MSE Parents Club Part 10

elle_gee

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

.. Am I the only one who is undecided?

Nope, I'm completely undecided! I only decided on 2nd April (2008) I wanted kids and was preg by 25th June (see, I remember dates too!)! I have no idea.. I've honestly never really thought about how many kids I'll have / I want. I think I'll just wait and see if I ever think "It'd be nice to have another one" and then go with it. If that happens one more time or eleven more times (or never), so be it! *shrug*

ETA: It depends if we can afford to have more too.. I know for certain I'm not prepared to make too many sacrifices to our "standard of living" (is that the right phrase?) just to have more kids. If we're earning more or our costs go down, all good. If we can't afford it, no more kids. Simples!

Sami_Bee wrote: »

.. :shhh: I've got a sniper set on a parent facing buggy, saying no more to avoid informing the competition :cool:

AKA Tia?


PS This msg was so hard to type correctly and I've only had two glasses of wine.. I'm officially a lightweight!

carlamagee

SusanC wrote: »

Make list of parts needed for Roman blind
put Alice's presents in box (I buy stuff all the time and put them in a box ready for when it's birthday or Christmas and the box is a bit inaccessible at the moment)
Create general present box (birthday presents for other people so we don't lose them again)
Sort out Christmas box (because I packed it and then found some more Xmas decs I hadn't taken down but it's like one of those puzzles where the things only fit in one way so it's a long job)
Record Narnia CD onto tape (because Alice's CD player doesn't accept random CDs and she want's to listen to The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Price up soda crystals
Decide on what Borax to get (which I can't do until I find my washing powder recipe which also tells me how much I use per year)
Clean windows
Find index cards
Sort out stationery
Get rid of teaset
Make engagement card for friend
Find WTP material (for aforementioned Roman blind)
Update price book
Write lisitngs for eBay
Take stuff to charity shop
Look for granola recipes online
Develop slowcooker, no-knead, sourdough bread recipe
Sort photos
Go through recipes
Make catechism cards
Make back up menu (for if I'm ill when next pregnant)
Make rag rug
Make Roman blind
Go through stamp collection and update spreadsheet
Review book
Finish wedding and honeymoon scrap books

Plus all the regular stuff like:
business accounts
our accounts
gas/electricity/groceries spreadsheets
menu plan
bread
yoghurt
buttermilk
kombucha
cream cheese
washing
shuffling everything around/decluttering/tidying in the hopes of finding a home for everything

wow. you are way too organised for me susan. i admire you.

searching_me wrote: »

night those off to bed ... im watching random crap on tv theres never anything good on x

its awful. i came offline to sit with OH for a while tonight and was bored off my backside with it. so here i am! :T

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

Subject of more kids - Yes, because it would be wrong of me to deny Lucy, just because I already have a few. Not yet, too early in the relationship, unless an unforseen incident happens. Finances not an issue and a stable home points to yes, but too early in relationship, but who knows when we will decide to 'go for it'.

i cannot imagine having 3 kids, never mind 7 thinking about another one. I really admire you for havng the patience and time for each of them. I think i would be in a mental home. lol

searching_me

if i decided kids on my money situation id never have kids .. because everytime i have a child my money situation gets worse (not because of the child just coz hidden debts hit me) x

My_Fathers_Daughter

ManOnTheMoon wrote: »

Subject of more kids - Yes, because it would be wrong of me to deny Lucy, just because I already have a few. Not yet, too early in the relationship, unless an unforseen incident happens. Finances not an issue and a stable home points to yes, but too early in relationship, but who knows when we will decide to 'go for it'.

Wrong of you to deny Lucy???

What a strange way to look at it.


I am certainly glad that my husband (who had 3 boys already) didn't just decide to have children with me because it would be 'wrong to deny me children'. In fact, I would find that incredibly insulting.

I apologise if I have picked up on a minor point or a turn of phrase and turned things around but personally I would rather be without than be given a child 'out of duty'.

Glamazon

Elle - apparently I'm a lightweight :cool: Only cos I said I was going to do J's bottle then go to bed. OH forgets that I got up at 7.30am and in the night whereas he didn't get his backside out of bed til half ten! And will probably be the same time tomorrow - lazy bones!

Carla - OH's idea of fun is playing on PS3 - BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's why I'm on here SIMPLES

Becles

carlamagee wrote: »

how on earth do u remember the day and date etc!????? am i just completely un-sentimental!?

