Hello you lot,
I went to Cornwall on Friday and whilst I was back on Sunday night, I have been trying to do some work! (We went to visit the wife of DP's best friend, who died suddenly at the end of January, and it was all terribly sad - she is on her own, miles from family, with a 2yo and a 4yo...) My gosh, this weather is gloomy. It's starting to feel pretty autumnal around here. It just feels like the shortest summer ever. I like all the seasons, as it happens, but the first summer I have had off since university and it's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it one
Daisy - you just mind you hang on to that pram! Glad you don't have to go in for that 6 wks...any thoughts on where you might go for a hol? Les tosseurs at my work are still dicking me about - it's really getting me down. But I can't chuck my toys out of the pram in the way I'd like to as it won't help my cause. I need to find another day job, I think. But it's hardly a good time, recession wise or from the point of view of having a small child to consider...
Veggie - thank you so much for the loan of the dvd - have good hols! We aren't off anywhere until last two weeks of Nov and money is a problem, so heaven knows where we will end up.
JJ - I had to smile at your DD thinking the night is a good time to enjoy her new found standing technique. The house we are (supposed) to be buying is a different gaff to the one you were probably thinking of, which fell through - it is in a village rather than a small town, and has a decent size garden. We were outbid on it a while ago then the other couple dropped out as they were frightened off by the survey, so we were back in. Our survey was ok (and our surveyor is a right old woman). However, it seems to have stalled so I am worried, as the other couple have changed their minds and want it again. We need to exchange asap but the solicitors (not ours) are being slow, so I am hoping it's not sinister....
Effie - I am impressed at your self-sufficiency. I am rubbish at that although DP plays at it. We will go brambling though - there will be tons of blackberries round here. He is growing tomatoes, peppers and aubergines on the roof terrace but only the tommies are looking like a good bet at the moment. DP picks wild garlic which grows on the banks of the streams nearby, but I don't eat it as I have an overactive imagination and the thought of dead sheep, liver flukes and other assorted stream-based horrors fill me with dread.
Sybil (and Verso) - I have never heard of Hever Castle, where is it? We go to Blenheim sometimes. I like those sorts of places. I can let my delusions of grandeur have the run of the marbled halls
Arti - oooh, let me know when C has her baby! I hope it all goes brilliantly for her. Any progress on the house front? Location, Location, Location is back on Wed. I seem to remember you are a fellow Kirstie lover?
Kayz - I do sympathise about being the only one who makes the decisions. I get a bit weary of doing all the planning, coming up with the ideas and generally being the motor of the family myself.
And PMK - yes, well, DP was brilliant when DD was first born and did it all. Now, he is most adept at doing things but I invariably have to ask - which I don't like. It would be nice if he took the initiative more (I suppose he does with nappies sometimes). But I generally I feel like I don't want to be moaning and criticising all the time, so it's easier not to say. It's hard, isn't it, to strike a balance between speaking your mind (my natural state) and constantly carping on (which is antisocial, even if justified). So you are not moving nr Maidenhead any more? I am glad if you prefer the Nth Surrey place but I will be disappointed not to have Reading meet ups! Go on, have a bbq! (And ask me ) Great about the tooth. DD had two on the bottom come in almost together, but there haven't been any new ones for ages.
Hello Kiwipanda. Much like Daisy's DS, my DD was due Dec 3 and was born by cs on 25 Nov. She can sit up but certainly can't crawl or stand. She loathes tummy time but is such a happy, easy if rather lazy little baby.
I watched that show on Channel 4 last week about well off families sponsoring very poor families. I wondered if it might be an uncomfortable watch, but I found it genuinely uplifting and it really made me count my blessings. I will be tuning in again, it's a series.