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benbenandme

Have semi-blitzed ds bedroom, his big toy cupboard has been emptied and a bin liner filled with lots of odd bits; happy meal toys, yoyo's that have become knotted around random bits of plastic, dried up plasticine, papers that have become screwed up, used paintbrushes that have gone solid ....

Anyway, what has gone back into the cupboard is organised and in its correct boxes There is still a couple of boxes under his bed to tackle but they may wait until the holidays now, my early morning is catching up with me already, maybe I'll have half an hour on the sofa now

benbenandme

Have booked coach tickets for me and ds to visit a friend in London for a day in August, cost me £4.50 return for the pair of us :beer:

benbenandme

Have had a bath to try and fell slightly more human I've also spent some time mooching for some ideas for the summer holidays, I have several aims; (a) not to spend much money (b) to not waste each day with mooching (c) to encourage ds to be more active (d) to encourage ds to practice writing ...

Anyway, I have come up with various ideas, I will post them here so I don't forget them, please feel free to skip ahead as this will be a long one

• lots of bike rides / picnics
• treasure hunt
• day to London
• ds birthday
• my birthday
• (3 x weekends at his dads)
• beach
• writing in a scrapbook about what we've done
• Bournemouth air festival
• Weymouth carnival
• baking
• library reading challenge
• day trip to the IOW
• train-spotting (and writing down numbers/destinations )
• school shopping (shoes and pencil case/contents, have already got uniform)
• car boot
• camping with Tigz
• camping in mums garden
• local electricity museum (free)
• swimming
• play dates with friends
• fruit picking

I will add to the list as I think of more, and then I can keep coming back to it in the hols when I can't think what to do each day

benbenandme

Tax credits form all completed and ready for posting

benbenandme

Grr, ds has just come home, he's been at his dads for the weekend, and it turns out yesterday he went out for the day with his grandparents (which is fine) but without daddy as it was his g/f's birthday this week and their mates were coming over for the day :mad: :mad: Why bother ?? He's the most pathetic waste of space as a parent as it is, you'd think he could manage to spend a weekend with his son wouldn't you The outlaws took him somewhere I was planning on going in the summer with him, and had one of those huge souvenir photos done with them and him in, (bought 3 of them apparently :eek: ), and have included one in his bag for his bedroom .... it will be going back in his bag next time, I know they're his family too but we don't need any reminders that the poor s*d is related to them in my house thank you

savingmore

heh benben,

have you thought about looking on freecycle for a cabin bed and then buying a new mattress for it? i know we just got rid of my ds2's and i just wanted rid of it, and there was nothing wrong with it and if you put a new mattress on it, it would be like new? it is the kind of thing that when you want to get rid, you just do....

glad you are thinking of weymouth carnival, it is a great day out, i grew up there so been to many, may go again this year as i think i will be staying with my mum in carnival week.....

benbenandme

I did think about that and may have a look, tbh I'm being all emotional again at the moment and keep lurching from one decision to another, yesterday I was buying a cabin bed, then I wasn't, now I'm thinking about a holiday again for this summer ... I just wish all this stuff I've got going on would hurry up and be resolved, and I also desperately wish I could get m ex out of my life totally

hypno06

Stay strong x

savingmore

benbenandme wrote: »

I did think about that and may have a look, tbh I'm being all emotional again at the moment and keep lurching from one decision to another, yesterday I was buying a cabin bed, then I wasn't, now I'm thinking about a holiday again for this summer ... I just wish all this stuff I've got going on would hurry up and be resolved, and I also desperately wish I could get m ex out of my life totally

sorry to hear it is so emotional for you at the mo.....don't know what it is you are going through although am sure it is to do with ex....not been in that situation but having many friends that have i know it is hard and there often isn't an answer to it.....but hopefully ds will see what he is like as he gets older... hang in there ... positive vibes coming your way:D

LouiseJ

Sending you positive vibes BB xxx

Hope you are feeling a little brighter today.