Hi Sadsy
Yes it will be a stressful week ahead, luckily you have us all here to support you through. Have you done a calculation of how much it costs for the two return trips when you have the children? I think that is important, as sparkling lime says. Luke will love being with you for a week and if Arwen has a wobble, Luke will be there to help you.
Thanks for the information about Divorce Aid :)
Hi bourne
What have you got planned for this weekend, more DIY?
Look forward to hearing more about your songwriting and poetry. Thats was a bit of a comedown, you lost in thoughts of Thomas Hardy and a spider peering at you!
That girl wanted to have a last fling with you ;) I expect your natural recoil from "The Hands" was they might have seemed masculine?
I'm loading pics onto my flickr page - for the first time!
It is marked for family and friends though, so not sure if it will work!
I'll leave it up for a couple of days, but will delete later. I'm not on it!!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14522621@N03/3845088334/in/photostream/ rabbit
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14522621@N03/3844297083/in/photostream/ dog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14522621@N03/3845087064/in/photostream/ children a couple of years back - the one who's 13 had changed so much!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14522621@N03/3845086580/in/photostream/ cat
Hi bec,
crisps - yum!
I'll collect children on Monday morning.
I'm on my own this time, so must hold my tongue.
Not say "why are you pleading poverty and yet just bought £1500 of marine fish tank!"
or
"why send solicitors letter saying can you not attend court this week, yet visit your mum's which is over an hour further away."
or
"why keep children cooped up in smelly flat for 3 days, not go for walk to park?"
i want to put some pictures on too. So embarrassed I can't do it. It's supposed to be my new careering career.
Sunny afternoon is not good for assignments. Make it your afternoon. Go get some Pimms and ice and fruit and slump in garden with steamy novel and iced bucket of mild fruity booze, yum.
sy
Can she do that? Won't that be considered as a failed to show, or doesn't that apply if you're informed. Sorry if this is upsetting, but in a way, you are now having Arwen and Luke every other week. I was so concerned as it seemed she wasn't going to allow Arwen.
I can't comment on the fish. OK, I've not spent anywhere near that on out pets, but I'm sure The Git will be commenting on them - although I've never pleaded poverty to him...
I've had a flickr account for a couple of years now that I opened to see a friend's pics. I was able to upload pics onto there and choose who can see them.
You could try that?
I'll put a pic of me up, if anyone wants to see one (you'll have to sit down first though), but I'll change the settings again later to private :D
Sy - you speak so much sense! The assignment is being packed away - loads of evenings when son is in bed to tackle that..going to take the dog for a nice walk then come back and read a trashy book... would love the pimms too but I'm driving over to my friends later so can't really :cry:
Good luck trying to hold your tongue with Louise, its easier said than done but if you can its probably best. Otherwise maybe things will deteriorate even more and the kids end up getting upset again... Keep a note of all these things tho, they may be useful to bring to the attention of the court at the right time if necessary...
Hope you manage to enjoy the sun a little too, the weather seems to affect my mood massively. I'm a right grump when it rains :evil:
Walking the dog and reading a book sounds like a good plan. :D
Sorry... I know it's good to whinge here - and safe.
However - you know how I like to interfere.... That is her debt, I trust, and will not be put onto anything that will need to be "shared".
Ex kept spending on credit cards after I'd left and wanted the house to pay for them. I refused to agree to pay anything from the date I left. In the end he did back down in the mediation session - we were talking restaurant bills, cinema trips, stuff in dollars and petrol. It was only £192 that month, which was nothing, I guess, added to the £49k...
That's me whinging :D
How's the grass looking??
Rabbit muffled here, I hope. I've cut up a roll mat - the cheapest and thinest - and stuck a few layers on. Purple. Very pretty.
Hi Bourne
Hope you're enjoying the weekend and having some sunshine.
Abuse is awful. I'm sorry you've gone through that. I can understand you feeling anxious collecting your daughter. Is she old enough to run down to the car without you getting out yet? I found that helped with me - but then I do have four who would sort of look out for each other...
Nit comb and conditioner. Loads of conditioner morning and comb, and again before bedtime. They're horrid things. My daughter got them when her hair was long - within days of going back to school after summer holidays. Had to cut her hair to shoulder length after them!
My daughter's gone off on an overnight duke of ed hike with the Explorer's, and one of the other girl's mum was saying her son has nits.
Must be the wether :roll: Horrid things.
I also hate wasps, and hope you managed to cut grass and deal with wasps without major incident! I've had a few wasps in the house this week, so there must be a nest around here somewhere - I can't see where though.
Rabbit not impressed with his new "carpet". Youngest had the hutch so tidy, the rabbit has kicked the sawdust all over the place and his belting the living daylights out his plastic ball with the bell in. If the roll mat carpeting doesn't work, then he'll have to come indoors at night. I have a dog cage he can go in. Dog might not be impressed though. Will have to have a pet rearranging sleeping arrangement sorting out.
I need to do Asda.
Ok, so who'd like to see a photo of me? I'll put one on flickr, and will change if from private if I get the confidence!
Sy - off key always works. My children will be rolling on the floor practically (I'm not a brilliant singer in the first place).
