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Well, its been a good day for us today, until after the kids accdess visit. But thats another story. At the docs in the morning for an asthma clinic for me and my son. The nurse very'helpfully' advised me to get my daughters cough seen to, obviously the woman thought I looked like a neglectful mother who wouldn't do that DURRR! I politely pointed out that she had an appointment, but the first we could have was for Friday 13th. Not the most convenient of arrangements but we'll get there in the end.
Spent the afternoon at the cinema with a friend and her 2 kids watching The pirates and the Scientist. Such a funny film. Brian Blessed was the Pirate King voice and was hilarious. Sadly then it was back down to earth with a bump for the kids access visit with his nibs. When my daughter came home she was bubbling with the usual fury she seems to have after the visits. I was very good and kept calm and level, even avoiding shouting. So I was quite pleased with myself for that and her for nearly staying in control. She went to bed only 45 mins after I'd asked her to and without tears. Progress at last! But she is worried about the weekend as she and her brother will be having the night alone with their Dad in our old house. This breaks our agreed rules of access happening at his parents house. So I'm worried about that. She knows she only has to phone and I'll come running. I don't know what to do about it as yet. But I guess it's best to roll with it for now and let my solicitor know when I see her on Tuesday. Anyone any better ideas? I'm going to have a word with my ex-neighbour and let her know that they'll be there. Also she has made herself available for them if they need to go to her at any time, which is something I think.
Ok-so thats my rant out of the way I think I'll go and watch the TV for a bit and try and get some much needed beauty sleep. Good night one and all!!xxx :-)
Morning everybody, oh what a week you have had Looby, Poor little J, and I hope FiL will be Ok, such a worry. Did you enoy your tea? it sounded so lovely I nearly came round! Aww you got flowers, just keep your colleagues at work guessing, that's what I say 
Carolyn WELL DONE for keeping so calm in astressful situation. As for the weekend, you have clearly thought about fallback arrangements including the neighbour and you being on call yourself. Has your daughter got a mobile? And I would defnitely be telling my solicitor about his breaking the agreement! But when your daughter is cross about him, just acknowedge what she says without showing fury yourself...that sounds as if it is what you did last night and I think that is the most helpful thing in the circumstances.
Sparkling we had no snow here in the town, just in the country areas. Good idea for getting the paperwork done and no phone (can you unplug the phone on Saturday, just for an hour or two?)
Hazeleyes, are you Harry-Pottered out? Hopeful are you working today? LRH what are you up to?
Lovely sunny day, snow all gone and youngest wants to go on a bike ride - sitting here in pyjamas at the moment and mulling it over
Let them stay up and watch the Apprentice last night - we all enjoyed watching it together
Ummmm... Has anyone seen the key to my garage please?? I need to get the lawn mower out 
Its on the hook by the back door sparklinglime, or in one of your boys jeans pockets from when they mowed the lawn the last time 
carolyn, just a thought, when we say to our children that if they need us on an access visit, all they have to do is call, I wonder whether this gives them the impression that 'daddy' can't look after them properly and they might worry and spend time wondering what kind of incident they might 'need' you for?
hazeleyes, my daughter is a Harry Potter fanatic too! For years she had a sturdy twig as a wand with red wool wrapped around the end, all she had to do was put a spell on it and it was worked ever since! I wonder if C could make his own broom, because surely he would be able to play quidditch much better with that than a Hasbro one!
Looby, glad your little one had a positive hospital experience :)
Hopeful, last day for a baby! I hope one comes through for you!
I have no dancing tonight so will be catching the Apprentice on iplayer, I do wish someone would remind me when it is on each week I keep missing it!
