January 2009- toddlers turning 15mths and all that jazz (really just a new thread so DOG can fit it on her poncey iphone!)

[PatTheHammer]

Good enough for ya dog .

And sorry I do realise some are only turning 14 mths and some are nearly 16mths etc,etc......apologies!

All officially toddlers now though i think (well 120's H and HKZ's J are pulling up/taking steps now I think, think mostly everyone walking of some sort!) Scary thought!

Yep the brownies were appreciated and there are tonnes left over as well, as I made a double batch.

I actually feel better for typing out all those statements. Quick Tree, type some out for you and yours. I do know a few people who it genuinely seems to have worked for, so its got to at least be worth a try hasn't it?

Right. I have retreated to bedroom with cuppa and box of Co-Op irresistable cookies, and a tired bad mood. So lets do this!

I deserve to wake up and not feel wiped out.

My family deserves an atmosphere that greets the day.

We need food to nurture our souls and our cells.

We need our space, to feel able to spread our wings [but fly home safely right after]

Our family has a right to feel enabled and supported by society, work, school and family. Not constricted, held back and controlled.

Our minds need an ordered clutter free space to move around in. That's inside our heads and inside our homes.

I deserve to feel good about providng these thngs. Not guilty for not providing them well enough.

It's hard! I keep trying to moan/lay the guilt on myself.
I could do it, I could love love my life if I didn't wake up so tired I could cry. Actually last week I woke up and did cry I was so tired. I haven't done that since I was in my early 20's! I am blessed and have no actual problems as such, and so I must take greater pleasure in the simple acts of providing the thngs I value.

Where's that big bag-o-guilt I used to have???

On a very very positive note - these cookies aren't as good as the Sainsbury ones, and therefore am not going to eat the lot.

The girls just ate a good meal of chili, rice, brocoli and wraps. H ate loads of kidney beans. DD1 had Mard Planets for pudding, and it's Friday and that addds up to a good result when you're 5!
Normally, H would have turned her nose up at dinner, DD1 would have needed nagging to eat more than 2 forkfulls. So it's good. Very good!

That's not how to spell broccoli and I mean Mars planets. Lordy.

Well done Tree! Keep it going.

I have typed mine up in pretty colours and made it into my desktop wallpaper so its staring me in the face every time I switch the laptop on.

I think I might also try printing them out and reading them out like affirmations at least once a day.

I actually felt so much lighter once I'd written them. I walked to the school in the freezing cold feeling really cheerful. Which is really unusual for me as I hate doing the Mums in the playground routine as a general rule.

I have also had a nice time with the boys since school with lots of laughter. Ds1 did have a minor meltdown when he was reminded he has lost ds time today for lying yesterday, but it was short-lived and well-handled for a change. We even had a cuddle afterwards.

I so know where you are coming from with the feeling to tired to face the day and crying in despair. I KNOW I need to stop eating crap and nourish myself so I can have the energy and balance I need to get through each day, but its so much easier to reach for chocolate.

I AM GOING TO DO BETTER - AND SO ARE YOU. I feel like there's actually the possiblity of a positive shift on the horizon.

Maybe we need to agree to try and keep each other 'up'?

I knew what you meant. My typing has been atrocious today.

I should probably stick something in the car. That seems to be a bit of a flashpoint for me.

'Cheer the f**k up' might cover it

Somedays I think a few fags and a pint would do me the world of good. Let my hair down. Rebel.

You know I think my bedroom is dragging me down a bit. Firstly, it is crowded with stuff. It's turning into a junk room! Because of that the dust is appaling, it has that musty dusty smell going on.
And then it is all a bt beige. My mum, bless her, got us the carpet as a surprise, and got a dark cream for the stairs and a beige for our room. They clearly need to be the other way round
So yes, I'm finding it all a bit dour and a bit biscuitty.

We got to London at the end of May and there is talk of her treating us by painting our furniture white. We have this cheap and cheerful [but strangely beige] range. I'm thinking a nice off white might make it all a bit more vintage chic and brighten us up a bit. The changing table can also go.

So that's a nice positive move, plus work is going to start on the yard paving, under stairs storage, and the 'back room junk room -> playroom heaven' transformation too. Money in the bank and everything.

So that's my upper. Remind me to keep motivated and keep my eyes on the prize! Am totally up for the team approach Moose.

Help my mum me paint our bedroom furniture here

Your bedroom sounds like mine. Every day I seem to trudge upstairs with piles of things for putting away and sorting. Every day I put them on my bed in a rush. Every night I have to shift them to another available surface so I can crawl into bed. I KNOW I'm doing it and seriously need to stop.

It also has one corner that has no carped and bare plaster, plus all the ceiling cracks have been plastered over.

I have said to dh on a regular basis that it reminds me of a grotty bedsit, its so depressing. One thing I am learning though is that putting me/us last (ie not decorating our room in favour of doing something elsewhere) is counter-productive in the long run. I/we deserve to be cosseted and surrounded by beautiful things that we love and to have a space that is ours and actually recharges rather than drains our batteries.

I need to make some decisions about how I want it decorated and stick to them once and for all.

If you want some inspiration on how to jooz up your beige room, try putting some words into Flickr or Google images. I find they both really help me to identify what I like and don't like and besides that it's great fun having a nosey at other peoples stuff.

