MMXV (2015, twenty fifteen) : Here Come The Crepeys!

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More crepey wisdom.....

Gosh Rose, I had no idea that there was such a terrorist threat

DH had to do earthquake practices when he was at school.

Lalsy, the recipe book is fab

Well, I have booked Eurotunnel crossings! I had foolishly been typing in the wrong size of car We are going to leave early on the Saturday morning and drive all the way which will be hard, but way better than trying to drive on the Friday night and stay en route! Now have to find a hotel for the journey back if anyone knows of one off the A26?!

Mmmmmm to the recipe book, Lalsy. Thank you so much!

Whilst I remember: I gave dd this for Christmas. It has been a great success. Recommended for students and anyone who gets cake cravings.

Looks like I've finished my presentation of our 20-hour course. Though I say so myself, it's pretty good. And I've even managed to shoehorn in words such as Paolo Friere, 'affective filter', and 'humanist'. Just hope no-one asks too many questions!

Have PM'd you Beachy. Glad you like it BTM and Stropps. PM me recipes any time, crepesters, and I'll do another update when I have a handful.

That's great BTM, I reckon you'll be so glad to be away you won't care about the drive afterwards!

ds is in the air cadets and they've not been allowed to travel to and from it in their uniforms for months now, because of the threat.

about terrorist drill, Rose.

x-posted, well done Herbs.

Happy Birthday BD, what a fabulous birthday present!

Rudy - pleased about your DM - always worth looking forward

Congrats Herbs.

Anyone else remember the 1970s and having to evacuate classroom, theatre, etc because of IRA calls/hoaxes? My DM had a very faint Northern Irish accent and got v funny looks on trains for a while there.

Will send through a couple of recipes too, Lalsy. Thanks. Is such a brilliant idea.

Yes, and we had bomb drills at school in the 80s (take your bags with you) as opposed to fire drills (leave your bags behind).

Oh Rose, I had no idea it was so bad :(

We didn't have any bomb drills or evacuations or anything like that where I was at school in the 70s. There was nothing whatsoever of interest to any terrorists in my bit of rural Dorset back then.

Happy Birthday BD. And well done your dh with the present!

Rose it's truly shocking and depressing. Dh is Jewish, I am not. His parents each came to the UK in the nick of time in the '30s. Grim times. Am watching a channel 4 programme called "White Angry And Ignorant Proud". Fricking hell - the thick as shit blind prejudice of some people is quite . They are certainly angry...

Running in quick to say Happy Birthday to BD, and wow to your fab present. Such imagination; a very loving gift. Aw.

I was stunned to learn in the last week that Jewish people are leaving France because of rising anti-semitism. How can that possibly be so? Have we all learned nothing from history? Literary fiction and the school curriculum is awash with the Second World War, so how can this be happening?

As for the UK, it does sound like the meeja is hyping it up because of topicality. Maybe all us anti-fascists need to get our knitted protest march gear on again, eh, MI?

Cor, you've all been busy!

Rose - DD1 is being educated in the American system and they regularly have lock down drills, both in the classroom and in the dorm. DD2 goes to a hippy school in Herts and they have no such thing there - she is like this when DD1 described it to her.

Our neighbour in Paris told me she was moving out "because she was tired of living among the Jews." I am not sure this was exactly what she meant - she did have the neighbours from hell living above her, who held Shabbat parties most Friday nights, which would go on into the small hours. They had three children, a baby who would scream all night and two older boys who used to roller blade up and down the hall of the flat into the small hours. Funnily enough, no-one who moved into the flat underneath them lasted more than a few months. They used to piss us off with the noise, but not to the extent that they pissed off those underneath them.

MI - your sister's dog sounds like the canine equivalent of our Dim Tabby.

A very successful evening - the two couples hadn't met before and we knew they would get on well. DH is just finishing the washing up.

DH worked in Central London during the 70s so I remember all the IRA stuff quite vividly - and how difficult communication was.

Herbs, well done on your course work.

My bed is calling me ....