Good afternoon all. Well I'm all ironed out! Stood for two and half hours, but it's done, yippeee. Now for the next load, once it's dried. Harry Potter stuff is now put to the back of his mind (thankfully). Gave him a little speech about waste of money etc etc. In town, couldn't find anything, though I did buy him a WII game of HP. He decided to buy himself two more books of HP, and even said 'you were right Mum, books are much better, and they aren't a waste of money are they?'. Friend came round for a few hours yesterday, unexpected visit, but it was lovely to chat with a grownup. Nothing doing today, just going to do some lunch, then play a car game on the WII with C. Played last night, and I failed, coming last each time!! Ex texted me earlier to wish me a Happy Easter, which was nice. Brings back memories of course.
Looby, I do hope your son is okay. Such a brave lad. Hope your FIL is doing okay, plus your MIL too.
Carolyn, well done on keeping your cool.
Anna, that's a good idea about the broom. Shall keep that in mind, next time C mentions it, (cos I know there'll be a next time!!)
Well done Louise on clearing the paper work. A boring job, but of course a neccessary one.
Did you find the key Sparkling? I think Anna hid it!
lrh, did you get out for the bike ride?
Hopeful, seeing a delivery would be magical, but not something I could do. Don't like seeing someone in pain!!
Hi all, was 'working' this morning - finally could do something (taking the stitches out of a c-section wound). On call till 8 in the morning, so PLEASE! babies in the area, get a move on! Not bothered about seeing people in pain (labour pain isn't that bad anyway *duck*), after all you can usually do something about it and in the having a baby cases it's not open ended anyway. :-) - Hazeleyes, surely you were at the delivery of your own? You could probably emphasize really well!
Can't brag about sunshine today. The thermometer still says 8, but I am sure it's lying!
Sparkling the key will be in the last place you look. Hope you don't do much more looking!
Wishing everyone a really warm day! x
Yep I did get out for a cycle - about 10 miles round trip - sitting having a cuppa now and surfing
Much too cold to surf lrh
Hopeful, I had a C section, so 'sort' of painfree.
Glad everyone has had a decent day I was out and about this morning and got book club later on.
I am around on the boards Friday, Saturday and Sunday... and Anna will be here Monday and Tuesday, and Sally has a few days off coming up.
Hopeful I love that programme One Born Every Minute.
That was a strenuous bike ride LRH.
Sparkling did you get the lawn done?
Anna do we have to remind you every Wednesday about Apprentice?
Hazeleyes, sounds like a good compromise with C and the books.
How are you Looby and Carolyn?
Have a nice evening everyone
My day was lovely and chilled. Went and picked up some curtains from my old house that had been left out to rot. BIG MISTAKE. I then got abusive calls about haing been round to visit my ex neighbours as they are "none of my business" He then continued to speak nastily to my son. I took the phone and rapidly ended the call due to abuse from him. He then phoned my mum and made threats that he would "make your life hell". My mum was scared. So we took it as a direct theat knowing that he has the kids for access overnight on Saturday. Because of this Good Friday will see me at the courts obtaining an FPO due to threats of a possible abduction from him! So I think further action will have to be taken.
I phoned the police but it is only thus far a civil situation as no formal threats have been made and no direct physical threats made to the children. The mere idea of an abduction threat should be enough! Makes me soooo cross. I feel like I'm not being taken seriously. So that looks like our Easter plans with family are scuppered, so we can de-camp to a safer area.
Easter should still be OK as we have family around us still. So, if I don't get chance to say it, have a lovely Easter one and all. God bless and I'll write again when I can. Hugs xxx
Hi Carolyn. What an awful start to the Easter for you. Are you able to record his calls? Could you perhaps change your phone number, and then he could just communicate via text or e.mai? Your poor mum too, understandably she was frightened receiving a threat like that. Have you somewhere in mind, with regards to moving to a safer area? I hope you're all okay. At least you have your family around you, so you're not totally on your own, although you're still concerned of course. Any more harrassment, and I think you should still ring the police. They should be logging your calls at least?
