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Tea Room the Ninth: I love rock and roll, put another dime in the juke box baby

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MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 16/06/2009 22:20

Welome to the ninth incarnation of the tea room. It's been a long and eventful road, from a tea room overlooking a cathedral garden to a beachside cafe, with a diversion via a yurt. Now - voila - we are in a music lounge. We cater for all tastes and, as this is a tea room of requirement, it manages simultaneously to be many things at once. For some, it is a 70s glam rock disco with a cool boho edge - glitter balls, smoke machine and much wearing of platform shoes and eyeliner. For others, a jazz bar where mellow music is played as cocktails are served. For still others, it's a concert performance of Spem In Allium. We still have a garden, with shady parasols for the summer, and a menagerie of pets. Our membership is international.

The tea room has few rules. Everyone is welcome. But anyone visiting with the sole intention of causing hurt or shouting abuse will be ejected by Mellors, the multi-talented gardener-handyman who (it turns out) is also a guitar wizard and rock god.

Please come in.

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daisy99divine · 17/07/2009 01:00

Thumb hurrah for your Dad, what a fab fab piece of news!

MJ of course we missed you glad you had good hols, even if MJ is being a pain

CMOT - the hum - has he morphed into Winnie the Pooh?!?

Catita hello

Jacksmama · 17/07/2009 04:51

HI all, a quick hello from Anaheim. Disneyland tomorrow, Saturday the water park at Knott's Berry Farm, and Sunday it's an overnight jaunt to Universal Studios. Whew!!

CMOT, re the weather - it's warm to hot in the day time, with very little humidity. But it quite cools off at night and there is a very nice breeze, so you want to bring nice light clothes but something you can put on for inside to combat the air con, and in the evening. I was running around in tank top and shorts today, which was great, but we were just having dinner and I was wishing I had a shrug or something for my shoulders. Do bring sunscreen though - the smog in L.A. has eaten a hole in the ozone layer!!

teafortwo · 17/07/2009 07:49

I have a confession to make...

... I am fairly busy wih RL

I am looking forward to catching up with the T.G (tearoom gossip)sooooooooooooooooon!!!!

daisy99divine · 17/07/2009 11:48

Morning all, lovely to hear from our Foreign Correspondents!

Weather in London? VERY rainy last night, we had second Indoor/ Outdoor rain experience last night - on 3 layers this time - from the top roof, from the kitchen roof and, weirdly, from the ground floor stairs

All a bit bloody awful and I have tough stuff at work so have to go, RL calls but sadly not in a good way- I suspect I shall be here to shelter later!

MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 17/07/2009 14:44
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daisy99divine · 17/07/2009 16:51

Ah, I am here for the luuuuurrrrve

(and the carrot and orange cake!)

CMOTdibbler · 17/07/2009 17:06

I love it when I know just what to pack now !

Although we will be inside most of the day, normally we can walk from hotel to convention centre, and then the exhibition hall can be really hot for the first couple of days, so it's more hot weather dress with a cardi.

How is the water influx Daisy ?

Congratulations on fitting in the dress Mistle, and commiserations on the behaviour. Strangely, DS was fine yesterday, so got a dinosaur chance back. We'll see if he managed today

MadBadandDangerousToKnow · 17/07/2009 23:35

Commiserations to anyone living through the less endearing aspects of toddlerdom and pre-schoolerdom.

Good to see you again, Mistle. Hope the meeja wedding goes well!

Bolly anyone? I've had a booger of a day and require medication!

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Catitainahatita · 18/07/2009 03:51

Daisy I like the "kittenito" tag for DS (he's male; "ita" is for us women...)and shall adopt it forthwith.

[proud emoticon] I feel like a proper tearoomer now.

Anyway kittenito is not a well cat, poor love . He's got a very swollen and sore testicle. I took him to the Drs. yesterday and for an ultrasound of said appendage today. It's apparently full of liquid, but there is no sign of cysts or growths or anything. He'll need to see a specialist about it according to the Dr. I just hope it all turns out to be nothing very serious.

In the meantime it's full on pampering for him. If it wasn´t bad nough that his beloved papi was away, he feels awful too. So it's treats galore and lots of cuddles for him.

thumbwitch · 19/07/2009 00:29

Poor little Kittenito! How awful.
How are you progressing Catita? Are you feeling better in your pg now?

I am feeling a bit - the other long-running thread that I am part of has been hijacked by a sad lonely man who makes improper suggestions to the ladies - it's most offputting! Don't quite know what to do about it...

Did wallpapering today - it involved a lot of heavy-duty swearing - I f'ing hate wallpapering, especially fiddly bits. I hate the paste, I hate mixing it, I hate cutting the paper, I hate hanging it... ARGH!

On a better note, we went out for dinner tonight with 2 other couples, both childless - miniThumb came too and behaved (almost) impeccably - they were most impressed! But, as I said, it is nothing to do with our rearing, we are just lucky that he is such a sociable baby/boy and loves to be with the adults at restaurants etc.

