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Auriga · 12/11/2013 23:18
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wilbur ·
16/11/2013 18:19
So very sorry to hear that BD, what a terrible path to be on. 
Hope she has support with it all?
Quiet day here, nice after a busy week. Have finished 3 sets of curtains and made muffins. DD and I are planning to go shopping tomorrow (only down the road) which is exciting, as we never do that kind of thing. I have also bought fleece tights from JL for my freezing pins.
Stropperella ·
16/11/2013 23:24
BD, I'm really sorry to hear about your SIL. That's grim. :-(
I am just back from my school reunion. Firstly, dd and friend (currently having a sleepover which may involve actual sleep as they are so knackered) had a ball by themselves in Convent Garden and were super sensible (apart from spending all their money :-) ) and turned up at the appointed meeting place exactly on time. Yay dd, more like that, please. :-)
Secondly, the reunion was fun. With the trauma of totally hating my sixth form boarding experience, I had totally forgotten what nice people I was at school with before then. We had so much to talk about, laughed loads and are already planning the next meetup for those that couldn't come this time (am mighty impressed by the person that couldn't come because she has a 2 yr old, a 4 yr old and a 7 yr old - good going at 48). Everyone was completely bemused by my hair, mind you, as I had barely wavy and extremely (naturally) blond hair back in those days. I have lots of new FB friends, we're all planning another meetup soon for those that couldn't come this time. I had slightly forgotten how badly behaved we were. Dd said "But if I came home and said our class had locked the music teacher in the cupboard for the whole lesson, how much trouble would I be in?"
bigTillyMint ·
17/11/2013 07:39
Stropps sounds like you had a brilliant time - woo hoo! And your DD and her mate. Maybe you can use the carrot of another trip to London in the not too distant future
I had a lovely evening last night with DS, DD and her mate - we went to the chippy and ate watching Dirty Dancing Then DH staggered in after a day at the rugby and we all had a good laugh at him!
BD, big hugs {{{}}}
Stropperella ·
17/11/2013 09:33
BD, hugs from me too.
BTM, sounds like a good time was had by all.
I've realised that going to the school reunion has done me a power of good. It has helped me to remember all the positive things about my early secondary education that I had perhaps chosen to forget for various reasons and also I have started to reinterpret some of the things that happened in a more philosophical and positive way than has previously been the case.
For instance, the school might have been a sad little run-down rural grammar school, but some of the staff were passionate about their subject and really good at teaching it. And the fact that the school was one of the few state boarding schools meant that there was a far wider range of people there than at some of the other local schools. I heard some amazing stories yesterday and was illogically proud of everyone. I still have a case of the warm fuzzies today.
bigTillyMint ·
17/11/2013 09:48
Stropps, so pleased to hear your reunion was so successful
I am going to have about 2 hours to myself shortly - DH and DS have gone off to footy and DD and her mate are off shopping soonish
I am going to have to go through the stuff I have bought for Christmas and do other jobs.....
motherinferior ·
17/11/2013 16:30
I have survived lunch with my parents.
And have still done nothing about Christmas though we have embarked on the usual arguments about when we go where
bigTillyMint ·
17/11/2013 17:55
Well done, MI!
We, happily spend Christmas as a family/with friends, which is perfect. We just have to fit in seeing the inlaws either before or after...
I have had quite a relaxing day, including a catch-up with a friend. Although I had a practice at making a gingerbread house using the Lakeland cutters (have only ever stuck together the pre-made Ikea ones before) and produced a load of teeth-breaking, slightly burned gingerbread that could only be eaten dunked in tea! Think I need to do another practice!
5 weeks to Christmas
wilbur ·
17/11/2013 19:03
I'm off to Birmingham early tomorrow - big work meeting at the Uni and I'm quite stressed about all the arrangements, which I have made and which, if they go wrong, will mean 12 people all turning to look at me accusingly. My boss, who is generally lovely, has been mega worried about the whole enterprise for the last 6 weeks, which doesn't help. Roll on tomorrow evening.
Lalsy, those slippers look very cosy, I like the black ones. I often buy slippers in Wales, on the way back from where we stay on the coast there's a sheepskin warehouse with all manner of warm things to buy. They last for ages.
Stropps, glad the reunion was such a positive thing . Sounds like a real rediscovery.
wilbur ·
17/11/2013 19:38
BD . We're looking at some of their special research collections at the uni library. It will be very interesting, once I stop fretting about taxis not turning up, losing people en route, or not having enough sandwiches.
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bigTillyMint ·
17/11/2013 20:24
Wilbur, that is what my BFF does for her job It is indeed, a very stressful job!
MI, what about a nice sweater dress and boots?
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