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...

x post oli: more congrats in order! Am also v impressed you're en route to officially professional cake-making. D'you think you might sell them long-distance, one day?

New houses and master cake designers How nice!

So, eli does this mean you have leisurely time to pack? I always start off very organized and then wind up throwing all sorts of random things together in a box and not even bothering to label

Trying not to think of swine flu they are talking about mass immunizations in the fall but it scares the bejesus out of me to think of ds1 getting another jab and the repercussions it could have

Had no idea the moldies had risen again. I did feel disappointed in MNHQ that they sanctioned a separate board. I think if the moldies wanted that they should have done it independantly. But OTOH, several of the posters who I found particularly irritating dispatched to moldie-land

Good luck on the house moves Eli & Indith. Am very

Am exhausted already by school holidays. Probably not helped by my yearly visit (and o/n stay) to old travelling pal which involves wine the minute I pitch up

Hope everything is alright EV.

Oooh, will be in touch then Indith/Oli/AQ and arrange visiting Hull. Had a look at trains and is only 1 3/4 hours from my closest station so do-able for me with the DCs.

Moldies? Will go take a look

Congratulations on the house Indith and the cake making Oli. Heaton Park at end of August suits me too and hopefully the weather will have improved a bit by then.

Hope it all goes smoothly from here on in with the house Eli.

Get you Jabber - very impressive. Feel honoured to know someone held in such high esteem

Also hope all ok EV, and with you Castles. Wine , yum.

sorry out of touch everyone, ds1 & ds3 both poorly and other 2 not that great either so bit exhausted. will find time to catch up with all news soon

Jabber - I'm only too happy to pass on lovely comments about my cyberfriends.

EV - I put your advice and hard work to good use and sent off another app.

Oli - I'm toying with the idea of making dd1 a castle cake like the one in the Lakeland catalogue - but I'm placing a bet with William Hills that I'll be sloping off to Sainsbos for a disney pricess cake! lol. You're so good at sugarcraft (is that the right name for it?)

I'm with you on the moldies thread. I spend hours reading them and I still feel I've got no further forward to fully understanding what it's all about.

Yeehah! - Indith and Eli - good luck with the house moves.

AQ - I can understand the exhaustion. DH is finally feeling better. (He also had a D&V bug whilst recovering from his tonsil op) DD1 is better and I'm hoping dd2 won't get CP because my sister is getting married next Saturday.

How's the IL situation now Castles?

I think the problem with the moldies is you have to be one to understand since some of it seems to go off on their site. Have to admit I vaguely suspected you might be a moldie at the start Margo you disappeared a while at the right time - think it was just cos you were following it all with intrigue

It is better than television though

Heh heh at the moldie suspicion.

Ah LennieEd, I posted under another name around Xmas as I was trying to obtain advice for my friend.

still chuckling.

Yes, you kind of vanished and then reappeared in new clothes. Very suspicious

lol at all the moldie stuff. It's like being back at school again

Margo, what is happening with the work sitch? DH is currently expecting to be wondering if he will be fired. Again. Glad your DH is getting better.

Thanks for asking about the ILs sitch! Well, it currently stands that they aren't seeing the DCs (as I'm not invited it's a logistical nightmare not to mention totally unreasonable and childish ). Sadly, the DCs aren't seeing their cousins who are over from Middle East on annual visit either, as they are staying with ILs And another thing: FIL is coming up to Scotland with us in August (to go fishing) but MIL refuses to come (because of me I guess) even though she has nothing else on at that time and it will mean FIL (72) has to drive all the way from South Coast to Highlands on his own. She's 68 going on 12 if you ask me especially as I think I'm quite nice .

DS has a headache. All these weird symptoms abound but nothing coming of it. Am off to Kew Gardens anyway

castles, it's things like that that make me think it was a good thing dh's mother had already passed before we met - although I know that's a terrible thing to say She was apparently a very "difficult" person.

Has anyone ever done any grant-writing? Not sure if it's different over there but I am taking the plunge to try to get one sorted in a month

Good luck with the grant writing, Jabber.

Have to admit felt the same about FIL dying a few months after our wedding - he was a v v difficult man, especially re women and made life hard for dh. I am mostly relieved the dds haven't had to be exposed to him (now feel I should post a , but doesn't feel quite honest ).

