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i have only seen a bit of what's happening,good Lord i hope you're ok,maybe a g-mail account might be the way to go-
don't know what is going on,but if its anything like what i was going through this time last year with my depresed sex-addict man,who was sextexting someone ha had been seeing when i was preg with harrison
....and we are still together as i remember''for better for worse''
been getting lots of short runs done,that is keeping me from being morbidly obese
my kids are off school on friday but they get up sooooooooooooooo early,especially my eldest and she rallys the troops who dare sleep on..
Hugs for CM, MM and JG
Our kids don't finish school until next Tuesday and like you CC I can't wait. We all need a break from the endless running around and likewise the kids are tired but a bit hyper too.
CC - hope you feel better soon and Caro hope the rest sorts the leg out. Bah to injuries.
Cher - glad you are getting plenty of runs in.
A couple of very mad busy days here. Have had the Christmas parties for the two toddler groups I go to yesterday and today. Hubby is still in Brussels but I managed to sneak in 7.5 mile cycle with the twins in the trailer while Reece was at nursery this morning. Then I got MIL to babysit while I went to pilates and ran the 4 miles home tonight. Got in to chaos though. It was 7.45 and she hadn't managed to get anyone into pj's - twins included. Very glad that she will babysit and really not complaining but... Actually I don't know how the twins have kept going the last two days as they have missed their naps both days.
Tomorrow is the school nativity concerts. They have an afternoon and evening performance to do which is a bit of a drag but it does mean hubby should be back in time to go to the evening one. Sophie is very nervous because she had to play her fiddle at the school assembly tomorrow morning. Her first performance on stage!However when she was practising tonight Reece got hold of the fiddle and twiddled the knobs so it is terribly out of tune, just what she didn't need. Poor Sophie having 4 little brothers is hard work!
I am getting very behind with Christmas. Was going to write my cards tonight but CBA! Going for an earlyish night instead.
morning girls - i am sooooooooooooo tired. got up at 6.15 to go for an 8 mile run but only managed 4.5 and crawled back to the hotel... the course i am on is dire. i have an exam on friday and you need to get 80% to pass and only 60% of people do. the problem is that it's not what you know that they are examining - it's how you interpret the questions, which is the worrying thing. and some of the stuff they examine on is truly bizarre and very specific. so i am completely expecting to fail!
lotte - your xmas preps sound manic. i am away all 5 days this week so can do nothing at home. written most but not all of my cards now. have decided am not writing all of hubby's this year as i have done previous years...
cher - how are things with you now?
CM I give hubby his list and that's it - I definitely DO NOT write his!!
Cher is it your birthday tomorrow? It's Lisa Stouts B day tomorrow (friend on facebook) and I sometimes get confused between real names and forum names!!
Better go and wake the monster.
Leg annoyingly sore.........not going to run till next Wed now, down at my dad's. My sister is going to help me with a marathon training prog.
Hee hee, ditto not writing hubby's cards. I make Ben do all of his. He hates it because he is badly dyslexic and doesn't write well, but I am mean.
All of mine are done, apart from the ones I write to people who send me one when I wasn't expecting it!
CC - mince pie and carol run sounds fab. What a really great idea. Has put me right in the mood for a mince pie (notice how it hasn't put me in the mood for a run!?)
CM - hope you're hanging in there. Sounds like everything is a bit complicated for you at the moment. Hope you get things sorted out in the way you want.
Feeling very bah humbug at the moment. Not sure why. Perhaps because the firm we ordered a christmas tree from phoned us up at 2pm on Sunday afternoon (after we'd been waiting in 6 hours for them to deliver our tree) to say they were basically too busy to deliver a tree and were cancelling our order. No kidding huh - a firm who sell christmas trees busy in December!??! Anyway, cue much scrabbling about and a trip to the nearest dodgy dealer about a mile away to pay over the odds for a 4.5 ft tree (had originally ordered a 6ft one). But it is up and decorated ... much to Megan's delight! Not sure it will have any needles left on it by christmas the way she pulls the branches though!