Good morning all, and a Happy Easter to everyone. In another week I shall be kicking myself for not having any lie-ins!! I've been asking C lately if he'd like to do some out of school activities. I'd love him to do Karate or something, as I'm worried about him having to defend himself in Secondary school. I've mentioned cubs/scouts/karate, but he's not interested in any of these. He has 'friends' at school, but the parents that I'm friends with, I find their kids are very rough (not the friday lad), so I no longer have them here. C isn't bothered by it, but of course he gets bored sometimes. There aren't really any youngsters round here, apart from the neighbours grandson who visits in the holidays, but his/their language is choice to say the least, and they are street kids if you know what I mean. I'm going to get him into swimming lessons, hopefully next month. The course is expensive for so many lessons, but he's now getting concerned that in year 5 when they go with the school, he'll be the only one that can't swim, which of course he isn't, but still I want him to learn beforehand. He was all for this, but I've mentioned it recently and he isn't so keen anymore!!! Maybe once he goes, he'll see it's not so bad. He loves the water, so I think he's a bit nervous of not knowing the other people perhaps?
What's everyone doing today?
Hi Carolyn, what an awful worry for you, my heart goes out to you, and also your mum. Hope things at court go as well as they can. I suppose what I can't get my head round is why their dad does not realise that such behaviour will have consequences and will impact his time with the children. Hope you can find somewhere nice to spend the holiday weekend after you have got the legal stuff sorted anyway.
Hazeleyes, I know what you mean about the acitivities thing and yes, getting them ready for the big world of secondary school is important. Do you know which one he is likely to go to yet? I mean in terms of what are the other children like? All I am thinking is if there is a significant rough element then maybe Year 6 will be a time to grit your teeth and let him mix more with the rough ones, even with the swearing, I think it is very hard for us as parents when they go to secondary school. We seem to lose that element of "control" somehow, The swimming is a good idea. Also as he gets older he will find that more of his friends will have swimming parties or will go to the Rafts session at the pool and it would be good for him to feel confident in the water.My eldest learned to swim quite easily but oh dear, youngest!! He can now do enough to swim a width or two and feel safe in water but that is about it
Ok here is today's funny story. Son was working in the the sports shop and another lad came in, took his jacket off to sit down and try on football boots. Didn't buy any, put jacket back on and left. Son went to tidy boots away, and saw that a doughnut (wrapped) had fallen out of the lad's jacket pocket. So he hid it under the counter and when half an hour had passed he judged the lad was not coming back, so he went in the stockroom and ate it. Honestly, I am sure he has a tapeworm
What is everyone up to today? The lure of the posh coffee is upon me and my friend is off work so I will picking her up later to show her the downtown delights of my favourite caff.
Spoil yourself Louise and have two posh coffees Have a nice time with your friend.
Secondary school, uhmmm. The one nearest to me wouldn't be my first choice at all. I've heard so many stories about it, and the kids all hang around in gangs. I suppose most of them do nowadays don't they? The other school, has far more pupils in, though this wasn't the case a few years ago. I've heard good reports about it, but I guess like all schools, this also is now getting a reputation, though I don't think as bad as the other one. I was chatting to my friend the other night about the two different ones. One nearest to me has turned into a Cadet school, which she said is a bad thing? I know one of the TA's children goes to the school that I'm thinking of, and she said it's much better than nearest one to me. I just don't want C to go to any, full stop! He's still got another two years of course in the Juniors, so I've still time to 'toughen' him up as it were. We were chatting the other day, about karate etc, and the fact he'd be able to defend himself if need be. His answer was, 'don't worry, I'll just run'.
As soon as I read about your son finding the doughnut, I just knew he would eat it. Didn't have to read the end of the post really What is he like, hehe
Sixteen year old has had a camp in the garden. Six friends around staying in a two room tent. Didn't get to bed until 2am keeping an eye on them. Son kept coming in, so I had to boot him back out! He wanted to daughter to stay in tent so he could go to bed.
