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Yep, been holding on tight for 20 years.
Gees MD, hold onto that one! The thought of DH making is a homemade pizza is hilarious! If it can't be cooked on BBQ he's not interested.
That's great they are not expecting bad results.The pizzas were delicious, he even did a veggo one for me.
Ginger, great to hear you and the jungle clan have spent some time together. Breaky with your dad sounds like just the ticket. HOw long is Dh away for? Mine's going away this week only for the night but I still feel pouty after having him home all this time.
We had a fantastic day today, went out early for a nice cafe breakfast (it's been nearly 2 years I think) and then some pageant watching. It was cool and overcast and we got a really good spot, kids sat in the very front row.
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sounds like a lovely saturday md
dh is only away until monday night but i just reckon it makes the days so much longer when you're a sahm iykwim? he's away next wknd too but then hopefully that's it until next year.
lewis is watching 'how to train a dragon' dvd and keeps asking me if i'm scared and seeing if i need a cuddle. so cute.
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It's been cool and overcast with the tiniest bit of a sprinkle. We had some good rain yesterday though. I looked at the tree in my front yard this morning and thought I've never seen it looking that good. We're getting our sprinkler rights back on Dec 1st. I'm very excited about what this means for my garden LOL. Ginger I know totally about the days being longest when you're SAHMing, I always used to dread the weekends when DH is away. It's going to start again soon because his officially-excused from being sent away (due to my health) expires at the end of the year.
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I have both kids asleep in the car!! Amazing! W needed it, he was frigging feral all morning. So having some computer time and munching on left over Sushi.
MD, bummer about the insomnia. I have always had insomnia issues. It comes and goes but it is not unusual for me to be lying awake at 1am waiting for sleep to come. I figure I am not missing out on much these days because I usually resettle A several times before I get to sleep so I wouldn't be getting any actual restful sleep anyway.
G, bummer about your DH being away. It is really hard to do it alone, I have no idea how solo mums do it. I would have to go back to work because there is no way I could look after them all day and do the night routine by myself day after day. Mine is away today, just got a text saying he might be even later than expected ie possibly not home tonight at all.
Which leads me to a question...If your DH is going to be late home for dinner, do you expect him to let you know? He is usually home by 5.30 but if it gets to 6pm and I haven't heard from him then I ring to find out when he is going to be home so I know if I should wait or get tea done without him. Is that what other people do or is it controlling?
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MD the pizza's sounded delish! I hope it's not too hard on your when he goes away and crossing fingers that he doesn't get long deployments when his official time is up
Arte, I just cook tea as normal and then put DH's in the microwave for later if he's not home. I rarely phone him to see when he's coming home, unless it is was past the usual time I can expect him kwim? When he's on shift he usually comes straight home from work, but if he's really really late then I have called him on occasion just because it's out of the usual for him.
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Md I didn't know you were vego.
Arte- if DH is late he is expected to call. Previously he work a lot on farm by himself and if he was late I'd worry he'd rolled a tractor or chopped something off! Now if he's late I think he's been held-up. So rules at our house are to always call. He didn't get it in the early days, so once I stayed back late at work and didn't call, he was beside himself when I got home, he's always called since.
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i like to know around about what time he's going to be home. he usually calls me about 4.30pm to let me know what time he'll be home and to ask me if we need milk or anything. if i hadn't heard anything by about 6pm i would definitely be calling him. sometimes i just get bored and like to hear his voice LOL
yes if i was a single mum i think i would definitely be looking for a pert time job by now, just to break up the days a bit.
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well KitKat and Leo seem to have bonded very well. after her initial hissing and wacking him over the head with her paw, she is now curled up on the couch snuggling with him. L calls her 'mummy cat' now....awwww
so how was everyone's Sunday? mine was ok, went and for breakfast and then ended up in kmart buying Diego, Cars and Thomas t-shirts LOL
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Mine was long. Very long. But I let the kids stay up late until DH got home so I didn't have to get them to bed by myself.
William left the top off his slug house and several adventurous souls made a run for it. Turns out that slugs can travel about half a metre on carpet before they dry out. Now there is a radius of desiccated slugs on the carpet, with the exception of one determined fellow who made it all the way to the other side of the room but then was trapped at the skirting boards and met with the same fate as his dried out colleagues.
