June 07: We are going to finish this thread skinnier than we started it

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Seeing as none of you lazy beyaches are going to start a new one...

Hi all. DH has put the TV on the cupboard, it's a bit like being at the cinema! The kids will have to sit on the sofa now though as the neck angle for the floor is painful!

Jeremy Clarkson Norty

boring day here, think I might be getting a bug (not sickness though, sorry for all of you with it) The boys are gardening.

DH is not allowed to collect his knives until they take them to reception tomorrow. SOmeone else got a bollocking for "sneaking" his other stuff to him (they didn't, he collected it on Friday). Have written him a lovely letter for senior managemnt, and apparently the GP (a locum) told him to go to CAB about being sacked cos he was off sick, as that is illegal whether you are in a trial period or not, so he can ring them tomorrow.

oh thats great ria! brill you could even claim for stress he might end up BETTER off!!!

ellens much better (well she threw a wobbly over a biscuit just now so i think she is back to normal )

thomas wet himself three times this morning, but promises of a much wanted toy next weekend if he can go all week without an accident has renewed his efforts just as well DH gets paid this week.
we aregoing to have to not pay the council tax this month, till the housing benefit comes in cos i have to pay the phone bill otherwise im gonna lose outgoing calls. hope council can be fobbed off for a few weeks.

DH is handing in his notice in 3 weeks, he wrote he resignation already. we just dont see the point of him working, never seeing him, effecting his success on his course, AND being broke. might as well be on income support. its for the greater good cos when he finishes hopefully he will get a job where he earns enough that we wont have to rely on benefits anymore.
that and im going back to work soonish.

just a few more years of this hell to go

it's good you have a plan Natty. Try ringing the council and explaining the situation and they might give you a bit of leeway, especially as there are a lot of people in the same sort of situation. TBH I think DH has less stress now he hasn't got that job. If he can get a weeks pay in lieu of notice we'll be hapy enough (although he should get that anyway as he hasn't been sacked for gross misconduct. But who knows?) I just hope he can get something set up in the next week before DM gets back from holiday. Her broken ornamnet haunts every though without having to explain the job thing too...

lol ria MIL are a difficult species arnt they?

my mum upset me today, i called her to tell her about the GBS and she started telling me off for something thomas did a week and half ago.(he threw a coin and it accidently hit the tv)
apparently im not "hands on" enough with my children.
i told him off and made him apolgise, is that not enough?
apparently thomas is too difficult for her to handle atm, and maybe i shouldnt come over for dinner for a while.

am i being silly to feel really put out that she doesnt even try to make allowences for him, and that im doing my best. i cant spend every day of my life trapped in my house cos tom might be naughty. i mean if i should get support of anyone it should be my mum right?

she reduced me to tears and DH was hugging me saying that he loved me and maybe i should stay away from her for a while.

am i being hormonal?

Natty, maybe Dh is right about staying a way for a few days/weeks.

We have spent the day digging up an area of lawn to create a veg patch, and have found lots of bones - probably 20 or 30 pieces of various sizes, thicknesses, etc. Dh thinks we've dug up a previous owner's dead dog (shudder).

oh fairy CREEPY!

maybe ur right. it will be months as i dont see my mum from month to month as it is. oh well, she'll prob see me when baby born and that will be it.

Norty, while both DCs are asleep SIT DOWN and take a break, you deserve it, and need it. The cleaning, etc can definitely wait, particularly in the firdt few weeks.

Ria, definitely take it up with CAB. It sounds like things have not been done in the correct way.

You need to do what's best for you for the moment. If seeing her stresses you out, then probably best not to for a while.

finding dem bones (dem bones dem dry bones...) doesn't sound too pleasant Fairy. But hopefully it means the soil will be chock full of nutrients

Poor jamlet. She perked up a bit this afternoon and we had some time doing puzzles and shape sorting (she suddenly seems to have got quite good at it, a bit like she suddenly seems to have grasped how to get food onto the spoon, and how to tell me when she wants a clean nappy (well sometimes)). But after tea (not that she's eating much, but felt I ought to try) she crashed out and was in bed and asleep by 6. Dosed up on calprofen because her temp had shot up to 38.5

poor jamlet.

I am party dreading my DM coming back natty, mainly because I think she'll hit the roof about the bloody ornament (I know it was expensive, and I feel dreadful, hence the dreams etc, but it was an accident. We have decided the best course of action is to pay the excess on the insurance and they can get it restored professionally/replace it). Mostly she is lovely but if she gets annoyed she won't let it drop. I think we've only had three or four big rows in 10 years, but it could go either way wth DHs job as BIL winds her up and she'll be ready to let off steam!). Usually I stay away when I can tell she's tetchy, because unlike both Dsis's, I don't argue back. I would give yours time to cool off.

Yuk with the dog fairy. DM (doesn't go gardening, but needed to keep busy) was digging a patch of dsis's garden the other week and got her trowel stuck in a skull that still had fur on!!! That would be enough to make me ill.

poor jamlet

Aghhhhhhhh Ria, don't say that . Thankfully the bobes are clearly very old. We haven't found a skull, yet ...........

hi all sorry not been around , not even been on sn threads much, chloe had a bad few weeks with one thing an another, her mickey button came out needed to go back in as it had healed shes had a few head lops to either side and og god we had appiontment most days its getting a little to much tbh!

ive not read thread so i hope everyones ok?

Hi trace, lovely to see you but sorry you've been having such a rough time recently

Aw Trace, sorry things have been so hard again (did they even get any better in between? I do hope so!). Hope Chloe's OK. See signs of you on Facebook occasionally and do think about you.

Hey trace . Sorry things have been a bit rough. If there's anything I can do, even if just sitting with Chloe and DS while you and DH get out for a coffee or something, let me know.

Families natty......what else can I say!

I hope jamlet is better tomorrow jammy. How have you survived your first day flying solo?

eeeew on the bones fairy, but as jammy says.....lovely nutrient enriched soil, if they have been there for a long time. If they are fresher, then the soil will be too rich and will poison anything you try and plant.

Hi Daisy. Been OK today, if a little dull because mostly it's been sitting on the sofa with jamlet. Read her so many ITNG stories today! But DH was here until 10 oclock and I got to go out for an early swim before he went - In the pool for 7.15, 24 lengths non stop, home again by 8.05

How long is DH away for jammy? Is he still working from home/with his old colleagues?

Hi daisy.

Hi trace, sorry you've had a rough week. Good to see you though. Hope things pick up abit for you.

Yes, he's still working with his old colleagues, but they now rent an office, so not working from home. He'll be back next Monday.

OK, I just had some toast and am now going to bed before I have any more. Night all.

Night jammy. that is working out for DH.

And well done on not having more toast.

I did have some more After an hour and half of not being able to get to sleep I thought sid-it I'm hungry. But it turns out I wasn't hungry, but sick This morning I feel awful and had almost vommed twice so far, and had a few hasty trips to the loo for the other end And jamlet is still poorly and DH away

jammy. duvet day for you and the jamlet. Take it easy. x

DS2 home poorly today. I expected as much yesterday as he was really teary )not like him). He has tummy ache and a bit of a temperature, and doesn't look right. Also he asked to stay at home, and he HATES not being at school. Hope it passes without any mess.

Rest up jammy, and take it easy. Poor you dealing with it on your own as well

I hope DS2 is better soon Ria.

We're all fine here; too tired as had a reeeeaaaallllly late night last night. Housework and waiting for someone to come and buy our car this morning!