Fab & Glam Part 4 - Spring into Happiness!

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Good Lord people, we've filled a thread up in about 6 weeks!

Anyways, here's a link to the venue Tanee suggested for a picnic:

www.coramsfields.org/index.php

Looks fabulous so let's get planning!

ps: sorry for London/Southern centric take on this but we'll plan hits around the rest of the country too I promise.

pps: Lily, get yer butt on FB woman!

Baffy you ain't met me yet love, you might be in for a bit of a surprise in the trouser department!

PC, go for it!! Please, life is short and dd is only young once, don't do what I did and spend all of her life scared to take the plunge! I have wasted so much of mine and my childrens lives (IYSWIM) Just go for it. whats the worst that can happen?

PC you need the ugly one's to practice on ready for when you meet the real deal. Youv'e got to kiss a few frogs you know just make sure you throw em back in the pond afterwards!

i've kissed enuff frogs now, just need to perfect that chucking back thing!

am so close to booking, now freaking myself out with "oh my god dd doesn't have any summer clothes!"

lol

Go to Asda, you can get her a pack of 3 tshirts for about £3 and same with shorts. They have loads of cheap clothes but they are quite good in quality.

Any more excuses you want me to get rid of?

You will have such a fab time. I really wish I hadn't let 'everything' get in the way of doing things with my children. I am determined dd won't miss out. I am going to get back on track for her sake!!

Now book it!

OMG 3000 posts - what chatterboxes we are!!!
Do it PC!!! It will be great and do you both the world of good! Think of the sun, this country is so depressing at the moment.
Glad you got home OK Baffy - good on you for pulling the RAC man!!!
The park looks brilliant Tannee - my dc would love it they are animal mad (actually sometimes they are animals!)
PC - ds1 went missing for a minute or two on Sunday too - he wandered off behind the speakers in the corner to investigate, I know he's 8 and very sensible but my heart still went, till I found him.
Anyway, I'm off for an early night tonight, back to work tomorrow

Hello girls, my goodness thread 4!! Had a feeling that might have happened

Dior, you really DO look like Liz Hurley!!! I couldn't quite think who you reminded me of, but that's definitely it!

Lol Tanee, dd must have thought we were all batty!! Yes I am going to have (more!) trouble with her when she gets older, I dread to think......

Baffy, get you pulling the RAC man!!! Love it! As I walked home I was thinking it was quite amazing no alcohol was consumed. THough can you imagine what we would have been like with wine involved, lol!?

PC, aw it was awful for you when T ran off, it's so, so scary how quickly it can happen. She wasn't bothered at all was she, little minx! They all do it though!!

sugar - about ds lite.... not good! Nor about the phones. Hope they make it up to you!

TFM, how's you?

GU, such a shame about your camera. Your DS was lovely, so well behaved! He was great at the RFH, tearing around, bless him!

All good here. Had a bit of a scare earlier as dd was doubled up in pain when I picked her up from nursery. Got her some milk of magnesia, she fell asleep on the way home, and, well, let's just say that I think it must have been trapped wind!! She made a v fast recovery thankfully!

Coram's Fields is a great idea. Can I recommend the book "Coram Boy" by Jamila Gavin, which gives the history of James Coram, who the area is named after. It's a kids book, but a bit like Harry Potter / His Dark Materials, it's very readable for adults too. It's fab.

Got a big night out tomorrow which I'm v excited about, the press night of one of our shows, a big musical called Jersey Boys. Got a nice frock out ready, and looking forward to letting my hair down!!

struggling tonight baby overtired and had screaming ab dabs still feeling anxious when she does though DD1 got ignored and snapped at so then developed "sore bits"
didn't get to eat any dinner or have cuddle/story time with DD1
And H got hump cos I didn't answer the phone when he rang half dozen times in middle of this

McD

Try not to be too hard on yourself - we all have days when it just seems to fall apart and we shout and ignore dcs. They are very yourng and they really dont pick up on it all and soon you will be back on top of it all (and then it will all go wrong again!!). Take some time out for you today - have a nice bath or something.

PC book that holiday and borrow some clothes for dd or find a charity shop - we have this great second hand shop for children where yuo get 50% of the money of the clothes you take. dd4 has/had practically everything from there. I found some lovey summer dresses in sainsburys too recently.

Baffy - you will have men falling at your feet all the time - make the most of it while you can.

Sugar hope you have calmed down.

My ds was telling me to be careful about meeting up with you lot - but was interested to know about you - i think he thinks its quite cool of his mum actually.

Off to the hairdressers today may try something different.

morning all

Mac, sorry to hear you had a bad evening. As HW says, it does happen. At the end of a long day everyone gets a bit frazzled. I sometimes snap at dd as I'm tucking her in after 5 minutes of "pull it down a bit" and "my legs not straight" and "my pillows not right" and "where's my monkey" and "cuddle cuddle cuddle" and "one more kiss mummy" and "don't forget to wash my cup up".

altho i never leave the room in a huff she can push me to the edge with her pre-sleep demands lol!

have made some more enquiries about the holiday. good tips on Asda and charity shops. Will check it out.

