Hi everyone,
Back from p'boro safe and well and back to my usual name
I'm going to tey my best to catch up but you have all been so chatty!
Stefka - We just had a few glasses of champagne on nye then and did a 2 min dance at the stroke of midnight. We then went back to wrapping my families presents for the morning and went to bed so not that exciting!
I agree with everyone elses advice on your opportunity to travel to usa, I think you should try and go for it and be honest with the organisers about it all. If you really want to go i'm sure there will be a way round it and it is an opportunity of a lifetime I don't know how you're still standing if you got up at 4.30 hope you get an opportunity to catch up on some sleep today.
My new years resolutions are to stop over eating and eat more healthily (most of the time) and to try and work towards resolving this situation with my parents. Oh and last but not least, to make a baby!
Marla - With you on the resolution to try to value mil and mother more. My mil rarely annoys me but doe manage sometimes, my mother on the other hand is very hard work but i'm just trying to appreciate the fact she brought me up and would like to see her grandson at the moment instead of focusing on her bad points (quite a lot of them).
Sunny - Sorry about all the sickness in your house, hope people are feeling better now...
Muppet - Sorry you have been feeling hormonal/down/stressed about your appointment. I think the ladies have given you some good advice. The yoga would probably be really good, I used to do yoga and always found it helped my mood a lot, really should get back on to it!
About the appointment, I usually get really stressed out about Dylan's various appointments and they are never as bad as the senarios I have thought up in my head so try not to worry too much. As alice said, even if they advice against a cs there's plenty time to change that. To be honset though, after what you've been through I think thats very unlikely.
Hooray at Henry bum shuffling! Bet there will be no stopping him now . So pleased for you that he called you mama, it must have been such a special moment!
The Mazda 5 sounds great, would love a car like that once we need more space, had a Mazda before out current car and never had a problem with it
Crochet - Glad you had a good new year, it's good to really let your hair down once in a while even if you did suffer the next day . I missed you on telly, bet you were great though!
Mine - Sorry you've ben feeling a bit crap and like you have no time to yourself. I'm sure this is a phase and will pass. Maybe try to fit something in for yourself no matter how small like a nice relaxing bath now and again with no interruptions. One thing I like to do occasionally is to listen to my ipod and enjoy my fav songs, I feel like it's just me and my music and it cheers me up and relaxes me
I've been feeling a bit like i'm 'going nowhere' recently. Not really down but like I need to do something with myself. Only problem is, I can't think what. I'd still like to have an internet business but not such a good idea in the current climate... I also like the idea of doing a job I am trained for, for eg: being a midwife but that is a difficult one as i'd have to train an hour away in Newcastle or edinburgh so thats probably one for the future. I love looking after Dylan and wouldn't want anyone else to do it but I don't feel like i'm using my brain or challenging myself much.
Strawberry - Your nye sounds perfect to me, ben and jerry's and SATC is my idea of heaven!
Alice - Hope you get the sleeping problems sorted out. Dylan is easy to settle (at the mo) and I don't think i'd deal with it too well if that suddenly changed so you have my sympathies.
Hope your mum recovers well. Glad you enjoyed the time with your sis but sorry it got cut short.
Tles - Sounds like yoy had a wonderful new years day meal, it's great when everyone gets together. Oh and {envy] on the no hangover thing! Sorry you had a crappy day yesterday, hope today goes better for you ((hugs))
J20 - Hope Shannon's snotty nose is better. Well done on deciding to stop smoking, I smoked on and off from 19 to 23 and i'm so glad I stopped. I tried about 3 times before I finally cracked it but when I really decided I wanted to do it then it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. After the 1st few weeks it was easy peasy! I've heard the Alan Carr stop smoking book is really good (my bil used it) but haven't used it myself...
Katsh - Nice to hear from you, hope you had a lovely christmas and new year even though a lot of you were ill.
WWAJC - Sounds like you had a nice relaxed new year. Wow at Anya's eating, I wish Dylan ate that much. Sounds like she's doing really well Dylan loves baloons also, he chases them round the lounge giggling. Sorry the op has been delayed, hope it is done soon. We need to take our decs down today, can't really be bothered though!
Floria - sounds liek you had a wonderful nye. It always lovely to see friends you haven't seen for a while. You sound much like me today, dh is at work, secs are coming down and I'm gonna try shift some of this weight! I watched a very interesting program last night called something like 'I can make you thin' with Paul mcenna, I have started following the basic rules today and have already eaten less than normal without dieting! It's repeated again tonight if you'tr thinking of dieting maybe you could watch it, i'm gonna give it a go! It's on once a week. Tonight at 8pm on the living channel I think...
LLL - I've seen that comedian a few times and I agree he is very funny
Well, I had a lovely time visiting my brothers and sils and my little niece. We did have a trauatic event on the first evening there though which I am still trying to recover mentally from...
We were all sat round taking it in turns to open our xmas presies to each other. We had just had a domino's pizza and some kfc (greedy) and a few beers. Dh opened a present from my brother which was a book of funny names, he started reading some of the names out and we were all laughing.
Anyway, he read a really funny name out (I think it was Shitty Dickens) and we all laughed again, this time though, my bro accidentally spat his drink out as he had just taken a swig of it. He was laughing tring to stop spitting it out then he started to be sick. He felt bad he was being sick as he really didn't mena to be so he was trying to hold it in. Anyway, at that point he just slumped forwards and stopped moving then he collapsed back in his seat with his eyes fixed and started going blue . I jumped up and screamed for someone to call 999. My sil (his wife) said she thought it was just asphicsiation (sp?) and climbed behind him on the sofa to do the heimlic (sp?) manouver whilst my bro called 999 and my other sil pulled my bro forward in his seat. Dh was running around trying to find something to be sick into if they could bring him round and I was totally freaking out. I thought he had had some sort of fit the way he had sat back as it didn't sound like he had been choking at all, he just stopped. Anyway, after his wife squeased twice he brought up more food and started coughing and breathing agian (thank god) and then the paramedic turned up and checked him over. He said that my bro passed out so suddenly and stayed like that because the flap in his neck that covers the lungs when you swallow must had gotten stuck and when that happens you just cut out.
All I can say is thatnk god for my bro's wife (who also happens to be my bf), I will be eternily gratefull to her.
I suffered really bad flashbacks since the incident which are becoming less freaquent now, it was horrific to see my bro like that
Anwyay, i'm off to wake mr snoozy, he's been asleep 3 hours and still not had dinner must be all the travelling yesterday...
Hi to everyone i've missed, hope you're all well, back soon x