Friday Night Thread - come and share your news (and yer chocolate ;)

[moosemama]

Never started one before - barring a mistake once when I started one on a Thursday during the holidays.

Hoping I haven't crossed with someone else now.

Roll up, roll up ... share yer woes, celebrations, congratulations and/or commiserations - but don't forget the chocolate.

Haha, that sounds brill moosemama, hope his choir goes the same way, he told me today that there are.......wait for it.....Girls in it aswell!!!, I said imagine that, huh what is the world coming too, next they will be looking for the vote, you see I'm daft, I should know by now not to say things like that to a kid with aspergers because I'm still explaining what I meant, hence the beer, never heard off bonbons with aniseedy middle, I will be off to ye olde sweete shoppee tomorrow

Hello, can I join in? My news is that I have finally plucked up the courage to start posting in the SN section. And do the DLA form. These two things were my last bits of denial (or acceptance, rather) about ds's ASD.

Also I get to meet his SALT again and talk to her properly next week. He goes to a specialist ASD school, and is doing really well. But is also being quite challenging at the moment.

I am very tired due to not much sleep last night (a fight outside, not ds waking, for once) so I will probably disappear in a while. But I wanted to say hello, and that you are all lovely. :)

Hello Ellenora and Omi and welcome.

Just had to add that Dh has sold the car tonight. He has been unable to drive for more than 5 years due to eye problems. This is a move to his acceptance that the problems are permanent.

Congratulations and welcome, Omi

zzzzz No words

Oh zzzzz how depressing. Your meeting I mean the impromtu feast sounds great (and children all in one bed too actually).

Thanks NoHaudinMaWheest, brill name by the way, sorry to hear about your dh, I'm sure it wasn't easy accepting that, hope he is ok, Hi OmiQueenof Typose, another great name, mine is so boring in comparision, can someone tell me how to post the smileys please, I can do the happy and sad face ones but not the others, thankyou

Thanks for the nice welcome. :)

zzzzz, the meeting sounds awful. How :( and .

Ellenora, all the smileys are listed at the bottom of the page - eg [ angry ], [ blush ], but with no spaces inside the brackets.

Hello and welcome Omi.

Missed a few upthread I think.

Good luck to your ds for his interview NoHaudin and well done 'Mabel' on her acting debut. Sorry dh has had to give up his car, it must be a really hard thing for him to accept.

Marchduck, well done miniduck. All 3 of mine keep asking me to have another baby - - no chance!

zzzzz, so sorry your meeting was so depressing. Loving the sound of your indoor BBQ and glad you managed to have a nice evening in spite of it.

Ellenora, if you scroll down to the bottom of the page, under the box you type in to post, there is a list of smileys and emoticons you can use - basically you just type the word for what you want with square brackets around it - eg [ smile ] but without the spaces.

Cross posted.

I should have mentioned that I have some lovely Green & Blacks 85% cocoa in the fridge - a square of that will set you buzzing nicely. I am happy to share. :)

Missed out the most important word: CHOCOLATE.

thanks moose and ellenora. He's been thinking about it for ages then met someone at choir practice tonight who has a second hand car business and was willing to give him something for it. It has been sitting on our drive for so long I thought we would have to pay someone to tow it away. The eye problems developed gradually so he has had time to get used to them but got especially depressed about not being able to drive.

Moose I hope you get to the bottom of Ds's problems soon. In many ways worry is worse than any reality.

sign waves at nohaudin I can empathise with selling the car feelings.. It's just that process of them getting to the point of recognising it..

Hi to the first timers, welcome, we are a very welcoming bunch

zzz Bummer of a response from the professionals ..

I'm not 'known' on these boards, so not sure if I'm welcome to post here or not, but will do anyway.

Haven't had too bad a week with DD1 actually, minimal meltdowns, a lot of early rises and disturbed nights, but possibly one of the best weeks we've had in a while

Received her diagnosis report from the psychiatrist at CAMHS on Saturday which - whilst not unexpected - was tough going.

Had a visit from the medical assessment officer from the council a couple of weeks ago, and received a letter today to say they have found us in immediate need of a bigger house as DD1 requires her own bedroom (am currently sharing with 4YO DD2, so 7YO DD1 can have her own room), so I guess there's a waiting game and wondering when to start preparing the kids for a move on the horizon! It's hard to find the balance between too early and too late, isn't it?

Of course you are welcome to post kinky.

Glad you've had a good week with dd. Receiving the dx report is always hard, no matter how much you are expecting it. Make sure you give yourself some time and space to process it.

Good luck with the move.

Welcome kinky. The more the merrier.

Thanks sign. Good luck with the moves towards a wheelchair.

Welcome Kinky

Nah, fuck off with your kinkyfuckery!

Hello Ellenora, omi and kinky

Zzzzz that sounds grim, I wish I had some wise words to help, but unfortunately I am too full of cold to do anything other than commiserate. My dd's usually end up sleeping in the same bed, they love it, although inevitably someone ends up falling out!

Kinky, will you be affected by this new draconian housing benefit ruling on under occupancy?

Ah thanks ladies, don't know how I didn't cop that, sorry I went off for a bit, was catching up on Stella, by the way, Rob, yummy, yes I bloody well would , sorry had to post that so I could practise my smileys , ok I'll stop now