Tides
25/07/08 09:39
I'm still coughing - three weeks now. When do you start worrying?
MONDAY
I waited all day for Eddie to arrive. We wandered around the house in the morning pottering and putting toys etc away so he couldn't eat them when he arrived. I dropped the kids to the cinema to see WALL:E with Tina and went to Waitrose. Whilst in there I phoned Tony for the 100th time to see where the heck the dog was. Still at home in Milton Keynes at 5pm. FFS they were supposed to be at ours at lunchtime. Asked Tony to meet me at the pub and we pretended to be grown ups. Well I mainly sat on my own and he walked around the garden on the phone. At least we tried. I then went and sat on the beach in the sun on my own for an hour before collecting the children.
Home for dinner and play. Tony took them to karate and I thought about doing the ironing. I didn't. I'm so tired all the time just now and have no enthusiasm for much so the ironing is right at the bottom of my list. Trouble with living here is that the place always feels like a tip so I really need to be on top of domestic life. I'm not.
Eddie and family finally arrived at 10pm!!!!! Tony then had to drive them to Gatwick where they headed off to New York then Florida for three and a half weeks. Eddie looked sad.
TUESDAY
A bad nights sleep not helped by Tony not getting home until gone midnight. Eddie had us up at 6am. I cleaned the pool and thought about tidying the garden. It's in a bad way and must be done soon!
At 11am friends arrived and we all headed off to walk to Beachy Head and back again. Had a wonderful time. It was hot and the children were happy. The dogs bounded and panted. We walked to the Countryside Centre and took turns looking around. We had passed some racing pigeons in the car park and saw one of them was outside the shop. As we went in it flew in over our heads. The shop assistant went to the chap in the car park but he wasn't interested- maybe it wasn't one of his. So the assistant produced a big net and scratched his head. I offered to help to which he was very grateful and I netted the poor bird. They took him outside and he flew away on whatever mission he was supposed to be on.
We then headed on the route home this time opting for the path near the cliff edge. The views were just amazing and the sea so tempting. Such a beautiful colour. We had a very steep hill to go down to get to our new path which the children had a ball rolling down through very long grasses. I helped one lady get her double buggy down the hill. We must have looked very amusing. Eddie got confused and went back up the hill and took some work to call back down! We walked along the path chatting and spotting wildlife and plants. I'm rubbish at such things so it was nice to be with someone who really knew what they were taking about!
We finally got home to mine three hours after leaving. Everyone was hot and tired. The kids all jumped in the pool and froze. Us adults sat and drank tea and ate lunch.
At 4pm the french teacher Emmeline arrived and the rest of Shinies who do french with mine. It was the last lesson before the summer break and they did a little test of their knowledge. They have all completed year 7 french
It was really lovely not to have to rush out at 5.30pm to ballet. I got myself ready for work and the babysitter arrived at 6.30pm. The shop held a drum competition called Rhythm Fest. It was really popular! Some of the talent displayed was amazing and wonderful to see especially in the under 12's! We took the staff for a chinese at 11.30pm! I was home at 1am so that the babysitter could go home. A great but knackering night.
WEDNESDAY
Shinies Sports Day. Loretta collected the kids for me and I stayed at home. I did the ironing and watched Medium that I'd Sky+. It was nice being home alone and not being hassled or being to hear anyone else. The dogs slept or wandered around happily. At 2pm I went to the park with both dogs to collect the kids. Sports carried on for another hour and I lay in the sun or walked Eddie. The children had a great time and Buzz came second overall. I was really impressed as he doesn't go to Shinies Sports as a rule and he struggles with some aspects of it. He's thinking about giving it a go in September with the promise of voicing his objections when he isn't happy about something. We'll see!
At 3.20pm I got all emotional and announced to Shinies that our 11 year olds had now graduated from KS2 and were now secondary school kids. The kids were impressed at this rise in status.
We stayed at the park until about 4pm then went home. The kids joined the neighbours in the pool.