I'm like that. I was going to put our wedding anniversary date on Facebook and then realised I couldn't remember when it was. I knew what month it was but had to look the day up on our marriage certificate later

My_Fathers_Daughter wrote: »

SM - we don't do valentines day

Same here

But we are going out for a meal all by ourselves on the 12th Feb for a mystery shopping job, so we're looking forward to that. We never get out on our own apart from mystery shopping meal jobs

harley1 wrote: »

I have officially been 'smoke free' for a year. Well, a year yesterday really. This time 1 year and 1 day ago I was stood on the patio with preg test in one hand, cigarette in the other and the biggest grin on my face you could ever see.

Yay - well done! Craig has given up a few times, so I know how hard it is. You must be so proud xx

elle_gee wrote: »

Random question (and one that's been asked before but I'm going to say it again ).. how many weetabix do babies here eat?

Charlotte has two and asks for more! I think she has a secret weetabix addiction as she refuses to eat anything else for breakfast, and she talks about weetabix frequently throughout the day

carlamagee wrote: »

random question.
what do you lovely cuisine-experts do with a silverside!?
it is scaring me defrosting in the kitchen cos its just soo huge!!!!!! im so wick at this cooking malarkey if its not chicken!!!! *insert rolly eyes smiley*

Silverside is quite lean, so it's better slow cooked or pot roasted. You can still cook it in the oven like a normal roast but don't over-do it.

Glamazon wrote: »

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Pregnancy & labour was fairly easy first time round but who knows what will happen 2nd time?! I might decide I definitely don't want a 3rd!

Don't count on that! I had a pregnancy and birth from hell with Charlotte, but I still would like more

Fromage Frais: I usually buy whichever brand is on offer although I don't like Munch Bunch ones. If none are on offer, I buy the Tesco Disney ones. I think they are £1 for 6. Charlotte likes the Petit Filous ones with the layer of fruit puree on the bottom. She calls them jammy yoghurts :rotfl:

Conception: I know Charlotte was concieved on the night Sunderland beat Leeds 3-0 at Elland Road Bizarrely she was born on the 5th May and weighed 7lb 3oz which was the anniversary of Sunderland beating Leeds in the 1973 FA Cup final

Been drinking vodka and cranberry juice this evening. A friend said it's a good choice as it's good for vaginal health and I keep randomly giggling about that :rotfl:

elle_gee

I'm sure a lot of my friends (my age) think I've had a baby "early" because Craig is older out of some sort of duty. They've never said as much, but when it comes up in conversation and I say I just stopped taking my pill and he just "went with it" (I do recall his words were "Yeah, stop taking it if you want and we'll see what happens" - laidback, us?! ), there's a look of relief on their faces that it was actually my decision and "my older man" didn't somehow bully me into it *rolleyes* :cool:

searching_me

philip does want alot more kids then me but i wouldnt let him bully me in to another one or two (one at the most i think) .. but its something i think we definately need to talk about and work out an inbetween x

Glamazon

becles - my mum had me 7lbs 5oz, then my sister 9lbs 11oz and vowed she wouldn't have anymore! But she had another 3!
:rotfl: at your choice of drink tonight! I'm a chav, I have no money so I drink Bulmers :cool: it's cheap and drinkable

I am fed up of my hands being so dry - I feel like I'm constantly moisturising them. They are so cracked

carlamagee

Glamazon wrote: »

Carla - OH's idea of fun is playing on PS3 - BORING!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's why I'm on here SIMPLES

i am actually surprised that he didnt turn his on when i lifted the lappy again. Although he has found an episode of Family Guy he has never seen before. I dunno how. I detest it.

Becles wrote: »

I'm like that. I was going to put our wedding anniversary date on Facebook and then realised I couldn't remember when it was. I knew what month it was but had to look the day up on our marriage certificate later

Silverside is quite lean, so it's better slow cooked or pot roasted. You can still cook it in the oven like a normal roast but don't over-do it.

Been drinking vodka and cranberry juice this evening. A friend said it's a good choice as it's good for vaginal health and I keep randomly giggling about that :rotfl:

Im glad im not the only one about the unsentimental stuff. Although i have kept all Katies congratulations, 1st birthday and 1st Christmas Cards, and the same with Christopher.....is that strnAGE?!

Ta for the tip on the silverside.....still not sure what im gonna do with it though.

Vodka & cranberry = yum! Also, i guarantee u wont have a hangover in the morning!