Today is St Andrews day.
I managed to make a kilt for my youngest in time for nursery this morning. One of the teachers kindly gave me some tartan so I could make a kilt for him. I am really pleased with how it looked and my youngest son liked wearing it as well.
They made flags and did some Scottish dancing.
My eldest is going into Edinburgh to have a visit to the museum. Hopefully he will have fun there. It will be a good place for him to learn about Scottish history.
I think it is great that something is done about St Andrews day in the schools.
I do not remember learning anything about St Georges day when I was going to school when I lived in England.
I have started learning more about Scottish history. I think it is important that I learn about Scottish history so I can help my younglings as well.
I think I will have to take them to some interesting places next summer. Now that they are getting older it should be easier. If I go somewhere on the train they will travel for free as well.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
My eldest was sick in the night
My eldest and my daughter have taken to getting into bed with my partner and I during the night.. Usually at a point when I am too tired to send them bad or very close to the tie that we need to get up.
My eldest came through this morning and shortly after getting into bed he started coughing and was sick. His jumper caught it and the bed was safe. It was not so fortunate the next time.
Thankfully he has not been sick since so hopefully it was just something that was not sitting right and once it was out of his system he will be fine again.
He has eaten something this morning and my partner has taken the younglings to visit his mother so I will find out how he is when they get back.
So for now I am making the most of my child free time and spending some time reading one of the latest Star Wars books and getting some cleaning up done.
I have changed my mind about Christmas. I am not really looking forward to it. I have this fear that mum is going to get us doing too much. I just want to relax. Last year was the best as all we did was stay in and have a nice time. I restricted the chocolate so the younglings were not hyperactive we all have a lovely time.
I have a feeling that I will not be able to truly relax while I am away and while I will have a nice time I will only be able to properly relax once I am home again. I am also not looking forward to the train journey. I will need the force with me on those days.
My eldest came through this morning and shortly after getting into bed he started coughing and was sick. His jumper caught it and the bed was safe. It was not so fortunate the next time.
Thankfully he has not been sick since so hopefully it was just something that was not sitting right and once it was out of his system he will be fine again.
He has eaten something this morning and my partner has taken the younglings to visit his mother so I will find out how he is when they get back.
So for now I am making the most of my child free time and spending some time reading one of the latest Star Wars books and getting some cleaning up done.
I have changed my mind about Christmas. I am not really looking forward to it. I have this fear that mum is going to get us doing too much. I just want to relax. Last year was the best as all we did was stay in and have a nice time. I restricted the chocolate so the younglings were not hyperactive we all have a lovely time.
I have a feeling that I will not be able to truly relax while I am away and while I will have a nice time I will only be able to properly relax once I am home again. I am also not looking forward to the train journey. I will need the force with me on those days.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Operation house clean
I am so, so fed up of the place being cluttered and messy that it has to change and something has to be done about it. I seem to be able to make good progress in getting it clean but I do not seem very good at maintaining it.
This will hopefully change.
Though I think I will be getting more help from my partner which will help.
We had an argument last night when I was trying to get things cleaned up before I went to bed. I was getting cranky due to being tired and the flat being so disorganized did not help things. I told him that the place had no order and that was why it was a shit-hole. He was not happy but I think he has time to think about what I have said and he has been very helpful this morning.
We really do have to get this sorted out though as we cannot live like this.
I was not happy to find mould on one of my daughters dressing up costumes. We are going to have to see the landlord about that. Another reason why we have to get the flat looking sparkling clean and free of clutter.
May the cleaning force be with me.
This will hopefully change.
Though I think I will be getting more help from my partner which will help.
We had an argument last night when I was trying to get things cleaned up before I went to bed. I was getting cranky due to being tired and the flat being so disorganized did not help things. I told him that the place had no order and that was why it was a shit-hole. He was not happy but I think he has time to think about what I have said and he has been very helpful this morning.
We really do have to get this sorted out though as we cannot live like this.
I was not happy to find mould on one of my daughters dressing up costumes. We are going to have to see the landlord about that. Another reason why we have to get the flat looking sparkling clean and free of clutter.
May the cleaning force be with me.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
It is so nice to have heating again
The plumber came yesterday and fixed the radiator, so we now have heating again. It feels so, so good.
It took him a lot longer to fix than he had hoped and it cost £98 but it was worth it. The reason why it took so long was that there was two cracks in the pipe. He fixed the first one and when he was trying to get the heating to work water was pishing out of the pipe and across the floor.
I am glad that we do not have a carpet as it made wiping it up a lot easier. This was when he discovered the second crack at the floorboard level He told me that he did not have the right toll to get the floorboards and that I would have to wait till Thursday to get it fixed.
