Right thats it!
I am finally going to speak up for Bianca Butcher/Jackson (aka Patsy Palmer). SHE WOULD NEVER WEAR THAT!!! What I hear you ask? Everything she wears, thats what! She studied fashion in college. Now don't get me wrong, I know that most designers are quirky to say the least but they are never chavtastic. Leopard print leggings, bright pink valour tracksuits and lets not forget the silver puffa jacket which was fashionable for about 5 seconds when she first wore it in the 90's.
I know she doesn't have much money but a lot of people don't but they still don't look like they buy all their clothes out of an 80's reject bin!
Come on produces cut the poor girl some slack and give her some decent clothes!
That is all...
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Cheating on Blackberry
I've had a BB for 2 years but I have finally given up on it. So many problems with it with the main ones being taking 5 mins to turn on and sometimes coming up with a timer on the screen which can take up to 10 mins to finish doing its thing.
I've gone for the IPhone, now I am no techy therefore I have gone for the cheaper version (3GS). I've only had it for 6 hours and I already love it. Had some initial set up problems because I'm a complete idjit! but I finally got there.
Funny thing is though is I haven't really used it much for myself yet except for FB, I've been downloading free apps for Oliver and he loves them. Especially the Spongebob one. I'll have a look at some stuff later after 7pm when the little one is in bed, looking forward to seeing what apps are out there!
Well Oliver's carpet was finally put down this morning (as well as the bathroom vinyl) its very red (the carpet not the vinyl :-)), even the carpet guy checked with us that it was the right one! Its really nice though as it goes. Olivers Thomas Tank Engine bed is up as well as his Thomas curtains, his Thomas Toy Box and Thomas Bookcase. We have also transferred over his wardrobe and draws which as they are white with a kind of blue shimmer it goes really well. Need some black out blinds in summer though as the curtains aren't lined. As it turns out, Olivers new room has more space than ours, not fair. We have built in wardrobes, feel like ripping them out but history suggest we'll uncover untold nasties, which I'd rather not deal with at nearly 8 months pregnant.
Seems as though Oliver has taken a mardy pill today though because even though he loves his new room he has spent today going mental at every opportunity. I just hope he isn't poorly as he is usually such a good boy. He just wants the complete opposite at the moment and is screaming his head off in time out but when he has done his 2 mins and we ask for an apology he says no, he know a hug and an aopolgy is the end of time out, think he is just testing the boundaries but it is very frustrating.
He is at the moment screaming that he doesn't want dinner so when we say thats fine he says he wants it so we tell him we need to put his bib on and again says no. He will not win, he won't be one of those children that ends up getting what they want, I've seen those type of kids grow up and there is no other way to describe them apart from being little sh1ts.
Anyone been watching 'Call the Midwife' on BBC 1? It was really interesting but I can honestly say that I would never want to be in a position where I had to give birth to a baby that is breech (which apparently they allow in hospital still???) I think that would be one of my few reasons I would elect to have a C-Section.
Here is hoping for a nice 'normal' birth.
I've gone for the IPhone, now I am no techy therefore I have gone for the cheaper version (3GS). I've only had it for 6 hours and I already love it. Had some initial set up problems because I'm a complete idjit! but I finally got there.
Funny thing is though is I haven't really used it much for myself yet except for FB, I've been downloading free apps for Oliver and he loves them. Especially the Spongebob one. I'll have a look at some stuff later after 7pm when the little one is in bed, looking forward to seeing what apps are out there!
Well Oliver's carpet was finally put down this morning (as well as the bathroom vinyl) its very red (the carpet not the vinyl :-)), even the carpet guy checked with us that it was the right one! Its really nice though as it goes. Olivers Thomas Tank Engine bed is up as well as his Thomas curtains, his Thomas Toy Box and Thomas Bookcase. We have also transferred over his wardrobe and draws which as they are white with a kind of blue shimmer it goes really well. Need some black out blinds in summer though as the curtains aren't lined. As it turns out, Olivers new room has more space than ours, not fair. We have built in wardrobes, feel like ripping them out but history suggest we'll uncover untold nasties, which I'd rather not deal with at nearly 8 months pregnant.
Seems as though Oliver has taken a mardy pill today though because even though he loves his new room he has spent today going mental at every opportunity. I just hope he isn't poorly as he is usually such a good boy. He just wants the complete opposite at the moment and is screaming his head off in time out but when he has done his 2 mins and we ask for an apology he says no, he know a hug and an aopolgy is the end of time out, think he is just testing the boundaries but it is very frustrating.
He is at the moment screaming that he doesn't want dinner so when we say thats fine he says he wants it so we tell him we need to put his bib on and again says no. He will not win, he won't be one of those children that ends up getting what they want, I've seen those type of kids grow up and there is no other way to describe them apart from being little sh1ts.
Anyone been watching 'Call the Midwife' on BBC 1? It was really interesting but I can honestly say that I would never want to be in a position where I had to give birth to a baby that is breech (which apparently they allow in hospital still???) I think that would be one of my few reasons I would elect to have a C-Section.
Here is hoping for a nice 'normal' birth.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
2nd antenatal class
Was quite interesting - all about the drugs for the labour and the different types of birth there are. Standard, assisted, c-section etc...
I have established that being induced is more painful due to the hormone drip therefore I'm hoping that they'll be no induction this time, that I labour naturally, I get to use the pool and I'm not scared of the gas and air. I really do need to use that this time as my refusal of using it last time I think may have contributed to me having to have the epidural as I lost control.
I can't say I am interested in the Diamorphine or Penthadine and I'm thinking that TENs may be all in your head so I think it'll be a case of the birth pool, some gas and air and if all else fails the old reliable Epidural.
I just want a normal delivery!
33 Weeks in tomorrow!
I have established that being induced is more painful due to the hormone drip therefore I'm hoping that they'll be no induction this time, that I labour naturally, I get to use the pool and I'm not scared of the gas and air. I really do need to use that this time as my refusal of using it last time I think may have contributed to me having to have the epidural as I lost control.
I can't say I am interested in the Diamorphine or Penthadine and I'm thinking that TENs may be all in your head so I think it'll be a case of the birth pool, some gas and air and if all else fails the old reliable Epidural.
I just want a normal delivery!
33 Weeks in tomorrow!
Monday, January 23, 2012
Astrologists and Mediums (just my opinion)
On the way home from work there was an Astrologer on the radio talking about star signs and how all the planets are aligning and all that BS. Now don't get me wrong after chatting with the hubby I get that the moon controls the tides so it is perfectly plausible that as our brains float around in watery fluid then the moon and planets could well have an affect on my mood therefore affecting the things I do and the choices I make but come on! How can you tell someone not to try Internet dating because Mars is in Jupiter which is crossing over Saturn, or advise to keep the silent partners in your business silent as Mercury and Venus are aligning? Its just ridiculous.
My point is that you can buy two separate news papers on the same day and each will have a star signs section which will be completely different to each other. Now some will say that its down to interpretation by the Astrologer, if thats the case then which one is right and whats the difference between an Astrologer guessing what it means and me guessing, whose to say I am any more wrong or right than them?
With all that being said at least most Astrologers think what they are doing is right and they are basing it on some kind of science and not just as a rip off, now mediums on the other hand...
Mediums just make me so mad! A very small few may just be crazy and think that the dead are talking to them but most are just complete con artists. If the dead could communicate with the living we would have absolute proof by now with all the technology we have. I have seen so many expose shows about these people yet people still fall for it! Now I know for some it brings them comfort and if the people that are giving the comfort are only doing it for that reason then why not do it for free or for a minimal charge? No they fleece people right left and centre and you know what? some are stupid enough to deserve it, but most are vulnerable and do not.
