Its tough, it will get better and guess what its freezing brrrrr!

bluebag

gailey wrote: »

Well finally did something constructive today feels good after day of moping and coughing.

Tommorow plan top make quiches and flapjacks.
fridge needs cleaning.

what exiting life I lead.

gailey, you do live an exciting life, you have the care and administration of the next generation in your hands.

You take very seriously the economic, comfort and health aspects of that role. No CEO of any company puts the hours in that you do with your little family.

I have read a few of your posts about the current economic situation and you are very 'clued up' with what is really going on.

Don't ever underestimate what you are, who you are and what you mean to those who love you.

Take care.

bluebag

jaxx46 wrote: »

Congratulations to all the ladies on impending babies, :j:T
Now here's a who would have thunk it. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/38/20101123/tod-marmite-thieves-snatch-60k-worth-of-045b8e8.html :eek: I will be very cross if I don't get my marmite lunchbox from:santa2:



p.s is it my lappy or is the forum really slow tonight?

Now that's a real whodathunkit. I just told my DD about it, she's rolling about laughing (she hates the stuff!) and said 'are they nuts?':rotfl:

Fruball

ellanutella - i have sent you a PM

kidcat

Wow te site is really messed up - just tried to quote madartha and its quoting a post from days ago, so have given up.:)
Parts of being pregnant I really loved - although I really hated being touched by complete strangers wanting to feel baby without any warning or permission, I got quite violent about with it with my first - threw guy across a desk:o:o:o when he touched my bump, luckily my boss was great and managed to sort things for me, as he explained to the guy that touching someones stomach counts as sexual harrassment, but I learned quickly to move out of the way instead.

Have had an up and down day today, was called into DS6 school as he has been awful this afternoon, we talked to him about his behaviour and while he tidied some stuff away I had a chat with his teacher - she was almost crying because it came out that he had acted up for two reasons the first we realised was due to his t aking his younger sister to school with me yesterday - so he was in his old rooms - same door, coat hangers etc, and she thinks that has triggered stuff, but when we spoke to him, it also came out that he got out of hand practising the play - and he remembers that last year he wasnt allowed to join in the play or even watch and was asked to stay away from school those days so as not to cause any disruption - and taking part today made him remember. Was so sad - I had hoped he had not really remembered - his teacher hadnt realised the play was such a big thing to him and to be honest neither had I - with so much other stuff going on then I didnt see that he understood all that he was missing, and I am sad that I let him down. HIs new teacher says that now she knows its an issue they will talk with him and deal with it, but that she doesnt want him going back near the old school yet as he clearly isnt ready and it is only upsetting for him. Not sure how I will work it when he is off and DD4 is in school but will have to find a way somehow.

AM in major clean up mode tonight as my mum is in full mourning for someone she knew and has died, she has commandeered his funeral arrangements from his wife (am not predicting this ending well) and is in full and fixed mode, means that nothing else even gets a look in with her, its funny in one way but a slight problem as she is supposed to be babysitting whilst I attend a Governor meet (followed by my PTA fundraising meeting ) tomorrow, I called to remind her and she had forgotten, I offered her dinner when I get back and she accepted - I dutifully planned dinner, then she has called back and announced she is bringing the widow with her :eek::eek: (not someone I particularly get on with I might add) as she doesnt trust her not to mess with the funeral plans while my mum is here:eek::eek::eek:, and can I make sure everywhere is properly clean and tidy and having had no kids the widow has a palace that is spotless!!!! Thankfully I dropped a plate and smashed it in shock - so was able to end the call before I responded - I swear if I wasnt so wrung out I would throttle her.:rotfl:

Am trying to decide whether to buy a small chest freezer and fill it with bread and stuff like that just in case of bad weather, or whether I would be better spending the money on new better fitting living room curtains and cant decide which would be most efficient. The freezer would save me diesel on shopping trips and mean I could fill the oven more with baking, whilst the curtains would hopefully heat the living room a bit more and possibly save gas.

Just in case anyone considering an Approved food order its supposed to be half price shipping till Thursday again.

kochi1

Annie56 wrote: »

:eek:Good morning from a grey and chilly Staffordshire and a very shocked Annie56.and apologies for not bieng around for a week or so...

