You're a part-time vegger and full time friend... 10/10 thread - all welcome

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oh Pink, how wonderful Congratulations

Hello Franny x

congratulations that is great news

Zippi, what is the story with the car? What car is it and why is it in London and why is it costing so much? [baffled]

Thanks everyone

I love it when kids go out in dressing up clothes. We often see 'Spiderman' round here. Complete with snow boots when it is 90 degrees

its a long story

it is all part of my bad luck

of which i have just had some more

i picked up a voicemail from the garage and there was another message left on monday apparently

the british heart foundation wanted to interview me today

but as that was the only way they let me know i didnt know and have missed it by 2.5 hours

so i rang the number and it was her voicemail saying she is on holiday now till 11 aug

so that is cocked up as they will have appointed someone else

the closing date was yesterday so i didnt expect to hear anything till after that

Oh no zippi

Oh Zip that does sound like quite a run of bad luck.

oh zippi that is bad luck.

maybe they won't have appointed anyone else, if she's on holiday now?

oh zippi that's crap, sorry to hear all that

pink I know, I just wanted to share the name etc so much and I could not resist I am sure we will all revert to ds2 etc again soon

I am back off to the hosp soon
hoping to be home for good on Sunday [fingers crossed]

I was really sorry and surprised to read about everyone who had dc in SCBU or similar
mine sounds a bit precious compared to all those tbh
I hope banging on about it hasn't dragged up a lot of stuff for people
it was really helpful to hear stories from everyone, especially as I know some of your dc and know they are fine and fabulous

broccoli, carrots, red cabbage, sweetcorn

OH lovely news Pink, am so pleased to be able to congratulate you

Franny - dunno what to say really, it all sounds so grim, other than @ lovely doctor. DS1 sounds so clever - loving the dumpling . So you're still on for being chucked out permanently on Sunday then? Great news.

FFFFFFFFFFFRrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyy hello lovely one

so nice to have you back again,was very strange without you
How are you feeling?

PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINK!!!!
I never would have guessed
Such lovely news .....Congratulations!

Zippi
So sorry all is so crap
Glad you had a good hols tho

ds managed sports day today & was very sweet actually
He is very competitive like his father tho
But all children got stickers & a lucky dip at the end of each race.

Oh yes...I am in love with that doctor
makes a big change to hear about lovely caring staff
The ones I experienced with ds were not ones I hearted at all sadly

CONGRATULATIONS PINK

Hello everybody.

I am tired.

Lully, have mislaid your address, can you email it?

Avi, I have the parcel!!!! Have emailed

Re ds2, I am just feeling quietly sick. He got something in his eye today, his good eye, just a bit of grit or something trivial, but I really panicked internally.
They tested him at the hosp and with his poorly eye, he can only just see a 4"/5" high letter from about 3 feet away. This won't improve without the op.
Must phone homeopath when there is a quiet moment (HA!)

Congratulations Pink

You had us all guessing

Franny great to hear from you.

We have been sweeping up the apple cores from the yurt floor and everything.

You have trained us well

TooT it must be such an awful worry. Is DS2's otehr eye compensating?

Hello TooT. I know ds2 eye situation is a worry, lovely.

Have put photos of BeroBoys' balcony-paddling-pool-splashing session on profile. That was a nice thing

Oh TooT what a worry for you

Bero your boys are gorgeous You always have lovely photos. I really like the one of you with ds2 in the red sling

toot - my dad has very poor sight in one eye - if he covers his good eye he caqn see shapes but not much more and it has been like that all his life. He has trouble judging distances really accurately (e.g. to catch a ball) but other than that he is fine. He is also a very accomplished artist and paints the most wonderful pictures.

I know you are worried about the good eye and I cannot imagine how worried you must be about this whole situation.

Hello,

Congratulations PInk

lettace, spinach, cucumber, tomatoes, avocado, dried apricots, egg and chips satsuma

TooT, How worrying for you. I have missed the intervening weeks but remember when ds was hurt. Do you have options?

Gorgeous pics Bero!

I think I have a glut of apples ready, but not sure how to tell for sure. The tree looks full and some of them have turned red, they are quite small though. I think I need to get the ladder and try one... I may be posted lots of apple based recipes in the near future.

slur - good luck with apples - we have a tree heaving with them and they are tasteless. I hope yours are nicer.

We made banoffee pie today as I saw it in pizza express yesterday - it looked easy enough and so we had a nice time. Then we came to eat it and some alchemist transformation has turned it into somethin sweeter than sugar - it was nice for about half a spoonful and then it was sickly.

Had huge tuna salad in vague attempt to recreate pizza express salad nicose - but mine was all sweetcorn and peppers in place of capers and anchovies and all kinds of exotica.

(I don't like anchovies)

hmm Bbbee, yes these apples are untested, this is our first summer here so it may be the blossom was the best thing about the tree. We have pears at the back, which came out just after we moved in last autumn they were scrummy. But the apples will need investigating soon.

I'll take sweetcorn over anchovies any day.