West London chat winter & beyond

[tillyfernackerpants]

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

dusty dd would say 'what did they have the 65 bus in the olden days when you were little? Amazing and you are so old' she likes to emphasise that one

vbus I see well that makes more sense thought they both got injured

not seen any Oscar movies yet apart from Inception which was good, I have Scott Pilgrim to watch looking forward to it

Oscar frock watch I really like the Scarlet Johanson one lovely colour and all not sure what Nicole and Gwyneth were wearing looked awful to me
am really shallow

think will stay at home instead of shopping away I did not wake up feeling energetic enough and have stuff to do neighbours are back so hopefully dd will be busy

Agreed Gwyneth's dress was hideous, Scarlett always looks fab!

Going to try Kidzone with friend, have not been for years but at least boys can have a run around as weather so grim

going book tickets for Sufjan Stevens they go on sale today for South Bank Members, very excited, it is in May

Good morning!

Shopping spree not over yet - now have to get new gas meter box, and family railcard. Not very exciting though...

Sfx - should be good

Kidzone was actually good, mainly I think because I haven't been for so long All the kids certainly enjoyed it

Not looking to getting back into school rush tomorrow. At least my parents back at end of the week, hurray

Made roast pork belly with decent crackling.

Now must get kids to bed before all hell break lose.

dd has been going to sleep at around 10pm don't think it will be better today, well at least we have one more inset day

rhubarb crumble is the heigh of my efforts today

I made my pepper pasta sauce but decided to crumble feta into instead of usual cheese, delicious. Just waiting for Ds1 to go to bed then can tuck in!

Back to school tomorrow! I haven't made anything today , need to start making more of an effort

vbus, pepper sauce sounds yummy, would you mind bringing recipe tomorrow?

Tilly - no probs, but it's my mum's recipe that she used to make when I was young so no real measurements IYKWIM

vbus - forgot to reply: This one. Maybe. With extension. Maybe.

I am such a ditherer.

copper that looks like the replacement for my discontinued model

I've had enough of this school routine now. When is the next holiday?

Coppe - I think that's one the one we've been trying to buy! Looked at so many now they are all starting to blur

Tilly - nice to see you both earlier

Going to make lamb curry today & rice pudding

vbus is it fusion St David's fare?

copper what I meant to say was that that one seems to have dealt with the problem which I am trying to fix buy buying the extension

last inset day and dh working from home

the tickets I wanted went on sale this morning for Southbank centre members, it took me 40min to get through and when I did it took 4 attempts to get seats they kept disappearing click by click

I can never get tickets for shows there and that is why I got the membership but still you got to be quick

Sfx - maybe I should serve it with a daffodil on the side

Glad you got tickets. My bro wants to go to new Heston restaurant for his b'day, they opened reservations today for 3mths time but lines keep crashing, fingers crossed he gets through

steppie do you find out about schools today? good luck

vbus oh yes the daffs will make the difference

must take dd out to shops for fresh air we both need it now

oh hello

yes, letters are sent out today, sfx, so should get them by, oh, thursday

can go online from 5pm today to find out if you applied online. of curse being the luddite i am, i didn't.

everyone getting very het up about it, trying to provoke myself into a bit of angst. not working.
disclaimer: i do care, guv. just that will deal with outcome and decide what to do as events unfold.
fingers crossed, though!

happy st david's day, kew!

brrrrr, bloody cold, eh?

very envious of extra inse(c)t days. i'm with you, professor, school gets in the way of life.

mother-in-law now back in oz so don't have to pretend to be nice anymore

ok, know i'm probably the only person in the world who hasn't read birdsong?
shall i leave it like that??
toodlepip

steppie about Birdsong I did read it and enjoyed it mostly because it was a big intro to the wars along with the Pat Barker Regeneration series
these days I probably would not read it just because the author has revealed himself to be an utter arse

hmm, yes indeed, sfx the arse factor is another thing to consider

I read the girl at the lion d'or many years ago and swore never ever to read another book by that person. And he has shown himself to be an utter arse.

steppie - agree - never waste time worrying about things before you have to.

Our daffodils are just starting to bloom. And crocuses.

I liked Birdsong, what has he done to reveal himself as an arse?

Steppie, good luck for school places

vbus, nice to catch up earlier, thanks for recipe, cooking it as we speak

World Book Day Fri, ds1 wants to go as a prince, I'm bribing gently persuading him into another direction, not sure what though, keeps changing his mind!

Steppie hope you get your 1st choice for DS1 :)

Copper our next bank holiday is 17 March here, national saints day

I have five annual leave days to use prior to 31 March and will savour every single hard earnt one!

I haven't read Birdsong either but since I had 3rd DC my taste in books has degenerated to books that are very unchallenging (white bread for the brain, so me auld brain doesn't have to chew too hard to digest them)

Tilly - I hope it turns out ok, just keep tasting it and season accordingly!

Steppie - good luck for selection, hope you get what you want

Dusty - LOL re: books, I haven't read Birdsong eitehr, I guess it's one I should read at some point...also intrigued about author now. I have just finished reading Courdroy mansions, not challenging but v. enjoyable.

I have recently joined a book group to allow me to read books I wouldn't normally choose. I have one mth to read this, anyone read it already?