May 2007 - I beg of you... Come out, come out wherever you are Scoot.

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Now where are you Scoot?

Poor Lucy.

The vomit has eased up here. Til the next one gets it.

Dsis has been rushed into hospital to have her appendix out, poor thing.

I had a haircut and now I am a bit fluffy. At least now I have got rid of that chavvy brown streak

Oh and J has had dry nappies for 3 nights in a row, so tonight he is going nappy-less I've only just got ds1 out of night nappies..... Will J ever poo in the toilet though??

SOH - have you tried Asda/Sainsbo's ? I know Asda had some last year. Matalan/Peacocks also worth a go perhaps. Otherwise, if you can bear it, car boot sales are great for finding things. We've just had one and sold loads of stuff for stupid prices

Seth and Rufus would make up our top 5 names - but DH not so keen on Seth and I'm not convinced about Rufus. I love Gil but do have reservations about Gilbert - but can't think of anything else it could be short for ?

Giles (brief pause to think about Giles Coren. Mmm...)
Gilligan
Gilmore
Gillies

Gil is okay on its own, is a Greek name but I quite like Gilbert actually. I love Rufus too but Seth's a favourite- love the Jewish long name Sethula- along with Barnaby, Inigo and Silas.

I'll try the supermarkets. I've never been to a car boot sale. SIL keeps trying to convince me to go to one.

Poor Lucy and your dsis tmam.

I agree, Gil on it's own is cool. Rufus has always been a personal favourite, but dh wouldn't go for it.

SOH I had one of those sleepy suits kicking around, obviously not much use for us, let me see what size it is....

RUFUS pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

I love it. Bluebell would have been a Rufus if orange haired and male. Otherwise she was going to be Wolf Alexander

Linus is top on my list too. I know a little Seth, very sweet.

Giles and Guy also great.

Poor dsis TMAM hope she get's better soon.

AM poor little Lucy Let's hope the BF wards it off a bit.

Jam did you win????

SOH what size for Tilda? Great email btw. Am saving it

Bluebell keeps standing up against stuff, turns round and tries to walk off. Flat on her face every single time. Muppet.

What about Gideon? Also cool. Ludo nice too.

I could talk names all day.

Ludo?

Gideon is nice too... as is Gabriel. I suspect we are not helping much.

at Bluebell almost walking.

I like Gideon. Giles just makes me think of Giles Brandeth (sp?) [showing my age emoticon]. Guy was my first boss' name and he, for example, was a twat. Linus makes me think of the weird one in Lost. Talking of which, my friend has just had a boy and called him Sawyer James. I'm hoping assuming she is not a Lost fan.

Rufus is fab but Til has a little friend who is Rufus. DH's cousin has a Rufus and my best friend's cat is also Rufus. Also think it might be a bit "red themed" with Scarlett.

I wonder if we could do Gil on its own ....... DH is very keen - he thinks it sounds like a downhill mountain biker's name

So is Bluebell officially Bluebell India now ??

Hope Lucy gets over snuffles soon AM and Dsis is ok TMAM

I see Gil as being an outdoor sporty type, a downhill biker fits nicely.

SOH, I have found a fleecy thingy, it says size 2 but is ENORMOUS so will put J in it tomorrow and see if it fits him. If it fits him, it will fit any child.

What are you so excited about ginny? The email? Or the links?

Gil's either a snowboarder or a downhill biker. My friend who is both is an Ed. Same kind of name. Don't think Brandreth, think Coren although I rather like Giles Brandreth, is good r4 fodder even if he is a raging Tory. Ludo's the dopey hairy thing out of the Labyrinth. May as well call your child Hoggle.

Wolf is a blardy brilliant name. I love it, another MNer had a Wolf and was slated but gawd it's a brilliant name.

TMAM, don't worry about sending it. Me and ginny are coming to yours for Christmas. Did we not mention it? She is a 2-3 albeit a tall one.

Bluebell, walking? Lord above.

