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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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LoveMyGirls · 08/02/2008 07:47

I've got 7mth old til 1.30 18mth old for settling in session 11.30 to 2pm and 3yr old mindee 3 til 6.

Got my weightwatchers weigh in tonight, i've lost 6lbs in 2 weeks!

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 07:54

6 lbs? Nice work LMG! Do you need to loose much more?

We have a soft play centre called Whale of a Time EM! Have a fun day.

I've got 3 to take to school, one 2yr old until 2.45 and then one to collect from school, until 6.30. Love my 2yr old. He is my neighbours kid and he is very bloody lovely! Can't wait for a cuddle and there are alwasy lots!

shoshe · 08/02/2008 07:55

Ive just got my boys 13/14 months, little 2 year old girl is on holiday in Spain.

We are off swimming, I love Friday mornings, we swim, then straight to bed, for two hours

And my cleaner is in on a friday too.

KaySamuels · 08/02/2008 08:04

Morning all!

That's great lmg, good luck for your weigh in!

DS has his preschool jabs today, every one he has had in the past he has slep all day and all niight! I am working 6.30-9am and 12-4pm today, then taking ds to my mums for the night! Have a good friday everyone.

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 08:12

Night off eh? Do you have any plans? How are things with DS at nursery now? (What with the eye and lack of accident book that is)

crace · 08/02/2008 08:28

Hi you all, quiet day hopefully not sure I can take any more excitement

Oooh a night out, lovely!

LMG - wow well done you clever girl!

Hi shoshe and Mo and EM!

KatyMac · 08/02/2008 08:34

Morning everyone - I am doing outside tidying today (yuk) - I think I will have to use the pressure washer

MaureenMLove · 08/02/2008 09:00

Oh I love outside tidying! Its so nice to be able to do it too. I'm considering a bit of garden stuff myself as it goes! Might nip off to the garden centre for some seeds and bulbs and bits, to do with my mindee actually.

looneytune · 08/02/2008 11:08

Morning all, thought I'd pop in whilst baby is napping. Had a lovely bacon sarnie and STILL hungry!!! Must be the hangover after last nights partying!!

EM - morning, have a lovely day

LMGs - good luck at weigh in, you're doing fab!!

Mo - enjoy your cuddles

Shoshe - enjoy your swim and 2 hour break after

KayS - have a fab night whatever you're doing

crace - hello

Katy - sounds like fun It's lovely and sunny here today

Right, think I'll have a little lie down, didn't sleep well last night as spent in on the sofa (i was snoring terribly and dh got well p'd off - not my fault I have sinusitis yet suddenly it's this big problem with 'my snoring' that's being going on for ages!!! ).

Have a good day everyone.

Oh, I have someone coming round at 1.15pm to discuss childcare. It's only a morning session or 2 but it all helps as don't want to keep being paid double by the other mum (oh, still fuming that I was slagged off about that at drop in!!! )

Byeeeeeeee

crace · 08/02/2008 11:50

Hello LT enjoy your lie down, don't take the DP thing personally - jealousy is an ugly thing and they should know better frankly! Hang in there

BoysAreLikeDogs · 08/02/2008 12:23

Afternoon all

Nothing exciting happening here, no mindees as I am closed on Fridays

southernbelle77 · 08/02/2008 12:28

Morning all! Just a quick pop in to say hello as not working today! Been busy doing houseworky things though so no chance of a lazy day for me! Even put washing on the line which is so nice! Fresh air dried washing always smells nice (unless you live by a motorway or something I suppose!).

After not having any queries about work for months, it's all coming flooding in now! Had a query about some after school care now so will have a chat with them about it. Its not the local school, but its not a long car journey for me so will consider it if it fits in around my other commitments!

Well done LMG with the weight loss, that is fantastic. Good luck for tonight and hope it goes well.

Enjoy swimming and your 2 hours rest Shoshe!

LT, tell your dh that if there is a problem he should sleep on the couch! You should not be doing that in your condition! Tell him to like it or lump it

Hi everyone else too

Off to the tip now - oh it's all fun here today

mumlove · 08/02/2008 12:29

Afternoon everyone.

I have been so busy this week I haven't had much time to sit down and read what you have all been up to, I even been 1 mindee down all week as he's not well (so day off today ) I have been into town this morning and a large packet of mars bars jumped into my shopping basket so thought I would bring them in to share.
We have the most lovely day here bright, sunny and not cold .
Ok I must now go and make some toast and coffee before tackling my bathroom!

hennipenni · 08/02/2008 12:32

Afternoon from me too, just grabbing a couple of minutes whilst I wait for mindees to finish lunch before we go on the second nursery run.

Katy...did you have your hair done?

Boys....enjoy your day off ( and fill the biscuit tin before you give it back!)

LT.....I kick my DH out of bed when he snores (frequently at the mo' since he is still recovering from man flu.

Kay...hope DS injection went ok.

EM...enjoy your day.

LMGs...that's good weight loss, I seem to have gained this week, but have had stressful week.

Sorry can't mention anybody else as mindees have finished lunch so need to go to nursery. Byeeee

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

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.

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

MamaG · 08/02/2008 13:09

last year's effort!

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.

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 13:30

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.

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

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

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.

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