Random updates from the land of the Analtyns

Hello campers.  Here comes one of those boring blog posts where I start off telling you all that I don’t have much to say at the moment, and then I ramble on for ages.

I don’t have enough material for an actual deep and meaningful blog post, so here goes a few random updates from the land of the Analtyns

Hmm, let’s start with….. Rose!  Let’s start with Rose.  Rose is very well.  I think out of everyone, she is MOST excited about the new baby. Rose loves newborns and I can see I am going to have to pry Max out of her arms to get a turn.  Unfortunately the driving lessons are not going that well.  I think the novelty has worn off slightly, although she is still very keen.  What would be fantastic is if I could find someone who would give her a lesson every day. She needs to practice every day and I just do not have the time to take her.  Plus of course, when the kids are with us, I can hardly take them in the car with us. 

Then, how about my long suffering husband Marko.  Marko is fine.  The end.

Actually, he is has been decidedly unannoying lately. I am having fond thoughts about him and even sent him a note the other day telling him what a winner husband and father he is being.  We even sat next to each other on the couch on the weekend.  For five minutes, before I got all uncomfortable and had to move.  A friend said that was the most loving she had ever seen us.  Such passionate romantics, Marko and I.

The kids.  The kids are fine.  Adam has been a bit of a pain in the ass lately, a real cry baby.  He cries at least 5 times a day.  Three times for when he hurts himself and the other two when he cries that he is no longer my friend and is running away from home.  Kate is her usual self.  This is not a new thing, but not sure if have told you this before? We are not allowed to call her pretty or beautiful.  Nice, or clever is fine.  But not pretty. She gets very cross if we call her that .  I AM NOT PRETTY!!!  That child is odd. We bought new school bags for school. Adam chose one with Lightening McQueen on it (obviously).  I picked out a nice (not pretty) Hello Kitty one but she refused, and chose a navy blue one with a spider on it.  Whatever. 

Max – Max is hopefully fine.  Last week was a big of a big week for me. 21 weeks was the terrible week for me when I found out Luke (Ben’s twin) had died in utero and was when I was admitted to hospital for bed rest in an attempt to save Ben. So I have been a little anxious, but at least that horrible milestone has passed.  I am going for my big organ scan (22w) tomorrow and feeling a little anxious about that. But besides these little moments, I am doing fine.  Huge, but fine.

Mom – mom is finally feeling a bit better as the chemo side effects from round 2 wear off. Still weak, but each day gets better.

Shelly – That dog drives us NUTS!!  She is a one-dog garden-destroying machine.  I thought I was prepared for the destructive puppy stage, the stage that last 18 months but what I didn’t realize is that Retrievers are like NORMAL dogs, they are like puppies on acid. 

The house.  Sigh, the house.  Selling a house is a HUGE pain in the ass. Firstly you have to deal with estate agents, which is an experience in itself. And secondly, you have people traipsing in and out your house all the time. Not fun.  We have until the end of Feb in which to sell our house, but to be honest, if it doesn’t sell, we will be fine.  We love where we say, and the new house is SOOOOOOOO expensive.  If we do get it, bonus. If not, we happily stay where we are.

Best news – we (Marko and I) are getting new beds.  My dream has (almost*) come true!  We are each getting our own ¾ bed, and our own double duvet. We will push the beds together so that Marko is happy, but I will have my own duvet and my own clearly demarcated section of the marital bed. I am overjoyed.

And now I have to go as I have just received an email that has annoyed the shit of out me. Completely ruined the moment.  I better go deal with it before my head explodes.  Bye.

* my dream would be my own bed AND own room, but hell is more likely to freeze over before Marko agrees to that.  Maybe even in a few years time, when I’ve worn him down enough to give in.

Comments

[Rachel]

Glad to hear everyone is doing so well! You crack me up when you talk about Marko...I can just imagine the two of you, sitting side by side on the couch, stiff armed and stiff legged for a few minutes, then getting up and saying "well that wasn't so bad!" LOL. Congrats on the new uber-bed!

