Shiny Happy Crepeys

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Over here all........

Stropps, we still have a middle school system here, too. Have just read in the free paper we get that the local school has the lowest level of funding per pupil in the country.

DH went to dr again this morning about the pains in his chest/stomach and they have now told him that he has an hiatus hernia so he is waiting for a referral.

MI - just wanted to agree with everyone else and say from my own POV how thoughtful and lovely and warm you (and BTM) were when I first sloped in among the crepeys

Lalsy is quite right (as so often) - if you possibly can, get yourself out of the house to work, give yourself a break

... and the yellow cardigan

Bloody keep him to it MI!

Leavers assembly here is a cryfest - it's such a small school so it's all a bit full on, not sure it will be like this year. Y5 frankly want y6 to piss off, and y6 have had enough :(. Ds was called piss face today - it's all a bit depressing and sad... They are constantly sniping at each other...

I have cracked today's feature despite a Very Baggy Brief . I think I might be on a home straight...

BTW cannot bog off as work at proper computer but I can shut the door firmly.

Well done, Mi, now go and have a nice sherry cocktail!

If the theme of the last thread was dampness, this one seems to be knickers in various guises. Pure class, we are.

I didn't cry at either of my dc leaving primary - dd hadn't been happy; ds had been until the last year but the end was blighted by his evil mad year 6 teacher being sweetly patronising to me when all I wanted to do was punch her. Didn't even manage to tread on her open-toed sandal. That failure still rankles.

Crem, glad your family's health is on the up.

BTM, hope the bp OK next time, that's a bit of a shock. I like your coat.

Yes, But, very much like your haul from The Gap. And I would like to say a big thank you to you for the recommendation of No 7 CC cream. It's the business. I found the BB cream too orange (even in "fair") and too heavy. The CC stuff appears to even things out a bit without making me look lined, whiskery and orange. It's a result. Luckily dd gets on with the BB cream fine, so it has not gone to waste.
Am a bit appalled at you having to wait so long for an appmt about your BP. That's very poor.

Gah, on phone. That last post was addressed to BTM, not But.

Excellent advice to MI, everyone. Is it the same advice that you give to yourselves, when in beating-self-up mode?

Well, is it?

I, for one, am great at telling other people not to give themselves a hard time. But am still at the mercy of a tyrant in my own head, telling me I'm not doing anything well enough.

A few years ago I realised that my Mum's motto If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well was holding me back. I came up with If a thing's worth doing, it's worth half-doing, which helped me to feel less daunted and get more done. I still forget and revert to old ways under stress, though

Auriga.

Guess what, the fog has gone - trouble is, we now have heavy rain! DH thinks that he will still go out on his bike, so I am going to take the opportunity to visit TKMax (followed by a trip to the new Lidl which has opened up a few miles away.) Unreasonably excited as it will halve the distance that I have had to travel before.

Hope you're feeling ok, MI?

It's lovely and sunny here - I must go to work...

I cried when the DDs left their Paris school - they were so happy there, and could have had another year if it wasn't for AB refusing to extend my contract.

Auriga, I developed that motto as a result of my DM's just bodge it a bit approach Sadly, I find it hard to drop and DD seems to have inherited it (at least when it comes to schoolwork at certain times) However, DH is chief bodger and bungler and drives me mad!

NU, your fog is down here, but it is very warm - no coat today for me!

BTM, I have now given up and put on the central heating. DCat, however, has demanded I let him in the conservatory, so there is an icy blast coming through the slightly open door. The rain has intensified so DH will get soaked on his bike.

If a thing's worth doing, it is worth adding to a list

Auriga, I agree.

I have just been polite and tactful at a meeting. Can I revert to normal now?

My father was completely obsessive about the idea of "If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well." This meant nothing could ever be attempted without about a month's worth of military-style planning beforehand. I'm afraid I see-saw between this kind of approach and completely mad spontaneity. Another favorite saying of my father's was "One thing at a time and do it properly." As "multi-tasking" is something that invariably gives me The Rage, I still think that he might actually have been on to something with that one.

Gwan then, MI

Beautiful day here - just been for a lovely walk in the forest with two friends and set the world to rights.

NU whenever I feel homesick and long for a little cottage in North Yorkshire I shall read your accounts of the weather.

I'm good at doing jobs properly when I eventually get started. For example I must clean the bathroom but I really don't want to so I'll spend lots of time on MN and other such things instead.

Hattie, that's so...Grand Meaulnes of you

I have had my first 'make an Easter bonnet' edict. Cunningly, I thought, I went to Hobbycraft to stock up on chicks, eggs, 'nest' material, etc, only to find that the shelves had been practically stripped bare by panicking parents with similar ideas. Still, we have enough bits and bobs - including an actual 'Easter hat kit' - to pass muster.

When did this become a 'thing'?

Happy to say I have never made one, Herbs.

Nah, Herbs, I have never done one either (thank goodness! ). I do remember making a Christmas cracker hat, though. Personally I think they are designed to test the intelligence and ingenuity of the parents.

Back from Lidl where I indulged in a pecan and maple pastry which, of course, I shouldn't have. I am going out with some girlfriends tonight for a meal so obviously going to break my diet anyway - that's what my brain says.

The weather is good occasionally, by the way!

I made one once, but the only way to make ds wear it (who hates hats) was to cover it in Thomas the tank engine trains (including a bridge). I added chicks (on the line!)

I am grinding to a halt It's quite enjoyable, in all honesty.

Pecan and maple pastry, mmm. Those kind of things are my complete downfall, could eat them until I pop.

Lalsy, was the yr 7 project requiring Stanley knives, hot glue guns and seven bottles of shower gel a Roman temple by any chance? Thankfully ds chose a papier mache-based project in Y7 so although we had rock hard bits of newspaper stuck all over the house for weeks, he was able to do the vast majority of it himself.

MI - catching up with your concerns and I think it has all been said, but I agree, please do not compare yourself to the homework-checking crazies on the Gifted and Talented and delusional threads. The only thing I ever do now for the dcs, homework-wise, is ask if they have done it and also check that ds2 has some approximate idea of what he is supposed to be doing as it's kind of like educating a goldfish. Oh, and I suggested to ds1 last year, when he was doing an essay on the opening of a play, that he might read the first few pages of the novel on which the play was based. That's the sum total of my involvement with homework in the last 12 months. I also fail to nag sufficiently for music practice. It's a really hard one, I was very, very lightly-parented and probably could have done with a little more attention, but I didn't need help or improvement, just someone to listen to me. You do that for your dds, you go to their school things, you cook nice meals, you are at home most of the time when they get home, your relationship with them is developing naturally as they grow. It all looks good from where I'm standing.

I'm not looking forward to being a parent tomorrow though - ds1 has to have a tooth out. He is reasonably stoic, but I think this will be extremely unpleasant for him - he hates all the having to sit like this at the dentist anyway, as he's had a lot of orthodontist work recently. I suggested to dh he might like to go to the dentist with ds1 and he refused point blank.