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The summer equinox has been and gone, the nights are drawing in. Come and join the countdown to Christmas 2019, thread 4!

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NoWordForFluffy · 30/06/2019 21:05

New thread for the new month tomorrow!

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CishAndFips · 23/07/2019 19:38

fluffy we are all in a too hot to do anything mood here. I can imagine cake decorating in this heat would be a bit melty ( for you and the cake ). Ours broke up on fri so we spent the day in new Brighton. We are going to Greece at the end of august.

neros that sounds like an excellent plan enjoy.

adoraBell i hope you find them.
Sorry you had such sad news last Christmas princess i hope this christmas is kinder to you. it is never to early to talk about christmas

PrincessConsuela12 · 23/07/2019 21:52

@CishAndFips Thank you!

Finally, I've found someone on my Christmas wavelength 😂🎅🏼

CishAndFips · 23/07/2019 22:16

princess absolutely. I can happily talk Christmas all year round.

MissMalone99 · 24/07/2019 01:24

Lightning here! No thunder, it’s only just started but loads of lightning. Me and DS are sad in the living room watching it

MissMalone99 · 24/07/2019 01:40

The thunder is getting loud now! Pouring down too. We actually saw the bolt of lightning!.

EmrysAtticus · 24/07/2019 06:20

So glad for the storm last night as it broke the temp and enabled us all to sleep. Another day of holiday fun ahead of us :)

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ChristmasInJuly · 24/07/2019 08:33

Loudest storm ever last night, I swear it was over my head at one point! It woke me up and I normally LOVE storms but I will admit to being a bit scared of that one! Did I mention it was LOUD?! No idea how the kids slept through it!!

I’ve almost finished my list of what I’m buying everyone. I had a great idea yesterday - there’s been a lot of NASA talk recently due to the anniversary of the moon landing, and then sadly 2 days later it was reported that the man in charge of the mission in Houston had died. He wrote a book all about his time in Mission Control and I know DH would love it! I’m already excited to give it to him!!

Sorry to hear you had such a tough time last Christmas, Princess - welcome, and here’s to a much better Christmas this year.

NoWordForFluffy · 24/07/2019 08:38

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Morning! It's DS' 5th birthday today, hence me being slow to post.

None of us heard thunder last night, but it's definitely rained a fair bit. The air feels clearer though so maybe it did! It's warming up nicely now. I've just hung the washing out and it's lovely!

We're having a BBQ later on as DS wanted one. I'm glad it's nice weather for it.

But first, he has speech therapy and I'm going to the allotment with DD for a bit.

Enjoy your day, everyone!

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CishAndFips · 24/07/2019 08:51

Good morning. I slept right through the thunder last night. Happy birthday to your DS fluffy. I hope he has a lovely day and you all enjoy the bbq.

MissMalone99 · 24/07/2019 09:59

Happy Birthday to your DS Fluffy I hope he has a great day

sideorderofchips · 24/07/2019 11:01

Happy birthday to your ds fluffy!

It’s too fecking hot

NoWordForFluffy · 24/07/2019 11:32

It was fecking hot the year he was born too! I had a week in the antenatal ward before he was born and almost died. It was hideous!

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sideorderofchips · 24/07/2019 12:32

And to top it off all those lovely storms bypassed is completely. As usual. Jersey forcefield went up!!

So I have grumpily done more laundry and cleaned the car out

SuperPixie247 · 24/07/2019 12:36

Happy birthday miniFluffy I can't believe that you didn't hear thes storm. Apparently lightening hit the UK almost 3000 time last night!!

I hope you have a good Christmas this year princess Mine last year doesn't even come close to yours but it was my first Christmas as a single parent and I was riddled with guilt SadConfused

I can't believe some of you are finishing your lists. Amazing Smile

sideorderofchips · 24/07/2019 13:04

Anyone else got a child obsessed with bin lorries?

NoWordForFluffy · 24/07/2019 15:28

Oh, my FiL said it DID thunder at about 2am. Clearly we're all heavy sleepers in this town as my MiL and people at the allotment slept through it too. I have a fan on though, so it may be that in blocking the fan out I blocked the thunder out as well.

I'm not bothered that I missed it though. I need sleep!

Side, DS used to be more obsessed with bin lorries than he is now. Maybe it's a phase?!

Princess, did you have a thread last Christmas about your sad situation? I thought I'd read it somewhere in conjunction with your - memorable - name. Maybe not though. Fingers crossed for a better year this year. Flowers

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sideorderofchips · 24/07/2019 16:03

Baby chips is obsessed to the point he wants to be a bin man when he grows up

It is kind of cute. Our bin men are lovely and let him press the buttons if we are home

MissMalone99 · 24/07/2019 17:58

I’m sorry I didn’t reply to everyone properly this morning, mumsnet seems to glitch and I couldn’t seem to find the thread.

Princess I’m sorry that last year Christmas wasn’t the best for you, I hope this year can be doubly special to make up for it.

Flouncy there was a huge crack of thunder and it woke him up. He’s really interested in the lightning but not much of a fan of thunder. I always open one window at either side of the house so the lightning can pass through, it probably wouldn’t actually work but I’ve done it for as long as I can remember.

Christmas it was the same by us. I swear the house actually shook at one point, my DM called me as she thought there had been an earthquake. That present for your DH sounds awesome!. I wish I could think of something that creative.

Fluffy heavens knows how you slept through that! It was insane. Car alarms and street lights were going on and off around here.

Pixie this is my first Christmas as a single mum too, I’m trying to turn it into something special for me and DS but I do feel so guilty too. His dad was a knob (excuse my french) but he’s still his dad, and now he doesn’t even bother to see him anymore and it’s really got to DS. I’m just hoping he copes at Christmas.

Chips Jake loves bin men, he waits outside for them in the morning and we have loads of little toys. How weird that that’s a stage.

I finish work for the holidays tomorrow and DS will finish nursery on Friday. So I’m going to sort our garden out on Friday and give the house a big spring clean. DS is loving being in the water at the minute, he’s been playing with the hose in the garden so I think we will get a cheap pool from the shops and he can spend the days playing in that.

Mrsmadevans · 24/07/2019 19:20

Just a quick post to wish Fluffy's DS a very happy, if late ,5th birthday . Grin
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Hope everyone well and enjoying this lovely weather Smile

NoWordForFluffy · 24/07/2019 19:25

He's had a great day and loves his new Batman outfit (he's grown out of the last one) from my parents!

Our BBQ was lovely too. I'm stuffed now though. 🐷

The summer equinox has been and gone, the nights are drawing in. Come and join the countdown to Christmas 2019, thread 4!
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70isaLimitNotaTarget · 24/07/2019 19:47

Happy Birthday FluffyDS

So cute in his Batman Suit Xmas Grin

Just to remind y'all QVC Christmas in July .
They've started previewing the TSV at 9pm rather than wait till midnight so I'll see what it is before I go to sleep.

I used to book a day of annual leave for CIJ but it's a bit meh in the past 5-6 years . So I just look online

NerosFiddle · 24/07/2019 19:57

Happy birthday to your ds Fluffy

CishAndFips · 24/07/2019 20:02

Evening all im doing an extra shift tomorrow. If it wasn't for letting people down and that the pay is going strsight inthe holiday i would be so tempted to cancel. As much as im loving the warmer days the heat is making me so very lazy.

MissMalone99 · 24/07/2019 20:21

He looks adorable in the batman suit Fluffy has he got Thor’s hammer too?