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Here!

So Ipswich has an actual statue of the Giles Grandma? How very fabulous. is obvious crepey meetup destination.

Wow CV.Do you have any teenagers to help? Lalsy's DD was inavaluable to us at equivalent tho smaller bash.

Cv the whole of Y6 here would to about 14 children :)

I know I am no oil painting - never was - and have accepted that, that's why the weight gain has annoyed me soooo much - at least I used to be really slim......

Cremo hope it goes well today.
Rudy do it if it works for you!

Crem, good luck today - I am sure you will be fine.

Dd back at work today after ML, so we're trying to decide how to occupy the GC - the forecast isn't too good.

Everyone's life seems quite exciting viewed from retirement. I do miss working, but not the stress which went with it (and when I hear about some of your colleagues I definitely don't miss that! ).

Fingers crossed for you today, Crem.

Nervous, cross dd just gone off to first A2 - philosophy is her worst subject so she is sensing her university place hanging on it.

A cat documentary? And I missed it? Can I watch it on cat(ch) up?

Cremo, fingers crossed for you today.

Rudy, you are very attractive and I personally don't think you need to change anything. But if you want to, and feel it would make your life better, go for it!

Play - A Small Family Business - was very good last night.

Sadly back to reality this morning - getting teens out of the house, taking hoover to work for man to come and mend it, nipping out of work to take DS to the doctors to get his swollen toe (ingrowing toenail?) looked at. Of course, DH can't do any of this because he has to go off to his Very Important Job

Thanks everybody re Chiro.
And esp thanks to Addle for finding said person .

Lalsy I know that feeling. Dd the same about French , for which we have to wait another 17 days.
( will it never end, we've been going since 8th May Ffs)

Catumentary on itv mrs s so no doubt repeated at some time.
Crepey meetup in Norfolk sounds marvellous , Giles granny or no.
She can be our mascot.

Hope you come out of the chiro skipping, Crem!

Men's jobs are always more important than women's, BTM - how is it that you have never realised this or had it spelled out to you? I still have very bitter memories of DH arranging a work trip over the two busiest weeks of my working life - I was chairing a meeting which was an immoveable feast and had to be booked a year in advance to get everyone to attend, and he said to me "Well you'll just have to sort out some childcare." Fortunately it fell through, but not until a huge amount of stress on my part, trying to sort out some before and after school childcare. As a friend of mine says, if a man says "I acknowledge that your job is at least as important as mine," his cock will drop off...

Good luck to crem. Lots of people I know have had good, if not instant results from osteopaths and chiropractors.
Good luck also to DCs taking exams…we are up to English Lang GCSE today. Music went well yesterday, apparently.
MrsSS your post about men's jobs made me laugh…albeit in a hollow kind of way. I accept that my DH's job is more important. I just get upset when he and all the family seems to conspire to sabotage what's left (tatters...) of my professional life by being late for taking over with the kids or generally behaving badly/noisily when I teach at home
Still, I have subtle ways of getting my own back. Lots of meetings with actor friend of mine as we're writing a script. DH doesn't like it…hehe

I know, I've just sorted out yet another childcare issue - it's just for another year or so, which makes it even more of a nuisance...

In theory DP does acknowledge it, but in practice it can be difficult (especially now he earns a lot more than I do).

Acksherly, Lalsy, if your DD fancies a spot of hanging out with really rather nice kids in a couple of weeks' time (Sat 14th) drop me a line!

BTM tell me about it. Ds has decided to be unwell in the middle of a two week hell. Dp has buggered off to Rouen. I have shed loads to do at work. Have just rearranged Friday (going in when I wasn't as gas meter needs changing....) and dp can't even tell the farking HMRC he is NOT self employed and thus does not owe Class whatever NI contributions and thus stop the bloody bailiffs turning up at the door

MrsS I would have murdered in that case - or left home and shacked up in a hotel and left HIM to it....

BD, point him in the direction of an accountant? I have one and in truth they are incredibly good value if you're not particularly au fait with the world of tax - mine's saved me masses in tax overpayments when I was in-house. Around a grand over two years!

He has one MI...... (Seethes inwardly)

Hello there all. Readjusting to life in the grimier edges of our fair capital after the sylvan delights of North Yorkshire. Does rather set me wondering why it is I live here. Apart from work. And friends. And DP's work. And being near parents.

And diversity. The only non-white face I saw in four days in Harrogate was our coach driver, and he got asked for drugs while walking down the road. Because as he's black, he must be a drug dealer, yes?

Re plastic surgery, I have always been an ugly old boiler, which makes it easier to accept the passing of time. If I started having surgery to correct the bits I don't like, I don't know where I'd stop. I think that's the danger - you start with an eye lift, and that makes something else look off, so you get that done, and before you know where you are, you look like a trout in a wind tunnel.

As for careers, Grrrr. I'm having palpitations about starting again at 'my time of life' and having to put 50% of my earnings towards saving for my decrepitude. Unlike DP.

A Lakeland-based chocolate party sounds fab, what a brilliant idea.

Crem, when does your dd finish? And what about yours HM? 23rd for dd. I am fed up with being nice and not commenting on state of bedroom.

MI, I like the photo (the one at a meal?). dd will still be in exam mode on 14th unfortunately.

BTM, I hope things on the up now.

It is loads easier to do stuff like go shopping and pop out for a drink once dc can be left. What gets harder I think is guessing when your teen will or may need you and being around for the brief window when they are prepared to admit it.

Jobs, pah.

Lalsy, grinning at : I am fed up with being nice and not commenting on state of bedroom. I'm finding parenting a nearly teen daughter so much less stressful for the sharing that goes on on this thread, and I thank you for it.

Keep thinking about Rudy's dd 'Not feeling it.' which almost brings on a by proxy hot flush

Very, very occasionally I will see a photo of me that looks like I look in my head and I'm happy. DH takes fewer and fewer of me, preferring to snap our lovely girls,which I am completely fine with. When he does take ones of me, if I approach him to have a look he mostly grimaces, says 'You won't like it,' and deletes it, cheeky sod. But sort of grateful too.

Need a coffee and an arse kick to get to work now. Reading in school later so work window now about two hours long. Still going to spend an hour on my book before I go on to paid work or I'll feel bitter.

Oh and CV the year 6 party will be brill. They're all so loved up with each other by the end of term,aren't they? Oh and btw, still makes me smile that you searched on 'gunt' for the original crepey thread.

WAF, you going dahn pub on Fri ?

I wrote another chunk of short story this morning and feel much better for it. Though is turning into Long Story without meaning to.

Ds has mysteriously improved I did threaten him with school this afternoon but as it would take me too long to get into work there's no point really.....
I am doing emails and thinking... (I don't get time to think at work and I need to sort through some stuff)

I see your nose tap MI. Have a feeling not. But will if can.

This is annoying. That lovely cobalt blue very expensive jumper from Reiss has gone all frilly round the neckline, despite me washing it by hand as instructed. I wonder if I should take it back and make a fuss. Though don't have the receipt any more...

Also, can someone please say 'no no no, you're not an old boiler'. Thanks!

Herbs take it back - even without receipt - clearly substandard - statutory rights and all that...

No you are not an old boiler, because I am and there's only room for one on this thread! (Thought you FB pics were fab and you looked like you were having a great time)

You are NOT AN OLD BOILER.

I really want a grandma emoticon now.

No, no, no, you are not an old boiler, Herbs! And take it back and stick to Sainsbo's - much better quality!

Re diversity, we always feel like we have stumbled into some kind of alternative reality when we go to the NT - white MC only. Very strange!

CV, both parties sound great! I dread to think what DD will want to do this year.