Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / September 2004

Well, in case you hadn't noticed the flood of new messages yet: I'm back
from my German holiday :-). Did anyone miss me? At all ;-)?
I returned Saturday evening, but I have been totally exhausted and very
busy as well. It's amazing how just one week away takes weeks of

Today I have:
Been up with small boy at 5.15am, then spent time making him stay in bed
till 7.15am
Been to work to do the mail etc as the office manager is away and my

Hurricane Jeanne, the unpredictable, is now projected to make landfall as a
cat. 2, in the Cocoa Beach area [near me] hours after I leave in a jet plane
for Vermont, leaving my family behind.  I know I should go.  I should go to
that job interview in Vermont.  But it is so hard to ...

amazon bless em have really mucked this one up. Sent a refund for the
crockpot instead of sending a new one and only partly refunded the cost
of postage. I sent them an email telling them theyd got it wrong and how
disappointed I was with them. Got a lovely apologising email back ...

Just adopted a really sweet Lovebird - wanna see her?
http://jjww.250free.com/Bubba1.jpg
Pretty, eh?

Where is AF???
I am now officially 2 days late

Results just in! Got the phone call from Teresa Smith at 10am, picked up the
medical report and X Rays at 10:22 (fastest route from West Hampstead to St
Johns Wood? Don't worry about it - just be in a hurry!), posted em off to
Australia House (Registered, natch) 10:30 from the first ...

Someone's gonna be top of the Kiticat list this week!!!! :-)

DS comes home with a note today.
This year DS is part of the school news broadcast program.   This is an
extra curricular that is done before school.   I have to drop DS off eary
for this each day.   Usually they rotate the kids, 1 week the participate in

Now that we cought Cat Stevens - I feel much better - we can't let people like
him into this country. Just listen to his songs. And then he dared to convert to
the wrong religion.
Free Spirit

I was just buzzing around the house today!!  I went up to the diy shop,
picked up 3 trellis, some pavoirs, and a new sander.  Unloaded that.
Planted some herbs that desperately needed a real pot (so I put 'em in
an old wood wine box).  Was cleaning the grills (both indoor and out)

Well, I was so desperate after being up all sunday night that I went on a
Toddler Bed adventure! I went with my friend, who lives about 30 min east of
here (that's considered far where I live, LOL) And we had 2 kids with us and
had to tie this giant box into my tiny car's trunk ...

I posted yesterday that I didn't get anything done, that I pretty much just
played w/ The Toddler all day.  However I just didn't enjoy it, it wasn't a
comfortable and relaxing day ... I don't know why I didn't realize it before,
but my iron is very low.  Again.

just when you thought that Ivan was done and gone he's gone and pulled a
Rasputin!  Yup, Tropical Depression Ivan, which swept rain and winds over
central and south Florida yesterday and today, is now officially reformed in
the Gulf south of Dorothy.  Projected track takes it into ...

Sorry if this is a bit off topic but I'm hoping there are a couple of you
who are good at handyman stuff.
I have to attach a baton for curtains to a wall above a window (for Austrian
blinds). I can find the studs OK but I'm not sure whether to try to fasten