Would anyone like a cup of tea and a muffin?

[MadBadandDangerousToKnow]

I'm tired and in need of refreshment.

The tea room is now officially open, serving hot chocolate, tea, freshly-squeezed orange juice and a range of home-baked muffins. Tablecloths and crockery are charmingly mismatched antiques (no Cath Kidston here). We overlook an attractive although somewhat overgrown garden, with a distant view of rolling countryside.

Everyone is welcome but house rules dictate that anyone indulging in fisticuffs will be ejected.

Please come in.

I am sure being a teenager in the eighties was so much more fun than the 90s for the following reasons...

1. Perms

2. Being able to chant "Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, out, out, out!!!!" in earnest!

and....

3. Madonna at her best www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY1RNuzT4XU&feature=related

What more could a teenage girl want...???

Well, teenage all girls just want to have fun!!
More champers please...

I was seriously in love with Duran Duran in high school. Mainly because they wore more make-up than I did. I somehow found that too cool for words back then. But I still think they were pretty good.

Boots Protect and whatever serum always makes me think of the police. Errmmm... the cops, you silly-willies, not The Police!!! Because cop cars in some places in North America have "To Protect and Serve" on the side. Having said that, I read a few reviews on the Boots serum and half the planet said it's the best thing since Creme De La Mer, and the other half say it made them break out. Hmmmm.
By the way, when I started the face-care thread, it died. Feel like thread-killer extraordinaire.

Okay... back to work... today has been a bit teeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeedious...

jacksmama - sorry, I missed your skincare thread. I'll look for it now but (apart from this one) I am thread killer extraordinaire so if I start a thread for you it'll be the kiss of death!

By the way Bocca... are you sure you spelled the Viking king's name right? Maybe it's my German heritage but I always thought it was spelled "Knut", not "Cnut".

Well, jacksmama. When the word cnut first started appearing on these threads, I thought 'isn't that the famous Viking I was at school with'...

... and went to do some extensive research search-engining and found Cnut's coin. The BBC (stands a little taller) evidently think its Cnut with a C. Is this a transliteration thing? What (if any) script did the Vikings use? I'm guessing that they didn't use Roman script as we do and so either C or K would be a fair translation of the sound.

Blimey ladies, the Bolly does get you lot chatting, I feel quite left behind!

But at last I am here to put you all straight

AGE
Being a teenager in the 80s was best because we got the CND rally and the poll tax riots and could still shout Maggie Maggie Maggie out out out with a certain vim and go to the pub afterwards. Legally.

(and there is no shame in being old enough to remember Maggie Thatcher, Milk Snatcher)

Music
Ultravox were actually the coolest cats in the 80s (Ah Vienna!!!)

Oh, yes, and we got to sing and cry to "do they know it's christmas time at all" first time around and Live Aid was real

Kings
Cnut is the Anglicised spelling of Knut. We had our own one, you know JM, before Canada was even invented .

He didn't make great waves

Face products
Boots serum is officially the best serum in the world. For the price. Given that serum won't actually stop you getting wrinkles.

The best thing to do is slap on a load of Nivea and buy a postcard of Georgia O'Keefe aged 100 (see earlier post to JM on subject)

Right, I think that's all sorted out then

Love the name change, Cnut, well done you.

Welcome those still hiding behind the elephant ear plant. I think, racingsnake, it's time to stop fondling the Gardener's Buns ... we try to be a wholesome wholefood cafe here!

Kisses to all xx

Oh, yes, final bit of wisdome

killing threads

there was a thread about this a while ago. Actually, I am the best thread killer on MN, I was going to change my name to Last Post but I thought I would get flamed

"wisdome" is of course the female form for wisdom, so women's wisdon.

In case you were wondering.

And someone had better post again on this thread

"wisdon"
bed calls methinks

Daisy.... PMSL!!! You're the best!!!
Bocca - the Vikings used runes as their alphabet.
That's it, I'm fresh out of wisdome, wisdon or anything else...

Go give that lovely boy a hug from me...be careful he doesn't slither out of your arms since you are so covered in age defying cream!

He's my little monkey, he manages to cling on just fine whether his mama is pissed or not! (See pics on profile.)
You know, someone should turn this thread into a play - it would be hilarious!!

BTW - why are you up???? It's nearly 3 am where you are!!!

Never mind - it's only close to 1 am... I can't add when I'm drunk on champers.
As you were.

Get me a double shot latte!

I was up so late because it is the only way I can "juggle" child and work - not juggle just do without sleep!

Ooh, I love the smell of those fresh baked blueberry muffins!

Double shot, skinny latte here please

DH has the day off and is being annoyingly chipper around the house about it, and pretending to be a domestic god. I am hiding in my office attempting to sort out my expenses.

A domestic god? You are lucky. Just thrust a duster into his hand and let him get on with it.

Here - have a muffin. The latte is coming right up!

The trouble is, that although he has changed the beds, is awaiting the alarm servicing man, and has written a shopping list, I have still had to check the cupboards for what we need, and admire his work and comment on it etc.

I am now trying to work out what to buy for DS's friend whose birthday party we are going to on Saturday. Am slightly scared about it as I don't think I've ever actually spoken to this boy's parents (they are at nursery together), and only really know them from his fathers terrible parking. I only know one parent from nursery to really speak to, and the birthday boy has an older brother so am assuming that mum has lots of local friends. Think I'll be standing like a Billy No Mates at the back of the hall...

Hmm. It can be quite tiring (and time-consuming) providing feedback and affirmation, can't it?

For presents, my fail-safes are (a) book (b) Lego of age-appropriate size and (c) Playmobil, although for a boy in my daughter's class I did once buy one of those Zarg, Prince of the Universe type action figures, in a momentary lapse into political incorrectness!

I used to find that sort of party quite nerve-wracking (luckily now we're at the drop off and return later stage). Could you just barge in to help set up the tea table - it'd give you something to do and people would be bound to talk to you?

Playmobil sounds good. Will play it safe with Fire Fighters or similar.

Unfortunatly at our leisure centre, the tea table is not in the same hall as the soft play, but out in the foyer. From my observations (big glass window to this area from the swimming pool so we see them during swimming) it seems like the birthday mum and a couple of others pop out and set up during the party

I found this outside near the bins a couple of days ago. I have removed quite a bit of the soil, cut quite a few leaves off, and relieved it of several gin bottles and a full bottle of red wine (here it is..

Those muffins look good Bocca - I might just be tempted....

Mistlethrush - welcome! A pot of Earl Grey, some finely cut lemon and a muffin coming up ...

What brings you to these parts? Please feel free to kick off your shoes and relax on our pleasingly distressed antique chintz sofa. I'm afraid my present-buying is pretty unimaginative but, as I said earlier, my mantra is book-Lego-Playmobil (with the occasional foray into arts and crafts materials).

And thank you so much, mistlethrush, for rejuvenating the aspidistra. I was very sad when it was chucked out and, frankly, I'm quite shocked now to discover that the culprit didn't even put it on the compost heap. There go the tea room's green credentials!

The muffin's delicious thank you! and its so nice to get proper slices of lemon in ones tea...

Felt in need of general non-flouncy, tea-shop based conversation, and have possibly found a good place for it.

Have recently removed myself from various ttc threads and decided that I'd better get used to ds being a one and only, but missing some of the friendly faces that I'd got to know - and talk of various knitting projects (not that I've had any time for that recently!)

And I do like the decor in here, particularly the sofa (although I do seem to have found myself rather a soft spot here that I might have a struggle extracating myself from)...