Chatting, ranting and some stepping! Come in and have a brew with us.

[carrotsandcelery]

A place to have a blether, and a . All chatters are welcome, stepping or otherwise.

Come inside and settle down on the sofa.

Hello, anyone about or are you all out doing Jubilee things?

OH walked the dog's this morning, hunter is currently sleeping at my feet. DDs have calmed down because they believe me when I say if they fight (as in fisticuffs) in the car again I'll put them on the school bus, permanently.

Going shopping for roller skates a bit later, once OH has recovered from his walk. Finally got a plaster for my biggest blister, the supermarket didn't have any and I couldn't face walking round the corner to the pharmacy. The only ones I have here are waterproof and airtight. I can put up with Hanna Montanna, but the blister needs to dry now that it's burst.

That door problem sounds frustrating, is the front door fixed now? We went on holiday earlier this year, had someone stay in the house, and she locked herself out. She managed to get help, they took the patio doors off their hinges to gain access

I need to get some washing on, and the kettle.

ZOO ((((HUGS))))

Oh Adora can I have one too? A decaff for me please.

< Passes to carrots > How was your course?

I've done a bit more painting this evening. I think it will be a while before it's all done. I tend to let a bit of it dry before I do more to it.

Hi Cats. Thanks for the

The course was great. I really enjoyed it and after the initial panic that I wouldn't cope with the technical side of it all, I seemed to cope with it ok. I will need to practise and revise to really get it.

It was exhausting concentrating for such a long time. Although my day is normally very physical, it isn't often very mentally taxing - not in that way anyway. I think that is half of my problem in many respects.

I am glad you have been painting again. I am beginning to carve out a few things for myself and it does make a difference.

What was the course for carrots? If you don't want to say, it's o.k.

Sorry Cats, I thought I had already said. It was a photography course teaching you how to use your camera rather than just use the auto function all the time.

Carrots
Oh yes, I remember now, you did say. That sound's lovely!

DH and I have decided to treat ourselves to a take away! I know it's really late to eat something but I am hungry and DH thought It would be nice too!

Sorry Cats, glad Carrots was around to make you a decaf, hope you enjoyed your take away. Glad you've been painting.

Carrots glad your course went well, that sounds really interesting. And thanks for doing Cats a decaf

I couldn't get roller skates, none left in my size. That is one problem here, with a population of only around 17-18 million the market for anything remotely expensive, ie imported, is tiny so they tend to get just one delivery per year. I may have to get roller blades instead, but I really want skates!

I also want the two German Shepherd puppies we saw today. We only went in to look and I fell in love. DDs have already sorted out names, it's practically a forgone conclusion.

Adora i think cats made me the decaff
I am seriously of potential puppies.
I would really like a dog from scratch iykwim. I am not sure we could do it though.
I am lounging in the bath with a
Dh left for work at 7am. He is supposed to have the 4 days off. I feel awful for him. He doesnt get paid enough to justify this (i had a really conversation with someone yesterday about someone looking at a house in our street because they didnt need a nice house anymore. What are you supposed to say in these circumstances? I think we are really lucky to have the house we do and we worked blinking hard for it. Is it me or was that just rude?
Anyway i am in the bath having cleaned out the piggies, about to read my magazine. I feel much more keen to fly so i may blitz the kitchen today too.
What has everyone else got planned?

morning everyone.ive only just got up
sadly,because i was awake most night with ds-we never got as far as the park yesterday as he went very red in the face adn was burning up and complaining felt poorly
he was super hot all night,so i lay next him fret case of fit
he has got up and played very briefly but it ended with tears and him shouting/tantrum.i have lost my voice and throats super painful
on grounds we will be stuck in,its raining here anyway>dp has cried off coming
i think i shall have a hunt for downloadable jubilee things for the girls to do and snuggle with ds as im freezing
glad i can sidle back here and have some company.its rubbish when the kds are ill
i shall nip back in a while and catch up with the thread then regale what ive been up to in my absence-no reason for that i just like it

Zoo at the dcs school they made Jubilee crowns and flags. You could also make bunting. I saw mini cheerleader style pom poms too (I took a photo yesterday so I will try to upload it for you.) Looked like it was straws and strips of paper.

I will go and try to do the photo now.

