May 07: The one where SOH gets her tweed clothes and LG&T doesn't get any...

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Okay, checked fb. Apart from being generally stunning in all areas, your skin is quite lovely. Your Mum looks really young!

You've spurred me into going for a run.

Byeeeeee!

I would happily collect you from the train station. If J cant come perhaps you could bunk in with us as i could pop Jack in with me and Ella freeing up the 4th bedroom.....

Am beginning to think that this HR course is too much for me. It took a while (and a few calls to Pink) to get my head round the Project Proposal but once i had grasped it i think i did a good job of. This 2nd assignment, due in on Thursday, is a totally different kettle of fish. Its all about Performance Managment (appraisals etc) something that Sunshine havent ever done/used etc. How on earth can i review something that isnt even in place let alone summarise how well it supports the business needs...... I'm even bloody struggling to identify the sodding key components. I have to produce 1500-2000 words, i can barely come up with the reason as to why i am doing it.

I have another assignment that we are supposed to be working on at the same time and i totally get that. It even has media plans in it and that what i used to do at my old job. I just feel like crying as i dont want to fail this course but am finding it hard when i have no HR dept to ask for help (dont want to call Pink up every 5mins - even though i have just text her), we have no procdures that i can look at for reference or to even see how they are used, whether they are effective or not. Have emailed tutors and asked for help and explained why i need it but i dont want them to think i'm not up to it.

Anyway, sorry to moan about totally boring stuff....

April your do sounds fabulous i love it when you have a great time and dont drink too much, you feel incredible smug in the morning

CM i am so sorry you feel rotten again! The weight must be falling off you

Scoot swans are very dangerous, my great uncle got attacked by one once, very nasty bruising. He was a toss pot though so my sympathy is limited.

SOH just get the train here, i have just realised a fundamental flaw in my plan for CP. Even if i am fit and well we cant actually all fit in our car! Baby makes 9 and we only have an 8 seater. I can safely say we will not be buying a car just after Xmas. I am a bit stumped really and that i didnt realise this...

April will post the recipie later I have taken lots of pics of the kids doing the decorating as it was soooo funny. Will post them later too.

Oh shite!! That could be a problem!

LG&T--on of the twins will have to be strapped to the roof.

Well I have spent all weekend with a terrible virus. ME and the boys have it so it's a terrible cycle of vomit and diarrhea.

I think we're on the mend and will be back to normal tomorrow, but yesterday I wanted to die.

LG&T I was wondering your car conundrum the other day but had assumed you had a plan. You could always strap a child to the roof like the wing walking girls.

Dont think CP is going to happen for us we are seriously skint. I reckon its only and hour and half from mums so might go stay the night there and do a day thing.

Jw - we are seriously skint too - thats why we will probably do a day trip too. I have priced it up and it isn't really affordable.

Pebble - I ended up with a Maclaren Twin Techno - not too wide and not too heavy. It does go through most shop doors - lugging it in and out of cars is sometimes a bit of a trial though.

AM - your "do" sounds goods. I can't imagine ever needing a ball gown again, although I am hoping for a wedding dress one day! Your course sounds like hard work - good luck.

CM, MKG and Scoot - hope you are feeling better now.

TYG & LG&T - where do I start with his day and routine etc? We don't do any set naps but he naps as and when during the day and I try and keep him awake in the evening - after his 5pm (ish) feed - although he does mostly nap before his bottle (he is really tired at the moment and it is at least 1/2 hour to his bottle). We only bath every other night. I have been giving him a 5/6oz bottle of formula at about 8.30 and he then goes to bed - sometimes awake but mostly asleep. He then sleeps for about 4 hours and is restless from then on. Not sure whether the problem is just that he likes being picked up or that he really does have a reflux problem. Last night was really bad again - he slept from 9 until 1 then was awake hourly being rocked and seeming uncomfortable. I doubled up on the gaviscon but it didn't seem to make any difference. Think we are going to give it a miss tonight as he can't be much worse.

Just realised I hadn't changed my name back!

Just realised I hadn't changed my name back!

ooh forgot to say BFN on Friday and AF here yesterday arvo.

Thanks for the good wishes.

billy no mates no one wants to share with me. May do a day trip if you'll sign us in esp as no DHs seem to be going now.

See you tomorrow, must sleep as G will want a snack in an hour and I will be k'nacked tomorrow.

feeling a bit better so thats the weekend gone, back to work tomorrow. bet I've not lost any weight either.

