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I am not in bed yet. Although DH is.

Am impressed at the excerise TooT

And also at DS2 making his Beaver pronise .

DS will be a beaver when he is bigger .

Ooh, hello Idris
I have another pair of 2-3 trousers which would probably be more useful to you than us - would you like them?

That would be lovely

Okay, will do

Morning chaps
orange, raisins, apple, kiwi, grapes

have questioned ds further about yesterday but his favourite bit turned out to be "all of it" ( the usual helpful reply when he doesn't want to think of an answer)

he has told me quite a lot about his plans for him and MrsC's dd, though. Apparently they are "not going to have a wedding party, we'll just live together. Unless there is cake?"
Me: "Well there would definitely be cake."
Ds: "Oh well we WILL get married then. And I want to have 20 children, like Bach , and we will dig a big pit in the garden and keep whales. If you care for whales they get to love you and they jump up and kiss you on the nose."

oh and THE BOAT is being delivered today [panic]

lol at the boat arriving are you semi burying it or putting it on a concrete base

oats and granola

i have slept well two nights this week from my exercise

Much strength to you Avi.

Ds1 once put a whale on his Christmas list, along with "meet Bill Oddie". Please don't ever tell him I told you about this.

Oh I do like the sound of your meeting. I'm pleased everyone had such a jolly time. I am particularly keen on MrsC's dd and her wrinkling nose. She sounds like a winner to me.

I have got out of bed. I think I have flu. I am happily spaced on Day Nurse. I slept all day and all night

Today I have decided to be better.

We are going to Lyme Regis for a few days next week to look for fossils. Isn't that nice? I am looking forward to it.

I hope OR is okay. I think in those freezing conditions you should seriously consider hibernation. It'd be good and we could bring small morsels to your door ready for spring.

at the arrival of the boat.

You can row it out to look at the whales.

Oh, that's funny - I was wondering about the boat yesterday.

Hope the dental stuff goes well, Avi

lol @ me hibernating. That's exactly what I want to do. Small morsels of cake would be lovely

Hope you feel better soon, ahundred.

gosh, you have all been very busy and exciting?
I am back from our Stratford adventure. The boat (which is now our boat!) is a bit shabby and had no heating at all. So I am now sitting here appreciating central heating VERY much!
Bidford where the boat is moored is beautiful and felt very at home in the park with friendly local children and swans etc.
We visited Stratford but it was extremely extremely, heart-stoppingly cold and the children fouind a fantastic adventure playground and dh and I stamped around muttering '' can we go yet'' a lot.

It was quite roMANTIC ON THE BOAT - WELL AS ROMANTIC AS YOU CAN GET NOT DARING TO REMOVE SO MUCH AS A SOCK FOR FEAR OF frostbite

No we don't know whether to sell the boat (and get less money as it needs ddoing it) but we need the money, or keep it (£125 a month mooring fees notwithstanding) and play at having a second home,,,

so is everybody getting boats

yes zippi

here's mine

dh is thinking of trading it in for this

lol

zippi do you live in stratford then?
beautiful place (if feckin cold...)

not far from

ah bugger, if i'd seen that post before i set off, i'd have suggested a meet-up!

lol i thought you were subtlely ignoring it

as if!

Golly it's like Swallows and Amazons here today.

It sounds quite fun FMV. Even more fun in the summer I should think. Am excited thinking about Franny's sand boat too. Will it need tar or whatever you put on boats to stop them rotting?

I don't know much about boats.

OR we MUST discuss Obama at some point.

yes, it was fun, but there is that slight feeling of elation at having survived an ordeal...

I am deeply envious of franny's sand boat and am only on here in case she posts a picture...