Tea Room the Eleventh

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Goodness, we seem to have run out of space on the other one!
I shall assume that we are still in the same premises as for Tea Room Ten for the moment until wiser people tell me otherwise!!

Hmm. I prefer to think, UniS, that I am an expert on 20th century British cinema, but it is a chilling reminder of how frequently 4WAAF is shown on TV and, even without watching it properly, it worms its way into your brain.

That farm set looks lovely. Reminds me of the tractor and other farm machinery that MadBadBaby had which came (believe it or not) from Lidl and which we still have because MadBadBloke can't bear to part with it it is such good quality and might last another generation.

I'm planning to add some dance DVDs to my Christmas list, probably Fred Astaire. Or possibly even Dirty Dancing, which I still haven't seen. As I've mentioned, we watch a lot of musicals but until now it's generally been those from the 50s.

Would you like a cookie to go with that hot chcocolate?

Oh, Daisy. Stop (sob) all (sob) the clocks (wail).

MadBad you are in no way a Master of C20 cinema unless you can quote not just "Nobody puts baby in the corner"

but
"it was the summer of 62, I was going to join the Peace Corp, I thought my Daddy was the most wonderful man alive and everybody called me Baby and it hadn't occurred to me to mind"

and can say "I carried the Water Melon"

and know how to do the practice dance with the head flick on the bridge bit

Gwan gwan - you'll have the time of your life

Daisy - I am only, ahem, a Master of The Universe British cinema. But I have long wanted to see Dirty Dancing and had thought that - provided his back is strong enough - Mellors might twirl me above his head while some woman warbles a power ballad or two.

I can understand the others, but High School Musical??

Racing - Believe me, you will be lucky indeed if you escape the curse of HSM!

Would anyone like a warming Monday breakfast? We have freshly squeezed orange juice, porridge served with maple syrup, demerera sugar or a la nature, scrambled egg and bacon served on muffins, toast, jam, honey, tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Please help yourself from the jugs and warming pans on top of the aga or the dishes on the Welsh dresser. It's a gloomy day and calls for comfort food!

Thanks! Much needed. Been out training the government and I'm knackered.

So, the government is now fully trained? Wow!

This cake du jour is scrummy, Amber. Thanks.

I doubt it but some of them know slightly more than they did when they woke up this morning...

Just wondering why a company has sent us a bicycle bell through the post

Come in quite late from training teachers who did not want to be trained and done a long afternoon's hoovering with Wriggle's help. So MadBad's all-day breakfast looks like just the thing.

Don't know any of those quotes.

Wriggle has just lost consciousness, having been up since 4.25 without a break. That's me yawning all through my training event.

4.25 am, of course.

Evening,
I've only seen dirty dancing the once, and the show once too.
Not quite sure where the weekend went, but I know that a minor hangover formed part of my Sunday . Went to friends from school on Saturday afternoon and the combination of four kids stuck indoors when only two of them really are able to play together well meant I was self medicating! Came home at 8 and had a bit more wine, so didn't feel 100% yesterday. Today's been a quiet day, and will definitely end with an early night. Gymgirlie had a friend for tea so we are now suffering the bedroom after the playdate before and I am going to have to go and help sort it in a moment. Gymhubby is away tonight on a work's jolly so I am also home alone tonight, but have celebs in the jungle to amuse myself with at least.

4.25 ? Eeek. Hope you are going to be tucked up yourself soon.

Thats a lovely farm set UniS. Our local feed merchants/country store often has good offers on things like that, so might be worth checking yours out.

In a fit of enthusiasm, we have started the Christmas shopping. Miraculously, I have got all the nephews/nieces to tell me what they want this year, so that was a swift Amazon order, and DH has sorted his mum and SIL.

My brother is not responding to requests to tell me his plans for Christmas tho .

Have you found out why the bicycle bell arrived yet Amber ?

ringing any bells yet?

HSM is on order ( in fact its here and I'm about to watch) as its been recomended by a boke I work with who has a son about boys age. It is I'm told, A movie you could take you granny , wife and child too and they would all enjoy it. SO, it MIGHT not be too scary for boy. AND I'll know whats going on with all these kids dressed up as basketball players on carnival floats.

DH is e-mailing twice a day, which is nice. Hes found a cool cyclisty cafe round corner from Hotel.

HSM not at all scary, just very cheesy and American. Songs are catchy too. Enjoy!

LOL at skateboarder admitting to playing Cello. Am enjoying HSM. VVV chese full.
Think I'll try boy with someof teh songs, Boys danceing...

