The One and Only Tea Room - Now Hanging in Babylon

[ComeIntoTheGardenMaud]

Well folks, here we are, transported through time and space to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

Golden couches and the distressed chintz sofa are arranged on a terrace overlooking the Euphrates and, as we recline on the exquisitely-soft cushions eating peeled grapes, we can enjoy the warm fragrance of the gardens' many exotic blooms. The garden is tended by the indefatigable Mellors, with occasional help from the bishops, rabbis and any passing world leaders. Somewhere behind the terrace there is an aga and a priest's hole, with optional massage table.

Please come and join us for a celebratory drink and conversation ranging from the profound to the profoundly silly.

It had sheep in and everything.......

Unis sobs and wails till teh NMBs bring her chocolate.

BBAAAAAA!

Funnily enough this was a very quiet sheep. I think it was rather scared AND rather thick.

It , and its lamb, were shut in my garden at some point this afternoon by a well meaning person who found them wondering on the road. 1st Farmer who came to "get them" was called by my neighbour who spotted sheep in the garden and knows we do not keep sheep. However these sheep did not belong to farmer 1, but to farmer 2. Now farmer 2 is the relative of one of boys classmates, so I called them up to tell them I had 2 of their sheep. Farmer 2 duly arrived to claim his lost sheep. meanwhile sheep had helped selves to some carrots, lettuce, bits of hedge and left quantities of poo dotted about- lamb pooo is tiddly pellets or so it seems.

Is it time for thick fluffy hot choc Italian stlye - or maybe Babylonian styleee. in hand made by potters mugs. Just t thing to help you sleep. better than counting sheep.

Amber would have liked the lost post better- it had more land rovers , I don;t want to type quite that much again, sorry.

Morning all.

Off to the Spring Continental Market at City Hall in a bit. Highlights are usually chocolate covered Belgian Waffles, hot off the waffle iron, and chocolate tarts from France. Anyone want me to bring anything back? Perhaps a selection?

Bad Mama let the non-baby eye friendly soap get into baby's eyes last night. And it didn't even make his scalp any better. sigh

Whats up with his scalp tee? Did I miss that?

Am knackered here, very long and difficult day yesterday and didn't sleep well because of it.

Actually I don't think I've mentioned it before. He had horrid eczema all over his body about a year ago and after much cream and oily baths it was gone except for the occasional flari. Until about a month ago when it's just every where again and his scalp is especially bad, just peeling off in chunks! Totally gross and he's starting to scratch at it, which could make it bleed.

So I haven't changed shampoo or oil or anything so I am beginning to think he's inherited his dad's hayfever and this is how it is manifesting itself. I think I'm going to have to just use oil on him for a bit and let his hair be greasy! YUCK!

Tee - mistlechick had awful cradle cap that lasted - and lasted - and lasted... Every now and again we still have a bit of a go - but it is much better than it was I did get some 'nice' cradle cap oil which I never actually used - if I still have it would you like it Tee?

(I've just rinsed and conditioned mine since I had it cut about 8 weeks ago )(and I didnt' do it last weekend even, so its not even had that for 2 weeks now )

A mars bar flanked by two tea cakes? Well, it all looks a bit suggestive from where I'm sitting but as long as we cover the eyes of the respective tea room faith leaders I'm sure I won't be excommunicated quite yet...

Feel bldy yuk. Can't take time off today either. Grr and arrgh.

:: stomps off to priest hole with a blanket::

Sorry it sounds as though its hit you today Amber I found it crept up on me - but the degree to which it completely exhausted me was the frightening thing - from being fairly fit to basically spending the day on the sofa, unable to walk the dog.

MT, that's the one. The surveyors here are having to fend for themselves, which is quite amusing in a way. Wonder how much effort it will take to undo whatever it is they're doing...

I have this strange image of surveyors running round like lost sheep because they aren't being herded. Prayers for you Amber...

Have posted something in the other place, as its a bit more private...

Thanks for the offer Mistle, but on closer inspection it looks like the eye burning shampoo is helping, so I've bought a thing to put over his eyes to try to avoid getting it in them again.

I hope you feel better Amber. Have a and a and maybe put your head on your desk?

Right now I could do with the head-on-the-desk approach, but maybe I should drink the first as otherwise it'll make a mess . Can it be a ginger thin biscuit please?

Surveyors running about like lost sheep describes the scene here, yes.

Are you really, really sure that you can't throw your hands in the air and leave them running around like headless chickens and go home and put your feet up on the sofa? And no getting off it either. Better still, get one of them to drive you home. I know when I felt utterly washed out that was all that was sensible to do. Often along the lines of 'you know you're ill when you put daytime TV on and find it nice and soothing to nap to rather than it driving you nuts'.

Trouble is, I know what I'm like. If I'm at home, I'll go do something silly instead of resting. At least here there's people to remind me to just sit and do quiet things.

I'll let you off only if you promise to get them waiting on you hand and foot (ie supplying tea with or without biscuits as required). You'll have to get an email rota going for 'please make me a cuppa, thanks Amber'.

'ere, why am I strapped to this distressed sofa?? And how did it get into my office

I would have put it there myself if I'd known how to. We'll only let you off it if we can take you to the hammock at the end of the garden by the pond, which has silk cushions with tassles and magic pin-you-down throws. Your choice.

I wouldn't mind, but the NMBs have just made off with my ginger thins! Whatever is the world coming to...?!

That's right NMBs. Give them back to Amber.

Well done, that's nice sharing. Thank you

::drinks the peppermint footrub in a moment of distraction and rubs the ginger beer into her foot::

For the mums of girls -- is wrapping a present for a 10 year old girl in Princess paper too babyish? Trying to wrap up the June birthday presents, neice2 will be 10 in June but don't have any other paper that isn't Christmas, wedding or new baby....

Though she might like the dinosaur paper I've just spotted in the closet....

The gift is a book that's a "collection of posters, doodles, cards, stencils, crafts, stickers, frames and lots more for girls who love horses!" Which she does. Everything about them. And the book is American and one not over here so will go down a storm.

Scout my 11 year old niece would like that paper for sure.

MrTee late tonight due to security alert on train line. sigh

My 11yo DD wouldn't be keen, but she'd be too polite to complain. So long as the contents weren't about princesses, she'd be OK!