Its called cold reading, and don't get me wrong, you have to be incredibly smart and dedicated to do it. Not everyone can do it so for that and only that I give them credit. I watched an experiment once where a bloke posing as a medium to a group of around 50 people spent time with them and then wrote them all a reading. They all read it and couldn't believe how great it was and how personal to them - he got them all in a room again about an hour later and showed them that they'd all had the same reading, this is because you can apply all readings to most situations and life experiences if you really want to. You'll hear a lot, especially when you watch these dodgy TV shows where the medium has an audience "go away and think about it" - this is when the Medium has got it wrong and the person they are reading is having a problem associating what has been said to them to something in their life however if you think about it long enough, you'll eventually find something to apply it to, no matter what it is and then you'll be sure that the Medium was absolutely right and brilliant.
I once pondered something similar about Mediums on a social network site and some guy claiming to have 'the gift' offered me a free reading and said he already had things coming through to me for me now and said he would give me a free reading. I accepted but he said that he needs to see me face to face, why would you need to do this? Its so you can read my subtle reactions thats what - he refused to tell me anything over the Internet which spoke a thousands words to me!
What else can I say? I don't like Astrologers much, but I really don't like profit greedy Mediums! The message for Mr or Mrs Medium is - if you really and truly do have a gift then you tell me, what is my Maternal uncles full name? Most of that side of the family have now passed away as well as most of his work colleagues so you should have no problem finding a dead person to find out from. Its a simply question, answer it.
My point is that you can buy two separate news papers on the same day and each will have a star signs section which will be completely different to each other. Now some will say that its down to interpretation by the Astrologer, if thats the case then which one is right and whats the difference between an Astrologer guessing what it means and me guessing, whose to say I am any more wrong or right than them?
With all that being said at least most Astrologers think what they are doing is right and they are basing it on some kind of science and not just as a rip off, now mediums on the other hand...
Mediums just make me so mad! A very small few may just be crazy and think that the dead are talking to them but most are just complete con artists. If the dead could communicate with the living we would have absolute proof by now with all the technology we have. I have seen so many expose shows about these people yet people still fall for it! Now I know for some it brings them comfort and if the people that are giving the comfort are only doing it for that reason then why not do it for free or for a minimal charge? No they fleece people right left and centre and you know what? some are stupid enough to deserve it, but most are vulnerable and do not.
Its called cold reading, and don't get me wrong, you have to be incredibly smart and dedicated to do it. Not everyone can do it so for that and only that I give them credit. I watched an experiment once where a bloke posing as a medium to a group of around 50 people spent time with them and then wrote them all a reading. They all read it and couldn't believe how great it was and how personal to them - he got them all in a room again about an hour later and showed them that they'd all had the same reading, this is because you can apply all readings to most situations and life experiences if you really want to. You'll hear a lot, especially when you watch these dodgy TV shows where the medium has an audience "go away and think about it" - this is when the Medium has got it wrong and the person they are reading is having a problem associating what has been said to them to something in their life however if you think about it long enough, you'll eventually find something to apply it to, no matter what it is and then you'll be sure that the Medium was absolutely right and brilliant.
I once pondered something similar about Mediums on a social network site and some guy claiming to have 'the gift' offered me a free reading and said he already had things coming through to me for me now and said he would give me a free reading. I accepted but he said that he needs to see me face to face, why would you need to do this? Its so you can read my subtle reactions thats what - he refused to tell me anything over the Internet which spoke a thousands words to me!
What else can I say? I don't like Astrologers much, but I really don't like profit greedy Mediums! The message for Mr or Mrs Medium is - if you really and truly do have a gift then you tell me, what is my Maternal uncles full name? Most of that side of the family have now passed away as well as most of his work colleagues so you should have no problem finding a dead person to find out from. Its a simply question, answer it.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Had a lie in
So nice that I didn't get up until 9am this morning. Mike got up at stupid o'clock (6ish) and then when Oliver woke at 7:30 he got him up and ready. I didn't wake until 9 so must have needed the sleep. I played with Oliver until about 12 while hubby boarded the bathroom then I watched that BBC's Call the Midwife.
Scary stuff! Enemas, no pain relief, unsanitary conditions but hey, thats the 50's for you. It was very real and the thought of going through that myself is terrifying. I guess I'm just lucky to be giving birth in the modern world. I've been thinking a lot about the labour recently and I go from absolute fear to absolute calm. I ask people about their experience of second births, most say it is less difficult as you know what to expect so you don't panic however it can be quicker so even though you are in pain for less time it can be more painful. I just want to try and make sure I use the gas and air this time and the pool (as long as I'm not induced), I just want to be more calm and use less profanity!
Anyway - back to my day, we went to Uncle Marks and Auntie Laines in the afternoon and Laine dyed my hair back brown, its darker than I would have liked (my fault as I got the dye) but it'll fade over time so I'm hoping it'll fade to the colour of my roots over time as the reason I dyed it back brown so I didn't need to worry about over the next few mins while I have a baby to look after.
We went to ASDA after visiting the family and came upon a massive bargain! £25 for a car seat suitable from birth to 7/8 years brilliant. We also got some nappies, baby vests and an all in one warm fluffy body suit/coat for when we take baby out and from the hospital. Looks like everything is finally coming together. Found a Amazon shop that does the Thomas the Tank Engine Toddler bed for £99 and £155 to include mattress and bedding so thats Oliver pretty much sorted.
Mike and I finally played Friends Scene It, he won so I think a re-match is in order. Pizza was had and an episode of Charmed as well as quite a few largers had by Mike we had an early night and went to bed at 9:30 however I read for ages so didn't go to sleep until about 11pm, here's hoping for a Sunday lie in too!
Scary stuff! Enemas, no pain relief, unsanitary conditions but hey, thats the 50's for you. It was very real and the thought of going through that myself is terrifying. I guess I'm just lucky to be giving birth in the modern world. I've been thinking a lot about the labour recently and I go from absolute fear to absolute calm. I ask people about their experience of second births, most say it is less difficult as you know what to expect so you don't panic however it can be quicker so even though you are in pain for less time it can be more painful. I just want to try and make sure I use the gas and air this time and the pool (as long as I'm not induced), I just want to be more calm and use less profanity!
Anyway - back to my day, we went to Uncle Marks and Auntie Laines in the afternoon and Laine dyed my hair back brown, its darker than I would have liked (my fault as I got the dye) but it'll fade over time so I'm hoping it'll fade to the colour of my roots over time as the reason I dyed it back brown so I didn't need to worry about over the next few mins while I have a baby to look after.
We went to ASDA after visiting the family and came upon a massive bargain! £25 for a car seat suitable from birth to 7/8 years brilliant. We also got some nappies, baby vests and an all in one warm fluffy body suit/coat for when we take baby out and from the hospital. Looks like everything is finally coming together. Found a Amazon shop that does the Thomas the Tank Engine Toddler bed for £99 and £155 to include mattress and bedding so thats Oliver pretty much sorted.
Mike and I finally played Friends Scene It, he won so I think a re-match is in order. Pizza was had and an episode of Charmed as well as quite a few largers had by Mike we had an early night and went to bed at 9:30 however I read for ages so didn't go to sleep until about 11pm, here's hoping for a Sunday lie in too!
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Much better
Oliver woke in a much better mood this morning which was nice, sometimes I think he is two different toddlers.