Now he's trying to get out helping to keep tent. I've been up since 6am trying to keep him involved! Made them all bacon baps for breakfast. Two of them and son now working on tent. I've only had to boot him back out twice in the last 15 minutes.
Such hard work! He wants his big brother and little brother to get up and help. Duh...
I might have a granny nap this afternoon.
A granny nap Sparkling???? Am sure you're exhausted after a late night, and early morning. You're very good though to have so many sleeping over, and cooking them a breakfast. Well done. Okay, go and have an afternoon nap, you deserve it
I've been playing with C on the WII, Mario game. So exciting driving the car!!! Have been getting texts from ex, in a way nice, but in another, not sure.. We'll see.
Happy Good Friday everyone,
We have drizzle here today, typical as I did have a nice Riverside walk planned for the afternoon.
Luckily it stayed dry for The Queen's visit yesterday, I am not a royalist but it was lovely reading all the local coverage and knowing our City did her proud. I didn't manage to see her myself but judging by the photo's it looked like a nice visit.
I am also on the countdown now a BIG Birthday is looming on the horizon and I am not ready to leave my 30's behind.
I hope you all enjoy your Easter weekend xx
Aw, Carolyn, how awful for you! I had this sort of behaviour from my first husband, all the abuse and threats (he went round the local shops especially to badmouth me, too, and took great pleasure in telling me I was 'barred' from his local pub. Like I really wanted to go there anyway!). Lots of people told me that he wouldn't take the children (too much work for him to look after them, see) and they were right, but of course that didn't stop me from being worried sick at the time. Police - again from experience - won't get involved unless you have a court order.
Why are you calling it a granny nap, Sparkling? Don't make me feel old, please!!! My No3 son (15) has spent three nights last week in the shed with a friend - I feel no urge to check up on them - might not like what I see and worry and say stuff which will mean he'll spend his time out again with 'unsuitable' friends. I'd rather know where he is.
I still haven't seen a birth. It's like these babies know! Never mind...
Wishing everyone a happy Easter! xxx
Happy Easter
Keeping 16 year old going is exhausting, but he did it.
Then the 13 year old goes off on his scooter to the skate board park (all of 5mins by scooter!) and comes home. Call on my mobile and some lads who know him on the other end - he'd left his phone at the park.
He goes off to the park. They see him, chuck his phone to the floor and smash it, and hurl it into bushes.
What horrible boys. No flaming respect. Now if my lot had done that (or if I found out they ever have) they'd have such a telling off.
It was only a £15 phone, but £8 on the balance.
Have now sent for another cheapy (not off ebay as they cost more!).
If I find out they're Scouts...
How horrible, sparkling lime. There is no excuse for that.I bet you are exhausted with all those overnight guests.
Hazeleyes, yes secondary school is a daunting idea. Hope you get on Ok today if you have C's friend round.
Hopeful you made me smile with the shed story. I always tease my son that he will have to go and live in the shed. In truth, some sheds are as good as houses anyway!
Hi Murray72, so you are looking forward to the big four-oh? I must say that I like "official occasions" (the Queen, not your birhday, don't worry!) and have looked up online when the Olympic torch will be coming through here
Had a lovely posh coffee with friend and now son has gone to work for the afternoon, he has a bad cold so I have dosed him up. Am waiting to hear from eldest as to when his shifts are next week and if he can visit. If he is staying overnight I will have to do a Benny Hill as there is still stuff left in hiis room from when I was decorating my bedroom 
So glad you enjoyed your posh coffee
Youngest has told oldest who did it. I'm not surprised, but tricky as it's a son of a police traffic officer. It goes back to football issues...
Am rather tired, but not doing anything. That's a lie. I've cleared the kitchen and done three loads of washing and made myself an omlette and mushy peas for tea
The children can fend for themselves!
Happy Good Friday and Happy New Year to me!
