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Right, I must toddle off too. Work tomorrow and DD not 100% at bedtime so may be in for a restless night...

See you tomorrow, sweet dreams.

Spiro, your story isn't bad at all! Nobody would think anything of it if you were a man telling that story and it should be no different for girls either! Sounds like fun, actually - I never did any of that nightclub thing. Your background is far more preferable to mine: DrT was 1st boyf

Hope MissSpiro is ok this morning?

Massive, LOL at stand in one place and twitch the odd body part :) Did you meet MrMassive on the island or were you in the UK at the time? I am wondering what made you move - whether hubby is an islander or you just fancied a change or whatnot. A few of my friends talk about emigrating and I can never get my head around the idea, though I would love to live in Venice for a year. Feel free to ignore all this if it's giving away too much detail, natch.

Right, first school run in over 2 weeks - best get skates on!

DD still grumbling about sore throat and not wanting to go to school - at least she was until I reminded her she's got a friend round for tea tonight that I'd have to cancel - bingo, miraculous recovery!

Morning all.

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Hope DDs throat was just a stalling tactic Sprio.

at Small's vid.

DD's recovery was so miraculous she didn't even need a dose of Calpol before she went. She had a day off a few weeks ago when she was a bit under the weather, and had to go to my parents for the day. DD & DMum each think the other is the best thing since sliced bread, so I strongly suspect she was after a day at Nana & Papa's playing on Bin Weevils and being generally spoilt rotten!

That was funny, Small! I think it's his wife hwo uploaded those vids... or someone pretending to be her.

Hello, ladies. So that was the young professor. He looks as if he should still be in short trousers, rather than professing Still, it makes physics a lot more fun than it used to be at school.

from me too at Small's vid.

Just come back from the supermarket run. Now of course all I have to do is put a food mountain away. I wouldn't care but it's 95% stuff I won't/don't/can't eat.

Here is a completely gratuitous but delicious pic to cheer up anyone in need of cheering up.

Oh my that's a pretty one, Massive!!

I know I could get seriously addicted to Lucas, if I'd let myself, Twiggers

Mmmmm! and moving on a few shots...thud!

Good afternoon, ladies. I too giggled at Massive's description of twitching a body part in time to indifferent music aka the student disco.

I have spent today in the garden and am feeling full of the joys of spring. A garden is a lovesome thing, God wot.

Wouldn't say no to having one of those up a trellis Maud !

What? Even with the squirrel and think of the splinters? Perhaps your next MN name should be Mrs Trellis of North Wales.

::Joke only comprehensible to boring old farts listeners to Radio 4's I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue::

Wouldn't say no to having one of those up a trellis

I have just snorted up my tea through my nose and all over the keyboard and had the SBs running to see what the matter was with their choking mother...

::Passes Massive a lace-trimmed hankie::

I think this would be more suited to a dalliance and this would provide a certain comfort. Clearly, I have given this too much thought.

Twiggy - Did you have a two week half term or did you steal the children away from school for your trip?

LOL at you ladies this afternoon!! :) Perhaps this book might come in handy on this topic?

Maud, it was one week and one day half term and I took MissTwiglets out for the remaining 4 days. They're very good at giving us time off of school. I have been coerced into going to Florida with family this time next year - I do NOT do travelling abroad due to an incident many years ago (long story - basically stranded abroad with no way of getting home and have been phobic ever since), so this is a big deal for me! I have a whole year to get wound up and anxious about it :)

A good job I wasn't drinking tea this time when I clicked on Twiggy's book link. How very approrpate to the topic of the moment.
I'm loving the garden furniture, Maud, very classy. I presune you are not thinking of investing in anything so plebian as a passel of small plastic people

I will be buying all plastic people available!!

Then I will be able to document "The Adventures of Thorin Oakenshield"

Or that should probably be "The Adventures of Little Thorin"

I'll get my coat...

Ha ha! I have many gardening books but not that one. I just went to look at Ebay, in case Plastic Guy was available again. He isn't, but I saw some exquisite earrings from Van Cleef and Arpels, a fine example of the jeweller's art.

::Rings FedEx::

this is rather endearing for a romantic tete-a-tete dans le jardin

Alternatively...

now you;re talking!

Try again...

for the woman who means business!