May 07 - Some have produced new anklebiters, but the rest have more sense.

[twelveyeargap]

Hairdressers >

I have not been since Feb! My hair is appaling, very long and stringy at the ends.

I half thought i would get my mother to take the ends off when she comes in October. She is not coming now I am debating on wether to start a thread or not. Not many things upset me but this may have pushed all my buttons!

We are lucky MrsJB, dh would do everything if i asked him to. Well except get up in the night, he is grumpy then

TYG where are you?

You too SOH. As my parents have dropped out you can stay! Hooray!

Morning,

Sky what a gorgeous family portrait you have on FB.

Charley, sorry you are having a horrid time at the moment. Talking is the key thing, when dh told me he wasnt happy and couldnt see a way forward i was beside myself, but just by talking through it we got to the bottom of and were able to start taking steps to get back on track. Big hugs to you xx

MmeJB enjoy the hairdressers.

JAM, you need to start slowing down lovely lady! Just look what happened to me when i was rushing round..... baby 4 wks early! Take advantage of online shopping, it really is the way forward. I am doing a shop to be delivered the day we get home from hols.

TMAM, wow look at you and your full social diary!

LG&T, sorry to hear that the chooks have gone. What a shame about your mum not coming are you able to change her mind?

Pink, how's things? Have you booked your smear yet? I had mine a few months ago - t'was fine even though the lady that did mine was a family friend

TSM, Tilly is looking so grown up and cute! Lucky you at being able to read 4 books, i'm not holding out any hope of getting through half of one!

TYG, how are you and your gorgeous dc's?

MKG, hair done, book read, time to self sounds lovely, just what you needed

Well i have started the house blitzing mission to make sure that it is all sparkling before we go tonight! Almost packed so feeling quite chilled at the moment.

Told Jack last night that we were going on a plane and he was very excited and chose the toys he wanted to take and told them to behave or they couldnt go

Pink thinks that her IT dept have blocked MN
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Fracking hell she will have do some work now

LOL

bloody nora PJ does that mean we have lost her forever.

Still fricking knackered DP was out last night with the groom and all the groomsmen of course he had no keys so I had to wait up to let him in and he fell asleep on the train so it was much later than it should have been and to top it all off he snored all night long and kept me awake.

Off to the zoo this arvo when all I really want to do is put A down for a vv long snooze and go to bed.

AM can I sneak in your suitcase.

LG&T whats happened with your mum, are you ok?

Poor Pink.

DP will be curried parsnip soup, roast loin of pork on red cabbage with dauphinoise pots and green beans and lemon tart for pud. Does that sound ok do you think?

Jam, sloooooooowwwwwww down. I think you need to go out in the car without the parch and ooops it accidentally breaks down in some utterly remote and beautiful part of Essex. Make sure you take a good book. It worked for MKG.

at your mum not coming, why not? Have you explained to her how upset this is making you feel??

Oh no, I'm here, don't you lot be worrying.

phew that would have been bad news!

Sleep has taken a turn for the worst. The child that hates milk is now demanding bottles in the middle of the night. I even shouted at her last night .

Now, where is SOH? I need her to tell me I'm not crap.

TMAM.... you made Hot threads of the week on the parenting roundup e-mail... Go Girl!

PJ you ar not crap. She is just testing you. Stay strong. I am sat here trying to stay awake as G got up yesterday am at 4:15 then went back to bed at 6:35. He only got away with it because he gave me a big snog and a cuddle. two bottom teeth me thinks are the cause.

Thank-you for all your advice yesterday. We worked together last night and DH helped bath and put the kids to bed. We then bottomed the kitchen together and have worked out an allocation of work to help us keep on top of things.

You were right re the underlying issue though MKG. Apparently we have not had sex for weeks and weeks therefore he is walking around with a lead weight and it is making him grumpy. Bearing in mind I have pulled my groin and we did it last week I think he has a selective memory but hey ho we are talking it through and have a plan of action. He is off work today and is sorting out the living room and landing and cleaning the glass. (I beg of you, what were we thinking having glass panels on the stairs)

He suggests I find a way of feeding the kids their tea so they don't make a mess. then I won't have to spend all evening in the kitchen clearing up.

He did know what I was like before he married me but it really does affect him. He gets unsettled if the house is not at an acceptable level, that is just how he is, I also knew that before I married him.

I think we both may have expected too much from moving house and it has not quite delivered. The work still needs doing in the new house.

Will try to catch up later but thanks for your support.

