AUGUST 2008 - One year on and you would think we would all be getting some sleep by now!

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New thread!

hiya Steaky its wonderful to see you here!

hey Miamla - nice to be back.

so come on, i want to hear all about your new home I hope you've got a nice place for your sewing machine and fabric!

New house is lovely - sewing machine and fabric are in transit from France and should be here on Monday afternoon.

Izzy doing well - though a bit erratic on sleeping through but usually manages atleast 12 hours a night even with wake ups. Tis the teeth methinks.

talking of which....

Steaky!!!! Now you're over here, you want to start collecting you Tesco clubcard points for lunches out. And Sainsburys Nectar points for Blockbuster. And Co-op points for...dunno, think they go to charity actually.

Nice article TS I definitely have some of all of those (and hate to admit it but my mum fills many of them.)

I might be up for the Xmas meetup if some of you guys were going... whereabouts is it?

wotcha buckets I collect tesco points to convert to airmiles, though lunches out sound more attainable. No sainsbugs near us and have joined the co-op as points make prices, or shares or summat and they have just bought Sommerfields that are in the town centre.
I am loving the fact Sommerfields deliver for free if you spend 25 quid.

[lazy girl]

Ooh ooh Somerfield Milk Choc is v nice and their mozarella actually has a taste to it.

ah but their low fat nearly feta is rank - not at all feta like - should have spent the extra 50p for the proper stuff - ruined my lunch it did.

OK, MN Xmas meetup is Sat 28th Nov, pub in EC1, nr Farringdon tube, £20 dinner deposit upfront. Official thread here
ST Pancras youth hostel (nearer than Picadilly) here. Might be fun to share a dorm with friends?

BEdtime for me m'ladies.

Wishing you all sweet dreams.

Hello. How do I look? I am coming to you now from my new Toshiba laptop. It is fresh and clean without one toast crumb. Will be de-crumbing my old Toshiba for DH, his choice might I add. Guess it's only fair that the CFO of The House of Twilight gets the latest and greatest in technologies.

Steaky I'm looking forward to seeing your business grow once you get settled. I so even those of you that can sew.

That goes for you to Miamla. How do you feel this evening? I'm still sending you healing vibes.

Wish I could be at that London meetup. The evening ones should bring out the real personalities in us all.

ooof....must attend to a program. goodness it takes forever to set up a new laptop!!!

Morning

We decided not to lift DD1 for a wee last night as she was waking up 5/6 times it seemed a bit pointless and we only had one wake at 2.45 [hurrah]. DD2 up at 6.15, her new daily time, which is better than 5.30 so some progress there i guess

Nice new kit TS

Liking your idea of the Yoof Hostel Buckets . Have not broached attendance with DH as he was watching Casino Royale last night and Nov social arrangements would have been ignored

Oh, and i forgot to say yesterday but at the birthday party toaday i met up with a mum i know who plays netball and i am going to go and train with them on a Weds night . I played competitively for years but not since my knee op in 2004 so it will be good to get back on the court even if i don't play matches (every Sat a bit too much of a committment for me atm)

Morning Sazz - DD upat 6.15 too but I was asleep by 9.15 lastnight so the 2 wake ups were easy to cope with. See you later

We are watching the tweenies for the dog factor, even if it is a red and yellow spotty dog.

TS loving the new look

will be back later with detail of meeting VG and Sazzles.

Morn'

Sazz, Ooops ad VG hope you have a wonderful meet up and lookig forward to hearing all the lovely chat

Welcome back steaky, you have been missed..

well done on the new laptop ts sounds funky..

Waves to everyone else..

Got dd1 birthday party today .. actually b'day wed, but party today.. so 19 childre will hopefully be i attendance .. its ok tho as we are having it a soft play centre so no clean up for me ... Just hoping dh did't get too drunk last night at his re-union and makes it back in time ...