Aah the joys of Parisian living. This is why I will only live in a house. Everyone has a tale to tell - although rollerblading in an apartment seems well over the top.

I don't remember any bomb drills in the 70's, but then I was up north. I had been living in London for years when the IRA bombed Manchester.

Well done Herbs.

QQ, I try to avoid programmes like that!

Had a nightmare about helping a woman to safety and then having the intimidating man dropping blocks of concrete on me through a window. I wonder what that means?

... that you've watched too much news recently.

Army brat here so spent all my childhood with this stuff (not saying it's right though).

Rose that article is just vile.

I have just realised that dps present has scuppered my creepy night out - as that's one of the dates!! BTM will PM you.

Oh No! Is there any chance your b'day treat date could be changed?

Thinking about it, it could be that the intimidating man is all DD's anxieties/stress (which I am also feeling massively) and that I was trying to protect her from them, but cannot escape feeling crushed by them.
At the end, the man climbed in through the window, but some other women came to help me (sit on him!) - perhaps that is you lot with wise words of support?!

Too deep for a Thursday morning

I had a dream I was having to organise a photo-shoot for a health page of a mag I once worked on. In between waking up. Combination of going to pub for rare meal out and drinking too much red wine, massive continual hot flushes (linked to wine but I've had them every night for weeks now) and the gale. Feel dreadful. Tried Ladyjogging but had to slow to a walk (so I did at least get exercise)....

I am in truth not at my best, lovely friends. Sick of these nights. Gripped with body hatred and exercise isn't shifting that. Aware that much of the body image stuff is linked to my sodding parents and the amount of time I'm spending with them. Generally stressed and weepy and exhausted and furious.

And I am not earning enough and CDiff is playing up.

And I have lost my BEST THERMAL VEST

MI, re:dsis's dog - perhaps there is a connection between the scoffing of the anti-ds and the development of the phobias. Poor critter's brain chemistry may be a little out of whack!
BD, awww, no chance of the date being moved???

x-posts, MI. I hereby send you a hug {{{MI}}}

Sorry MI that sounds terrible. I am an HRT fan and I have to say, the world does look a better place when I'm on it. Even aged parent situations...

Terrorist threat is very high at the moment Tilly but it's best to go about one's business as normal, otherwise they've won, haven't they? I think terror/gun attack drills are quite common on many schools around the globe. The kids just take it in their stride, mostly. Glad you have sorted out your trip at last!

Ha ha MrsS some of us don't do ourselves any favours, eh? Remind me, if I ever get to a MU to tell the story of the nutters family that DS2 stayed with in Strasbourg in Year 10….they sound a bit like your neighbours Paris. Except they had 7 feral kids and various random cousins and others staying. The place was crawling….

QQ it beats my why anyone thinks parading the very worst the UK has to offer on the media actually constitutes entertainment.

Linky please Lalsy….I am in dire need not some new recipe ideas!

I had mares last night too…but I think that was due to catching up on Mon and Tues episodes of Silent Witness…heavens, that programme is gruesome.

Take care Crepeys and stay safe.

ps I lived in NW9 when the IRA bombed the Brent Cross Flyover….

MI, you poor love. I really feel for you - being exhausted and wrung out by morning is the pits when you are dealing with so much else. And serious illness demands such a lot of families and their dynamics. xx

MI so sorry you are not feeling good, but you have a lot on your plate at the moment.

Alas date is not really moveable - these 'dates' are all booked things and dp has booked and paid. As he said he couldn't ask me about every date or I would have got suspicious and whilst it was on the calender which hangs in the kitchen........

Ho hum.....

I have had lots of rubbish nights sleep despite not drinking because of the howling gale - it's driving me bats. It's true, the wind gets in your bones....

MI - - I am going to the gynaecologist today and I'm going to ask for HRT.

I have also lost my thermal best - I suspect DD1 has made off with it.

Rose - Silent Witness was brill. I baled out of Broadchurch as although series 1was excellent. I couldn't remember enough of it for series 2 and the whole thing required too much effort for my tiny tired mind.