TMAM your DP sounds yummy, I love curried parsnip soup. LG&T why is your Mum not coming? Can she be persuaded? Although you shouldn't have to. Sky did you have a nice time at school? MJB will try your mantra re decluttering. Jam chill Mrs please do. April have a lovely break.

Have put a pic of my big boy last week on hols on my profile. I can't believe how much he has grown - we are now in 6-9 and even some 12-18 month clothes [proud mummy emoticon] I found an outfit he wore when he was about 6 weeks old and it is like dolls clothes. Aaagh

Charley-I hope you two can get things fixed. Even the lack of sex though is not an excuse to call a divorce lawyer.

Pink- PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER WOMAN!!!! You are not crap. If I thought I was a crap mom every time I yelled at the boys, well let's just say I wouldn't talk most of the day.

Lily told me to 'stop shouting all the time' this evening, so another shouty mummy here.To be fair to self, she had been scraming for an hour because I said she couldnt have a bun, and made her put her shoes on to go outside and then she'd lamped M in the face with a wooden train, but I still felt a little bad when she admonished me
PJ..I need to have a smear too (have never had one >>ducks the barage of telling offs

Oooo Tis the only time I have ever started an AIBU thread!!

It'll just be her teeth Pink. I yell all the time. Yesterday at dd who is really being a nuisance all the time (is it normal for a 7 year old LG&T??) and shouted so loudly I scared her friend who was here to play . I told J off this morning as he threw his milk cup all over me and the floor and he bawled his head off. Don't feel bad, it comes with the territory. I would love to be a non shouty mummy. But I'm not.

MKG, we need haircut update please!

So I am not not holiday! I am sat in the house whilst dh, ds and mum are sat in the 40deg heat and enjoying the hotel

Ella smacked her nose on a slate shelf type thing in the Virgin Lounge last night, 1 hour after we got there. They called a paramedic as her nose swelled up, he arrived and then called for an ambulance as he said it needed to be checked in hospital before he would allow us to fly as the air pressure could hurt her..... so after 2 hours of being sat in Hillingdon A&E we got seen and were then home by 11pm. Luckily my Dad works near LHR and met me at the hospital. Am booked on the 9pm flight tonight which is good.

Dropped E off at nursery for the morning which means i can finish sorting things here.

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AM - was she OK this morning?

Am i supposed to feel bad for shouting at the children? Oh dear.

B bursts in to tears if i even say "no" to him atm, he is such a wuss. It doesnt bother me but dh feels bad, wuss too

CM hand him a porn mag and tell him to bugger off. Honestly you would think it was like taking away a right they have or something.

DH came up to me in the kitchen and went for a grope,
he said "fancy some?"
"erm, no" said i.
"oh why not?"
"well i can hear B screaming, i am making up his bottle, H is in the bath, dd is not home yet, i am thinking about when to make our tea and waiting for a text from the twins dad to say when they will be home"

I mean fgs i may not look busy but my head is very busy.

I have just hoovered right through as inlaws coming later, taken the twins lunchbox in as one forgot it, dropped H at school and J. I NEED a coffee.

Dorothy was awake for about 3 hours last night, is that normal? She was going nuts, could have been the half of GU chocolate and vanilla cheescake i ate i suppose

Oh yum LG&T - I love cheesecake. I have started a thread in sleep, which no one has replied to. Apparently the whole of MN is bored with L's sleep.

Bloody hell AM! A flight all on your tonight, i would be scared Am useless at travelling on trains\planes alone.

Poor E! Bless her cotton socks, she has a nose for trouble that one. No pun intended

She is fine this morning. She went straight through the night and was happy as larry this morning.

I dont mind travelling with her on my own as she is the easiest of the two. J was brilliant for dh and slept most of the flight.

What a total nightmare AM!presumably her nose is OK now?At least you still get to go..

Well this morning in the spirit of FLY lady, (which I dont really do but read about from time to time)have got up, done breakfast, two loads of washing and hung one out, other one not finished yet, hoovered and mopped (as apropriate) floorsn throughout, cleaned bathroom and kitchen and boiled the potatoes for the girls lunch.M is back in bed for her sleep and L is in bed with me watching Pingu.

Feel quite proud of self that dont have to worry about the cleaning all weekend then do it all half heartedly on Sunday night when I really cant be bothered.

We are having our cm's 4 kids tomorrow for the day.I offered when it transpired that her and her DH hadnt been out on their own for four and a half years

L bit me this morning.She was giving me a kiss and decided to bite my lip at the same time 'to see what it was like'So now have a tooth mark adorning my face.Not happy.

Scoot - did you get my message about Christine Elise. What a skank.

Wow you must have flown round the house to have done all that before 10am.