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La Vie en Crepe

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motherinferior · 12/01/2014 16:41

And a new door opens...Grin

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Blackduck · 03/02/2014 20:29

I am loving all these stories of 'sensible' teens - long may it continue!

motherinferior · 03/02/2014 20:33

Oh, I had phases of being madly insensible. And v much wish I hadn't been such a goody two-shoes in the sixth form, where I was in any case incredibly miserable.

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Blackduck · 03/02/2014 20:37

I think what I mean is the fact they are not being pressured or influenced, but doing what is right for them. Love beaches dd needing to know where she is sleeping! As someone who frequently doesn't make dessert at dinner parties I completely get that!!

motherinferior · 03/02/2014 20:53
Grin

Btw the next thread title approaches...

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beachyhead · 03/02/2014 21:05

I'm quite sure when the right boy comes along, she won't be quite so fussy about knowing where she's sleeping Grin but not quite there yet, I don't think (she said hopefully!)

bigTillyMint · 03/02/2014 21:10

Herbs, well done to you bothFlowers

Yes, it all seems to be happening a couple of years earlier than it did for our generation. Gulp!

hattymattie · 03/02/2014 21:16

So glad your little boy is OK Herb's - he looks such a sweetie on FB. I'm echoing everybody else when I say it's always horrible when your child has an operation, however, minor.

My teenagers seem, so far, on the straight and narrow, I'm just keeping my fingers crossed it continues. Mine, like QQ's hate these parties and prefer intimate soirées with friends. There seems to be plenty of dope and alcohol about though and a boy in DD1's year has been absent since October with some sort of dope induced depression. Quite shocking really, especially as I remember how cute and open he was when he was 12.

Hope you're bearing up Stropp's.

I haven't much to report as have spent most of the weekend surfing the Internet looking for a Holiday cottage in the Dordogne. All the best ones seem to be fully booked - I'm going to have to sort it in December next year, it appears the beginning of February is far too late.

cremolafoam · 03/02/2014 21:37

Herbs, well done you and micro-herb on a trying day. You are very good indeed to even consider going to singing and doling out tea as well. Above and beyond I'd saySmile

Hatty have you looked on a-gites? Or Abritel? I'm sure you have , but we tend to be very late bookers when it comes down to it , and usually find something decent.

Glad to be home, and find dd , who was basically home alone this weekend, absolutely fine, well fed and only

cremolafoam · 03/02/2014 21:40

Oops. Butter fingers.

Dm and one of my Bf fed her one night each. There was no partying drinkConfusedng or Keraziness. Uber sensible child. I'd have drunk the Smirnoff and eaten all the chocolate biscuits and had my mates over every night for dancing.Blush

Blackduck · 04/02/2014 06:19

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MrsS Grin Grin Grin

NUFC69 · 04/02/2014 06:27

And happy birthday to Mrs. S from me, too! Have a lovely day.

I am psyching myself up to go on the exercise bike before breakfast. I don't exercise in the winter often enough; in the summer I go out on my proper bike, can't face it at this time of year.

hattymattie · 04/02/2014 06:29

Crem - it's Ab Fab at your place.Grin. We are leaving DD1 for a week at half term. She says she needs to reviseHmm. Maybe we are mad, time will tell. Will check out a-gite, I've done arbitel.

Mrs S Happy BirthdaySmile

bigTillyMint · 04/02/2014 06:57

Happy Birthday MrsSCake

Bows down to those brave enough to leave their DD's for a night (or moreShock), never mind DS I can't imagine feeling that brave in 3 or 4 years time!

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motherinferior · 04/02/2014 08:13

Many happy glasses of champagne of the day, MrsS!

Glad it's all done, Herbs.

I have just done my first Ladyjog on a consecutive day - not leaving a gap between them. Am slightly concerned that my knees may not bear up but tomorrow is going to pour...

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lalsy · 04/02/2014 08:26

Happy Birthday Mrs S.

ds parents' evening tonight - he has booked me the first and last slots - so I will be there over 3 hours unless I can leap into some gaps. Is this a record (his sister says he has done it to maximise X box time in my absence)? Do I get a medal?

bigTillyMint · 04/02/2014 08:38

lalsy, that's crap! I have to say the DC's no appointment system works surprisingly well - we are usually in and out in just over an hour if we arrive on the dot!
DD has a science ISA todayConfused

lalsy · 04/02/2014 08:46

I know! Us too - this is on ds - he claimed he thought I would "like not having to rush".

I hope the ISA goes OK. dd did them - there seemed to be a lot of them (I was never clear exactly what they were) by the end they were very routine, which I thought was good and possibly even how the system is meant to work.Smile

MI, my latest knee issue is I banged it hurling myself across the kitchen in non-crepey manner to switch Michael Gove off before I had to listen to him.

beachyhead · 04/02/2014 08:53

Happy birthday Mrs S...Thanks

That is indeed rubbish, lalsy... Make him go with you! All our secondary ones include the pupil so there is an incentive for booking sensible slots.

motherinferior · 04/02/2014 09:08

Lalsy, you took one for the team Grin

Make the little bugger come with you, yes. I have to say I find parents' evenings quite Dantesque in their horror. I like the teachers, it's not that, it's the queuing and also the fact the hall's hot and I'm carrying/wearing an outdoor coat...

DP is apparently away next week because he has to "give an award". He is a lovely bloke in many, many ways and I am pleased his career is doing so well. No really. Really. Can I kill him now?

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RudyMentary · 04/02/2014 09:22

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bigTillyMint · 04/02/2014 09:23

Yes, Lalsy! Please, please, please can someone shoot him dead. Right now.
And our DC always come with us. They need to hear it too! Make him go with you - he won't make that mistake againWink

lalsy · 04/02/2014 09:24
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bigTillyMint · 04/02/2014 09:24

Rudy, you are braveSmile

hattymattie · 04/02/2014 09:26

MI Grin.

Lalsy - I was lucky and managed to jump in the gap left by late parents. I prefer to do parent evening without DC's present. Mind you, DC's maintain that the teachers are always reasonable human beings with parents and horrible in the classroom.

DD1 was present for my meeting with the Philo teacher and sat there giving him a 'death stare' - most disconcertingHmm.