We took the dogs to the beach at 6.30pm and Eddie adored being in the sea. Kessie of course didn't go in but she got closer to the edge than ever before Tina and co met up with us and Bailey eyed Eddie up. They are both 18 month old males with their bits intact. Makes for interesting playing! We tried to by chips but the queue was over an hour long so we loaded back into the car and drove to a different part of town for chips then headed back to a different beach to eat them. Tony had joined us by now. Summer and Luke came home to stay the night.
THURSDAY
Up and out early with packed lunch for 7. The car was loaded with us, two dogs and a bike. We went to Bedgebury for the day meeting up with Shinies friends. It was hot! Luckily it's a forest so the dogs had plenty of shade and really enjoyed charging about the trees. Had my first big dog owner encounter with a grumpy member of the public who ordered me to control my dog and keep him on the lead. Eddie was resting under some shade. he daughters were terrifies and my dog was destroying their day. I gave her my opinion, put Eddie on his lead and walked off making it clear she'd pissed me off. You can't go to woods and not expect to meet a dog. She was so rude and aggressive. Kessie was off the lead also but she didn't say anything about her. If people have issues there are polite ways of putting them across. Stupid woman.
My day wasn't marred by her though and I had a lovely time. I was a little grumpy, I think due to the heat and being aware of 5 kids in my charge. Tony had gone off on a 12km bike ride to have some head space. The older two (Pe and Summer) managed to piss me off by being in their own world a bit too much and not listening or responding to me. I ended up screaming across the play area like a common fish wife to get them to move their arses. They lolled after us and I gave them a firm lecture about what I expected of them. They were much better after that
We left at about 4pm and drove home with the kids eating leftover packed lunch (I'd made lots!). They all went in the pool and I made dinner. Tony took mine to karate and Darren came to collect Summer. Luke decided to stay the night again and he played in the garden with the neighbour kids until mine returned at 9.30pm. They had crumpets (I feel like I've been feeding the 5 thousand today!) and fell into bed shattered.
TODAY
It's not as sunny as the forecast said which is a shame. Luke is still sleeping, Boo is in the garden and the other two are watching TV. We plan to have a lazy day. I want to go to the pet shop for some balls for Eddie and then we'll have a walk on the Downs. I'm seeing a dog trainer at 4.30pm to help me with walking him.
I'm finding life very strange atm like I'm on the outside looking in and if I walked away not many would notice me gone. I think some changes in what I do and who are my "friends" are, are overdue.
Boo will be trying out some local schools in September and if she is happy will start in January. I'm heartbroken about this and feel like a failure ( stupid I know!) but I'd never stop her. I don't think schools are evil places and get really pissed at people who slate them, I just like having them at home. Pea is thinking about doing some taster days but says she'll not being going in January.
MONDAY
I waited all day for Eddie to arrive. We wandered around the house in the morning pottering and putting toys etc away so he couldn't eat them when he arrived. I dropped the kids to the cinema to see WALL:E with Tina and went to Waitrose. Whilst in there I phoned Tony for the 100th time to see where the heck the dog was. Still at home in Milton Keynes at 5pm. FFS they were supposed to be at ours at lunchtime. Asked Tony to meet me at the pub and we pretended to be grown ups. Well I mainly sat on my own and he walked around the garden on the phone. At least we tried. I then went and sat on the beach in the sun on my own for an hour before collecting the children.
Home for dinner and play. Tony took them to karate and I thought about doing the ironing. I didn't. I'm so tired all the time just now and have no enthusiasm for much so the ironing is right at the bottom of my list. Trouble with living here is that the place always feels like a tip so I really need to be on top of domestic life. I'm not.
Eddie and family finally arrived at 10pm!!!!! Tony then had to drive them to Gatwick where they headed off to New York then Florida for three and a half weeks. Eddie looked sad.
TUESDAY
A bad nights sleep not helped by Tony not getting home until gone midnight. Eddie had us up at 6am. I cleaned the pool and thought about tidying the garden. It's in a bad way and must be done soon!