Castles, hope the headache is nix, agree, lots vagues symptoms around here too - not to mention suddenly finding out last night how many of dd's classmates, teachers in year above, etc etc all had SF in final weeks of term, and I never knew! Not nearly so worried about dd2 these days though, so am fairly relaxed about it for now. Sorry for the IL fiascos, my own family in knots atm (brother and sil; mother and uncle; etc etc) so sympathies.

Am starting to think about packing for Norfolk holiday next week, and getting excited about escaping everything (well, most things )....

Nearly forgot.

Moldies. I am only just resisting rushing off to find out what you're all talking about, can hazard good guess, but am torn: I have no time to get intrigued...aaaargh!

Eli, re Moldies thing: don't It's really very dull and, as I said, like being back at school again!!

IKexactlyWYM Jabber and Eli It was DH I chose - not his family. It's bad enough having a bunch of nutters for my own Not that I would wish anything unfortunate on anyone, of course.

DS aching all over now and had 2 hour sleep this afternoon. Not SF according to NHS/SF help desk thingy. Similarly, Eli, quite a few of DS's classmate's/year have had SF and noone was told

Confess to a quick search, and then realized I knew about Moldies thing ages ago, but didn't do more than notice in passing 'cos it was in the dark ages pre-dd's op - so am taking your advice, Castles, and leaving well alone

Have enough silly arguments going on in close family members (can you believe, 81 yr old dm and 78 yr old uncle coming to blows over a microwave?!?) without hearing any more...

Castles, hope ds is ok. The diagnoses seem so utterly confused to me, wish they'd invent a home test for flu.

Castles - I'll keep my fingers crossed for your DH. My work stich has improved of late. My manager has left and we have a new one who has worked his way up to this position rather than recruited externally. He seems nice and I'm actually able to have nice conversations with my other managers. (previously they were spending a huge amount of time in "performance management meetings" AKA telling us we MUST TRY HARDER)

DH and dd1 have now recovered. dd2 has CP now and has one on her eyelid which is swollen, I went to the emergency doctors and they gave me eye zovirax to protect the eye.

Hi All. I'm fine, just feeling a bit fed up at the moment.

On a +ve note dd1 just learnt to ride her bike without stabilisers. Yay.

Hope all the poorlies are on the mend...

Day 3 of dh being away and life is, dare I say it, actually easier than when he's here . DCs go to my mum on Thurs so life will be even easier .

Castles, hope ds is improving. Your ILs do sound like loons, keeping your distance is probably in your favour . How ever did your dh turn out alright?

AQ, how are the dses?

Margo, did you get back to the docs today? How is dd2? Work situation sounds so much better and less stressful.

LenniEd, I'm glad I'm not the only one addicted to the moldies saga. It is dull and repetitive but still completely absorbing once you get stuck into the threads. T'interweb soap opera!

EV, big congrats to dd1 . That's one of the thigs I want to do with ds1 this summer but may leave it to dh as I don't think I'm patient enough .

Eli, have a lovely holiday if we don't cross keyboards before you go. Norfolk is beautiful, quite close to my mum so we went there a lot as kids. Are you doing the broads?

Anyone want to share words of wisdom? I don't expect her to sleep through but I do need more than 2 hours of broken sleep a night.

Oh yeah AQ, in case I forget by the time I unearth my phone from whichever sofa ds has shoved it down, parcel arrived thank you

Oli - I took dd2 to gPs yesterday. They gave me anti bs but the medicine is rank and she refuses to take it and is refusing other medicines. temp of 38.6 last night. She seems slightly better today and she's actully had some piriton. I phoned the GPs to see if there was a cream he would prescribe but he wouldn't. I've been able to hide all other medicines except the anti bs in her drinks.

Ev - I followed your advice re. CVs and now I have an interview on Tuesday. Tahks

Margo - Yay. That's great news. How are you with interviews?

Good luck for Tuesday Margo - and hope DD2 is better soon.

Indith - Have read your other thread poor you. Sounds like things are tough. I can relate to a lot of it, although DS does sleep a little better than your DD, we also have the screaming if DH tries to settle him and I'm feeding him to sleep during the night. The hardest part for me is dealing with the fallout with DD and DH. Can totally understand why you are short-tempered and frustrated with them. Are her daytime naps in any pattern? I always think it is easier to address sleep problems by getting naps sorted first as during the day I don't feel so emotional and am not losing precious sleep by constantly having to go back in to resettle him.