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Wednesday 12 December 2012

Sick for 11 days...

I've gone from a sore throat to losing my voice to a bad cough and now I'm having dizzy spells, nausea, dodgy tummy and a great reluctance to eat or drink.

I'm falling apart!!

We're putting the blame on the mutated twin germs that float about our house when the girls are sick but the fact that Mummy is run down, not sleeping enough, not eating enough and generally not taking care of herself the way she needs to be doing doesn't help matters either.

Note to self: if the Mummy gets worse her girlies will never forgive her because that means the Daddy has to look after them and he doesn't do things the way they like them done

Friday 7 December 2012

Lost my voice...


It's just about gone, I'm croaking and squeaking when I should be speaking and talking.

I don't think I've ever lost my voice properly before so this is a 1st for me (and my husband is loving every minute!!).

It wasn't hurting which is a good thing but it's just so annoying, especially when I am a receptionist for a large lorry firm and spend my whole day answering the telephone and each time I do I sound worse and worse! At the rate I'm having to talk it will start hurting soon.

Oh well, at least I'm in for some pampering tonight when I get home.

Thursday 29 November 2012

Reasons To Be Cheerful - 29th November 2012

Reasons to be Cheerful at Mummy from the Heart


1.
Our little terrors are almost back to their little bouncy, happy, terrorising little selves after a couple of days with a heavy, phlegmy cold - they just weren't in good form but thankfully they're on the mend. It means they aren't going to go see Santa on Saturday as we want to keep them indoors for as long as possible but there's plenty of time for that next week.

2.
This is a bit of a silly one but I was all chuffed when my oil light came on as I was driving to work this week and I rang one of the guys in the garage (I work in a lorry transport company with their own on-site garage) and asked him about it, I wanted to make sure it was my oil light before I rang the husband to bring up some oil for me but instead of just answering my questions he sent someone over for my keys and they took my car into the garage, checked my oil level and topped it up. How lovely was that? Even better was they did it for nothing despite the fact they had their own work to get on with. I work with some lovely people.

3.
In 2 days time the house is being decorated for Christmas (I absolutely refuse to have any Christmas decorations put up anywhere in the house until December, after that anything goes really) and we can't wait especially with the girlies helping more this year with decorating the tree and making various decorations for our house and for other family members. I'm looking forward to explaining to the girls what Christmas means and telling them the story of baby Jesus


Tuesday 27 November 2012

Let the working mummy guilt begin!

My daughters are sick and I'm not there to look after them.

They cried out for me this morning and all I could do was walk away from them.

Being a mummy with a full-time job blows.


Since our girls arrived anytime they've been sick it's been me who's looked after them, me who's wiped their noses, given cuddles, me who's taken them to see the Doctor or Health Visitor, I've done everything cause their Daddy has been at work and now I've had to leave them and I'm feeling dreadful about it.

I know their Daddy is looking after them and then when he goes to work this afternoon they'll be looked after by my own Daddy so they're in good hands but that doesn't ease the guilt - they need me and I'm not there.

Friday 23 November 2012

Books for Christmas


The Book People arrived in work the other day and left a selection of books for us to go through and order. This was a lovely surprise as I didn't realise this company did things like this.

Of course I've ordered a few kiddies books, I just couldn't resist. The only problem is the books I've ordered are for maybe older children than our toddlers but oh well nothing wrong with being prepared.

Just couldn't resist such a fun and interesting character. Having a worm as the 'hero' will definitely appeal to our girls who just recently discovered worms for the 1st time themselves and to be honest I thought the book looked good too (yes I did have a little read in between phone calls).

I'd never heard of Dr Seuss until I was High School and I'm sorry I missed out on him when I was younger so I want to make sure our girls get started early with him. Being monster twins up to no good I think Thing 1 and Thing 2 will appeal to them.

Hopefully the girls will love these books and hopefully the book man will leave more books in before Christmas so I can see if anything else jumps out at me.



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Tuesday 20 November 2012

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"Hello, is that the chemist?"



Caller:
"Hello, is that the Chemist?"

Me:
"No, you've dialed a lorry company."

Caller:
"Oh.........sorry........[hangs up]"


I've lost count how many phone calls like that I've had the past fortnight I've been here but they still make me giggle, especially as they're roughly the same time each morning and it's usually the same lady making the call.

