December 2006 - The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray, tshghho now let's keep these bugs at bay

[LenniEd]

I got all brave and made us a new bug free thread...

2 weeks? no, sadly I'm not that cool: exchange possibly this coming week, and move more like end of June, and hopefully not to nowhere....though not got beyond looking online at possible rentals, yet. Thing is, after two fell through, I just didn't quite believe it would happen

dd2 has gone to bed in dd1's nightie, which will ride up in the night; she will then kick duvet off, and wake up shouting 'MUMMA' at 5am because she is cold and wants to come into my bed. I am hanging on to the vain hope that she may be my low maintenance child in years to come (not teen years, my instinct tells me).

Where are you looking, Castles? D'you mean for holidays, or longer term?

Holidays this summer and to buy longer term. Know of anything Eli?? Pleased to hear it's not such a tight dead-line. Fwiw, the rental market is very busy so you should find something easily.

OMG DD2 has been sick. Am in total shock. Things like this never happen. I am such a slattern that I thought my children were immune to everything She seems fine now though

Castles - my excuse for not cleaning too thoroughly too. Also my excuse for not dressing them properly when they go outside.

I had to stop myself from laughing (with shock) when DD just fell off the sofa onto her head just now. Looked like a terrible parent. I wish I had a better reaction to shock. Most people yelp or cry don't they. When I broke my foot I was laughing so much no one took me seriously.

So, no news of Bebe?

Am thinking of going back to work. Pretty soon really. DH's business not great. We've got to make a descision now. Either he works or I do. If he works then we're going to have to pull the plug on the business which we don't want to do. It can keep itself going until things pick up, it just can't support us very well right now. Plus I am well qualified and could find a better paid job a lot easier than he could. So looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet. Am torn really, in some ways I dread the thought, in other ways I'd be quite glad to have some head space and make use of all the qyears studying. Really don't know what to do.

Just popping in to check on Bebe

Need to go to bed, dd2 is snotty again and waking me up at the crack of dawn.

LenniEd, sounds like a tough decision and probably not one to be made too quickly? Can you take a few days (at least) to mull it over? IME, those kinds of decisions usually become clearer when given a little time and space...stressful till they're taken, though. Good luck thinking it through, and brainstorm here whenever you can/need.

Castles, as you say, long term rent to live in shouldn't be too tough...but summer seems to get snapped up horribly early: we left it till Easter last year and there was practically nothing left Whereabouts were you thinking? Supposed to be a hot summer here this year

LenniEd, if you do have to go back it's really not that bad ime. I try to keep it to 4 days a week but sometimes have to work 5.

eli, I don't envy you the moving bit but it's exciting that this may finally go through.

Hi all. Have had no internet for 3 days and have been suffering withdrawal symptoms

No internet Maggie? I'd be in bed at 8pm if it weren't for t'interweb. No other entertainment around here

I'm applying, and going for the full time ones. Will see what it throws up. Probably won't get either and might be worth going through the process just to clarify things as much as anything. If I get one then great.

Hope house moving and finding is going ok Castles/Eli.

Tweenies was erm... interesting ok so it was a pile of shite but DD enjoyed herself. Shame they charge adults to go to those things!

hullo all, just to let you know I'm still alive but so tired/busy that can't spend much time online right now. Feeling quite a lot better though, my efforts are paying off
Lennied, full time job you sound so calm about it. What would you do for childcare?
Eli, hope all the house stuff works out ok, I'm sure it will, just the stress of it all. I remember it well.
Erm, bebe - calling bebe - need a status update. Has she on FB anyone?

Glad you are ok AQ - am still worried about you though. Make sure you look after yourself, and keep an eye on things. Don't want you struggling through when you needn't.

Not sure on childcare - in the short term DH would have them and probably a little help from MIL. In the longer term DD starts pre-school in Jan and I guess DS would have to do some nursery from around 1yo. I wouldn't want him to go before that - just personal choice, nothing against them. Not an ideal scenerio but we've got to deal with what's in front of us.

Yes Bebe, where are you??

Good luck with the applications LenniEd, you do sound calm, good for you (and can I have some please?).

AQ, am v glad you're feeling better, though can only imagine how tired/busy you must be - echoing LenniEd: keep taking care of yourself and shout if you feel low, ok?

Thanks for house luck, haven't had time to do much about it yet but sale still going ahead smoothly AFAIK. Half-term: puts life on hold a bit

Just found out my aunt has Alzheimers

Bit shocked. She's lovely.

Oh no Eli.

Sorry to hear that Eli. We have a lot of it in my family. (D)M thinks I have been having early onset since I was about 12.

