40+ Yummy Mummies :-)

[mrsboogie]

mornin' ladies

and the conversation continues...

Chefs: -

Kill - Sandra Lee (be glad if you don't know who she is.)

Shag - James Martin

Marry - Nigel Slater

lilibet I meant to ask how you felt your decision was going to go; the hospital route or let nature do it's thing. It sounds as though things are taking a natural course. I'm not an expert in these matters as I've had just the one MC (that was enough), but the symptoms sound familiar If it gets too much ring the EPU again or at least get your GP out to you and don't suffer in silence. You don't get a prize for being stoic (hug)

I always had Nigel Slater down as the Alan Bennett of the cooking world

I wonder if Heston Blumental is into kinky sex?

Gordon just looks like he needs a wash and I bet he has a very small willy as well. No idea why I think that but his face tells me he isn't hung like a donkey.

If Gary Rhodes isn't gay I'll show my backside on the town hall steps!

I quite like the irish one as well...hmm...whissiname? Ian Rankine? John Tarode has completely let himself go...a few years back he was nice.

And JC Novelle looks like he'd be very naughty between the sheets. I think it's his eyes...a bit like MP White's. Don't ask the logic behind this as there is none!

Freezing cold up north again today. Still, clear skies and no rain (yet) or worse, snow.

Busy day y'day with both my sons either here or visiting them plus DSS in tow. DS#2 has grown yet again and although he's not a giant at 5' 8", he's towering above my 5' 1". I'm starting to feel like one of those shrinking old ladies in fact my kids keep asking me if I'm shrinking yet

Going back to the Ramsay story, just reading up on the DM website, the mistress doesn't look that fab (as I always imagine famous people go for - check out her profile nose shot and yes, think Gonzo) and I think his wife is actually more attractive. And how do you apply for the job as 'professional mistress'?

Meant to say lilibet your pics are lovely. Only just seen them.

Bet the little ginger one with the cutie smile will break a few hearts.

JW you mean Paul Rankin. Ian Rankin writes books!

And Paul Rankin is so busy being on TV he's closing all but one of his restaurants in Northern Ireland. Simon and I ate at his Cayenne Restaurant on our anniversary. He's a Belfast boy!

lol@Ian Rankin...yep, not long ago read one of his books...haha! Of course it's Paul Rankin. Durr to me.

oooh never heard of the Sandra Lee person tee but speaking of annoying American cheffy types the one that really gets my goat is the Barefoot Contessa - Ina Garten? she is huge and yet all her recipes seem to be based on things to do with cream cheese!

And the annoying UK ones - Ainsley takes some beating!

I have a very naughty boy on my hands here - D has now decided to stop feeding in the mornings. Yesterday and Friday he wouldn't take more than an ounce at a go and only got interested in feeding towards evening - and only take a full bottle in the night. Looks like today will be the same. He looks perfectly fine though so I'm sure he isn't sickening for something - he just seems to lose interest in his bottle after about 5 mins.

mrsb if it's any consolation, K hardly has anything during the day...she had 2 ounces at 7 am and just now at 11.15am had a further 3 ounces and that'll keep her going until about 2pm. Come evening when the creature of the night emerges and she'll guzzle until she physically is sick (reflux doesn't help here). I wouldn't worry about Darragh not feeding. He'll let you know when he wants his bottle.

It's a pain in the neck though for me (and for you probably) making up bottle after bottle and chucking away the best part of a bottle as you can't save the milk.

Btw, Ainsley is also in my 'kill' category with AWT.

oh it is a shocking waste considering the cost of it. I'm not worried as he seems fine and he obviously doesn't need any more than he is taking but he has only started doing it in the last few days. K's consumption sounds about the same as his.

I have a suspicion that he loses interest in his bottle during he day as he gets distracted - he would stare at the telly all day if he was let and refuses point blank to be held in any kind of "cradling" fashion - will roar until you let him sit on the end of your knee so he can look around the room. He has just been sat on my lap for an hour watching the plasterer at work. He has perfect control of his head and neck muscles can hold his head perfectly still for any amount of time. Not sure of that is normal for a ten week old but I have a sneaking suspicion that he has the makings of a proper little terror!!