When I asked about what would happen if he used what he had already got, he just told me that it would not look too neat when he put it back. It did not take me long to decided that he should just go ahead with it anyway as I wanted the heating back as soon as possible.
He had to go away and when he got back he was able to get the job done in good time. He also bled all of the radiators after and left me a spare key so that we can do it as well (we did not have one)
The twins were good with him as well (they had to miss nursery for one day) they liked watching him but they did not pester him too much. My daughter was very sweet at one point. When he was working away she leaned over him and gave him a hug a couple of times and then after rubbed him back. It was so sweet to see her acting so affectionately.
Since getting the radiator fixed, the heating is working better than ever. This could have been one of the main reasons why the heating was having so many problems recently. But it is indeed so, so nice to be able to not only get the heating on without any problems but to also get hot water without any problems.
It took him a lot longer to fix than he had hoped and it cost £98 but it was worth it. The reason why it took so long was that there was two cracks in the pipe. He fixed the first one and when he was trying to get the heating to work water was pishing out of the pipe and across the floor.
I am glad that we do not have a carpet as it made wiping it up a lot easier. This was when he discovered the second crack at the floorboard level He told me that he did not have the right toll to get the floorboards and that I would have to wait till Thursday to get it fixed.
When I asked about what would happen if he used what he had already got, he just told me that it would not look too neat when he put it back. It did not take me long to decided that he should just go ahead with it anyway as I wanted the heating back as soon as possible.
He had to go away and when he got back he was able to get the job done in good time. He also bled all of the radiators after and left me a spare key so that we can do it as well (we did not have one)
The twins were good with him as well (they had to miss nursery for one day) they liked watching him but they did not pester him too much. My daughter was very sweet at one point. When he was working away she leaned over him and gave him a hug a couple of times and then after rubbed him back. It was so sweet to see her acting so affectionately.
Since getting the radiator fixed, the heating is working better than ever. This could have been one of the main reasons why the heating was having so many problems recently. But it is indeed so, so nice to be able to not only get the heating on without any problems but to also get hot water without any problems.
Monday, November 23, 2009
A rant about my home
I need to rant about my home.
I hate, hate, hate it. Not enough room, too much junk and too many problems.
The bad damp (bad for health but and there is mould forming on our possessions and clothes)
The broken radiator
The broken oven door
The kitchen that is falling apart
The broken doors The back door that will not open properly
The broken light in the kitchen
The broken light in the younglings
We only have one lamp which has to timeshare between lighting the kitchen and lighting the younglings room
The heating when working, does not work properly
The never ending mess (no matter how much I clean up it never gets clean and I have had enough)
I think that is it for now.
I hate, hate, hate it. Not enough room, too much junk and too many problems.
The bad damp (bad for health but and there is mould forming on our possessions and clothes)
The broken radiator
The broken oven door
The kitchen that is falling apart
The broken doors The back door that will not open properly
The broken light in the kitchen
The broken light in the younglings
We only have one lamp which has to timeshare between lighting the kitchen and lighting the younglings room
The heating when working, does not work properly
The never ending mess (no matter how much I clean up it never gets clean and I have had enough)
I think that is it for now.
I took my daughter to the doctors today
My daughters fingers and toes have swollen in the past during the colder months. She has been taken to the hospital and tests have been done but they were not able to work out what was the matter.
Her toe had swollen recently and I just assumed it was that. But when the swelling did not go down and it was hurting her I took her to the doctors. The appointment was this morning. She must have hit it at some point badly. While there is still bruising the toe is thankfully not broken and the swelling is now going down. Hopefully it will be the start of her getting better now.
Her fingers and toes do not seem to then be reacting as badly to the colder weather than other years. Hopefully her sensitivity to the colder weather is getting better as she gets older. This is a good thing as I would like to move to Canada.
Thankfully as the doctor was on time I was able to take her to nursery after and I was able to go home and sit and have a cup of tea in peace before I had to collect them.
The afternoon was eventful. My sort of father in law came around to fix the radiator that had come off the wall. He did that without a problem and I thought that was the problem fixed.
It was until I came to wash the dishes later. The water was not working properly as it normally does (the landlord will not fix it) so I turned up the pressure like how he told us to do. The water worked for a short while before it cut out. It would not work again.
I was then called into the living room to find a pool of water coming from the radiator.
We have had to call out a plumber out to get it fixed as the heating will not work until it has been fixed. Hopefully it will not cost too much. Thankfully not only is it not that cold but we are not used to having the place over heated (My step daughter finds our home cold because her home is like a furnace)
Her toe had swollen recently and I just assumed it was that. But when the swelling did not go down and it was hurting her I took her to the doctors. The appointment was this morning. She must have hit it at some point badly. While there is still bruising the toe is thankfully not broken and the swelling is now going down. Hopefully it will be the start of her getting better now.