Apologies for the hijack Tily - Pic on profile for you

ooooh geordie - you look fantastic - beautiful flowers, stunning dress. How'd it all go ??

It went absolutely perfectly. Couple of near misses 2 days before but the whole weekend was perfect. Off to NYC on Friday. - Have just added a couple more

Ooh an interloper. A beautiful one but an interloper nonetheless. You looked lovely geordie (how cute is your ds btw?). Can I share a picture of my wedding too?

We're definitely trying to save for NYC next year. It's our 5th wedding anniversary and my 30th so a double celebration of how old and infirm we're becoming and how little we look like our wedding pictures today. Apart from the one linked above, that's a very good likeness for me.

Hello all..have I missed much?

Sorry to have been AWOL but have been thinking of you all as ever..

Things have been crummy chez Scoot hence not being on here.FIL was diagnosed with lung cancer and had a big operation.It went well but it looks like he had a stroke when he was coming round and now he doesnt recognise anyone.Poor DH is not in a good way.

I have been laid up with stomach again.Work has been poor as someone is trying to sue me (they are claiming injury through faulty equipment which isnt true but is still a hassle)

On the bright side L has started nursery and LOVES it, (and I am loving the style wars at the school gates on the two days I drop her off-hilarious-its a relatively posh school and everyone comes in full makeup and boden/toast/designer get up.What they make of me in my Primar-ni who knows? One said that I looked quite 'rock n roll' the other day which I giggled at)

M is still a lunatic but is very gorgeous.She wont sleep in her own bed though and comes in with us most nights and wriggles which drives me up the wall and means we get no sleep.

In other news my curtain pole has just spontaneously fallen out of the wall bringing a good deal of plaster with it.If I dont look at it do you think it will magically replace itself?It looks expensive (from the corner of my eye)
I am off sick BTW..Not at work today as have a charming ear infection which makes it v. hard to stand up straight.I BEG OF YOU!

ps.Think have persuaded my 10 yr old nephew to come stand in Leicester square with me for the New Moon premiere on the 20th November.We will surely get on telly and I will get to kiss Robert Pattinson!

Oh Scoot. I've been assuming up until now that you're not here because you've won the lottery and you're off in the tropics with Robert Pattinson as your personal slave.

I'm so sorry about FIL. What is the prognosis? Strokes are cruel things. Your poor dh.

And poorly again/still? Dear Lord woman, you need a very, very, very long holiday.

at looking rock n roll. Somebody at a craft fair (entire families sponsored by Boden, braying loudly about Tarquin's violin recital) told me I was 'colourful' last week with this face. I choked her to death on my patchouli-scented patchwork shawl.

Right, we need to talk. I read Twilight you know after you obsessed about it recommended it. It's utter crap Scoot. Did you have a fever when you read it? Let me precis the whole crap thing for you:

Ooh you're nice if a little cross
I'm a vampire
Oh are you?
I probably want to kill you
Oh lovely, aren't you cold
I'm 100 years old and want to bite your neck
I like your eyes
I'm a vampire you know
Can I be a vampire?
No, I'm leaving
Oh that's a shame, oh look a werewolf

Oh look I've had a half vampire baby, shall we call it a normal name or shall we invent something a la Tits and Andre?

It's interminable.

Being sued, eh? I do understand why people feel the need to blame people when things go wrong but I beg of you...

Are you staying with us?

Oh and in terms of what you've missed: several seasons.

Tils - doesn't Gil remind you of Byker Grove? Remember, the dangerous, edgy one????

Love you, Scoot. Did you find me any boots yet?

Ghostwriter - beautiful pic. I'm a kind of inter-loper, I am on April 07 thread, but ds was born 4/5/07 so really this is my spritual home

Yes but note how you thought it was dreadful and yet read all 4 books.Didnt you fall in love with Edward just a teeny bit? Come on now.I wont tell anyone.
One cant read classics all the time or one would start saying things like 'one' when referring to themselves.

