April 2007 - piercings, puddings and periods

[StealthPolarBear]

the word period can't be offensive...can it?

Oh dear GMM Not as young as you used to be, eh!!?

Thank you for that Luce - wasn't insinutating that you were suggesting I didn't give him any TLC; I was just letting you know that I do, iykwim!!? We do have evenings together sitting down - he has most evenings free to lounge around; but he is still completely knackered all the time.

Sorry I am going on. Anyway, best give P lunch before my dad gets here. Taking girls to Soft Play this pm for friends little boy's Birthday.

"See" you all later. xx

CD - have been thinking about your dilemma while hanging out the washing.

Of course you can't keep him going as well as the three littleys, but maybe the course will give him a bit of time away to recharge his batteries and he'll come back a new man? Just make sure he's under strict instructions not to drink too much, not to stay up too late, and to get lots of sleep (second thoughts, it should be you on the course ).

Then, to get through the time that he's away, you need to be really organised and:

1. say "no" to requests for help from other people, just for a few weeks, as in "that's difficult as DH is away at the moment and I'm on my own with the girls"
2. menu plan so you know what you and the girls are eating and can shop before he goes, and try to eat with them if you don't usually, so you have your evenings free
3. revel in the fact you can spend time on MN without interruption!
4. look forward to the fact that after 3 weeks without sex, he will come back and you'll be pregnant instantly !!

I don't mean to be sound bossy or flippant - I wouldn't be relishing being alone with three ones as small as your three either.

Arrgh, and took so long to post, I have missed you by 40 seconds!!

Nope, still lurking (just) Thank you Bramshott - that does help! and @ the sex bit!! > Loved the pics of N in the school play btw, what a sweetie! xx

could do with a bit of advice on paypal/ebay here for my mum

Runny I'd love to meet up in May!! We will organise something. I am only about 30mins drive from Pollensa and although I'll be working full time we can meet in the evening after work or at the weekend. Would be great

Bramshott what great suggestions for Dippy! I love how everyone helps each other out on here, it really is so fab.

I am such a doofus and have just been locked out of the office since about 12pm!!! My erstwhile colleague lost her keys and the landlord doesn't have so I've had to wait for the cleaner to finish at another job and come and give me her keys. She doesn't speak much spanish and no english so communcation is limited. She said she could meet me here and when she arrived it became clear she just took a 40min bus journey to bring them to me!! I had a car and could have gone to get here, I felt/feel awful but the way she explained it I thought she lived here in the city and was coming back from work anyway and would be near here. And now she has to go back again! but she refused a lift back and said she wants to go look round the shops. Oh i do feel bad, how nice of her.

Dippy I had a similar moan yesterday about dp being knackered and just sleeping all the time and not doing anything. Trying to be patient and understanding but its running out and I'm starting to get really pissed off. Have no advice but what you've had so far sounds great. Just wanted to sympathise with you!!

Back is killing, have just had massive tidy including sorting through downstairs toy box to clear out all dd and ds1's toys so I can fit ds2's toys in there and scrubbing floors on my hands and knees all through the downstairs Not something I do often!!

Next job is to sort through all the older dcs toys and put them in relevant boxes in their rooms but as dp is upstairs alseep today that'll have to wait, I'm gutted obviously!

Hi everyone

hellllooooooooo

Hi all. F went to nursery and was absolutely fine Will wait and see how she is on Friday though as she will know I am leaving her next time!

Having a fairly good day here made better by the fact that the sun is actually shining.

What is happening on Saturday with the meet up? I should be able to come, did anyone start a thread about it (or I can do one if not).

Sorry, that was totally self self self wasnt it.

CD, hope you manage to sort your dh out. Is he just generally run down or do you think a trip to the gp may be useful? I think a three week course minus children would probably quite nice and pretty relaxing personally!! Does he not even get to come home at weekends?

Hi GMM, Pesha, SPB and Maveta

AAAAAAARRRRRGHHHHH

Move away from your parents, a LONG LONG way away.

With help from Eddas (mwah x) I have finally completed my dad's tax return as best I can. I'm sure there are errors, but that's his comeback, he should have got an accountant to do it and before now

Pillock, are we still meeting on Saturday?
Glad you got the tax return done. Like you say, if its not right then he should have sorted it sooner!

Hi folks.

POTC, well done on getting your dads tax return done. You are braver woman than I!

Dippy, sorry your dh is run down. Has he been taking vitamins and stuff? DH gets really knackered and stuffs himself with vitamins and oranges etc

GMM, you nutter! Can't believe you have knackered your knees from too much dancing!!

