Last Mango in Paris - 10 / 10 thread - all welcome

[FrannyandZooey]

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I dont hold out great hope as Babbington house was snubbed too

oh i did hear 100 twitch at that - she will have to be all 'anne' whilst loads of glamourous hippies are dancing naked round totem poles.

She is so not going to go on that holiday.

(TBH I did a little recoil at it too)

is it like this fmv?

or this?

there was no naked dancing when we were there, just wine round the fire and the faint strains of others fun lilting over the trees.

Rain while camping can be a drag I agree, if it doesn't let up it is grim but it is so fantastic when it's good weather that it's worth the risk IMO. Then there is always the Day Trip.

Where is Lionhart anyway? She has been gone for ages.

"A friend of mine cycled to the hosp in labour Franny.."
oh GOD don't tell dp he thinks I am being silly not cycling everywhere now, and ds is cross that I won't take him places on the tagalong
I thought it was a nono because of balance thingy, but wasn't sure when this becomes an issue?

anyway got lift to work thank god as am knackered. I actually struggled for the first time - have had a 3 week break and the difference now is clear. It is difficult for me to get up and down all the time and I can hardly bend into any interesting positions which makes heads and shoulders quite novel. All the children were copying ME and not getting further than their knees
anyway survived it, 4 more to go

dp not feeling very well bless him
Lully your dp would not be feeling well if I got my hands on him
must find your thread

Boco here is the wood thing
I suspect it is going to be odder and more interesting than the Suffolk tourist board are making out

OOh I know that organiser, Tarby, she was arranging parties in woods with bonfires and bongos and bearded folk when i was a teenager.

Oh Franny
It sounds very difficult & stressful & not what you need now
Can you give up any earlier?
Or can person take over/assist any earlier?

I dont like it that you will be fretting & chewing your nails for four more weeks

lol atyou making the round up offering to send the fishie one grass juice

oh wood thing olooks right up my tree, as it were....

ok, so I confess, the naked frolic thing was just me. Becuase we had the whole place to ourselves, it was midsummer's day, our wedding anniversary and - most importantly - DH dared me to do it.
And it was more Benny Hill than Woodstock, it has to be said...

Now 100 will definitely never agree to meet us

oh mrsC, there is a thread where people google images for people's names

and this is you!

Hello everyone

100 is so the lady with the two silver teapots

I am very very tired today, and thus have eaten lots of carbs and a stick of celery

I am currently very excited about the fact that our lovely box scheme man is taking over Yalding Organic Gardens which had been threatended with closure unless a new owner was found

LL I think you have been there?

Another couple of great looking recipes in today's Gaurdian (by Yotam Ottolenghi) if anyone has time to get it.

I must go and peel potatoes

Back later

oh yes FK, I've been drooling over them!

Oh Lully sorry it was just a big whinge
I am not fretting, it was just hard and I was surprised to find how tired it made me feel
It will be done in a few weeks and I have this new woman training up and she is going to lead the last 2 weeks with me assisting (now i AM fretting about that because it is going to feel so very odd, and I am not very good at assisting )
but it's fine

Morning all

Hello Berolina - hope you feel better soon.

I didn't cycle when pregnant. My balance was awful. at anyone cycling whilst in labour. It was all I could do to crawl.

I called the Elevator man back yesterday, just to chat and he wanted me to go out there and then. I said I couldn't and we could talk and make plans next week but he said he'd call me tomorrow (today). He's rather pushy

2 bananas.

I knew my confession would drive you all away...you've all gone off to some secret thread with a title designed not to appeal to me at all, haven't you?

Sorry for being crap last night

Red cabbage, apple, tomato, cucumber, fruit bread.

Why are you frolicking nakedly?

I am still rather shocked actually. How do you have sex around a totem pole?

Aw Toot, this is the thread of vague doubts and mild paranoia and lingering neuroses, it's all fine.

Thanks Boco

I bought a bike when I was 6 months pg, having not cycled for years, and rode it home along the canal (about 5 miles) with ds2 on the back. It was the first time I'd cycled with a child seat too and it was v. wobbly feeling. Oh, and the smallest bike that can take a child seat is still too big for my stumpy legs.
I sold the bike.

Evening. ds1 has been incredibly off-colour today, though I feel better - I've never seen him so ill, as in knackered and listless. (He seems to have some kind of per se harmless feverish-cold virus). Quite upsetting really.

I didn't have lunch again - dreadful habit I need to get out of - but this evening risotto with red pepper, carrot, courgette and a salad of rocket. I love rocket. We have just planted lots and lots on the balcony.

How old is he Berolina?