WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - DECEMBER 2006 - from Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

[MrsBojangles]

The brand new general chit-chat thread

MrsR - I'm going to need a decorator also, do you mind if I have your decorator's details? You can email me on hubblegirl77 at yahoo dot co dot uk or I can CAT you?

at tornado!

Move was ok - removals were v late turning up so we didn't get done until 9pm!

The tornado was in the road next to where dh's aunt lives

Mrs Recycle - does your decorator do floor tiling???

comeon - was DH's auntie OK?

tornado - w t heck?

Mrs R: I'll cat you.

My LOs have had more tv today and yesterday than in their whole lives . And I may have a teeny tiny crush on that weird bloke from Lazytown [fblusg]. he's well fit!! I read that he's responsible for reducing childhood obesity in his country (is it finland?). either way, he gets my vote.

Pudding - have emailed you his details (whispers wonder if you used dh's company - he was working late last night!).

Foxes - not sure about floor tiling but I'd imagine he could do it quite easy as he mananged to fit some architrave quite easy.

Oxo - CAT me and I can give you his details.

Aunty is fine as is her house thank god. Some of them are really badly damaged, such a shame just before christmas too .

hi all been scared aways by paddles threats
how was your day anyway?

tornado heck! one of my sisters is moving to Kensal Rise on the 22nd. no idea how near to her it is, at least it was a rental should something be wrong.

hi pudglad it went well

oxo - in true sahm i am doing an open university degree, only on first year stuff so some time to fully commit to something but i hope hope health/social care i hope in policy making, etc. have done plenty of 'on the ground' work, quite frustrated with it all.
somehow i hope to fit in a another pregnancy! oh the foolishness!

House prices in Kensal Green plummet....

a tornado!?! but of course that couldn't possibly be down to global warming and climate changes?

Nanou1 re creative and earning money that's why I'm hopingto concentrate a bit on photography even if it's just to earn some pocket money

Pudding77 hope move went alright. Photos arrived today but haven't had a chance to open them yet dd wanted to come home from school early and has been a bit clingy

can someone tell me what this fireworks are all about?QUIET! for some reason fireworks going on for the last 10min! and dd just asleep

I was thinking the same, they were so loud!

yes well, of course, if you're not British born and bred then you won't know the the 7th of December is especially a BIG RANDOM fireworks night in the UK!

actually, all quiet round here but last Friday was a very different story...............

I also have a good decorator who pretty much did my entire house indoor and out over the late summer/early autumn of this year. I thought they were trustworthy, polite and nice! So you want details please cat me!

Just saw stargate atlantic, it make me cry! But everything makes me cry!

nanou - have not started the book yet but I will and will let you know how it goes!

trying2bgood, which episode??? you big softy you but I'm the same cry at anything that's even remotely a tear jerker

And yep defo RANDOM fireworks night this part of West LONDON too... blasted pyromaniacs!

Did anyone other than me feel the effects of the tornaado round our end? Firstly at around 11am/12am within seconds it went totally dark outside and there was horrendous thundering and howling but no rain. It was so loud that I thought our roof had caved. Then on the way back from Kingston at around 5pm driving home was fine but all of a sudden there was powerful gusts, my dad battled against the wind to get indoors with DS and I couldn't close my car door and got smacked into the door by the wind! I can't imagine how it must of been for the people around Kensal Green

Paddle - Train is doing good and hasn't even been moved by DS since I explained that Santa phoned mummy and said that the train is not a playing toy but a decoration to enjoy looking at!

oooh 2cute, you're good!

can i get santa's phone number please?

we had a major squall around 11am yesterday, i was at work so near the South Bank.

mum didn#t go out all day virtually as it was so foul around here. she said it went as dark as night at one point.

poor people tho...........

Hi everyone, [big wave]

I've been slaving away on setting up my new store and I'm really pleased I've done my first blog for my new website.

It's been a herculean effort to try and stay away from MN but I'm giving myself a little break as it's Friday and the start of the weekend.

Quokka,
Great idea for a Christmas card. I'll pop down to the local art supply store today to get a Christmas stencil. Dd got back from yours and started blowing raspberries and doing little shouts like your ds2. That is sooooooo cute!! We have to get them together more frequently so he can teach her more.

Pud,
How did you manage to get back online so quickly from your new house? You must have a super broadband provider.

Thanks to everyone who sent me links and voucher codes. I'll get cracking on Christmas shopping today.

This is the 1st year we're hosting Christmas dinner at our flat as well so I'm really nervous about getting Christmas dinner right on a budget.

Normally, I'll just cheat and buy as much as I can that's been prepared beforehand. But this year I'll have to cook more of the food.

Foxie,
Glad you're feeling better. I had the most awful colds when I was pregnant. I couldn't get out of bed for a week while dh was away in Barcelona partying it up!

yes, it went dark here. Having thought about it, I realise that I turned the lights on at about 11am and didn't turn them off again until after 2pm. Didn't think about it at the time.D'OH.
There was lightening too, but that;s not that unusual.
byw: morning all

Foxie,

Are your local residents citizens-to-be? I'm just intrigued by the "to Harrods for an English shop"?

good morning all

our tree should go up this weekend, that should be fun, dd is into climbing, little mountaineering poppet will not doubt try to get the shiny star

hope you all OK

mellow saw your site, it is a fantastic idea will pass it along

HEY! I want to see Mellow's site too!

show me, show me, show me!!!

going up into loft later to excavate tree and decs.

intend to put on coffee table behind sofa in bay window - it's only a little one.

dilemma, will leave nowhere to put presents [sad. have got bigger tree but dd will have field day with presents!

also, can you put ordinary decs on a fibre optic tree?

okay, i saw the link in the other thread - sorry for shouting lol.

looks great mellow. like your ethics.

a friend of my mother's has started an ethical clothing website which launched just recently. it's all very swish but seriously expensive stuff like baby t shirts for £10 so not up my street unfortunately.

i've bookmarked you - you should post under the Mumsnet job/services section too.

ho hum, i should do some work i guess.

where's Uwila? Nanny better or are you still covering?

foxie, tomorrow for pc repairs could be good....

Thanks PC and sfx. I'll see if I could get a free posting under MN services.

For anyone else who's interested, the site is at www.greentrading.co.uk [shameless plug for site]

I think the problem with organic and fair-trade at the moment is that it's expensive and not very stylish. This is where I hope to make a difference. I would like to make it affordable and stylish enough one will want to wear it for the style and not to secure eco credentials.

PC, can I have the URL of your mom's friend's site? Got to check out the competition.

oh what the heck here goes