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PillockOfTheCommunity · 14/07/2008 19:59

Dream catch me - Newton Faulkner

Having a soppy moment, that's sort of how I feel about being here with you girls sometimes

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NorthernLurker · 17/07/2008 22:47

Lexi - sorry to hear that - is there any way back do you think?SOL - don't you dare feel nervous about seeing your brother! You are fabulous and your girls beyond wonderful and your dh is very lovely too! Anyone spending that much on a house atm is plainly off their heads anyway and you could be incredibly groomed too - you just choose to cherish your family life instead right?

lexilex · 18/07/2008 01:37

right ive composed myself now so....

elkie sorry to hear about your test results,sorry i have no experience with it all,hope lo is ok.

potc how are things at work for you now i hope there better.

leaky good luck with the race for life, there was one in southampton last weekend.

sol i hope k gets better soon, and i hope work gets better for you, also dont let your brother get you down, i feel like that with my dad and stepmum who live in dubai sometimes, but i know they dont really judge me.

and i hope everyone else is ok. xxxxxxx

Sexonlegs · 18/07/2008 07:21

Morning. Sorry, I disappeared last night. Decided I should get to bed.

Elkie, I know my age related downs result was 1:200 (I was 36) After the nuchal fold and blood test it came down to 1:3000 I think.

I think the crux is what you do with the information. It is such a personal thing. If it were me, I would have an amnio, but as I say, this is such a personal choice. Hope you are ok. xx

Lexi, oh no! What happened? Hope you are ok. xx

Oooggs, how is your dh today? What a fright and thank God he was wearing a helmet.

Thanks for your words NL and others. I know no-one compares me and db, but just have moments of low self esteem occasionally.

Dh came to bed at 2.30! Ridiculous. So up from 6.30 a.m. to the following 2.30 a.m. He has now gone off to work - a drive of an hour.

K ok'ish, but on my lap whilst I try and ///ty'pe.

StealthPolarBear · 18/07/2008 08:21

Hi everyone
lexilex, what's happened?? Hope you are OK.
SOL, hope K is better this morning, do you think she has a virus?
oooggs - hope scan goes well if you are on between now and then.
Dippy???

mammyjo · 18/07/2008 10:03

Morning all!

SOL, hope K is ok this morning. F has had a few unsettled nights, bit of a cough and runny nose, but nothing else. She seems well in herself during the day so I have been putting it down to teeth. I can see the fang ones just underneath the gums, but they haven't quite broken through yet. She is back in bed already, which is very unlike her.
And you are not inferior to your bro, you just have very different lifestyles. I do understand what you mean about his dw always being well groomed though! I have a friend a bit like that and I always feel like I have been dragged through a hedge compared to her! Don't see her that often which is probably a good thing

Lexi, I hope you are ok this morning. I noticed your update on FB, but wasn't sure what it was referring too. Take care xxx

IMBM, what's with the new identity? Hope you are ok xxx

I have an interview for the job in Sydney. I won't go on and bore the pants off you all, but I am now stressed and a bit scared. I think the enormity of what we are planning has hit me. It is something I really want to do, but now it seems more real iykwim.

Doobydoo · 18/07/2008 10:05

Hi Everyone.
SOL,Hope K feels better soon.Money isn't a measure of success or greater intelligence![well you know what I mean]
Hope you ok Lexilex.
OOOGGSPhew that he was wearing helmet.
Elkie,hope you are ok too.
Dippy,this has been going on for yonks,can you go back to docs?
OOOggs hope scan goes well.
Hope you all ok SPB and everyone else.
Thanks so much for your messages to me re dp and work.Still wobbling along[like M]
Hope everyones day is GOOD.XX

mammyjo · 18/07/2008 10:06

Oooggs, how was the scan? Hope all is ok xxx

Elkie, I hope you get some answers soon. I had forgotten how stressful being pregnant could be.

And my neighbour has had her baby boy!!! She isn't home yet, but I am off baby present shopping over the weekend!

mammyjo · 18/07/2008 10:07

Hi Dooby Glad you are doing ok. Such a stressful time for you to cope with. Look after yourself xx

oooggs · 18/07/2008 10:25

morning

oooggs · 18/07/2008 10:36

sol - at sil being well groomed and as for looking like being dragged through a hedge mammyjo I am the hedge (and I had my hair done yesterday) and bore us about your interview - I would love to hear

lexi - whats happened? are you ok?

elkie I'm sorry things are stressful and hope you get some answers soon

dooby anything sorted with dps work?

liath good way of putting those results - I'm impressed

NL - whats a kitchen aid?

dippy hope you get some rest and feel better soon

Imustbemad to what do we owe this pleasure?

katy I'm sorry no parcel force heading your way only one baby

dh has an aching neck - probably whiplash

scan went well, 12 weeks exactly, due 30 Jan ONE BABY good photo (baby was waving)

mammyjo · 18/07/2008 11:16

So glad that everything was fine on the scan oooggs And lol at you being the hedge!!

I sent my CV off to Sydney Children's Hospital as they had a job advertised within the same type of unit that I currently work in. I didn't honestly expect anything much to come of it, but they emailed me back the very next day offering me a telephone interview next week. Apparently they recruit the bulk of their staff from overseas, and can (provided I interview ok obviously) offer me a job, and sponsorship which will help me get a skilled migrants visa.
It has freaked me a bit, because it has dawned on me what I am actually doing iykwim.
No-one else knows about this except you lot, I haven't dared mention it my mum yet as I know she would be gutted if we did go.

