Should old tom-ay-toes be forgot and lemon brought to rind - 10/10 thread

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Oh it's years since I saw a kingfisher. I used to drive along the M40 a lot and there were always red kites circling around Oxford. They are very magestic.

I am cold and have a headache. I am snuggled on the sofa with a cup of Earl Grey, my laptop and Belle Epoque on the telly. I really want to go to bed.

My friend taught her daughter to ride a bike in a graveyard.

Nope, never worked at Mansfield Brewery.

I am almost not cold.

I wonder if you can get eco coffins here. Is cremation really terribly bad for the environment?

Almost not cold sounds lovely!

Feather, why are you asking about the brewery? My ex's grandfather worked at Tetley's brewery. He would sometimes come home with a bucketful of ale

I like the "Gone to Seed" one

Pink I suggest you let DH read Franny's post

i don't know sb
i just like graveyards and i like the idea of being buried
we are kind of atheist so explaining death to ds1 was hard, as we didn't have any reassuring things to say about 'heaven'
but i liked being able to say 'when we die the goodness in our bodies goes back into the ground and new things grow from it'
he still doesn't know about cremation
it would freak him out i think

Franny speaks sense, Pink.
Very good plan.

Where's Toot?

The Mansfield Brewery question is specifically for Osba, but I am Lolling at everybody answering.

Can't you take everything to bed SB?

We have a derelict watermill in a town near us and I think it is one of my favourite places in the world. When I lived in the town, I spent most of my free time there sketching and taking photos. It had an air reminiscent of a graveyard.

oh i missed a few posts there and wondered what you were all on about
rest in peas PMSL
mou i saw red kites near oxford and nearly wet myself with excitement
i was with harpsi who found it v entertaining
they are fabulous though, i still think about them and hope i will see another one

We haven't talked about cremation, and all mine have learnt to ride their bike in the graveyard.

i have probably drunk a mansfield brewery
hth

Well sensed Fran!

I'm not going to talk of it again. I AM OVER IT... yep.

BBbbbeee - sounds ming but like you're being ludicrously sensible. Good one.

Right, presentation first thing tomorrow, this will be my last foray into the world of MN for a while (honest, it is this time) as I also have exams.

Hope all ailments of the heart and body heal in goodly time. Live long n prosper.

Oh, sorry SB, didn't see your post. I know something about the brewery that could be helpful to Osba, if she worked there, tenuous, but I feel desparately for them and want to help.

OK, Osba...I'll try and stop worrying.

Must go and do things.

Goodnight, and sweet dreams to all you lovely people......

oh to mr pink
mr franny knows which side his bread is buttered
he can sleep all night without let or hindrance because we are co sleeping and i feed ds2 as soon as he snuffles
so a bit of special daddy bonding come saturday morning is not much to ask imo
(p.s. if i get too run down i get ill and take to my bed. he is not daft )

I'm not very good at sleeping. DH will be fab at weekends and my fantastic friend says she'll come every day and take dd with them DD's not at nursery or anything but I might start her at pre-school when she's old enough (but only if I'm really struggling). Have a childminder who has her for odd sessions now and then. So all is not lost.

SB I haven't met her new chap yet I'll FB you about it if you don't mind me using you as a sounding board?

Careful talking about birds. If 100x comes she'll freak

oh
runner beans
are they not in season? [ignorant] they came in our veg box

pink i thought i was going to die as ds1 doesn't sleep in day (or much at other times )
i really found it not so bad as i was expecting

I like your explantation, Franny and it is what I tell DS. But I don't want to be buried here (and be stuck on/in US turf forever)

@ the Mansfield question being for OB. Sorry.

FB away, pink. I am having man situations of my own

I think we'd be too worried to co-sleep. Will have him next to me in moses basket though and will prob drag baby in to feed and doze back off!

Good luck with presentation OsBa. See you back here at the end of term ok?!

apple
pear
raisins
grapes
a smoothie thing
veg stew: kidney beans, parsnip, mushroom, carrot, onion
bowl of salad: tomato, yellow pepper, lettuce
2 satsumas
I reckon that could be 10

pink it is sooooooo easy and restful
can lend you 3 in a bed if you think you might consider it
there's a lot of scaremongering about co-sleeping but if you and baby healthy, and follow basic safety precautions, is v safe
people worry about rolling on baby - even when you are asleep you are aware of what is going on
i mean how often do you fall out of bed? you know where you are - it's really ok
(will stop trying to convert you if you don't want to though)

eeeeargh gigantic poo explosion
brb

[sits on other side of hall to Franny]

Have skimmed - there were birds I had to read fast after that. They were RED ones and they were CIRCLING fgs. Teradactyls or something - how do you spell that.

Just wanted to say BBee - I hope all goes well for you. It's a really tough call to make, and am sure and hope you learn something from your time apart and that it helps you both in your decision making. Will be thinking of you, muchly. xxx

Sorry too, I never saw your original thread.

OB - Fair enough. Sometimes it's easier not to keep going over stff isn't it. Better to be philosophical and learn from it and move on. Hope you get your kitchen at some point! Good luck with exams too.

Pink - I couldn't have survived without co-sleeping. I really don't know how people do it. I will ask again politely. Whe are you due?