Further financial faux pas and even more disasterous decisions

beanielou

Yah to DD's tidying their rooms.

MrsMoo2U

Hello, glad you have had some R&R that sounded very exciting. Funny you found that leaflet. I have pondered this. If he didnt want you to find it then he wouldnt have left it in the car. Maybe he left it in such a way that he could tell that you had found it (assuming that you tried to put it back in the same place). The fact that he woke you to ask if you wanted to chat could suggest that he realised that you had found it. I think he is trying to do something to rectify the previous situations (not sure what the current situation is)and attempting to discuss it. I would be honest with him, make a nice meal for the two of you and then just tell him that you had found the leaflet and you were concerned that he felt the need to get this information. Maybe you could suggest that you go to counselling together. If he thinks he is being abused it will be difficult to persuade him otherwise without some help from an independant person in mediating any discussion. Alternatively you could find a similar leaflet for women and put it next to the one he has and see what happens.

honeybear_2

moo2moo wrote: »

Have resorted to threats in the hope of inspiring the DDs to tidy their rooms. Clearly its working. THe idea of their new matressess being canceleed because the delivery guys can't get them into their rooms was a work of sheer genius and one that can be used repeatedly over the next five days.

Evil! I love it

moo2moo

Meh. Its still dark outside. Clearly winter is approaching rapidly. Its cold and crisp and I can see my breath in the air. Today is most definately not a morning for pyjama rambles despite what the puppy might think. Decided that she'd been so well behaved whilst we were away that we'd allow her a bit more freedom so extended her nocturnal quarters to include the kitchen. Can't say I was best pleased when I came downstairs at midnight to investigate the many crashes and clatters and found her standing on the worktop giving the kitten the evil eye. I fear she may have been lured there by the small thing that was defending the top of the cupboards but even so ... puppy was hauled back into puppy land and the door firmly shut.

OH is in full blown relaxation mode and is alternating between reading and sleeping and is much happier for it. He managed to visit Lidls without getting lost but still spent a fortune and bought more stuff than there was room for in the freezer.

I eventually made it back to school to finish off although the deputy head did phone and offer to lock up. Whilst the thought was tempting the idea of going in for 7 thins morning to do the stuff that I had obviously not done was not. Head saw my hair and was not bothered, he had other, more concerning things, on his mind. Managed to shred all the stuff I liberated from the filing cabinets last week and went on to forage a slow cooker full of apples and plenty more insect riddled ones for the chooks.

Came across a website claiming to feed a family of four for under £1 per head per day but was immediately put off when the first recipe I clicked on featured tinned smart price mushrooms. Bleugh. Rubbers have more flavour besides which I don't like the idea of food that bites back.

Plans for today involve catching up on six weeks worth of random chit chat, staff meeting avoidance and most importantly not being lured into any last minute tasks by hiding outdoors at the farthest reaches of the school field pottering. May also find time to spread bark chip under the climbing frame and generally tidy up outdoors. Pretty sure there are a couple of minor fence repairs to do and quite possibly a wee bit of pruning so that children can use the footpath without being jabbed in the eye by a pointy plant or stung by nettles.

THe DDs bags are packed with all their back to school essentials. Uniform is mostly labelled and new shoes vaguely broken in although DD2 will be taking a stack of plasters with her to be on the safe side. I guess on Thursday housework restarts with a vengence because I've been a wee bit slack recently in the way that only someone whos not actually done much more than the absolute bare minimum can be. Have an ironing pile thats reached avalanche proportions to tackle asap although the puppy is helping by liberating items from the bottom and hiding them behind her chair.

Finally got a cheque for £32 from Global Test Market.

moo2moo

An hours sanity left and I'm making the most of it.In theory the DDs are ready for school, all I have to do is make butties and load 'em in the car. However since DD1 appeared at 10pm to ask whether she needed summer or winter uniform I fear things may not be quite so straight forward. Besides which they'll both be tired although tis there own fault for reading by torchlight long after lights had been turned off.

