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General => News => Topic started by: cornykev on April 11, 2011, 18:53:10
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Well I was talking to Shirl earlier about having a week off to look after the kids, this is how the day went.
Drove the missus to work
Made the 6 year olds brekkie
A4A for a while
Jigsaw with the 6yo in the Sun in the back garden, don't u hate it when there's a few bits missing
Emptied out half the shed to get our 3 bikes out
Pumped up the tyres and wiped the cobwebs off mine
3 balls were thrown at me while I had the pump handy
As soon as Amazon had delivered my parcel we were off
Hang on, a dousing of sun cream first, ( responsible Dad here, the brummie chicks will be proud of me)
A quick cycle off to the lottie, to take some more spuds over there to plant later in the week, my oldest don't look to keen
After a quick reckie it was off on our bikes again
A visit to the play area, toilets and a shaded woodland for a drink and chocolate
Back home to park up the bikes
A walk round to the bookies to collect my winnings
Then off to the cafe, had a chat with the owners, about the only friendly shop for miles
Back home and finished tidying the shed
Sowed a few carrots in the back garden
A quick look at A4A
Blimey is that the time, I better pick the missus up in a minute, the only two things that would stop we would be the phone ringing and someone parked across my drive
You guessed it the site sec on the phone and the old bill parked across my front
Well after politely removing both obstructions I was on my way
Picked up the missus and went home for a lie down on the settee
How was your day
Chapter 2 tomorrow, no way can it be that exciting again, the kids will be telling the storey of their day out to their grandkids for years to come.
Where's the knackered smiley ???
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I didn't see anything there about doing the washing and ironing and getting the tea ready. Praps tomorrow you will be able to fit in a bit more eh. ;D
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There may be a few loads of washing tomorrow, don't do ironing and I make the tea everyday, I'm on my holidays so she'll have to do it, she done me lamb chops, chips and tin spaghetti. ;D
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We had mum in law hospital sitting. Up at 5.30 with my stinky cold. pills and brekkie. off at 8 , 20 miles to pick her up, put the wheelchair in and set off, in the hossie at 20 to 10, appointment at 10.10, twelve, finally got in. 5 minutes and out. Went to the restaurant for lunch as it was so late and she hadn't eaten. Back to hers and did her banking, arguing with the woman from santander who thought I had her arm up her back getting her to transfer money from her savings to a cheque account. Finally got in at 3.30. Tomorrow we're off to a different hospital with her. Bet you had more fun ;D
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Now thats manic ;D
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blokes just don't get it, do they ;D
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Lord, that sounds like most days to me! Like my Saturday:
Up at 8, get some washing on
Have brekkie while tidying up the kitchen,
Shower, make bed etc etc
Get kids up, lazy gits, make smallest one get ready for music class
Off to music class, play piano to accompany music class for 15 minutes, then shoot off to buy bread
back to pick up kid
Race down to allotment to drop off a shelf I had picked up and empty the smelly compost from my kitchen
Hoe onions and spuds, much to child's annoyance
Back home, vacuum, wash floors, get lunch on, hang out washing
Eat lunch
Sit down for 5 minutes with a coffee
gather up library books that need taking back
Clean cat's litter (yuck)
Piano practice
Moan to child until she is ready for sports practice, moan at child's father about getting her there on time
Go down to lottie as is a lovely day, sow lots of seeds, water things, plant last spuds, potter around tidying for a good hour and a half.
Look at time, oh bugger, race home
have to get to association meeting, wanna go by bike, go down, fail miserably to pump up tyres, end up going on foot so am late
during meeting come down with splitting headache
Eventually get driven back by friend to find others buggered off to a friend's house!
I don't care as I gulp down and handful of migraine pills and collapse in bed (until rest of them come back and turn on all the bloody lights saying "where's your mother" with me moaning "tttuuuurrrrnnn it oooffffff ggrrroooggghhhhh"
A woman's work is never done!!!
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OK a standard tuesday for me would be - manic! other days are almost as bad.
i'lltake your day any day cornykev
get up at 7
get kids up
get them dressed
moan at hubby for leaviing the place like blackpool illuminations
see hubby off to work
feed boys brekkie
feed me brekkie if I am lucky
take boys to twins club at 8.30 - 30 min drive plus shopping on the way- if I am lucky i get a drink in amongst the wee trips whilst at club
come back from twins club at 12- 30 min drive
have very quick lunch nagging one or the other of the boys to eat fatser all the way through
meanwhile scoff lunch whilst packing for going over to grandmums trying not to forget any of boys dinner, pj's toothbrushes, bears, stories, spare clothes etc guarenteed to forget something
take the 40 minute trip aiming to leave just after 1 to my mums
when I arrive I try to get the boys playing with toys and not wrecking the place whilst I ensure that mum has -
done her physio, taken her tablets, then sort out any domestic bits that need sorting. last panic scenario was the tax so needed insurance and MOT only to find out the MOT my sis had booked 6 months ago for them hadnt been done so mad panic fic it calls commence
then get boys dinner - 4.30
tidy up toys
get boys ready for bed
have bedtime stories and milk.