1 sick person came back to work today and 1 stayed off so it was better today than yesterday but its still not the best. At the moment I am only working in the office 4 days a week as every Monday for 4 weeks running I either have an antenatal appt or a Midwife appt so I work from home on Mondays, bonus! I tell you what, I'm loving it. I don't get up any later on a Monday or do less work but the home environment is so much more relaxed, I just wish I could work from home every day!
I gave the carpet shop a ring and asked that they don't come until tomorrow afternoon to allow hubby enough time to board the bathroom but they couldn't guarantee it (er, who is paying them? me, thats who!) so I had to re-arrange for next Saturday. I then made a call to Toys R Us to see if they had the Thomas Tank toddler bed in that I am after, I got through to a right numpty. First she said they only do Thomas beds on line to which I confirmed this is unlikely as they had them advertised in store on Wednesday! She then said they only have deliveries on Fridays and Mondays, I pointed out that it was Friday! She basically ended the call saying they had none at present and to call back Monday. Think I'll just go in to be honest.
Hubby and I could not be bothered to cook so we had chips for tea, whoops. Looking forward to tomorrow as dying my hair brown (from red), taking Oliver to see his uncle Mark and Auntie Laine and then I am going to kick Mike's ass on Friends Scene It!
1 sick person came back to work today and 1 stayed off so it was better today than yesterday but its still not the best. At the moment I am only working in the office 4 days a week as every Monday for 4 weeks running I either have an antenatal appt or a Midwife appt so I work from home on Mondays, bonus! I tell you what, I'm loving it. I don't get up any later on a Monday or do less work but the home environment is so much more relaxed, I just wish I could work from home every day!
I gave the carpet shop a ring and asked that they don't come until tomorrow afternoon to allow hubby enough time to board the bathroom but they couldn't guarantee it (er, who is paying them? me, thats who!) so I had to re-arrange for next Saturday. I then made a call to Toys R Us to see if they had the Thomas Tank toddler bed in that I am after, I got through to a right numpty. First she said they only do Thomas beds on line to which I confirmed this is unlikely as they had them advertised in store on Wednesday! She then said they only have deliveries on Fridays and Mondays, I pointed out that it was Friday! She basically ended the call saying they had none at present and to call back Monday. Think I'll just go in to be honest.
Hubby and I could not be bothered to cook so we had chips for tea, whoops. Looking forward to tomorrow as dying my hair brown (from red), taking Oliver to see his uncle Mark and Auntie Laine and then I am going to kick Mike's ass on Friends Scene It!
Friday, January 20, 2012
OMG!
I really had to impress today and show what I could do.
Really bad morning got even worse and turned into a bad afternoon, evening and night! It'll all started around 06:30. I got up, showered, brushed my teeth, etc... as usual. Hubby makes us a cup of tea and Oliver some toast and juice then goes to get him up. He opened the door as usual and proceeded to get his toothbrush ready. Well I think Oliver went from Oliverbear to Olivergrizzlybear overnight. Everything we asked him to do he wanted to do the opposite, he wouldn't let us brush his teeth so Mike had to hold him while I did it. He then wouldn't get dressed or let us change his nappy, we obviously didn't give him a choice but its horrible to hear him scream his head off all morning. He went in time out at least 3 times in half and hour and this is all before we left to take him to nursery.
Fast forward and we get to 08:30, I walked into the office, got to my bank of desks and looked up. "Where is everyone?" I asked John (who is a temp by the way therefore not fully trained), "I'm here" was his response. Apparently the two that were due in from 8 had both called in poorly-sick. Luckily John is a smart, decent bloke and he got on with things best he could as well as taking some telephone calls from some difficult customers, which he had never done before.
Now having two people off in an office you would think is not so bad but what would you think if I tell you we are a specialist team of 9 (as in no one in our Very Large company can do our job), we currently have 3 vacancies therefore this brings us down to a team of 6. 2 off sick and 1 on hols mean OMG we are now a team of 3 (plus a temp = 4). Lets just say this day was the busiest day ever and I was glad when it was over.
We collected Oliver from the nursery and he was still a complete grump. Again he just wanted to opposite of everything and this went on until bed time. He is usually really good at bed time but he just screamed for about an hour in bed before finally falling asleep (probably with exhaustion). I hope its not the start of a trend. I don't think he is poorly so may be just having a bad day - lets just hope he wakes up on the right side of the bed tomorrow.
We're having Oliver's carpet delivered on Saturday as well as having some Vinyl laid in the bathroom so Mike had to remove the current floor tiles. While he did this I started to make a chilli for tea. Mike shouts down after about half an hour to say them tiles are not coming up any time soon therefore he needs to take up the boarding that is attached to the floor boards and re-board the whole bathroom. Unlikely he'll get that done before Saturday so I'm going to have to call the carpet people tomorrow and tell them not to come until the afternoon.
Had dinner, watched Biggest Loser US and went to bed quick before something else happened!
Really bad morning got even worse and turned into a bad afternoon, evening and night! It'll all started around 06:30. I got up, showered, brushed my teeth, etc... as usual. Hubby makes us a cup of tea and Oliver some toast and juice then goes to get him up. He opened the door as usual and proceeded to get his toothbrush ready. Well I think Oliver went from Oliverbear to Olivergrizzlybear overnight. Everything we asked him to do he wanted to do the opposite, he wouldn't let us brush his teeth so Mike had to hold him while I did it. He then wouldn't get dressed or let us change his nappy, we obviously didn't give him a choice but its horrible to hear him scream his head off all morning. He went in time out at least 3 times in half and hour and this is all before we left to take him to nursery.
Fast forward and we get to 08:30, I walked into the office, got to my bank of desks and looked up. "Where is everyone?" I asked John (who is a temp by the way therefore not fully trained), "I'm here" was his response. Apparently the two that were due in from 8 had both called in poorly-sick. Luckily John is a smart, decent bloke and he got on with things best he could as well as taking some telephone calls from some difficult customers, which he had never done before.
Now having two people off in an office you would think is not so bad but what would you think if I tell you we are a specialist team of 9 (as in no one in our Very Large company can do our job), we currently have 3 vacancies therefore this brings us down to a team of 6. 2 off sick and 1 on hols mean OMG we are now a team of 3 (plus a temp = 4). Lets just say this day was the busiest day ever and I was glad when it was over.
We collected Oliver from the nursery and he was still a complete grump. Again he just wanted to opposite of everything and this went on until bed time. He is usually really good at bed time but he just screamed for about an hour in bed before finally falling asleep (probably with exhaustion). I hope its not the start of a trend. I don't think he is poorly so may be just having a bad day - lets just hope he wakes up on the right side of the bed tomorrow.
We're having Oliver's carpet delivered on Saturday as well as having some Vinyl laid in the bathroom so Mike had to remove the current floor tiles. While he did this I started to make a chilli for tea. Mike shouts down after about half an hour to say them tiles are not coming up any time soon therefore he needs to take up the boarding that is attached to the floor boards and re-board the whole bathroom. Unlikely he'll get that done before Saturday so I'm going to have to call the carpet people tomorrow and tell them not to come until the afternoon.
Had dinner, watched Biggest Loser US and went to bed quick before something else happened!
Last day before I go it alone
Turns out my colleague who shares with me the running of my team at work is off to Thailand (I suspect she may just be spending 2 weeks in a Skegvegas tanning salon!) and it'll be just me. Challenging yet I relish the challenge and think I can really show how awesome I am!
