OK, more procrastination on my part!
Julie- wow, what a scare! I admit to feeling ill reading about your Oscar's capers, so you did very well!
Mel - I never even thought about that side effect of sandpits! And thanks, Tali, for the tip about covering it...wouldn't have thought of that, either - DP will be building one for Oscar soon.
Bath - your FIL sounds like a sweetheart
Ali - hot water yet?
I never ended up posting in the Boo Hoo room, sorry! I just couldn't be bothered rehashing the issue. It's my mum again. My sister reckons she's close to an apology, I am insisting now that she is to bring it up and ask to speak with DP and I about it. My sis reckons I'm being stubborn, but I'm just asking to hear it from the horse's mouth (my sister is being a conduit, so I only hear it from her that my mum is conciliatory). I've given so much slack for so long, especially after Oscar was born, that it's time she sucked it up, if patching things up with my family means anything to her. If I give her an inch, the ball will be back in her court and I thus give her permission to treat me like crap again. DP is adamant that she instigate this 'talk' she wants to have. I reckon he's right, too - though I hate to admit it, and I'm hating that I have to take this hard line with her. That's the SHORT version! We're still talking, though with the atmosphere of tension, because she will then sabotage conversation with unnecessary and mean jibes (she really lets fly, too!).
Ok, gotta clean a kitchen and get back to an assignment - the boys are in bed and the dogs need kicking out...
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