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Morning everyone!

TFM is back! I feel brilliant today, soooo positive and, I could even be described as feeling quite perky I think I am definately over the worst.

Onwards and Upwards we go!!

Definately give Asda a look PC, you will be amazed how much you can get for your money, Primark is good too.
We have a family holiday booked for the end of July DS asked P what is going to happen now, P said he is going to drive us there and then come home. When I first heard I had a little panic attack but now I'm thinking why the heck not. If he wants to do that then it's fine by me, me and the kids will have a great time

TFM, glad to hear you're feeling chipper.

holiday without P sounds fabulous to me! maybe we can organise a travelling teabag event and come and see you too.

it's possible my tenerife plan may be scuppered - might have to go to the States with work in the next couple of weeks. should know more later.

Lily, you are so rock n roll!

Dior, glad you refrained from making eye contact with G. Even if he did look good you know for a fact it's barely skin deep with that GW!

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Now that would be great! I am not holding my breath at the moment though. Once he finds out that I am all for it he will probably change his mind, in which case it will be me staying home and the Teabags will have to come here

The states! For work? Crikey, I never got sent to the States for work! Will it be as exciting as it sounds?

Yes Dior, What PC said

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probably won't be as exciting as it sounds tbh.

i am quite keen to go as will look good on the CV. also brownie points plus it will be a bit exciting too.

am torn between looking forward to a few days away in a hotel with adults and being away (soo sooo soooo far) from dd for so long.

parents have said they can have her which is great.

tfm, you could always can your holiday up there and join me and baffy in a caravan down here!

dior, keep self medicating - you're doing a great job!

Dior, just picture him on the toilet having a poo, it works wonders!

PC I know how you feel, I would feel the same but, dd will be absolutely fine and she will probably have a wail of a time with grandma and grandad! Meanwhile, you should take every opportunity to spend time with adults that come your way. Chances like this don't pop up that often. And you know, these things happen for a reason, maybe, just maybe ..... you may meet a Prince instead of a frog!

The holiday is a caravan holiday in Weymouth PC. I am really hoping that he didn't just say that to ds in hope it would get back to me and cause a reaction, I really hope he meant it. I would love to go on holiday without him. I know dd won't want to go on holiday without me though, I'm trying not to think about what I will do if he decides he is going. I really have no desire to share a holiday with him.

tfm, she will have a ball and will barely miss me you are so right! i'll take my laptop so we can webcam. i would only leave her with my parents even tho i think H would probably come thru if needed. My CM is registered over night too but altho I think my CM is great she's a bit stricter than me and I think dd would be quite confused by staying with her.

of course, i could be totally over protective and irrational on this LOL! either way tho, i can be 100% certain that she will be loved and cared for by her GPs exactly as she would be at home. better prob as they don't get huffy with her as much as me lol!

Weymouth eh? Just a hop skip n a jump for the Southern Contingent, very very do-able for our South-West Teabags too.

Strategies for ensuring P cannot join you must be our priority now.

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Dior! I'm supposed to be the funny one round here That's a brilliant idea! It's going to take me a while to empty the freezer now though seeing as I'm not cooking his meals and he is living off Vesta beef rissoto anf takeaways!

PC, that sounds great! It would be wonderful! Thinking of ideas as we 'speak', just in case I can't get the freezer emptied in time

PC, go to the states and enjoy the trip and all the benfits you are going to get from it. DD will be absolutely fine, you don't have to worry and you don't have to justify going Onwards and Upwards!

lol Dior!!

pc - states sounds fab. DD will be absolutely fine at your parents and like you say, it's a good opportunity for you to be 'pc' and not just mum for a few days and mix with adults. am very

and to you and your job too lilybubble!

lilybubble I was looking at the photos again and you and dd really are absolutely gorgeous. you should go into mum and baby modelling or something!!!

TFM apologies for the massive e-mail... brace yourself!

and macdoodle, I hope you're ok. I really don't have half the pressure that you have right now and I snapped at ds last night as I had a pile of work to do and he just wanted to play and cuddle
you're doing so well. so don't be too hard on yourself.

lol, TFM you're gonna be email swamped coz I just wrote to you too!

Baffy, any more calls from your recovery guy? i'm off to put new tyres on my car later i think. dd's new car seat arrived too - very swish.

don't beat yourself up about snapping at ds. you have acres more patience than me and i am sure it happens much less frequently than me with dd too.

i'm getting a teensy bit excited at the prospect of the states. should establish if it's a go at a meeting later today. only prob is scheduling with GPs availability. if it can't be co-ordinated someone else will have to go but then I will get to go to Tenerife so win/win really.

as for GPs, honestly they're in their 70s so you'd think there'd be less galivantin around and more on tap availability for me

hope i'm as sprightly as them when i get to that age tho!

Nope no more from recovery guy... it was nice while it lasted!!

I'm off men for the moment anyway - happy to look - but that's as far as it goes!!

It's been total bliss with H away. He's back now