New Fab & Glam (Part 3 - The Quest Continues!)

[Paddlechick666]

Here we go ladies!

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congratulations Dior, that's an amazing achievement.

the weather forecast for Sunday is warm(ish) and sunny. will be great!

i feel like i want something exciting to happen

Be careful what you wish for PC......

hmmmm, maybe!

i'm feeling all positive and spring like! very odd!

is this what a back payment from WTC and a sparkly new phone can do to me?

Watch out World!

Easily pleased

It's so good to hear though PC. Long may your new outlook last!

wow congratulations Dior thats amazing - do you have any nice plans to celebrate??

pc it's lovely to see lots of positivity on here! long may it continue!!

Indeed TFM, I am going to try really hard to hang onto it.

I suspect it's due to a number of reasons including attempting to stop thinking about everything so much as well as trying to move away from the martydom of my situtation. In fact, trying to stop thinking of my life as a situation rather than my life.

I had such a lovely day on Saturday with some old friends who follow some aspects of buddhism and are very spiritual nurturing people. i've been thinking about a lot of stuff recently but haven't really had anyone to talk to about it all in RL.

i am working on acceptance of where i'm at so that i can move on and stop being so wound up by it all.

i know i'll have the odd wobble (as I did the weekend before) but i will keep trying.

PC, that is the most lovely and touching post. It's given me a nice warm glow inside

You are at a really good place right now, I am so pleased for you xx

aw thanks TFM. I am determined to stop being a victim now. I just want a future to be excited and happy about.

I think I might just use some of the backdated WTC I got yesterday to have a little holiday with dd.

Might see if there's any last minute Easter deals around

ps: there's a thread in relationships "should I take DH back?" that I think could use your wisdom.

I think that is a jolly good idea PC. I think that gorgeous little dd of yours deserves a nice treat too for being so patient and forgiving of mummy It's soooo lovely to hear you talking like this. You have no idea how happy I am for you!

Am off to take a peep at that thread you mentioned now

PC, by my last post I meant that despite us mums having our minds elsewhere some of the time, our DC are always there waiting for us to 'come back', loving us unconditionally and never holding a grudge. I didn't mean that you had done anything wrong that called for DD's forgiveness. I'm sorry if it came across like that. I was actually thinking of my own lovely little d when I wrote that and how wonderful she is after a period of 'self indulgence' by me. Your dd gets a holiday and mine has just been given a Princess outfit hope she never finds out

I may be making this worse but when I read my post back it sounded dreadful so many apologies if it offended you xxx

s'okay TFM. actually i think you're probably more than a little right in that dd does deserve something special for being so tolerant of me on my bad days

i am fantasising about a relaxing week away with my munchkin right now!

wish i had the courage to go somewhere warm but i think i'll stay in the UK to start with.

especially as i am thinking of going in the next 3 weeks or so.

fancy joining me?

OOooh wouldn't I just love to! But, teenage son and man mess to deal with One day though, one day, I will leave a note on the wall and be gone!

Could you not go on one of those single parent holidays to somewhere warm? team up with another mum who finds courage in numbers? Now listen, you have to start stepping outside your comfort zone sometime you know xx

yep, i've put something up on singlewithkids.co.uk to see if i can get some ideas or a travel partner.

they did have a trip to Sherwood for the Easter weekend but it's fully booked.

will check out mango etc but they're quite pricey. i have a friend with a static van that i might be able to borrow at some point so that would be a good option.

hoping to get off to the New Forest end of May bank holiday with friends for a spot of camping/cycling.

plan to use some of my windfall to invest in a new tent and a blow up bed.

you could bring the boys with you y'know..

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PC Go somewhere warm and make us all jealous. It is not so hard travelling with kids - i went last year with all 4 alone.

Anyway i am sure wherever you go you will have a great time and enjoy your time with dd.

in my head i know it's not hard but i have no idea where to go or what to do!

i have never been a package holiday sort of person but don't think dd would fare too well on something more ad-hoc.

really i'd just like a beach hut somewhere gorgeous adn warm for a week for about a hundred quid LOL!

