How to Get Through The Tough Times The Old Style Way.

gailey_2

Morning guys.

Hope everyones doing ok.

Still no baby:( fed up,god knows when.

finally tackled cupboard of doom thismorning under stairs so feel good about that.
promised eldest I decorate her rainbows box and make cakes when youngest goes down for nap.

Having another crap mothers day.:(
had row with hubby as he dident get me a card,said hes skint but he got his mam loads.

he toldme we had 13quid nectar points sobraved sainsburys yesetrday was manic and flower city got serveral cheap bunches and wrapping paper to make mil lovley bouquet as seemed better value than shop brought ones and more thourght pluslove flower arranging.
Also got her 99p card and chocs on offer that she likes.

I would have been happy with old style mums day.
brekkie in bed,homemade card and maybe some dafs out garden.
Hubby had today booked off thourgh the was going to maybe cook nice lunch.
No hes decided he wants to worktoday just as well as we not currently talking!:mad:

He left at 6am expect he be back at 6pm.

one glimmer of hope feeling less ill this weekend than in the week.
least mi lhad her treat.
I dont consider myself to be spoilt,materialistic or demanding just upset about lack of thourght how Iwould feel,did say to him dont bother with pressie we skint until mon but thourght very least a card or some acknowledgement of being great mum to 2girls and 1 on way anytime soon.

Because he had few days off when i was sicklast week im being ungrateful!

Still not going to swell got to do list today.
everythings ready for baby.:D
going to try catch up on laundry and do some nesting.
maybe try get soak in bath and pick some daffs fromgarden.:)

Hoping my mood will improve feel like grinch who stole mothers day.seems a day where lotsof people have smug fb updates saying how blessed they are or time for families to spend together.

Still got lots foodin freezer/cupboards unsure what to make 4lunch today.

Maybe having baba will cheer me up but feel so tired today and hubbys not talking and working so not great timing!

Need a few oldstyle projects this week keepmebusy.
Might attempt a baby blanket!
Might try batch cook somestuff too as got to take days when dont feelill as blessing and do asmuch as I can.

Got carseat down from loft.
going to scrub pram today.
sorted out babbies clothes/nappies.
put lots on netmums tosell what dont go will give charity.

Landlords coming round tommorow to fit new fire.
Agents have fixedleaking pipe.
hopefully getting new carpetupstairs soon although landlord asked could we fit it?

Thanks for advice on housing really not sure as band c what chances we have as we currently in and can just about afford private rent but thourght cheaper rent wouldmean debts paid off bit faster and maybe get us on course to properly save as having no savings makes me feel vunerable.

modern_millie_2

Oh Gailey, I do feel for you, I think our OH's don't always appreciate how much we do, and the more efficiently we do it the less they notice! Try and give yourself an easy day if you can.
Don't think I will have any treats today either, as poor DD has been ill for the last few days with a virus, so I suspect no present or card (she is still in bed atm) and OH has gone to work. So I will be making dinner as usual! Will however cook what I would like to eat, and put my feet up with a book this afternoon.

Grey Queen, how about chicken curry?

kidcat

Gailey - same here, I would have appreciated a cup of tea in bed much more than a box of chocolates that I hate thrown at me. At least the kids made an effort and DD16 bought me delias frugal food cook book!!


I hate mothers day and would happily see it banned, and I hate the FB status of "oh how blessed - my little one made me a three course breakfast and painted a picasso whilst decorating the hall for me" type people too!!!

Am marginally cheered by the fact the the cooker sells today so OH will have to spend most of the day cleaning it!!!! And its currently at loads more than I paid for it so am well pleased.
Free listing day today on ebay so hoping to at least list the double pram and highchair.


Grey queen - is is pre cooked chicken - if so theres a recipe someone posted ages ago I will look for link - we had it last week and its lovely

http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/chicken-tartiflette

gailey_2

Ahh thanks guys sorry your mothers day not too fabby either!

Maybe im being a cynical grump but anyone else hate how commercial so many events have become?Maybe imgetting old but seems to be getting worse. Mostof time think ott misses the sentiment,effort and meaning of what thad day should mean.
Same goes for valentines day,fathers day even flipping xmas and easter become worse.

Kidcat-saw that frugal bookin smiths looks good.nice to see celeb chef doing something affordable.
Blooming heck fb statuses oneof my freinds today im so blessed I have a 500quid apple ipad!
Puzzled how much pocketmoney her 3 get age 7,4 and 1!

I guess it doesnt help40percentof my fb freinds are mummies.
so they all in smug competition with each other status wise.
thats why I prefer company here to some mummy forums im on as they act so spoilt and demanding and I rarly buy for myself always think of hubby and kids first!