AM thank you so much for everything over halloween, we had a fab time with you and hope to see you again real soon. xx

It was lovely to have you all here Are you home now?

Charley, drink plenty of water. Be kind to yourself. Sorry about the BFN.

Good to see you Mme. Do you have Big Barn Farm over there? Madame is a vache.

I'm so miserable today. I need kicking.

Whats up pussy cat SOH? Offers shoulder and copious amounts of ginger bread and lashings of homemade lemonade, (with a touch of vodka if required, tis after lunch after all). Can I help?

At work and feeling crap myself.

Oh whassup?

Nowt wrong with me. Just grumpy. Fed up with certain things like Christmas and being a useless lump where providing for my child is concerned. I think I should go back to work. Which makes me .

And the rain, oh the rain. Sheets of it. All day.

And I used to have a husband but I can't find him.

I think I'm lonely today.

Hey lovely ladies whats wrong?

Tis mizzog here too been lashing down with rain all day, Archie is grumpy, louis has just eaten A's shoes the ones which took me weeks to find in his fatty feet size and DP is still at home!!!!!!!

And all of us collectively breathe in and out slow sleep breathing then relaxation breathing - see TYG been doing the CD. Although slight problem is I keep falling asleep everytime I put it on.

Sooo saw the midwife today am 36 wks and the head is engaged aarrgghh bloody nora tis going to happen soon I didnt engage with A until right up to him popping out.

Pebble sorry didnt get a chance to post properly at the weekend but WTF are J's school playing at surely it must be a mistake go in there and raise merry hell. Photos on FB of your hols look lovely.

AM you are doing fab with your studying keep with it my lovely. Have you thought about contacting any other companies and asking if you can have a look at their HR dept explain you are doing a course you never know they might be quite helpful. But stick with it I knwo its hard work I tried and failed to do a degree course a few yrs ago and gave up 2 assignments from the end as I thought I couldnt do it. You can we will set uo a cheerleading squad to help you through it. OH by the way v glam pics from oyur do.

TYG how was oyur fireworks party. Abby you sound like you had fun at yours. We had some friends over for dinner but was lashing with rain so we gave the fireworks a miss and stayed in and watched the telly instead.

TMAM did you have a fab wkend.

MrsJB hello sounds like you had loads of fun in Blighty.

SKY how was your night did L sleep any better for you?

Scoot how are you feeling?

SOH you are providing brilliantly for M, I am having to work at the mo and feel I am not providing the physical/emotional support as having to do the financial stuff. Motherhood humph, guilt, damned if you do damned if you don't.

I know sometimes even the company of your little one can be lonely can't it? Even with Ms extensive vacabularly tis not the same as adult conversation.

Stuff Christmas I beg of you tis massively commercialised now anyway, lets get back to traditional values and give the kids a piece of coal and an orange with a sugar mouse; doubles as a toy and a sweet. Don't succumb to the hype.

What happened to secret santa this year, did we ask Mars or did someone else volunteer.

I still don't know who got mine last year so you can own up now. I hate not knowing, I always work it out at work.

True story CM..My kids dont see me in the week its dreadful and not doing them or me any good.That said if I didnt work, they wouldnt eat so no choice really..M too youn to start naging on for lots of presents and that SOH.She will love Christmas as she will be with you and thats what counts..

I am back in work today.Charmingly I had a small panic attack on the way in thinking of all the work I have to do.When I got here it turned out to be even worse than I thought.I want to go home.
I have the annual service review event starting in an hour and going on till 6 I have to host it and make a speech and network FGS.I feel like crying.

MIL berated me before I left the house this morning for not putting L in vests anymore She is almost 3 and hasnt worn a vest for two years..is this abnormal.Should I go and buy her some? Even more M hasnt worn a vest since March.I left the house before she discovered that..

Well done on the relaxing Jam, keep up the good work. Just feeling sickly I think. Also slightly relieved and slightly disappointed with AF. Does this mean I am not ready to go through it all again? Sorry you can't make CP, I might not be either now as well. Deffo do day though if they'll have me. Will wear a ball gown if required.

Pebble you kick butt girl. That is outrageous.

Scoot hope you are all feeling better. Yes not keen on the spiky hair kid either, especially when he was dancing with a girl to the TT last week, he looked too young by far; also not keen on Rachel Hylton, too cocky by far, also Daniel what have they done to the man. He looked a rugged normal bloke and he has been smoothed out/styled and looks an awful fat ginger minger. You got to admire that rack though on the Spanish girl.

