Crikey both of you!! [Averts eyes from Silvery's and WhereChaos's lists] - your turn to put us to shame!! 
[Hands over soft fluffy slippers and foot-rests]
Silvery - PA and her dh and family are doing amazing missionary work in Cambodia
All that cooking looks wonderful Wherechaos
Silvery/ Castle I just typed [ bear ] without spaces around word... and it worked!! Tries again .... 
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Castle V. kind of you to volunteer for May - don't think we have ever had volunteers "queuing up" before!!
Ellesababe Good to hear your dh's eye is OK! Re: thread - I'm an old hat at keeping track of people only because PA and I (along with Ellie Whoknows Toffee Wherechaos Feetheart Nettie Pushme Swan and loads and loads of others) set up this thread in 2009 you'd think my house would be wonderfully decluttered, spotless and- ordered by now wouldn't you? and have been taking turns with everyone else in running it ever since - it's a real collaborative effort. I get horribly confused by name changes though and am usually the last to work them all out to the great confusion of everyone else ... so mental capacity pretty woeful really!! Oh and doing a load of personals is a great way to draw attention away from my own lack of Flying 
Engels thanks so much for advice/support re: dd's schooling issues. I have never heard of "faalangst" so will definitely investigate and ask about that - that's a much appreciated and really useful bit of advice. Didn't know such a thing existed in the Dutch system.
(We have to contend with a mix of French rigid education system and Dutch rigid education system over here- which results in rigidity gone mad!!).
I feel exactly the same way as you do about it all - right down to the relief at being able to give up maths and sciences and concentrate on the arts at A-level (apologies to all the maths teachers/accountants and science buffs on here!)
We are going to be looking at more international options once we have overcome this immediate hurdle (although the one International School here which we really like and would consider is so mahoosively expensive I don't think we could afford it (most dc there have their fees paid for by the global companies that their parents are working for). The system in all the schools though (whether state or private) are horribly pressured). Maybe it is time to re-consider UK options??? Not sure atm because, at same time, it would split the family (dh has to work here) and it would be a shame for her to lose all her languages. Gah!
Good luck with the major moderation deadline on Thursday and very 
of your plans for the office/attic reorganisation which sounds fab! (My dh has been asleep half the w/e too btw!) And aw at your mini romantic poet (now shorn!)
Whoknows ditto - mahoosive snow fall here (4 inches at least on garden) and more due tonight. We actually have stalactites of ice hanging above the outdoor steps from cellars to terrace!
Well done for facing the scary driving MrsB
Louise movie + warm fire sounds perfect for this weather!
Good going with the decluttering Goth
[Looks sternly at Toffee at mention of falling asleep at hairdressers] Remember to take care of yourself in the middle of everything that is happening!
Huge waves to Pushme Pa Just Trazzles and everyone else.
All this talk of steak pies and lemon cake has made me hungry ....so off to investigate fridge. CBA to do whole roast thing today.
There ... by doing loads of personals ... have successfully avoided mentioning a distinct lack of Flying on my part today!!