FIL is physically in good shape but mentally is not good.Its like he had an op and woke up with moderate dementia.Very distressing for DH and family as they expected him to be poorly physcally but had no expectation that he would be altered mentally.Plus they've no experience of dealing with dementia sufferers so its shocking to them in other ways-they just dont know how to talk to him now.I obviouslly work with this so am maybe not as phased by that side of things but is still so awful.I dont know what to say to DH at all and he is internalising hugely then getting very cross about other things as a (not very good) way of coping.

Injury lawyers 4 u have got a lot to answer for.Tossers.

My sickness record is not good tis true.If I had been born in Edwardian times I would've been better off as I could have had a nap after luncheon and never done anything more taxing than dead heading the roses but as it is I just work like mad and get ill, work like mad and get ill.Hey ho (Funny how when I picture myself in Edwardian times its always as very wealthy )You can tell am off sick as have been watching lots of period drama (and Twilight of course)

I am staying.If you'll have me.

Yes but note how you thought it was dreadful and yet read all 4 books.Didnt you fall in love with Edward just a teeny bit? Come on now.I wont tell anyone.
One cant read classics all the time or one would start saying things like 'one' when referring to themselves.

FIL is physically in good shape but mentally is not good.Its like he had an op and woke up with moderate dementia.Very distressing for DH and family as they expected him to be poorly physcally but had no expectation that he would be altered mentally.Plus they've no experience of dealing with dementia sufferers so its shocking to them in other ways-they just dont know how to talk to him now.I obviouslly work with this so am maybe not as phased by that side of things but is still so awful.I dont know what to say to DH at all and he is internalising hugely then getting very cross about other things as a (not very good) way of coping.

Injury lawyers 4 u have got a lot to answer for.Tossers.

My sickness record is not good tis true.If I had been born in Edwardian times I would've been better off as I could have had a nap after luncheon and never done anything more taxing than dead heading the roses but as it is I just work like mad and get ill, work like mad and get ill.Hey ho (Funny how when I picture myself in Edwardian times its always as very wealthy )You can tell am off sick as have been watching lots of period drama (and Twilight of course)

I am staying.If you'll have me.

Am going to do some serious interweb searching this aft Pink.

Geordie - fab pics. DS is a stunner. Didn't realise he was a May baby (dd is 2/5/07)

Lovely to see you back Scoot. Sorry you're ill and so about FIL.

PJ - didn't really watch Byker Grove (apart from to see who Charley was because everyone at school said I looked like her ). Are you sorted on names yet ?

DH has gone off to get me my new car today - we'll be needing one we can get three car seats in so I am reluctantly becoming an MPV driver .

I've also had a physio recommended to me to hopefully sort out my pelvic pain. A support belt and crutches are all very well but when it takes 20 mins and a lot of tears to get out of bed and to the loo in the next room at 3am, then something needs to be done

Still no poos on potty here....

You assume I've read them all. Maybe I read 1.5 of them and read the rest in synopsis on Wikipedia... And no I am not on Team Edward. He's a brute. I'm on Team MeyerWhatWereYouThinking. Do you want to read some decent vampire fic? Ann Rice woman. Have you seen any of True Blood yet?

Geordie, don't you go claiming spiritual home. You don't write, you don't phone. We're here day in day out making the best of our lives and you're off posting on another thread. Pah!

Poor dh scoot. Is there anybody he will talk to? I would imagine he's scared, angry, confused, lonely, grieving and all manner of things besides. You can only offer an ear and then wait I suppose. It's a terrible shock. The same thing happened to DH's grandmother coming round from an operation and nobody could handle it, sat in silence with her and she faded away.

So, where's MKG then?

Oooh a new car! I ask for a new car on average, every 45 seconds. I ask for a new house in between that. And about every half an hour I ask if I can start my mat leave next week. Dh is becoming very tired of me.

I am so for you re the SPD. Hopefully the physio will be able to help.

We are sorted, yes. Our ds will be called Lucas. We are to-ing and fro-ing on the middle name at the moment, I like William but dh not keen. A refers to him by name, which is completely adorable.