LOL, you've either been around a newborn/very little baby or a little girl today haven't you?
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LOL, you've either been around a newborn/very little baby or a little girl today haven't you?
Argh, just lost my post...didn't even click anything, it just vanished...grrrrr!
Ginger I looked at Missy E doing something clever today and thought how thoroughly my baby days are behind me. Just got to settle in now for a couple of decades of fun and then I'll get to play grandma....not too soon I hope...but your perspective changes once they are in school learning times tables! LOL I know you're secretly hoping we'll all urge you to go again...never say never I reckon. ;)
Kate, good to hear from you. I've done a big move to a little country place at 7 mths pregnant, keep asking questions and talking to people you meet and everything will fall into place. :hug:
Cass thinking of you this week and esp on Friday. :hug:
Well we've had a loooooverly weekend. I got lots of sleepins cos DH is still feeling guilty about having gone away :lol:. I'm totally thrilled because I finally managed to hound DH to help me get the draft stoppers sorted around the doors (it's only taken a year :wall:)...also DD taught me how to play Monopoly Deal and I thrashed everyone hehe. Feeling like i've got a sore throat coming on though, just in time for me to be superwoman this week with no FDC and 2x birthdays in the house to organise. Quietly culling more of Missy's baby things, got a little secret sorting spot in the spare room so things don't get resurrected.
ooohhh super jealous of your sleep ins. what is monopoly deal?
you know me too well trill!
ha ha, yes i did run into a lady with a baby boy today. he is gorgeous. she also has 3 older boys 6, 5 and 3.....made me super clucky seeing such a lovely big family. came home and spoke to dh about it to see if there was any possibility of budging him. unfortunately i think it might become a marriage-breaker if i keep pushing it iykwim?
time to start focussing on what a beautiful family i already have and put the #3 ideas to bed i think.....so, i think it might be time for me to start trying to get fit and healthy. give me something to focus on as i move out of the baby stage.
Monopoly deal = monopoly card game, it sells for about $12 and it's really good, because it's a lot less time to get to the wheeling and dealing point that normally takes hours with regular monopoly. It's a new-gen game for the young uns who don't have the patience for the old style games LOL. (Not that you could *ever* beat a game of cluedo, IMO).
ETA - yeah so that's a slice of my glamourous life...sitting around at home on a Sat night in my cardigan, playing games :rofl:
ha ha, sounds like a great saturday night to me! LOL, except i'd be wearing a dressing gown and uggies and have a fire going in the background. i'm actually looking forward to when the boys are old enough that we can do board game nights. sounds like awesome fun to me :)
where is everyone today? off enjoying some sunshine i hope!
I've been walking to a local garden, checked out the peanuts, taro, pineapple and pawpaw, had lunch now off the the pool and a bit of canasta this arvo!
Cass- :hug: Sorry to hear about your OMA. My granny has just fallen ill and is in hospital. Dad phoned and told me that if i want to see her maybe i should come home, so i'm flying home on Monday for 5 days. She's my last grandparent and we are really close. My wedding band is hers, given to her by her grandmother. She has wanted to go since losing her husband 12 years ago. So i feel relived for her that the end might be near, but sad for me iykwim.
MD- Nothing wrong with Saturday nights in, i'm a pro at them. ;)
oh no i'm so sorry about your granny :( let me know if there's anything i can do.
big :hug: ange. i hope you can give her lots and lots of cuddles when you visit. If there was one thing i could of done before Oma passed it would be to just hold hands and take all of her in :hug:
Ginger: little Jimmy is still very little in the scheme of things babe. give yourselves time and see how it travels; who knows maybe in a couple of years time you and DH look at eachother across the table and realise another baby is exactly what you both want IYKWIM. I know that for DH and I it kinda just happened like that. after my troubles with PND and the PTSD we were 100% convinced that there would never be another baby after Leila. but something changed, don't know what it was, but one day DH came home and asked me if we could make another baby as beautiful as Leila and (well you know the rest...lol). AND, if not, if this is your family, there will be new beautiful adventures ahead and precious moments to share with DH itms. i have to say that i am looking forward to having this baby and 'completing' my family and beginning the new journey towards family holidays, school camps, music lessons and just basically showing my girls the beautiful big wide world...
MD: NOTHING beats cluedo.
thanks cass :) .....so you're gonna stop after #2?
JM big :hug:. Will be thinking of you as you head home to spend precious time with your Granny. xxx
Ginger, today I was out having a hot coffee date with a really old GF...funny cos she's all nervous about starting work for the first time in 3 years tmrw...I was like...OMG that will be ME soon!!! (if I get one, that is...)
