Archive for November, 2009
ugh, i can’t do this update every day thing!
November 8th, 2009 Posted 6:14 pm
so i decided to do nanowrimo as well as nablopomo (national novel writing month and national blog posting month respectively) and it all seemed to be going swimmingly until friday when i utterly failed to update, saturday i merely couldn’t be bothered and now i have about 10,000 words written for nano and only three of the eight posts so far this month… *sigh* ah well, at least i tried and i also admitted when i failed… so now i’ll continue attempting to do both, ignoring the fact that it’s statistically unlikely for me to manage this and keep my sanity…
but hey, what’s the worst that can happen… right?
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it’s been a day…
November 5th, 2009 Posted 9:29 pm
today we wandered out to coy pond, it was rather nice… except for the seagully doom… joseph was happy to throw bread and then stones to the ducks, despite my insistence that he refrain from stoning the poor buggers…
babysitting this morning wasn’t so soul destroying, though it was only an hour (explains everything, doesn’t it?)
all in all, a fairly decent day… and no screaming from joseph when we forgot to give him his dummy at bedtime either, which was not quite a first…
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So… Potty Training…
November 4th, 2009 Posted 8:23 pm
Today was the first day that Joseph showed any promise whatsoever that he might be beginning to be ready for potty training… see, at my mum’s he was willing to sit on the toilet for her when she asked him to but today he actually asked to do so, putting the seat thingy there himself and then sitting on it for a bit. Granted, he didn’t do anything there but the principle counts.
Also, we went to Poole today to mooch around and spend time with Nana and Grandad which was very fun. I acquired necessary stuff (grease for airwalker and sticky stuff for fairy lights) and buttons and Joseph’s nappy leaked so he acquired a new pair of trousers and 4 vests as well as a train and a whimsical picture that i wanted to buy but got beaten to it by Nana.
Stuff we learnt today is that Joseph doesn’t care who you are, he’ll unanimously declare it time for you to do stuff NOW all the same. Also, a random stranger came up and told me that he’s cute through and through… IN YOUR FACE PEOPLE THAT THINK I’M AN AWFUL PARENT!
That is all
Tags: dazed rambling, decadence, desu, ericwin, floofkin, fun, random thoughts, squee, world peace
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oops
November 4th, 2009 Posted 9:06 am
Let’s just pretend I had said something yesterday… in fact, just pretend that the things I said were fascinating and thought-provoking because I completely forgot…
I was too busy getting my major t-mobile issue sorted and baby-sitting two small creatures to think of anything useful to say… though i must say that as soon as i can afford to i am totally leaving t-mobile and going to a completely different network where they might actually treat me right…
in case you weren’t aware, this is the escalation of the £205 bill for their mistake… though really, chances are if you follow me on facebook or twitter you’d have worked it out by now…
also, they haven’t properly fixed it either…
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Stories of a multiple child-ed day
November 2nd, 2009 Posted 5:16 pm
Well, today was the first of two days in which I’m babysitting a friend’s child and I have to say that the chances of me ever giving my floofkin a sibling are looking ever slimmer. For starters, I both dislike feeding small children and cleaning up after their inevitable mess. The fact that they reach out and try to wipe their disgusting fingers all over you before you can reach the wipes just compounds the misery. The floof has perfected the knack of demanding we clean him before wiping his hands all over my trousers… unfortunately, this demand is repeated every time that he touches anything remotely dirty so if he’s eating his sandwich or a cake we have to wipe his hands clean after every mouthful…

In other news, Carmen the Chicken from Harry and Toto… currently the most amusing thing to me in the world… downside, the chicken is voiced with a heavy spanish accent… upside, same name as Joseph’s favourite auntie…
Mwahahaha! See you later people!
Tags: dazed rambling, decadence, desu, ericwin, extra grumpiness, floofkin, frustration, fun, look at me not complaining, random thoughts, world peace
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November, again
November 1st, 2009 Posted 5:49 pm
I would attempt NaNoWriMo, but all I seem able to write these days is more of the same stuff and even then I can manage about 20,000 words before my brain just stops and the story gets left behind as another one pushes its way to the start… thus this year, yet again, I am passing on NaNo…
Anyone who wishes to do it has my full, whole-hearted, support and if they need encouragement I shall be there to give it to them…
On the other hand, Ali has said it’s National Blog Writing Month (NaBloWriMo) so I might join her and post a meaningful blog post each day this month…
Tags: dazed rambling, decadence, desu, ericfail, fiction, frustration, fun, look at me not complaining, plans, rare events, squee, weakness, woes, world peace
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