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Post by shellie on Feb 12, 2015 11:24:26 GMT
Good Morning Lovely Ladies
I've got an early start (for me) this morning. DD17 needs delivering to school at 7am for an excursion and then joy of joy's I need to go for a blood test (fasting) so I don't want to wait too long in the day. A quick grocery shop then DD20 and I are having a day. Think we might go out for lunch and maybe even have a little shop. I am thinking Sumo Salad (minus the dressing) or Nando's Chicken and Salad. DD17 won't be back until around 6pm so we won't need to rush home from where ever we end up.
Wishing you all a Fabulous Friday xoxo
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Post by Elasti-Girl on Feb 12, 2015 19:37:51 GMT
Good Morning Shellie & those to come,
Shellie have a lovely day with DD20! 
Today is DH's day off, I'm shuffling my routines around a bit & we have a couple of errands to do, but not much else planned.
Wishing you all a great day |
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Post by medusahair on Feb 12, 2015 20:06:02 GMT
Hope the blood test goes well Shellie
Hope you have a nice day with DH Elasti
Today I need to hit the ground running. Drop off DD to school then off to DMum's where I am to help DBrother move out......
Have a great day
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Post by elizabeth36 on Feb 12, 2015 20:12:30 GMT
Good morning Shellie, Elasti and those to come,
Just a few extra things on at the moment that are pressuring me a little. I have the pest people coming mid-morning after I have done groups with DS4 at school, so I'm tidying up and trying to get anything moveable away from the walls. I have a music lesson in the middle of the day, then am picking up a babysitter to watch the boys after school while I have a meeting with DS9's teacher. DH is doing dinner for the kids tonight and I'm going out with a DGf for her birthday - that is my highlight. Tomorrow is the memorial service for a lady I have known for a very long time and I will miss her. So I will take DS9 to cricket in the morning, then dress and prepare a plate for the service. *Whinge warning* (Skip if you don't need it!)
Just feeling a bit burnt out. Tuesday night I cooked 3 dinners and have been trying to be more efficient to make more time to get to the jobs that need to be doing. But the more I do, the more the rest of the family take. Cooking the dinners meant that instead of having or getting on to a project I have planned, I then bathed DS4 (he had to stay in the bath longer because I was busy - bath is off dining room so I can see him from the kitchen), cleaned, did the lunches, kept going and did the rest of the jobs as well. It took another two hours before I got to sit down. DH decides to walk the dog after dinner!? There is rarely even a thanks for the meal and certainly no pay off for doing extra preparation. The kids I understand, but I am sick of complaining to DH and having him just not see any of it. The house would fall down around us if I didn't organise my Dad to fix the gates, book the pest inspection and that's just the start of it. There seems to be no discussion, collaboration, or appreciation - I am feeling very much taken for granted. I do not mind doing the work, it is just that it is sucking me dry and meaning that I am struggling to do my work, or address my health and fitness, or make the home anything more than clean enough to be liveable. Need to change something here!
Rant over - sorry - feels better to have got it out though. Wishing you all a happy Friday 13th. Hopefully I will get my stuff together!
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Post by judy on Feb 12, 2015 21:52:39 GMT
 Hi Everyone
Shellie- hope all is ok with your tests?? Have a fun day out with DD. Medusa-sounds like a busy day.Hope all does well with the move. Enjoy your day with DH Elasti.
Elizabeth- I love the pic!! I am sure every wife/mother has vented those same thoughts from time to time. Its so true that the woman is expected to do all the organizing and running of the house EVEN WHEN SHE WORKS!!??!! I dont know why. Do men not see the mess? Or they just know that the woman will do it. I know my DH likes it to look nice although he always says our house is so clean compared to the majority he goes in ( its NOT compared to the majority I go in!!!)
WE are leaving in a short while on the motorbike to go to a Travel Adventure Festival in Bright. Bright is a beautiful town at the foot of Mt Buffalo where will probably ride up to sometime over the weekend. We will stop at a winery on the way for lunch- meeting at a cafe first. Im looking forward to it. We are leaving to come home a bit earlier than the others to meet up for DD30s birthday celebrations at a local winery. I am yet to convince DH that I need to go home first as I will be hot and sweaty form riding in the heat with all my gear on let alone my helmet hair or makeup fix from being on the bike for more than 3 hours!!!! Why can he not see the obvious. Ive not been on the back of the bike for quite a while and Im sure my butt will be very sore!!! 
Have a Good day and Great weekend Ladies!! x x
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Post by shellie on Feb 12, 2015 22:16:21 GMT
Hi Girls,
Change of plans. I ended up eating too late last night, so would have to wait longer this morning for the fasting blood test. Because we had to get up so early to get DD17 to the school by 7am I didn't feel like waiting around 2 or 3hrs before I could get my coffee in. So blood test has been put off. It's only a regular Cholesterol check, so nothing to be concerned about.
After school drop off, I went and did a quick grocery shop. Home now and DD20 and I are going to go do a little shopping and go out for lunch. Anything else will be 'gravy'.
Elizabeth, vent away hun. But seriously you could be telling my story. And sadly it's the same story I've been telling for years. If Hubby does something, he just goes, "See Ya, I'm off to ...(insert fun activity here)", but on the rare occasion I do something for myself, it means, organizing 3 other people 1st (sometimes even 4 or 5 if I include DMum and Hubby into it), then I have to prepare any meals that may happen in my absence, oh and of course any housework that might have been done in that time will either have to be done before or after I go. For the most part, it's just not worth the effort of going and doing something as an individual. And then I get to face the 'aftermath' of not being here, suddenly when I am not around they become unable to locate the dishwasher, eat at a table, turn off a TV or light, put away a used item or even find the opening of the laundry hamper, let alone actually do something that might HELP!!
Feel your pain Elizabeth.
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Post by elizabeth36 on Feb 13, 2015 1:36:48 GMT
Thanks Judy and Shellie, Helps to have some sympathy and understanding. Focusing on breathing here, but thank you so much!
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