HGG

Being seemingly unable to get myself organised. I got up this morning thinking I'd go to church, faffed about, went to get dressed and as I stood up realised that I was too late anyway as it was due to start in two mins' time and it's just under a ten min drive to get there. I don't even have the excuse of having three children to get ready this morning as they're all at their dad's! So, I'm going to shift my arse today and get some things done in the house instead of moping about feeling sorry for myself again. Here's hoping that lasts.

CTWD joined then?

Going to bed. I don't want to go there tonight. I already regret staying up, but my pillow's not seeming so appealing just now. I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and go up there. My eyes are stinging from trying to keep them open.

I need to know too! Someone help us out here?

December 1996. Glass houses. Stones.

He didn't think to check or listen when he took the policy out then? They usually bore you stupid with the various excess figures on the phone and the details come up quite clearly if you obtain online quotes. £800 seems steep though!

I shouldn't have been allowed anywhere near a car either right from passing my test (which I did with 28 minor faults, only being permitted 32 before failing) up to the point where (three weeks later) I reversed my car into my parents' house so hard I cracked the wall and wrote off my car After that, I was a lot more careful.

You beat me to it. That's exactly what I was about to say. Any company would want to keep the customers who make them money, in this case the ones who pay interest, it's the only way they'll keep going. Why are they closing accounts?

Aye, thanks a bunch *mate*! I went back to bed, lay there awake till 4am, went to see to Scott as he woke up crying about then and I finally managed to drop off to sleep about 4.30am. Thankfully none of the children woke me until 7am this morning so I at least got a couple of hours. I'm tired now! No chance of getting back to bed though - even if my little girl would give me half an hour's peace, I've got a shedload of people coming round this morning with their children. No rest for the wicked, eh? I must've done something really bad! Edit to add: I don't actually begrudge the fact that you've had a decentish sleep - at least one of us has! I'm just really very grumpy because I didn't. Grump grumpity grump.

I went to bed nearly two hours ago. I'm so exhausted my head hurts and I barely have the energy to move. So why can't I sleep? It's driving me mad!

I'm debating whether to take the kids. All of them. I took them once - to the pre-season against Oldham in July - and have been pestered to take them again ever since. Now I've gone and promised that I'll take them up for a weekend and we'll make a game. That's one of the few home games left that I can make this season, so I may see you then.

Why, thank you. What can I say? I'm a smart girl. Edit to add: Maybe not so smart after all! I only just realised myself what I did there. But... indeed. :lol: Will you likely be at the Thistle game on 1st March?

With you on the self control and online thing. However, I pay for pretty much everything I can on my credit card and clear the balance each week to keep on top of it. Tesco rewards scheme works brilliantly for me. I combine the points from my Clubcard with points from my Tesco credit card (the more I spend the more I earn - makes no odds to me whether I use my switch or credit card so long as it gets paid off quickly). I then use the Clubcard Deals scheme instead of spending the vouchers in store. You get four times the value that way so I paid for two weekends away with my children last year, including a trip to Legoland which I otherwise couldn't have done with them, all because I'm controlled enough not to overspend on a piece of plastic. I also paid for over half our holiday using Clubcard Deals a couple of years ago - well worth it!

Had my hair permed today. It always takes it a fortnight or so to settle and looks a little scary just now. To the point where, when I got on the webcam afterwards with my other half, he wanted to know if it had all gone horribly wrong . 'Fraid not. This is normal for day 1. Oh, how glad I am that I'm not in Glasgow for a match any time in the next few weeks!

Can't win 'em all, eh? Snob.

Erm... That'll be Für Elise then. And that would be in A minor. Not so cultured as he likes to think, maybe?

When Scott was seven months old, he was still waking five times a night. He's now 13 months old and although he usually only wakes once or twice during the night now, he had me up four times last Friday night! Trouble is, Elise now doesn't sleep during the day so once Scott gets me up at 6am that's me up for the day till the three of them go to bed some time between 7pm-8pm. Some days I feel half dead!

I recently bought a box of nappies from Boots. They put the box in a bag and when I brought it home I took it upstairs and, like the lazy cow I am, I just put it in the bathroom next to the bath thinking "I'll sort that later". I didn't get round to moving it before my kids had a bath and gave the bathroom it's ritual mini-tsunami. Anyway, I eventually got round to putting the nappies away once everything had dried out only to find half the Boots logo from the carrier bag embossed onto the wooden bath panel and unwilling to come off!

The house move went well then?

Welcome to the club. We'd probably be better off asking who IS sleeping properly just now.

Do they definitely only have the one child? What times of day do you see them? I only ask because it could be argued that I do this. I keep my baby's car seat on the roadside as I get him in and out every time. My five year old and three year old sit on the other two seats in the back - they both get themselves in and out of the car and so need to be away from the roadside. Of course, I don't go moving all the car seats every time the older two are away from me, whether that's at school and playgroup or away at their dad's for the weekend. To some it could look like I just have the one child and put him in danger.

What? Adam? No, you must be confusing him with someone else. Straight as a die, our Adam. P&B's very own angel.

When does he start?

So go to bed! It's almost 1am, it wouldn't be an unreasonable thing to do.