Find one of those and I will definately come with you

Wow this thread flies whenever I have a few days away from MN.
Baffy - at H and OW, she really is a loon! Good that she got the sack and well done you for not retaliating (I think I'd have gone for her big time ).
Dior - 20 years! Thats amazing. 8 years is my record and that felt like a lifetime!
PC - glad you are feeling more positive and I am totally of your Iphone. You'll have to give me a demo on Sunday.
TFM - PMSL at you trying to fatten up poor Baffy. We'll miss you on Sunday, it just won't be the same without you.
Tannee - I'm so sorry about DP, totally know how you feel counting up the empties with that sinking feeling in your heart. Keep talking to him, try and make him see what he's doing to your relationship.
My dp is pulling out all the stops again. I got flowers at work on Friday, he took me for a meal Friday night and was just perfect. When he's sober he's wonderful .
I still won't have him move back in, but have agreed to see him when I have nights off and he can still see the boys when he's sober.
He's just called me from the pub with his brothers all pissed up again, more or less saying that I've driven him to it this time by not letting him home. But I just don't care any more. I like being on my own with my boys, and if he's around its good but if he's not then I am still happy and I think he's finding that hard to accept.
I can't wait till Sunday - no engineering works so hoping for a nice easy journey! It will be so great to meet you all (I'm just worried that I'll keep calling you all by your MN names all day!!!)

MacD - hope dd is getting better and you are feeling stronger. Take care of yourself and those lovely little dds.

Lilybubble - Kevin Spacey !!!! I love him!

Wow, even in a day there is so much to read, I so wish I could get on here during the day! Sorry I can't, and I know my updates aren't as full as they should be, but I do think of you all a great deal.

PC, am sooo tempted by iphone! Just seen your FB status too Glad to see you feeling so positive, that's great, and it really shines through your posts how happy you feel.

Baffy, yay for new car, that's exciting. Good decisions re h, ds and access, good for you.

Dior, wow 20 years!!! That's amazing! Bet your dh didn't think you were a loon at all, bet he was really touched, but just can't show it, in that typical male way

Tanee any news about dp with the police? Sorry if I've missed anything, think I've read through, but this moves fast!

Ginnedup, glad that dp is making an effort again for you, but such a shame he is still drinking so much. As for Kevin, I worked on the Old Vic, where is artistic director, for a year, so got to know him a bit there. He is amazing, so charismatic and driven, a really wonderful man.

Macd, how is dd2? And how are you? Thinking of you....

TFM, love your words about karma, very true. Am a big believer in it, possibly out of hope more than anything else, like most religions I suppose.

Hello to HW, lilyloo, ernest and everyone else too xx

Hello everyone just checking in

lilybubble am very of you and your job!
You are coming on Sunday aren't you?

I'm really looking forward to it now. Can't wait to get away.
TFM I agree you will be missed. A lot!
PC I promise I will be in touch to sort out some plans/directions etc. It's one of those things where I get in, rush round like a nutter doing tea, washing, bathtime etc. Then don't want to call in case you're getting dd to bed. Then get ds to bed. Then usually fall asleep myself!

I was in bed at 8pm last night (fell asleep by accident getting ds to sleep, therefore didn't set my alarm ) and woke up at 9am this morning with ds tapping me on the shoulder saying wake up mummy it's all sunny!!

I had a really weird weird dream last night too. H and I were back together and we were lying on what I can only describe as a hammock and cuddling and we wouldn't let go of each other, and ds was coming over for cuddles, then going off and playing, then back for another cuddle. All the time H and I were inseperable. How bloody messed up is that! I woke up feeling really weird. I can't imagine even hugging H right now, let alone kissing him. It's just not there for me. Not with recent events. I'm freaking myself out!!!

p.s. I totally agree ginnedup - I'm bloody rubbish with names at the best of times. Are we going to look like nutters saying "pass me the salt ginnedup" or "would you like a starter happywoman" !!!!

I think most of you have met one of the others at sometime or other. Glad I'll have been with pc the night before, at least I'll know one name!