Cass - High 5, cluedo lover!
omg i would be freaking out if i had to work! what would i wear???? LOL
Hey everyone!
Ange, I'm so sorry to hear about your Granny :hug: I understand what you mean too.
LOL G, I thought so! FWIW, don't rule it out altogether. Things are always so full on when you have kids that age and you are still dealing with all the baby stuff that it does turn a lot of people off, but I know a few couples who have had a couple of kids and then decided that things were settled enough once they got older that they had another one or two. So maybe J is completely over having more at this point in time, but in a few years he might come round?
MD, I had no luck searching for property cards yesterday so I may have to relent and make a replacement. Personally I am a UNO and Trivial Pursuit fan LOL. I'm sure that you will be fine starting a new job :hug: Don't sell yourself short OK?
I had a day in Wagga yesterday - Dr's appt at 3.30 but went over early in the day to get all the shopping done and had A with me and OMG he did nothing but eat! You know how all the donut places do those mini cinnamon donuts and put them in the drink cups with a lid? They have about 12 in them and I brought one of those, plus a coffee for me that came with a free donut (even though I hate donuts LOL) and I gave him 3 of the mini ones, put the container in the trolley with him in it too and went to bigW and next thing I look around he's eaten ALL the mini donuts and is hooking into the big one I got, so I thought great, he wont eat lunch now. But come lunch time he ate a KFC popcorn chicken snack box and had a big drink and then because we were late coming home I grabbed him a macca's hamburger for tea! And all that was on top of two pieces of toast for brekkie! But I promise you he doesn't eat that much crap in one day normally :rofl:
LOL Trill at A's magnificent eating effort. You're gonna know about it when he hits teenagerhood, it'll be 12 weetbix every morning :lol:. I'm always astounded at how much food my often picky DD1 can put away when it's something she fancies.
Well Ginger, now it's my turn to freak out...just found out I have a job interview on Monday!!! What do i wear???? (naw only kidding, have had an interview outfit picked out since the end of last year...my clothes will be the one thing I *am* confident about).
:cheer: Go MD, that is awesome! Does that mean you didn't do as poorly as you think?
oohhh MD this is AWESOME!!! it means that they know that you can do the job, now they want to see if they can see themselves working with you...just smile and be approachable and if you are a nervous sweater wear LOADS of deoderant ROFL! you'll be great babe!
sherie: ooohh now that is what i call an eating growth spurt lol!
AFM: things here are pretty yuk as you can imagine. mum and i have been left to do all the funeral arrangements (which is fine i guess), but of course the family drama comes into because mum and I have always been viewed by her brothers and sisters as not being 'good' enough....good enough to do all the work, but not good enough to do a nice job iykwim. so have had a whole day of phone calls of them telling us that we are doing it all wrong (which is bollocks btw...i think we have aced it lol!). but boy, there is alot to organise...eulogy, casket, flower arrangements, viewing times, order of service fliers, music, rememberance book, the wake (oh, we were told that we were being frivilous in organising a wake at a lakeside cafe at $14.90 a head...includes all food and drinks...they wanted it at a pub...not sure how much they think alcohol costs :wall:, not to mention the fact that this is a funeral for someone that never drank and never liked her sons penchant for alcohol....grrrr, but no, of course we have 'high' tastes and are wasting all their money...which they havent actually provided...).
and then i got a phonecall today from one of my closest friends who went into labour yesterday and within 20 minutes bubs was born and not breathing (i guess due to shock of such a quick delivery). she was at home with her two young boys and now the poor bubba is in NICU. just hope that he can make a speedy recovery and that he will be ok. gosh, how scary for them all.
*geez, sorry for my whinge fest lol...been one of those days*
hugs clare - tough time for you.
and ange - i am so sorry.
sorry no time to write but couldnt read and not post
xxx
:hug: Cass, how scary for your friend. Am sending love and prayers for her bubba.
It's awful but that time between the death but before the funeral seems to really bring out all the unresolved issues, a lot of people behave very childishly. Don't take it to heart, I'm sure what you're organising will be just beautiful and totally right for your oma. The wake sounds lovely, makes perfect sense to have it somewhere nice and put on some food. xxx
nooo, it just means my poor performance will show up later in the ranking process :lol:. I think am going to disclose in the interview...only what they need to know...but enough to explain less than exemplary performance with enough detail to demonstrate I roolly do know what I'm talking about.:
Go MD, that is awesome! Does that mean you didn't do as poorly as you think?
Congrats on the interview! how awesome :)
sorry you're having such a bad time cass :(