Runny, I am well of your trip to Puerto Pollensa. I am sure I said this before, but dh proposed to me out there 10 years ago.

Eddas, hope you are ok.

Hope everyone else is ok. Read the thread a while ago, and the got distracted!

Had K weighed today - 17 pounds, 11 and back on to the 25th centile!!! I am over the moon.

Hi everyone,

CD, sorry DH is feeling so knackered - it's hard when the buck stops with you too IYSWIM. Sonmetimes it feels like we're not allowed to get tired or ill but everyone else is. We'll keep you company while he's away.

Mammyjo, good to hear nursery went well.

POTC - well done on the tax return.

Luce - poor you with a house full of sickly kids, hope you managed to get some peace and quiet.

GMM - ooh dear. Hope you'll be back in your dancing shoes soon!

Hi everyone else.

Was back at Time Twisters AGAIN today, dd has a wee pal to play with this time so mercifully left ds alone. She announced this morning, very earnest, that today she wasn't going to try and carry J at all (it's driving me truly BONKERS). So far she's only mauled hime twice which is an improvement .

oh clever ol' me, I found my way here and didn't even have to ask that nice lady who always has to show me.

Here I am with me broken heart (worked like a dog in my temp placement, applied for the job and they gave it to the other, young temp who has done absolutely sod all since she started) She and the new manager (a job I also applied for) have been rejoicing all week, buyng stuff and decorating the office. The Regional Manager came in today, adn they all celebrated, revelled in all their exciting new prospects, and left me seething with a broken heart, as I continued to bring in all the new business while they were chatting. eventaully, I just walked out!
Worse still, they lied about why they didnt' give me the job, but by a quirk of fate, I found out!.

runny, the Paypal thing. this has happned to me, it takes days and days to go through.

Sorry to hear about the job AM. Will you look around for anything else now?
Good to see you anyway, how are the lo's?

Hey Mammy, how are you?
re the job, well I've applied for a few things recently. It has been a dog's life,doing temp work, I long for it to be over, and to have a job and some decent money. I've been ill this week, firstly with a badly infected eye, then respiratory infection, but had to go to work as I don't get paid time off!
Mind you, any mum gets no time off do we, not even if we are at deaths door!

The little ones are fine. R is doing fab at nursery and loving it. A is just well, being A........

Can I have a quick round up from everyone about how they are, and the latest news of all the babies??

evening all,

sorry i can´t help on the paypal thing runny, i´ve used it a few times but only to buy really. good to see you Auntiemeemz, sorry to hear about the job sounds like they were quite insensitive about it.

Glad nursery went well Mammyjo, let us know how friday goes, I´ll be listening with interest.

well done all on tax returns! thank goodness that´s it for a while now.

N is now tucked up in bed, nights are going really well lately, wakes once about 12 or 1 but then through to 6 and that is fabulous for us. Dh didn´t even hear us at 1am so he slept straight from 11.30pm - 6am and then again til 7am. Think he was even over-rested this morning!

For all that it´s been hard during the night, N is normally a total gem to actual settle, a few stories, kisses and turn him onto his tummy and he settles himself without a fuss. He has a flap book Night Night Baby and he LOVES it. We read it 4 times in a row tonight, every time I put it down to read another he tapped it with his hand and then grinned when I picked it up and he grins every time we pull the flaps down. It´s soooo cute.

Dh has been in a foul mood since I got home. Monosyllabic and sullen but says he doesn´t know why. Great to come home to that but I guess we all have moods like that. Still, he got a call from his friend and I knew it would be about this stag weekend they´re planning for April. As soon as I saw it was him calling I knew dh would start speaking to me again and surprise surprise, has since given me a kiss, told me he loves me and then oh yeah, they´re planning the trip for April (me: "mmm"), to Galicia (me: "oh right"), will cost x (me: "uh-huh") funny that.

dippy it is hard when they are away - shift work is bad enough

dh is off to Scotland tomorrow and should be back Monday - I'm knackered just thinking about it

Meet up??????????? we are coming - tell me more (just wish it was closer, but hey ho next time (a next time I hear you ask!) it will be!!!!)

ok - what have I done?????????

I say I am going on a meet up and you are all hiding - now don't even think about using the 'putting children to bed excuse' I want details, who, when, where etc.......

Have started a Meet up thread [[http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1368/468104?rnd=1201722230207 here!!]

Bollox

here

btw am PMSL at this thread