Firstly hello to everyone new and hugs and warmest thoughts to all finding it difficult at the moment,,

Secondly as a midwife up till 3 months ago I should know better I know and at my age too but well it just kinda happened, when you have been married to someone that wasnt able to have children you get used to accepting that its never going to happen, then you divorce, meet hunky gardener and well life settles down and your sitting pn the couch chomping on the jaffa cakes and then realise:eek:omg my last period is late you soon stop chomping those jaffa cakes pronto quicko.Fast and furous dash to the all night chemist and buy 2 pregnancy tests, first result positive, so after Ive picked myself up of the bathroom floor I do another one eek my god oh no sheez its POSITIVE again,,,,Im pregnant...how do you feel after all those years of accepting that youd never become a mother that its happened, shocked was the word and then life takes on a whole new meaning when you leave that bathroom and wonder how someone is going to take the news.

So Mr Montys sitting chomping his porridge and toast and I say what do you want for Christmas this bieng our first one together?
He says dont know lifes pretty much perfect at the moment why are you asking so, I said ahem well cough splutter red faced christ how do you drop this bombshell? Im pregnant and yes Ive done the test twice, ever seen a man shocked, I did, the got a big hug and lots of kisses and yoops of wow oh brill fantastic and sat down with a cuppa tea and told to take it easy..men....

So ladies the doc confirmed it, gave me a lecture on the older woman and pregnacy then asked me what my job was I said a midwife for 20 odd yearsand now shop assistant at garage she said ok..and there we go one expecting a baby Annie56 and a Monty with a big grin:D:D:D and my poor dad crying at going to be a grandad and Montys little daughter shouting sister sister , so OS folk my lifes pretty wonderful right now, and the money tightening has to be even more focussed now.

I maybe shouldnt have said anything so early on, Im aware what can go wrong and with my age even more so but just had to share my good news.

Montys thrilled and says hello...think he wil be one of those hands on dads, wont fill my posts with baby talk just wanted share my wonderful news .

So Gailey and Jediteacher can I join the baby club and any tips on that most happily received...

Love to you all xxx

Annie56 and still skint and still working hard

Hearty congrats to you and Monty - such lovely news to hear :T

Fruball

kidcat wrote: »

Wow te site is really messed up - just tried to quote madartha and its quoting a post from days ago, so have given up.:)
Parts of being pregnant I really loved - although I really hated being touched by complete strangers wanting to feel baby without any warning or permission, I got quite violent about with it with my first - threw guy across a desk:o:o:o when he touched my bump, luckily my boss was great and managed to sort things for me, as he explained to the guy that touching someones stomach counts as sexual harrassment, but I learned quickly to move out of the way instead.

Have had an up and down day today, was called into DS6 school as he has been awful this afternoon, we talked to him about his behaviour and while he tidied some stuff away I had a chat with his teacher - she was almost crying because it came out that he had acted up for two reasons the first we realised was due to his t aking his younger sister to school with me yesterday - so he was in his old rooms - same door, coat hangers etc, and she thinks that has triggered stuff, but when we spoke to him, it also came out that he got out of hand practising the play - and he remembers that last year he wasnt allowed to join in the play or even watch and was asked to stay away from school those days so as not to cause any disruption - and taking part today made him remember. Was so sad - I had hoped he had not really remembered - his teacher hadnt realised the play was such a big thing to him and to be honest neither had I - with so much other stuff going on then I didnt see that he understood all that he was missing, and I am sad that I let him down. HIs new teacher says that now she knows its an issue they will talk with him and deal with it, but that she doesnt want him going back near the old school yet as he clearly isnt ready and it is only upsetting for him. Not sure how I will work it when he is off and DD4 is in school but will have to find a way somehow.