Anyway its her 30th birthday while shes away so I did a collection and bought her the ugliest shoes I have ever seen, corduroy Toms in brown (I've never heard of them either). I ask the man in her life what she wanted and tbh when I got them I started to worry that it was some big wind up which was worrying as they weren't cheap but she loved them! I also got her something which was a really nice champagne glass that had 30 on it as well as the traditional items. What are those you ask? They are really really bad DVD's the worst I can find. I got her 3, Mega Shark, Mega Shark and Giant Octopus and some really dyer looking film called Premonition. She loved em!
Baby has it in for me at the moment and beating me up from the inside but even when it hurts I don't care as it just reminds me of how lucky we are and that 3 is soon to become 4!
Anyway its her 30th birthday while shes away so I did a collection and bought her the ugliest shoes I have ever seen, corduroy Toms in brown (I've never heard of them either). I ask the man in her life what she wanted and tbh when I got them I started to worry that it was some big wind up which was worrying as they weren't cheap but she loved them! I also got her something which was a really nice champagne glass that had 30 on it as well as the traditional items. What are those you ask? They are really really bad DVD's the worst I can find. I got her 3, Mega Shark, Mega Shark and Giant Octopus and some really dyer looking film called Premonition. She loved em!
Baby has it in for me at the moment and beating me up from the inside but even when it hurts I don't care as it just reminds me of how lucky we are and that 3 is soon to become 4!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Day of meetings
Had my 121 today, which is basically where my manager tells me what she wants from me this year as well as asks me what my aspirations are.
More meetings in the afternoon and as we were short staffed it wasn't the best time as I do like to support my team but you just have to grab the chance to have these meetings when you can so unfortunately thats life.
Until next time...
What are my aspirations?
1) To give birth to a happy and healthy baby
2) The labour not to be painful
3) Not to go bankrupt after baby arrives
4) Stretch marks to randomly disappear
5) To lose the 42lb I have likely put on
Apparently this isn't quite what an employer is looking for so I stuck to corporate stuff but it is difficult to think about what you want from the year when you aren't going to be there for 10 months of it. Here's hoping my my maternity replacement is happy with the objectives I've chosen.
More meetings in the afternoon and as we were short staffed it wasn't the best time as I do like to support my team but you just have to grab the chance to have these meetings when you can so unfortunately thats life.
Until next time...
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Busy baby day
Was meant to work from home today (Monday) however not much got done to be honest, let me explain...
I had 2 appointments, Midwife in the morning and an Antenatal class in the afternoon and as work has to give you the time off for that then they allow me to work from home on the days I have baby-related appointments.
At 7am I got up and logged on while still in my PJ's, I got some emails out of the way and then got Oliver up, dressed, teeth done and face washed at 8am. I also did the same (including a shower) as was downstairs for 08:30 with breakfast made for Oliver, CBeebies on and me back to work. Got a few bits done along with some work calls then at 09:45 I took Oliver to nursery.
Got some good news at nursery, turns out that I can take Olivers hours down to part time from May and then back to full time in Jan 2013, also turns out I get a 10% sibling discount for baby when he starts, nice one!
Midwife appointment when really well, baby is very well with a heart rate of 148-150 bpm, just below average size (as Oliver was) and is already head down (heres hoping he stays that way!). Next appt is Feb 6th, can't believe time is going so quick but so slow at the same time.
Got home for 11:30am and did another hour or so work then off I went back up the road to catch the bus to the hospital for my antenatal class - took about an hour to get there and hubby met me off the bus as he left work early to come with me, such a great guy. It was really good actually, same woman as last time but she really helped me to focus again as I have been freaking out more about the pain of labour the nearer it gets to it.
32 weeks tomorrow, 8 weeks to go.
I had 2 appointments, Midwife in the morning and an Antenatal class in the afternoon and as work has to give you the time off for that then they allow me to work from home on the days I have baby-related appointments.
At 7am I got up and logged on while still in my PJ's, I got some emails out of the way and then got Oliver up, dressed, teeth done and face washed at 8am. I also did the same (including a shower) as was downstairs for 08:30 with breakfast made for Oliver, CBeebies on and me back to work. Got a few bits done along with some work calls then at 09:45 I took Oliver to nursery.
Got some good news at nursery, turns out that I can take Olivers hours down to part time from May and then back to full time in Jan 2013, also turns out I get a 10% sibling discount for baby when he starts, nice one!
Midwife appointment when really well, baby is very well with a heart rate of 148-150 bpm, just below average size (as Oliver was) and is already head down (heres hoping he stays that way!). Next appt is Feb 6th, can't believe time is going so quick but so slow at the same time.
Got home for 11:30am and did another hour or so work then off I went back up the road to catch the bus to the hospital for my antenatal class - took about an hour to get there and hubby met me off the bus as he left work early to come with me, such a great guy. It was really good actually, same woman as last time but she really helped me to focus again as I have been freaking out more about the pain of labour the nearer it gets to it.
32 weeks tomorrow, 8 weeks to go.
Quiet Day
Dad came around today with his wife and had a cup of tea which was nice. He brought with him about 20 brochures on all the caravans sites he has sent off for leaflets of over the last week. We're going away in June for a week (that'll be fun, a small caravan, 2 adults, a toddler and a 3 month old! To be honest it'll be fine, we've had the caravan for 2 years now and have used it at least 10 times and its been really nice to get away. The only problem is that its now got damp (old caravan) which is caravan cancer so it'll probably only last another season (thats even if its lasted the winter which is yet to be determined!).
We never go very far in the Caravan - most of the time just half hour down the road but we have took it to Blackpool and as Oliver was quite young up until this year I was reluctant to take him abroad and with another little one coming then it'll be at least another couple of years before I feel comfortable leaving the country. I would like to hope that the caravan lasts another 2 years then that'd be perfect but thats unlikely and its not worth the cost to fix!
Once my dad had gone I decided that I was finally going to tackle our bedroom, it had been used as a dumping ground for way too long now! I literally filled an entire bin bag with junk and a tiny tiny carrier bag with stuff I actually want to keep, its so nice to come into the bedroom and actually be happy with what I see. Still needs decorating and a new carpet, at least it looks nice-ish for now though.
Mike, Oliver and I took a walk in the afternoon to the shop which was nice, but cold. Oliver was a very good boy and because of that he got a treat which was a little car, he likes cars and thats better than chocolate and about the same cost, 69p!
We were a bit naughty that night and after we had been naughty (hehe) hubby got us a takeaway, its a day early but oh well!
We never go very far in the Caravan - most of the time just half hour down the road but we have took it to Blackpool and as Oliver was quite young up until this year I was reluctant to take him abroad and with another little one coming then it'll be at least another couple of years before I feel comfortable leaving the country. I would like to hope that the caravan lasts another 2 years then that'd be perfect but thats unlikely and its not worth the cost to fix!
Once my dad had gone I decided that I was finally going to tackle our bedroom, it had been used as a dumping ground for way too long now! I literally filled an entire bin bag with junk and a tiny tiny carrier bag with stuff I actually want to keep, its so nice to come into the bedroom and actually be happy with what I see. Still needs decorating and a new carpet, at least it looks nice-ish for now though.
Mike, Oliver and I took a walk in the afternoon to the shop which was nice, but cold. Oliver was a very good boy and because of that he got a treat which was a little car, he likes cars and thats better than chocolate and about the same cost, 69p!
We were a bit naughty that night and after we had been naughty (hehe) hubby got us a takeaway, its a day early but oh well!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
A lovely day
As the title suggests we all had a lovely day yesterday (Saturday).
Had a lie in so got up around 8am and played with Oliver for a bit while the hubby finished the decorating in Oliver's new big boy room. We've decided to go with a red and blue theme as this matches his Thomas Tank Engine Furniture (book shelf and toy box). Even though we have a almost brand new single bed from when we first moved in (it was a guest bed which was never used) we are now thinking of getting him a Thomas toddler bed to finish off the Thomas theme but we don't want it to look like Thomas threw up in there!