Catitainahatita · 19/07/2009 03:24

Kittenito is hanging on in there, thanks Thumb. Today we spent a lot of the day at next doors where he played with their grandchildren. It kept his mind off his troubles some what. Tomorrow we shall go shopping (he loves that!) and to the town square in the evening to people watch (Kittenito people-chases,but has fun).

Sorry to hear about your thread. Is said bloke not taking "b*gger off" to heart?

Catitainahatita · 19/07/2009 03:35
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY THUMB

(I peeped at your other thread out of curiousity. I'm glad to see that your intruder has been despatched).

Have a lovely day tomorrow.

Catitainahatita · 19/07/2009 03:36

Sorry -today - it's still yesterday here

teafortwo · 19/07/2009 07:14

Phew - so I have a moment to catch up!

So....

FIRSTLY...

Thumb - Happy birthday! (Whispers... I think Madbad is busy in the kichen making a cake we will all enjoy with you later)xxxxx

NOW...

Catitainahatita - Sorry about poor poor Kitenito - please keep us updated and give a very tearoom hug from us all!

MT - I too had to tell Milk off in public yesterday because she decided to knowingly walk down the middle of the road in Paris .

daisy - sorry about rl being a bit tough. Here is an especially yummy morning coffee wih chocolae sprinkled on the top! I hope it helps...

Jacksmama - Your trip sounds fab fab fab! Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy!!!

CMOT - when will you be state side? Must be very soon? Or are you there as I type?

Racing - There seems to be an invisible vole under my chair... anything to do with your wiggle? I can't wait for more info on the party!!!

UNis - ROFL at rain and days out - it reminded me of a very soggy day at the zoo!

Madbad - That cake you are making looks fab. You really do have a talent! By the way - What an interesting outfit you are wearing today... is it in honour of Thumbs birthday or is there another reason you are sporting such outstanding atire?

UniS · 19/07/2009 20:39

have 101 things I should be doing, my parents are upstairs as is DH doing his ironing. HI all.
Took boy to his first football game today, don't think he was old enough or got much out of it, but his grandad enjoyed it.
Hope to find out tomorrow if we have a work bale solution to moving house time scale woes. our buyers want in here a week before our landlord to be wants us in their property. um, erk, may be paying for a weeks storage of everything and going to my parents for a "holiday". And what I do about the plants i do not know.

Happy birthday, nice cake. hope you liked a a pressie, it was just what you wanted wasn;t it?

RacingSnake · 19/07/2009 22:12

I go off for a week or so and when I come back it all looks different! Actually, I have got a new laptop, so maybe the difference is not peering through the grime and dust on the screen.

Things rumbling along quite nicely at Chateau Racing.

Wriggle now three and finding it quite stressful. It seems to mean that she has to say 'no' (or rather 'non') to everything and defy every request. Too much attention over the last few days, perhaps. She also has had a temperature and has sneezed twice, so may or may not have / have had swine flu. I feel I probably should be worried, but am not certain.

Party was great. I (thought I had) invited people for a day out at Wilton House and offered a fall-back position of a piece of birthday cake and a cup of tea on the actual day if they couldn't make that. About 18 people turned up for tea party, of which I saw almost nothing as I was raiding the larder for forgotten packets of crisps etc to feed the hoards. I ended up putting out exotic foodstuffs such as jars of gerkins and half-empty cartons of soya milk, which everyone looked at strangely, before scoffing them down. It was like entertaining locusts. I kept appearing with more trays of tea cups and Waitrose Essentially totally tasteless crisps and overhearing little snatches of interesting conversations, but I would just have opened my mouth to join in when DH would be calling again or screams would have broken out over the guinea pig tug of war. (You may have all noticed that RP is rather longer than he was). Wriggle had a wonderful time, dressed in nothing more than a couple of Maman's favourite necklaces, sitting in a carboard box with as many friends as could squash in. When it came to blowing out the candles she insisted on Sur Le Pont D'Avignon instead of Happy Birthday, which made a nice surreal moment on the videos.

School is finished and am now being drawn inexorably into the Holiday Accelerator, which means that holidays rush towards you ever faster; one moment they are waving coyly from the horizon, looking very desirable and interesting, then suddenly they are roaring towards you, demanding that you findthepassportsgettheeurosdoallthewashingarrangetheinsuranceputthehouseplantsinthegardenbuytheconti nentalplugsbuyascakofchikdenfoodtelltheneighbourscleantheentirehouselosetwostoneshaveyourlegsandpack allbags in under ten minutes as you know that when you wake up tomorrow you will find that you actually left yesterday because the Accelerator is going every faster.

RacingSnake · 19/07/2009 22:15

Ever faster. And indeed faster still. Far too fast for proof reading.

RacingSnake · 19/07/2009 22:45

Started reading backwards. Sorry about invisible vole - just give it a rub with a tea towel and put it outside.

((Hugs)) to Daisy.

