Thursday, 25 September 2008

No use crying over spilt milk...

...except I did. And here is why:
- the milk was on my bed (not ours in this situation) and spilt all over the lovely crisp and clean bedding
- it soaked through my jeans (clean on today) onto my knickers (obviously clean on today) and onto my cardi (yep, you guessed it - clean on today)
- my husband told me to calm down
- that sentence makes me anything but calm
- and then he said 'It's no big deal' and that's because he put the beaker FULL OF MILK on the uneven bed in the first place
- plus he isn't the one who has to change the bed for the second time in two days. Who likes changing beds? Apart from nurses in the 1950s...
- he doesn't have to wash and iron the bedding, or the jeans, ditto the top and cardi
- he has a lot to answer for when it comes to the reason I was so grouchy in the first place. I was hungry. He never wants dinner when he gets in from work and prefers to eat later, at about 8.30pm. This means I go to bed full up on food and burping like a frog. That's not nice. For anyone. It annoys me. Daily.
- Add into this mix tiredness because baby girl woke up at 6.20am which is an unsociable hour for anyone but the milkman. Especially when you go to bed after midnight.
- Put a dash of annoying girl next door who had asked me to take her shopping for her mum's birthday present (I did) then invited herself for tea after spotting the homemade lasagne, then asked to have one of the cards from my birthday card stash to give to her mum (sorry, but I can be a bit tight when it comes to stuff like that) then she didn't leave until I practically forced her from the house. At bath time. I felt like I'd been bullied by a nine year old with skin thicker than a rhino.

Stir all these ingredients up and the result? Mummy crying over spilt milk.

9 comments:

valley girl said...

It seems to be one of the laws of having children; as soon as you put on clean jeans they become covered in milk, snot or something worse. I can understand your tears!

by the way, my husband announced this morning 'shall 'we' change the sheets today? (meaning me!)

Mud in the City said...

That isn't a good day! But (if you live in London) it is stunningly sunny this morning - which has put me for one into a good mood (that and the fact its Friday).

Hope it improves!

A Confused Take That Fan said...

Valley Girl - I love the royal 'we' meaning YOU. Enjoy huffing and puffing your way through changing the duvet, it's akin to a 20 minute exercise class...
Mudinthe city -Yes, hooray for sunshine. Although the morning started badly (me and husband still not talking, baby girl up twice in night, big girl feels ill with a 'swirly tum'??) at least the sun is shining and is set to be here ALL weekend. Yay!!

auntiegwen said...

Aawh, poor you sweetie.

I never iron the duvet cover, I doubt he could even tell you what colour it is !

Mom/Mum said...

Ahhh lovely CTTF - I'd have helped you mop up the milk and the tears...but not do the ironing I'm afraid. You know I don't do ironing, amd especially not my duvet cover...so bonuis pointds to you for even doing that.
Best way to avoid nice clean clothes getting dirty like that? Stay in your jammies all day...or is that just me?!

crunchiemummy said...

Awwwwwwww, you poor thing! Actually, can I join in? One of my sons decided he was going to have a cup of coffee this monring and knocked it off the arm of the sofa! Grrrr! So, this morning I was crying over spilt coffee!

Dakota Rebel said...

Am I the only one who wonders WHY the men put drinks on the bed? Most bedrooms tend to have perfectly lovely, HARD and FLAT surfaces on which to place things. What makes the bed a popular choice? With my Mr. it is tea. And it is often. Our bed even has FLAT, HARD, WOODEN rails on either end, perfect for holding cups and glasses. But no...onto the mattress goes all. *Sigh.

By the way, I'm a common lurker here today prompted to post by the commiseration in your post today.

Cheers and I hope Friday is better for you.

XoXoXo
Dakota Rebel

A Confused Take That Fan said...

Auntie gwen - I am bored of my own moaning. The covers won't get ironed this time around. I can tell you!
Mom/Mum - I would love to stay in jammies all day but I have pesky neighbours who call around whenever they feel like it, so I always have to be dressed by 9am or I feel mortified!
crunchiemummy - poor you. Hope your day got better...
Dakota rebel - how lovely of you to pop by and post a comment. Glad I am not the only one to suffer bed spillages. And you're right, the bedside table is so close by, why don't they just put it on there? Today has been lovely and sunny and drama free. yay!!

tartetartan said...

What is it about men wanting to eat late? It's the same with me. I prefer to eat at 7 (at the latest, or I go to bed feeling sick and windy) and my bloke prefers to eat at 9! We have come to a compromise though. He eats at my time during the week and we do his at the weekends, when I tend to go to bed much later anyway. Maybe you could do a few bottom burps when you go to bed to encourage your husband to eat at a reasonable hour? Worked a treat for me!