Didn't take hubby too long to finish up as only had a bit of in-fill to do so once that was done we all had a jacket potato lunch then he went back up and painted the radiator and it was done. Took Oliver up to see the room and he really seem to like it so we put up his Thomas poster that he got for Xmas and told him he'll be in the room very soon. We want him to go in there as soon as possible as with baby coming we don't want him to feel like the baby is kicking him out of his room, thats not the case at all, he's the eldest so he gets the 2nd biggest room (after ours) thats how its always worked in our family.
We went to the carpet shop in the afternoon and ordered for his red carpet to be fitted next Saturday so Oliver should be moved into his new room by the end of next week. We haven't got his Thomas bed yet but he can use the Cot Bed until we get it as there's no rush (we've spent enough this month!).
While we were in the Carpet shop we also arranged for some new Vinyl to be fitted in the bathroom so all thats left to do in our house is to decorate our bedroom and get a new carpet in there then the whole house has been decorated within the last year. We'll probably start again soon though as we are already considering taking up some of the lounge/dining room carpet and replacing it with laminate so there is a clear split between the living and dining area.
The day just kept getting better as the rest of the afternoon we all played lego and Oliver baked us a cake (not a real one of course, he has a play kitchen). Once Oliver was bathed and in bed Mike and I had a Scene It competition on the Xbox, I lost the first 2 games and finally won the last one! Hubby enjoyed a bottle of wine while I drank some Cherry Coke and munched on salt and vinegar sticks. I'm enjoying snacking while it lasts because in 9 weeks I'm going to be straight on the Slimming World diet - I want to be a yummy mummy. The exercise part is sorted as I'll be walking Oliver to nursery every afternoon which with a pushchair and a toddler on a buggy board you are looking at least 20 mins each way with one way being mostly up hill.
Looking forward to tomorrow - nanna and grandad are coming round for a cup of tea and its just going to be a nice family day except I have decided I WILL be tackling our bedroom - needs a good clean after all the decoration its been used as a dumping ground.
:-)
Had a lie in so got up around 8am and played with Oliver for a bit while the hubby finished the decorating in Oliver's new big boy room. We've decided to go with a red and blue theme as this matches his Thomas Tank Engine Furniture (book shelf and toy box). Even though we have a almost brand new single bed from when we first moved in (it was a guest bed which was never used) we are now thinking of getting him a Thomas toddler bed to finish off the Thomas theme but we don't want it to look like Thomas threw up in there!
Didn't take hubby too long to finish up as only had a bit of in-fill to do so once that was done we all had a jacket potato lunch then he went back up and painted the radiator and it was done. Took Oliver up to see the room and he really seem to like it so we put up his Thomas poster that he got for Xmas and told him he'll be in the room very soon. We want him to go in there as soon as possible as with baby coming we don't want him to feel like the baby is kicking him out of his room, thats not the case at all, he's the eldest so he gets the 2nd biggest room (after ours) thats how its always worked in our family.
We went to the carpet shop in the afternoon and ordered for his red carpet to be fitted next Saturday so Oliver should be moved into his new room by the end of next week. We haven't got his Thomas bed yet but he can use the Cot Bed until we get it as there's no rush (we've spent enough this month!).
While we were in the Carpet shop we also arranged for some new Vinyl to be fitted in the bathroom so all thats left to do in our house is to decorate our bedroom and get a new carpet in there then the whole house has been decorated within the last year. We'll probably start again soon though as we are already considering taking up some of the lounge/dining room carpet and replacing it with laminate so there is a clear split between the living and dining area.
The day just kept getting better as the rest of the afternoon we all played lego and Oliver baked us a cake (not a real one of course, he has a play kitchen). Once Oliver was bathed and in bed Mike and I had a Scene It competition on the Xbox, I lost the first 2 games and finally won the last one! Hubby enjoyed a bottle of wine while I drank some Cherry Coke and munched on salt and vinegar sticks. I'm enjoying snacking while it lasts because in 9 weeks I'm going to be straight on the Slimming World diet - I want to be a yummy mummy. The exercise part is sorted as I'll be walking Oliver to nursery every afternoon which with a pushchair and a toddler on a buggy board you are looking at least 20 mins each way with one way being mostly up hill.
Looking forward to tomorrow - nanna and grandad are coming round for a cup of tea and its just going to be a nice family day except I have decided I WILL be tackling our bedroom - needs a good clean after all the decoration its been used as a dumping ground.
:-)
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Getting to know me!
Thought I should lay out 10 facts about me as its been a week now but some things just don't come up.
1) I am 31 weeks pregnant with out second child, a boy, due March 13th
2) I have been married to my wonderful husband Mike for 3 and a half years, together 7 and a half
3) I'm short, 5ft 3"
4) I work as an office manager
5) I'm a geek in disguise as my favourite shows past and present are Buffy, Angel, Smallville and Supernatural
6) My favourite soap is Eastenders (don't watch the others)
7) I'm a carb addict so will eat bread, potatoes and pasta by the bucket load if I let myself
8) I am usually on a constant diet (not while pregnant) so expect the blog to change to a diet one in April!
9) I hate to drive, even though I have a licence, but I do like to go places
10) We have a touring caravan that we like to get out in around once a month and see the countryside
1) I am 31 weeks pregnant with out second child, a boy, due March 13th
2) I have been married to my wonderful husband Mike for 3 and a half years, together 7 and a half
3) I'm short, 5ft 3"
4) I work as an office manager
5) I'm a geek in disguise as my favourite shows past and present are Buffy, Angel, Smallville and Supernatural
6) My favourite soap is Eastenders (don't watch the others)
7) I'm a carb addict so will eat bread, potatoes and pasta by the bucket load if I let myself
8) I am usually on a constant diet (not while pregnant) so expect the blog to change to a diet one in April!
9) I hate to drive, even though I have a licence, but I do like to go places
10) We have a touring caravan that we like to get out in around once a month and see the countryside
Yay for Friday
I like Fridays, especially now as I have no Saturdays left at work before I go on maternity leave so all I have to do is standard 9-5 Mon-Fri (unless I have to stay over for any reason like yesterday).
Hubby was still poorly sick bless him so I texted him throughout the day to make sure he's still with us (well he is a man after all). Went for lunch with my friend of forever, and we just had a little look round Debenhams then got some Lions Midget Gems on the way back, yum.
Nothing eventful at work yesterday. Left a little early as we have this weird system of having a 30 min lunch every day (meant to have 36 mins) so we get 30 mins tu use when we want so I used my yesterday and left at 4:30.
Nipped to Morrisons for a few bits but the best bit was getting to nursery and Oliver running up to me and giving me a big cuddle, I love it when he does that. We spent most of the next 2 hours playing with his Duplo fire truck, its really nice to get that quality time in and tomorrow we have oodles of it.
Baby has taken to using my ribs as a swing rope and my bladder as a trampoline and you know what? I don't mind one bit (except at night when he punches me in the ribs when I am just dropping off which gives me a bit of a shock). I'm getting bigger by the day except my appetite seems to be lessening, I'm still eating enough though. I think Oliver is understanding more that baby is coming and he points at my belly every now again and says brother, he'll still get a shock in 2 months though, especially when he realises the baby is a permanent fixture!
