I shall call him Shiney and he shall be mine and he shall be my Shiney. Come on, little Shiney. [stung by jellyfish] Ow! Bad Shiney, bad Shiney!

[mittz]

Hello.

I am Mittz.

Today, I am mostly eating....Granola...

Oh now I wish I was coming, but there is no way

Behave badly, eh? Chat up waiters and drink cocktails.

Like you wouldn't anyway...

That waiter was gay. We weren't chatting him up.

He was never gay???!!

I like to be prepared, get ahead and know what the plan is at least six months ahead if I can

He never accepted my friend request, I wonder why

Lizzy, is there no way you can get there?

did he sign up to worship twc? he was mighty impressed by the badges.

No Bella, unfortunately not.
Ne'er mind, I want all the gossip afterwards though!

Evening all.

Yank I will join you in the putting on half a stone club

So my 3 point breakfast is stewing on the hob and have tried to cut out bread, just cooked a Thai green curry.

Oh now very that you are all meeting up before hand.

Fanny, can you not come too? It would be great to meet you.

not that it will make you and yank feel better but I have put on a full stone
I have decided I need less cheese and comfort food, need more sleep, need less caffine, need more dirty dreams

Yes, dirty dreams are fabulous DEM

Fanny, where are the pics of your pond?? I am dying to see.

I am skating tomo, so there should be some lovely ones tomorrow night. hockey boys hve training after public session

Has anyone else notice the air is smelling lovely and autumnal atm. makes me :) not sure i like the getting dark early thing though.

Five pretty please pickies of the pond.

Oh had a thought. we planning on doing secret santa again this year?

arghghh

i caught the D&V bug from DS and was up most of the night exploding from both ends. On the bright side I have quickly shed 4.5lbs or so. And we have a very clean sink and toilet as DH cleaned up after my 'incidents'. Can't imagine what his sleep study monitor will show!

Was supposed to be back at work today but obviously didn't go. Think I'll phone in tomorrow as well, I feel shite and wiped out. DS's joint birthday party with another little girl is on Saturday and I have to make cupcakes and do the food for the adults (not preparing, just buying at Costco).

Sorry not to catch up much, am technically on my course now, just taking a break from the e-learning.

jet, yay car!

bella, glad they're taking it all seriously.

hope you feel better soon.

You dirty girl DEM

Secret Santa sounds good!

Oh Yank, hope you feel better soon.

tis not good bella, thanks for asking. Tears every day, phone call after phone call school to me/ me to school. If i am honest, i think it is a bit self-fulfilling at the moment, she thinks she is going to struggle, therefore she does. And i feel like a complete failure cos i dont know how to deal with it - and very responsible for it, as (you may not know this....) i am quite an anxious person myself

They are now talking about moving her up a set again. The only reason they keep doing this is because the higher the set, the quieter the class, and junior needs the quiet. But, she then stresses over the level of the work - which she is capable of doing, if given extra time to understand it/ actually complete it. This was mentioned today, yet yesterday head of year suggested to me moving her down a complete pathway I just dont think they know what to do with her. Still, the lady from CAMHS is lovely, and is insisting on arranging a meeting between various people, instead of just me and head of year. All i know is, if things go on like this, she will get to the point again where she refuses to go. And it pisses me off, as unlike before, she does actually want to go to school.

If anyone has any ideas, feel free to share

DEM - i really hope we do the secret santa this year, but maybe with a bigger budget?

sorry Yank - hope you feel better soon. And i hope the sleep study goes well - when he gets his results we can compare notes if you like

Actually i need to arrange one for myself, as i havent had one since i lost some weight - although given the rate i seem to be putting it back on (a stone from when i was at my lightest) i dont think there is any hurry. I really need to start exercising again - am looking forward to getting the car, as i can start going on my favourite walks again. The treadmill has become a little boring

Oh Jet, poor Junior. Hope you get it sorted, sounds like your CAMSH is great though.

Yank, you poor thing! Hope you're OK soon.

Bella, meant to say, am glad it's all been sorted for DS1, school sound clued up.

Secret Santa a good idea yes, Dirty Gertie DEM.

Off to bed soon I think, am shattered. Has been a full on week.

for those of us who are not going on the big meet, would anyone fancy meeting up for a daytime mini-meet?

Sounds like she needs the extra boost of confidence to believe in herself that she can do the higher set work. Quieter class sounds ideal. Hope it gets sorted out for you and for her.

DH asked if I would like a spin bike, but to enjoy it I really need to do a class rather than do it on my own.

tbh jet - i liked the fact it was a small budget as we had to be inventive, but agree making it a little higher might be good. working on a very very very tight budget atm so would appreciate that it not be hiked too much. Suspect that there might be others in money restrictive position too so budget would need to be carefully considered.

just to clarify I was not being literal with the mantra, just figurative. still.

where were you thinking re mini meet jet?

Thanks Lizzy.

Hello. Had to check calendar as logged on and see talk of Santa, ffs.
Feeling for your toilet problems Yank. Hope it's at an end. The stuff that has been coming from DS's bottom is particularly noxious at the moment. I threw away two pairs of his pants in Pizza Express today, as they were simply too dirty for me to take home!
Bet you're glad I'm back, and sharing

Bugger, hope Trills doesn't see BUT

Lovely to see you gorgeous Iggi.