AM in major clean up mode tonight as my mum is in full mourning for someone she knew and has died, she has commandeered his funeral arrangements from his wife (am not predicting this ending well) and is in full and fixed mode, means that nothing else even gets a look in with her, its funny in one way but a slight problem as she is supposed to be babysitting whilst I attend a Governor meet (followed by my PTA fundraising meeting ) tomorrow, I called to remind her and she had forgotten, I offered her dinner when I get back and she accepted - I dutifully planned dinner, then she has called back and announced she is bringing the widow with her :eek::eek: (not someone I particularly get on with I might add) as she doesnt trust her not to mess with the funeral plans while my mum is here:eek::eek::eek:, and can I make sure everywhere is properly clean and tidy and having had no kids the widow has a palace that is spotless!!!! Thankfully I dropped a plate and smashed it in shock - so was able to end the call before I responded - I swear if I wasnt so wrung out I would throttle her.:rotfl:

Am trying to decide whether to buy a small chest freezer and fill it with bread and stuff like that just in case of bad weather, or whether I would be better spending the money on new better fitting living room curtains and cant decide which would be most efficient. The freezer would save me diesel on shopping trips and mean I could fill the oven more with baking, whilst the curtains would hopefully heat the living room a bit more and possibly save gas.

Just in case anyone considering an Approved food order its supposed to be half price shipping till Thursday again.

Good grief - what alot you have on your plate... Tell your Mum that your house is what it is... (clear up as much as you can obviously, but that statement will mean you don't have to apologise for what you didn't do)...

You can only do your best... with caring for your children, which sounds like hard work... as are all kids!... then its a bit much for her to expect you to present a palace.... its a home... a family home and should be expected to be.

Take a deep breath... do what you can without putting yourself under undue pressure, and see what happens.

hope all goes well

Fruball

I absolutely LOVED being pregnant (except from puking in every single public loo in cambs!) and really didn't mind people prodding at my very enormous twin bump.... I think that is partly to do with having to wait 14 years for DDs to come along so I was so so proud and grateful that if anybody noticed I was pregnant, it was probably quite difficult for them to get away

Once the twins were born, I had one elderly lady who tutted at me saying they were far too young to be out!!! They were 3 weeks from memory.... they were fine, it was me that was still sore from C Sect!!! I was a bit narked but remembered that in my Nana's day, pregnancy was more or less hidden and women were in hospital for ages after the birth... different generations, different rules!

Love to see babies out and about altho a few years ago I would cry and cry if I saw a new baby and became nearly housebound because of it... I always comment on bumps and babes now

Fruball

Amusing OT anecdote... One (crazy) woman came up to me and DDs when they were tiny... asked if they were twins... was visibly shocked when I said they were and then went on to say "OMG!!! But one is asleep and one is awake... how is that possible?!!!! Durrr they are twins not clones!

My cousin, out walking with her twin boys was stopped by an elderly lady... "what are their names?" she asked.... "benjamin and luke" she replied... "Ahhhhhhhhhhhh one of each, how lovely". :eek: weird!!!

Lastly, an elderly gentleman on the tills at MrT said to me "oh, a boy AND a girl, how lovely!"... I said they were 2 girls.... he said "but that one has brown hair!" errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Oh, is that how you tell the difference? I always though it was to do with what was down below, not the colour of hair :rotfl:

kidcat

Frugal - thanks

As for babies being out, I ran a playgroup as part of my voluntary role and there was no-one to cover so I managed to not miss a week with either of my sons, so one was about two days old when I was out! And I remember picking up one of the kids from school on the day DD4 was born - came out of hospital straight to school to grab and home, (For any expectant mums out there its not a good idea and I certainly dont advise it, my friend almost died because she did too much too soon, so take care after the birth too!! ) drove myself home after DD too when OH had car accident on way from hospital and was unable to drive.

How warm should rooms be kept? Heating has been on and off on timer today and yet the living room never rose above 16 whilst my bedroom didnt pass 14c?

twiglet98

annie123 wrote: »

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=london

http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/

http://www.accuweather.com/ukie/index.asp

http://met-monkey.co.uk/

http://www.netweather.tv/

in case anyone wants more weather forecasts:)

met-monkey and netweather have good weather forums too.
I must get out more..................:o

Crikey, I thought I had every possible weather site (and forum)worth its salt bookmarked already, but met-monkey is a new one to me!! Thanks annie123