say goodbyes aim to leave at about 5.45
load boys into car for 40 mintute journey home, with most of it with the boys saying are we on the big road yet
put boys into bed hopefully asleep
cook dinner for meand hubby
collapse on sofa hopefully with some wine
fortunately today I had a sofaf dlelivery so none of this took place but I had to be up early as we were first delivery
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Up later today about 7.25, nice to have a lie in
The 6 year old had been sick in the night
Took off her bedding and washed them
Positioned her on the settee with a sick bowl
Did the washing up
Hung out the bedding on the washing line
Put another load on
Run a bath
Did some shredding with the Little un
Hung out the second load of washing
Give the kid a bath and washed her hair
Cleared out two drawers and my box file with my paperwork
Hovered the front room
Made some lunch
Brought in the bedding and replaced
Prepared dinner for tonight
As said a women's work is never done. ;)
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Ah, it is getting better, up chucking now. No mention of temper tantrums so they must be very well behaved.
Soiunds to me like you are doing a grand job honey, but have you cleaned the loo yet..
XX Jeannine
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I forgot that I cleaned the bog after she puked up in it, but I clean it once a week anyway, to be honest I share most jobs around the house, but ironing is a no no, and I don't normaly do the dusting or hoover upstairs. :P
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So you haven't learned multi-tasking yet, Kev? You'll have to when things get a bit more hectic. ;)
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Youre getting there ;D
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He sure sounds like a keeper to me XX Jeannine
PS, I don't iron either
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I've never met a woman who can multi task yet. :P
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you should get out more then :-*
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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ::)
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Over the winter months I do not work on fridays so to help her out. I clean through the house and cook the dinner ready for when she came home from work. One friday I had to go somewhere so I said she would have to do all the work on saturday. That's alright she says 'it will only take an hour'. Well that was it for me, no more slaving away for 7 or 8 hours. I shall just kick her out of bed early saturday so she can do her hour while I think about getting up.
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Well said that man, the thing is Ace you probably did it thoroughly, none on this skimping lark, any way back to Mrs Doubtfire, I get out lots and meet loads of peeps, I stick to what I said about multi-tasking, I'm yet to meet a bird who can have sex and a headache at the same time. :P
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well you see thats why men take so long about doing things because they spend every 7 seconds thinking about sex and they cant multi task ;D
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Well said that man, the thing is Ace you probably did it thoroughly, none on this skimping lark, any way back to Mrs Doubtfire, I get out lots and meet loads of peeps, I stick to what I said about multi-tasking, I'm yet to meet a bird who can have sex and a headache at the same time. :P
Birds get headaches omg ;D so that's what all the tweeting has been about in the garden - but obviously you are not a fan of Marvin Gaye - sexual healing and all that :P - my how this innocent thread has slipped into men, multi tasking and sex (typical) - how long do the holidays last 8)
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Kev, you should write a book. I was told sex cured a headache. ::) ::) ::)
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calendula - depends if you are unlucky enough to have preschoolers. mine broke up on 1st April and dont go back till the 27th. Havging said that they only go back for 2 days before weve got another 4 day weekend!"!"
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he will have written a book by then :o let's think of a title, hmmm "Child Minding Made Easy" written by A. Man
;D
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take the kids to your allotment and get em involved,they will love it ;D ;D
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been down lottie plan on more trips too, planted my spuds with them, it was mummy plant a row J&H dig them up. as for the "rows" of parsnips and carrots we planted, by the time they had watered them, and squished the mud it made when mummmys back was turned I think we may have parsnip and carrot scatter.
Thats the joys of the lottie with twin 3 year old boys but they will be proud of what they grew.
Not too much chance of some serious digging with them though.
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The book writing has already started, but will need a bit of input from Ace
I am taking the youngest to the allotment in a minute, the oldest is going shopping with next door.
;D
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How is the MR CORNEYKEV'S GOOD HOUSEKEEPING coming on. Some old biddy called Mrs Beeton tried to write one once (probably while her husband was doing the housework for her) but it was a second rate publication compared with your experience and penmanship. Try to keep it to words of one syllable as the girls on these boards will have trouble understanding it and they will have to keep asking their blokes to explain it to them. Oh and write it really slow as they struggle with trying to read fast.
It might be worth having a special brummy edition with just pictures, a few of them have often gave me a 'piece of their minds' and then left themselves short.