Catita - how do you People Chase?

thumbwitch · 19/07/2009 23:01

Thank you lovely people for birthday wishes - we had a lovely day, mrThumb decided that a day at the beach was called for so we went down to Seaford, me refusing to go to Brighton again because of the blasted traffic and road system. T'was very nice, not busy but SOOOOOOoooooo windy! Still, we had a nice little wander around, miniThumb nearly got blown over a couple of times but had a laugh anyway and then we got back in the car, drove over the Seven Sisters and past Beachy Head (not the day for getting out and having a look at it, faaaaaar too windy!) down through Eastbourne to Pevensey and then back up and home.

My magic present is still morphing around as I am utterly undecided as to what I want most, seeing as how a Teleporter machine isn't an option

T42 - at milk in road!

UniS - I feel your pain, I really do - we have to be out of here by Thursday night so the carpet cleaners can come in on Friday and the tenants on Saturday - I can't quite believe we are really leaving and there is still quite a lot of stuff to sort, so I am going to end up shoving it all in boxes to take to Dad's and whatever we don't sort gets left behind.

RS - your party sounds like the best sort of impromptu party - love it, but a shame that you didn't get to relax and enjoy it properly. I think if you are going to achieve your long list of things to do in under 10 minutes you won't have to worry too much about losing 2 stone - they're going to fall off you!

Cake.. mmmmmnnnmmmmmm...thanks!
All washed down with some veuve clicquot tonight - anyone want some?

RacingSnake · 19/07/2009 23:19

So when do we hear from you from Down Under, Thumb?

thumbwitch · 19/07/2009 23:26
  • oh if only I knew, RS. Still no visa - we have come to the conclusion that because they said it would take 3-4 months, there is no chance in hell that it will take any less. So, it's waiting to hit the 3 month mark (about another week) and THEN I might hear if I'm really lucky.

What worries us is that mrThumb really needs to get over there; one of us needs to be there when our stuff rocks up in Sydney in case of questions (EDA = 4th August), plus he wants to get organised for his teacher training course which starts next week. He can miss the beginning but he doesn't want to miss too much. I really really don't want to have to fly on my own with miniThumb - it will be horrific. But c'est la vie, hein?

daisy99divine · 20/07/2009 00:25

oh hello lovely people!
Kittenito so sorry to hear about his problems, that is bad. Does he feel ill with it? And Catita are you feeling less ill with Bumpita now?

Racing hurrah for Wriggle and birthday. Love sound of party. She and DaisyBoy must be very close in age. He turned 3 and turned truculent too. But bless him he tried to haul it back in toy shop by saying "maybe I can have this for my birthday" and me saying "good idea" with the sincerity of a 51 week wait ahead of us....

UniS I assume boy was watching footie not playing? you are always so active I never know...

Mistle want wedding update I listened to Radio 4 but all seemed present and correct

Thumb - happy birthday. Oooo about the imminence of your move...I don't think long haul flight will be as bad as you think - there is tele and lots of little snack foods and night time etc - and you only have to do it once, not like you are coming back in 3 weeks [trying to be supportive emoticon]

CMOT did boy get Natural History Museum reprive? I thought of lurking to try and spot you, but didn't

Tea lovely to hear from you again, even if Milk is being a slippery baggage - how are pre-school plans going?

Madbad thanks for the birthday cake and hope you're weekend was better after grotty week. Somehow not sure if you can rely on Mr Bad to give you a lie in and restorative cups of bolly tea?

daisy99divine · 20/07/2009 00:30

Now.... a short update from DaisyTowers...

The leaking has stopped - I hope not just because it hasn't rained again

lovely Plumber/ Roof/ Building hero came and fiddled about with the roof, squirted horrible expanding foam (of the type that instantly cuts a hole in the ozone layer) around our lovingly eco restored house [sigh] and said that he was so flummoxed by the middle of the ground floor leak that he would have to take the celing down [double sigh]

Had update from DaisyBloke who has forded the Orinoco, taken his pants off (his head) and been swimming with the piranhas this weekend so all is well

I, however, had a small run in with an escalator Daisyboy and I were going down a very steep escalator. I had buggy and boy by hand. He baulked at last moment. Moment after I committed. So cue unseemly struggle as I tried to run back up escalator pulling buggy and fending off screaming child - in process I fell rather heavily and have what can only be desribed as tram lines along my leg and several large cuts and a sort of puncture mark on my knee which won't stop bleeding....

Clearly I am not cut out to be a single mum...I came home and wept into a mug of tea

daisy99divine · 20/07/2009 00:31

Racing, thanks for the hugs. I know they were for the leaks, but I have transposed them for my injuries

thumbwitch · 20/07/2009 00:44

ohh, Daaisy! poor you, have more bolly for the knee injury! And yet more for the plumbing distress!

I really don't want to have to do the single mum on a flight thing - miniThumb was ok when we went to Australia last October but that was before he could walk - now he is so active that he will go ballistic being kept in a seat that long . We'll be up and down the aisles, winding everyone up.. argh. Still, it's only 24 hours out of my life, just have to keep remembering that...

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