FAB & GLAM 10 - Gosh, Do We Really Talk That Much???

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Hi, new thread

Lovely to see all the old posters again. Don't go now you are back.

Annie/UC/MHIS - lovely to see you and thanks MHIS for the FB chat.

Ginny - so sorry - hope you are finding some peace. Hope dp didnt drink all your bandy - it is a fav tipple of mine.

Tannee how did the homecoming go?

Are we all ready for the new year??

Dh is being a bit grumpy - i think it is alcohol induced. He has said he is not going to do his new year detox! But he is deflecting it back on me - saying i am the miserable one and because i am trying to ignore him i am not joining in.
I am trying to be a lot more healthy and inspired by diors weight loss - not that i have a competitive streak.

I have really tried not to overindulge over the festive season and only had a few glasses of bubbly.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL

Ginny - so sorry for your loss. Good that dp was good in a crisis, but that doesn't mean he can earn bonus drinking time as a result.

Tanee - at dp for not contacting you. What a thoughtless bugger (and other words even stronger).

MacD - glad to hear that life is good for you. How are things with dp? I thought it was possibly coming to an end?

HW - lovely present - he obviously realises that you need that token of commitment. I got an IPod charger and the new Harry Potter on Bluray - which I DID ask for .

All other teabags - glad Christmas is over was good, and here's to 2010!

Happy New Year ladies - I hope you all have a good night tonight.
I can't wait for it to be over tbh. I'm going out because I can't stand to stay in and be miserable, but I think I'll be miserable wherever I am I just hope I get through the evening without crying or making a show of myself .
We say this every year but I really hope 2010 is better for all of us and here's to the next teabag meetup.
Love you All
xxxxx

My sister was just commenting earlier today that 2009 seems to have been a pretty rubbish year for a lot of people, one way and another. Next year's going to be better, right? Onwards and upwards.

Ginny I am so sorry Its hard no matter how old or how good a life they had!
My beloved gran died neearly 3 years ago, age 93, demented, incontinent and bedridden, it was a relied and a mercy, and I was devastated. I miss her every day
Be kind to yourself at let yourself grieve!

teabags Happy New Year, I am tired of saying next year will be better, but I feel that this time it will be...for me...and all of us!
Lets make a date for a meetup soon!

Jeez excuse the spelling and grammar , better part of a bottle of champagne already

Happy NewYear ladies
TFM you win the best text mes of NYE
i agree onwards and upwards (or even sidewards would do!!)

Anything but backwards
Happy New Year everyone

Lily - at 'sideways'

Happy 2010 Teabags. Hope it's a better one for all of us. Hope you're enjoying the snow.

Ginnny, how are you? Big hug coming your way. I lost both my grans before I was born. My mum's mother was only 29 - eclampsic stroke - but now my mum's nearly 85 I absolutely dread the time....

I'm at home with a nasty cold. It's nice not to have to be in work, but I would have liked a walk in the snow before it goes all slushy/slippery.

DP has been pleasant since New Year. We haven't talked, and I haven't tasked him for not even texting me on Christmas Day. The talk will come, no doubt. At least he's been referring to DD by name - instead of distancing himself by calling her 'your daughter' - which I hope means he took on board some of the things his sisters said to him. It could be a step in the right direction - ever hopeful, moi!

Hi - is everyone surviving the snow? It's thawing here after a fresh fall yesterday. Which is just as well, as our boiler's broken - a faulty valve causing the pressure to drop - and it's FREEZING! All we have is DP's old Calor gas heater & my electric blankie. I'm spending a lot of time in bed! Plumber can't come till Monday. Great start to the year!

Oh Tannee hope it warms up soon. I can really recommend the british gas 'plan' homecare. It covers pretty much everything. You will probably have to pay a lot now but worth looking into in the future.

We had a problem with our valve and it was fixed within one day - sorry probably not what you want to hear is it?

Hi to everyone else - anyone still got any snow left?