Her fingers and toes do not seem to then be reacting as badly to the colder weather than other years. Hopefully her sensitivity to the colder weather is getting better as she gets older. This is a good thing as I would like to move to Canada.
Thankfully as the doctor was on time I was able to take her to nursery after and I was able to go home and sit and have a cup of tea in peace before I had to collect them.
The afternoon was eventful. My sort of father in law came around to fix the radiator that had come off the wall. He did that without a problem and I thought that was the problem fixed.
It was until I came to wash the dishes later. The water was not working properly as it normally does (the landlord will not fix it) so I turned up the pressure like how he told us to do. The water worked for a short while before it cut out. It would not work again.
I was then called into the living room to find a pool of water coming from the radiator.
We have had to call out a plumber out to get it fixed as the heating will not work until it has been fixed. Hopefully it will not cost too much. Thankfully not only is it not that cold but we are not used to having the place over heated (My step daughter finds our home cold because her home is like a furnace)
Saturday, November 21, 2009
A long time since I last updated
It has been a very long time since I last updated, so I thought that it was about time that I did so.
My eldest is now 5 and will be 6 next March. The twins are 3 and will be 4 in January.
My eldest son has started primary school and the twins are at nursery. I used to take the twins to Homestart on a Thursday has sadly come to an end due to funding problems but I did get a letter from them not too long ago asking how we are. I really must phone them on Monday to thank them for the letter.
It is still madness in our home but the good thing is that all of the younglings are in one room so my partner and I have got a bedroom back. We have to sleep in the living room twice a week when my step daughter stays over but that is not too bad. We are waiting to get a new home though. Hopefully we will not have to wait too long.
There is still damp in the flat and we have to work hard at keeping the damp spores under control for our health. My youngest son has been in hospital twice now due to breathing problems. That is in fact the main reason that I want to move. We could make the flat work for us by making sure that we do not have too muck stuff but the damp is what is really causing the problems. The landlord said he will get it fixed but he still has not done so.
If he has not done anything soon we are going to call out the environmental health. I have found that is not just our health that is being affected but our possessions. Our bedding is getting mould on it and some of my bags and clothes.
I must confess that I am glad that the twins are at nursery as it gives me some time in the morning in which I can get some housework done. It is not much but it is better than nothing. I am getting tired from the extra walking that I need to do but at least it will be keeping me fit.
The younglings are kind of sleeping better. My youngest son sleeps the best but it is not unusual to find my eldest and my daughter in bed with us in the morning. The good thing is that we are mostly getting uninterupted sleep.
My eldest is enjoying school and is getting on well and the twins are also enjoying nursery and getting on well.
Though my youngest son had taken up swearing. I have been guilty of using swear words from time to time but my partner was the worst. Thankfully after he started saying the f word we both became so much better. I managed to stop swearing totally and my partner only swears occasionally (hopefully to improve as well) but this has been enough to stop my son from swearing (hopefully it will continue)
My eldest is now 5 and will be 6 next March. The twins are 3 and will be 4 in January.
My eldest son has started primary school and the twins are at nursery. I used to take the twins to Homestart on a Thursday has sadly come to an end due to funding problems but I did get a letter from them not too long ago asking how we are. I really must phone them on Monday to thank them for the letter.
It is still madness in our home but the good thing is that all of the younglings are in one room so my partner and I have got a bedroom back. We have to sleep in the living room twice a week when my step daughter stays over but that is not too bad. We are waiting to get a new home though. Hopefully we will not have to wait too long.
There is still damp in the flat and we have to work hard at keeping the damp spores under control for our health. My youngest son has been in hospital twice now due to breathing problems. That is in fact the main reason that I want to move. We could make the flat work for us by making sure that we do not have too muck stuff but the damp is what is really causing the problems. The landlord said he will get it fixed but he still has not done so.
If he has not done anything soon we are going to call out the environmental health. I have found that is not just our health that is being affected but our possessions. Our bedding is getting mould on it and some of my bags and clothes.
I must confess that I am glad that the twins are at nursery as it gives me some time in the morning in which I can get some housework done. It is not much but it is better than nothing. I am getting tired from the extra walking that I need to do but at least it will be keeping me fit.
The younglings are kind of sleeping better. My youngest son sleeps the best but it is not unusual to find my eldest and my daughter in bed with us in the morning. The good thing is that we are mostly getting uninterupted sleep.
My eldest is enjoying school and is getting on well and the twins are also enjoying nursery and getting on well.
Though my youngest son had taken up swearing. I have been guilty of using swear words from time to time but my partner was the worst. Thankfully after he started saying the f word we both became so much better. I managed to stop swearing totally and my partner only swears occasionally (hopefully to improve as well) but this has been enough to stop my son from swearing (hopefully it will continue)
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