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CaptainDippy · 09/12/2009 20:01

That ok!!?

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Sexonlegs · 10/01/2010 21:56

Evening loves

I was a bit harsh The in-laws were fine - I just wasn't in the mood, but it was actually better than expected.

Anyway, Luce, lovely to see you. Glad things seem to be so settled and positive. Long may it last!

Eddas, hope you are ok. I think it is so important to let it all out, and you lovely ladies are the perfect audience.

SB, thank you

Bramshott, what are you doing for N's 7th birthday? B has said she wants a pool party this year.

Hey Oooggs, any news on school being open/shut down there?

SPB, how are you doing? You haven't been on much lately.

Hope everyone else is ok.

All fine here. Just doing the mountain of ironing [yawn]

Night all. xx

ScarletBandit · 11/01/2010 09:32

Good morning all

Well, the snow came to nothing here so ds has gone to school and F is in playgroup and I have a couple of hours of precious quiet time. Feel a bit bunged up today, and have a headache, so am glad of the peace!
More heavy snow forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday but am hoping they have got that wrong too!

SOL, glad the inlaws were ok

Luce, lovely to hear from you, and glad to know things are working out well x

Bramshott · 11/01/2010 09:45

N back at school this morning - hurray! Off to pre-school for O's first session in a mo.

SOL - we are doing a "crafts and movie party" - 9 6/7-year old girls at home, making various bits from the Yellow Moon catalogue and then watching Mamma Mia . The first time she's had a party at home since she was 2 - am I mad?!?

ScarletBandit · 11/01/2010 11:53

That sounds great Bramshott! A fab girly party. I had a nose at your pics on FB too, love the boat sledge! You have had loads more snow than we have had here. It is actually snowing now, despite the forecast telling me that we weren't getting any more until tomorrow

oooggs · 11/01/2010 19:34

no snow here so schools all open as normal , they are shut further down the county though

James was invested in Beavers this evening!

CaptainDippy · 11/01/2010 21:48

You are not mad Bramshott. You are brave!! I booked DD1's 6th (how did that happen!!?) party today - At the local leisure centre, bouncy castle, usual sort of thing .... Should be fun. She wants a "Princesses / Pirates / Princes / Knights type theme. Deary me.

Nice to "see" you Luce!!

I can identify with a lot of what you put Eddas. you are certainly not alone in feel how you feel. Parenting young children can feel like a bit of a desert.

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Bramshott · 12/01/2010 10:28

Also meant to say - hurrah - O liked pre-school! She painted two "snowy pictures" and wants to go again !

ScarletBandit · 12/01/2010 14:48

Glad she enjoyed Bramshott

I am sat here waiting for the heavy snow that has been forecast, and nothing. It is very cloudy, but then it's been like that all day.

Took F to GP this morning and she has another chest infection so more antibiotics. She is sleeping on the sofa just now, but I will have to wake her to go and pick up ds from school.

Bramshott · 13/01/2010 09:23

Oh shit - snowed in again!! School bizarrely is open (only one round here which is!) but taxi is not coming, and there's no way I can get her there .

How's everyone else?

ScarletBandit · 13/01/2010 13:04

Lots of snow here overnight, about 4-5 inches I think.
No school for ds so we have built a snowman and had a snowball fight (as you have to do when it snows!). We were out there about an hour, but then it just got too cold, and F was moaning she was freezing so we all came back in again! It looks like it's thawing out quite a lot already too so I guess it isn't going to last too long.

Eddas · 13/01/2010 21:33

evening

Thank you for all the support since my depressing post the other day. I think it's good that i'm realising what's wrong. Stress is the key and I need to avoid it. I thought I didn't like to have plans, but turns out I do

more snow here today too but dd's school opened I did have to collect her early as they decided at 11.45 to shut at 1, cheers for that! Takes me and hour to get from work, via CM to pick ds up, drive to school then walk up the road to the school. and when I got there the snow'd stopped and the roads around school were fine, go figure

still meant I left work early

I did have a completely pointless hour this evening, dd was supposed to start gymnastics, all arranged by dh, anyway I turn up where he said to go, a large secondary school. i've never really been there before, ask a few people where to go and they look at me blankly. Ring dh as he went to school there, he doesn't know so I get the number for lady who runs it from dh who is now at home, by this time i'd been faffing around about half an hour and i'm starting to get pissed off, so ring lady who informs me (a) they cancelled tonight's class, I apparently am not on the list to call and (b) it's not at the f*&^ing school anymore oh no, haven't been there in over 2 years!!

it only happens to me!

On a brighter note I won an MN competition yesterday and my diet is going well. I lost 6lbs last week

Bramshott · 14/01/2010 14:44

Hurrah - my thermal vests from Marks & Spencers have arrived! Does that mean I am officially middle-aged?!

oooggs · 14/01/2010 20:08

eddas - well done on the comp - what did you win???

bramshott - middle aged? nah old!!

Dippy - wow 6!!!

glad no snow doen 'ere so school & nursery all fine

CaptainDippy · 14/01/2010 20:44

Yey to competition and diet Eddas - concentrate on those

Yep, oooggs, SIX!!! Doesn't seem even vaguely possible!!!!!

Enjoyed the snow; but very glad it has rained and is no longer visible on the Sunny South Coast!!

Right, plenty to do .....

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Eddas · 14/01/2010 21:15

bramshott, yep very middle-aged I'm going to invest in some nice thick socks and have recently bought wellies, my first pair since about age 10 so I now feel alot more mature the wellies are rainbow coloured though so not that mature

The competition I won was the BIC explorer pack one(6 of us won) we get an explorer pack with a load of BIC stationery a vtech kids camera and also, the best bit £600 in Halfords vouchers to be spent on bikes and accessories, so that's the kids bdays sorted, yipee! and DH is majorly into his bikes atm so he's been searching the Halfords site to work out how to spend it all

The snow here is begining to melt. The car park I work in is a total ice rink though. Council run so doubt it'll get cleared!

Bramshott · 14/01/2010 21:18

Oooh, wellies - that's one of my purchases for tomorrow when I am FINALLY GOING OUT!!!

Oooggs - old? moi?

Bramshott · 14/01/2010 21:19

Competition sounds great Eddas!

oooggs · 14/01/2010 21:33

eddas - thats fab

now wellies!! - mine are white with coloured hearts over them - very stylish I was bought wellies warmers {fleecy liners for wellies} for my birthday last month - now that is old Bramshott

Eddas · 14/01/2010 21:50

I know, I kept grinning like a cheshire cat when I got the email!! I didn't realise at first i'd got one of the main prizes, just thought I'd got the stationery and camera!!

wellie warmers sound like something I need if you told me ten years ago i'd be buying wellies rather than a 'going out' top i'd have laughed at you!!

and to clarify my last post I don't work in a car park, I meant the car park I use when I go to work

CaptainDippy · 15/01/2010 10:26

How fabulous Eddas - Nice One!!

I have wellies with a funky Paisley design on them!!

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phdlife · 15/01/2010 10:30

hello you lovely ladies

I'm guessing you don't want to hear about the weather here?

CaptainDippy · 15/01/2010 12:31

No. No we don't :-p How's it going PhD? Good to "see" you!!

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CaptainDippy · 16/01/2010 11:01

New Thread

Thought it was about time

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Sexonlegs · 16/01/2010 11:06

Morning loves

Just popping on; will be back later when him indoors is out biking!!

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