It does sound like there are big positive changes afoot with and around you at the moment. I'm definitely up for trying to help you keep up the momentum and I'd be really grateful if you could give me a kick up the a*se occasionally as well.

Bizarrely we have just been given all the slabs we need to pave a kennel and run area for the dogs. It doesn't sound like much, but it means they can spend more time outside (and less in my kitchen) and we can safely leave them outside when we go out and not worry that they are annoying the neighbours. Its a win, win really as they will be much happier and so will we.

Gotta go, have to serve up a very late evening meal. Will check out the other thread when the boys are in bed.

Great news about the slabs Moose. As a woman about to spend about £1500 on slabs, I am all for free ones

Maybe we should have a mutual overhaul of our one personal zone in these homes of ours! I'm off to google right now. You do it too! What could you do to make your room better? More zen and relaxing. It sounds exactly like mine. It serves, at the end of a very long day, as a reminder of all the corners I have cut, and all the cracks I have papered over, and how far down the list I come.

Right. Lets bust these student pits.

Sorry to hog the thread but....all you who like the katvig clothes and similar, you can get 30% off with code BAMBINO at www.thehedgepig.co.uk

lol you too. my home is exactly the same. maybe our priorities and love are on the kids and that's why they are thriving and we are not.

my motto should be 'smile, you lucky sod'. I always feel so awful for moaning when there are so many people in worse positions. Then again 4 people in what is essentially 1 extremely messy living room and 2 junk filled bedrooms is pretty insane.

Haven't read back as no time and will hopefully go to bed early yet again tonight. Hope everyone surviving. we had hte worst day in months today and AF did not help. Pretty much decided to give up B/F this morning, then relented this evening.

hi mm and tree

it is hard being a mum isnt it to feel happy all the time!!

the things that make me feel better are spending money on the girls and eating choccy mainly kit kat chunkys @ the mo

Essential little miss moose festival wear no?

You are right 120, but I have to say that since dd2 turned up and started to cry and didn't stop the dc's haven't been getting what they need in a consistent way. I need to stay on my game! I too need to smile more, and feel my luck, rather than just know it.

There is a wind on the east coast that would take your face off. Freezing!! Glad I'm not going out on a night shift tonight.

HKZ I do too have a penchant for a cape. My MIL gave me a pattern that is very easy so I was going to pick up some material and make a fall/winter one. I never did very well in sewing class in highschool but I understand the logistics now and have made a pair of curtains recently. lol

Moose The only thing I would take out is "and live without worrying about money/debts." The key is in the wording, eg: "and live with financial freedom".

this is a great site to sign up to. You get weekday notes from the universe sort of thing and they're nice.

*Tree`8 The moose outfit is cute. When we bought the car, the dealership gave DD a little stuffed moose pillow... we called it Harvey, after the salesman. (A bit of a tangent there. lol)

OK. Off shopping.

Been a bit busy this week and way behind on thread. Hope all you lovely ladies are well

I'll try and catch up tomorrow night as I'm hoping to go to Science Museum tomorrow for the day with DCs.

Oh yes. Mini Moose wear for sure!

Tree, thought this bedroom was appropriate.

I was going for a calm, cream and brown type scheme, until I realised that wasn't what I wanted, it was just what I was seeing everywhere else.

Our room is south facing, small and long with a deepish, recessed cottage window overlooking the garden and then the park. It has the original picture rail and skirtings that are rather lovely though. I remember being tempted by one of the F&B paints called something like Borrowed Light and thinking I could go for that with chalky white and the odd silvery accent. It shouldn't be too cold in a south facing room that heats up like a bread oven in the summer (when we get a summer that is ). Quite like the idea of having a ridiculous sparkly chandelier to set it off as well. Thing is, it all seems very grown up and sophisticated, so not like me at all.

I can't find my F&B colour chart at the moment, but I seem to remember there being a lovely pale sagey colour on there somewhere. I love the idea of Cath K with painted furniture. That's what I'd like for dd's room, with pale green and pink as the accents.

Good point, well made Chef. Thank you.

Bedroom in Borrowed Light.

Sorry, wasn't sure whether to put it on this thread or Tree's paint thread.

Oooo it's like a pale cloud. I like Pavillion blue too.

All my booty arrived. Those snuggle pants are amazing. They are made from 2 arms of a jumper and are so cute! H climbed straight in and went for a nap, so they must have soporific powers. That would be nice!

I really recommend the wet wpes we got, if anyone likes to be free of SLS/papa and so on. They smell lovely.

Poor dh got a letter to say he was over his overdraft limit, which is putting a dampner on my 'We deserve the things we need to live a comfortable nutured life' slant.

Am feeling a bit tight as I have had a lie in, and dh is full of cough and had a long week of early starts. So did I, but his are earlier.

Moose! Where are you? Come and motivate me to seize the day afternoon, and to not let guilty worry drag me into indolence.

afternoon
hope u r all having good sats

tree - ye for bits

hi mm

went to town to try and save money on food shop went to pundland and got some bits and also wilikinson.
went to waitrose to got filled pasta and sauce for tea my fav pasta

praying that ebay bits sell
want to get a pink dsi
have one bid on kitchen and loads of watchers and lots of watchers on d house no bids yet run out on mon morning

have our new curtains up my mum popped by on the way to her friends she had to take them up 18 inches
dh has finished painted bathroon ceiling coming toghether