August 08: World domination

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Thought the title might be appropriate for both mums and babies

OK, no hope of catching up so i hope everyone is ok?

Dh spent most of fathers day telling ds1 off, for nothing really . Just nagging and nagging him, saying he's naughty and ungrategful....all because ds1 has developed a phobia of anything that flies and buzzes, to the point he won't go in the garden for fear he'll be stung!! I took him out for an hour on the bike and we had a fine old time without nagging daddy. If I was a violent woman I could cheerfully have punched his face in today

loti gorgeous daisy duke

Nice article red, or should I say DrRed hiding your light under that there bushel!! I shall soon be writing my lit review for my dissertation, and will sending it your way without doubt!!

well done Red

Evening

Lovely spot of stardom there Red . I particularly liked the 'slinging them out of the window'

dizz i totally get you . For Mothers Day i got nothing (made or sorted by DH with the girls) and only got a card 'to my wife on Mothers Day' . Equally for birthdays/Xmas if he gives me a gift of say a spa day or cirque tickets, i want him to sort the childcare and arrangements with friends too. Just buying the bloody ticket is the easy bit, tis all the logistics (which i always have to do) that i want taking off my hands [ungrateful bitch]

Am a bit fecked off anyway tonight. I have organised a belated BBQ for DH's birthday (daytime so friends can bring DCs etc) and have now gone from about 50 people to 35. People just crying off because they can't be arsed to travel. And i have had to chase them to actually say they are not coming with flimsy excuses (having said they would 2 months ago). Few people with DC's are coming now so we could have just done an evening party . Fingers x'd everyone else still makes the effort

DrRed said....

"I love my kids.

They?re hilarious, but they are the most annoying, work-shy, self centred colleagues I?ve ever had."

love it!

and for different reasons i love this line too

"And there?s no getting away from the fact that I love to be here when they come in from school, to help them make sense of the world."

cc sorry to hear you've had angst with your Dh today

Crispy, what a PITA about the BBQ, am only sorry we can't come

LOL dizz you are fine . I don't mind people saying no, it is changing their minds and not even bothering to let me know that pisses me off. I have booked a company to come in and do the BBQ and they have a minimum number of 40. If i had known earlier i could have invited other people, but it looks a bit desperate now IYSWIM?

Any of you rabble wanna come?

AARRRGGHH, why do I say 'yes' to helping people all the time?!?? Friend of mine who has been applying for loads of jobs and getting nowhere has asked me to look at his applications and tell him where he's going wrong. I said yes, AGES ago and its arrived by email tonight with a deadline for the 29th. Never going to happen this week could someone please staple my mouth shut

Sazz, I don't think it looks desperate at all, you've still got a week - throw it open and see who comes

sorry, crossed with loads there!

crisp what will your driver be collecting us for the part-tay?

dizz could you put it on our fb group and see if anyone who can put two words together has time to have a look?

oh and i agree, if there's still a week to go til party, ask people and who's to say you haven't thought of organising it this weekend?

on a plus note, I've managed to organised DD1's pony trek, ordered invitations, signed her up for pony club for after summer We went to gymnastics, lunch in the garden, DH took them out on their bikes while I made cheesecake and traybakes, friends came round after tea for cheesecake and DH now away to work. Been a nice day and tomorrow the baking begins in earnest!!

You could send him Wordhoarding's way, Dizzy

Really exciting that the baking is starting, Dizzy. What you've achieved is fantastic. Sorry Dh hasn't got the hang of the whole celebration thing. I think you are so right that we need to grab every chance to be joyful.

Thanks for the kinds words on the stardom thing. DS is absolutely delighted with the whole thing and wants to take it into school on the condition that I take out the window line.

We had a playfight over it, and it dawned on me that he'll be the one firing me out soon.

lol, are you not busy enough Red?! I'd be delighted to pass him over

I felt the same way today about DD1 when we were all sitting on the bed this morning, I couldn't believe how tall she is getting . That's another tooth gone and she'll be turning 7 in 18 days (not that she's counting ) How lovely that our DC's are the same age so we can keep track of them

Kind not 'kinds'. Flipping heck. Some proofreader I am.

Sazz, I hope the party goes wonderfully. If it is a good afternoon do, it will go on well into the night anyway- it would here ...

I got dragged away from here on Friday by dh who could see that the combined stress of the kitchen being demolished, dd1's 4th birthday, huge Tidy Towns admin jobs and playgroup work too was melting my head.

So we headed down to see my mum and dad and the small lads had a ball on the beach with their cousins. I feel much better for it and ready for the fray again.

Can I just say that I have only given small amounts of help to Dizzy. I use full stops like she uses dolly mixtures. That is my only contribution. I'm in awe of what she has achieved.

18 days. God love her.

and she thinks it is a VERY special birthday as she is going to be 7 on the 7th of the 7th!!

That is seriously cool.

I can do that thing for your friend for free, and if he likes it (and only if), he can pay me by writing a recommendation for the fb page and website ... How does that sound?

I have an excellent 'CV letter redraft/ interview' ratio. (But no job myself )

have emailed you and can I PLEASE sing your praised on the FB/Wedsite too - shall make sure I haven't landed myself in the papers for poisoning Rosamund Pilcher next week first though?!

I love it too but am also amused that had I held onto DD2 a touch longer she would have been 6/6/6 - appropriate no?!?

right bed for me, am shattered and if it is another night of musical beds I want to mark my spot while I can - shall pass through in a with a flurry of flour cloud tomorrow

night all

Captain may I borrow your line, "If I was a violent woman I could cheerfully have punched his face in." LOL!

I've typed and deleted thinking maybe in print this shouldn't be but the root of my angst is I'm just plain lonely. We use to have fun then we got jobs and life happened and now I still look forward to him coming home but he's more interested in fading into the guest room with nonsense television and internet gaming. I do my very best to find sparkles of that old glory but it's difficult. How can the statement, "You look beautiful" hold true after I've spent two hours prepping to go out AND when I've not showered for 48 hours, clothed in a sweats with my hair looking like a shit salad. Does he even LOOK AT ME? Sometimes he'll attempt a vested interest conversation but either falls asleep or get lost in something on television. I'm not saying I want life to be like it was when we were first dating BUT I would like some attention. AND BY ATTENTION I mean HE PUTS OUT EFFORT...not me setting up a scenario that prompts him to be a little like he was when we first dated. Does that make sense? I'm not talking divorce stuff but I totally see why couples divorce after 20 years; marriage is work for TWO PEOPLE.

Sorry, it's just this summer solstice and lots going on in my sign and blah blah blah blah blah.

Welcome SUMMER!!!! 13+ hours of daylight today!! (disclaimer: I am speaking of tomorrow for me but it's today for you already.)

Well there Northern Ireland just made golfing history. Congratulations!

I was in bed by 8pm last night

TS I completely understand what you mean. Do you two ever get time, or make time, to spend together without the girls? I find it so much harder to have grown-up conversations when there's a small person even somewhere in my orbit. When things got a bit snarled up between DP and I a while ago, what sorted it out was going out for dinner together, even though we eat dinner together every night at home after DS is asleep. We needed to be completely removed from the home life situation in order to be honest and remember who we used to be.

It is frustrating though because you want him to know and understand all this stuff without you needing to tell him.

Re. the hair thing, he might genuinely think you look as beautiful au naturel as you do fully primped. Men are a bit like that but also But he needs to understand that it's important to you to have your efforts recognised. Being a natural scruff, I will demand that DP acknowledge my hotness whenever I've made a bit of an effort because it irks me that he sometimes doesn't even notice!