Pooing myself over the birth again, keep watching that One Born Every Minute and you have some woman on there as cool as cucumbers deal with the pain phenomenally well and then you have the ones that go absolutely mental, I was nearer the latter last time so I'm hoping to be calmer this time but I don't do pain well. Maybe I should have thought about that before planning another baby, oops!
Hope you all have an awesome weekend.
Hubby was still poorly sick bless him so I texted him throughout the day to make sure he's still with us (well he is a man after all). Went for lunch with my friend of forever, and we just had a little look round Debenhams then got some Lions Midget Gems on the way back, yum.
Nothing eventful at work yesterday. Left a little early as we have this weird system of having a 30 min lunch every day (meant to have 36 mins) so we get 30 mins tu use when we want so I used my yesterday and left at 4:30.
Nipped to Morrisons for a few bits but the best bit was getting to nursery and Oliver running up to me and giving me a big cuddle, I love it when he does that. We spent most of the next 2 hours playing with his Duplo fire truck, its really nice to get that quality time in and tomorrow we have oodles of it.
Baby has taken to using my ribs as a swing rope and my bladder as a trampoline and you know what? I don't mind one bit (except at night when he punches me in the ribs when I am just dropping off which gives me a bit of a shock). I'm getting bigger by the day except my appetite seems to be lessening, I'm still eating enough though. I think Oliver is understanding more that baby is coming and he points at my belly every now again and says brother, he'll still get a shock in 2 months though, especially when he realises the baby is a permanent fixture!
Pooing myself over the birth again, keep watching that One Born Every Minute and you have some woman on there as cool as cucumbers deal with the pain phenomenally well and then you have the ones that go absolutely mental, I was nearer the latter last time so I'm hoping to be calmer this time but I don't do pain well. Maybe I should have thought about that before planning another baby, oops!
Hope you all have an awesome weekend.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Toothpasted!
It was the first day of a new chapter at work today and I wake up to hubby having the lurgy! Oops, looks like I passed it on.
On a selfish note I had to get up at 06:30 so that I could shower, get Oliver ready and walk him up to nursery! For some torturous reason, not that either I can fathom hubby got up and decided to drive us. Silly man, shouldn't have got out of bed as it made him feel even more poorly and he was in bed the rest of the day, apart from toilet breaks to throw up the pizza he ate the night before!
Work went ok, everyone is being respectful and after a few emails and chats I think the team are realising that this change is here now, its here for good and they need to respect myself and my colleague as the boss. Boy did I not realise how much work my boss actually did until he left us. Feel like I am putting out fires all over the place however I must admit I am enjoying it even to the point where I ended having to stay an extra hour or so to finish some things up and I didn't mind too much - except it meant I didn't see much of Oliver yesterday.
With "him indoors" being poorly poor me had to get the chav wagon (translation: Bus) home. So picture this, a 31 week pregnant woman running down the street just getting to the back of the bus when it pulls off, nuts! Managed to get around the corner and catch the other one in time though. There are several reasons that I don't like buses and one of them happened yesterday. Woman on bus wants you to know she should not be there at all and is a victim of circumstance (as was I but didn't need to show it) for the entire 25 minute bus journey she had several loud telephone conversations on her mobile phone planning the trip to the Maldives she is taking with her friend on Xmas and New year this year (2012). "Hello Darling, would you like to fly with Emerates but this would mean a change over in Dubai or would you like to fly direct from Heathrow". I'm sorry but who the F cares love. If you are so flush get your limo to pick you up next time!
You may have noticed the title of this post that I haven't yet mentioned and the reason for that is no one mentioned it to me all frigging day! Just before hubby and I were due to go to bed he said, whats that on your neck - looked in the mirror and there was a huge line of toothpaste all the way down my neck so thanks for every person I spoke to and spent time with all day today, I appreciate it, NOT!
On a selfish note I had to get up at 06:30 so that I could shower, get Oliver ready and walk him up to nursery! For some torturous reason, not that either I can fathom hubby got up and decided to drive us. Silly man, shouldn't have got out of bed as it made him feel even more poorly and he was in bed the rest of the day, apart from toilet breaks to throw up the pizza he ate the night before!
Work went ok, everyone is being respectful and after a few emails and chats I think the team are realising that this change is here now, its here for good and they need to respect myself and my colleague as the boss. Boy did I not realise how much work my boss actually did until he left us. Feel like I am putting out fires all over the place however I must admit I am enjoying it even to the point where I ended having to stay an extra hour or so to finish some things up and I didn't mind too much - except it meant I didn't see much of Oliver yesterday.
With "him indoors" being poorly poor me had to get the chav wagon (translation: Bus) home. So picture this, a 31 week pregnant woman running down the street just getting to the back of the bus when it pulls off, nuts! Managed to get around the corner and catch the other one in time though. There are several reasons that I don't like buses and one of them happened yesterday. Woman on bus wants you to know she should not be there at all and is a victim of circumstance (as was I but didn't need to show it) for the entire 25 minute bus journey she had several loud telephone conversations on her mobile phone planning the trip to the Maldives she is taking with her friend on Xmas and New year this year (2012). "Hello Darling, would you like to fly with Emerates but this would mean a change over in Dubai or would you like to fly direct from Heathrow". I'm sorry but who the F cares love. If you are so flush get your limo to pick you up next time!
You may have noticed the title of this post that I haven't yet mentioned and the reason for that is no one mentioned it to me all frigging day! Just before hubby and I were due to go to bed he said, whats that on your neck - looked in the mirror and there was a huge line of toothpaste all the way down my neck so thanks for every person I spoke to and spent time with all day today, I appreciate it, NOT!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
A sad working day
My manager of 3 years left today, I've known him for over 6 years as I'd worked with him previously as well so it was really sad to see him go. I would like to say that he left of his own accord and while 'on paper' he did I think if you were to ask him he would have a different story and after hearing both sides I tend to see why he thinks this. Nothing untoward might I add, he took voluntary redundancy after a re-structure saw that his job role was no more!
Admittedly he was very old school and some would say it was his time to move on but it doesn't make it any easier to stomach in this corporate world. Once I tell you what I have got out of it you may think that me complaining about him losing his job is a bit silly but this guy has taught me a lot and I wouldn't be where I am today without him and where is that you ask? Sharing his job with another colleague, as I was just a step below him and they have removed his role but just shortened the reporting line so now I do my and his job (shared with another lady) but no wage rise though! But it all looks good on the CV and great for my development and my role may be re-banded at some point therefore more money and if not I'll give it time and may go in there with a business case as to why I should get more money!
Anyway is was a nice ish day, not much was really done in the office, oops. We had a 1 hour lunch where we all had a nice cheese and biscuit buffet then afterwards we gave him his leaving gift which I must admit was a beautiful watch which we all pitched in for along with a £50 bottle of wine (which he can't actually drink for 2 years - apparently most don't drink it and sell it 10 years later for a extra zero (£500) - guess I'm not cultured enough to get all that, I'm more of a 3 for £10 from Tescos kind of gal!).
A select few of us went for a drink after work which was intimate and nice where we all shared old work stories but it did mean that I was 3 hours late home from work so didn't get to see my little boy :-( The hubby wasn't too fussed though as it meant he got to watch the Liverpool V Man City football match while munching on pizza and drinking beer!
Well tomorrow will be interesting as colleague and I are now the new boss, let see how many boundaries will be pushed.
Admittedly he was very old school and some would say it was his time to move on but it doesn't make it any easier to stomach in this corporate world. Once I tell you what I have got out of it you may think that me complaining about him losing his job is a bit silly but this guy has taught me a lot and I wouldn't be where I am today without him and where is that you ask? Sharing his job with another colleague, as I was just a step below him and they have removed his role but just shortened the reporting line so now I do my and his job (shared with another lady) but no wage rise though! But it all looks good on the CV and great for my development and my role may be re-banded at some point therefore more money and if not I'll give it time and may go in there with a business case as to why I should get more money!