Had 4 wake ups from dd2 and 1 from dd1 so i guess it getting better ...

have a great day y'all

ok so my "n" button doesn't work unless i press it really hard.. TS.. IT GURU MY LAPTOP NEEDS YOU

ooh ooh forgot to say. DH in his urgent bursting need to tell someone about my BFP phoned one of our closest friends and said I have some news but it's very early but you can't tell anyone and the friend said so do I They are expecting their second DC on the 25th May. There was mucho happy dancing by the boys but us girls are being alittle more cautious.

oops two things, your mum sounds lovely and thats great news that you'll have someone so close to get through pregnancy with - although we will be here everystep of the way, ASBO kid or not

enjoy your meet ladies hope it is shining for you as well. I have a gymnastics run, then dropping the kids off then work have been on with shift bitch and DH was laughing at me when I told him last night that I've been trying to confuse her by being ridilciously pleasant to her - got to have some sport right??!?

steaky welcome home

luckofirish hope today goes well for you and you've got a bottle of wine chilling for later - your you and not DH

poppy have been terribly remiss recently and I'm sorry - am just trying to juggle everything and failing miserably at the moment - will be in touch soon, would love to see you and the girls. Hope DH is doing ok and loving his new eyes

right girls, am about demented. I know my going back to work has been a huge adjustment for all, esp the kids, but I need sleep and I need to be able to sit without DD2 climbing all over me ALL the time - I can't even get to wee in peace which was a luxury I was only just getting back. I've tried explaining to her that I'm only away for a wee while and will be here when she wakes up/goes to bed etc depending on shift - yesterday she wouldn't come out of the bathroom until she'd got her daddy back we had to phone him at work (he was on early shift) and then last night DH had a terrible time with her because I was at work - am now beginning to wonder if she's at it but then I think I'm maybe being a touch cruel

on that note I'll stop boring you all with my drivel and go and spend some shouty quality time with the girls

Oops - i had that with a friend of mine too. She had had 2 MC and wasn't going to tell anyone, but when i told her about being pg with DD1 she couldn't help but tell me her news. Our DD's are a month apart as DD1 was prem and she was late but still lovely

LOTI hope the party goes off well and DH does his bit

morning all
buckets sazz etc i've had a chat with DP and he doesn't mind a girlie sleep over at ours on the 28th Nov
We've got a spare double bed but we've got a fair sized living room so could get a few on mattresses downstairs. But obviously if you'd prefer to not slum it, i understand!
All are welcome!

dizz well done on being nice to the bully! i'd love to be a fly on the wall whilst she was trying to work out why you were being nice!
sorry to hear things with DD2 not all happy. i hope she settles into it soon

TS forgot to say thanks for the link. i've only skim read so far but i reckon its pretty spot on!

oops how lovely

sazz just the thought of playing netball is making my knee hurt but you go girl!!! i'll cheer you from the sidelines!

loti have you got something stuck under the key? give it a good shake! what laptop have you got? i might be able to help with keyboard removal.
here's a few spare in case you don't get it working NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

we're having a lovely morning here. very sunday morning with the family

I'm excited ladies.... I'm planning a trip to the big smoke at the end of Nov but hadn't decided which weekend. However..... If you ladies are all heading to the big meet, can I join you?

Was thinking about you this morning dizzy and was about to text you to see if you were around this week or next. Give me a shout if you are around as would be great to meet up and M desperate to see L! Sorry she's being tricky at the mo. So hard to know isn't it whether it's real or melodrama. Have that A LOT with our sensitive queen of melodrama.

Hellooooo steaky!

That's lovely news about your friend oops. One of the nicest thing about my pregnancy with DD2 was my sister being pregnant too and going through it all together. Not to mention our DDs being same age .

Good luck with the party LOTI. 19 children. Blimey. You are a brave lady . Hope DH comes up trumps for you and DD1.

Feeling really rather a little hungover after DH went out last night. Had a fab evening but came home feeling very old. Term starts on Monday so town was full of students returning from their hols and their parents at loose ends. We realised we are closer in age to some of the parents than to the first years .

oooh poppy that'd be great!
That's quite scarey about the age thing! It still worries me when doctors are younger than me!
And it seems a little unfair that DH went out last night but its you thats got the hangover!

That should read DH and I . Well spotted miamla! Yes, I was v. perturbed when the Doc who stitched DH up the other week looked far too fresh-faced.

poppy this week hectic with work, essay deadlines, Dh's birthday, Dylans MMR, doing a stint in cafe, night out on Fri trip to Edinburgh to see Beauty & the Beast with girls on Sat and then Billy Connolly on Sat night HOWEVER how do you feel about Fri 30th?!?!?!?

also you need to keep some time in Oct free - we're getting visitors from the south again

you're welcome poppy

i've just discovered bucket's link to the official thread actually brings you back to this page so because i'm so lovely here's the official london christmas meetup thread!