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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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UniS · 25/07/2009 21:36

wow it happened. The tea room truly is global.

now throw some shapes on teh dance floor and boogie n down. Welcome bck to the disco. By teh way there are some mars bar crispy cakes on teh bar and a freshly brewed pot of tea.

mistlethrush · 26/07/2009 00:03

Woohoo! Good pictures too!!!

Just finished singing in opera in the park... had Alfie Boe singing tenor. Very dishy. DH wouln't like hearing that!!! Also Natasha Marsh - very sexy dresses and appropriate walk to go with them. Have no idea what any of it sounded like - we couldn't hear properly from where we were and in the rehearsal the echo was awful!

daisy99divine · 27/07/2009 01:49

hurrah! A meet up!
you all look very happy and so glad it was good

as usual I am proud to be associated with UniS cycling and Mistle singing. The subtleties of the experiences are a little beyond me but I rejoice in the instricacies of the pedal and shank lengths, the tenors and ampflication issues etc

I understood the pint and pie though

happy hols Racing, I can see you trailing off followed by with Wriggle, DH and several GPigs in bucketts!

teafortwo · 27/07/2009 12:09

I am busy trying to get to grips with the world of watches - I made an mn tumbleweed thread on it (feels rejected... boo hoo hoo...)

teafortwo · 27/07/2009 12:27

Anyone for a really big and terribly rich hot chocolate with cream and sprinkles???

(It is pouring wih rain here so it seems the right drink to snuggle up in an armchair with and sip while girly chatting in the tearoom!)

UniS · 27/07/2009 13:04

oh yes pleeelse. Hot choc never knowingly refused over here. with sprinkles too, ohh , how decadent.

I'm waiting to see if boy has a rest or maybe even a sleep, I've told him that if he sleeps a sensible length I will talk to daddy about us going out as a family this evening... to look at yet more houses. Alternative is DH goes on his own.

This week has filled up in the diary which is good. have a day out to sea side by train planned for Thursday. Boy has immunisations tomorrow.

Why do they call it the starting school immunisations when boy is only 3? and won't be starting school for over a year ( Jan 2011).

We have started eating the garden at the local children's centre, had Peas and an apple picked off the plants this morning. Nearly blackberry season too.

Catitainahatita · 27/07/2009 15:42

Hot chocoloate sounds fab please. Although, I'd probably like mine iced really.
It's too hot.
Aagh....

UniS · 27/07/2009 21:07

ohhhhh, an iced choco latte, coming right over Cat.

Followed by a nice cool bowl of water in which to bath your toes and a little fan for the NMBs to waft you with.

Boys competitive streak showed again today, he and I went to "sports day" for Dhs company. ( big employer, nearly all employees are graduates and they have a faintly university style set of sports and hobby clubs) Boy took part in the 800m walk,long jump, the shot put, discus, 100m run and the egg and spoon race. He came 2nd in the under 4s 100m. He had a ball. I dissuaded him from joining the line for high jump!

mistlethrush · 27/07/2009 22:47

Evening! Three reports in three days at work... Revisions to No.2 tomorrow.

I think I'll pass on the hc tonight and open a bottle of something... chablis anyone?

MJ is driving Dh mad. Dh is driving MJ mad.

daisy99divine · 28/07/2009 10:44

Morning! I will have a little of that hot chocolate and also a nice pot of tea and some cake

Did you house hunt UniS? And what jabs age 3

Waves to Tea - lovely to see you. My sis sent me a Keep Calm postcard as her aide for the leaking roof/ exploding washing machine/ fight with escalator week

All calm here this week. I think I have to just get on with some work Daisybloke phoned. He has been trying some local healing crap remedies. I think he will come home with several heads ....

Am slightly depressed by the circular points being made on the parenting thread re single children. I just can't be bothered. These threads are so samey...Childhood can be good or bad. Probably a bit of both. You can be happy or sad. It does not depend on number of siblings. Subtly, however, a family is more than 2 parents and a child....

UniS · 28/07/2009 15:40

you hit the nail on the head daisy- a family IS about more than adults & child. Its about love, respect, shared time, shared values. With out those things you just have adults and children and a pretty joyless household to live in.
Going wider its grandparents, step parents, half sibs, grandchildren, boy/girl friends, civil partners, aunts and uncles, family friends, the dog, cousins, god children, etc etc. A family is what ever you
make to be. Some families have lots of people, some have a small number, nothing about a families size says how strong a family it will be or has a bearing on its worth as a family.