Tanee crap news about your boiler. Hope it's fixed now.
It's been a bit of a rollercoaster with dd lately. Her weight gain slowed down a lot and the HVs had me quite worried - especially as she didn't gain at all last week. Think the weight thing was a red herring as she gained 4oz in 4 days (had her weighed on Monday) - which is absolutely fine. Before the weight gain I was referred to a Lactation Consultant who told me dd has tongue tie. It was a dilemma for dh and I but we decided it would be best for her to have it snipped - cue much stress and tears from me. Anyway, she had it done yesterday and is absolutely fine. Hopefully it will help with feeding (esp. solids) but at the very least she will now be able to lick an ice cream when she is older
Hope everyone is ok

Fine thanks, honeybun. It's horrible having to make decisions about operations on one's precious wee babes. Thank goodness it went fine and I'm sure she will be very glad you did in years to come. When they're babies is really the best time to get things like that sorted, as they forget about pain almost immediately, lucky things.

I'm back job hunting at the mo, or more accurately, trying to find excuses not to. But I signed on this week, so I'll jolly well have to hunt properly, otherwise they stop paying me and send rude letters and stuff.

I reckon you'd be great as a Life Coach or something along those lines What is your usual field anyway?

Office stuff. Civil service for 30 years, lower management; most recently, short term admin contract, filing and photocopying and failing to maintain the petty cash . Don't know whether it's really my forte but it's what I'm used to. Mm, I can make sensible noises but I'd be a terrible example as a life coach. Couldn't do counselling as I'd never let the poor client get a word in edgeways!

Well I've met enough (good) counsellors (and healthcare professionals for that matter) who completely get it wrong in their personal lives..............and how many nurses do you see smoking/binge drinking? Loads I tell ye!!

A friend of mine is a civil servant and has quite favourable working conditions - can work from home one day a week. That's great considering she only works two and a half days.

LadyL glad she is ok now

Had both girls birthdays this last week so all been busy again here. House full of more toys so am now on a mission to clear out. Have also treated myself to a tv for the bedroom as dd2 is still in with us in her cot , so excuse now to put her in with dd1.

Annie good luck with the job hunting!

Snow almost gone here now and am driving about again
But still waiting for rubbish colletion , was 2 weeks before xmas since our last one

OK, sold. Where do I sign up?

Just avoid any Job Centre staff vacancies. Those posts are for people completly devoid of any compassion, tact and sensitivity

Hi LL Happy belated bdayt to your dc It was mine on Sunday. 38 now Got some nice new clothes so am happy

bday not bdayt. Oh whatever......you know what I mean

Hi Girls

HW yes, I used to have Homecare at my old flat, but didn't continue when we moved because the boiler was brand new. Didn't realise the cylinder was an antique! TFM suggests I put it on Ebay or the Antiques Road Show! My plumber decided the cylinder was kaput and quoted £950 + VAT . I think this plumber, who's done work for me and my parents for years, is finally taking the p**. Got another quote this morning for £690 cash which sounds better, and will get another tonight (from a plumber who's a new neighbour, so we hope he'll be anxious to cut a good figure in the road, as we're quite a close-knit community and word of mouth is powerful ).

The other good news is that DP is behaving much better since Christmas. I told him DD would be spending the night tomorrow, and he said that was fine, though he was surprised that she ever wanted to come here again! Bit of a change from the tantrum he threw before Christmas!

Progress I feel happy!

Annie, good luck with jobhunting.

Ladyl tongue tied? ooh sounds horrible. Glad she's ok now.

Hi to everyone else.

We have heat again. Bliss! Plumber told us our plumbing is sh** and that's why our shower won't work - well, we'll have to live with that. But it's warm. Blessed warmth!

DP still being good (I am ignoring the drinking now, he knows I go to ALAnon and that's enough for now). No more talk of selling up, he's applying for a permanent job where he works, which is a change from his previous of talk of selling up and travelling the world. He's also talking about doing more cooking! Finally! Maybe he's noticed that I've given up cooking for both of us. I just do something for myself, and if there's enough, he may get a look in. Otherwise, he just eats cheese and tinned salmon (straight out of the tin - how sad is that!)

i wondered where this thread had gone.
Glad things are ok for you tannee - just try and ignore. My h seems to drinking a lot more again and is very stressy without a drink.

My dd gets upset with him but i have told her it is his choice - and as long he has a fair amount of life-cover we will be ok .

Saying that though he is making a bit more effort to cut down and i am determined not to buy anymore wine until we have a summer party - so we only have the surplus from xmas for him to drink at the moment.