tea room 36 - Teh Alpine Chalet

[UniS]

Welcome to the Tea rooms newest incarnation. A cozy log cabin with a roaring log fire, comfy chintz sofas and a dedicated man about the house, our Butler, Mellors. Out of the windows you can see sparkling white snow gently drifted up under the green Christmas trees and bright blue skies. Children can all be packed off to play healthy outdoor stuff while we stay snug n warm in here with our mulled wine, tea,artisan hot chocolate and other beverages served in mugs, glasses or buckets.

The usual rules apply - no fisticuffs. And no messing with the aspidistra.

Donki - sorry, it was mistlehound. She is trying to rid the city of blackbirds. A one dog mission. We have a track in the garden - and one of my borders at the bottom seems to have lost its hellibores, snowdrops and things at the moment as its where she skids to a halt in a flurry of mud and lawn...

Now if Mistlehound could rid our garden of very fat wood pigeons...

Am I too late to join the line of Le Creuset-equipped Tea Roomers willing to beat some sense back into Mr. D?

I have just read back and caught up.

Donki, I am so sorry :(

Also, apologies for being absent for so long.

I don't actually own any Le Creuset but I do have a very heavy cast-iron Kitchen Aid Dutch oven that will do the job nicely. Like Maud's, it's red, so blood stains won't show...

Actually if mistlehound could morph into a ravening hell hound you could set her on OW and MrDonki...

I'm sure she'd be happy to cover them in mud (and pond water), hair and lick them a lot...

I think shoving them head-down into a cow flop sounds a whole lot better...

Jacksmania All Tea Roomers are welcome to join the serried ranks of the Le Creuset Mobile Rapid Response Force.

It is a crack team with a fearsome reputation.

^ excellent :o

Lovely to see you again, Jacksmania.

Have you managed to make a plan for tomorrow, Donki?

Go to Meeting in the morning.
Friend of the YD coming in the afternoon/me gardening
Go to Mistle's concert in the evening (with DM if she gets back in time)

Remembering to change the clock.

That sounds like a great plan for all concerned!

UniS, good news regarding MrUniS. Fingers crossed for no re-attempts at scaring you.

Donki, it sounds a lovely day planned. I hope you are able to enjoy yourself.

JM, lovely to see you, MrsJM! How's the young JB enjoying six?

Maud, I was going through something at home and came across the package I had for Girl that I was supposed to send in the summer. D'oh! I'm going to repackage it (I remember there was a note in there wishing her good luck for the start of big school) and will get it out soon. D'oh!

D'oh, and MT, just remembered I still need to go look at your link.... Mistlehound is on a one dog mission to clear the birds and I think SB is on a one small boy mission to gather all of the sticks along the path to/from town. He spotted a rogue stick and a couple of leaves in YOUT on Friday and couldn't quite understand why I said "NO."

Spent part of Friday in YOUT doing some window shopping. We were in the JL Toy department (we spend some time every trip to YOUT there -- a promise to go there to look means SB will go anywhere else I want) and were overrun by a class of French exchange students. Several of them were trying on clothes (the kids clothing is next to the toys and there's a changing room in the toy section) and some had articles of school uniform. Whether they realized they were uniform or not, I don't know, but they were trying them on like they were high fashion. (I don't think they did realize because they had uniform bits with non-uniform bits and had them on together.) It did make me laugh, though. SB was confused about why all of these big kids were running (and they were RUNNING) through the store instead of walking. I guess we're coming into exchange student/program/class trips time so I'm bracing for more hilarity when out-and-about in YOUT.

Happy Mothering Sunday, all!

Happy Mothering Sunday!

I see that Mellors has put out a sumptuous breakfast of requirement.

And I think the NMBs must be responsible for the floral decorations.

Those really are very nice bunches of dandelions, celandines and coltsfoot

...so thats where my daffodils went - I thought the slugs had eaten them...

Wild garlic is really very pretty
?opens window for freash air?

How sweet :-D

Happy Mothering Sunday everyone!

SB is really into this Mothering Sunday business....

MrDonki has just phoned to ask YD to go and buy some flowers for Mother's Day. No warning. No going through what is involved. He has never gone to the shop by himself (I am working on it - in a familiar place he will point to something and proffer money with an adult for back up)

I am damned if I am organising my own ruddy flowers...

Quite right, Donki. MrDonki needs to make some effort here, beyond making a phone call.

I'm glad to hear SmallBoy and MrScout are acquitting themselves well.

SB keeps giving me hugs and kisses (he is generally huggy/cuddly but he's stingy with kisses on a normal day). He also asked MrScout "Are there eggs here? (We're at PiL). And do we have all of the other ingredients so I can make Mommy a cake?!". MrScout does not cook, let alone bake, but I just melted at the thought of SB forcing MrScout because he wanted to make one for me. (BTW, it didn't happen but I love the thought process of my four year old.)

Aww. That is lovely.

Awww! SB is gorgeous.

The YD came to Quaker Meeting without a fuss so that I could go.

And then gave me a very long cuddle before he curled up on the floor reading his book.

Home now - and he is playing Minecraft whilst he waits for his friend.

Is the YD not Quaker as well, Donki? Apologies, I don't know much about Quakerism which is a bit shocking, really, when you consider where I'm from. I only know one Quaker IRL, though I haven't seen her since I was 17-ish (and she was a few years younger) she wasn't someone I was really friends with and she was seriously messed up so when I left the Girl Scout troop I knew I wasn't going to keep in touch-- so I never really asked her too many questions to learn more.

Apparently the cake conversation happened yesterday but MrScout told me about it today on the way to the pub (SB was riding with my PiL because he likes the adventure of being in a different seat/car).

SiL with the brood popped around a little while ago. They were here for all of seven minutes and seem to have wound everyone up so much it's taken an hour for a couple of us to climb down from the ceiling Bah.

apparently... dh asked boy if he was going to make a card on numerous occasions and boy did not. About 10.30am dh remembered and promoted boy to wish me a happy mother's day. After more ptomting Boy wrote me a card on the beach in letters two feet high.

Handily , mothers day is a festival I can take or leave with equal indifference.

Scout The YD self identifies as a Quaker - but doesn't like going to Meeting too often. He is a couple of years older than any of the other children at our local meeting - but not old enough (nor mature enough) to join the teenagers.