West London chat winter & beyond

[tillyfernackerpants]

Hadn't realised we were so close to filling up the last thread, hope you all find it!!

hello all
pretty, isn't it?
sfx, hope dd was well enough to go to panto.
was it good? shame brian blessed not in it.
we're going on thursday and, for a change, going to the matinee.
a very good idea. usually we go the evening one after a big, fat pizza and even bigger, fatter glass of vino and i invariably nod off at the panto

what a shame you had to head back from your friend's do, lordcopper. dh had to help push an RAC van out of our road!

traipsing about shopping today like a mad woman. next year i WILL be uber-organised (yeah, right)

keep warm all, toodlepip

and i want to know who's stolen my shiny, TV-commercial family-perfect life?

yesterday we had loads of stuff to get done. so that'll be dh hanging outside waitrose in richmond between 11am-4pm yesterday for AA to tow car to garage and us both managing to lock ourselves out of the house for most of the day...

we are grown-ups honest

please tell me you're all as useless as us....you can lie...

...and another thing...
the kids won't help me fulfill my Waltons-esque fantasy by helping me make decorations....

just as well i've got my box-set of the real thing (now on series 3) to console me
altogether now...
dd do do dooo doo dooooo do do
goodnight john-boy

sorry, i will leave the building now
i'm rambling

at Steppie. How many have you had?

hi people Hi see the festive bottles are out

sorry about the cancelled plans

we managed to get to the panto and Anita Dobson was excellent much better than Jane Asher last year, very good fun villain

we are now all tired and I fed up
will get child to bed then have a drink and put headphones on
conversation not a good thing tonight

It is my aunt's 80th birthday party tomorrow, somehow I have to make it to Harlesden with a 3 tier cake, one child, some presents, no trains working to willesden junctionall in the snow
I don't think I will be coming back home tomorrow night

sadly, i'd had none, lordcopper, maybe that was the problem

glad you enjoyed panto, sfx. i think anita dobson is an excellent actress. years ago saw her in steven berkoff's kvetch and she was fab.

hope your trip to your auntie's goes ok.

Hello!

Haven't ventured out all day!

Have been having sneezing marathon.

Have just finished Tess of the d'Urberville. Spent substantial parts of the novel going "you bastard" ... Am surprised such relentless misery is allowed.

Now for a more cheerful book. But what?

lordcopper The woman in white

dh's rowing was cancelled, he came with us, it was a marathon on delayed and cancelled trains both ways, but 80 yr old was happy and it was nice to see the family

plan tomorrow is cook to freeze and rest

Misfits Christmas special tonight, one of them is killing Jesus, it is all very seasonal

steppie I thought she was very good, well judged performance, I know it was only panto but she held it all together and dd loved her

sfx- woman in white pretty grim as well, isn't it? I've got Henry James, but quite fancy a Graham Greene (on a gloomy books spree). Which one do you or anyone recommend?

Work tomorrow.

lordcopper maybe Our man in Havana or Travels with my aunt, for less of the troubled soul business

dd was hit with earache since she was about to go to bed queue hrs of unsettled screaming, all quiet now but not looking like a quiet night ahead
I suppose 2 weeks of cold and coughs brought friends with

Hi all,

sfx, glad you all enjoyed the panto. We're off tomorrow! How's dd today? Ds1 was complaining of earache last night as well. Am going to take him to drs today just to get it checked.

Copper, which book did you settle on in the end? Have just finished MA's Year of the Flood which I loved.

We're now in the North after a marathon journey. We left Sat at around 12, finally got to my parents 1pm on Sun . M25 closed as we just got onto it, ended up coming off & travelling through Bucks country roads to spend Sat night at my in-laws. 7 hrs to travel 40 miles, it was not a good day

tilly that sounds awful and with 2 children hope you are all rested now.
I am well behind reading my book, too distracted lately, study also on hold, lots to catch up with in due time. wish I could go for a snowy run

dd slept until 10.30 and so did I, earache is really awful
I think we will take it easy until the trip up north on Thursday

hope everyone else is well

hello all

Tilly - journey sounds like a nightmare, glad you made it, hope you can relax

Steppie- I think you deserve a drink after all that!

Sfx - well done on making it party, I'm sure it made your aunt's day. Hope minisfx starts to feel better soon

Copper - did like your Fb pics, lovely house!

School closed tom, pity as was going to use the time to nip into Kingston for few last min things and do packing. Feel bad that teacher now going to get his pressie til Jan now! Oh well

As long as we can get to ferry, fingers crossed our journey will be ok, but it's just started snowing again

vbus - House was last year's. This year it will just be the Christmas cake. Still working on how to integrate the T-Rex.

tilly - at journey. Hope you have recovered.

Copper - it still looked nice though
T-rex scaling a Christmas tree?

saw the picks too lordcopper looks great

made this quick easy and yum

dd slept for most of the afternoon, woke up starving, just as well

vbus same with us re pressie, hope Christmas plans go well

sfx - bread looks good. Haven't done soda bread for a long time.

vbus - good luck with journey. Went to work today - roads fine on the way home.

Off to France now, have a great Christmas everyone

Bon Voyage

Have a good trip & Christmas

Lazy day after taking car in for service this morning. Baked three loaves of bread. Desire to bake more stuff in conflict with laziness.

I miss running but too icy to even try, don't really fancy an injury

I am bored but dd occupied playing with friend

dh was disappointed that his train to work was running but they decided on a revised timetable, train run 4 mins early, his text informing me of this was full of swearing, I don't think he is happy with the train company