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

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Seriously!

I knew I x-post with someone.

Morning Crispy

QoD What a nightmare day, I can totally visualise that and it makes me shudder at the stress levels! Hope you got some sleep.

Well done LOTI. He sounds a little cowardly of being the bad guy and telling them bad news, he made you join in the lie about leaving the caravan didn't he? Like Tom Scavo in this week's Desperate Housewives. What is so shameful about coming home because your wife is ill? On the other hand my DH uses me and the kids as an excuse to get out of lots of blokey activities! Fine by me if it means we get more of him though. Anyway, if he's got any sense, he will come home anyway and clean the house from top to bottom while you are out and be ready to talk in the evening. Fingers crossed for you.

VG Would recommend you do cup experiments before (or during) a bath. Kurt still uses spouts unless I'm behind with the dishwasher.

My big two think they don't like fizzy drinks after trying them a couple of years ago. This has been very convenient indeed for me as well as giving me parenting piety points LOL.

Lazy day from here on in, already taken all 3 to swimming lessons, DH is in London and I have a bit of a migraine so tv now on and I'm going for some reading time in bed.

Morning all.

dizzy hope you're doing ok there dearie. Thinking of you still.

S thankfully seems better this morning. He's not a very happy boy, but at least his temperature is down and he hasn't thrown up his breakfast

Not much else doing here. DP still in bed, having his lie in, S napping. So I have some peace!

morning. sun is up but i'm still a little tired. we enjoyed a festival at dh's work last night. it was filled with pony rides, farm animals to touch, sand piles to dig in, paddle boats, bucket trucks to go up high in, and food. reese threw a big tantrum at the end when dh took a beach ball away from her. it was past bedtime, she'd barely eating dinner, it was extremely hot, and there was sooo much going on. sazzles, like you said, it was nothing like one of dd1's. dh however was frazzles. he came home and went straight to bed. lucky my dh can have his moments too. part of me thinks it's his age. part of me thinks it's his upbringing. his parent's are so distant. they do their own "independent" thing. the family unit is but isn't if that makes sense. i've wondered if your dh doesn't thrive on social interactions. do you (both of you) have friends with children that you hang with? just thinking outloud. ((hugs)) to you today.

Oops I was two weeks out when I hit that exhaustion wall. OH I remember it well. My sympathies are totally with you.

Two weeks from today I will be at the beach (or the tar pit). I have soooo much to do before we leave. I think I'm beginning to panic.

OH NO I just realized next Saturday is dd1's pool party. So far only five friends have rsvped but that's actually a total of 12 kids so far counting siblings. This may turn out to be a REALLY BIG POOL PARTY. Thank goodness for YMCA lifeguards!!

lol at TS's tarpit, I'm sure it will be ok

O still poorly, although being a bit cute with it. He is definately in pain, and makes this continuing uhhhhh-ing noise until the painkillers kick in, whereby he suddenly gets up and potters off as if he weren't even ill in the first place.

ladies, I have just sat down and written 10% of my research proposal . How cool is that?!

TS i really hope the oil spill doesn't ruin your holidays . Pool party sounds fab . We just have rain, rain, rain here and the fire is lit

Hurrah cece, now you just need to put the words in a slighty different order 9 more times and you'll be done

oops & QoD hope you both get a chance at some rest today . Think i am going to take myself off for a bath in a mo as i am bored, achey and cold

DD2 is now the proud owner of a beautiful pair of shoes, passed on by DixieD after hers got stolen with the car. I thought we were getting a pair of grown out of hand me downs to kick around in but these are brand new. Naughty lady that dizzy , but thankyou

Glad S is feeling better, QOD, and hope O follows suit soon, cece. Well done on your research proposal, you are the same percentage through it as I am through my fitness DVD but I expect you to triumph sooner!

Buckets ds2 does already drink from an open cup - he never really took to bottles or sippy cups - so no experiments needed, it's the milk that is the experiment! As I am so slack I don't usually give him a drink at bedtime and realised I probably should do .

We have moved on to sentences!!! OK I know some people (ahem, oops!) have been here for a long time but this is a first for us. My my see see diggah diggah, to be precise, I see digger. Thereby displaying admirable subject, verb and object, not to mention commendable curiosity and a natural flair for engines.