Be positive, UniS. There are lots of uplifting messages there - although Boy is a bit young for them yet - about pursuing your dreams, it's cool to be clever, be loyal to your friends, boys can cook!

am more than a little at teh schools facilities. and LOL at teh scenery and lighting just Happening during auditions. Oh and the piano strangely changing to a full band backing mid number.

certain freestyle routines, Panto songs ,carnival stuff and teen dance numbers ARE making more sence tho.

oh HSM! YEAH YEAH YEAH! DaisyBoy has the sound track and LOVES it and dances to it a very great deal indeed I love CHEESY!

Thanks for the all day breakfast wonderful that it is still hot. I too hvae been training today, but being trained....

Am Christmas shopping too, but it mostly seems to be stocking presents for DaisyBoy because it is just TOO easy. My low point is FiL. He is lovely but I have to buy the whole lot, and my ideas run thin after about 2 gifts....

Morning
I've finished gymgirlie's shopping now and MUST STOP BUYING STUFF . We are getting a new TV so that's gymhubby's gift sorted. Mum is going abroad for Christmas so just wants money and the il's are still to be sorted. I have no lcue what to get them, hopefully inspiration will strike soon.

hello all - am having low point where I wish I hadn't come here and I feel like a spare wheel cos mrThumb doesn't really need me around when his mum is here to do all the work and decision-making with him. All I do is sit with miniThumb while they get on with it. I am whinging, I know I am - am considering starting an AIBU thread but probably feeling too low for the likely battering I'll get so might just hide out in the priest hole for a while.

MIL is v. helpful, honest - and couldn't do enough for us - but that is actually half the problem, she just bloody takes over. It is a stroke of luck that she didn't turn up with another frigging guineapig (they didn't have any in the shop) to "surprise" me - I like to choose my own, thanks! Am I really being ungrateful, or is it normal to feel completely undermined and as though I might as well not be here?

Today's effort was planting trees - me and MrThumb had had a discussion about where they should go, with much pointing-out on my part that you can't plant them too close to other trees (they are similar to leylandii cyprus trees) or to each other or to any structure. So: they are planted about 2ft apart, with 2 of them being under the branches of 2 other trees and within a foot of the boundary fence. Am feeling completely disregarded, as if opinion matters not at all - if MIL says it's ok then it obviously is, notwithstanding anything I might have said because I am:
a) not Australian
b) not his mother
c) not owner of the property (therefore can't put foot down about damage liability)
d) not contributing financially to anything

I just wanted to go home today - not unpack any more boxes, just repack the ones that have been unpacked and go back to the UK. Instead I made shortbread with miniThumb.

There, I feel a tad better after that rant. Sorry gang!

Congratulations to all you organised Christmas shoppers. I've done quite a bit - some areas are now out of bounds to MBBaby - but still some way to go. The only thing MBBloke wants for Christmas, apparently, is a jar of chutney.

Oh dear, Thumb, that does sound very trying and (although you're not asking here) I don't think it's unreasonable at all to feel undermined and ignored. Do you think MrThumb has always been under his mama's spell or is it the novelty of being on the same continent again? I can't really suggest anything as my MIL was rather different in her style - wanted us to do everything for her, rather than do everything for us. But I do think all relationships between adult men (in fact, probably, all adult people) and their mothers are a little strange - it's just the nature of the strangeness which varies from relationship to relationship and, of course, no DIL is ever quite objective about her MIL.

Anyway, here's Mellors to give you a comforting back, neck and shoulder massage.

Ta, MadBad - MrThumb has always been very clear that he is "mummy's special boy", which he is - but he's not a mummy's boy per se, iyswim. Part of the issue is that she owns this house; it was rented out until last October but since then she has been in the habit of coming over to keep it ticking over - and she doesn't seem able (or appear to want to) stop doing the tickover work, despite the fact that we are here now and I could quite easily (and happily) do it myself, thank you very much. But am not given the option - she has done it before I know and MrT won't say anything to her for fear of hurting her feelings (and tbh, I don't know how I could say "look, I feel like a lodger in my own home, could you please back off and let me do my own work?" without hurting her feelings either ) So I am stuck with resenting her doing it but not knowing how to stop it.

Mellors, you really have magical hands.. ooh, yes, that's right... just a bit lower, that's it...

Large cups of tea for those feeling like s**t, which includes me.
Long story, can't say what it is, but I'd like a refund on today please.