MKG I feel your pain. I really do, hope you are all okay now

SKY thanks, hope you get the sleeping sorted out can offer no advice as we haven't in our house yet.

PJ, hope you are okay shall we be TTC buddies?

MJB lovely pics at AMs, did you have a good time, any news re the sale yet?

AL where are you off to next year? Do you have to book ealry as needing to use School hols

Glamour puss AM lovely pics. Glad you had a good time

LG&T did your numpty sis ever get the message re the wedding. You could always put the DTs on the train . Maybe you could get a bike trailer/side car thingy for N to fasten to the back of the car, a pair of goggles and away you go. What are you going to do about transport come to that?

12YG hope you had a good do on Saturday, it sounded delicious especially when I had eaten nothing all Saturday and Sunday.

TSM are the wedding plans going okay, have you demanded the dress alterations.

TMAM, hope you had a good weekend with no scary stuff. When is it you are back over here?

Elkie, Creena, Meggle, Mum2G, Cinamon hope you are all doing fine.

Hello everyone else, hope you are all okay.

Lups where are you hope everything is okay with you and the family. Is DH getting the help he needs and are you? Take care and we are thinking of you.

I don't know who got mine either. Motherhood and guilt are the same thing. Extensive vocabulary my arse. "Shrek mummy and lady shrek please mummy" on and on and on. At least she says please and thank you.

Jam, M engaged at 31 weeks and fixed there till 39 weeks when it all went tits up. Means bugger all in real terms. Hang in there for another week to be on the safe side though won't you.

Coal's a good present for me actually, having an open fire and all. I wish it was still all satsumas and brazil nuts. Not Bratz and Wiis.

AM, meant to say hang on in there. If it was easy you wouldn't be challenged. Do ask if as part of the course you have access to any decent library facilities. There are schemes where college courses can use university libraries and there may be subject librarians who can help. A decent librarian knows his/her subject backwards. And the right books will help you out no end. And when you struggle with it, go back and talk to the tutor. It's their job and they want you to pass as much as you do.

Scoot A doesn't wear vests either. G still does but he likes it warm and A likes it cold. Tell MIL it is okay as you have rubbed her in goose grease for its insulating properties. A would go to nursery in a summer dress if we let her. She wanted to wear flip flops this morning, . She has also developed an aversion to seams in clothing. Help how do I get clothes without seams. I beg of you the child is a mare.

Hope your day goes well, knock em dead.

Charley............. I knew I'd throw the sent though as I sent it to a friend in the UK who re-packaged and sent on for me to confuse the post mark....

Nearly a year on it's time to fess up!

SOH is coming to me for Christmas........ we are wearing santa hats, red fluffy slippers, naff dangly christmas earings and staying in our jarmys all day, eating lots of christmas pud!

Sounds fabulous Jaffa.

Hang on in there Scoot. My Dad always says if you need to get through something and feel panicky, just picture everybody sitting on the toilet. Then try not to laugh as you give your speech. If you are having panic attacks about work I think you should see your GP and get signed off for a while. You don't seem well enough to tackle it all.

I am sooo lucky to be a SAHM and realistically I made the decision and told dh it was going to be this way. And I love it. Every sticky fingered, glitter filled, Shrek saturated second of it. I just feel crap not bringing in a wage. DH is working night shifts on top of normal shifts like it's going out of fashion and it's all to afford a Christmas he's not coming to. So, I think I'll get on with my book, read it through, all the thousands of words and think, well that's a heap of crap. I can't write, who am I kidding. I keep thinking I could stack shelves at night while she sleeps to earn some pennies and take the pressure off DH.

Not been on here for ages. so appologies for logging on just for help! but wanted to ask you lovely ladies for some advice.
Freddie (17 months) has started tantrums i suppose you could call it! In the morning he goes mad when i try to change his nappy and get him dressed. i literally had to hold him down with my knee this morning in the end (bad mummy....feel terrible and this we about 4th attempt) as soon as i let go of him he runs away and laughs or smiles at me....Ive tried ignoring it for bit also tried reasoning/bribery (if you let me change your nappy we can watch teletubbies...) I used to be able to distract him with a toy or something else but not anymore. Im under time pressure in the morning (we have to leave the house just after 7am and i work full time) so appreciate this is maybe to get attention...and that makes me feel worse. I end up feeling really upset coz hes creating so badly and we dont get and "nice time" together before i go to work. Not sure how best to deal with it.any ideas? apart from giving up work which i would LOVE to do believe me.