

Norma - its delightful that you and your dh are "ok".... Its just HD's family that is destroyed then....Poor little girl.

I cannot stop you posting on this board, nor am I going to take the moral highground... but honestly and truthfully I have nothing to say to you and really wouldnt want to be assosiated with you.

[weewishyouamerryonion]

good evening folks1 what a beaut cold frosty day - v seasonal!

thanks to luce for a lovely meetup - its so nice to see how all the bubbas and big bros / sis are getting on! food was yummy as well- luce does make a splendid cake!!!
the drive home was lovely - frosty fields and a deep pink sunset but try as i did - i could not catch up with speed demon GMM!

for the record - i am not pregnant and if enough of us post to deny it - then poor NGT will be outed in a way. NGT - i hope you are ok and have plenty of support around you. we are of course here for you to outpour to. x

re the deleted thread and other malicious threads. i think there are undercurrents of quite strong thoughts/ feelings on all this. i know people have been chatting to each other on MSN about it as well. it is hard when the private lives of people are posted on public forums and on social contact sites. a shame all round. a shame as well if our thread gets ripped apart because of it.

maveta - good to see you back.
where is mmk?? any news on smole??
NL - you are not a bad mummy - it is hard to know exactly what to do that is "right" sometimes.

so all the secret santa pressies are arriving! mine is till unopened and tempting me under the tree!!

[iMustBeMad]

my word WO, you are good, I'm really bad at leaving presents upopened, although this year I'll only have the one I was sent from the MN christmas appeal so I have been very good and left that

[fpesha]

Norma I've done some pretty shitty things in the past myself so I'm not in any position to sit and judge. However I see no remorse or regret from you. You seem not to realise what you have done or not to care. You've shown an unpleasant, deceitful, selfish side to yourself. I would not count someone with these traits among my friends in RL and would find it hard to do so on here.

I dont wish to stop you posting or deny you a source of support. But I would feel unable to think of you as someone I could trust or ask for support.

I really am shocked that you seem so blase about this whole thing, you seem to view it all as some sort of exciting drama

[iMustBeMad]

on my profile is a photo of Joe
Walking with a brick trolley

although he is now crying because he can't sit down from standing

[weewishyouamerryonion]

ok - i hope we are not under pressure to decalre allegiances in all of this but i do think our thread has been brought into the whole norma/happydaddygate issue. i really dont care what people choose to do in their RL - except when innocent people are involved - inlcuding kids. also - no doubt all of us have done things that we regret after the event. someof us choose to make amends - others dont. what i find hard is when there have been premeditated emails and threads set up to highlight and inform people of the whole sad and sorry affair. it has left worse than a bad taste. this thread does not belong to any one or group of us and none of us have the veto on who posts here. there has been occasions in the past when people have left for a number of reasons but most of them have found their way back again. it will be interesting to see what happens in this instance.

on to more pleasant things - only 8 days to our bubbas first xmas!

[Maveta]

Hi norma, I´m not sure what to say tbh. I´m not really as up to speed as others are and so I´m not really in a position to properly judge the whole situation. I would never tell you that you or anyone else wasn´t welcome here because I don´t think that´s the spirit of MN or particularly the spirit of this ´group´. We all make mistakes and I guess you´re the only one who knows if you can/want to make amends.

I´m not sure if that makes sense but I can´t think of any better way to put it.

[Maveta]

that was a slow x-post. got distracted by my transition in labour thread. 8 days! It isn´t! Is it? Gulp.

IMBM - at J!! that is amazing! so cute. N isn´t crawling yet but loves standing though his legs give out after very little time so I don´t think I need to worry just yet. He went for a ´nap´ at 5.30pm and is still sleeping. At what point do I decide he is down for the night? (it´s 7pm here now) And what implication does this have for what time I would potentially be starting tomorrow? Discuss in 50 words or less.

[iMustBeMad]

F@ck knows. and then Arse x 48

[regularindisguise]

Well I'm not sure it mes much difference what i say tbh. You all seem to have made your minds up how you feel. I'm rather disappointed that so many of you have made your minds up without even asking me why i did it or whether i regret it.

Given some of the stuff you've said in the past ellie I think you're a bit of a hypocrite.

Only one person from this thread has emailed me to ask anything about it.

[regularindisguise]

makes not mes (crap laptop)

[iMustBeMad]

difference is it is my past.
I would ask that you leave me out of this please, I have not said as much as many others so I really don't see why you are starting on me?
This is exactly why I was reluctant to come back.

[iMustBeMad]

and no, I have not contacted you, you are right. I had nothing to say to be honest. You were repentent in July when you told me it had ended. If you had really meant that it would never have started up again. I have sent your dh a message saying that I really hope you can work it out, I felt that was more important.