The photo is up I think zoo. It is not a great one but you will get the idea.

for all those dying of weather relaed boredom i suggest a visit to ACTIVITY VILLAGE webpages
ive just printed bunting,wordsearches,colouring pictures and mazes to amuse the zoolets

Hi all, just checking in for lunchtime. Our weather is a bit pants too! We have had rain all morning but I think the sun may be trying to get through the clouds. It is much colder here today too.

Thanks for the tip zoo.

Dd is having a friend over to play this afternoon, although I think a large part of the event will involve heading up to the park, as far away from me as possible

Ds has phoned a friend too and is waiting to hear if he can come over.

It is cold here and varying between sunny and cloudy - good enough for me

Morning/afternoon everyone

Zoo I hope DS gets better soon and the activities keep the older ones occupied.

Carrots see, I said a few days ago that I am always causing confusion, sorry.

We spent most of yesterday out, so not much got done here apart from a little laundry, which still needs to be put away. I've been awake most of the night thinking, excitedly, about the logistics of getting two puppies. DDs have already settled on a name for the female. They are a pair of pedigrees certified by the Kennel Club of Chile. Not that I'm looking for pedigrees, but they are just sooooo gorgeous.

Oops, OH is sleepwalking, think I'll go and make sure he's okay.

weve gone jubilicious!!!!!

ive printed off some buntig thats now adorning living room windows,for as long as the kits dont eat it!

ive printed off some crown pics and jewels to colour and cut out and stick on

dcs had party food style lunch with union flag plates,cups and horns

we werent planning to get involved but dcs have been learning so much at school and were so excited bout the significance of 60year reign being only the 2nd in british history i got dragged into the pageantry

we have the thames procession prgramme on in the background

i went into schoolon friday for the day and helped out
we had a wonderful day,that im sure they will remember forever,as will i>

i manned the cake and teas stall we had running as we had 2 shows of classes doing jubilee themed turns

in the morning little zoo started the festivities as the nursery unit stole the hearts of all those watching doing a line dance in union flag neckercheifs
i salute the intrepid nursery staff as they had 3 of them leading 30 kids not once,but twiceto the sound of achey breaky heart by billy ray cyrus.i would be lying through my teeth if a said i didnt howl my eyes out

our dsp unit did a lovely makaton god save the queen which was applauded with gusto

i made cakes including a union flag battenburg and a bunting cake which i got dp to take pictures of and am hoping to get up onmy page in the net few days

i also stitched a bandana for ds with the queen rocks on it and a guitar in union flag pattern!

pm saw dd2 and the rest of yr3 do rousing rendition of god save the queen by sex pistols
and ds and rest yr 1 do grand old duke of york

year 2 did a medley of old fashioned songs that went down brill with us oldies

we raised £84.64 selling slices cake and teas/coffee at 20p a go

lunchtime was the crowning glory though....
over 450 kids all having lunch at the same time street party style in the playground.tables lined with union flag napkins and cake stands with crispie cakes.all kids had heir own packed lunches and had made a placemat edged with flags and laminated and hats
the head gave them all party horns.i can confirm n ot only did it cause all grown ups helping to go deaf but we could feel it through our eyes!!!! but the kids loved it and the atmosphere was incredible

im nt sure why nut i agreed to then after all that bring home a playmate each for ds and dd2

they made pitta pizzas and did arts and craftsso hen they left i had glitter anf glue everywhere!

it was a great day and ive never seent he zoolets so happy.its the first time ve felt well enough to go in and help for a whoe day or see them all do shows,so it was incredibly special to me too

sorry for the essay

zoo that sounds wonderful. I am choked up just reading about it. [soft]

im still getting a lump in my throat and teary thnking about it 2 days later

p.s checked nhs website.think its slapped cheek ds has

I like folk who are soft zoo because I am marshmallow all the way through.

Dd has a friend round and they have vanished off to the park.

Ds has a friend round and they are playing on the wii. They have been outside for a while so I said they could play for an hour and then go out again.

This friends round business is quite nice for me too as I have had company when the mums drop them off too

Question is, do I go and clean the bird poo off the outside of the window on one window or will that show up how dusty the windows are on the outside? It really isn't all that nice looking at a bird poo all the time.

I put it to the jury!