Hello, my goodness it?s been busy again on here hasn?t it?
Poppy, I hope you enjoy your weekend.
Spider, WHAAAAAAAAT??!! Are you suggesting I?m not posh??? You?re right, I?m not, and yes, I do have a NE accent. Which probably makes things ?easier? ? I see your point. One supplier I used to work with told me that ?Geordies are ok, because they?re Scottish people with their brains kicked in.? Needless to say, he did not supply us for much longer after that! Incidentally, I have the most Scottish name ever (apart from mebbes Shona Spurtle or Lorna Sausage) and my grandparents were from Scotland, so I am a good percentage proper Scottish I reckon!
Amber ? so pleased for you! I am crap at girl?s names, good job I had a boy. I like Miranda, but I can?t really think of any others. So many of the names I like for girls have become very popular, and I do like unusual names. I hated my own name when I was younger for a while, but now I?m older I love it because I rarely come across others. Apart from Neenz?s mum! Congratulations on the driving test too.
Dewin good luck with the job stuff. I agree with Abdn ? salary negotiations can take place after the position has been offered surely. My job (academic support, how I hate that term!) is on a scale with about £6k difference between the bottom and top, and I managed to be appointed halfway, when the usual policy is to appoint at the bottom.
Eddie, have some hugs. I don?t have anything else to add to the suggestions you?ve already been given I?m afraid, but my mantra over the past two years has been ?this too shall pass.?
I wish I could persuade DP to try some relationship counselling. We haven?t had a night away together from B, we have managed a few nights out, but they are few and far between. We had another row last night ? he announced he was going away fishing for a few days with his friend. I?m so hacked off with him ? he is away for work a fair amount, and it?s so bloody hard when he?s not around. He doesn?t do much in the way of childcare anyway, but to have that little bit taken away ? which is basically just bath and bedtime ? is shit. I am permanently knackered. He has made it clear that his work is his priority (I think I?ve banged on about this before), etc etc. I also feel that this exw gets more support from him than I do. She works three days a week, I work full time. We have the girls on the days she works. Nice for her when they?re at school and she has three days a week to herself eh? I hate being this bitter about it, but I can?t help it. We are two people who share a house. That?s it. It blows up every few months, it seems to get a wee bit better for a short while, and then we?re back to square one.
Paint chat ? our house still has all the dull magnolia walls that come as standard with this sort of thing. Might get round to doing something about that at some point. B?s room is a disgrace tbh. Not a nice little boy?s room at all ? it?s got a far too big wardrobe from our old flat, a far too big chest of drawers that DP bought, cot bed and changing table. I want to move him to the bigger spare room when we change the cot to a bed though, which is much nicer, and I?ll think about that then. Means the girls will be in a much smaller room when they stay, but feck it, this is B?s house, and I want him to have the better room ? he?s here all the time after all. Also, it will mean we can move some of his toys out of the living room. Hurrah.
Deb, hope you get your car sorted. Is car hire an option?
I have a friend called Simon, no ex though, and don?t know any person or animal named Beau.
This is a very long post, so better stop!
Oh, apart from thanks for quilting advice. Looks reeeeeeally hard?.