Anyway is was a nice ish day, not much was really done in the office, oops. We had a 1 hour lunch where we all had a nice cheese and biscuit buffet then afterwards we gave him his leaving gift which I must admit was a beautiful watch which we all pitched in for along with a £50 bottle of wine (which he can't actually drink for 2 years - apparently most don't drink it and sell it 10 years later for a extra zero (£500) - guess I'm not cultured enough to get all that, I'm more of a 3 for £10 from Tescos kind of gal!).
A select few of us went for a drink after work which was intimate and nice where we all shared old work stories but it did mean that I was 3 hours late home from work so didn't get to see my little boy :-( The hubby wasn't too fussed though as it meant he got to watch the Liverpool V Man City football match while munching on pizza and drinking beer!
Well tomorrow will be interesting as colleague and I are now the new boss, let see how many boundaries will be pushed.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Day of Rest
Not the religious kind - the kind where I had such a pants night sleep that the reason for not going into work had nothing to do with unpleasant bodily functions it was pure exhaustion.
Well what did I do? Not much! I got out of bed at 8:30am and decided to just relax. So I started by writing out my blog from the day I missed, I then moved on to a bit of TV - I watched 2 eps of Celeb BB (yes thats right and I love it!) followed by a bit of Judge Judy, followed by One Born Every Minute then Pirates of the Caribbean (strangers tides). Would you believe that in that time I also showered and dried my hair, emptied out my wardrobe of a whole bin bag of clothes (to be taken to the charity shop), washed the bedding and emptied the dishwasher. Still no appetite though so I cooked then threw away some mushroom soup then had some crackers with butter on them later.
Potty training - we've given up, well Oliver has. Its been 2 weeks now with little/no progress so us (Mike and I) along with the nursery have decided to give him a month or so and try again - I don't want to push him but what's so annoying is that he is a smart lad but he just has no interest in this at all.
Not looking forward to tomorrow - not because I am back at work but because its my bosses last day, not by choice but that's a story for another day.
Right I'm off to watch Biggest Loser UK, naff compared to the US version but hey I watch that too :-)
Well what did I do? Not much! I got out of bed at 8:30am and decided to just relax. So I started by writing out my blog from the day I missed, I then moved on to a bit of TV - I watched 2 eps of Celeb BB (yes thats right and I love it!) followed by a bit of Judge Judy, followed by One Born Every Minute then Pirates of the Caribbean (strangers tides). Would you believe that in that time I also showered and dried my hair, emptied out my wardrobe of a whole bin bag of clothes (to be taken to the charity shop), washed the bedding and emptied the dishwasher. Still no appetite though so I cooked then threw away some mushroom soup then had some crackers with butter on them later.
Potty training - we've given up, well Oliver has. Its been 2 weeks now with little/no progress so us (Mike and I) along with the nursery have decided to give him a month or so and try again - I don't want to push him but what's so annoying is that he is a smart lad but he just has no interest in this at all.
Not looking forward to tomorrow - not because I am back at work but because its my bosses last day, not by choice but that's a story for another day.
Right I'm off to watch Biggest Loser UK, naff compared to the US version but hey I watch that too :-)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Worst day of 2012 so far... (TMI)
and I hope its the worst over and done with.
With being 7 months pregnant I'm up every 2-3 hours in the night for a pee, which I am sure all you other ladies who have been pregnant can relate to? My Sunday night Monday morning bathroom trips were no different then 06:30 hit and bleugh! I thought there was a demon trying to kill me, if you have seen The Exorcist, it was a bit like that but from both ends! My first thought was for our little baby growing inside me but he must have heard my internal worries and spent the day kicking me like I'm a football - reassuring but not the best when you feel like that.
Hubby, as always, was amazing support - he took one look at me in the morning and ordered me back to bed immediately, he knows me too well, I would have dragged myself to work and collapsed at my desk but he reminded me that its not just me I need to think about so I took his advice, rang my boss, my bosses boss and my colleague just to make sure at least someone got the message - it will come as a shock as I'm not know for calling in sick. Slight problem - two bosses run our team, myself and another lady and guess what she called in with the same illness! I'm just glad I got there first, she's also not known for calling in sick so whoops.
Anyway I was in and out of bed all day (just the bathroom and back) had a few works calls throughout the day but as I felt so bad I just couldn't face doing anything, not even watching anything on the laptop. Hubby got home at about 5:30pm after picking up Oliver from the nursery and I came downstairs for a bit, I felt complete pants but had to spend time with our little one but I think he understood I was poorly and spent most of the time cuddled up to me with a book, awww - just as lovely as his dad.
Now you'd think spending 34 hours in bed would be bliss, let me tell you right now that it is not! I ache all over. I can't lay on my back as baby crushes me so I can't breath, I can't lay on my front else I'd crush baby therefore I only have my sides and after a while swapping sides just doesn't cut it. You can't walk around in case you throw up, sitting up makes you want to throw up and my head lolled all over the place and aching all over is not good or comfy. Went to bed at 9pm to another anticipated sleepless night and I wasn't wrong!
Worst part of it all had to be not being able to spend more time with Oliver and missing out on treat night - every Monday we get a takeaway - I told hubby to get one for himself as he deserves it. What did I have to eat? 4 cream crackers with spread on it and half a tin of mushy peas ALL DAY - I obviously must be ill as I'm usually a right foody.
On an awesome note I'm 31 weeks preggers tomorrow - 9 weeks to go! So excited to meet our little one.
With being 7 months pregnant I'm up every 2-3 hours in the night for a pee, which I am sure all you other ladies who have been pregnant can relate to? My Sunday night Monday morning bathroom trips were no different then 06:30 hit and bleugh! I thought there was a demon trying to kill me, if you have seen The Exorcist, it was a bit like that but from both ends! My first thought was for our little baby growing inside me but he must have heard my internal worries and spent the day kicking me like I'm a football - reassuring but not the best when you feel like that.
Hubby, as always, was amazing support - he took one look at me in the morning and ordered me back to bed immediately, he knows me too well, I would have dragged myself to work and collapsed at my desk but he reminded me that its not just me I need to think about so I took his advice, rang my boss, my bosses boss and my colleague just to make sure at least someone got the message - it will come as a shock as I'm not know for calling in sick. Slight problem - two bosses run our team, myself and another lady and guess what she called in with the same illness! I'm just glad I got there first, she's also not known for calling in sick so whoops.
Anyway I was in and out of bed all day (just the bathroom and back) had a few works calls throughout the day but as I felt so bad I just couldn't face doing anything, not even watching anything on the laptop. Hubby got home at about 5:30pm after picking up Oliver from the nursery and I came downstairs for a bit, I felt complete pants but had to spend time with our little one but I think he understood I was poorly and spent most of the time cuddled up to me with a book, awww - just as lovely as his dad.
Now you'd think spending 34 hours in bed would be bliss, let me tell you right now that it is not! I ache all over. I can't lay on my back as baby crushes me so I can't breath, I can't lay on my front else I'd crush baby therefore I only have my sides and after a while swapping sides just doesn't cut it. You can't walk around in case you throw up, sitting up makes you want to throw up and my head lolled all over the place and aching all over is not good or comfy. Went to bed at 9pm to another anticipated sleepless night and I wasn't wrong!
