AUG 08 - Be who you are and say what you feel...

[TwilightSurfer]

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." --Dr. Suess

Yep, stay away from the Asparagus doctor, esp if you have pg hormones.

Ladies, have put links to some luuurvely property on our secret FB group. Got taken out to lunch by mate and her super lovely millionaire (will never be able to stop using that term though) and kids were good as gold. They loved her spooky old house too.

Right, hot date with DH tonight, seeya.

Miamla make a complaint. She sounds like she needs some attitude adjustment the stupid cunt

BTW wasn't saying your pg hormones were to blame Miamla, just that when you're pg that kind of attitude is the last thing you want/can handle.

What Dizz and Cyteen said about the doctor . She reminds me of the doctor I saw when I was 12 weeks pregnant with dd1. Ds had kicked me really hard in the stomach (a one off incident) and I had spotting. She brightly told me 'either you'll miscarry or you won't' and sent me home.

Three children to put to bed now as dh at some drama competition. Hey ho.

Miamla - wouldn't say the receptionist at fault per say but would be certainly using it as an example of their staff incompetence.

one of the Drs I saw with all my bleeding with D told me that as I had miscarried before I knew the score and to go home and sit and wait fecker - I hadn't lost her at that point and had no intention of doing so either - Red, sounds like your dr went to the same charm school as that one

all 3 finally in bed and DH and his colleague run to the pub for their colleague's headwetting night. now don't get me wrong am never adverse to him having a night out but if he comes home and snores like a bog eel I will kill him

Sazz - stage 3 of the Harbour should be commencing soon so you never know, next time you're back it may look more like St Tropez

oops hope your night out has turned into a lovely relaxed evening with P charming the pants off everyone

TS - I just wondered as over here it is easier to get blood from a stone than a note from the Dr - am not sure about anywhere else but I can certainly excuse DD from school for any reason, whether they like it or not

when she comes to St Andrews Uni to do her premed her auntie Dizz shall take her to see all the boats she wants andkeepacloseeyeonher

We have a harbour development plan here too Dizz, with the aim of looking like Kinsale. We'll race you.

Three children fed hot chocolate and fruit cake, stories read and in bed. I do like the odd eveing with dh out: very calm for everyone. Dh does love to whip up a storm with them. [hmmm]

Anyway, I had a bath and read Living Etc with a glass of wine. Tubridy and the Late Late Show lined up with more wine if dd2 stops coughing. She has been in awful form for the last few days and my sympathy is starting to get a bit strangled-sounding.

DS is in fine fettle though which is great given that school is still a bit up and down. High on cake, he said 'If I travelled around the whole world, I'd never find a mum as good as you.' DD1 gives him a and said 'You'd have to swim all the way back to Ireland you know.'

Has she tried to headhunt any of you?

Oh and Living Etc's top moment this month:

'Home-grown blooms lend themselves to being arranged whimsically in salvaged or vintage pieces, like trophies or ice buckets.'

I'm sure they do.

just woke from a nap. most of the house is still open from earlier today. i can hear birds in every direction. occasionally a speeding fishing boat zooms past. both girls still napping along with all three cats. not a bad day after all i must say.

Glad to hear this is a much better day TS

Red I was approached to tell you the truth however after the initial interview stages she was a bit and realised that the grass was not infact greener and she had gotten off very lightly indeed!

haven't got this month's Living Etc and not sure I can face the shame of my lack of home grown blooms

leave my bloomers out of this

Evening ladies

Back from dinner and DD was fab she fell asleep after eating all my rabbit terrine and chutney so I put her to sleep in the fireplace and we carried on food was good as they have just employed a new chef fresh from a michelin starred restaurant yummy steak and fondant potatoes, guests complined that nothing was cooked well enough and too strong. We managed to get DD from fireplace to car to milk and bed with no problems.

Have tried catching up but it just goes straight through my head promise to try harder tomorrow but I did catch that MIamla has a crap doctor and Dizzy's bloomers are in a vase.

sounds wonderful Oops and I had no doubt for one second that P would be anything other than utterly charming

Miamla
oops
dizzSazzred
TS
Glads
Sazz YANBU

hello girls, is anyone around, I have just drunk a glass of red wine (having got married to a tee totaller, and been TTC, pregnant, BF, pregnant or BF since then) am feeling really quite tipsy.

oh and ditto to GGs summary above

I am here but am going to bed - had planned a romantic evening in with DP, during which I intended to make up for being a bit rubbish over the last two weeks, but he's been struck down by some sort of painful bug and is snoring away upstairs [bless] Enjoy the giddy feeling lwfh!

Sorry, that was a bit of a lazy way to respond to all the bits and pieces that have happened today. But I do mostly read all your news, and think of you all, and all that is going on for you.

I wonder what "type" of drunk I am. Before, I was usually indiscrete, but given that this is a public forum and I have not yet lost all my inhibitions, I think that today I am sentimental drunk.

OK, even though I often don't post, what you write about your children and lives has been a really important part of my support network in the past years. When you write about things that are hard or difficult I never quite know what to say, but I am here as a listening ear none the less, and I am always so impressed at how everyone tackles and overcomes with such strength and grace the challenges in their lives.

Birth, death, love, despair, so much has happened.

And for me the support has been so important. A network of (mostly) UK based friends with babies for me makes me feel like I have missed out much less on the community that I might have shared had I not been half way across the world.

Knowing that other babies of the same age as DS are doing the same things as he is (I was really amused at the mutual confessions about babies being obsessed with pulling wipes out of packets - like shoes, this should be a deveolpmental milestone) has also been important.

And the company, during the day and evening when DH has been at work and I have been alone with the monsters.

And the help from HotMamas!

I have also really appreciated the specific advice and support that you have given me. Around the birth of DD and also throughout both pregnancies and with DS. Things that you have suggested that have changed how I do things:

1. I pray "thank you" prayers at the end of the day now with DS

2. We sorted out the crying in the buggy problems

3. At the moment we particularly use the blankets that you sent, and think of you all every time that we do.

4. Car seat advice

5. Recipe and hidden vegetable advice

Oh and lots more practical ideas that I can't remember ...

Anyway, DH is on his way home and I need to tidy.

Love to all, and hoping that I won't be too embarrassed in the morning, but I imagine that there are worse things that I have done when drunk.