i'm getting into such a tizz, his gingerness is away for 9 days and we've got our first viewer on monday and i've got 4 people coming for dinner and theres so much to do and i can't seem to stop myself looking on here every time i walk in the room!ARRGGGGGGGGG!!!!

Open a bottle, sit in the sun and just chill..

List everything that absolutely has to be done in the time you have and sort them into a sensible order. Tick each job as you achieve it, nothing quite like the psychological boost that ticks give us and it spurs us onto the next job.

You are only allowed to look on expats when you have three ticks and you must work three times as long as the time you spend on here. So a 30 minute stint on here means that you have to work for 1 hour 30 minutes. That should sort out your time management and earn me an instant enemy.

I personally hate it when I HAVE to do things, I always achieve far more if I am pottering about doing things willingly.

As my OH would say 'there is nought so queer as folk' and they do not come any odder than us hence our user name.

Good luck with your jobs and hope the dinner goes well.

Rosemary

Dinner went well, I tried to do typically English foods, as they are from India, I made Pimms, Shepherds pie and Eton Mess and Fruit flan for dessert.
Feel a bit less stresses, although all the c**p from downstairs is now upstairs, mainly on my bed, luckily No 1 son is staying at his girlfriends tonight so I'm sleeping in his bed!!!
good advice from you Rosemary, i've been very good and stuck to it!!

I told hubby that I'm not the only one who does that!

Take a chill pill!

I did notice that you were very controlled yesterday. Well done.
This site should actually come with a health warning.

You will get there in the end but the mess that we get into when we are sorting things out is unbelieveable.

Keep up the good work.

Rosemary

Easy way to chill is, of course, to come onto BE and tell us about it and have a bit of a moan and whinge, then you feel much better.

exactly what I just did

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=460499

I do feel a bit calmer now!