Mardy Crepeys

[SheherazadeSchadenfreude]

Done it...

We've wrestled with the teenage spontaneity/grandparents thing. In the end, we mostly accept that sometimes not everyone will see everyone but as long as fun is had by all sometimes, it is fine.

We sat on the patio and watched the sun go down! Dp and I rarely (read never) go out together alone. I would like to remedy that and think we should work on it. Our relationship could do with a bit of tlc as it is running on shared history somewhat.....
At the minute dp is working silky hours - I am booking him in for a float session next weekend - I suspect he may sleep through it,

Silky??! Silly :)

It is hard isn't it, the going out together thing? We have to try really hard not to use those rare times as a useful opportunity to catch up on the dc, the roof, diaries, etc. But if it happens spontaneously - on holiday say if the dc take themselves off somewhere, it feels much more natural and fun.

BD was wondering what silky hours were. Thought it was a new slang expression.

Lalsy - agree with everything you just said!

I think we must be weird - we seem to have plenty of time to see each other at home despite us both having our own friends, etc. Mind you, our conversations are either household/DC/gossip, nothing deep and meaningful!

Silky hours sound good

Think dp would prefer silky hours...

DH and I have been out together twice in the past fortnight - once to a local pub and once to dinner. However, I am out three times next week with other friends (one he can't stand, once with work colleagues and once with Groucho Friend, so will have to brace my liver for that, if he doesn't cry off at the last minute). I go out a lot more than DH.

Dh and I have hardly ever gone out alone. Our strange arrangements meant that we only went out by ourselves once before we got married. That's the only time in my life so far I have paid for a baby-sitter. As we don't have any relatives available close by for these sorts of services, we've just never been out. Yes, I know. We're quite strange. In the last couple of years I've taken to going out by myself with mum friends. And you lot. On Saturday, dh taxi-ed me and a friend to other friend's house and came in for a drink, leaving dd in charge at home. That was quite novel... Then he went home and left us to it.

Currently, I am fearing for dh's sanity as he is still trying to fix the computers. Mine is the only functional one in the office. We have 2 deadlines for tomorrow and I'm working in school all day. Things are not looking good...

BTM, you don't sound weird at all . dh works not very silky hours and it gets me down a bit.....we did reach a low point when we managed to go out for Saturday coffee while the builders were in a couple of years ago and I found myself telling him about how exciting it was I had booked people to make a video of our drains.

I like the counting individual weeds approach to gardening achievements!

The sunshine inspired a burst of productivity today. I went for a run, hung multiple loads of laundry on the line and tackled the garden. More than two weeds were pulled up, Ruby. I also had a quick trip to the garden centre (along with the rest of the nation), lured by the promise of half price camellias.

DH even had the chance to dig out his new toy, a petrol mower we bought last autumn from a friend who runs a business reconditioning and selling them.

I don't want to go to work tomorrow

CV, were we at the same garden centre?! I think the one I went to had halfprice camellias too. And half of Surrey was there I didn't get a camellia as we already have a lovely one which is just starting this years blooms.

My plants will now have to wait till next weekend to get planted...

Rudy, you will be pleased to hear my little lovelies have a week of cycling training this week

Ugh. Classic crepey post-booze night of waking up at 2am in a sweat, and not going back to sleep until 5.30. Then DP's alarm going off at 6.30.

It was worth it though. Had the neighbours over for lunch (slow-roast pork and slaw), and we got through five bottles of wine between the four of us. He nipped back and got his ukuleles and we had many larks.

Today is my turn to tackle the garden, and make a Victoria sponge for the piano tuner.

I have Ladyjogged and must now embark on a day sloshing words onto the page.

We did a lovely walk over the hill followed by late sunday curry, cab back, and sat on the patio and watched the sun go down. I looked at the garden :)

I so don't want to be at work this week..... Dp is on his last week of term (bloody Uni lecturers - part-timers the lot of 'em) so will collapse in a heap on Friday. (before you all start, that's just the teaching bit done, he then has shedloads of admin and a large International conference to organise...

So aside from mum, sil and a poorly dog (dbros) life ain't bad this morning :)

Stropps hope the IT gets fixed and Herbs good luck with the baking...

MI how is inferiorcat?

Taking dd to the dentist today as her wisdom teeth have erupted dramatically and she can't even eat anything. Am making vat of soup to keep her going.
Clothes on the line- 1st time this year aaah! The satisfaction of small things. it was this week last year we had the snow blizzard and no electricity for four ( 4, IV) days.

She's looking fragile but not bad, actually - apparently this is what happens with cats, they're fine till they're, well, not. And then it's a trip to the vet . At the moment you wouldn't know, until you stroke her belly which is horribly lumpy.

Have made another curry, this one involving mushrooms as it's just DD1 and me tonight; DD2 is playing her trumpet in a concert and her dad is listening . Am proud mummy because we have a postcard from school saying DD1 is doing very well at German. As DD1 wants to drop German, she will not be pleased .

BTW how do I handle DD2 re homework, practice etc? She is a bright child with a considerable amount of musical talent, apparently. With a bit of work she'll be on for level 6s in her SATs. This does require her going through her maths, in particular, and explaining to us what she did. And she did this with VERY bad grace (and only two, (2, II) sums) yesterday. I don't want to slave-drive but, but, but...

MI if you work out the answer to that one please share because I think you just described ds....

MI, I wouldn't sweat it too much - it doesn't really matter that much if she gets a level 6 in her SATs (as compared to level 5's) as secondary's don't hold much store with the SATs results (with good reason!) and they will push her on regardless anyway. It's more for kudos value, IMHO - what you want to know is that she is working at the right level of challenge for her at school IYSWIM

I just accepted a friend request fromone of you with the initials VW - could you let me know which Crepey you are so I can make the link

Oh yes, it's more the inherited tendency to be a Lazybuggersmartarse . In all honesty, her sister has now zoomed ahead at secondary, with proper specialist teaching.

It isn't me, Hattie...are we FB friends too? I do hope so. Am sniggering uncontrollably at Herbs' current Screw Dilemma.