Off to Ikea in Leeds now - I may be some time

mrsb K is getting there with her neck but I have to sit perched on the edge of the sofa to feed her so that she can see the tv (a telly addict in the making obviously like Darragh). She's not really awake that much in the daytime apart from feeding/watching tv.

Just going to look for the scratch mitts which I haven't used so far but despite cutting her nails the other day, she's managed to look as though she was the warm up woman for the Rickie Hatton fight on Saturday

Have fun in Ikea. OOOh I'd love to go out shopping. Ikea at this time of the year always looks so festive and I love the smell of the food and coffee as it wafts by.....I'm buried under a small hillock of orders today so won't be going anywhere

Afternoon all. Gosh - celeb chefs do indeed push our buttons! Hahaha LOL@jws observation re Nigel Slater & Alan Bennett And how could I have forgotten JC Nouvelle.....MMMmmmm, delicious....slightly slimey in a French way but with a naughty enoguh gleam in his eye to get away with it

So of mrsB casually hot-footing it to IKEA. Really want some things from there (love the kiddies bed linen) but the thought of driving to Brent Cross - or Milton Keynes, leaves me wanting to shove rusty forks into my eyes

Yeah, Ramsay's lover is no looker! And is wife is a fine looking woman and probably very lovely too. Mind you, as someone on another thread on MN said....I wonder if this mistress will now have a 'sexually transmitted ability to cook' now - seeing as Tana Ramsay seems to be bringing out cook books and on tv lots.

Two grumpy snotty children today and pretty much the same for DP who has now succumbed to the nasty bug. Guess who's gonna be doing all the work in this house for the next few days

OOOoo, forgot to say HI lilibet was just thinking about you - so I'm sending over good vibes and (((hugs))) and some cake.

JW I think a grassy knoll of orders sounds marvellous on a budget day.

lilibet I loved your wedding pics. You looked gorgeous, as did your lovely children. Will have to make a special effort to try and create a profile page, though don't hold your breath.

Can I kill Ainsley and Gary Rhodes please? I was never a big fan of GR but after watching him on Strictly I developed an intense hatred of him. Just thinking about him makes me shudder.

Shag would be Jean-Christophe, with that accent he could just talk my knickers down!

Marry, hmmm, Marcus Wareing or maybe Atul Kochhar. Couldn't marry anyone without a Michelin star! Plus DH proposed to me in Atul Kochhar's fab restaurant Benares.

Michael McIntyre was fab by the way. Luckily I'd worn waterproof mascara as I had tears streaming down my cheeks for most of the show.

Quite full on here before we went out as Grace had been to Brent Cross shopping centre with 4 friends (all 11-12) and one of them had stolen a book from WH Smiths. DH picked them up and overheard a whispered conversation between 2 of them so we confronted her about it. She denied it at first (ring any bells lilibet?) but then burst into tears and told the truth. Apparently one other girl has told her mum but I don't know whether to mention it to the 2 other mums that I know. Have never met the shoplifter's mum!

jeanjeannie let me know if you do ever fancy a trip to the Wembley Ikea as we could meet up and eat meatballs

I love Michael McIntyre ladymac. He is just so up my street and if he could run a restaurant, I'd let him sleep with me

Sorry to hear the lurgy has spread to everyone JJ Plenty of liquids, calpol (6+ for OH) and rest. Sounds like you'll be doing the donkey work, yep. Was the same here when DH has the 4 day migraine. But we are soldiers and also martyrs to the cause so we grin and bear it (through gritted teeth I might add).

Ah ladymac the joys of teenagers (well, in your case tweenagers). I had to give my 17yo son a lecture of arriving home in a drunken state not remembering how he got there I'm sure you've already been there yourself.

ladymac glad the comedy was indeed funny...horrah for waterproof mascara

Gosh - shoplifting good that Grace can confide in you both - albeit after having a good cry. It's a lot for a youngster to carry a secret like that on their shoulders.

I am HUGELY of you eating out at Atul Kochhar's place. I'm waiting for my bessie mate to come back over from Dubai so I can take her there as a pressie she's a veggie with a passion of Indian - so I'm assuming there is going to be plenty of choice. LOL @at refusing to marry anyone without a Mich Star !!!

