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Apparently if you are driving a car it is impossib...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
Apparently if you are driving a car it is impossible to hear what anyone in the back seat is saying, or so my kids must have thought when they had this conversation on the way home from school today.Ethan "Just hide it from her ...she wont know"Joanna "She already knows I took it to school, she told me if I did she would bin it when I got home"Ethan "We arnt allowed to take toys to school - You will get a row for it"Joanna "Only if you get caught, but I dont get caught .... like you!"SilenceJoanna "I dont want her to bin it"Ethan "I can just kill her"Joanna "Your hands are too small"Ethan "I will just wait till I am grown up and then kill her"Joanna "She will be dead by then anyway!"As you can imagine I am not impressed and needless to say there was a conversation afterwards. I dont know where a six and four year old would get such gruesome ideas.
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After alot of thinking we have decided it's time t...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
After alot of thinking we have decided it's time to move on. The building that will be happening next door will mean alot of hassle for us and whilst I appreciate it wont go on forever, it will mean less light and space for us, It also means we will never be able to add the extension like we had always planned. So after nearly five years we are going to be moving. After a visit to the estate agents last weekend the house is already up for sale and I feel just a little less secure. I am deliriously overtired having spend the last 24 hours cleaning (apart from 6 hours sleep) My arms ache and I have just said goodbye to our first prospective buyers who decided our garden was too small (Growing plants is highly over rated!)The estate agents said it wont take long to sell and yet I have the feeling he says that to all his clients. I am pertrified of having nowhere to live if someone does buy this. I am already stressed to the max and I havent even looked at a piece of paperwork ye...
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I dont usually moan but for a moment I would just ...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
I dont usually moan but for a moment I would just like to rant. Whatever I do at the moment someone decides it would be fun to rain on my parade. You see like so many other Mum's out there I still want to be Me! I still want to be considered a person and I still want to prove my worth.I want to start a business and have had a couple of really good ideas lately and yet it seems that everywhere I turn there's a dead end. I havent found one helpful person yet in helping me get off the ground with three very different ideas, and that includes companies whose job it is to help me (WDA, Foothold etc) I know these ideas work successfully in other areas so I know they arnt rubbish, Its not as if I havent ran a business before so what is it??? What am I doing wrong.On another subject a piece of land right next to my house which I have been trying to buy of the council for 5 years has just gone up for sale. They have put it up for sale despite denying to me that they even own it. Wors...
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Apparently sleep is just something I am not meant ...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
Apparently sleep is just something I am not meant to get at the moment having hardly had any since Monday night. Tuesday Gary decided mistakely to text me in the middle of the night asking me if I was up. He was meant to be texting a work mate. Thing is he text the house phone which converts the messages to voice and then rings you until you answer the thing. Neither me or the children were amused and it was actually quite creepy hearing the eerie BT woman asking if I was up!!! Wednesday night Gary was home. Aha now I hear you saying "I know what was keeping you awake then" ;) But no such luck! It was infact Gary's phone alarm at 3.30am playing Goldie Looking Chains Crazy dog repeatedley. And worse still we couldnt find the phone to switch it off. I was not amused, especially when his boss rung him at 6am as well.Thursday night we had heavy rain and thunderstorms all night, enough said. What amazes me is that even after all this the kids are still full of life and ready ...
More About: Just , Methi , Sleep , Something , Rent

After an unfortunate row with Gary Saturday mornin...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
After an unfortunate row with Gary Saturday morning I exercised my right to be a complete biatch!! I made him grovel big time, which resulted in lots of retail therapy all on Garys credit card Yummy!!! Even though one of the things I ended up buying was school shoes for the kids!!I have no other news as I have become a bit of a hermit, not even going out to do the shopping (aint Tesco.com great) I guess you get to week 4 in the summer holidays and you have pretty much run out of (patience ..Just kidding!!) things to do and places to go. I did spend 7 hours cleaning the kids rooms yesterday which was an eye opener I can tell you - Its disturbing what you can find under a 4 year olds bed.Apart from that I plod on through every day watching endless amounts of childrens dvds and washing Joanna's six outfit changes a day, occasionaly looking out the window watching life pass by.
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So someone tell me why there is only 24 hours in a...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
So someone tell me why there is only 24 hours in a day? And why it flies by for adults and yet 2 minutes for a child is like an eternity. Summer holidays are getting to be a slog and to be honest just having a pee in peace is beginning to sound really appealing.On a personal level I am determined to achieve more within the next year - I feel ready for a new challenge and I am aiming for self employement. I am restless and need to be getting on with things. However the summer break means that even washing the dishes is posing a problem. Gary has also had loads of work problems since we have been back from holidays which has meant he has had to move on. His new job meant buying another car and it was another bill we could have done without.My children have, after digging out an old dvd, developed an obsession with Care bears which has already meant trapesing around car boot sales searching for virtually extinct toys. Joanna is after one particular one called Noble heart horse, s...
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Am I dead?? No, no, no, no. Is this one of those ...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
Am I dead?? No, no, no, no. Is this one of those annoying blogs you pass by and wonder why the owner suddenly stopped posting.... maybe... No actually I have decided it's not, although I must admit I contemplated it.We enjoyed the holidays (if you want details and pictures go visit the sister Natalie who wrote all about it.)Apart from what she says my own personal experience was that both America and Canada are lovely places that I hope to visit again someday but after the week-long jetlag we had when we got home I do not wish to go back anytime soon.As soon as that cleared up and I actually got my head back around routine the summer holidays have descended and it seems like I havent nor will I ever have a moment's peace again. So if I seem a slightly mad, quite mad or have completely lost my marbles over the next six weeks, well look at this way it will make for interesting reading. Every other Mum reading knows exactly what I mean right??
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Well we have had hair cuts, packed toys and toothb...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
Well we have had hair cuts, packed toys and toothbrushes, and cashed in all Ethans penny's for Dollars. We are now ready to embark on our first ever holiday abroad as a family.Are the kids excited? .... YES, Is the hubby excited?.... Unbearably!!! Am I excited? Well Duh - Of course I am.I shall catch you all in two weeks - Happy blogging.
More About: Toys , Toy , Hair , Have , Pack

