AUG 08 - Here we go again and again and again...

[TwilightSurfer]

Seriously!

evening all

cyteen [angry ] re your shitey useless gp

hi all else, am pooped, everything done apart from ironing so watching Desperate Housewives then upstairs to bed for me am utterly pooped

I went up earlier to change into my jimjams something more comfy and fell asleep on the bed, DH hadn't realised where I was and fed DD, played with her, read stories, got bedtime milk and sorted her to bath and when they came up at 7 realised I was sleeping. DD snuggled in had her milk and went to bed. SO I feel like I have missed an entire evening, DH now fed and he has run me a bath so he can watch the leaders debate in peace and quiet.

Sounds like bliss Oops!

I've just given up on yet another book, 'The Selected Works of TS Spivet.' It's v quirky, rather Aspergersish so I thought I'd find it interesting but TBH I can't cope with the astonishing detail! Actually Longway you would love it because it's all about maps. Would also be a great introduction to the Asparagus mind if anyone wanted to know more. I have switched to a light cozy murder featuring a 1920s wealthy lady detective.

DS1 had a friend over for tea, good time was had but he was so sad after we dropped friend off. Really teary, packed a bag and said he was going away, drew a heart wth a cross through it and put himself to bed in his sleeping bag on my bedroom floor.

buckets, DD1 does that when anyone leave, for example her godmother & my best mate went home with her son (my godson) and DD1 lay in the back seat of the car utterly DEVASTATED - tis heartbreaking isn't it

am only up waiting on sodding DH to phone me back so I can drill in the arrangements for tomorrow - then I'm straight to bed

still no phone calls from the family re the baby and they're ALL home from Spain now never mind, I suppose by the 4th I shouldn't be expecting a curteous 'congratulations' call even if they don't mean it

and I keep calling baby 'he' for some reason

sazz you will never look at sweetcorn the same again!

dizz v few of our family congratulated us either. Here's an extra one from me to you CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

buckets isn't it TS who's our resident map lover?

oops sounds like a lovely evening!

thank you

dizz dp's family have shown very little enthusiasm here as well. MIL has said NOTHING apart from to tell me how much harder it is with two.

Sorry your family's being crap dizzy. Are you going to find out pre-Oct what flavour's cooking?

So pleased you're home and all sorted sazz. If anyone could sort it, you could.

Had a little chuckle about DS's reaction to his playhouse spring.

Glad hectorina staying put for now oops, although can imagine it's getting a bit tiring . Can't be long until 37 weeks now? Think Helena would be a great name with Poppy's. Kitty is lovely too but the Katya (with your surname) puts me in mind of a tricky character in the Archers .

I'm guilty of wearing black to weddings loti. Wore it to my own wedding party, in fact. ('Twas a gorgeous dress though and if the bride can't....). I've worn that dress to a few more weddings and accessorised as suggested, with colourful pashmina or bolero type cardigan and shoes. I've never felt that it's a problem, as the colour's more obvious than the black iyswim.

Glad all sorted on the invite TS .

Yay on the planning permission red.

Dizzy - are you PG again?? CONGRATULATIONS to you and DH (no sarcasm) I think even if this was baby number 45 you should still be made to feel it is special - which it is!

QOD - I have a MIL who can't understand why anyone would like more than one. As she told me today 'just think of the cost of them!' If we waited until we had thousands in the bank before we had them we would be 50 and childless!

oops my MIL has had FIVE children. The youngest being four years old. The original 4 children were all born within about 6 years!
So it's not that she can't understand having more than one. IT's also more scary because I know she speaks from experience

It can't have been that bad if she went on to have 2 more after the hard work of the first two QOD. FWIW you'll have the same age gap as us and I wouldn't change it for the world. It's what we planned/hoped for and couldn't have worked out better. DD1 was old enough to understand what was going on when her whole world changed with the arrival of DD2 but they are SUCH good friends and and only 2 school years apart.

Nothing like a bit of healthy competition Sazzles On the other hand, at least you won't suffer the trauma of simultaneous GCSEs and A-Levels.

I can do better than that ... We'll have DD1's 21st, DD2's 18th, our 50ths AND our 20th wedding anniversary all in the same year. Methinks a mahoosive party is on the cards.

Black sounds perfect. See you there. Add a flash of colour if you fancy.

Purple.... faaabulous daaahhling .

No, it is me who likes maps, I forgot that I had told you all.

I looked up the book on amazon. Not sure, mostly I like my novels trashy and incredibly easy to read or else it just won't get read at all.

I have discovered, however, that I quite like reading peoples journals (having not liked them at all when younger), so if I want to read anything remotely more academic than Katie Fforde I will usually dip into a journal.

Thoughts to all.

PS here it is perfectly acceptable to wear black or white to a wedding. Ball gowns, and very beautiful frocks are the norm. I was a bit surprised that my MIL was dressed all in black at our wedding (not that I minded) but then went to a couple of weddings here and kind of worked out why.

Oops, Sazzles is spot on. You're going through a very similar experience to mine with Reese. In hindsight, I determined all the contractions (which my doc called braxton hicks), were my body trying to get the baby positioned correctly. Because I didn't clue into to this I didn't act on it. I feel like if I'd have done more to help get the baby in position then things would have been very different for me. On that note, have you chatted with your chiropractor or a doula to get the baby mapped? And get more logical direction (other than drink whatever it was)?? I only wish you the best and for the safest birth for both you and #2babyOops.

It's Longway that's the map lady. I love maps but she collects them.

Sazzles does MrSazzles know that my girls share a room and have since Reese was 6 months (dd1 had just turned or was about to turn 5). It's never been a problem. They chatter with each. DD1 use to wake in the night when Reese cried to find and hand her a pacifier. On the weekend, DD1 crawls into Reese bed and they giggle and read books and play with every toy imaginable. I'm very pleased I decided to just throw caution to the wind.

I am going to watch some mindless tv and give myself a pedicure. I wish you all a very restful night.

Up and at 'em, ladies!

dizzy congratulations on your baby! So delighted to hear you are pregnant, you are a magnificent mother and your girls will be thrilled to have a new sibling.

poppy I am looking forward to your party! OMG in 16 years time I will be ... can you please have it before April? Is your age difference (dds I mean) the same as the Sazzettes?

Sazz what are you wimping out of, I am too lazy to search and I haven't had my cuppa cawfee yet.

Whatchall think of the leaders last night? (Sorry re comedy accent not sure what's going on there)

longway I luuuuurve journals (watch out ds1!) I could read em all day. Esp faves are the Kenneth Williams ones. And I also love collections of letters, must be my pure nosiness.

Does anyone think white denim capris would be ill advised on a 5 foot 2er with childbearing hips?