Zappatas...over here!!!

[Dropdeadfred]

we got to 1000 again....made me reminisce about our original thread all those months ago

do I look like I'm bovvered?

I mean look at this face... is it bovvered? is it? is it?

Is it wrong to leave 2 babies crying in their cot while I eat a sandwich and chat to my teenage pals?

nope

only if you're counting how many bottles of white lightning and packs of B&H their child benefit will buy this week, whilst typing...

Funnily enough was just looking at my new statement of child benefit. Why do second and subsequent children get LESS? DS1 gets £18 something but DTs get £12 something each. Ah well, not like I put it into an account for them anyway, I spend it all on meeeeeeeeeee (prefer diamond white / thunderbird tho)

and when I was a teenager, it wasn't B & H, it was JPS - do they even still make JPS? hey ho!

re: child benefit, I think it's because with that extra £6 a week, you can buy cots, pushchairs, beds etc that you can then use on the other children so you don't need it for the younger ones.

Hmmm, what about if you have TWINS and need two of everything? Hmmmm, I ask you. Who makes up these rules? Grrr.

Both babies in bed. There is silence. Not for long I am sure.

I have never smoked [smug] but have not heard of JPS. But maybe they were before my time .

lol

oh yeah, JPS and we used to smoke them whilst we were waiting for the teddy boys to take us to the hop. Twas a shocking change when the world stopped being black & white, I can tell you.

Now, when I was your age....

Squonk you are very witty. Perhaps you have missed your calling. Tis no longer silent here. DD is wailing.

It's funny whenever a baby is crying and we are not in the same room as them, I say to DS1 "who's crying" and he always knows which one it is! Even when I am sometimes wrong he is always right. He gets so excited when he sees them each morning, bless him. It will soon wear off.

Really wanting a drink. Is 3pm too early?

of water...no.
of white lightning...probably...

Squonk is definitely witty...makes up for not having that dewy youthful look eh Squonk?

Squonk still looks younger than me despite her advancing years. I have grey skin now. I really ought to be lying down now, but I am enjoying chatting.

Think I will have a cup of tea and a glass of water and wait til 4pm for the Jack Daniels.

Have got my tea, but am drinking it out of my YummyMummy mug and think perhaps I ought to put it into retirement for a few months. Hope I can look respectable on 30 May. I guarantee all three DCs will be up all night on 29 May just to make me look shocking.

Ooooh, 29 May is the day I found out I was pg last year!!!

Must get out my wedding dress and see how much weight I need to lose if I want to wear it on 30 May.

wohoo JD!!! you have spent the Child Benefit haven't you?

Squonky does have a very young look...my skin is treated from the inside with oil (on fih and chips etc) rather than the more expensive outside moisturising option...

LOL Fred . Mine too, but with butter!

Just realised poor DS2 is due a feed, I was pretending I couldn't hear him crying . I am such a bad mother.

Wonder where our dewy youthful marmitey friend is today. And Phono. Too busy for the Zappatas ????????

they've probably gone to buy some hoodies and listen to a mosquito or something

some people moisturise from the oustide? are you sure? next you'll be telling me that they eat steamed vegetables instead of deep fried

now, where did I put my crocheting? I saw a pattern for a lovely twinset...

egg - whilst it is probably a little early to put ds2 on a diet, I wouldn't worry about missing his feed too much - I assume you've now remembered and are feeding him?

Phono and marmite are probably on their way home from school now

Squonk...rubbsh steaming veg..dip them n batter and call it tempura...posh sounding deepfried nosh

now that's an idea for tea

actually, we're having steak & kidney puddings a la northern bint

hmmmmmmmmmmm i love steak and kidney...

I'll send you some in the post

when the young-uns get here, tell them they'll be grounded next time they come into the thread so late

I have to go and start trying to make it look like I've been doing housework all day... perhaps a couple of beads of oil on my forehead to look like sweat?

see ya tomorrow

that's right leave ME on homework duty again...

I was hoping to go crown green bowling with the meals on wheels girls...now I'm stuck here whilst you're scoffing snae and pygmy

tmi alert - I have just nearly wet myself ready what you lot have been up to today, dialogue twas very funny and cheered me up immensly on a sad day in the marmite family.

I am 31 and a bit (32 on 17th April) but thanks for the youthful dewy glowing comments

Official zappata fingers crossed session for marmites SIL xx