So is anyone else on My Space??? How addictive is...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
So is anyone else on My Space ??? How addictive is it? I have only just created my site but after just a few days it has crept to the top of my favorites list. If you are on there add me as a friend please because I have none!!!! My link is on the left.I am enjoying the lunchtime supervisors job. I am told by the class I supervise that I am the best in the world and that I should be a teacher as well. I would hazard a guess thats because I dont know all the rules yet and they are getting away with many a thing they shouldnt. Ethan saw me in the playground yesterday, and without any emotion said "Miss can I go to the toilet?" I was shocked - he totally blanked his own mother!!And OMG panic panic 10 days and we are all going on our first ever holiday abroad as a family. I have lists of my lists of things I have to do. If I could just take everything in the house with me it still wouldnt be enough. Happy weekend all!!
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Living in my house could never be described as bor...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
Living in my house could never be described as boring. The last two weeks have been a mad hectic confusion involving travelling thousands of miles from visiting my sister in law in her college digs to travelling to France and Belgium over the weekend just for the sake of it. The new car hubby decided needs running in, so off we went (minus kids) for an extremely long spin. It was nice and fun and we really got a kick out of doing a Kate and Leonardo moment on the end of the ferry in front of loads of people, Some people have no sense of humour!!!As well as this it was half term last week which meant various cake making afternoons, cress growing experiments and paddling pool/mud baths. I am not even going to go into the plaster of paris mould set thingy!!!Sports day was eventful too with Ethan proving he has his fathers sporting abilities and competitiveness. This week is the summer Fayre - another greeeeat school event, Think I may sneak in a bottle of Vodka to make things go q...
More About: House , Living , Ever , Never , Crib

So we are finally moved and more importantly recon...
2006-12-02 15:31:03
So we are finally moved and more importantly reconnected to the internet. No there is no time delay - I got connected ages ago - I have just been to lazy to blog. The house is lovely and for those that care - detailed pictures (mainly for Natalie) are on the left.With moving so close to christmas I realised I have to at some point buy presents which I never usually leave this later thus resulting in one panic stricken mother. Every child has to pick one present that you can never find, This year it has been the limited edition yellow power ranger outfit - which I have had to search the entire world for. And who could forget the elusive Barbie and Tanner I hear it is getting taken off the shelves as a dog that does its business everywhere is apparently a bit controversial. Perhaps everyone missed the fact that we have had peeing and pooing dolls everywhere for years.Other than the usual christmas carnivals (getting soaked waiting for loads of half drunk rugby players and santa ...
More About: Port , Final , Finally , Move , More

Last Saturday was a strange day. I woke up with a ...
2006-05-25 21:34:00
Last Saturday was a strange day. I woke up with a "Wouldnt it be nice if we all went out to dinner" feeling. I had this image in my head of a nice meal out with the kids and hubby which we would all enjoy - all Mother's get this mental picture - Its where the phrase 'quality time' was invented. And as all Mother's can tell you it's a deluded idiotic myth - there's no such thing.My 'perfect family meal' predictably plummeted into a competition between my two children to see who could win 'Most disobedient child' award. And I can tell you it was too close to declare a winner. Joanna sulked through most of the meal, scowling and declaring as loudly as possible "I wont eat it, I dont like it, you cant make me eat it". Whilst Ethan persistently pointed at other people's food shouting "Ewww your food it yukky" I was suitably unimpressed - needless to say there were harsh words spoken later in the day.I also made the very deadly mistake of mentioning to Gary that the winds...
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