June 07 - Better Living Through Chocolate

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Jammy re bags, if the cap fits hey!

As it is I just decided that thanks to depression last time around, both I and DS went without anything 'nice'. My depression overruled buying anything new/'nice'. I got very overweight and didn't make any effort with my appearance and feel sad that I missed out on some of the nesting/fun purchases etc that a first time mum enjoys.

I am not depressed this time round, I am making an effort to look pretty and feminine, and what the fuck, I am earning this time and not unemployed so a bit of unnecessary spending went down a treat

yay for DD and the potty jammy

DD undressed herself the other day, sat on the potty and had a wee. I was really impressed and gve her lots of praise about it. 20 mins later she weed on her feet so we aren't there yet, but it's a start.

she wouldn't let me flush it away either...."no, show daddy" so this bloody pee filled potty had to sit around all afternoon waiting for DH to get home

arse about the suncream fury. I hope his skin isn't too bad. Incidentally which suncream do you use on him? I can't find one that doesn't bring DD out in an eczema rash.

Ria, i like your new FB profile pic

Daisy, Nivea for kids (50+) worked fine for him last year but I am patch testing it tonight for this year. Will see how it goes tomorrow, I lathered up one of his legs!

I hope it's still ok as it's an expensive trial!!

Fury/Daisy, have you seen this?

was thomas and ellens party today, my god i had about 13 kids in my house and at least 7 adults... i only have a little house! thank god the sun was out all day and they played in the garden.

ellen would not wear a nappy again today, so from 11am till about 6pm she had nothing but a summer dress on, used the potty and even did a poo on it.
but this evening she wanted one on again. im a bit baffled as to when to start training her as she is perfectly capable.. clearly 7 hours with no accidents would indicate ready?
what do you think?

Natty being a first timer I wouldn't have a clue, but sounds it!

Jammy yes I have heard about the Roc one too, will keep my eye out for it - thank you

thanks daisy

it is a Mothercare mini jogger. It's in brilliant condition (probably the nicest one I've bought TBH), the seat is quite low to the ground though. I think it helped to get it in a bargainous way that the seller lived in the back of beyond (about 40mins from here) and it was pick-up only. It isn't quite as compact as I'd wanted one, but bargain-hunters can'tbe choosers! There is a church charity shop locally that bids on the cheap ones (I have sold 2 to them) and they put a massive mark-up on them, so I am

Waiting for DH to come home from what should have been his last shift (!) so we can go to Whitby Luckily the rain has gone and it's sunny again.

ooh, whitby; lovely

DD is still asleep . I'm panicking that she has suffocated on her cuddly toys and my maternal instinct is screaming at me to check, but if she is asleep that will wake her up; DH is being far more grounded and saying leave her she is worn out.....aaaarrrgggghhhhh.

bumble had a fecking horrible night last nigth and just wanted to play. He kept rolling over and getting stuck and then laughing when I rolled him back. DH eventaully took him downstairs and strapped him in his chair to stop him from rolling....and he was asleep within two minutes.

More gardening for us today.......we are nearly at the stage where we can cut down the 50 year old magnolia

yay, she is awake. I can't believe how long she has slept...she went to bed at 7 last night.

daisy, I would love a magnolia, and a lilac, but we just don't have the space. I suppose we'lbe gardening all week (which means DH will get to go outside and do the fun stuff, and I'll be stuck with supervising baggins outside until he is too naughty and we get sent in. What I need to happen is DH learns how to garden and baggins-watch at the same time so I can get the bedrooms sorted)

I have one child nicely bathed and dressed (and he has been out on his bike already), one in the bath, and all the dishes done. Am now waiting for DH to get home/inevitable phonecall to say it's busy so he has to work before I do anything other than get baggins in the bath.

of DDs sleep BTW.

We have that with the gardening as well Ria. I planned to get all the dandelions and buttercups out of our wild patch (we want a wild patch, just not THAT wild) and managed to clear a square foot before bumble meant I had to stop.

Oh, and if anyone is interested, I got a lovely beach shelter in the coop yesterday for £7.50

We were gardening too yesterday, but once DS got bored with the football and his dumper truck and started trying to throw himself down the steps and impale himself on a rock instead it became difficult.

gaaarggggjhhhhhhh
i have been having a full on anxiety attack this morning . I am sitting in the utter chaos that is my house, crying because I can't find any matching shoes or socks for bumble. I walk into rooms, look at the mess and walk out again. Can't find socks or vests or pants or matching bit of pjs and I can't do anything about it as everytime I start one or other of them starts whinging. the only time I get any peace is when they are in bed, but then can't sort laundry then either as I can't put things away without waking them.