Also, did you know that slugs have a penis that comes out of their head??? Completely unexpected! I didn't tell W what they were up to lol
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Arte...i guess that maybe that's where the whole D-head saying comes from
i always call if he is late.
G: our sunday was AWESOME! (word of the day lol). we had our midwives spring picnic so i got to catch up with our midwives and meet all the other families and it was so so so much fun and awesome to meet them all. had a ball!!
then i visited our neighbour in the late afternoon and DH turned up on the doorstep with spag bog ready to go so we all had an impromptu dinner together...love it!
that is so cute about KK and L...get a photo! soon she might even be 'mummying' him....our cats sometimes groom eachother and it is so cute.
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We were housebound most of the day - it rained all day and didn't ease till nearly 5pm. I made some gorgeous chocolate freckle cookies though - chocolate cookies with melted chocolate and 100's and 1000's on top. I took a pic of them but can't upload because I can't find the camera cord.
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Trill those cookies sound delicious, I have been trying to do more baking with L though now Z wants to help too lol.
Arte I like DH to call if he is going to be late. Thats so ewwww about the slugs lol.
G the cat's sound so cute. I want a pet but think we might go with fish for now lol.
We had a great weekend. I did two jobs on Saturday and spent yesterday at the beach. I tried to do our Christmas photo in the afternoon but my kids would not co-operate lol. I have newborn twin boys next weekend and am so excited and nervous. I better go and get ready for playgroup.... Have a lovely day
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Arte - DH is really bad at calling when he is going to be late. I am about to make a big deal of it with him as K spends the whole evening thinking that the garage door is opening and he is coming home only to get a very sad look on her face (and constantly asking where he is). He does call if he will be too late for bedtime, but I want to know if he will be later than 6. He was very good for a while after he got freaked out when I was caught late at work one night (before K) and he was very good with being home at a certain time when I was on mat leave, but he has slacked off a bit lately. So if you're worried about sounding controlling, just blame it on the kids and say they're always asking where he is.
Arte - I think we also got off very lightly with TT. K does not poo on toilets that aren't in her house or at school (maybe twice). We have also had minimal accidents out and about, usually just a little bit of damp undies rather than a whole flood. My niece (who was down on the weekend) is having a shocker though, I swear they went through 10 pairs of undies on Saturday. She doesn't have any accidents at school, just at home.
We had a good weekend - my sis, BIL and niece came down. The littlies had an awesome time at the beach and we didn't have too many fights. K lost her shoe in the bay yesterday and DH had to wade in to get it which created a lot of excitement from them. I didn't cope very well though with K getting up at 5:45 each morning though ready to play (especially when she was still awake at 9 each night). Yesterday she slept for 2.5 hours and just crashed at nighttime.
Unfortuantely still crazy at work, so better get back to it.
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cally- imagining your dh wading out to get the shoe cracked me up!
trill-those cookies sound soooo good, i bet they smelled delish too LOL
we're heading into the city to see the myer xmas windows tomorrow. looking forward to seeing the kids' faces
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Arte, I love the tails of W's little garden pets...hilarious.
CAlly, what a hero your DH was, wading in to get the shoe LOL.
The rest of my weekend was pretty quiet, I mostly worked on my new blog project (three guesses Cass what it's about).
BTW I had the last of the pizza for lunch today - so so so good!
Enjoy the Christmas windows, Ginger. Good idea to get in there before it turns too mad.
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i love you MD. it is fantastic and i am so proud of you...and you may laugh about it being her loss to not meet you, but it's true, you're amazing xx
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MD I hope it all becomes a reality for you.... cant wait to read more...
Sos orry i have been absent again - havinga rough time here, dh has pneumonia and has been in hospital since saturday - i am hoping he comes home tioday... though a long road to recovery and needs lots of rest...
this all on top of the back stuff - poor guy has had a rough trot of it
i am so thankful my family has been able to help and a lovely couople of friends who have dropped in food etc. i am so lucky...
will pop back later to chat... sorry for a selfish post.
xxx
ps anyone heard from noni lately?
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MP, that is rough! Hope your DH gets to come home today xx
Noni posts regularly on FB.
Good to see others expect to be called when the DH's are running late. I don't think it is controlling but DH does. I don't actually care what he is doing I just need to know what to do about tea.
JM, lol about not calling your DH. I wish I was ever out so I could do that.
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