August 08 - We three kings of orient are, one in a taxi one in a car..

[steaknife]

...one on a scooter beeping his hooter, smoking a fat cigar

Apologies to the goodly and the good amongst us.

Even when I slipped into attachment parenting Kurt for the first few months it was never on an emotional bonding-type level, I just realised how incredibly sensible and practical it was! Yep, I am cool as a cucumber with a screaming baby but it's DD's emotions I can't seem to deal with. Luckily I have all you regular ladies here to learn from. Sazz my mum also has to scream at my dad to get him to realise she is not happy. Has taken our recent adventures with Aspergers to realise it is not her being neurotic, it is him being a Vulcan.

Renee Z still has v skinny legs in it though doesn't she, you can really see how people put on weight in different areas of the body. And she worked v hard with those cakes for that part.

I love him too

ladies, might I mention that the White Company Sale has started, online only - incase anyone is interested?

Yes, i noticed that too Buckets, but also has quite a large posterior

. He will be feeling the virtual lurve tonight. Note 'virtual'

duely noted [meep]

alpha female in the house ladies and she's peeing up the walls

Dizzy Do you get text alerts about all these sales?

Night all. Remind me I have to make marzipan apricot danish tomorrow please. And should I add a cheesecake element to it or is that gilding the lily?

this is the best bit, the big girly fight you'd be surprised how like most fights it is - minus the film crew and the pond - most blokes don't have a clue how to fight

LOL dizz but i do prefer the fight in the first film

agree completely, nothing like a fight in a Greek restaurant!! am ignoring the wrapping you'll understand and am eating maltesers, watching Bridget and online shopping in the sales DH will be here tonight so I'll behave then

Ah, can't believe she just fucked up the 'will you marry me Q'

Ahhhhhhh

yes, its a moment that makes you cringe over and over!

When/how did MrDizz propose to you? [nosy]

I told him I wasn't going home to tell my mother I was pregnant without at least being engaged so he got down on one knee at the bells on Hogmany in the middle of the pub in N.I in 2001 - I laughed as I was sober (pregnant) and the piper nearly fell over him coming through the door I told him not to be buying me a ring either as I would be designing my own his parents wired open the champagne and my mother said 'oh well if thats what you want ' not a great one for gushy emotions my mum

oh and I said yes and we were married on 27th Dec 2004 with Ella as our flowergirl

not very romantic but very typical for me and DH as you would understand!!!

LOL

My friends got engaged during a row in a nightclub queue

that sounds about right!!! Did Mr 'David' have something suitably romantic up his sleeve, I imagine he did bless him

Maybe

It was Xmas Day 2004 and started snowing. Dh looked out of the back door and asked me to marry him [not planned]

He said 'well it is snowing in Paradise on Christmas Day so i couldn't not ask you'

Both our parents were here and we battled for 15 minutes whilst they went to the loo, disppeared, put hearing aids in, until we could finally announce it

We then phoned friends who always meet in the pub on Xmas day and they just said 'oh, you would get engaged in bloody Paradise, on Xmas day, with it bloosy snowing'

ah lovely bless him (from afar in a non contact way)

LOL

Right, bed for me now. Sleep tight all

As everyone runs off to bed...TaDa here I am!

Regarding Darcy or Cleaver: I'd have shagged them both, really. Who's to say a girl shouldn't enjoy the best of both.

Fear of blankets I have not. There's probably four of various sizes in Reese bed at this very moment.

MMR shot complete. Now watch where my anxiety does appear. She will be watched like a hawk for the next 14 days!!!

Wrapped all that will be wrapped. Ran out of paper. Had to rethink a few Santa vs MommyDaddy gifts as a result. (we leave santa gifts out unwrapped.)

Off to check FB and find a certain video.

Sazzles reporting problems with kitchen construction:

#1 I can't get the little legs or feet, whatever you call them, on. Screws just won't go in. Toss them! They aren't needed.

#2 Top back screws on the fridge-top won't go in. Pre-drilled screw holes are F@%$&#@ misaligned. Just screw the front ones in tight and toss the back ones.

#3 Don't wait till 10p or after to attach the doors. Damn screws are smaller than a grain of rice and you basically are suppose to levitate the door so you can use both your hands to get them positioned for screwing with your third hand. OH WAIT! We don't have third hands. Needless to say I've not come up with the alternate plan here cause I'm too damn tired....you see it's after 10p.

Blimey TS, that does NOT sound good . I shall be subcontracting the erection to DH and keeping well clear

DD2 woke at 6.10 and has been on the whinge train ever since. I tried not putting the heating on low last night, so will definitely reverse that decision tomorrow

Hope everyone is not snowed/iced in, or if you are you have all you need for Xmas and can enjoy a duvet day . Looks like we will warm up to about 6 degrees this afternoon so should make the lights/Santa visit after all

who's on coffee duty this morning?!
i finished the curtains at midnight and DS woke at 5 He's being a bundle of loveliness though, I'm currently having stickers stuck to my legs and i have every intention on handing him over for some quality grandparent time (once they're awake) and I'm going back to bed

ooh DP up, now time to convince him to make me a cuppa

i'll try and sneak back on later without fil trying to pinch my laptop

loving the proposal stories

Yawning all.

I need your help ladies.

DD woke at 10 last night and didn't konk out again until 2.30
I am broken. At the moment she is yelling playing in her cot while I fortify myself with tea. Oh how I wish I had done the washing up last night.

She basically wakes and snuffles and either sounds like she has gone back off or I go in and shush her and she sounds like she has gone back off. But say 10 mins later she is still awake, so I leave it a bit, go in shush her, repeat repeat repeat. She wont be upset and will often be heard having a little chunter or a giggle to herself. After an hour or so of this she will be fully awake and start to get really upset and shouty. At this point I go in at 5, 10, 15, 15 mins. This usually works after 45 mins. But then she go and sneeze and I'll have to start all over again.

There are teeth coming as she is chewing her hand a lot, but the night before she slept 12 hours straight. Room not too hot or too cold.

This can't go on, I am broken.

Help!

Oh and happy Christmas Eve.

Please also note that I did not ring himself at 3 am in the morning and shout - here you want to be invovled listen to this! Much as I wanted to. I is such a grown up. [sigh]