Hello!!
POsting half way through reading as I know I'll forget it all!
Dooby - I know exactly where you are coming from re dog. My dog Murphy is a lovely dog, fab with the kids in fact barely batted an eyelid earlier when Dylan crawled right over the top of him rather than going around and Dyaln is also quite fond of puuting toys in Murphy's mouth which involves him putting his whole hand in his mouth and then trying to put his hand back in to take it out again! But I just don't have the time to walk him as much as he needs, nice walks are fairly limited around here so to give him a good walk involves driving somewhere with 3 dc and 3 wheeler pushchair and it makes such a big deal out of it all iyswim. Anyway my dad is going to have him as he often works outside so could take him with him and he regularly goes for 3+ hour walks at weekends. I don't want to get rid of him but I know its whats best. Now just waiting for my dad to find somewhere to live now hes back from his travels in France but thats another story!
MJ - I tend to agree with others in saying leave it to dh to sort out. I get thoroughly fecked off with J's family but bite my tongue and try and stay out of it as it not my family. I thionk offering to have the dd to yours or dropping ds off with them for a few hours seems like a good option for a crappy situation.
NL - yay for handing in notice!!
Eddas - Yay for new car I took dc with me when getting my new car but also took J so he could help shout at control them!
GM - Yay for kittens! And C is utterly gorgeous! He looks so grown up in that top picture.
Oooggs - so sorry you're having such a tough time. Hope it gets better soon. I had my worst sickness ever with D and its just so draining and depressing feeling/being sick all the time. Thinking of you
Sol - Sorry you're feeling rough. Cant remember what day it was you said you were taking a day off but hope it was/is nice and did/does help!
Can sympathise with all those struggling with dc off school. Took all 3 to Tesco earlier. D is fine in the trolley as long as I remeber to keep it in the middle of the aisle where he cant grab anything! M and N on the other hand wre an absolute nightmare. Arguing over who is holding on to which side of the trolley ffs, standing in front of me or other people, going on and on about all the things they want, pushing the end of the trolley the wrong way, running up and down aisles as soon as my back turned, squabbling continually, picking everything and anything up, climbing on shelves, strangling each other while I was packing and paying and generally behaving like total tearaways. I was actually really embarassed by them. Sent them both to their rooms when we got in (more to give me 5 minutes break than to punish them!). The weather is so crap though and I am totally skint so they are just so bored.
We did have fun this evening though. I used to have this album from childhood and would often play it with Maia when she was little and dance like loons but then she got hold of record player and scratched it But this evening I started looking up all the songs on You Tube and was playing tham to them and we were dancing like loons again and it was great fun!!
Particular favourites are Right Said Fred, My Boomerang Wont come back, The Teddy Bear's Picnic (the proper one!), Two Little Boys (have to try very hard not to cry listening to this! Wtf is wrong with me?!?), I know an Old Lady (proper one again!), Banana Boat Song (very funny!) and lastly The Laughing Policeman, of course! Is that enough links now do you think?!