May 2009: Brides and bibs

[EtherealFiByTheSea]

Here we go...

Looby - sorry, also meant to send get well wishes to your mum. Sounds nasty.

Evening everyone. Oddly enough my day has been very unproductive, despite not really going on MN or the computer. I spent nearly the whole morning trying to wrap up my old nappies to send off to a charity in South Africa that makes 'Baby Packs' for poor mums and apparently they're desperate for used cloth nappies.

C seems to have started to BLW herself a little. She grabbed food of my plate and tried to get it into her mouth. They weren't big chunks though, so she kept missing, lol. She then proceeded to mash it and spread it over the table (covered by one of those plasticky table cloths I haste to add). She had great fun.

reebee Good luck with your housemove. It'll be so exciting to go somewhere new.

flippin Glad to hear things are put in motion. Hopefully you'll find a treatment that helps you soon.

evening

I haven't even attempted to catch up with the thread, had quite a busy day went to my parents house to sort some stuff out for mum, then into town to get some money from work, then on the meet my aunt at the hospital.
Mum was a bit confused - she seemed to think she could go home today and kept taking her oxygen off (she's got to have it on 24/7) apparently she got upset last night and kept demanding to go home. On the plus side she seemed alot brighter today and her breathing was a little better so the treatment is obviously working. She kept calling Matilda a boy - "he's so good isn't he?" "what a good boy" (I'd deliberately dressed her in a pink top and purple dress today )

When we went to leave she burst into tears and got confused again wanting to go home .

I'm supposed to be going shopping tomorrow with a friend but am not sure whether to go my aunt says I should go as it will do me and matilda both good not to spend so much time at the hospital . I would still visit mum in the evening but I'm not sure.

looby sorry to hear your mum is confused etc atm. Why don't you see how you feel about shopping in the am... if you're in the mood for a potter round the shops it would probably be good for taking your mind off worrying about your mum with the added bonus of having something to tell her about when you visit. If you're just not in the mood though and want to spend more time with your mum then skip shopping... your friend will understand I'm sure.

belgian c grabbing food for herself... what a clever girl!

looby I think your aunt has a good point. You do need some time for yourself too. Hope your mum gets better soon and that her confusion gets better.

Something not very nice happened tonight to my poor ds. I went to pick him up from youth club and he was crying. Apparently a group of teenage boys from another village came. They had a drink at the club and from what I heard everyone felt quite uncomfortable with them being there as the 2 adults present happened to be women. Anyway, when they went away they had a look outside and my ds' bike was tolen . They got in touch with one of the men and he apparently chased after them and got the bike back. But when he returned it ds noticed that his brand new (bought today) bike light was stolen and he was so upset. He's only 7 and the bike is clearly a child's bike, so why steal it. He was so happy with the light too.

belgian that's despicable... your poor ds but very lucky in some respects I suppose that they checked outside and saw the bike had been taken. Awful for him none the less and would have spoilt his joy of the new light {angry]

Belgian That's awful. Give him a big sloppy kiss from us won't you

On second thoughts, I'd best keep away from well people until my house is no longer a pit of parasites.

I've given him lots and lots of cuddles. Luckily the bike is still with us, but he's very upset about the light and can't understand why someone would do such a thing. It's so hard to explain to him why these people might have done what they've done. I think it's one of the 1st times in his life he's experienced how bad some people can be.

Aparently the person who chased the thieves and got the bike back (about 2 miles down the road!) was one of the dads of the dcs there and a police officer too, so he's got some of their names now. I had heard a group of teenagers outside our house as I was putting C to bed. It must have been them, because the youth club is only across the road from us on the other side of the Green.

Evening everyone.

I haven't fully caught up yet...
Looby Hope your mom is ok
EmmaBemma I've been reading your status's on FB and have replied. I hope you're ok. Be strong for your girls, I know it's hard (hugs)

Very busy weekend. After our Halloween frenzie Saturday, yesterday we went to Blackpool to see the illuminations, so we had a craaaazzy day lol we were there all day and didn't get home till midnight, the DC slept all the way home, and both didn't awake until almost 10am today so baby J was in absolute awe over all the lights! We took him on a tram, which was also DD's first time on a tram too, they both had an absolutely wonderful time. We walked about 3 miles of the illuminations and did the tram tour too.
So I think were going to have a pretty chilled week this week after a very busy weekend lol

J also escaped from his bumbo earlier and fell flat on his face and bumped all his nose, I knew he was close to doing it, I've been watching him for the past couple of weeks, trying his hardest to break free, so that's definately going now!

I haven't seen Sausages pics yet, I've only just managed to get my internet working, I'll have to check, after dinner

Jael

Jenn I just clicked. Your name . Good one!

Right. Everyone is in bed. Hopefully asleep to. Nintendo DS is down here so they're definitely not messing with that. So now it's time to tackle my mountain of ironing. Yay . I'll make it more enjoyable by doing it whilst watching flash forward.

pukester just clicked your name too

belgian i've been recording flashforward... not seen any of them yet... is it any good?

jael sounds like a rest for a few days is well deserved.. Phew! i'm tired just reading about your week end

Hello everyone

Jenn fab name. Really hope the puking ends soon for you. Must be horrible.

Emmabemma good to see you back here. Lots of good advice has been imparted already, so no more from me, just lots of support.

Looby how worrying for you about your Mum. Hope she recovers soon

Jael blimey, you have a busy life !

Belgian very on behalf of you and DS. It must be heart breaking to have to explain this kind of stuff to him.

Bonfire how are you feeling?

Reebee hope the move is going well

Flippin good for you for speaking to the HV. As I've mentioned before, I found counselling v. useful to help me through my AND, so would highly recommend it. I'm still using what I worked on now e.g. not getting angry when DC woke me up at night

Sorry if I have missed anyone else out.

