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swiftly opened STAFFROOM, morning it's friday!!!

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eleanorsmum · 08/02/2008 07:42

plonks steaming coffee down and quickly clears away all the wine glasses from last night!

i was watching you...........glad you enjoyed yourselves

only got 11mth old today till 12 today and have my best friend up for the day too with her dd same age my dd. whale of a time on the cards!

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ROSEgarden · 09/02/2008 19:35

No were chick, thats what i mean..I NEED a night out..i just had nough of una brow and falbby white bits last night so i pampered and plucked within n inch of my life..prob is the fake tan i bought stinks..dp says i smell like biscuits and feet??...bloody summer skin stuff!..am sticking with the stink tho, at least i look half human now, just dont get within 10 feet of me

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 20:22

Oooh! Where you goin'?

ROSEgarden · 08/02/2008 20:20

Right..am off for a bath, shave my bits, pluck eyebrows, exfoliate, fake tan and wash hair ready to coiffur tomorrow..am sick of looking like a big fat frump through th week...i NEED a good night out i think!..see ya after weekend girls.x

ROSEgarden · 08/02/2008 20:16

some friends Mo!!!..next time they say something, say "yes but it will be you running off to the gym next week not me..its people like you i feel sorry for, i can eat what i like and never put weight on..you must have to watch what you eat all the time do you"????

crace · 08/02/2008 19:53

of course you did! I always dissolve in tears when comforted. You do have a point though!

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 19:26

He apologied and gave me a hug. Of course I collasped into uncontrollable sobs, when he cuddled me! The thing is, as I pointed out to him, a lesser person, could quite easily go completely the other way and stop eating all together. Thankfully I'm too much of a foodaholic to even contemplate it, but I must admit, I'm hungry now and I'm still cross about it and thinking maybe just a carrot stick will do! Don't panic! I'll be eating a plate of chips before you know it, but you know what I mean!

crace · 08/02/2008 19:20

LT - glad visit went well, all good fun. Watch that low BP, don't stand up too fast you don't want to pass out. I had low bp when we went to Malaysia last November and with that and hot weather and being pregnant, just not cool. I swear I was sitting down more than I was standing up.

crace · 08/02/2008 19:18

Oh Mo, you are definitely one of the lucky few. You obviously are feeding a high metabolism. And I don't blame you for getting peed off with people. What did DH say once you blasted him with it?

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 18:56

I'm back! I can't put my thread open to the millions, I don't want the backlash, so you lot are going to have to listen!

I had need to shout and get teary at DH tonight. I was very good and bottled it up until the last mindee had left, but by god, I'm glad he left early. I was about to explode!

Its not a major issue, but something that is begining to piss-me-off frankly!

I eat. I eat alot. I eat pretty much from the moment I get up to the moment I go to bed! I like it. I don't have weight problems and I am very aware that I am very, very lucky not to. HOWEVER, every time I am seen eating, DH and one or two of my friends (NOT Kbear btw) think its funny to suggest that its all I ever do. I constantly get comments and they take the p*ss out of me, because I eat so much. DH, did it this afternoon. Accused me, in a jokey way, of hiding what I was eating. I wasn't at all, but its starting to get like that. Well, I've had enough. I'm not overweight, in fact I am on the lower range of weight for my height. I don't eat chocolate or crisps or cakes very often, but I am a source of amusement to my friends. Well, excuse me. Its not me who has to diet every couple of months. Its not me who has to go to the gym twice a week, so I bit back! I really shouted at DH!

Anyway, sorry for the waffling. Just needed to get that off my chest! You don't need to say anything!

Night night!

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 18:30

Have a good weekend all. I'l catch some of you on the boards elsewhere. I'm off to find a juice thread to get into! I might even start my own!

looneytune · 08/02/2008 16:16

Afternoon everyone. Went for my 20 week Dr's check which was fun - Dr lifted baby up on the coach to be with me as she checked heartbeat/measured etc. She even lifted her down as she's worried about my pelvis bless her. At least this stopped baby crying too much as she's better if she's near me! Baby all good, just my low blood pressure (90/50) to keep an eye on.

Had that meeting before I went to the Dr's, lovely lady with an 8 month old boy and she said she does want me and wants to start settling in sessions on Tuesday morning She only wants 8-1pm one day per week atm but she will be needing someone when she goes back to work 2 days and may want me from Sept so fingers crossed. I don't have many spaces anyway so this is all good.

