WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - APRIL 2007 (Part 2) - Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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New thread as the old one has run out of room.

foxie..hokey-dokes. will come over before school pick-up
oh and thanks to you and paddle for kind words my writing not a patch on my door scrubbing skills, though....
sue, i'd be happy to do your story if you want me to, and certainly give you some pointers/advice anyways. which mag is after you?

pretty tied up (in my dreams) this week but perhaps meet up for a chat next week if you fancy or welcome to give me a bell.

quokka - past few years have specialised in toddlers/mums' issues, but now gone freelance so will give most things a go really, but especially emotional human interest or humorous stuff. so you're off to singapore? how exciting. my dh was brought up there.

you coming to our meet up steppy?

hey Stepford, d'you wanna do PR for our Richmond Park Mile for Maude?

s'not what ya know but who ya know!

ps: I know the pic ed on Chat mag if you want a contact.....
altho saying that, we've never really been so close after she told me where she was working and i thought she said Cat Magazine and made some (i thought) amusing comments.

pmsl!

stepford - does "Joanne Atkinson" ring a bell?

pc got those jeans and top and they look foul on me . Just call me quokka no arse. Might save the summer shopping for s'pore.

quokka - will share some of mine if you like, i have plenty to go round

you know what I would love to! ooh maybe i could get butt implants

perhaps I could have liposuction and donate some...

Foxie, seeing as SUe "kindly" told us to shove off the other thread I will post re diet here.

Start the day with hot water and lemon to cleanse the system (I actually rather like this). Then I have been having either porridge (made with water) and berries or bananas, or allbran with fruit, or yoghurt and prunes. Lunch is plenty of salad with oily fish and corn thins or soup or mixed bean salad, or baked sweet potato with chickpeas. Supper has been a recipe from a lowfat cook book (even been giving them to dh and he likes it). No wheat, no choc, crisps, eating kids' leftovers, plenty of lean chicken/meat/fish, loads of veg/fruit/pulses, and tonnes of water. Snacking on seeds and nuts. Excercise - skipping, dvd workouts and stepper

at what age do you start eating DC's left overs? Don't don't feel slightly tempted at the moment (except fishfingers) but never have been attracted by squelched scrambled eggs

sue dh insists that I always leave the kids leftovers for him - he thinks they eat better than we do

mne probably does too but thats because I don;t feed him 4 days a wek

Mine too Quokka .

BTW have some fat tummy if you'd like some?

Quokka - your bloody doctor has my sisters house the week I want it

how dare he - surely he doesn't deserve a holiday !

how the hell am I going to watch eastenders and neighbours in S'pore????

thats what I thought. How unreasonable. Whats the point having a rich sister if she won't ditch her friends when you want her house?

oh no quokka! can't really think those jeans don't look good on you. doesn't the top cover your butt anyway?

you need to get one of those telly card things for your computer and then you can pick up the satellite channels.

eastenders is no loss IMO tho.

CoV, how d'you find the time to eat all that lot? or prepare it for that matter! you're not martha stewart in a witness protection program are you?

Joanne Atkinson? Didn't she write Behind the Scenes at The Museum and Emotionally Weird? Or was that Kate Atkinson?

where be SFX today?

quokka, i was going to say i'd buy those jeans off you coz i like 'em so much but.................... i've got heaps of jeans now

wonder how nanou got on!

yes wehre is Nanou I want to know

I was just wondering about Nanou as well. Hope it went well. If not, there's a job going over this way - I was going to give her the details.

paddle whilst I remember talk to Halifax - they offer up to 6x salary mortgage ((don;t know what the rates are like.

They were excellent - we got a fixed rate nearly 2 years ago. Can highly recommend them - plus their insurance company is excellent!

thanks ladies. have a very good IFA too altho last time we spoke he thought 5x would be possible.

but, no point in getting a massive 6x salary if i can't afford the repayments! will have to choose something very carefully.

fixed rate part repayment/interest works for me.....

paddle - have you bought a bike seat for dd? If so, can I pick your brains about it?