Swiss rolls unrolled but by jaysus that was hard work, the clearing, digging, rock moving, gravel shovelling etc. Could have done with a diggaaahh diggaaahh. I hope it takes, eek. Thanks for advice all. MrsM hope yours goes well today!

TS sometimes these events can be way too overstimulating. We were at a church fete this morning (yay for church fete season! love it) and kept religiously (geddit) to an hour's stay. Still time for me to pick up plenty of junk treasures but not too long for ds2.

cyteen we have just (fingers crossed) come out of a difficult period with a lot of refusenik behaviour and (still unsolved) ds2 horrified at the thought of going into the creche at my gym (where he's been going happily for some months for an hour at a time). I don't know what has caused it, or had caused it, but we thought maybe partly his realising that he could affect the turn of events by deciding to say no, that he was maybe getting fed up of being toted about and wanted to make some decisions for himself, maybe increased self-awareness led to him thinking No I will not let her dump me here in this place I want to go where she's going, maybe increased awareness that parents can leave led to him feeling more fearful when we did (e.g. he hates dp going to work now, never really minded before). But they are really just guesses and sometimes by the time you've used up all your guesses they've moved on to something else. The same old answer, though, love and reassurance will help no matter what the problem.

Where's sambo this weather?

Miss you, mate.

LG full of wisdom and insightful as ever, you really are a clever bean aren't you?

Shittey weather here so we're holed up with dh moaning about the heating being on, and no won't stop shouting because he's the one who pays the ruddy gas bills, la la la la la la la la. Good Lord I'm so bored I've even escaped up here to clean the bloody shower!!

cyteen i think I'm inclined to agree with LG, perhaps his self awareness has just taken a great leap forwards. Isn't it about now they suddenly realise they are not part of you and they exist as a separate person?

that's no he won't stop shouting...

Aw cece that's nice of you.

Oh dear you should see the state of the grass ALREADY.

Cece LOL at you hiding in the shower, masking the sound of keyboard-tapping with the shower running .

roll on til bedtime here, shattered shattered.. dd1 being a grizzy bear all day here due to not getting enough sleep.. think my virus is hopefully coming to an end though tummy is in a right mess and not ideal as averything i leave the room i get shouted at ..

lg mucho impressed with your rolling grass and your ds2 sentences.. we are finally getting lots of words and occassionally "there you go" when she passes you something!!

Red thank you for your post earlier.. i must confess i am so like my mother its not true..all the things i promised i wouldn't do i have done.. at least i now recognise this and trying to change it!

sorry cece/crispy you are feeling cold/bored.. i have to wash/iron/pack/shop for trip on tuessday of which i have done nothing so will provide suitable lists to ease your boredom

((((LOTI)))), here's me moaning about being bored - how selfish am I?!! Glad you are starting to feel better but for the grizzly bear. Hope everything is smooth sailing for you and the girls very soon. No sign of dh home I assume? Good for you sticking to your guns

I gave O fishfingers, mash and peas for tea. He ate 2 peas, squished his hands in the mash then wiped them on the table, then threw the plate upside down on the floor gah!

LG the shower has now been steam cleaned and is sparkly. We moved in to this house exactly 1 year ago today. I'm not sure the shower has been cleaned properly in all that time . Oh well, it's clean now

Afternoon

I have very lazily alot of the afternoon. I just wish some of you who are not feeling so great could have joined my in fresh clean line dried bedding heaven. I was sent up by DH and DD at 2.30 with a new book, gaviscon, cuppa tea and orders to rest or sleep. I did both.

LG pleased the grass laying went well - it does look a little dreadful scruffy for a week or so as it sorts out it's hairstyle after being rolled in a teeny tiny swiss roll for a few days soon you will have lush green fields

CC if you are bored - nah no suggestions - sorry

Crispy enjoy your soak.

