Further financial faux pas and even more disasterous decisions

moo2moo

Spending seems to be getting out of hand again although I'd like to claim its all been on essentials well it hasn't not really. I could justify it under the heading of essentials but then we didn't really need proper Coca Cola or crisps or chocolate biscuits or Kinder Surprise eggs.

moo2moo

Five hours, several packets of crisps and rather a lot of coffee breaks later the playhouse is finished - well apart from the windows but what are 12 pathetically small bits of plastic between friends? Spent an hour or so impersonating a Pickfords employee and carting all the dining room furniture from the main hall. Dining room now looks vaguely more dining room like but I can't remember what tables go where so have abandoned them in more or less the right place. Will suck up to cook on Tuesday and offer to help reposition them before she has a major dicky fit.Hopefully the builders will depart in another two weeks although there seems to be a horrendous amount of stuff to do between now and then.

Still need to do another five hours before the start of next week. Have run out of enthusiasm.

Plans for the remainder of the day extend as far as hanging washing on the line and updating my spending diary before I develop a very convenient mental block. Just because I've overlooked a few things doesn't mean the bank manager will.

Got all excited yesterday when we thought we had our first broody hen of the year. Moved her into solitary confinenment where shes marching up and down looking rather irate. Tis unlikely we'll persuade her she wants to hatch chicks which gives me much longer to trawl t'internet in search of fertile eggs. The hardest part is deciding what breed to hatch cos I want them all (apart from those listed as aggressive breeds of course).

moo2moo

We're all going to the zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow. We're all going to the zoo tomorrow, we're gonna stay all day..... We're going to the zoo, zoo zoo.... you get the idea

beanielou

Enjoy the zoo

lucielle

Going anywhere nice tomorrow?
L

Eager_Elephant

I have an update.

DH has moved his jeans from the utility room to the stairs - they are just draped up the stairs!!!

He has gone for a shower and they are still there so I assume they are destined to stay there for some time!!

If they are not moved by tonight I will have to move them back to the utility room due to the health and safety issues of having a 70+ year old trying to climb up the stairs and over the jeans!!!

EE

P.S Have a good day at the zoo tomorrow!

moo2moo

Aaaagh. Why is life never ever simple?

OH has been scheduled to go away on business in a fortnight since mid-January although its been on hold because of some conference or other which meant hotels rooms for five days worked out at almost £2K and the man who pays the bills was trying to find something cheaper. E-mail arrives yesterday saying the something cheaper is a room at the airport without broadband. Broadband for the duration will be at OHs expense (£50) and going anywhere involves a train and visitors tax of £12 per day again at OHs expense. Food is only available from the hotels v. expensive restaurant (at OHs expense) whilst his boss is staying in the city centre at the hotel they normally use which is too expensive for plebs but fine for management. He gets a set expenses allowance which should cover all these expenses but doesn't see why he should have to, whilst if the company were picking up everything based upon reciepts he wouldn't question it but would probably still grumble about being stuck in the back of beyond.

I can understand him being cheesed off. What I can't understand is the consumption of 2 litres of god awful cheap red wine which made anything and everything my fault. Clearly it can't be my fault that he was so plastered that he tripped over the doorframe and has an enormous bruise on his shoulder and several more on his knees.

Currently unsure whether he will be going away, nor if he will quit his job as threatened in the midst of his drunken ramblings. I know he hates it but even so thaere really aren't any alternatives out there. We couldn't manage on my wage alone unless he was prepared to stop smoking and drinking and throwing money around like the Secret Millionaire. More curious as to what exactly he'll remember this morning. Not entirely sure I want to spend a day in his company either after some of the vicious things he said last night. I know hes stressed and under pressure but that really doesn't give him the right to vent at me because I'm a conveninent doormat. Guess I should be grateful that hes the passing out variety of drunk rather than the sort that utilises people as punch bags. Am very very angry with him at the mo.

Plans for today extend as far as digging a 6' x 4' hole under the patio.

moo2moo

Real plans for today extend as far as going to school for half an hour (although apparently me doing this each day is very inconvenient and selfish), will come home, make picnic do laundry, kill an hour or so doing domesticated things and be at the zoo for opening time. Will see whether OH is capable of joining us closer to the time. Must keep reminding myself that he is still the childrens father and entitled to spend some time with them on days such as this even though what I would dearly like to say about him will be translated by the swear filter into hyroglyphics which is probably just as well.

One E-bay parcel to post, one non-paying E-bayer reported to allow me to reclaim fees. One £5 High Street Gift Voucher won in a competition.

mooomin

*great big hug*

*passes shovel*

Intergalactic_Floozie

Oh no, not again! It does sound like his job has an awful lot to answer for when it comes to his mood swings / drinking doesn't it? I really don't know what to say, so have a hug x