I am feeling a but tonight. I think it's because I finally have some time to myself as the ILs left this morning, and I have been thinking about going back to work. I am supposed to start in 8 weeks, and am dreading it. I requested 4 day working 2 months ago and heard nothing. I requesting keeping in touch days which have been ignored. I am moving to a new job in a new location with a new boss, and am pretty apprehensive about it, especially as work are being so crap at keeping in touch with me. My Dad has just given me a pep talk about just turning up at the office to figure out what is happening, but it just doesn't work like that. Or am I just being a wimp by ignoring it. Not sure what to do really as I don't have any colleagues I can ask what is going on in the new office.

I too would like to join the weight loss group. I have rather a lot of lbs to lose, and am an emotional / bored eater. So to avoid eating now, I am going to hit the X-trainer for the first time in a very very very long time. Wish me luck. (I did a Davina workout for the 1st time on Thursday, and only today can walk down stairs without pain. How unfit am I??!)

Bonfire I'm really enjoying Flashforward. We're a little sometimes with it but on the whole it's good.

Belgian I get the impression your son is very much like mine. Sensitive and caring (for all I can tell of a 2yo but you know what I mean) It's horrible for you too.

Looby Hope you do get some rest. Shopping would be good I think.

Jael did you wave as you passed me and Sophietom? I haven't seen the illuminations in probably errmmmm 20 years. DD1 hasn't seen them either. It's just I work in Blackpool often and it just doesn't have the same.......appeal. I shouldn't bring my prejudices into it. DD1 would love them.

Jenn (just can't bring myself to abbreviate your new name ) I know exactly what you mean about your ds. My ds has been sensitive and caring from day one (well, not quite day on, but YKWIM). There are only 2 years between DS and dd1, but he's always cared for her and helped her and so on. So yes, he is a very caring and sensitive little soul and these sort of things really affect him deeply, because he would never in a million years consider doing something that might hurt or upset someone. So in a way the crime was extra revolting, because of my ds's nature. Dd1 would have been able to cope with it much more easily. She'd probably just have shrugged it off.

jael your trip to Blackpool sounded good. We went to the illuminations every year..... the Walsall ones that is. Not quite so glamorous

flash forward It's good. I've got really into it.

oh goodie... i think i'll save all the episodes of flash forward to watch back to back when the series comes to an end... i did that with '24' and really enjoyed that i didn't have to wait another week to find out what'd happen next

tummum i'm not feeling quite as cr@ppy as i was at the weekend but i'm left with a really annoying and sore cough... when i start another coughing fit i have to make a mad dash to the nearest sink as every coughing fit literally makes me sick catarrh overload . My lovely dh made our dinner tonight... in fact he came home a bit earlier to give me a night off. Which was lovely... but when i make dinner on a normal daily basis I... I make our dinner, dish it up, clear all our plates away, load dishwasher, wipe down surfaces & wash saucepans and any other hand wash stuff that needs doing. When DH gives me a night off it's like this... DH makes our dinner & dishes it up... I then clear all our plates away, load dishwasher, wipe down surfaces & wash saucepans and any other hand wash stuff that needs doing that's not quite the night off is it?! Was nice to have dinner just put down in front of me though even though I had to do the rest

Belgian We normally go to the Walsall illuminations, but this year their not doing them, so I was a little that J would miss out on not seeing them, when I took DD at a similar age sorta thing, so we trekked to Blackpool

Jen I'm not very good geographically, I don't know where abouts you live I know that Blackpool was north for us, and took us 2 hours driving. DP that is, not me lol I don't drive, can you tell?lol

BTW this name changing is very confusing for me so I do apolagise for using everyones "original" names, it just doesn't feel "right" using different names, and I get confused lol AND I'm a party pooper

Oh, and dandy I liked Thedandy the best, although I agree with bonfire that I love your original lioness name too.

evening all.
my book club friends have just left and I'm enjoying the dying moments of the log fire with the leftover wine from the bottom of the bottle. dog is desperate for attention as well so am humoring him by half-heartedly kicking ball at him whilst typing this.

tummum, I'm dreading work as well. I asked about KIT days and also was ignored though my sh*t boss has sent a separate email which says in a roundabout way that I'm basically rubbish and how great my Maternity cover has been. don't want to go back now. ever.

pukester, love the name

why are there so many grotty bosses? it's horrible and must take away some of the shine about being on ML. I can understand it can be hard for small companies but why do they think they have the right to make unprofessional and often snide comments.. they must realise it's wrong? It definitely not going to encourage anyone to want to go back. So sorry for all of you with grotty bosses.

fi, I think it's as well about the bosses. hope all turns out well in any case with going back to work or staying home or whatever we decide.

dandy, I like dandylioness as well .

hope all are well today. we have a friend and 2yr old coming round. so far, I have 2 fairies and we have a blue fluffy tutu for when the other toddler arrives. very sweet.

have a good day all. xx

So many germs on the thread at the moment - I have just had the most disgusting virus and was throwing up during the night on Sunday, i had to get DP to come home from work yesterday as I just could not cope with looking after J, luckily he was able to come home and I went back to bed

re work- I really need to sort out going back to work, my line manager left at the start of my mat leave and I'm not sure whether a replacement has been appointed as I've not heard anything

Jael I haven't been to the illuminations this year went last year whilst pg and sat in traffic for ages desperately needing the loo! Bet your kids had a great time

re; secret weightloss fb group- can I join? I have agreed to go running with Jenn and am keen to lose the mummy tummy

sorry for not namechecking everyone but still feeling bleurgh