sunbeams
16-08-2011, 08:08 PM
I appologise if this appears twice - I did submit earlier but it vanished!!
Ok. So, 9 hours housework, cleaning and tidying yesterday and 2 hours finishing off this morning. Velvetine rabbit on dvd hidden in cupboard to keep children occupied for a while, and everything is ready for 'the visit'.
5 minutes to go and I'm feeling very proud of my sparkly clean house!
Then all hell breaks loose!
DS1 asks to make cakes then cops a teenage strop when I say no!
DS2 & 3 decide dragging an old trailer around the yard with a pedal tractor is a good idea. Then dump yukky wellies right outside the back door!
DD is unbelivably clingy and screams hysterrically everytime I so much as move.
Then DH calls me from the downstairs loo for help! He has managed to whack his thumb with a large hammer whilst holding onto a water trough and split his nail top to bottom and the top of his thumb has split open. By the shape of his thumb there's a pretty good chance it's broken too. Baring in mind DH doesn't bother with injuries - when he fell from a wall and cut his head open he asked the vet to look at it! I knew his thumb hurt. :panic: :panic:
Ibuprofen and ice pack administered, DH went to feed the cows, thumb held aloft.
DS1,2&3 sorted, DD watching dvd.
Coffee on, blood cleaned up, nip to loo. All ready. (Again!)
Thankfully Mrs O. running 5 minutes late.
3 hours later - lots of questions asked and answered, all of house checked, policies/proceedures/risk assesments read. Certificates checked. Coffee drunk.
All done!!:thumbsup:
Now DS1,2,&3 and DD snuggled up in bed, DH thumb swollen and angry looking (It's ok - the vet is out tomorrow!!) Large glass of wine, then bath and bed! :clapping: :clapping:
Now the fun really starts!!:thumbsup:
Ok. So, 9 hours housework, cleaning and tidying yesterday and 2 hours finishing off this morning. Velvetine rabbit on dvd hidden in cupboard to keep children occupied for a while, and everything is ready for 'the visit'.
5 minutes to go and I'm feeling very proud of my sparkly clean house!
Then all hell breaks loose!
DS1 asks to make cakes then cops a teenage strop when I say no!
DS2 & 3 decide dragging an old trailer around the yard with a pedal tractor is a good idea. Then dump yukky wellies right outside the back door!
DD is unbelivably clingy and screams hysterrically everytime I so much as move.
Then DH calls me from the downstairs loo for help! He has managed to whack his thumb with a large hammer whilst holding onto a water trough and split his nail top to bottom and the top of his thumb has split open. By the shape of his thumb there's a pretty good chance it's broken too. Baring in mind DH doesn't bother with injuries - when he fell from a wall and cut his head open he asked the vet to look at it! I knew his thumb hurt. :panic: :panic:
Ibuprofen and ice pack administered, DH went to feed the cows, thumb held aloft.
DS1,2&3 sorted, DD watching dvd.
Coffee on, blood cleaned up, nip to loo. All ready. (Again!)
Thankfully Mrs O. running 5 minutes late.
3 hours later - lots of questions asked and answered, all of house checked, policies/proceedures/risk assesments read. Certificates checked. Coffee drunk.
All done!!:thumbsup:
Now DS1,2,&3 and DD snuggled up in bed, DH thumb swollen and angry looking (It's ok - the vet is out tomorrow!!) Large glass of wine, then bath and bed! :clapping: :clapping:
Now the fun really starts!!:thumbsup: