There's a StarFruit waiting in the Pie.......10/10

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Original post by the lovely FrannyandZooey

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god fairlady that is very rude of your mil! people are astonishing aren't they

Ooo, am intrigued about Pink;s DS's name now.

I knew Janek but I think that is Polish and Americans can be good at saying foreign names.

ooh pink boco met that writer
we like that one too and wasn't it the name of his son?

and pink i think you'll find you are meant to be in bed now
[bossy]

Fairlady, I do love your dcs' names

Franny, well, nowadays I will excuse her...she has alzheimers very badly now....but the name thing isn't recent! BUt ah well, bless her, eh....
OH and I thought on that name thread in names you said it was the other way...but I am just all confused I think....I like both....and there is a nice character in ER of that name

SB yes Janek is polish and I know a little janek over here in the UK (his mum is polish) but Yannic/Yannick is french...but it's all a form of John/Johann...

oh Pink, I might be getting that book

Ah yes I think it was his son's name. We went to the Donkey Sanctury near my mum's house and I read the book without looking at the picture on the cover so when I got to the 'reveal' it was a total surprise and I very nearly blubbed in the shop!!!

Fairlady sounds like your MIL's a bit batty I like all your's names. TooT I only know the name of your youngest I think. Are the others unusual too?

We're quite lucky I think in that we've totally agreed on first and middle names for dd and ds. I have a pg friend who is probably going to have to settle for a name they can both put up with cause she doesn't like the ones DH loves and he doesn't like the ones she loves I've just looked up our name on MN and the verdict is about 50/50 likes/snorts!!

oh, just looked at the link, and I think I may now understand why Flynn's teacher felt so so inclined to spell his name Flinn...which really annoyed me at the time, lol!

I love that book. I might have to sneak into dd's room and read it before I go to bed

And I'm going now... I promise!!

Oops - sanctuary!

oh I had a good 10/10 lunch today - I wanted to tell you as I ate it.

I went to my parents and my dad had made it for me. It was puy lentils cooked with onion and garlic. He heated them up in the microwave with some creme fraiche and served it with loads of black pepper. I was very very very nice and easy and delicious and substainial and wintery. I really recommend it.

pink go to bed.

sounds lovely BBBee...
and I only just realised what the time is....flipping 'eck...best be off to bed...

it was very very nice. my dad kept going on about the 'complete meal'-ness of it.

FK we went to the natural history museum last weekend - was busy but if you pretend the diansours aren't there and find other bits it was lovley. The downstairs picnic area was a big success!

I am going to stew the apples. I am going to ignore the dorset apple cake recipe I found because that is just a cakey way of doing 10/10.

I hope boco is having a nice time.

morning
tenners seem to choose lovely names ..Toot's are wonderful, Loosh is marvellous, Yannic, Sven, all terrific. (we know a Yannick.. ds2 best friend..he is friend.. I had never heard the name before). I have two normal and a weird one that is never got right.

There is apple fever here. Just made an apple pie without stewing the apples. I keep typing applies which is nicer I think. Anyhow, left the skins on and sliced. We'll see.

Pink hope you are fine this morning but your to do list is nuts.
Dh can paint shelves, put up cot, get moses basket down, put up curtain rails and curtains and buy cot mattress. You do not need to clean behind the washing machine, no one does. The excess stuff in his room will go into a big cardboard box unsorted and put in the garage until you have more time.

So that leaves you with packing your hospital bag and watching Oprah for two weeks.

Ok you will ignore and do what feels right to you which is all good and proper but do take it a bit easier.

Bbee the lentil thing sounds nutritious and delicious.

erm french not friend

You made Apple pie stuffit......where are you? Oh now I have Apple-pie cravings again, but I have tons to do before I can make mine.

Send us a slice.......

I never stew the Apples and have as little sugar as posssible. lush.

Like the music on my phone.

I re-did my playlist last night and it is now sublime..Will have to go running to get the full benefit of it

Jay Sean is growing on me and his track ride-it, is like warm honey

Contented music-head sigh....

Pink, try and take it easy and come on here to be nagged keep us informed as to your well being.

I am sending my ironing ninjas to steal your ironing.

Am awake enough now not to burn holes in peoples clothes so will go and fire up the iron.

Good morning to all. xxx

this is my current life theme tune though

Oh I like that feather.

We ran out of Broadband last night

It was Terrible.

WE seemt o have downloaded too much , according to dh.

So it has taken me a slice of toast and cup of coffee to catch up.

And now I've forgotten

Avi, did you like the film?

Pink, hope you are ok, glad you called the MW.

TooT, a laptop, how lovely.

It's just stopped snowing here. It looked very odd, there seemed to be as much snow going up as coming down, it was whirling all over the place.

Pomegranate, banana, passion ruit, pineapple and blueberry fruit salad, at least three portions.

Dcs want to go swimming. We go swimming so little that ds2 has bever been. Who said it was like walking around in a giant petri-dish? That's how I feel.

I detest swimming.
It is the getting dresses/undressed, dry/wet rigmarole that gets to me.

Abroad, in the sun, relaxing, then swimming is good.

snow.

Avi, lunch?? Are you not coooking?

Exactly, it's the dressing, and getting in and then getting out. And it's not that gret in there so the whole thing really.

Avi - I quite enjoyed Juno but wasn't bowled over by it. I like the soundtrack.

I am cooking pig later. I don't think it is a recipe for a dieter.

Morning all

Pink glad all is well, itchy palms can be a symptom of Obstetric Cholestasis (liver/bile salts type pg complaint which can be horrid) - a friend of mine had it and had to be induced at (iirc) 38 weeks so

Hope all the poorly dc's are improved today

DD has a party in Skegness today and it's sleeting [harrumph]. The venue is right on the sea shore. It is going to be wonderful

eek at running out of broadband, we run perilously close sometimes, but apparently the cost of extra GB's isn't too bad on our particular plan so I pay no heed to my usage

[ency] @ laptopping in bed

Your children do have wonderful names, my dd has a perennial top 10 name which rather lets the side down I fear

oh guad, we had the most divine belly pork lst weekend. There was enough for 6 but we ate it all

I cannot face leaving the house, given I am cold just sitting here inside, dressed. So bored though.

Anyone watch Jamie saves our bacon? It's that one. Big steaming crackly belly full of flaky meat with a crispy top. Also stuffing and braised cabbage and maple parsnips and Kale.

I think we will have vanilla poached pears with ice-cream for pudding. Dh would like pear bakewell. I think it is unnecessary.