Planet of the Crepes

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New bowl of crisps, tuck in Ruby!

I am thrilled at this Pixi lust. Another of their things wot I like is the cheek gel in natural. It doesn't stay on very long but while it does it's well pretty.

I felt a bit rubbish yesterday and spent much too long hunched over the computer looking at not very edifying things. Today is better. Have shredded, spot cleaned the stair carpet, written a letter to DD who will be at an outdoor pursuity place with school next week and am now going out to buy some fabric conditioner at Wilkos. When the mice are away the cat does rather boring things, it would seem .

Wilbur well done for fessing up . I've been there more times than I care to think of.

Better get back on MN in the evenings Ruby if you're having that much fun with the family

DD1 - who I have uncharacteristically been referring to as 'my baby' - has been away since Monday. Other mothers have had letters, one in particular had this letter 'Dear mum and dad. The bed's wobbly. I'm having fun. I miss the rabbit, love xxx'. I (we) have had nothing. Nothing. NOTHING. I have been wibbling since Wednesday. I just need her back. Even if she's tired and vile

Oh and while I'm moaning. My drum teacher is not praising me enough for all my hard work and seemed slightly impatient yesterday. He admits he's pushing me and that things I get quite quickly might take other students a lot longer but yesterday I felt a bit nervous and today I just think that unless he bucks up I will find someone else because that is a really excellent thing about being 45. You can sack your teachers and find better ones

Pregnant from all that 'regular' sex Mrs S? or building up to the week off ;) (you need to phone in and do your poorly voice!)

OMG OMG OMG OMG.

I have a dear friend, who I've known since university. She's been trying to have a baby for about 10 years. She's had countless rounds of IVF, at least two miscarriages, and a stillbirth at five months last year.

Last year she got pregnant, and still is. Her due date is 5 March, but I heard this morning that she's going to have her baby by C-section today! I am unfeasibly excited. Have yet to hear any news, despite repeated pestering by text. I will blub uncontrollably when I hear she's been born.

OMG indeed!! How totally effing blinding fabulous. Oh that is lovely news. How nice.

Great news Herbs

MrsS, good alibi on the throwing up

As for melt-downs with DC, I am a veteran , but have got much better since I went on the HRT!

Well, it seems to be working for me ATM

• regular light periods
• manageable PMT rather than horrendously horrendous black moods, red mist, etc for what felt like most of the time
• no more night sweats, etc.

I am not thinking about what may happen when I have to come back off it!

At least half, I'd say Ruby.

Still no news from baby friend. Hope lack of news is down to hospital inefficiency, lack of phone reception/battery, etc, rather than something going wrong. Please god.

Baby fine! Only 5lb 10, which seems small, and friend needed two transfusions, but is apparently fine.

So happy!

Lovely news re baby Herbs.

Great news Herbs

Herbs, great news, ds was 4 11 and perfectly fine, so that weight sounds okay to me!!

Can't wait to see the dear thing.

Been involved with 'toddler wear' thread, and seem to have given the impression of down-trodden impoverished frump, rather than someone embracing the chance to expand into a supermarket wardrobe. Amusing.

Ah, Herbs, like me being really old?

Paddington hard stare at those of you who greeted me thus on first Crepenight.

Lovely news about your friend's baby. My cousin is 37 weeks gone with twins. I am "helpfully" telling her about my friend who got to 41 weeks with twins and gave birth to two 8 lb-ers.

Aww, herbs, that is lovely.

I am full of so will not even attempt to say anything else.

Awww....lovely news, Herbs. I do love a baby story. DD1 was also on the small side, only 5.7, and is now a chunky 10yo.

I am also full of after a belated birthday night out with "the girls". I have also blown my low-carbing out of the window, never mind, eh?

Booking the school ski trip seemed like such a good idea in September...
...didn't bargain for a really early train leaving from the other side of Paris!

Oooh I meant to ask, MrsS, why did your DD need wrist guards? Is she going to do snowboarding rather than skiing? Where are they going?

BTM - yes, she's snowboarding. DD1 is going to Verbier and DD2 somewhere close by. Anzere?

DD2 had packed and ticked everything off her list last night, included packing list in her suitcase, suitcase by front door, ready to go, backpack packed for the journey. DD1 was trying to cram ever more stuff in her bag this morning, round about the time we were due to leave, and ended up having to take a bigger suitcase, and DH ending up packing for her. Got in car, ready to go, and DH said to DD1, "Where are your goggles? I don't remember putting them in the case." DD1 said, testily "Yes, yes, they're in my bag." DH "Show me." DD1 gets swimming goggles out of her bag and waves them in front of DH's face. DH "FGS, are you going on a swimming holiday? Where are your ski goggles?" DD1 "I think I've left them on my bed." DH then got very shouty, went upstairs to get them, and we were late getting to the station.

I do despair sometimes. She does something like this, and yesterday she went half way across Paris on her own to a ski shop and bought her wrist guards, completely on her own, did it all in French, no problems. If she can manage something like that, why can't she remember to pack her bloody goggles?

I am going to have a little nap now. It was all too early and too stressful for me.

re the goggles.I would have loved to see the other girls faces when she put them on We got them (and balaclavas!) for the first time this year - it's never been that cold before - and the DC loved them. So did I

If I let ds pack his bag would contain 43 soft toys, and equal amount of history books, 3 indian shirts, ditto shorts (regardless of temperature) and not a lot else...