One year ago today ex told me he 'loved me but was not in love' with me and was leaving. Can't believe a whole year has passed (although the amount of grey hairs I now have proves it!). I said that my new year would start today and me and J have certainly made a good start!
We've been to the pub for breakfast with friends and then onto a play centre for a couple of hours. We've been to see FIL for his birthday and then we've been to the cinema to see the Pirate film, where we had chocolates and popcorn. Quick trip to Tesco where you'd think the world was ending and home for J's bath which I am currently supervising and trying to make sure he doesn't get his head wet. Feel a bit useless at bathtime these days as i am not allowed to do anything other than sit here! We're then making cheese on toast for tea and snuggling up with a film.
Aaahhh! What a good start to the year! Hope everyone else has had a good day x
Happy New Year to you Looby - good luck with your new life
Happy New Year Looby It sounds like a lovely start to the year for you.
What a lovely day, Looby, well done to you. Don't talk to me about grey hairs!
Hmm you will have to see how to play things then, sparkling. Are you working today?
It is my friend's birthday today so am popping over there with some flowers. Son is working at one o' clock.
What is everyone else up to?
Ah, good morning! The weather is very dull here. Will try and write that last essay (big sigh!) for the year. Tackle my mountain of washing - I was even wearing skirts last week which means I have really nothing left!
Oh, and have to fill the fridge again. Apparently 'there is no food in the house' - teenage sons, ey?
Hope everyone will have a great Saturday!
Hi all. Hope everyone's okay. Well C has gone to see the theatre to watch a magic show with a friend. My Friday friend is coming around tonight with her son, so C will at least have a good day and evening! I've done the shopping, and should be visiting the neighbours (won't take C over there anymore) Quite cross with the ladies behaviour with C the other day. If he had done something wrong or something, I'd be the first to say something, but poor thing was trying to help me, and she is pushing him away!
Enjoy your time with friend Louise, she'll love the flowers.
Good morning to you all and wishing you a Happy Easter 
Hopeful, the dreaded essay but HEY it is the last one of the year, what a marvellous achievement. As for the fridge, come on, you expected there to be something left with a teen boy on hand? When is your daughter back? My boy got paid the other day, went to the gym and came home with a whole cooked chicken from Asda....and ate it all. Unbelievable.
Hazleyes did C enjoy himself? Hope you had a nice time with Friday friend, I have just been chatting to you on the other thread about your ex.
Friend loved flowers! I have not seen her for a few weeks. After she was made redundant she set up a jewellery business and so has been abroad to do some buying, rather exotic with a lot of travelling by rickshaw. I just do not know how people cope with all that upheaval. I get excited if I have a pattern on my kitchen roll! 
Has anyone got any choccy eggs? Pace yourselves......
No Louise, I didn't really expect there to be any food. They are constantly complaining that there isn't any. No3 son: 'You know I'm so skinny because you never give me enough food!' How I laughed! Daughter back tomorrow afternoon (depending on that horrible Irish airline which is never on time and has the worst service in the world for ridiculous amounts of money for the tiniest extra - like checking in at the airport instead of on your computer at home), and then No1 son plus girlfriend will come, too, so we'll have everyone here.
Hope everyone else has more Eastereggs than I! :-)
No Louise, I didn't really expect there to be any food. They are constantly complaining that there isn't any. No3 son: 'You know I'm so skinny because you never give me enough food!' How I laughed! Daughter back tomorrow afternoon (depending on that horrible Irish airline which is never on time and has the worst service in the world for ridiculous amounts of money for the tiniest extra - like checking in at the airport instead of on your computer at home), and then No1 son plus girlfriend will come, too, so we'll have everyone here.
Hope everyone else has more Eastereggs than I! :-)
Good morning all. The loneliness of last night is disappearing! No Easter eggs for me, C has 5, did have 6, but he kindly shared it with me on Friday. I went to buy myself one yesterday from Iceland, but they'd sold out, and I wasn't prepared to pay Waitrose's prices!