At 11am friends arrived and we all headed off to walk to Beachy Head and back again. Had a wonderful time. It was hot and the children were happy. The dogs bounded and panted. We walked to the Countryside Centre and took turns looking around. We had passed some racing pigeons in the car park and saw one of them was outside the shop. As we went in it flew in over our heads. The shop assistant went to the chap in the car park but he wasn't interested- maybe it wasn't one of his. So the assistant produced a big net and scratched his head. I offered to help to which he was very grateful and I netted the poor bird. They took him outside and he flew away on whatever mission he was supposed to be on.
We then headed on the route home this time opting for the path near the cliff edge. The views were just amazing and the sea so tempting. Such a beautiful colour. We had a very steep hill to go down to get to our new path which the children had a ball rolling down through very long grasses. I helped one lady get her double buggy down the hill. We must have looked very amusing. Eddie got confused and went back up the hill and took some work to call back down! We walked along the path chatting and spotting wildlife and plants. I'm rubbish at such things so it was nice to be with someone who really knew what they were taking about!
We finally got home to mine three hours after leaving. Everyone was hot and tired. The kids all jumped in the pool and froze. Us adults sat and drank tea and ate lunch.
At 4pm the french teacher Emmeline arrived and the rest of Shinies who do french with mine. It was the last lesson before the summer break and they did a little test of their knowledge. They have all completed year 7 french
It was really lovely not to have to rush out at 5.30pm to ballet. I got myself ready for work and the babysitter arrived at 6.30pm. The shop held a drum competition called Rhythm Fest. It was really popular! Some of the talent displayed was amazing and wonderful to see especially in the under 12's! We took the staff for a chinese at 11.30pm! I was home at 1am so that the babysitter could go home. A great but knackering night.
WEDNESDAY
Shinies Sports Day. Loretta collected the kids for me and I stayed at home. I did the ironing and watched Medium that I'd Sky+. It was nice being home alone and not being hassled or being to hear anyone else. The dogs slept or wandered around happily. At 2pm I went to the park with both dogs to collect the kids. Sports carried on for another hour and I lay in the sun or walked Eddie. The children had a great time and Buzz came second overall. I was really impressed as he doesn't go to Shinies Sports as a rule and he struggles with some aspects of it. He's thinking about giving it a go in September with the promise of voicing his objections when he isn't happy about something. We'll see!
At 3.20pm I got all emotional and announced to Shinies that our 11 year olds had now graduated from KS2 and were now secondary school kids. The kids were impressed at this rise in status.
We stayed at the park until about 4pm then went home. The kids joined the neighbours in the pool.
We took the dogs to the beach at 6.30pm and Eddie adored being in the sea. Kessie of course didn't go in but she got closer to the edge than ever before
Tina and co met up with us and Bailey eyed Eddie up. They are both 18 month old males with their bits intact. Makes for interesting playing! We tried to by chips but the queue was over an hour long so we loaded back into the car and drove to a different part of town for chips then headed back to a different beach to eat them. Tony had joined us by now. Summer and Luke came home to stay the night.THURSDAY
Up and out early with packed lunch for 7. The car was loaded with us, two dogs and a bike. We went to Bedgebury for the day meeting up with Shinies friends. It was hot! Luckily it's a forest so the dogs had plenty of shade and really enjoyed charging about the trees. Had my first big dog owner encounter with a grumpy member of the public who ordered me to control my dog and keep him on the lead. Eddie was resting under some shade. he daughters were terrifies and my dog was destroying their day. I gave her my opinion, put Eddie on his lead and walked off making it clear she'd pissed me off. You can't go to woods and not expect to meet a dog. She was so rude and aggressive. Kessie was off the lead also but she didn't say anything about her. If people have issues there are polite ways of putting them across. Stupid woman.
