WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - MAY 2007 (Part 1) - Acton to Sunbury everybody welcome

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New thread for May.

true, tis Peckham... well if she will have friedns who live in Peckham

i'll bloody hold a gun to my own head soon i tell you!

anyone want to hear how i ended up sticking my fingers down her throat last night? thought she was choking on a toy she was playing with in the bath.

what's the point of first aid resuss training if you panic and ignore it and ram your fingers so far down the throat if there had been an obstruction it would've ended up in her lung!

can't believe how stupid i was. and of course it was clear so then i assumed it'd gone into her tummy - as she was now puce with screaming so clearly no obstruction.

then i found the offending item in the bath and of course realised there was no way on earth she could've swallowed it as it's far too large and it's not something she would've been allowed to have if there'd been any danger of her inhaling it in the first place.

what a feckin idiot i am! and poor dd probably has quite a sore throat today.

was going to buy flowers and wine for friend but i'm bloody not now!

dd still sleeping, am in no hurry to wake her so we'll be late.

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oh paddle we all do something like that at some point i can clearly remember a certain mad dash to A&E when dd was3 months oldbest not go into details

best if luck with Peckam will you be wearing your hoodie and bling?

I hope PC is OK in deepest S/E London and remembered to keep her car doors locked!

Well I had a fabby time at the handbag sale. There were three huge rooms filled with bags. Bought a mocha leather bag pour moi and a sparkly pink handbag for DD

Took my Italian friend (...you boring lot) and she bought a seriously gorgeous bracelet

Oh, BTW, found Sue's purse at the school, so bought her three bags too - with her cards!!

Yo foxie... some of us are working.... lol
thought of you there. were they all gorgeous?! i could do with another bag...
you all ok?

well done on sue's purse! you bought 3 bags for her? she did not want to choose?!

I wonder if she has already cancelled her cards.

yeah we're fine. I'm knackered, but hey what's new?

Foxie, could you fnd my mobile phone too?

you ok ele ? better today? just think of your holiday in switzerland

Oh I told DD that you were moving and we were going to visit you in Switzerland. She pondered it and said "I don't know if I like Switzerland" and I said "they have mountains" and so she said "ohhhh... mountains " So, I guess she's coming. I told her it was for girls only and Daddy and DS are staying home. And she was quite happy with that.

DH suggested I take DS and not DD. Of course I told him that wouldn't work becaue your DD doesn't want to play with DS.

Anyway, I am very much looking forward to my trip. I've never been to Switzerland and can't wait!

ah ah . if you ask my dd "what is there in switzerland ?" she says "mountains & chocolate!" so i guess we're moving!!!!!

My lovely friend Foxie found my purse. Or she stole it in the forst place so she could appear to be the hero and give it back to me

Hey Paddle - how was Peckham? Or are you still trying to find your way home?

Do you think she's still alive ?

How long should we wait before we ring the police?

It's okay I'm alive! Altho no nice policeman came knocking to check on me so you lot obviously don't care that much!

Actually East Dulwich is very nice and my friend cooked a lovley lunch.

Took ages to get there due to dd yelling making it difficult to hear the satnav. She slept all the way home and it was so much quicker going the right way LOL.

Got Oxo's chappy coming over today to fix my sick laptop. That'll cost a fortune too but I don't have the time/inclination to do it myself.

Oh and here's evidence of the East/West economic divide. Conveyancing fees in Richmond £900+ VAT, and in Rotherhithe £595+ VAT!!

Paddle - I'm so relieved to see you!! [mega hugs]

Mind you its a good experience for your DD!

Are you thinking of moving to Peckham paddle ?

We did send a nice policeman around but you weren't in...

Hey Stepford - waved at your elderly mother through the window again this morning

who is planning to go to the picnic in Hyde Park in July? (obviously not Quokka) Nanou - do you have a move date yet?

I plan to go to the picnic - 29 July?

Hi MrsR - did you see my earlier post about half term?

absolutely NOT MrsR.

now stop distracting me and let me get some work done.

i need some motivation however. i have to write a big document justifying why i should be "made-up a grade" as I have been doing a C grade job for 3.5 years (1 on mat leave) at a D salary (lower than a C).

sounds easy which it should be, however after my run in with boss last week he kindly said "it's a stressful job so if you don't think you can handle the stress maybe you should find another job"

i bloody can handle the stress but i object to being bullied by project managers - as i said to my boss.

even so, i now feel incapable of justifying my existence in order to get this grade.