LoL about all your hubby's christmas cards. Hubby was away all last week so just wrote all the cards, including his, posted them all and then told him I'd done it. It is a quid pro quo for us - I'm doing cards and presents this year and he is charge of purchasing and cooking christmas dinner. I have to say I got the best side of that deal given I am not known for my Delia or Nigella tendancies ;-)
Right, off in search of coffee. 6am wake-up call in our house this morning which isn't bad but it just seems so be so difficult to get up and out of bed when it is dark until 8am. Roll on next Monday - least there will be light at the end of the tunnel as the days start to get longer again!!
Ooh yes, can't wait for Monday when the days will gradually start getting longer again! I am finding it so hard to get out of bed atm. Have to say it's the case for all of us - we don't usually hear from JP until round about 8am. Having said that, this morning it was 7, but he came into bed with us for a cuddle until 7.30!
CM - sorry to hear things are so tricky. Take it easy.
Lotte - hope you enjoy all the concerts!
CC - glad you worked something out with hubby so you can do your club social. Sounds like good fun to me. We have a club Xmas run next Tues - not sure what it involves though. Think it might be a handicap race and fancy dress. Got the Xmas party on Fri when I find out about my club place!!
MR - that is a flaming cheek of that company. Glad you got sorted with another tree though. JP hasn't touched the tree yet (mainly because every time he goes near it, I keep reminding him not to!), but I don't think he will resist for much longer. He keeps saying, 'Bomp-all (John-Paul!) not touch Christmas tree. Look with eyes'. Very sweet.
MM - hope things are OK over Xmas and everyone manages to keep their cool. Very tricky situation. ((()))
Caro - hope your leg benefits from the rest.
Another good club run last night - feel like I am getting back to speed again. 7.5 miles at 8.49 average, which hurt, but felt good. In my dreams, this would be the pace I could average for a marathon! You never know, one day... It was quite funny actually, when we got back to the clubhouse I must've looked wrecked, because one of the fellas said to me, 'Don't die here, will you, we'll have to have a collection!'. LOL. at least that shows I was working hard!!
Very quick post. Having an absolute nightmare!! Mum has taken my Dad's keys off him, and given him his possessions. A similar situation to Cher's husband if that helps explain anything thats been going on, plus other things.
Then to make it all tonnes worse, mum fell out of the attic last night whilst getting bags down to pack up more of his stuff. She is fine, just very bad bruising and a head injury, nothing broken. Massive relief. My brother jumped in his car so I didn't have to as at 9pm last night I wouldn't have made a 3hr trip to Haverfordwest in one piece. He is still there and I will go over on sunday and stay with her until we need to bring her here. It's all a bit of a nightmare tbh!
Sorry very me post, but can't concentrate on much although have read everybodies posts. Will post more tomorrow maybe...
Huge hugs, MM (((((())))))). So glad your Mum is OK. Don't worry about not reading and just posting - reckon you need to offload right now.
CC -aw, bless Scarlett in her PJs! I feel a bit like that right now, and I haven't even got a cold! I must confess that I did just have a cheeky snooze in the conservatory - work can wait!
Quite busy here so not getting any exercise done, but also too busy to stuff my face so at least my weight is coming down!! Doc has referred me for a spine xray to see if I have a bulging disc pressing on my sciatic nerve but I'm not entirely sure when I'm going to fit that in, as its a turn up and queue scenario.
Its snowing and sticking here so I'm finally feeling a bit festive - hurrah!
Oh MM poor you. I truely can't imagine what it muct be like as an adult to have your parents separating/arguing/splitting up whatever, becasue mine split up 22 yrs ago. You just assume that by the time the kids (ie you and your brother) are grown up and they've been married for that long that they will be together for life. Crap time of yr for it to happen as well, although obviously never a good time for this sort of thing. Thinking of you.
Well M's left foot is officially a size 2, but her right hasn't quite made it yet. Didn't buy any shoes yet because until I can actually put her down outside with her actually standing up I didn't see the point.
Had a lovely afternoon - hubby was working from home so after M went for her nap I went swimming. I can't remember the last time I went swimming for me. Did 50 lengths, and the lifeguard I always used to see when pregnant with M recognised me and said hi, and asked how M was (I prob haven't been swimming there since I was pregnant, as it is a different pool to the one I go with M)
M still snoozing but will go and wake her soon.
Been sleeting/snowing all day and is COLD!
MM when I came home this morning I found hubby digging the gdn in the snow! Not sure when our raspberry canes will arrive but wanted to make sure everything was ready.