Hope you all have a good Easter Sunday.
No eggs for me either, I went to the church this morning and they gave everyone a couple of little eggs so I brought mine home for son. It was a nice service, very informal with lots of little ones running around and even a lady breastfeeding her new baby. Son is home for the day and I have eldest coming on Thursday.
I have tomorrow and Tuesday off so Anna will be here. Some outings for me and a bit of a rest.
I'm glad you're taking time off Louise, (though we'll miss you around of course). Great that your eldest is coming on Thursday, that'll be lovely. You are good aren't you, giving your eggs to your youngest. I would have eaten them, and not said a word
I have to say that I breast-fed youngest in Church (I was allowed to take the babies if they awoke so The Git could sleep). No one noticed. I'm sure they would have if he'd have cried though.
Luckily I bought myself an egg :-) However, my friends ran up the drive after me when I dropped an egg off for them, so I have had a small one too. Youngest has shared, the older two thanked me for theirs when prompted!!! I was given apologetic hugs too...
Turkey in the oven. Oh dear, perhaps I should have invited the friend who's pushed things beyond, but nah.... Decided I'd wait to see if anyone else suggested it. No one has. It's been a few years since he was here for an Easter dinner though...
Enjoy your time off Louise.
Happy Easter everyone.
Good morning all. True to form, Bank Holiday Monday has brought rain!!! The weather itself makes us more miserable I think doesn't it? Well it does me anyway 
An okay day yesterday, much the same as any other really. C and I on our own, we had a PJ day (again), and I played a couple of races with him on the WII. Today after some chores have been done, I will give him a game of darts (am so excited, can you tell?) Nearly burnt the Turkey yesterday, was rabbiting on the phone, but it turned out alright. How was your Turkey dinner Sparkling I thought you might have swayed with inviting friend who is pushing it, being a softie like me. If the children didn't ask, maybe it was for the best that he didn't come over.
Hope everyone has a good day today. What's everyone up too?
Turkey alwasy makes me think of Christmas (not that I'd eat it then, too much work in the kitchen!)
Daughter coming back from church holiday today, No1 son coming for dinner (not turkey). No3 son seems to be a bit down, don't know why, maybe he's just tired from sleeping in the shed all the time. Silly boy has got a perfectly good bed!
Have done the washing up plus put on washing, so am quite pleased with myself....
Weather yuck, I agree, but have decided it won't bother me!
Hope your day gets much happier, Hazeleyes! xx
Hi everyone and Happy Easter Monday!
Carolyn I hope that your Easter was a good one for you and the children, even though you are camping out to avoid trouble. I have been there a few times, it is not nice, but good that you have somewhere to go. My mum was also threatened by ex quite a few times, would she consider bringing a Civil case to court?
Happy New Year to you looby, here's to the first day of the rest of your life! (This is my daughters favourite phrase of the moment, she is saying it every day!)
Hopeful, how is your essay going? I have an assignment to do and still not put pen to paper, eek! There is always something more pressing to focus on! Must try harder!
Hi lrh, hope you had a good easter, I am about to start catching up with the boards, look forward to hearing your news.
sparklinglime, did you find the key? Where was it?
hazeleyes, don't wear yourself out doing ironing! I gave up about 8 years ago, it was great, the only things that need doing are cotton shirts, as long as they are folded after drying the creases fall out after 10 mins or so!
I didn't get any eggs this easter, at first was a bit miffed, but then my daughter pulled out The Help on DVD as a present...she had given me the book for my birthday in Sept and I loved it, so we snuggled down and watched that - great present - I really don't need oodles of chocolate!
Hi Murray72, I am hitting the big 4-0h this year too, I am quite looking forward to it! I am so much older and wiser! hee hee! What month do you turn?
