Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 Dh has had this week off work to replace the living room floor and then decorate it. He's got on really well and the floor is done, but it's been a bit of a nightmare as the dds & I are confined either to the kitchen or their bedrooms on the top floor. I came home at lunchtime today, having picked up dd1 from school, to find that the workforce (dh, my dad, and FIL) had decided they were getting on so well that they would replace the top landing floor while they were about it. So now the bedrooms are inaccessible too, so dds & I are confined to the kitchen only. Dds are very unimpressed, and I can't leave them alone in here for longer than a few seconds as it isn't really childproof, and dd2 isn't old enough to be safe in here - she's just caught her fingers in a drawer and is now going round all the cupboards trying to break into them. She's also very tired as she fell asleep in the car on the way home from school but wouldn't go back to sleep in her cot as her grandfathers were outside her room discussing the best way to demolish the landing floor when I was trying to settle her again. So now I have a choice of staying here or going out, and I know dd1 is really too tired to cope with going anywhere, and it will all end in tears! -- Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 on 07/11/01 03:42 PM, Cath MacLeod at cath@... wrote: > So now I have a choice of staying here or going out, and I know dd1 is > really too tired to cope with going anywhere, and it will all end in > tears! > Cath nowt helpful to say just sending some empathy your way - i'm going to stay in a caravan somewhere nearby when we get some work done next year - i am i am i am jenni cak (much nicer than it sounds! = cwtsching at keyboard) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 In article , Jenni writes >on 07/11/01 03:42 PM, Cath MacLeod at cath@... wrote: > >> So now I have a choice of staying here or going out, and I know dd1 is >> really too tired to cope with going anywhere, and it will all end in >> tears! >> Cath > >nowt helpful to say just sending some empathy your way - i'm going to stay >in a caravan somewhere nearby when we get some work done next year - i am i >am i am > We stayed in, and they emptied the saucepan cupboard all over my extremely dirty kitchen floor! As my lack of being bothered about housework doesn't extend as far as cooking hygiene, I am going to have to wash a dozen assorted pans and lids once they are in bed, if that ever happens - apparently the landing floor is turning out to be A More Complicated Job Than They Thought It Was Going To Be, and is not likely to finished any time soon. Sigh. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 > Dh has had this week off work to replace the living room floor and then > decorate it. He's got on really well and the floor is done, but it's > been a bit of a nightmare as the dds & I are confined either to the > kitchen or their bedrooms on the top floor. I came home at lunchtime > today, having picked up dd1 from school, to find that the workforce (dh, > my dad, and FIL) had decided they were getting on so well that they > would replace the top landing floor while they were about it. So now the > bedrooms are inaccessible too, so dds & I are confined to the kitchen > only. We should swap lives for a couple of hours then, as we're having the kitchen floor replaced, so I have been unable to go into my kitchen for 2 days. Tiler has told me I'm not allowed to set foot in there at all tonight. Doesn't make life terribly easy with regard to catering etc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2001 Report Share Posted November 7, 2001 In article <001601c167c9$9e49ab00$e17420d9@mcveigh1>, McVeigh writes >We should swap lives for a couple of hours then, as we're having the kitchen >floor replaced, so I have been unable to go into my kitchen for 2 days. >Tiler has told me I'm not allowed to set foot in there at all tonight. >Doesn't make life terribly easy with regard to catering etc! Sounds like a good excuse for a take-away! Although I realise that doesn't necessarily help with feeding small children. They finally got the landing to some kind of normality at about 8 p.m., by which time dds were both totally exhausted - they were both tired and would have normally been asleep by seven. I did try to get them both to settle in dd1s bed (dd2s room was being used as a workroom, so I couldn't put her in her cot at all), but dd2 wasn't having it. Anyway, they are both asleep now, although I'm not speaking to dh ATM! -- Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 Washing up bowl full of grimey water from yesterday, so I merrily tipped it > down the sink, only to discover that for some reason, tiling the kitchen > floor has involved disconnecting the waste pipe... > > Just like some corny soap opera - water down the sink, pouring out all over > the *newly tiled* floor, me in a complete flap, grabbing armfuls of tea > towels, trying to mop it all up as it floods the floor... my main concern is > that the rather unsympathetic man we've got doing the tiling, is going to be > cross with me for ignoring his instructions not to go into the kitchen. I > might claim that it was Rob who did the dreadful deed before going to work! > > Oh NO! I can just imagine your horror! Sounds just like something I would have done too, and been more scared of being told off, than the actual consequences! Blame DH, why not indeed! Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 > In article <001601c167c9$9e49ab00$e17420d9@mcveigh1>, McVeigh > writes > >We should swap lives for a couple of hours then, as we're having the kitchen > >floor replaced, so I have been unable to go into my kitchen for 2 days. > >Tiler has told me I'm not allowed to set foot in there at all tonight. > >Doesn't make life terribly easy with regard to catering etc! > > Sounds like a good excuse for a take-away! Although I realise that > doesn't necessarily help with feeding small children. We have a dining table full of unwashed plates, cups, etc, as I couldn't get in to wash them yesterday. This morning, assuming that the tile adhesive was probably dry enough to walk on, I tentatively stepped into the kitchen to tackle the washing up, so that we have enough crockery for breakfast. Washing up bowl full of grimey water from yesterday, so I merrily tipped it down the sink, only to discover that for some reason, tiling the kitchen floor has involved disconnecting the waste pipe... Just like some corny soap opera - water down the sink, pouring out all over the *newly tiled* floor, me in a complete flap, grabbing armfuls of tea towels, trying to mop it all up as it floods the floor... my main concern is that the rather unsympathetic man we've got doing the tiling, is going to be cross with me for ignoring his instructions not to go into the kitchen. I might claim that it was Rob who did the dreadful deed before going to work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 Do you have a computer in your kitchen then, Cath! Karina > on 07/11/01 03:42 PM, Cath MacLeod at cath@w... wrote: > > > So now I have a choice of staying here or going out, and I know dd1 is > > really too tired to cope with going anywhere, and it will all end in > > tears! > > Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 This would be me. I'm forever doing things I shouldn't, then get that creeping feeling of a 6-yearold who have done something they shouldn't, only that now it's DH rather than my Dad who will be telling me off. I'm quite sorted, really, I just seem to have this *accidents* now and then... I knocked a red wine glass over just a few weeks ago with the result of the white kitchen wall being covered in grey stripes that wont disappear (have tried anything from cif onwards but no luck). Planned to blame it on the kids as it's just next to the highchairs, but unfortunately DH was there at the time. Another time I left the bath tap on overnight in DH's flat with the result of water leaking through to the floor below, ruining the newly painted white ceiling below. Unforgiveable really, but it was 24hours after DD's birth and I had lots of stitches and generally was a bit out of touch with reality... thankfully DH was very understanding at the time, and made me love him just that little bit more... Karina > Washing up bowl full of grimey water from yesterday, so I merrily > tipped it> > down the sink, only to discover that for some reason, tiling the > kitchen > > floor has involved disconnecting the waste pipe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 > This would be me. I'm forever doing things I shouldn't, then get that > creeping feeling of a 6-yearold who have done something they > shouldn't, only that now it's DH rather than my Dad who will be > telling me off. > I knocked a red wine glass over just a few weeks ago with the result > of the white kitchen wall being covered in grey stripes that wont > disappear (have tried anything from cif onwards but no luck). Planned > to blame it on the kids as it's just next to the highchairs, but > unfortunately DH was there at the time. IKWYM... But I can't get away with blaming it on the kids. Caitlin scribbled red felt pen on our brand new lilac and cream duvet cover this morning. Rob hasn't seen it yet, but when he does, *I* will be in trouble, because *I* " shouldn't have let her have the pen in the first place " . As if I gave it to her! (I just wasn't really supervising at the time, due to it being slightly before 7am, and I was still trying hard to be asleep) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 In article <9sdqgg+554i (AT) eGroups (DOT) com>, kbholm@... writes >Do you have a computer in your kitchen then, Cath! Sort of - dh's work laptop (at home with him this week) and a wireless LAN in the house. There are advantages to dh being an IT professional. