Deny thy burger and refuse thy bacon, and if thou wilt not, be but corn my lovage and I will no longer be a cabbage head - 10/10 thread. All welcome!

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hello everyone i have skimmed

my ds is dyslexic and dyspraxic so he struggles to read..tho much better now but he has immense difficulty writing sans keyboard

he is terminally idle and always has been he is also probably hfasd

he is 19 so we are now at the how do you get him started on being an adult which is proving difficult

i was wondering about the earrings my holes have covered over but i want them back i thought everywhere had guns

i have done the pushing an earring through but they always end up gunky and saore and i havent done it for years

overrated isn't it a funny time for you to be up how are you

Oh GOD ds has found an old copy of Fungus the Bogeyman and is absolutely delighted with it OH GOD

I love Fungus the bogeyman. I think DS will too but he's a bit young atm.

Yes, should probably be asleep but am not tired. Am never sure what to do at this time of day.

Well Over you can come here and read the revolting bits (ie the whole thing) to him, ok?

Ooo, yes, would happily do that. Although, it's been a long time since I read it and I suppose I might be a bit shocked. Was it the same guy who wrote the Father Christmas book? It had great pictures.

what time is it

zippi bores or by constantly asking what time it is

i dont think we did fungus ny dd2 would have liked it

contemplates i guess dgs would like it

he is nearly 4

i have been faffing on mn since before he was born

Its 4 am now. Am wondering if I should just 'get up' now . And it's pissing down so I probably won't be able to get outside today.

Am sure a 4 yr old would like it. I remember reading it when I was about 6

ooohhh. i got to bed at 4am. and was awake at 7, ohhhhh.....

oh dear

that is about the time i went to bed i think

no get some sleep overrated

he is giving me a running commentary on it

"ooooh he gets his clothes from a pool of green water! Oooh he likes slimey slugs! ooooooh Mummy!"

Over could you not sleep or at least lie down and rest for another couple of hours? It might help you face the day

I laid in bed for a while reading but am wide awake and don't want to lie there getting annoyed.

Ho was the poetry FMV?

Anyone doing anything exciting today?

i am going to do some work once i leave my bed

i was going to meet an mner tonight but she is not very well so we have postponed

How was the reading Filthy? Did you go down a storm? Is that actually an expression or did I make it up?

We've done something every day of half term, today is the first no-plan day, which should be nice really - but dp is still in bed with hangover and the girls are LOUD and I want to go out. It's a nice day here. But, back to school tomorrow so should sort and arrange and tidy and stuff. [bored]

have had raisins, apple, orange, banana

mango was hard and crunchy
it looked just the same as the one Wombling said i must eat
I am mango ignoramus

oh and melon
am starving again, lunch soon then out for snacks and drinks with lovely teenagers and the film

have cleaned the bathrooms and some windows and bathed ds
just in case my life sounds like one long whirl of fruit eating and cinema trips

I pierced my own ear once. I used to have 4 in my right, 3 in my left and one in my nose. And then I became allergic to metal.
Dd1 clamoured to have hers done when she was 9 (or was it 8?), had one done and then couldn't face the other. She let it close up after a bit. Then she had them both done a bit later but they went horribly pussy and one actually disappeared inside the flesh of her ear for a bit She very sensibly gave up after that. It obviously didn't agree with her.

hello, I have been dozing all day - and feel awful as the weather is so lovely. I am too old to stay up all night.

The reading was ace, people were very kind and clapped! And my friend was all teary
(and some people even came up to me hours later and said they loved my poem.) The adrenaline afterwards was tremendous. I am a very closet extrovert....

That's great fmv

Have just had short glorious time in the garden spoiled by ds1. He invited ds2 to play football, didn't give him a chance, ds2 went inside upset, ds1 went in to persuade him back and poured water over him.
I am now nasty impatient pissed off mummy.

Hi everyone

MrsC I can;t add any useful advice but you've just got to keep plugging away at getting whatever help you can I think...

We've been to have lunch with my grandmother - she is 95 today...DS was impeccably behaved thank goodness - we went for a long walk by the sea beforehand to work up our appetites - now he is fast asleep on the sofa.

So anyway we had cabbage & mashed swede for lunch...and I've had no fruit expect for a chunk of pineapple in a sponge pudding ...so today is not panning out awfully well...and I'm going to make cake shortly

How on earth do people manage on so little sleep?

I went to bed at 10 last night, which is the only way I can cope with 6.45 awakenings.

Same here, Frayde Knot. On the odd occasion when I am out and so late ot bed, I feel terrible the nextday.

Mrs Carrot, dd1 is clamouring to have her ears pierced too. She is almost 7. We have said that if she does have them done it has to be in the summer hols. At Clares they do it with 2 guns, so they don't have to have it done twice, IYSWIM.

TooTicky, i did my own ear at the top when I was about 15, but it went green and yucky.
Another friend tried to do her own nose, using a frozen chipolata up her nose

FMV, I ma so glad it went well.

It is my birthday next week and I would like ot make myself a good carrot cake. Any recipes?

If not, i will do a choc, pear and hazelnut one I htink. But I owuld like to do a carrot one.Please?!!

MrsC, if you want to CAT me to moan/whinge/wail/cry/rant about dyslexia etc, I have been there with ds1 (and am still there!) )