Worst part of it all had to be not being able to spend more time with Oliver and missing out on treat night - every Monday we get a takeaway - I told hubby to get one for himself as he deserves it. What did I have to eat? 4 cream crackers with spread on it and half a tin of mushy peas ALL DAY - I obviously must be ill as I'm usually a right foody.
On an awesome note I'm 31 weeks preggers tomorrow - 9 weeks to go! So excited to meet our little one.
Sunday Funday
If I'm honest, Sunday is a bit of a blur but I'll get to that on my next post.
Darling Husband did some decorating today, he is transforming the 2nd biggest bedroom for Oliver so he can move in there and the nursery will be ready for when baby comes. I spent the day playing with my gorgeous little boy, I do love those days. We read books, baked cakes in his toy kitchen and he tried to make me watch BFG and Lady and the Tramp for the 500th time (slight exaggeration) but I don't know what happened there as when Oliver turned his back the DVD's disappeared! (hehe). We ended up compromising and watching Postman Pat on CBeebies.
At 4pm I made us all a yummy Sunday dinner - roast chicken (shop bought, already cooked), roast potatoes (also from the hot deli counter), veg (fresh pre-cut) and potatoes. So actually I just threw some potatoes and veg in a pan while hubby got the carving knife out on the chicken! It was nice though. Problem with having dinner this early was once it got to 8pm we were hungry again, Oliver was in bed so hubby cut up some potatoes and we had some home-made chips - he's a keeper that one!
Sorry not much to say about this day as where I am sure it was a great one the next morning wiped it all from my mind...
Darling Husband did some decorating today, he is transforming the 2nd biggest bedroom for Oliver so he can move in there and the nursery will be ready for when baby comes. I spent the day playing with my gorgeous little boy, I do love those days. We read books, baked cakes in his toy kitchen and he tried to make me watch BFG and Lady and the Tramp for the 500th time (slight exaggeration) but I don't know what happened there as when Oliver turned his back the DVD's disappeared! (hehe). We ended up compromising and watching Postman Pat on CBeebies.
At 4pm I made us all a yummy Sunday dinner - roast chicken (shop bought, already cooked), roast potatoes (also from the hot deli counter), veg (fresh pre-cut) and potatoes. So actually I just threw some potatoes and veg in a pan while hubby got the carving knife out on the chicken! It was nice though. Problem with having dinner this early was once it got to 8pm we were hungry again, Oliver was in bed so hubby cut up some potatoes and we had some home-made chips - he's a keeper that one!
Sorry not much to say about this day as where I am sure it was a great one the next morning wiped it all from my mind...
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Working on a Saturday (booo, hiss)
I can't really complain. I only work 1 Saturday in 9 (well 1 in 7 at the moment as we are short staffed), its not too bad, usually really quiet so I get a lot of of paperwork done (I'm a supervisor in an office by the way). I'm not the type of person that plays the 'I'm 7 months pregnant' card 'therefore I can't do that'. I do get certain benefits like if I have a antenatal appointment I work from home so I don't have to lug around my laptop everywhere so that's a bonus - anyway I digress.
I was up showered and at work by 8am, quite impressive for me as I work 9-5 in the week. I was queen of the paperwork and phones all day today and baby was having a acrobat day - didn't stop twisting, turning and kicking all day - its a comforting feeling really. Hubby was at home potty training Oliver and at one point we thought he'd cracked it as we got a poo in the potty - turned out to be a fluke though!
Come 3:30 my working day was done - wait, lets rewind a minute. I wasn't actually meant to be in work but a colleague called in sick the day before and that always brings up the possibility of will they come to work on the Saturday if they are off the day before? Unlikely so I decided to swap my shift with his and as I am off on maternity at the end of Feb it means that its my last Saturday of 2012, woooo hooooo. I even have a calendar by my desk and I am crossing out the days as it goes by - 9 full months off work, bliss, except I know what hard work is to come - sticky nappies, sore nipples and not to mention a sore 'you know what' for a couple of weeks after the birth! Lets not even go there with the pain of the childbirth itself - to be honest I'm surprised women do it more than once, do we not learn the first time? Apparently not.
Got home and it looked like a toy factory had exploded in the living room, this is not a put down of the other half as I know what hard work it is to look after a toddler, its just an observation. So the first thing I did was make a game out of putting his toys away - kids are a bit daft that way and fall for it most of the time! Anyway after that we settled down for some dinner, a home made turkey curry lovingly made by the man of the house, packed Oliver off to bed at seven and we snuggled up and watched some How I Met Your Mother - love that show.
Lets see what today brings as Oliver has already weed on my 6 month old sofa and hubby is making some DIY noises upstairs and I mean the actual building things type of DIY and not what you thought ;-)
I was up showered and at work by 8am, quite impressive for me as I work 9-5 in the week. I was queen of the paperwork and phones all day today and baby was having a acrobat day - didn't stop twisting, turning and kicking all day - its a comforting feeling really. Hubby was at home potty training Oliver and at one point we thought he'd cracked it as we got a poo in the potty - turned out to be a fluke though!
Come 3:30 my working day was done - wait, lets rewind a minute. I wasn't actually meant to be in work but a colleague called in sick the day before and that always brings up the possibility of will they come to work on the Saturday if they are off the day before? Unlikely so I decided to swap my shift with his and as I am off on maternity at the end of Feb it means that its my last Saturday of 2012, woooo hooooo. I even have a calendar by my desk and I am crossing out the days as it goes by - 9 full months off work, bliss, except I know what hard work is to come - sticky nappies, sore nipples and not to mention a sore 'you know what' for a couple of weeks after the birth! Lets not even go there with the pain of the childbirth itself - to be honest I'm surprised women do it more than once, do we not learn the first time? Apparently not.
Got home and it looked like a toy factory had exploded in the living room, this is not a put down of the other half as I know what hard work it is to look after a toddler, its just an observation. So the first thing I did was make a game out of putting his toys away - kids are a bit daft that way and fall for it most of the time! Anyway after that we settled down for some dinner, a home made turkey curry lovingly made by the man of the house, packed Oliver off to bed at seven and we snuggled up and watched some How I Met Your Mother - love that show.
Lets see what today brings as Oliver has already weed on my 6 month old sofa and hubby is making some DIY noises upstairs and I mean the actual building things type of DIY and not what you thought ;-)
Introductions
Hi all I've noticed a craze that has been going on for some time. Reading about other peoples lives, whether its your friend or a stranger on Facebook/Twitter/MySpace etc or a "celebrity" on DailyMail.com, most of us do it even though we may not even realise it most of the time. So I thought, why not read about me? Surely what I do is just as interesting as what the other strangers/friends that you can't even remember where you know them from let alone their last name that you read about? I'm not just about what I am doing currently I may throw in some (what I find interesting) anecdotes from the past.
So here goes...
I'm your average Jo (except my name is Terri), I've just hit 30 (gulp), I live in the Midlands of England, I work full time, I am married to a lovely man, Mike, we have a son, Oliver and we have another on the way so very soon we will be your average 2.4 family. But is anyone average? Are my days different to yours? Can you relate to me? Will you find me annoying? Well if you fancy it you can follow me, comment where you feel and if you have any questions just ask. I hope you enjoy my ramblings!
So here goes...
I'm your average Jo (except my name is Terri), I've just hit 30 (gulp), I live in the Midlands of England, I work full time, I am married to a lovely man, Mike, we have a son, Oliver and we have another on the way so very soon we will be your average 2.4 family. But is anyone average? Are my days different to yours? Can you relate to me? Will you find me annoying? Well if you fancy it you can follow me, comment where you feel and if you have any questions just ask. I hope you enjoy my ramblings!
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