gratefulforhelp's austerity measures

gratefulforhelp_2

i have opened an unpaid item thingy, since i messaged the buyer and no reply.

dog walked. dds decluttered to school. have another wedding this sat, trying to lose some more weight.

gratefulforhelp_2

Got a snooze in yesterday, going to try to do jobs later. Got £10 off Mr T online by just ordering in DH's name. Fuel budget is going well this month, only £50 so far.

gratefulforhelp_2

goodness, hard day today with two smalls screaming at me. got some tidying and washing done, though. NSD.

SmlSave

Got £10 off Mr T online by just ordering in DH's name

Ohhhh, sneeky I may just try this.

Hope the smalls have quietened down for you now

cha97michelle

The days like that with 2 of them screaming at you get less frequent as they get bigger thankfully.

You still sound manic busy.

Iris_Blue

cha97michelle wrote: »

The days like that with 2 of them screaming at you get less frequent as they get bigger thankfully.

...and then they turn into teenagers and it really starts

The joys of parenthood

gratefulforhelp_2

SmlSave wrote: »

Ohhhh, sneeky I may just try this.

worked with Mr S and Mr T

cha97michelle wrote: »

The days like that with 2 of them screaming at you get less frequent as they get bigger thankfully.

I will be back at work then, but dd2 starts school in sept.

You still sound manic busy.

feels like i spend my life sat on my butt-ox feeding, but did manage 2 walks today - one was ok!!

Iris_Blue wrote: »

...and then they turn into teenagers and it really starts

The joys of parenthood

:rotfl:you are coping with more than me, think this is all i can cope with!

i have been thinking, i want us to be more hospitable.

when it was just us and dd1 it was socials every weekend, but with

moving to a bigger mortgage
three pregnancies
changing job
SIL being a pain in the derriere

we have closed this right down. i would like to arrange baby's baptism, but last time SIL and her family were asked for coffee and stayed three hours when i had 4 house guests i needed to cook for, then stayed for hours after all the other guests had gone after baptism. her son wiped food up the arm of cream sofa (he was 15) and so on.

i know it probably sounds extreme, but i would like to arrange it but only if i dont have to put up with this.

also there is the budgeting question...

Iris_Blue

It's not extreme at all. That's why we as a family have been very anti social the last few years. We simply don't have the time ( or money ) for people. It's hard enough juggling with family life as it is.

Why should you have to put up with SIL staying, sometimes you have to make things clear to people.

gratefulforhelp_2

not just us then?? thanks iris.

she would be bearable if she didn't make comments about the children's genetic heritage all the time - dd1 is dh's step child - and expect everyone to ask how high? when she says jump.

Iris_Blue

Oh now that would wind me up!

Step children or not they are all part of one family. Why does it need to be mentioned at all? She sounds like a nutter. Unfortunately there's one in every family.