Where I was before (a plumbing firm) every week there were a few oul' dolls who'd ring and ask if this was the Doctor's surgery, they never got the joke when I said to them we deal with water works but not the kind you're looking for; usually I got silence and had to very politely explain they'd dialed a wrong number. Never stopped me saying it each time though!

Monday 19 November 2012

But Santa told me to.........

......and so it begins.

Already I'm using the excuse that Santa asked me to go through their toys to see what they had before he arrives at Christmas and our girls aren't even 3 yet.

I feel guilty but pleased at the same time that 1 of them, at least, believed me and actually helped me get rid of a few bits and pieces though to be fair she didn't realise that's what she was doing at the time she just thought we were looking for certain things and putting them somewhere different (naughty Mummy)

Not quite sure how I've gotten away with it but so far the girls haven't noticed anything missing and with any luck they won't but I'll keep my head down and blame their Daddy if need be! (definitely naughty Mummy!).

Friday 16 November 2012

Me time...

Tonight I get to have some 'me time' i.e. time to do whatever I want, no children demanding my attention, no hubbie also demanding my attention, and no-one expected to call round to the house.

Hmm, what to do, what to do......

Of course all the housework shall be duly ignored; doing housework would just be a complete abuse of 'me time'.

Possibly a night curled up on the sofa with my crochet hooks, a few new patterns to read through and an endless supply of tea (or maybe hot chocolate with a sneaky splash of Baileys or two). I'll also have to catch up on I'm A Celebrity and eat at some stage too.

If the neighbours are making a racket I might just have to play the piano for a bit and play all my loud marches just for badness.

Maybe to top it all off when the hubbie gets home from work we'll have a take-away of some sort seeing as it's just the two of us home tonight (girls are spending the night with their Auntie) and a couple of drinks as we won't drink if the girls are home.

That's my Friday night all sorted. Any plans yourselves?

Thursday 15 November 2012

Reasons to be Cheerful - 15th Nov 2012

Reasons to be Cheerful at Mummy from the Heart

1.
I'm in full-time employment for the 1st time since before I went on maternity leave almost 3 years ago and though the extra money will come in handy the routine that will be shortly in place will be the biggest benefit of all mostly to the girls but also to myself (housework is going to get a direct hit though!).

2.
A couple of weeks ago my hubbie moved from being a temporary agency worker to a permanent employee of the company he work and it's now we're starting to hear about the extra perks of being a proper employee of the firm which is all completely unexpected but very welcome and reassuring. It's nice to hear amongst all the doom and gloom an employer who hasn't cut back on everything it can and is still doing it's best for their employees and morale.

3.
Our daughters are almost potty trained!! (please insert a rousing chorus of 'Hallelujah') This is absolutely brilliant, the only problem is that they both need to go within 2 seconds of each other every 15 mins and will only pee in the toilet and not their potty. Oh well, can't complain as the worst of it is nearly over.


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Wednesday 14 November 2012

The novelty has worn off....



After almost 3 years of getting up when our girls do and not having to wear proper clothes until after lunchtime each day these early starts are starting to drive me potty. I'm not sure how much more I can take before I either start wolfing down the chocolate or attempt to smother my hubbie the next time he says with a smile on his face it's time to get up whilst he remains in bed all lovely and warm.

Maybe it's the dark mornings?

Maybe it's the road works that's making some drivers act like idiots on the way up the road?

Or maybe it's just that I'm not a morning person and I love my bed too much to have to leave it when it's still dark and raining and miserable to come into work to have to be polite and courteous to some rude people when I answer the phone?

Tuesday 13 November 2012

From SAHM to Working Mum

This week marks my return to full-time employment since I went off on maternity leave in 2010. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Though I've worked part-time off and on since 2010 I've always called myself a SAHM because I spent more time at home with our girls than I did in work and I've enjoyed every minute of it but now I'm returning to work and I'm going to miss the girls a whole lot but I'm also going to miss being able to spend all morning in my jammies with no reason or rush to get dressed or brush my hair!

Early mornings aside I'm dreading being out of the house all day only getting back home near 8pm each night after I pick the girls up from whichever grandparent they spent the day with leaving little or no time to get anything done in the house. Fingers crossed a routine will emerge from the chaos.

Thankfully I'm working with a lot of lovely, very friendly and helpful ladies who have done their best to make me feel welcome and have eased me into the role of receptionist/administrator with a smile and plenty of offers of cups of tea to keep me going.


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