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Life (In London), Medicated

Catching Up

Filed under: Aaron, BackBlogging, Blah Blah Blah, Elena, Friends, Liam, Life In London, Mommyhood, Wifedom — Heidi at 10:09 pm on Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Monday, Sept 15

  • Today I don’t want to do anything.  THis is how the kids spent most of the day.
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    I am a terrible mother.

Tuesday, Sept 16

  • Daniela took Elena to Penny’s to play with Alfie.
  • Cleaning woman came and didn’t do everything I wanted done.  This seems to be a constant issue for me.  Maybe I need to do something different.
  • Liam went to Daria’s this afternoon.
  • Kids watched a lot of TV - more than I ever thought they would in a week.
  • Kept Cheryl’s kids so she and Dave could do dinner.  It was perfectly quiet and I LOVED it.

Wednesday, Sept. 17

  • Aaron worked from home today.
  • Jenn kept Elena while I went to the Dr. (who mentioned in passing that “some people seem to be really affected by the lack of sunlight”.  REALLY?  He’s such a dumbass.) so that we could leave directly from her house since we
  • Went to the Hampstead Women’s Club meeting.  I’ve been meaning to go, but wasn’t motivated enough to do it by myself.  It was good.  I’m definitely joining.  Unfortunately, it’s 75% American so I won’t be meeting a lot of British people.  I’ve not heard that many familiar accents since I left America.  It was nuts!  Oh well…there’s always school to meet the Brits!
  • A and I were supposed to go out this evening, but I was exhausted and didn’t feel well.  With the fam coming tomorrow, I figured sleep was the better option.

Suds make smiles.

Filed under: Aaron, BackBlogging, By Myself, Elena, Exercise, Friends, Liam, Life In London, Mommyhood, Travel — Heidi at 10:33 pm on Sunday, September 14, 2008

Three good things about yesterday:

  • It was a GORGEOUS day.
  • I took a walk.
  • We went to Jenn and Noah’s for dinner and figured out what we’re going to do for our Spain trip this winter.

Today, I did a whole bunch of crap around the house and tried to keep the kids happy in the meantime.  Elena has had a tough day and she won’t leave me alone.

Suds did the trick.

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Aaron cleaned out his clothing and moved stuff around to get ready for the crappy winter months and found a bunch of stuff for Liam to play with in the process. As you can see, Liam is thrilled.

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No, really…he is.

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This is what he does when you ask him to smile.

Oh, and our trip to Paris is now off.  We’re going to Portsmouth instead.  Whew.

The BackBlogging Begins (Continues)

Filed under: BackBlogging — Heidi at 1:01 pm on Sunday, September 14, 2008

Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post. I had no idea some of you were still around.

You’ve managed to light a fire under my ass, and I seem to be inspired, so I’m going to  write a post dedicated to each one of you completely reneg on what I previously said because it’s stressing me out and just get on with the posting.

Here ya go.

NEW—————————————————–

June 16 - Latte Land

June 17 - The Nanny

June 18 - I got spoiled, and now I have no patience.

June 19 - Canadian Italian trumps the Brits’

June 20 - Medicine Mishap

June 21-23 - We’re pretty boring: Weekend and Trip Prep

June 25 - We’re here!

June 26 - Back in the groove of the U S of A.

June 27-30 - The Monkeys Take Guernville

July 1 - Evidently I’m too old for roller coasters.

July 2-8 - US Trip: Heidi’s Family

July 9 - Some people like heroin. Some like meth. For me? There’s always the freezer.

July 10 - I thought vacation was supposed to be relaxing.

July 11 - Jenny’s Birthday

July 12 - The “J” Word

July 13 - Welcome Home, Lily

July 14 - Jet Lag

July 15 & 16 - Readjusting

July 17 - Dog Hair

July 19 - How Elena uses the swing set.

July 21 - A rival for the British Backyardigans.

July 22 - Busy Tuesday

OLD——————————————————

Meet the Neighbors - June 17 - For my wonderful husband who says I don’t smell even when I don’t shower for two days.

May Day - May 5 -

Bedtime Struggles - May 6 -

The Sun Also Shines - May 6 -

Sunshine Day-ee-ay (and Night) - May 7 -

Playdates - May 8 -

Self Satisfaction On Projects (Not) Well Done - May 9 -

Two Social Events In One Day - May 10 -

Happy Mummy’s Day - May 11 -

A Day Amiss - May 12 -

How do the days turn into almost a week? - May 17 -

Big Girl - May 21 -

I’ve exceeded the amount of TV the kids should watch in a week in a day and a half. - May 22 -

Mmmm…pizza on the patio - for breakfast. - May 31 -

Good Stuff - June 12 -

Happy Birthday, Baby - June 13 -

At least she likes to read. - June 15 -

So, what are you building?

Filed under: Aaron, BackBlogging, Elena, Friends, Liam, Life In London, Mommyhood, Wifedom — Heidi at 10:28 pm on Friday, September 12, 2008

This is an elevator.

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This is a doorknob.

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That’s the word on the street, anyway.

We cruised on over to Cheryl’s this morning for our regular Friday play date and the kids went wild, like those spring break videos except clothes stayed on and none of them were drunk.  Crazy how that happens with toddlers and pre-schoolers.  Anyway, Hannah cried when we left.  She can’t live without Liam.

This evening I started watching It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia with AJ.  So freaking funny - and so uncomfortable to watch….  I’m hooked like Dee on crack.

Readjusting Expectations: The Weather

Filed under: Aaron, BackBlogging, Elena, Friends, Liam, Life In London, Mommyhood — Heidi at 10:31 pm on Thursday, September 11, 2008

Today Jenn kept the kids so that I could run out and take my recycling to Tesco.  It was nice to get out by myself.  I also got a walk in with Elena again before I picked up Liam.  It was grey, but didn’t rain on us and I didn’t need a jacket, so in my new hierarchy of niceness, it was a nice day.  Here’s the breakdown:

  • Gorgeous - Clear blue sky as far as the eye can see and warm. (I think we probably had three of these this year.)
  • Lovely - Mostly sunny, no rain, warm
  • Nice - grey, but no rain, and warmish or sunny, but cool
  • Ok - grey, but no rain
  • Not so nice - rain
  • Crappy - rain, cold

Oh, and we found out that there’s been a fire in the Chunnel, so we might not be able to go to Paris next week.  I’m feeling sadness and pleasure both at the thought.  It would be nice to go…but not with the kids!  We’ll see what happens.

Update:  I completely forgot it was September 11th.  I guess that’s what living in another country and not leaving the house will do for you.

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