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Due May 07 - W/C 11th Feb

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Frenchsmallfry · 12/02/2007 09:36

Morning all.............

This weeks resolution for me is to get off my bum and organise my life.

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ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:09

Weekend at Bernies = Ted Kotcheff

twelveyeargap · 17/02/2007 16:17

See now, I loved Romeo and Juliet. Ro-mey-o. Yep. Loved it. Just didn't get Moulin Rouge.

Lwatkins and Lillaura can just bugger off and start a "young pretty due in May" thread.

Serves me right. I'm sitting here watching that "In the womb" twin programme, stuffing my face with bikkies whilst I wait for the washing machine to finish.

DH has taken DD ice-skating. Bless him. He's really making an effort since we realised DD is not herself and having a bad time. We've both realised we've been neglecting her a bit.

LupinsBigLump · 17/02/2007 16:22

Ha!! you feel old at 28 - Im bloomin 35 lol

twelveyeargap · 17/02/2007 16:23

I thought Leonardo was good in R&J. They needed to be very young looking and sounding to make the slightly outrageous storyline work, imo. I can't imagine Colin Firth (for example) in that role, because let's face it, few adults would be stupid enough to go on with the adolecent antics that go on in R&J.

I suspect people were more innocent back in the late C16, but for us, I think using "teenagers" worked very well.

ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:25

Oi! TYG! No!

Don't be so down on yourself. That you worry you are not doing enough for DD in itself shows how much you care.

And in a recent study carried out in my kitchen it was found that if you don't eat biscuits in pregnancy, your child runs an 85% risk of having frizzy hair. You're doing the right thing.

Creena · 17/02/2007 16:28

Nonsense, SOH! I've seen your pictures and I think you look really pretty and fresh-faced. If you want to see haggardly, you'll have to wait until I set up a profile.

You know, I'm liking the idea of a Cambridge meet-up. I've only been to Cambridge once (and that was last summer) and I really liked it. Even though it'll take me over 2 hours to get there by train, I think I might like to go again! Hopefully, I'll be on leave from early April myself so, you know.

I've tried to have a nice day today. Went into town to get hair done, eyebrows shaped and bits and bobs waxed. Felt a bit less 'human hair ball' after all that. Then I went into a department store to be measured up bra-wise. Turns out that the bra I had been measured for at M&S was completely rubbish, not the right size and not giving me proper support, which was why I had been feeling uncomfortable (according to the lady who measured me today, anyway. She went straight off and brought back an utter harness of a bra. I have to admit though that as soon as I had it on, I really felt the difference. In a good way. So, it transpires that I'm not a 40G after all but an 38F, which I feel a bit better about! On the minus side, the bra recommended to me (because of huge norkage) was a sports bra. The fitting lady suggested it as she said that if you are large of bosom, maternity bras just aren't going to give you enough support. I have to say that I agree with her - I've never found one that made me feel as though my knockers were under control. It's just a shame that I am now stuck in major feats of engineering masquerading as bras, instead of something pretty and dainty.

I'm also not a fan of Moulin Rouge. I watched it while on holiday in Australia with 2 friends. They laughed and squealed and giggled all the way through it. I just sat there, mystified, wondering how they were enjoying something that I just found a bit twee, hammy and completely predictable. I can remember looking at them as they giggled away, wondering if I was mildly autistic or something.

Hey, SOH - hope that your many phone calls and treks result in you tracking down your cat. Keep perservering! It could just be that weird nose picking guy you spoke to was a volunteer who only works weekends or something and so doesn't really know. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

LupinsBigLump · 17/02/2007 16:29

lol soh

ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:29

Oh it wasn't LDC being a teenager that I objected to- far from it! It's just him. Romeo is a slave to his hormones, fickle, passionate, driven, impetuous and rash. Leonardo would have pulled off the sitting in his room with his hood up and not trying to get the girl image while he listened to Muse songs and muttered 'it's not fair' to himself. He didn't have the intensity that I think R+J requires. Needed a Jake Gyllenhaal type for me, brooding, expressive, passionate. Or do I just like JG? Hmm...

ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:34

"bits and bobs waxed"?

That sounds a bit nasty. Nobody's waxing my bits and bobs. I'm such a creature, if you're feeling old and haggardy, meet up with me and stand next to me. Never waxed or plucked anything, don't wear make-up (rofl at fresh-faced!) and occasionally brush my hair.

I only wear sports bras- can't wear wiry things that cut into me. God knows how I foud somebody to marry let alone mate with me.

One day the just got out of bed look will return and I will be in my element.

ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:35

found

MN fairies stole my n.

Creena · 17/02/2007 16:37

Oh, I forgot - I watched that 'Miracles in the Womb' as well. I missed the beginning but I found it utterly fascinating. Especially when they talked about 'vanishing twin syndrome' - how 1 in 8 of us would have started out with a twin and that they think that most left handed people would have started out with a twin who would have been right handed. Fascinating stuff. Seeing the 4D scan imagery was lovely. In fact, it convinced DH and I to go for one. We'd been considering it as our 20 week scan photo turned out a bit rubbish and we would have really liked to have a decent memento, as this is (likely) to be our last baby. So we've booked one now for 7th March. I'm quite excited!

Creena · 17/02/2007 16:42

Bits and bobs = underarms etc. They've grown out of control!

By fresh faced, I meant that you have a smooth, glowing complexion - really good skin, which makes you look young and fresh. I didn't spot that you weren't wearing make-up and now think that you don't need to. You're lucky. If I venture outdoors with no make-up on, people come rushing at me with fiery torches, shrieking threats until I'm run out of town.

lillaura · 17/02/2007 16:48

can i come bk in now without being hated

lillaura · 17/02/2007 16:48

u wana know my biggest downfall tho???

ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:49

Have you aged 10 years? Got some warts? A limp?

lillaura · 17/02/2007 16:51

no im only 4ft 10 and im a nail biter and well i um god ur gns tel me off - i smoke

ShowOfHands · 17/02/2007 16:53

Short-arsedness and nail-biting entirely forgivable.

Can't comment on smoking- have never tried it so don't know how addictive it is. As long as you don't smoke on me then I'm not about to judge you for it.

lillaura · 17/02/2007 16:55

kk ill think of something else - oh i have a nasty nasty temper (poisened pixie)

LupinsBigLump · 17/02/2007 17:00

yipeeeeeeeeeee someone shorter than me (just)

lillaura · 17/02/2007 17:01

go on lupins how tall ??

LupinsBigLump · 17/02/2007 17:02

4ft 11

LupinsBigLump · 17/02/2007 17:02

and a half

lillaura · 17/02/2007 17:03

hehe cool pjs will fit nicesly then

LupinsBigLump · 17/02/2007 17:04

yep sure will

lillaura · 17/02/2007 17:06

wen pregers kinda feel like im turning into a weeble