I hear this loads for other moms- I do find it fascinating the chaos of large families.   I only have one, so I miss her when she is gone, can't wait for her to return to tell me all about her day. I even wake up early to make her a cup of tea before she goes to school. I too was raised as an only child, so I always though it would be great to have total madness in the house.  I love it when she has all her friends over and the noise in the house is amazing to me. Am I sounding crazy here?
<trails off, sounding unsure, feeling a virtual slap coming from Abby>

How did the hair cutting go with your offspring?

No, your not sounding crazy at all. It is actually, I am finding far, far too quiet around here.
I can actually hear stuff going on outside. The neighbour in her garden and people parking up and leaving again.
No telly is on, no music. I washed up a sink full of dishes an hour ago and the sink is still empty. It's kind of not real...
I am sat here thinking 'Okay, well, that's all the cleaning up done. Now what do I do?'
Come on ring you darn phone, you rung in the holidays when I could not pick you up!

As soon as you get into a routine, it changes. Totally throws me.
I got used to staying up later and sleeping in later and sending kids off while I work then getting them back after and hiding rubbish in one room so it looks tidy when clients come around.
Now I am up early after not being able to sleep early last night and there are no children to sort out so I can work and no mess hanging about to hide.
I can't seem to remember what it was I actually did when not working while the kids were out at school! I don't think it involved Jeremy Kyle too often and certainly not the lunchtime news, so, what the heck did I do exactly?
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Mine is off to Berlin on Monday for a school trip, and has just announced she needs 250 euro spending money! I asked for what, and am still awaiting an answer.

Ive a birthday this month and have had hints for one of those mini-laptops (the ones that cost double the price of the regular sized ones.) Her dad (my ex) is getting off lightly by only spending a hundred pounds. Does anybody remember that movie where the grown ups tell the kids they are getting a divorce and thier response is "Yay, two christmases?!"

Ive a birthday this month and have had hints for one of those mini-laptops (the ones that cost double the price of the regular sized ones.) Her dad (my ex) is getting off lightly by only spending a hundred pounds. Does anybody remember that movie where the grown ups tell the kids they are getting a divorce and thier response is "Yay, two christmases?!"

Cindy, that wasn't a hint-that was a Papal edict! You are getting off easy, mine wants a Vespa for Christmas!

If I have to take calls in my bathroom I have to hang out of the window for a signal and then I am going 'What? Sorry, I can not understand you. Your breaking up, hang on, let me just lean out a bit more.... What? You can not hear me? I can't shout really, I have a terrible signal.... Oh no, my foot just went right down the pan!
Bloody bathrooms.

There are cheap Fx18 calculators (or whatever the hell ones they use) in Tesco and they have them in pink and blue as well Brandy.
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