Ali - Congrats on your anniversary You are part of the growing trend for marriages that are actually lasting! For a while there the stats were not good, but they reckon that in the last few years, the separation and divorce rate is slowing down again. Guess DP and I have to get married to test that one
Jess - that was complicated! Good one on the TV!
Mel - checked out your pics - very nice! I love our bed still - we have a futon base (normal height) with a latex and wool mattress...it's the bees knees. DP didn't have great linen when we met, so within the first few weeks of us being together, I took him linen shopping, but he directed that we were to only get nice stuff, so we did! BUT, we need more...just cos I said so, and I love nice linen... How cute that you'll be a MIL soon
Bath - the show! I reckon Oscar MIGHT get something out of it next year, so I'll prime him with local agi shows in the meantime.
Julie - you pics are lovely - it's giving me a hankering!
Tali - that's a gorgeous ticker photo!
Rory - the psych test is the hard bit and you can't really study for it. Suffice to say that they are looking for people who won't put 'I' in 'team'! Beep test over, that's a relief. We do beep tests for our running team training (we don't have to, but we just do) and DP romps it in, pity he isn't interested in career firefighting anymore! Good luck to DH!
Tonight I had a very good party at my SIL's - far, far better than Tuesday's effort. I feel more confident as of tonight, that I can pull off this Tupperware caper!
Things are a little weird with my mum this week after an incident on Monday that didn't even involve me, but she's lashing out at me anyway. Nothing major, just weird. I spoke about it with my counsellor today and we decided that I am pretty much free of my mum's binding guilt trip, my mum knows it and hates it. She'll one day realise that I CHOOSE to maintain a relationship with her, and that I don't do it out of some hold she has over me.
My niece is just cuter than ever. But, really! I'm not just saying that. She is definitely way cuter at 10 months now than my sister ever was as an infant! She is just edible. I have even had the opportunity for cuddles and games because my mum takes Oscar off and I get that time.
Right, I'm off to order some night boosters for our pocket nappies (I'm way over these compostables and I loathe the idea of going back to disposables) before I forget, and then I'm off to bed with my boys, who are very fast asleep. Tomorrow I'm going to try to study, even though I have no babysitter (my mum wants to declutter the house and MIL is off to a family reunion in the country)...so for those of you who asked how I find the time to study...I don't!