DH is tutting at the state of the house, and although he is happy putting washing on, is incapable of sorting it out once it's washed (DS1 came through with one of my tshirts that he had found in his wardrobe )

there are piles and piles and piles of paperwork everwhere as we can't get at the filing cabinet as the office is chock full of
books and toys and prams and car seats and nappies. I just want to napalm my house and start again......either that or run away screaming......

and bumble won't bloody sleep in the day.

meant to link THIS earlier, especially for those of us with older DC

Daisy

Hope you are feeling a bit better and are out in the sunshine.

Can you not get a company in for a one-off complete sort out...I am considering this as there are some things that I never get round to...can you send your ironing out?

My laundry is bad enough now we have 2 DCs and it only stays manageable if I do 3 loads every day and send the ironing out....so god only knows what it must be like with 5 of you.....

I chuck paperwork in a "temporary filing" place so I can't see it, and anything that needs sorting / paying is on a bull dog clip next to the computer...it generally only gets sorted when we are hunting P60's for the income revenue people

Lovely day out there and I have yet to pull myself away from the washing machine / kitchen etc ....must at least get dog and DCs to the park...

Oh daisy, I hope you are feeling better. It's awaful when get to that stage where you are so overwhelmed you don't know where to start.

FWIW DH and I now have an agreement where he puts on the washing and hangs it up and I put it away. I would always put washing on and never hang it up and I can count on one hand the number of times he's put the laundry away.

As for ironing, ha! I laugh in the face of ironing! Or if I really have to do it I stick a DVD on and do it in front of the TV.

As for paperwork well, no advice as despite rigourous sorts every couple of months we are rubbish at staying on top of it all. Just remember, you have 3 kids, you are not suppose to have an immaculate home. But one day, when you've kicked them all out, you will

Oh Daisy, I am always hunting shoes and sock too, I am lucky if I can find a pair for DS usually. Sounds like you need to get rid of some stuff. Be ruthless.

My DH lives in blissful ignorance of the entire laundry process, I am still working on getting him to put dirty stuff in the basket. But he does do lots of other things in the house so I shouldn-t complain. And laundry is actually one of the housework jobs I don-t mind. I think the last time I ironed anything though was actually before DD was born.

My DP asks if something is 'in the system' when he's looking for a particular item. He will only put a load on if he's had a particularly bad bollocking off me. Its like he's admitting I'm right and saying sorry to him. So its only happened twice in 9 years

In fact, I have just, for the first time in 9 years, offered to iron his shirt. The reason why is on my Facebook.

aw thanks guys...you lot always make me feel better

I have been out taking out my frustration on the jungle patch at the bottom of the garden. I have dug out five strawberry plants and split them so hopefully we should get a bumper crop this year. They are little alpine ones and are gorgeous; tiny and sweet. I've also binned two full swing bins full of dandelions, buttercups, couch grass and brambles. and that's only half the patch sorted out. DH has been doing some heavy clearing along the boundary and we have discovered another three feet of garden that we didn't know we had . One day this garden will be sorted and a haven for wildlife, not weeds!!

Norty, we don't do ironing! DH does his work shirts and DS1's uniform (if it needs it!). anything else I iron on an as needed basis, but as I live in combats/jeans and tshirts and don't go out much, that doesn't happen very often.

We are trying to sort out what we can sell and what we can keep and putting it on ebay, but it's such a soul destroying task.

Part of my problem is I start a job, then get distracted by DC, than never wuite get back to what I started and start something else.....end result I have lots of things half done, the house is a mess and although I haven't stopped I haven't actually achieved anything. I'm even MNetting a lot less but to no avail. Napalm...it's the only way forward.

Anyhoo....I'm having a self imposed MN ban through the day as of tomorrow!!!

It messes with your head doesn't it? The only way to get a big job done is for DH to take the kids out for the whole day.

DP went into a massive mood yesterday because he was meant to look after the children and couldn't go and meet his mate for an impromptu drink at 5.30.

I was up a 10ft ladder sanding and painting the windows at the front.

What happened to boxing it up, labelling it and shoving it in the lost until Bumble is at school?

I couldn't find enough boxes foxy

Mine doesn't really "do" impromptu drinks with mates, thankfully. He is brilliant around the house, except for DIY and stuff, then he gets his Dad over to do it .

We need to decorate, but he says I can't until the clutter is gone (me, I'd move the clutter to one side, decorate, then move it back ). We are doomed to be stuck in a 1980s shiny wallpaper timewarp until it becomes fashionable again

Afternoon all

Sorry to hear about your clutter woes Daisy. I know what it can be like - DH was a bit of a hoarder.

Til I put my browbeating hat on, hired a very large skip, went mad on the gumtree 'to give away' section and Ebay.

It has taken a year of ruthless behaviour but the clutter is gone and not even hidden in the loft. The shed is still a cluttered Shit tip but that's DH's problem.
Thanks to Ikea, Ebay and the skip we now have a clean house.

If it's not useful or precious to me it's gone!
But then again I have moved house something like 15 times and lived in a caravan for 3 years so I don't like to 'own' stuff.... more stuff to move!

As a result actually our house now looks like a museum. Not sure which is worse.