I shall give you a shout when IKEA Wembley looms in the new year....I love meatballs....definately Micheline Star-worthy

A star is due to Elizabeth, who kept her hearing aids in for 3 hours this morning, 2 of which were at deaf playgroup. BTW, deaf playgroup is lovely, especially singing time where they sign all the songs as well as singing them. At the Christmas do there will be a signing Santa

Must get off my ever expanding backside now and go and bake something with 5 over-ripe bananas as have friend coming for a cuppa and only have boring Digestives in the biscuit tin.

Oooh ladymac banana and walnut cake - lovely!! Aren't teenagers a bloody nightmare a challenge?. I am loosing a teenager in December tho' when dd turns 20, but ds1 who is 15 has been a teenager for over a decade. And at you eating at Atul Kochar's. And a huge hug for Elizabeth and her hearing aid

I always thought that Nigel Slater could be th result of Alan Bennet's only ever one night stand with a woman

I can't watch Gary Rhodes, I hate the way that he (and several others whom I can't bring to mind) say that a dish 'eats well'. It doesn't ahve a mouth so it can't bloody eat

johnworf I'm going down the natural route, the tablet way sounded far too horrific and I have a fear of general anaesthetic, so it's the only way. It's all still going.

Lovely buffet lunch at Stoke FC - I had two cinnamon danish pastries

Great to hear of so many 40+ mums out there, though reading this thread I seriously think I need to trade-in DH for a younger model (in fact a young model would be lovely)

Have a sore throat today and dread onset of a cold - only just got over sinusitus!

ladymac - I'm due on 15 April! Have scan at 21 wks next Thur.

sarahmum that would be a scary date in the US, as its the date taxes are due! My oldest niece, who is now 8, was due on 15th April, but she held out 'til her daddy's birthday on the 18th!

The way I see it any dd is a scary date!!! As my DH has so kindly pointed out, I will be looking like an Easter Egg at easter!

Aren't men wonderful sarahmum? Smack him for me! My DH told me that from the side already look PG. Thanks, hon, I'm not even 10 weeks yet!

I used to think G Rhodes was attractive before someone photoshopped his head onto a Mr Universe body. Now it just looks daft.

ladymac your LO is doing fab keeping her hearing aids in Don't want to say 'I told you so' but they are so blummin adaptable aren't they? More so than us grown ups.

DSS has taken to slipping in the word 'potentially' into every sentence. It makes no sense and he has no idea what 'potentially' means, but it obviously sounds very good to him. My DS#2 was giving me quizzical sideways looks y'day when in the kitchen Peter piped up with 'well, potentially we are having chicken for dinner'.

I'd like to go out anywhere TBH. I'm really not fussy. It's been a while since I went somewhere nice. It was Friday that I actually went outside of the house. I'm thinking that by end of March I'm going to arrange a night out with my DH as by then I'll be stir crazy. Btw a night out is usually 2 hours tops in the local curry house, then 5 minute drive home to pyjamas and slippers. And this was BEFORE we had Katherine And I know for a fact that all we'll talk about is work and the children...as we always do

Rock n Roll!

Evening all.

Hi sarahsmum hope the dreaded cold doesn't materialise. Sinusitis is evil I suffered badly when preggie with DD2 - just awful, makes you want to rip your face off! Enjoy seeing your LO at the scan - awwww, I loved those parts of being preggie [mushy emoticon]

jw ahhh, the 'potential' of chicken Is your DSS not trusting of your ability to deliver the roast that's actually promised....!!

A night out....ahhhhh....a dim and distant memory. Mind you, Verity ate some banana today - stayed in and didn't pop back out on her tongue, so I'm hoping that bodes well for munching until she's full.....and falls asleep!!!!!! *fingers crossed in hope!! Then we can get SIL to babysit

lilibet Glad the Stoke FC buffet was pleasing Hope you're managing to cope ok with the 'natural route' - I think you're doing amazingly....I'm doffing my cyber cap to you in admiration.

tee looking preggie early on is a good thing - stops people thinking you've just eaten loads of cake Hope you have a perkier week

I'm wearing a 'lounging' suit....just thought I'd share that vision with you all