Good luck on job hunt Lennied. I suppose if you look at as a short-term filler then it won't seem so overwhelming.

I still can't decide what I am doing with my life and certainly can't imagine using my 1 brain cell again although it is something I have to get on with as we could do with the £.

I hadn't planned for illness to hit our household this half-term (me and DD2 so far). It has rather put a dampener on things. That and the weather

AQ, did you see my natural remedy ideas? Do look after yourself. It can come back and wallop you in the face if you don't.

sorry about your aunt, eli
am at you jumping in to job apps, lennied - my god, don't think I could apply for a job if someone paid me £10K at the moment, I'm so lacking in concentration. Did say to dp last night that didn't think I could stick this full time mum lark for ever though. Course I do have a job to go back to in Jan.
castles, sorry half term ruined by illness, rats! And weather has just spoiled ds1's planned trip to animal farm this arvo that friend was taking him to. Luckily she's still taking him somewhere else (with her ds), bless her! As I'm finding him sooooo annoying at the moment, he's just so loud right now.
will have to read back on the alternative stuff, castles, I don't remember sorry, I have to write everything down on my todo/shopping lists or it doesn't exist at the moment. I've been trying to just change my attitude on life a bit as well as go to bed earlier. I slept right through ds3 getting up last night, didn't even know dp had fed him!

AQ, this is the bit about natural stuff that I posted. Hope it helps! Am seeking the advice of wise MNers about trampolines at the moment, which is why I am on here. Honest guv

"AQ, I highly recommend 5HTP (you can get it in any health food shop) which is serotonin in natural form (the stuff you get in ADs) and I'm pretty sure you can take it whilst bf though not pg. I'm currently taking Relora which was recommended on the MN anxiety thread. You can't take whilst bf but worth bearing in mind when you stop. It is fantastic. I buy it on-line."

sorry to hear your news eli

castles - get one where the net goes around the outside of the trampoline, not the inner bit.

Thanks Mags. DH is now saying even an 8ft one is too big and he won't use the garden anymore as it has been overtaken with DC stuff. Some days the life of a single mum is very appealing ...

we have an 8ft one. tell dh that when you have the trampoline lots of the smaller toys can go

Thanks. Good idea. Does yours fold-away? I think he may be prepared to compromise if it does!

haha. no it is 8ft and covers half the garden. but, you can put some garden toys underneath it when they arent being used.

eli, I'm so sorry about your aunt

castles, we have a mini-tramp that is in the playroom atm. we have also used it outside and it has been quite popular as well as therapeutic for ds1.

castles. get an 8ft. the kids will use it till they are about 12 i reckon.

thanks, castles, have just put it on my shopping list now!
dp said something about an 8ft trampoline to me yesterday, I thought they were quite small if you had a few kids and we should go for 10ft or bigger if we could fit in. I think it was Mumsnet discussions that I got that from though, so do a search (products, I think).

Castles, 8ft isn't that big. We have one that size and it's worth losing the garden space (dh cut down a tree to fit ours in ) because all 3 of mine are on it constantly. It's definitely the most played with thing in our garden.

Eli, sorry about your aunt. DH's great aunt had it and it's very hard to watch it progress. ((hug)) for you.

Maggie 3 days . Will we be expecting the next Dec06PN baby to be from you then ?

LenniEd, will you go back to teaching? Could you get by doing some supply for a while? I agree about taking some time to make a final decision.

How long will they keep Bebe in hospital for in Spain? We need to go back and see how long she was in for with ds1, the waiting is tough .

AQ, glad you're doing okay at the moment. If it's any consolation ds1 is also a loud, hyper, slightly irritating 5yo atm. He just doesn't stop and can't seem to contain any impulses. Repeat after me .

Thanks for the reassurances about ds2. He's a teeny bit better with dh, having him home this week is helping and I'm going for a girly day out tomorrow so hopefully he'll remember dh is a good guy.

Had a lovely lunch with Indith. I think I managed to convince I wasn't a hairy trucker (strategically placed a Cake magazine on the coffee table, that fooled her ) and her ds is such a cutie. Ds2 was a bit of a horror (unusually for him ) but it was really good to meet one of you, finally.

I think my cakes may be taking me down a business route whether I like it or not - eek. I made one for my neighbours dd in lieu of a present and 2 of the mums have asked me to do one for their dd's which I have to charge for. Then last night a friend of MILs asked me to do 4 cakes for the window of her shop in Chester City Centre [fear]. DH thinks I should get some business cards made up for her to give out if anyone asks but that seems like a giant step and I'm not sure I'm ready. Doing it professionally for people I don't know........oof.