Am doing well indoors today. You'd all be soooo jealous hehe. I have started in the kitchen, sorted cupboards, got rid of extremely old stuff that i've never used in the (nearly) seven years I've been here. C helped me too, which was great. Next I'm going in my bedroom, and sorting out more junk for charity. C cleared the shoe box out, not been worn in years, why do we keep all this rubbish?? Loads of books to go, so his old buggy will get a battering tomorrow!!! I also have a glass cabinet that was my mums' and dad's wedding anniversary present. It breaks my heart really to let it go, but it's been in my wall cupboard for at least two years now, and I don't have anywhere to put it, so I've given myself a good long talking too, and now it has to go!!!
Now I've sat down for half hour or so, to catch up on here, I don't want to get back up
Anna, they were lovely pressies from your daughter, awww, she's lovely
hazeleyes I hope you are going to advertise the glass cabinet and try and get some money for it - then you could treat yourselves
don't overdo it!
Oi hazeleyes - your kitchen needs you!
No, I didn't relent hazeleyes! Eldest asked if a friend could come over in the evening, so I asked him if she wanted to come for tea, and she did. So there wasn't enough for any one else. (She is a friend from college and does call in every now and then. Daughter loves having her about too.)
Glad the turkey was ok hazeleyes.
Tea was lovely here - really nice mash makes all the difference.
Eldest finished clearing the kitchen yesterday (I started it), which was nice. Some times he does appreciate me - but not often!
I still haven't gone to work. I really do need to get the year end done though with no phones. If I don't do it today, maybe next weekend!
It has been pouring here all morning - and still is, even though its brighter.
We still haven't found the key. House looks a lot better though with trying to find it!
Am now on strike!!! C has gathered empty boxes from anything and everything in the kitchen, and is now making, cutting, and lord knows what else in his room. Feel like my efforts are wasted, so have resigned I think!!! Have however done the bathroom too, and two loads of washing, so not a complete waste of a day (as the others have been really).
Sparkling, I told you, I'm sure Anna has the key! She's a monkey that one, and seriously needs watching when Louise isn't around with her glasses!!
Think we're out tomorrow, going to a TA's house. Our first visit, so shall just go for two hours maybe. Will give someone for C to play with. Her lad is same age.
Not sure what's for dinner tonight. Surprise surprise, C had some stuffing yesterday, and loved it.
Back in PJ's after a nice bubbly bath. No point in getting dressed and not going anywhere. (Only leads to more washing and ironing, which I've cut down on by the way Anna )
lrh, didn't really think of selling the cabinet. Just want shot really, and it might take a while if I advertise it.
Well, I'm not going to do the year end.
I'll do it next weekend! Tut...
At least its in his room... xxx
I would put it on gumtree hazeleyes even if its just for a week - you never know
Still on strike, but it was pointed out to me, I have to do a dinner for a 9 year old. Grrrrr, don't you just loathe it when you can't answer back on something hehe.
Yes Sparkling, it is in his room, but....... Your point being?? Go and do some work lol
I get the sense in the Chit Chat room that we should all get out and have some fresh air! Far too much tidying, sorting, cleaning and painting going on here!
hazeleyes, do put the cabinet on gumtree, if you got £20 for it, it would be a bonus. I contacted a house clearance company the other day. They took away 2 hideous brown chests that I was given about 10 years ago, they were very handy, but very ugly, anyway he gave me £35 and took them off my hands I was thrilled to bits!
Hope you had a nice supper, I have just put some potatoes on for some mash, thanks sparklinglime, you can't beat a good mash, I agree :)
A nine year old is quite capable of doing himself cereal
It's his room, you can shut the door on it 
He doesn't get proper food until he's cleaned his room and you report it to the Christmas robin. Easy...
Sixteen year old is poorly, so I couldn't have gone to work anyway. He's actually rarely ill, so he's not too happy.
Oh heck Looby, as you say what a week! I hope everyone is ok by now.
I'm going in to work on Saturday morning to do the P60s in the hope that the phones won't ring.