How long have your Mum and step dad been together? Your poor Mum, and also I think poor you and your brother because I think as adult children we feel so responsible for our parents when they are alone. It took me a long time to realise that my Dad was happy on his own, and not lonely.
They have been married 27 years, he is basically my Dad, he brought me up, clothed and fed me etc. Its a very long time. She was married to my father for 14 years.
Anyway, at least her back is OK, just bad bruising, and a bit of a head injury. She is in pain, but nothing too bad. Thank goodness the ceilings are quite low as its an old cottage.
Best dash, am supposed to be going out with Mums from tots group. I am driving so don't want to let them down, but I shall come home early for sure.
that confuses him
he must know rally it is abhorent-
i def didnt know women could do any of that stuff,plus as the comedian Dara o'Briain says they don't even look like they are having a good time!
it is about using people basically-laziness,which is how he gets women to sex-text him,all a game no flowers or dating involved
if i ever do find he is doing it again-instead of suspecting-im off to his mother,not that she will understand
caro-not my birthday tomorrow no!
i had a lovely morning at my youngest daughter's Xmas performance at nursery,she took it very seriously and sang beautifully,played the tubular bells to great effect
Cher I had figured you weren't Lisa Stout as your facebook name is also Cher. So I have no idea which one of you Mummys is Lisa Stout, and lives in Milton Keyne (according to Facebook) whoever you are - hope you have a nice b day tomorrow
MM are you still in contact with your real Dad?
I managed to go to Isabelle's nursery christmas party on tuesday and it was really funny. They had a father christmas who was really tall and skinny and really nervous - handed one of the presents over and said happy birthday to the child - and then blushed bright red!
Am slowly getting my christmas shopping done - was getting quite anxious about having no ideas and no time to go shopping, but things seem to be coming together, and am hoping I can go in to town on friday when I finish my nights and do anything that's not being delivered! I love buying presents for people when I have good ideas for them, but have been slightly unfocused this year!!
Sorry so many of you seem to be having a rough time lately - hope things get better soon.
JT - glad you're feeling better.
I have a poorly boy again with a grotty cold, conjunctivitis and teething - bless him he's not too happy but being very good about it. Am just about orgsnised for Christmas but also have a load of birthdays coming up starting around now as Nate was a January baby.
Yes I am in touch with with my 'real' Dad. But he is a useless father and an even worse Grandad. He makes no effort. We have seen him once this year, and the boys have only met him 3 times. He sends cheques for birthdays and christmas, even for the boys which really annoys me. It's such a cop out.
Anyway, about to talk to Mum again. She will be fine on her own. She is used to being by herself every other week anyway, as Dad works week on week off as captain on the ferry to ireland. Part and parcel of the problem sadly. And sadly Cher, he has taken it further than just texts. She is very independent. When we were kids she was our Mum and Dad for months as he was on deep sea tankers, so I think she will cope once this initial phase is through. It's losing the house and the garden she built from scratch that is breaking her heart. The deceit etc etc.
Right best get cracking... pre-school, then a run, then some wrapping I think...
MM - ((())) I felt so responsible for my folks when they were going through a bad time. Luckily they are only 20 miles away but I felt like I had to go to ssee my mum everyday and be really strong for her. She was too proud to off-load on her friends and my sister lives away. I would go up to see her everyday and we would walk for miles with baby Sophie in her buggy. Even now when my Dad is away sailing I feel as though I should at least phone her everyday wheras when he is here I can go all week without speaking to them.
School concerts yesterday were great. The kids did really well, was very proud of them all.Tonight is another late night for them with the school diso and then tomorrow is the Youth Club Christmas party and Saturday is the athletics club one! They are going to be seriously partied out by Sunday!
Hubby got home yesterday afternoon. I showed amazing restraint and waited a whole hour after he got in before I asked to go for a run! Also got a very cold 20 miles in on the bike this morning. It started to hail/snow 10 miles from home which did worry me a wee bit but it wasn't lying on the roads so ok.
Cynah - hope Nate is better soon.
Better get on with something constructive. I'm not coming back on here until Christmas cards are done! And I must be a mug cos hubby only writes one card and that is to his parents because I draw the line at that! Mind you if he did them his writing is so rubbish no-one would know who it was from!