My day wasn't marred by her though and I had a lovely time. I was a little grumpy, I think due to the heat and being aware of 5 kids in my charge. Tony had gone off on a 12km bike ride to have some head space. The older two (Pe and Summer) managed to piss me off by being in their own world a bit too much and not listening or responding to me. I ended up screaming across the play area like a common fish wife to get them to move their arses. They lolled after us and I gave them a firm lecture about what I expected of them. They were much better after that
We left at about 4pm and drove home with the kids eating leftover packed lunch (I'd made lots!). They all went in the pool and I made dinner. Tony took mine to karate and Darren came to collect Summer. Luke decided to stay the night again and he played in the garden with the neighbour kids until mine returned at 9.30pm. They had crumpets (I feel like I've been feeding the 5 thousand today!) and fell into bed shattered.
TODAY
It's not as sunny as the forecast said which is a shame. Luke is still sleeping, Boo is in the garden and the other two are watching TV. We plan to have a lazy day. I want to go to the pet shop for some balls for Eddie and then we'll have a walk on the Downs. I'm seeing a dog trainer at 4.30pm to help me with walking him.
I'm finding life very strange atm like I'm on the outside looking in and if I walked away not many would notice me gone. I think some changes in what I do and who are my "friends" are, are overdue.
Boo will be trying out some local schools in September and if she is happy will start in January. I'm heartbroken about this and feel like a failure ( stupid I know!) but I'd never stop her. I don't think schools are evil places and get really pissed at people who slate them, I just like having them at home. Pea is thinking about doing some taster days but says she'll not being going in January.
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Finally Feels Like Summer
05/08/07 21:55
Had a great day today. We woke up very lazily with the sun streaming through the open windows and the sound of the children of the neighbourhood starting their day.
My parents are here for a couple of days, original plan for mum to help with some packing was as predicted thrown by the wayside. Actually I prefer it this way. Dad cooked himself some breakfast and then headed of to Brighton for the day. He loves to be able to catch up with old friends simply by dropping in old pubs. The rest of us went of to the farm shop to get some BBQ meat, back home to drop it off and then to the beach. It was packed as it should be on the hottest day so far. The children had a whale of a time playing in the sea and digging holes in the stones to make special seats to sunbathe in. Mum fell asleep twice with her mouth wide open catching flies.
We came home and I was so hot I jumped into the pool! I never go in the pool so the shock was wonderful to see on everyones face. I really enjoyed it though and it was nice to be part of the fun the children normally have with daddy.
Dad came home and we all had a lovely BBQ. I managed to buy a new rabbit hutch at the tip last week so Pea and I cleaned that out and re-homed Florence. She seems very happy with her new home. Two of the guinea's gave me a fright yesterday when I was cleaning my teeth. I wandered to the bathroom window and saw that they had escaped! Nearly broke my neck running down the stairs to try and catch them. They were slippery little buggers! Tony, Buzz and I must have looked very comical trying to catch them.
A relaxing evening tweaking the new blog, reading to the children and not much really.
After feeling so excited about getting this back I seem to have very little to say tonight.
My parents are here for a couple of days, original plan for mum to help with some packing was as predicted thrown by the wayside. Actually I prefer it this way. Dad cooked himself some breakfast and then headed of to Brighton for the day. He loves to be able to catch up with old friends simply by dropping in old pubs. The rest of us went of to the farm shop to get some BBQ meat, back home to drop it off and then to the beach. It was packed as it should be on the hottest day so far. The children had a whale of a time playing in the sea and digging holes in the stones to make special seats to sunbathe in. Mum fell asleep twice with her mouth wide open catching flies.
We came home and I was so hot I jumped into the pool! I never go in the pool so the shock was wonderful to see on everyones face. I really enjoyed it though and it was nice to be part of the fun the children normally have with daddy.
Dad came home and we all had a lovely BBQ. I managed to buy a new rabbit hutch at the tip last week so Pea and I cleaned that out and re-homed Florence. She seems very happy with her new home. Two of the guinea's gave me a fright yesterday when I was cleaning my teeth. I wandered to the bathroom window and saw that they had escaped! Nearly broke my neck running down the stairs to try and catch them. They were slippery little buggers! Tony, Buzz and I must have looked very comical trying to catch them.
A relaxing evening tweaking the new blog, reading to the children and not much really.
After feeling so excited about getting this back I seem to have very little to say tonight.