I know im not hubbys mummy although feel like it at times and he acts like a child!
Just wanted some recognition that he appreciate the good job I do raising his/well our kids .
I do nearly everything for him and the girls.

I do appreciate him supporting me last week but at 40weeks pregnant its about flipping time!

Girls are being so supercute and good today really cheered me up.
will spend some quality time with eldest whos 5when 18month olds alseep.
just saved them from killer wasp in kitchen.do hate wasps seen far too many latly for my liking.
baffled where they comeing from.used fly/wasp spray.

jackieglasgow

I think you're quite right to be pee'ed off with him Gailey. I am not "into" Mothers' Day, Valentine'setc., but do appreciate a nice card from my children saying that they love me, and to be honest they enjoy doing it too. OH's job is to make sure he sets an example to the children, and a big part of that is showing them how to treat their mother. Your OH has an easy time of it, you do far more for him than I and most other women I know would, and he should show you some appreciation for that. Men are just thoughtless at times, but you are bringing a young man into the world, and you will be able to redress the balance yourself soon enough

Just for the record, we think you are a great mum, so Happy Mothers' Day from me! xxx

GreyQueen

......Oooooh, that was a close one! Inspired to clean by posting on Ceridwen's new thread, I decided it was past time to wash the outside of my windows so headed out there with a bowl of hot soapy water and a pile of newspapers. Thought for a mo and decided I'd do the bedroom/ living room side before the kitchen/bathroom/ front door side so was heading around the corner and narrowly avoided a f-2-f with Idiot Boy who was getting into Idiot Girlfiend's car. Managed to do an about-face before he saw me. What with toothy traumas it was a bit of a beggar of a week but at least the sun is shining.

Housework is catching, so have ripped down the net curtains (yeah, I know, not my preferred decorative option but the least worst way of dealing with the fact that people have got perfectly legitimate reasons to be just outside the windows of my ground floor flat). They're having a jaunt thru the washer with the cleaning cloths.

Gailey, love, you do so much that I get exhausted just reading your posts, and that's meant kindly. Are you taking proper care of yourself? You'd have a hard enough workload without a baby due any second, having 2 such young children already. Put your feet up, gal, you're making the rest of the world look lazy by comparison. Your OH doesn't know how good a deal he's got, I think.

Kidcat, that's a lovely recipe and I think I'll try it at some point but not this week. Does anyone know if I can cook chicken curry with pre-cooked chicken? I'm a little nervous of it as it was reduced due to being late-date and I froze it the same day but anxious to avoid poisoning myself.

Well, suppose I should wash the inside of the windows as well before I put the nets back up.......... boorinnnggg, you can go off housework, you know.:rotfl:

Lindy_-_Loo

Happy Mothers Day everyone xx

I havent had a 'lazy day' or day of others waiting on me. The boys made cards at school and I got the new james patterson book and a big toblerone which the 4 of us have had a piece of!

Ive done the washing, drying, cleaned the bathroom, hoovered all downstairs including lifting up the seats and hoovering them. I did get toast made for breakfast for me.

Ive mended DS2 pjs - the seam hadnt been stiched by the looks of them. OH is making biscuits with the boys and Ive just listed some items on ebay.

DS1 fell over and broke his DS lite on wednesday - i was very proud of him for offering to buy one out of his own money. We havent got the money to replace it and he was very grown up (hes nearly 6) and said that we need our money for holidays and food.

Waiting for my tesco vouchers to come as want to exchange for blue planet aquarium, hopefully in time for half term

Larumbelle

All the mums out there (especially the under-appreciated ones) :grouphug: HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!!

flowertotmum

:grouphug: To all of you "Happy Mothers Day"..
Have missed you ladies this wk..
Will be back later..lots of news..
love you all..
ftm

RufusForever

Hi there - don't post here, or much at all ( but really enjoy reading this thread ), so hope it's okay me just popping in.
Really just wanted to reply to gailey, saw you mentioning wasps in your post and remember you mentioned them before. If I was you I would definitely try and find where they're coming from, block their way in to your house, and get somebody ( your council if they do it ) to deal with them. I think you might well have a nest in maybe your loft. We had that over the winter, a time when you'd think they' d not be active but they were coming in a really small hole into one of our bedrooms from our loft space. You really don't want wasps, especially if there's a nest and it gets bigger and they they get active and quite easily angered - definitely not when you've got 2 ( soon to be 3 ) little ones.
Sorry if I've worried you, it's just they're not like bees who could block out your house and leave alone - If it was me I'd get onto it.