AngeG · 18/07/2008 11:21

Great Oooggs at DH coming off his bike, thank goodness he had a helmet on.

Elkie - Sorry you are having all this stress with the test results. Hope you get some clarification from the clinic.

Lexi - Hope you're ok. Any chance of sorting something out?

Dippy - Been thinking of you. Hope you're ok.

SOL - I agree with NL. Be great seeing your brother again. I know I get stupidly excited when my DB comes back from working abroad.

Mammyjo - How exciting about the job! When is the interview? Is it over the telephone?

Forgotten everything else

Dh and I went out for dinner last night, while Mum and Dad had both DC. It was really nice to spend some time just the two of us!Had a lovely lie in until 10am Kids not back until 1pm! Kept waking during the night thinking I could hear Izzy crying though

DH and I got into a very serious discussion about a possible number 3

Jake's sports day this afternoon hope the weather holds.

AngeG · 18/07/2008 11:22

x posts MJ. Roll on next week then!

oooggs · 18/07/2008 11:29

how exciting mammyjo

no.3 Ange [hypocritic]

mammyjo · 18/07/2008 11:30

Ooh, another person with thoughts for more babies!! How exciting
Enjoy sports day

AngeG · 18/07/2008 11:30

Oooggs.

Just been summoned to work by DH ex wife

StealthPolarBear · 18/07/2008 12:11

fantastic oooggs, lol at baby waving
mammyjo, well done on getting an interview, don't stress - nothing is set in stone yet and nothing needs to change unless you want it to!
Ange at no3
anyone heard from lexi or dippy?

Lucewheel · 18/07/2008 13:01

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Sexonlegs · 18/07/2008 14:04

Afternoon

Oooggs, fab news on the scan

Ange, number 3 ????? Wow

MJ, good luck for the interview; how exciting! Don't bugger off before the end of August tho!

Hi Luce. Yummy sounding sauces indeed.

Hope everyone is ok.

K seems brighter - her appetite certainly is back to normal

Back later lovelies. x

Doobydoo · 18/07/2008 15:14

Great re scan OOOggs
Thanks MJ.I should think you do feel nervous it is a big step.But I reckon you should go for it.Be exciting and like you send you might be wondering what if.
Cripes re no3 Ange
Thread too fast for me today.
Hope you all ok.xx

liath · 18/07/2008 17:30

Hi there!

Ange - ooh, very exciting! Wish DH would come round to having a third .

Mammyjo - good luck for the interview, it does make it more real though. You could sweeten the pill for your mum by suggesting she spend the British winter sunning herself with you in Syndey (or maybe not - depends how well you get on ).

Oooggs - Glad the scan went well. What would you have said if it was twins.......!!

SOL, glad K is brighter. Your DH's hours sound crap. Hope it goes well seeing your brother & SIL. Well groomed people always make me feel inferior too, I've never found the knack. Wouldn't it be fun to get Gok Wan to sort us all out? (Not, I hasten to add, that we really need it because we are all utterly gorgeous, obviously....).

Hi to everyone else!

I am seriously considering pulling the kids out of nursery and getting a childminder. They're only there a day and a half a week but I'm not that happy with the place. I wish good childminders grew on trees......

Sexonlegs · 18/07/2008 20:02

No posts since 5.30????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Where are you all?????????????????????????????

Well, after saying he would try and get home early, dh got home at 7.15

Poor man is knackered.

How is everyone?

lexilex · 18/07/2008 20:14

hiya. hope your all ok,

sol glad k is feeling better,

mammyjo good luck with your job interview, but dont think about what everyone wants you to (friends and family) just go with your heart,

ooogs glad your scan went well, k was sticking her thumb up at her 20 week scan,

so me and dp, things have been really rubbish for ages, ( as some may remember,) and hes been giving me hassle about a kiss on the end of a message on fb from my best mates dp, then on monday i was looking through his phone and found a message from him to a mate ( who im convinced it cheating on his girlfriend) saying " im not going to hers, still going out. fancy going to find some pussy"!!!!! so i went slightly ape then asked him for some space for a few days.

well i could bloody get rid of him, he was hanging aroung like a bad smell! so im getting increasingly annoyed, then on tuesday he admits to me that hes been going round a friend from collage, house to smoke drugs, so i go ape again but did he go?? no. so now its wendesday and i was over at the house decorateing starting to feel calmer, and he said he wants us all to go for lunch, so we go, and were sat having lunch and he now says he wants to talk!!! (cheeky ct(sorry i do hate that word but hes really annoyed)) well i say we cant talk in front of dc we will talk when they are in bed. he says ok, so kids go to bed and what does he do??? goes out!!! all night, also went out last night so i had, had enough, and told him do you actually want to sort things out? he says hes drifting away, so we finished.

he will still be moving with us as he has nowhere else to go and we will have to try and be normal around dc, but i think i dont actualy want to fight anymore, i think im done.

really sorry its long, this is the first time ive said it all in once! xxxxxxxxx

Sexonlegs · 18/07/2008 20:26

Oh Lexi, I don't know what to say I know is isn't any of my business and I don't know you, but I really think you deserve better from the sounds of things.

Would you like to meet up some time? xx

lexilex · 18/07/2008 20:29

yeah i think im starting to see that too, i think thats why ive given up, he said today that a break might be good as we may miss each other, but weve done that before and its alway gone back to that way it was,

yeah would be good to meet up. xxxx