2014 Durham/Teesside/Tyne & Wear Cake Fest

[juneybean]

Thought I'd be premature and create this thread now.

Currently have this meet up planned:

13th Jan - Miss Tina's in Washington

Saw the lovely DuPainDuVin this morning. We need a meet up!

Ohh I was thinking about DuPain the other day, she's due in august isn't she?

She is looking fabulous. The amazing no weight on anywhere other than having a beach ball up your dress look . She said she would come to a meet unless she was in labour so we need to organise one .

Peering at my diary I could do 26th July evening although I realise that's pretty last minute!

Daytimes, botanics on Wednesday 23rd or 30th morning ?

Or I can do 9th August or 16th August evening

Ha, thanks Paleontologist! I have been stuffing myself with chocolate and pasta for 9 months so feel enormous all over...in fact am chomping on dairy milk as I type

I can do 23rd and 30th; can also probably do the evening of the 26th but would have to check that dh doesn't have anything on. Will be a little too busy to make either of the August dates!

I don't finish uni until the 29th and I'm at a study day on the 30th . Then my freedom begins.

Can't do evening of the 26th as we'll be in Manchester.

Oh boo :(

DuPain when is your due date?

I'll have my 6 & 4 year olds on the 23rd/30th so if you'd rather do a child-free day meet DuPain I'll find different dates

I have a date for my c section but am being a bit coy about telling people exactly when it is as I have a couple of friends who would be texting me asking if I've had it yet from about 6am on the day if I told them! But suffice to say that the first week of August should be ok - although I have a few other things on that week so might not be able to manage some days.

I won't be child-free anyway as will have DD with me so happy to do 23rd or 30th, or some time in the next week subject to availability!

I'll try and confirm tomorrow afternoon for 23rd July morning at Botanics otherwise we'll go with 30th?

Let's go with 30th July morning at Botanics.

Ok that's fine with me! What time is good for you? Is it just the two of us (plus kids) or does anyone else fancy coming?

Let's go for 10.30am? We will probably bring a packed lunch.

Everyone is welcome!

Quick placemark but might be able to do 30th. If not, I have THREE WHOLE WEEKS off in August. (can you tell I'm exited?!)

me too spiggy!

Anyone for gibside? different activities on every day as usual.

Sounds like a plan.

Am off from the 4th, apart from the 7th when I'm likely to be interviewing. Hoping to have the 3rd week off with dh as well.

Can't make the 30th as I'm away on my hols... will be back on the 14th.

Well I have nothing in the diary yet for week beginning the 4th so what shall we do?

Run away from the children and lie in the sun drinking cocktails?

That's what I'm doing on Tuesday .

Apparently I am spending the rest of the summer doing the whole quality time thing.

Though somewhere we can mainly ignore them while they play would be good.

My week is filling up in my attempts to see everybody I don't see for months on end. so what days ate people free week starting the 4th? Am busy Mon am and Fri pm at the moment with a few other bits and bobs pending.

Am potentially upduffing on 4th... but possibly can do 5th or 6th or 8th?

Also free 9th evening (did I mention that last week?)

Tues and Wed good for me!

And can do the 9th

Oooh, potential upduffing... Free on the 8th pm and evening, mayhem that week.

exciting! fingers crossed all goes well juney.

Right, well I am now meeting a uni friend and her new squish on Tues at the botanics. on wed I have a date with my now ex childminder . On the 8th I'm off to the beach with our foxy lurker in the evening though would be able to do something in the day.

I can ask dh about the 9th, not sure how well it would go down considering the amount of social life I'm trying to pack in to theer couple of weeks and I'm abandoning him overnight for a study day next week . I'm going to sleeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! Oh and listen to a leading expert talk about Waterbirth.