House hunting is going disatorerously wrong as teh mo. Dh doesn;t like one of teh options ( and I think I agree with him on why) and teh other option are messing us about. WHY put a house on teh market advertised as availble to rent imediatly and then when someone offers you the asking price say " ohhh, not sure, we think we will wait and see if the last lot of people to enquire get their references sorted out after all even tho they were messing us about so we put it back on the market.. "ARRRRRGH. So we won;t konw till tomorrow?? if teh landlord is intersted in us at all. and if they are not. we are out of options in that area.

daisy99divine · 28/07/2009 16:59

Ahh, UniS you have just made my day

I had read the other thread and was a bit bleak because people seemed to be saying "you can't really be a proper family if there are only 3 of you" and then you have taken the same comment and explained exactly what I wanted to say but didn't. Thank you

UniS · 28/07/2009 17:43

dasiy, do you thinks worth me posting ( cut n paste) on that tread in parenting? or shall I let it die.

CMOTdibbler · 29/07/2009 04:26

still in the land of Mickey Mouse. I (and my feet) have had enough now, and can't wait to get home.

teafortwo · 29/07/2009 10:12

Hmmm... Mickey Mouse - I bet he was an only child!!!

CMOT - when are you due back home?

Catitainahatita · 29/07/2009 15:42

I took Kittenito for his blood tests yesterday. Por love, they couldn't get all they needed from one arm and so it had ot be bth of them. It wasn't fun.

Still, he liked the plasters he got given and swanked about them all day at nursery and then at home. S at least there was something good out of it.

mistlethrush · 29/07/2009 18:22

MJ listed 'our family' recently - just the female members - they included his godmother, a friend from choir, our dog walker/general factotum/baby sitter, both grandmothers, great grandmother, great aunt (2)... he missed off his 2 cousins in this list, but I did think it was quite comprehensive!

CMOTdibbler · 29/07/2009 23:35

I leave for home tomorrow - there just wasn't enough time to get out today when the conference ended, although all of the management left early

Poor Kittenito

CMOTdibbler · 29/07/2009 23:36

I leave for home tomorrow - there just wasn't enough time to get out today when the conference ended, although all of the management left early

Poor Kittenito

daisy99divine · 30/07/2009 10:33

Poor Kittenito indeed, punctured arms....

UniS you know what, if you want to cut and paste you could but I suspect the chat has now moved on in that tornado way of MN that sometimes precludes longer reflection. I am content that you have made me feel better backed up by MJs accurate summation of family!

DaisyBoy is coming into work today for lunch

RacingSnake · 30/07/2009 15:40

Cannes is awful as a place but course wonderful. meeting lots of new interesting people and wriggle has the best audience ever as is only person under 16. In the sea lots, very vey hot. masses of homework reading every night; French keboqrds quite diff to english.

UniS · 30/07/2009 16:17

arrrrrrrgh. estate agents. the one who has been dashing all our hopes over teh last few weeks has just thrown us another chance... do we trust them or not... am going to see if we can get them to defer referencing charge inlight of messing us about so much.

Had nice day out at beach with one of boys contemporaries and their mum. both boys happy to do own (separate) things and us 2 mums had company while we ate picnic and on train. Was reminded of Amber (other boy has ASD) so waves if she is lurking or anyone is mirroring.

Catitainahatita · 30/07/2009 18:02

I hope the estate agent comes up good this time Unis. It sounds if you have had nothing but hassle so far. You must de due a wee bit of luck just now.

Kittenito goes in for his op at 10am tomorrow. [big worry emoticon]. He's being operated on at 4pm. The logistical nightmare of this being how to keep him from destroying the ward and annnoying all the other (probably sick) children while we wait. Also probably complete with a drip in. Oh joy.

DH doesn't want me to stay ovenight with him, reasoning that I am the pregnant one. I am totally against this as even as the pregnant one -or in fact, even as one who may have had little sleep in many nights- I will be better at it than him. Reason no. 1, Kittenito will want his mami, he always does when he feels rotten. Reason 2, Dh is totally, utterly and completely useless at night. He needs to sleep and is capable of sleeping through tears, babies being sick etc etc. But of course he doesn't like me to point this out. I foresee an argument on the subject. I think I may just sneak a pair of handcuffs with me and attach myself to the cot. It worked for the sufferagettes.....

Finally, I've been chatting to another poster on a different thread. I thought she might enjoy a bit of a chat and a laugh with you lot so I invited her over. She's called Goldensnitch. I hope she comes across.

I'll be away I feel for a while, I can't imagine that Kittenito is going to be allowing e frivolous things like looking on the computer once he is home and in pain (obviously for his pain, not me being away from the tearoom, although perhaps just a little)

daisy99divine · 31/07/2009 03:46

Ah Catita my dear, big big big hug for Kittenito - I shall be thinking of you and him until you can clock in and reassure and update us

Worry not in advance about the sleeping over night, I suspect when the time comes your DH will capitulate if not why not enlist help of friently nurse or doctor rather than arguing direct with DH

We will of course welcome and care for Goldensnitch should she turn up in your absence

daisy99divine · 31/07/2009 03:47

Racing LOL at French keyboard- it was trying to find the @ key and to make a _ that defeated me

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