QOD - pleased Seb is feeling better and hope you managed a rest too.

sorry, i've come on for a moan too. The master swiss roll layers are ignoring all advice/guidance offered to them because 'they've done it before and know what they're doing' FFS... there are obvious gaps between the rolls, they've used short little bits on the edges and it looks like a bloody patchwork quilt. Did they use planks so their weight was more evenly distributed? Did they heck! fil was lying down on it earlier to have a cup of tea
I give up! All i wanted was a nice lawn

sorry loti, honestly, if i was closer to you i'd be right up there to do some ironing for you. anything to escape having to face the 'masters' when they eventually come in for all their 'well dones'

cc congrats on the clean shower

lg what's happened to your grass? it sounded like it went well earlier

heavily pg friend from wedding is being induced today. she just sent me a text 'why the hell didn't they give me gas and air earlier. awesome shit'
sounds like she's doing alright but i'm amazed at her ability to text after G&A!

Miamla - sometime men just can't be told!!!

I hope all goes well for you friend and she has her LO soon.

Evening

Sorry to hear your turfers have been ignoring advice miamla but I'm sure it will look great eventually

Oops sounds like you have had a lovely lazy day. Make the most of it, but you already know that don't you!

cece I have Vyvyan's voice in my head now, thanks We LOVE that prog here. In fact I nearly moved into the house in Bristol that was the outside shots for their house. That is the nearest I have come to fame and fortune

Been a weird day, lots of tears and sadness from me, no idea where it came from but was a bit rubbish anyway a trip to buy shoes for DD helped a bit then DH's joy/relief that Leeds have finally managed to escape League 1 for the dizzy heights of the Championship next season seem to have dispersed the rest of it, phew.

VG you are always an amazing source of inspiration/kindness/all sorts and my goodness me you can type fast

no bother cece.. am leaving all chores for when dh comes home and he will be given a suitably very long list of things to do!!

he is still claiming to be home tomorrow am but will wait and see.. he did finally manage to ring dd1 and i conventiently put dd2 to bed to safe talking.. dd1 did ask him "are you going to have a headache tomorrow daddy?" and are you drinking beer daddy?" out of the mouths of babes..

i have been on my bike again tonight to try and wash out the last of the lurgy .. now off to search the cupboards for some food and some trashy tv ..

oops your afternoon sounds heaven ..

MrsM.. women are and always will be better than men!!

hots i am administering wine and treats for you tonight hon {shush just don't tell crispy!!!}

but you know what, the silver lining of it all is that me and mil are having a good ol' bitch about them both!!

loti enjoy your trashy tv! might try and convince mil that she wants to watch some

Miamla ours is a bit patchworky too due to my only having bought (been able to lift!!) 10 rolls. Ours seems to have gone lumpy because the ground was not 100 pc level. We were knackered after the digging, rockhumping (no no no) etc so just blithely said "Oh I'm sure it will flatten itself out a bit" (not sure how we thought it would do that ) so now that the sheets have settled you can see the dips and swells. Oh well it's not the feckin lawn at Powerscourt, who cares, our garden is a very well used one, I'm sure it will be fine!!

Soo.... LOTI helloooooooooooooo new woman! Get you with your "I have my own things to get on with" etc, va va voom! Is that the shiny new strong you I see emerging? I likey.

potster you are I get days like that sometimes feeling all Nothing Rhymed. Hope it's a passing thing and not indicative of something lying underneath. As ds2 would yell say "huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuggggggg". You are so right about my typing I could type for Leinster, I did a secretarial course when I was about 21 and learned to touchtype - typing remains the most useful and used skill other than driving. Though as ds1 kindly points out I do use the little finger of the right hand a lot - delete, delete, delete.

dh in a mood. could do without it really. he says he can't relax and has things to do. he's doing one of those TWO things right now...mowing the yard. the other was getting his hair cut. he did that before he started on the yard. it's too damn pretty outside for me to clean the house knowing it will be filthy again before bedtime. i'll clean next week. the girls and i have been in the yard just hanging out. while laying on a quilt under the shade trees, dd1 said, "daddy doesn't know what he's missing." then she asked him, upon his return from the barber, if he wanted to lay on our quilt. see beginning of paragraph for the answer.

isn't it wonderful that our babies are so similar. each of us has discussed the same details apart from a few individual items almost daily. this just makes me feel good for some reason.

reese refused her nap earlier and is not curled up at my feet with her blanket. whatcha bet she's about to doze off.