My dad phoned last night to say he'd arrived back from a jaunt to the US with a 60 piece brass band where Granny narrowly avoided being arrested. The highlight of his trip was apparently watching a blue whale doing a poo. Seems little boys never grow up. Meanwhile they arrived home to find my little sis had moved in. Her boyfriends being a !!!!!! so shes left him to it, think the small matter of him seeing someone else had something to do with this. Granny is obsessivly neat and tidy. My lil sis is the complete opposite of this. Turns out they were able to figure out how long she'd been in residence from the number of plates she hadn't got round to washing. Should make life a little more interesting for them at any rate.

Finally brought up the subject of that leaflet which was met with a so what. Apparently the contents of a mans car are as sacred as those of a womans handbag. Will remember that next time he hints that I clean it. Am now in the dog house for arranging lunch with "someone" I've met on t'internet. Apparently I should be v. cautious that FF is not a forty something balding man desperate to get in my pants. Think his brother has scared him with tales of randy women from Plenty of Freaks one of whom met him for dinner and told him she wasn't really hungry, going on to ask if they could just skip dinner and get a room.

Turns out OH has today off too. Hope hes does something more than kill people on the PC, its really really doing my nut in at the mo. Everytime I start something he takes over but never quite seems to finish anything. Not sure if its a way of helping but its infuriating as hell. Imagine walking in the door to find that someones done a few more loads of washing but not got round to swapping anything on the line so you're stuck with three loads of wet stuff with the dogs honking blankets sandwiched in the middle. Lovely. Still at least he did do the washing.

Was intending doing some ironing last night but had run out of energy, this going dark at 8:30 malarky is making me feel very sleepy even earlier than normal, think playing Just Dance with the DDs till 8pm also had a fair bit to do with the lack of energy though. Did manage to find the time to put a bid on the River Cottage Edible Seashore book.... am getting a wee bit carried away with this but then I think to myself its only £8 whilst OH is sitting around happily debating upgrading a rifle and blowing a further £500 to do this despite not having fired anything in over a month or even clapped eyes on the thing he wants to upgrade to. Breathe deeply and think calming thoughts. Frying pans are not an option.

mooomin

moo2moo wrote: »

Am now in the dog house for arranging lunch with "someone" I've met on t'internet. Apparently I should be v. cautious that FF is not a forty something balding man desperate to get in my pants. Think his brother has scared him with tales of randy women from Plenty of Freaks one of whom met him for dinner and told him she wasn't really hungry, going on to ask if they could just skip dinner and get a room.

Dagnammit, he figured me out :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Pooky

I just read the "highlight of the trip was seeing a blue whale do a poo" bit to my DH (who coincidently I met on the internet 10 years ago - he was neither bald or 40something but I won't comment on the other bit ) and he agreed that it would be the highlight of any trip and then went on to wonder what blue whale poo looks like...

So yes, boys never grow up.

moo2moo

Back to normality with a thump.

Walked in the door to find OH preparing to depart with two dogs to puppy school. One is a handful at the best of times, I wouldn't even attempt it with two... still what do I know? Anyhoo there was the small matter of him not being able to find the puppys headcollar or leads or treats which had delayed things considerably. I delclined the offer to join him on the basis that I was covered in anti-vandal paint (it really is sticky stuff) and puppy class had already started so the delays caused by me grabbing a drink would mean missing a big chunk of it. Opted to walk the geriatric hairball instead but she'd had enough after half an hour so have commence operation de-shoite the house. Bleugh.

Incidentally for those who are interested in such things its a vast pool of red gloop which reeks of rotten fish.

MrsMoo2U

Oo I like the boys stuff. I am a bit obsessed by whales. Once when whale watching with my friend in Mexico a mother and her baby surfaced right next to the boat. I then realised why my friend had warned us to keep our mouths closed at all times. The mother blew out of her blow hole and I ended up with a face full of spray which stunk like rotten fish and tasted even worse

Yes I too have reverted to putting on PJs by 9pm - as much as I enjoy Autumn, I wish that we could have it in the daylight.

MrsMoo2U

Meant to say - happy coffee drinking. I am a little envious, I think there is nothing more exciting that meeting new people.