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Day 3 in the Corny house
8.25 rise, I didn't realise all the lay ins that go with this lark
The littleun was singing in her room and woke me up
Downstairs to make her breakfast
Sort out the last of my box filed paperwork
Did some more shredding with the littleun
Checked my sweetcorn in the kitchen
Did another load of washing, washing machines do all the work, don't know what all the fuss is about
Went out to the lottie on our bikes
Did a bit of hoeing, dug up some volunteers and sowed carrots and spring onions
Went to the play area
Went for a spin on the bikes again
Stopped at the club and someone forced a bottle of cider in my hand
Did a spot of lunch
Back home put out the washing
Did some more shredding
Got the washing in as it started raining
Put in back out Brought it in
Run a bath
Did the washing up
Had a bath to soak my aching bones
The missus came home early and started on the dinner, it seemed a shame to interfere, mind I did end up chopping the onions and stirring the spag bol
Did some more shredding, where does it all come from, mind you I did have wage slips dating back to 2003
One day to go, will he survive, tune tomorrow to find out.
P.S. The books coming on great Ace keep pm 's coming with the data and I will send you a copy to autograph as you figure in quite a few chapters.
I never thought about a brummie pictured edition, bloody good idea that, I can see me having my own programme on TV to.
;D ;D ;D
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As a retiree and Grandperson I'm just loving this thread. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oh, the memories. You wait young Kev, your turn will come.
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This is better than Mrs. Dale's Diary - I'm hooked!!! :D :D
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tell you what Cornykev, i'll swap you today.
Ive got 3 year old twin boys, one of which I am fairly certain has the start of chicken pox, I guess the rest of the day that will become more apparent if it is. Whatever it is he is feeling very very itchy.
Ao ive got a whole day of staying in (so as not to pass the lurgy on) trying to keep the boys entertained, whilst still doing house work, and contending with an itchy child which is too young to give pitiron.
What do you say fair swap??
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Cover from head to toe with calamine lotion, do they still do it, don't let them get hungry keep them well stuffed, paxo is good, I say THEM because they both get it, best they get it now at an early age, invite their friends round as their parents will want them to catch it, experienced here as I've had it three times and the kids have had it, I've had it that many times the Doc calls me Kentucky Kev, cheeky git, hi Kev, hold the fries, yeah really funny Doc where would you like me to stuff your thermometer.
Sorry, going off thread a little, a big day planned ahead, but you will have to wait until later, lets hope the poxy weather livens up a bit.
Good luck Brownowl. ;)
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Day 4 (yesterday)
7.30 rise
Drove missus to work
Made breakfast
Hoovered the front room
Cleaned bath, sink and toilet
Dusted cupboard with ornaments on it
Told the kids to get ready for the fourth time
Had to go back to OH's workplace as she left something behind
Drove straight to my parents house and we went out for the day
We went to a large nursery type place called Van Hage
Loads of flowers, plants, pots, lawn mowers, sheds, greenhouses, calets, playhouses etc
The place was massive but expensive
They had an animal area, goats, chickens, hens, pigs, cockerels, turkeys, ducks, rabbits, etc
Went to the cafe and had a bit of tucka
Their best bit was walking round the sheds, chalets, playhouses and greenhouses in and out, some had sofas in them, I've never seen so many and bloody dear
So I had to look after two kids and a couple of oldies
Back home and time for a sit down
Hang on washing up first
The OH had a leaving do so didn't come in until later
Didn't get much lottie time in this week,I tried to get the youngest over there but she said she was too tired,
I must have worn out the poor mite
Made the OH a cuppa when she came in
A womens work is never done
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well my boys pox is obviously a viral thing as it went during the day, but he was still grumpy. I was quite thankful though as with that many spots he'd have been a wreck with it if it had been pox.
We didnt however get to the lottie, lottie time this week has been abysmal but hey, we plan on taking the pop up tent down the lottie tomorrow so we can dig and they can play in thier tent.
Got fun today as ive got to take two 3 year old to the docs with me, ive got a mole on my ear which has become sore and raised. very worried about it and bet they will whip it off before I have a chance to run like hell as im scared of hospitals. Thankfully I have privaate health cover through hubbys work so whatever needs doing will be done quick. I am really hopeing its nothign as sinister as skin cancer.
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could the itching could be hayfever?, my sneezing and itching have started this week.
and yes, calamine lotion still readily available :)
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Day 5
The OH couldn't stand me having such a hard time ::)
She took the day off and we went into Town and went on the London Eye
That's the hardest thing I did all week was queue up for 45 Min's at the eye
And did I moan
I bet she wished she stayed at home
Little un had her photo done with all the artists and Disney characters
Then took her on the carousel
Then in the playground
No it's all right you two just sit on the bench
I'll keep an eye on her
When I come back they said they had seen Super Nanny and had a photo done with her
She was filming something or other
Well that week was an experience
Back at work this week
I'll get more done on the lottie as I'll go there straight from work
I could get used to this lark, it's all good experience for when I'm writing my book
I've had one or two offers to go on day time telly
Something called loose women
Sounds a bit sexist to me
They'd probably try to chat me up or something anyway
They even wanted me to star in a chat show with that Richard and Judy's daughter
Cheeky gits don't they know I have standards
Anyway enough for now I'm off to write my book
PS Best of luck Brownowl. ;)
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Good luck Brownowl.
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Don't worry about Kev and his aching bones, sore feet and blistered hands. :'(