[wyliekat]

I moved house when I was seven months pregnant. I think it's the opposite of the nesting urge. It's the nesting purge. ;-}

[Haitian-American Famiy of Three]

I once worked for a British couple who had been married for 54 years (!!) and when I asked the wife how she did it she led me to her bedroom where two beds were separated by a night stand.
Happy sleeping = happy marriage !

[wendyg]

hi tertia. glad to hear you are all doing well. i saw you at a local restaurant on saturday, and you looked fabulous. if i ever have a third baby, i hope to look as good as you!

[Mijk]

You actuually share a matress and a duvet? That is crazy... I do not know anybody in a relationship over a year who does that! Some how your interpunction is screwed up in google reader. It is readable but it put 3 questionmarks in luke ben???s twinbrother which made me kind of sad somehow..

[SheBee]

Tannie T, how about a belly shot? Come on sexy, give it!

[v ictoria]

oh, how i would LOVE my own bed so that i could sleep, sleep at long last, finally just SLEEP instead of fighting for the covers that he steals every night, struggling to turn over without disrupting his all-too-delicate sleep . . . but yeah, hell will freeze over first

[Deanna]

Love the passion in the marriage. It makes for a happy homeland. Perhaps Shelly the dog would like a beautiful Hello Kitty backpack ... it would go beautifully with her coat. Sadness about the non-pink spider bag.....

[TheLuckyGal]

My husband has the odd habit of sleeping in lots of random places throughout the house (living room, study, etc.) - so I often get the bed to myself. In Sweden apparently it is normal for double beds to have separate duvets. I always liked Swedes.

BTW, like Mijk up there, your posts display weirdly in the reader I use (bloglines), all apostrophes are question marks ... not unreadable, but strange. FYI, FWIW ...

[Bec]

OMG! I'm so freakin' jealous of the bed thing! How in the world did you get him to agree to that? Wait...maybe I don't wanna know ;)

[Anyabeth]

We have long had seperate duvets (but same bed in our small room) and it is brilliant. So much more comfortable for everyone.

[Jen]

Married 22 years here, and have had different rooms (and beds, obviously) for about 13 years. Much better for sleeping, especially as I'm a night-owl and he's an early riser! People do give us strange looks when they find out, but it works okay for us.

[cat]

Oh I would also love my own bed!

[Bianca W]

Loved the update - thanks, but aren't you going to tell us what the e-mail was about?

[Debbie in the UK]

Have you read Marley & Me? John Grogan has a labrador retriever and it was the nuttiest dog EVER. English Labrador Retrievers are really placid dogs, but American LR's are c-r-a-z-y. Find out which one Shelly is!!

x

[alison]

Well done on the bed detente. Sounds wonderful. Maybe we'll do that when we do the new mattress deal.

You'll have to tell Bruno (is it Bruno right? The drooling at the bunnies dog?) to step up his efforts at being entertaining. Destructive behaviour = bored doggie. Bruno obviously hasn't figured out Shelly's love language yet.

[Libby]

Hmm - could Marko give Rose lessons? Or is that just an insane suggestion. Very glad to hear your mother is doing better, and Max is gorgeous and divine on the scan.

[Coral]

House, why not let us all see where your house is advertised on the net, the more people who see it the better!

When we sold our last house the one afternoon I was lying on the couch enjoying a G+T. When the viewers arrived, I put my glass in the fridge - see - house is now tidy!! Well, blow me down if the estate agent then doesn't want fridge water - caught out big time!!

Oh, the joys of house viewing!

Max is looking lovely - not as lovely as our Tim, but lovely never the less - ha ha!!

[tess]

to solve our duvet wars, magnificent and i have a king sized duvet and a queen sized bed.

[jkmcgoo]

What ever happened to your friend who needed the beta whilst in NYC? I'm still waiting for that update. Did I miss it?