Personal bad beat situation

[ShatnerPants]

I'm picturing John Travalta in Hairspray

[cia260895]

wow this is seriously hard work how knackering? its non stop from the minute i get up.I take my hat off to all the single mums out there well done to all of you    its just constant ironng,coking cleaning washing,checking homework,walking the dog descaling the iron washing the ironing board cover (god I'm anal) etc etc you dont get any respite.even harder when yr not used to it and you dont know where everything is.and i thought it would be a breeze havent had the time to do anything meaningful yet with the boys,but am sure as time goes by all will become easier.
 2 nite is the earliest i have finished 8.30 normally has been 9 and i have to go to work as well after dropping thomas off then be back to collect him and i forgot to give him him his medication last night and this morning so he was well wired when i picked him up ooopps wont be making that mistake again,also didnt help with my train delayed by half an hour grrrr

.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz am yawning my head off here lol


i will be here probably for about 8 weeks for the 1st stint then as and when her chemo/radio therapy starts.

am taking the boys up to see her tomorrow afternoon,spoke to her earlier and the op went really well but she sounded well out of it on the morphine,i got the boys to make her some cards and cut passport pictures onto it with speech bubbles to make it a bit more appealing.


Its not until you expeirience something like this you really do appreciate what they do for the kids so wp gg

[Laxie]

Sounds like you're doing a great job of keeping up.  Running a home and looking after children is time consuming.  You have to prioritise to make maximum use of that time.  Here's a wee tip.  Things like washing the ironing board cover are just not necessary and a waste of that precious time...unless you've caught up on everything else and have nothing left to do.  Then (and only then) can you do silly things like washing ironing board covers.     

I have a wee poem hanging in my kitchen.  It was given to me by a friend back when I'd first given up trying to be super housewife and was feeling a bit down about the state of the place.  Opened me eyes a wee bit and it might help you get along too.


Excuse This House

Some houses try to hide the fact that children shelter there.
Ours boasts of it quite openly, the signs are everywhere.
For Smears are on the windows, little smudges on the doors;
I should apologise, I guess, for toys strewn on the floor.

But I sat down with the children and we played and laughed and read;
And if the doorbell doesn't shine, their eyes will shine instead.
For when at times I'm forced to choose the one job or the other
I want to have a tidy house, but first I am a mother.

[cia260895]

Sounds like you're doing a great job of keeping up.  Running a home and looking after children is time consuming.  You have to prioritise to make maximum use of that time.  Here's a wee tip.  Things like washing the ironing board cover are just not necessary and a waste of that precious time...unless you've caught up on everything else and have nothing left to do.  Then (and only then) can you do silly things like washing ironing board covers.     

I have a wee poem hanging in my kitchen.  It was given to me by a friend back when I'd first given up trying to be super housewife and was feeling a bit down about the state of the place.  Opened me eyes a wee bit and it might help you get along too.


Excuse This House

Some houses try to hide the fact that children shelter there.
Ours boasts of it quite openly, the signs are everywhere.
For Smears are on the windows, little smudges on the doors;
I should apologise, I guess, for toys strewn on the floor.

But I sat down with the children and we played and laughed and read;
And if the doorbell doesn't shine, their eyes will shine instead.
For when at times I'm forced to choose the one job or the other
I want to have a tidy house, but first I am a mother.

what a tops poem

but when i ironed there white school shirts they needed washing again so more time taken/wasted lol grrrr and to make matters worse hve lost me fone yesterday grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr back home later for a well needed rest lol

[Dingdell]

Boring women have tidy houses imo. 

[AndrewT]

Boring women have tidy houses imo. 

That's almost an invitation for Jeeves to come round and attend to the housekeeping whilst you're out leading your interesting life...

[Dingdell]

Boring women have tidy houses imo. 

That's almost an invitation for Jeeves to come round and attend to the housekeeping whilst you're out leading your interesting life...

Jeeves would take one look and turn round and walk back out again! Way too much girly stuff in my place for Jeeves, he wouldn't understand it. 

[Laxie]

Boring women have tidy houses imo. 

That's almost an invitation for Jeeves to come round and attend to the housekeeping whilst you're out leading your interesting life...

Jeeves would take one look and turn round and walk back out again! Way too much girly stuff in my place for Jeeves, he wouldn't understand it. 

He lived with Bolt.  He can surely handle you.

[Jeeves]

Dear Ms D'Bell,

I will be in Northampton to meet you at 9am on Monday as agreed. My employer has given me leave of absence to assist you

Kind Regards

Jeeves

[Laxie]

Dear Ms D'Bell,

I will be in Northampton to meet you at 9am on Monday as agreed. My employer has given me leave of absence to assist you

Kind Regards

Jeeves

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!      This should be fun.   

[HOLDorFOLD]

Love that poem Laxie .... yes I am going to be anal myself here and write that out and shove it on the fridge.

Keep going Ian, now you know why single mums can't play as much poker right 

(hmmmmm washing the ironing board cover ..... you anticipating someone else coming to do your ironing for you         )

[cia260895]

As we enter into week 2 in the house all seems to be going well.I havent yet managed to burn any dinners and the boys seem to like my cooking either that or they just aint saying anything,

i took the boys on fri and sunday to see there mum and already the hospital have releaesed her from the hospital to live at her parents while she recovers as they were very plaesed with how the operation went.Charlie and Thomas dont seem to be overly affected by the changes as of yet,which is a right result in itself.

Seeing as thomas boards mon-wed( the logistics of getting all the kids to thomas' school looks a nightmare to me,there must be over 35 school buses/taxi's all with a carer in them just to get the kids to and from scholl sheeeesh)

 I took charlie to the pictures yesterday and gave him free range on what we watched and where we ate.he chose Disaster movie and a take away from the local chippy then we had a session on his electric guitar played at very high volume although it was too much for me i just cant the hang of having to move all yr fingers up and down the gutar to get the right notes so just let him show me what he could do and he is quite a good little player (no slash ) but ok. Judo 2 night for him while i scour asda for some morsels

have promised to have 1 of thomas' friends over for tea on thursday so that shoud be fun just hope they dont both kick off at the same time...

Although it is still knackering I am finding it easier to sort everything out and have managed to sit down for a game of poker most nights by 9 although the internet connection is really quite shiddy and have just found itv on channel 84 so that helps 2 nights viewing of champions league highlights.

1 thing,

their dog is barking and eats anything its a cavellier king charles spaniel and it woofed down some onions and peppers that i dropped ealier wont do it anyharm will it??

 it seemed to enjoy it so i gave it some more...

oh and mich the door is always open if You wanna help with the ironing,

 hell its open to anyone who wants to do some, ill even clean the floor where you stand if it pleases.....

And Jeeves i'm thinking that yr services would go down  a treat here so if you find yrself short of employment give us a shout,loads to keep you occupied,school runs.cooking cleaning dog walking oh and the grass would need some attention as well,

[Claw75]

sounds like you're doing a great job Ian - glad to hear things are working out ok.

[Laxie]

Knew you could do it.   

[Dingdell]

Yeah keep going - well done you - and keep getting distracted at home and donking your chips towards me on the Open, Ta x

Seriously - well done - just make sure you keep your home life at your other place in perspective - if I was your Missus I would be pleased you were doing so well but feeling a bit out of the loop.....difficult balancing act with you being a housewife you know - get to it and make a fuss of her too. xx