Right, I'm like a zombie so going to make a cup of tea (with caffiene!!!) whilst baby is napping.

Henni - yes, dh does snore too and I ignore him, what really annoyed me is the way he blew up at me!!

hennipenni · 08/02/2008 14:31

LT...Sorry tht came out all wrong! I kick DH out of bed for snoring (or I sleep downstairs if he's poorly), but what I meant to add that if, (and according to me obv. I don't snore)DH says I snore he just ignores me! Tell your DH to lump it an have more sympathy for you!

MamaG · 08/02/2008 14:12

lol
I will be making it on Thursday 6th March

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 14:10

Consider it done. Although, I can't guarantee much sense out of me that weekend, its Kbears 40th!

MamaG · 08/02/2008 14:05

Hmmm well if you say I can do it...!

Yes, will you pleas send it to me? kbear has my address. If you want to send your ph one number for my doubless shrieky "its all gone wrong" pohone call, that would be great

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 13:54

I've just checked my 'threads I'm on' and I've only been on 3 in the last six months! Tis true!

Anyway, cake. No thats a picture out of my book. The cake itself is just a 9 inch round vicky sandwich, with lumps chopped out of it to make it uneven. Then its covered in icing to make it rock-like. The grass 'growing' on the rock is icing pushed through a seive and the rocks around around are just lumps of spare icing. The grass is coloured decicated coconut. The dino and man are just icing moulded like playdough and stuck on around it.

ROSEgarden · 08/02/2008 13:44

Hi All..quiet day ...so far..dp took letter to mindees parents last night asking why/what/where and enclsoed invoice and contract..no sign of life, but both cars parked outside?????????????

took some beautiful pics of mindees this morn, just gunn use last of photo paper up to print off for mum and dad(separated)..then back to school!..yayyy its friday

MamaG · 08/02/2008 13:32

Mo is that really a cake?! did you amek it? It looks VERY difficult

bollocks, btw, at you never logging on

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 13:30

Right then. Only one dino cake in my cake bible (on profile) Quite easy to make though, I think anyway! I can photocopy it any send it to you if you like.

LoveMyGirls · 08/02/2008 13:28

Hi everyone, baby mindee gone now and dd2 is in bed sooo just having ym lunch then i'm going to sort paperwork and clean to lose a few more calories! I want to get down to 9.7 stone, so that's another 22lbs away i think!

LT - deffo tell dh to sleep on couch and do not feel bad about it!

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 13:12

That's a stroke of luck eh? I don't log on to this site much anymore!

Give me a minute and I will search my books.

MamaG · 08/02/2008 13:09

last year's effort!

MamaG · 08/02/2008 13:05

ooh Mo I'm glad you're online. DS is insisting on a dinosaur birthday cake for his 4th birthday (7th march) and I'm a bit stuck!

There might be a pic of last year's cake on my profile, which will give you an idea of my level

Any ideas? Don't tell me to buy one, I love making them myslef

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 13:01

I've just had Nutella straight from the jar for lunch! Feel sick now. (there's a suprise) Mindee wasn't feeling up to eating much, so I made him a fruit salad to pick at. We haven't been anywhere this morning. Mindee went to sleep at about 10'ish til 12 and has just been vegging. I've asked him if he wants to do some planting, but he just keeps giving me a look and saying 'in a minute, Mo.' Patronizing little devil! He's going home in an hour and is perfectly happy fiddling with lego and chatting to himself, so why rock the boat!

If I'd given it a bit more thought, I could have taken him up to London this morning. Kbear has taken our Scottish friends on a quick tour of the Palace and that area. We could have gone up for Changing the Guards at 11am, quick nip through Horse Guards to see Gordon Browns gaff and home again for 1'ish. Maybe next week.

looneytune · 08/02/2008 12:37

Thought I'd pop in quickly before this mum and baby arrive.

Thanks for the Mars Bar - I LOVE Mars Bars atm

Henni - well normally I wouldn't mind but considering I'm pregnant with terrible SPD pain, I think he was well out of order!! I slept on my back all night and I've suffered today for it!

Hi to everyone else, gotta dash as baby wants more food