Was singing Christmas songs at Christmas - off-key, very loudly... Before I had flu - when daughter pulled back the blind to show that the window was wide open :o I went :oops: which made them laugh even more.
I'm blessed.
I think with my putting the photos on flickr, it means I keep control over them. I can only inflict my image on others for a short period of time. It's kinder removing it!
I'll see if I can see one that I can stand looking at!
Hope you all managed to send each other the pictures.
Sparkling, was the rabbit better behaved overnight? Did you do one of your midnight Asda runs? did they have some lime cordial in stock?
Sadsy, I am sure your singing is great. I sing when driving, usually very loudly! The court location will mean you have to travel even further will it? As for Louise being on benefits, if she is cohabiting then the whole household income counts. Is Paul working, or don't you know the details? We are all here for you over the coming days, as Pansy as said on another thread.
Bourne, hope you have a good time with your daughter and that the handover went Ok without you feeling too worried. Of course these things can be unpredictable. Did you get rid of some wasps? I had them in the airbrick at the front of the house and had to get some stuff from the Internet to treat the nest. The kit provided some plastic gloves, a little mask and some insect repellent. I also wore my swimming goggles!!!!
Have a good Sunday
No midnight run. Still no cordial either! Only tesco or asda make - and that just isn't nice! Mad really, as I only have a drop! I've given up the sparkling water too - bad for bones and joints, apparently. I notice too, when I do get a few bottles as a treat (as in sparkly treat, as they're only 12p a bottle) I notice my finger joints go painful almost straight away.
A confession.
When I realised The Git was living with The Gittess, and The Git was avoiding maintenance, I reported them anonomously for co-habiting. I don't actually think any action was taken - although I can't be sure, of course. He was very careful to make sure he had a different address, even after he gave up the house he was renting. She was in receipt of IS. They got married when her youngest turned 18 and finished at College... Not that I'm insinuating anything :shock: :roll: 8-)
And no. I don't feel bad about doing it.
I've not told a soul until now.
I might have to delete this!!!
I didn't hear the rabbit overnight, but then we have gale force winds here.
So it could be the muffling has worked. Or it could be the wind was too noisy for me to hear. I hope the muffling worked! Saw dust has been kicked about all over the place - he's not impressed!
Sounds like you have got the rabbit unde control, sparkling ;) I don't blame you for doing that reporting, it is unfair when you are struggling financially
yourself.
How intriguing that fizzy water affects your joints, what substance has it got that affects you, do you know? One of the minerals?
Sounds like you have got the rabbit unde control, sparkling ;) I don't blame you for doing that reporting, it is unfair when you are struggling financially
yourself.
How intriguing that fizzy water affects your joints, what substance has it got that affects you, do you know? One of the minerals?
It's the carbon dioxide. My friend's mother has osteo athritis (sorry for spelling) and the consultant told her about the fizzy drinks. My fingers have been so painful that washing my hair was agony! I reduce the fizzy water to just ocassional, and the difference in my knuckles has been tremendous. Drink fizzy water, and it returns.
No good for ladies bones either. It counteracts the calcium.
Sparkling,
More confessions please!
That's my girl!
hehe
sy
I don't think I have any others (I'm such a boringly good girl). I did that in a temper - after someone suggested it and I said I wouldn't.
If he had been fair, responsible and what I class to be a good father, I wouldn't even have moaned when he was paying 11p a week when in the USA...
The way I look at it, my life is hard as the children come first, his should be hard. He still has four children, even though he clearly has decided he doesn't want them. Fair enough not wanting me - but them? They're such fantastic children!
Sorry. I'll shut up now.
Daughter home, soaked, but full of laughter. He has missed out on so much.
Hi Bourne
Hope you both enjoyed your swim.
Hope the wasps weren't too challenging yesterday - I hate the blighters - may have mentioned that already 8-)
Reasonably healthy here, although having said that, we have coke today as it was my daughter's request... After a very long hike with overnight hike on north west Anglesey.
Hope you're ok.
Hope you have had a nice day with your daughter, bourne :D Always lots of support here when you're ready.
Sparkling lime I have had a glass of lemonade today but I am not going to buy any more and I am going to see if fizz affects me too, I always liked sparkling water but once I have finsihed the stock I have then I will experiment with not having any. My hnds are fine but my ankle joints get quite painful :?
I'll be interested to see if it does help.
I actually hate admitting it's made a difference to me, as I do enjoy the sparkling water.
I do like the tap water here though, it's ok, and nice an cold with the not so nice weather we've had today! :lol:
We do notice.
And apprereciate them...
Just don't do formal. It had me so worried.
Yes I noticed, Sy. I was wondering if it was a "hugs gone wrong" week or you were just feeling a bit shy?
I lack imagination, and themes are not something I excel at - although it's a shame I don't as it would be handy for Cubs.
It was a lovely day today, and I seem to have spent most of it in the car. I can't afford this fuel.
I hope my premium bonds come up this week (seeing I can't afford a lottery ticket!).
Tired, and still have wages to do.
yes nice photo bourne, your little girl is beautiful.
Pansy