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Tea Room the 23rd - The Canadian Rockies

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Jacksmania · 11/02/2011 16:49

Welcome to the 23rd incarnation of the One-Child Tea Room. Not to be misleading - although its inmates inhabitants mostly have just one child, we also have mums of many (but no dads yet... hmmm...). Everyone is welcome.

The usual rules apply - no bunfighting. If you like that sort of thing, go elsewhere.
Other rules: bring Wine. Or [tea]. :o

We find ourselves in a lovely spacious log cabin in the Canadian Rockies. Enormous west-facing windows show a gorgeous view of the sunset over the mountains, and there are log and/or gas fireplaces in every room, even the priest hole (which is a Hiding Spot of Requirement for Those In Need) and the bathrooms. In the open-concept living room, we find the Aga gently simmering against the wall, the bar fully stocked, and the cappuccino bar prepared to dispense any hot beverage of your choice.

Fluffy duvets and colourful pillows abound on the deep, squashy couches and armchairs. Outside, we see a vista of deep snow, dotted here and there with deer and bunny tracks. The walking trails and access roads have been ploughed clear of snow by our able (and hunky) handyman, Mellors, who is also available for massages and facial treatments in the Log Cabin Spa.
There is a hot tub outside on the west-facing deck, with a mini-bar conveniently nearby.

There are no aspidistras in this log cabin, as the cold of the Rockies causes them to shrivel and die. However, the Naked Mohawk Babies have come along and are swarming along the rafters, and in the adjacent stable, the Tea Room horses, Earl and Lady Grey are available for snowy rides. The bison are frolicking in their snowy paddock, and I have no idea if the bishops followed the trail of breadcrumbs or not.

(For newcomers, the last paragraphs obv. makes no sense - just go with, all will be explained.)

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CMOTdibbler · 15/02/2011 16:55

I'd really recommend one - I'd have gone insane in hospital without it, and I find unfettered access to new books very soothing.

Have you chosen some fab wigs ? I've met lots of women who enjoy choosing new hair. Theres a good shop at the Churchill that has all sorts of useful things

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 17:11

::Offers Oxeye some cale, as part of her five a day::

amberlight · 15/02/2011 17:16

The lady who supplies such finery is the very same one who assists the Churchill. Absolutely lovely.

She has provided me with a wig that is so amazingly natural and absolutely beautiful that I've been half-way tempted to wear it even before my own has leapt to freedom. There are significant advantages, y'know - no Bad Hair Days, no having to wash it and style it as often, and you can whip that one off and bung on a nice different style instantly for evenings out. Plus there's no leg waxing etc to worry about. I suspect I have a very practical brain.

But FineLad is jolly well not borrowing it for the rugby scrums. And neither are the Bishops borrowing it for keeping their heads warm in meetings. I have made this quite plain. Hmm

Scout19075 · 15/02/2011 17:23

61-gjogh-
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(That was BabyScout for "Hello!" I think -- maybe it was BabyScout for "Oi, Mommy, What DO you think you're doing?!")

oxeye · 15/02/2011 17:33

< nom nom> good predictive text cake

Amber wig sounds lovely. Make sure you don't put one of the racing pigs on by mistake Grin

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 17:35

That reminds me. My granny's sister's gentleman friend (are you keeping up?) had a toupee which he had clearly bought 40 years previously, did not meet his remaining hair and was an entirely different colour. We used to call it The Squashed Hamster.

::the casual cruelty of youth::

MaryBS · 15/02/2011 18:26

perhaps this is what the fine lad might look like in Amber's wig

I've got a Kindle, I heart my Kindle! :)

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 20:22

Or possibly like this or like this?

Tee2072 · 15/02/2011 20:28

I think the third one. Grin But Amber would need the glasses as well!!!

I lust for a Kindle but just can't justify it along with my iPhone, which has iBook, Stanza and Kindle for iPhone on it. Granted, it does have a much smaller screen than a Kindle.....

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 20:30

I have glasses just like those, Tee.

My latest infatuation is my friend's iPad.

Tee2072 · 15/02/2011 20:34

Oh yes, the iPad. It would be perfect, IMHO, if it had a phone. Then you could be on the phone, typing notes as you talk, with only one device. Instead it's jut a really big iPhone...with no phone. Grin

not that I'd turn it down if I won one, you understand

Jacksmania · 15/02/2011 20:39

You mean it's a big iPod? :o

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ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 20:39

I know, but I still covet one.

UnSerpentQuiCourt · 15/02/2011 20:42

Could someone explain why a kindle for Amber instead of a selection of charity shop books?

oxeye · 15/02/2011 20:49

oh, cos a Kindle is so very very of the moment...

actually I think there was a point that it was very light and easy to hold/ balance with one hand while other was being pumped full of yuck treated..

But I have been at a dinner party where there was Kindle Competitiveness and it made me all Luddity and upset at the violent consumption that erupts among sane friends from time to time....

CMOTdibbler · 15/02/2011 20:52

A selection of charity shop books is great when you are pretty sure that they will cover your reading wants, and that you won't run out of book. But with a kindle you can flick between books (it remembers where you are), have hundreds of books loaded, and get more anytime. And its small, light, and can be read totally one handed. I do read very, very fast and have no tolerance of just sitting, so this does matter disproportionatly to me Smile

A big stack of books at home, a good download of the free Kindle books, and a selection of favourites on there really does make all the appointment hanging round more bearable.

I'm particularly enamoured with 'I never knew that about London' atm as my flicking in and out of book - lots of random facts to bore people with

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 20:52

Serpent - For myself, I would always go for a heap of charity shop books ::looks at the six she bought today for 50p each:: and Cmot can no doubt explain better than me, but I think it's for the space-saving convenience and for the ability to use it one-handed if tethered to a drip.

::Joins Oxeye on the Luddite eco-sustainable-made-from-timber-from-an-approved-source bench::

UnSerpentQuiCourt · 15/02/2011 20:58

I can see the one-handed advantage (having just dried my hair with the drier in one hand, the brush in the other and my toes holding my paperback open). I remember when I used to get through my allocation of 12 library books in a week; now it's more like one a week (or fortnight). Sad

Tee2072 · 15/02/2011 21:01

Yes, that's what I meant JM. It's a gigantic iPod! Silly really.

CMOTdibbler · 15/02/2011 21:06

Do you remember the days when you only got 5 library books at a time ? It was the first place I was allowed to walk on my own as I'd have to change them every day in the holidays.

The kindle is complementary to my charity shop habit, but as I go through a paperback in under 2 hours it has made a massive difference to my packing issues

I don't have a smartphone, mp3 player, or tablet pc if that helps ?

oxeye · 15/02/2011 21:13

Oh cmot don't get me wrong. It was not you in my crosshatches. I can see they're great. I clearly don't read quickly enough to justify one anyway since I struggle with one book a month Smile
:: offers glass of bolly to those who still have a hand free ::

CMOTdibbler · 15/02/2011 21:17

No, I know Grin I get all Hmm about people and their phones

Does anyone want a Cadburys creme egg with their bolly ? I have successfully hidden some in the top of the fridge

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 15/02/2011 21:23

Tell us the secret of reading a book in under two hours.

CMOTdibbler · 15/02/2011 21:35

Its just how fast I read tbh - always have done, and I can read upside down at the same rate as others read the right way up. Its a matter of great interest to my colleagues, but I can't explain how it works. Its not skim reading though, I really do read every word. It got me into trouble at school though as teachers wouldn't believe I had read things.

Scout19075 · 15/02/2011 22:25

I miss reading books. Sad