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 > > Washing up bowl full of grimey water from yesterday, so I merrily > > tipped it> > down the sink, only to discover that for some reason, > tiling the > kitchen > > floor has involved disconnecting the waste > pipe... I did this once... ....with the bowl of water that I had just collected from removing the sink waste trap myself. dw (dg back then) was not amused or sympathetic sigh james Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 >(I just wasn't really supervising at the time, due to it being slightly >before 7am, and I was still trying hard to be asleep) > > I'm so glad you are back to tell my life how it really is without me having to lift a finger! BTW Do you still have your hilarious Work At Home and Earn Absolutely No Money website? -- jennifer@... Vaudin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 > BTW Do you still have your hilarious Work At Home and Earn Absolutely > No Money website? I doubt it as I have cancelled my AOL subscription! The only known link to this, is on www.familygarland.co.uk which, coincidently, I note, has been updated today with a beautiful new picture of Fraser... Meanwhile, re the umbrella campaign... anyone notice the extended Indian summer we've had??? Thanks for your welcome back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 > I doubt it as I have cancelled my AOL subscription! The only known link to > this, is on www.familygarland.co.uk which, coincidently, I note, has been > updated today with a beautiful new picture of Fraser... That's where you're wrong. I checked all my links whilst updating today, and you're still busy earning nothing ;-) Lynda SAHM to (8), (6), Fraser (4), Callum (1) Newsletter editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch Area Rep, Region 7 www.familygarland.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2001 Report Share Posted November 8, 2001 LOL - Sounds like my DH - only he tends to do the plumming at about 3am. Banned from it now - I'm getting quite handy at it. Caroline Jersey > I did this once... > > ....with the bowl of water that I had just collected from removing the sink waste trap myself. > > dw (dg back then) was not amused or sympathetic > > sigh > james Germain Jersey British Channel Islands 49º11'30 " N 02º06'12 " W WGS84 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 In article , Cath MacLeod writes >In article <9sdqgg+554i (AT) eGroups (DOT) com>, kbholm@... writes >>Do you have a computer in your kitchen then, Cath! > >Sort of - dh's work laptop (at home with him this week) and a wireless >LAN in the house. There are advantages to dh being an IT professional. Why are my posts taking 24+ hours to appear? We were doing quite well through yesterday and today up until about half an hour ago, when the radiator which dh was taking off to paint behind turned out to have a very dodgy connector. He's just had to drain the central heating system, and we currently have no water. Oh, and dd2 has just woken up from her sleep with a temperature of 103, and refused to swallow the second spoonful of the dose of Calpol I was trying to give her, so it ended up all over the bedroom carpet... Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 and a wireless > >LAN in the house oooh ooh we want one of those! ATM we have one phone line, and two Pcs downstairs with one looooong phone line that snakes round the sitting room into the diningroom when its linked to my pc! We regularly yell at each other " can I have the wire when you;re done " Angi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2001 Report Share Posted November 9, 2001 In article <027301c16941$2bbecd80$a6b3fc3e@angimachine>, Angi Nutt writes >and a wireless >> >LAN in the house > >oooh ooh we want one of those! It's great - I hadn't actually realised how good until this week. Means I can sit in the kitchen with a laptop and do all sorts of stuff - no more running up and down the stairs to see if we're out of something when I'm doing the Sainsburys order! I think I'm going to have withdrawal symptoms next week when dh takes the laptop back to work. Cath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2001 Report Share Posted November 10, 2001 - apparently the landing floor is turning out to be A More > Complicated Job Than They Thought It Was Going To Be, and is not likely > to finished any time soon. Cath - hope things looking better from your end than a couple of days ago, surely with all that wonderful man power they must be doing marvels !!! Justmakes me think of a student holiday in Greece years ago when we had five men helping us to make decisions on what to do with a broken down car - one of the two we were touring around in - hmmmm! Commiserations and hope you are all coping Caro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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