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Daily Chat 3/01/09-Always Look on the Bright Side of Life!

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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    Although I now have a big family Spud, none of them live near us......they are nearer to you!!!! They would drive me mental if any of them lived nearer...

    It means I remember them with fondness instead of reality....
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,541 Forumite
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    lennymfo wrote: »
    Oh really, think I'll go then :D Hey what's the topic, perhaps I could add my two penneth :rolleyes:

    erm, cleaners, parenting and Dr Who.
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  • System
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    spud30 wrote: »
    Granny Sammy mainly ;) :T
    What she been talking the wonders of thermal underwear again?
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  • Gemmzie
    Gemmzie Posts: 14,876 Forumite
    Another positive baby story, an old work colleague found out she was pregnant at 18, finished her A Levels while pregnant, then took a year out and had baby and is now happily juggling parenthood and uni. She's studying Law. I hate how people stereotype young mums!
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  • spud30
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    sammy115 wrote: »
    I think parenting makes or breaks friendships tbh....I 'drifted' away from a couple of friends who tried to force their parenting style on me.....(I am sure wearing odd socks never really had any effect on my kids mental health!)

    One 'friend' who scared me to death cos she talked dead posh and had lovely manners became my best mate......cos she is seriously nuts.....:rotfl:

    We have no choice re the socks.....our furry baby likes to take them out and bury them, but only in ones, never a pair :rolleyes: :rotfl:
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • System
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    erm, cleaners, parenting and Dr Who.
    Oh Im not an expert on any of them. I need Jinky to lower the tone; you know me, easily led :D
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  • spud30
    spud30 Posts: 16,872 Forumite
    lennymfo wrote: »
    What she been talking the wonders of thermal underwear again?

    no, read back....she gonna be granny Sammy :D
    Is it better to aim for the stars and hit a tree or aim for a tree and land in its branches :think:
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  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    sammy115 wrote: »
    Although I now have a big family Spud, none of them live near us......they are nearer to you!!!! They would drive me mental if any of them lived nearer...

    It means I remember them with fondness instead of reality....

    :rotfl: :rotfl: That may actually work if I could just maybe move to say............................Australia:D .
    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • skint_spice
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    spud30 wrote: »
    We've just never had a proper routine and having spent today decorating the kitchen, and making it look lovely, I want to make sure we keep the whole house sparkly and clean like that :p

    You could get it to work for you then, just concentrate on one room a day and delegate a few tasks and you're there! or if you are me you tidy up and then decide to pull the place apart again selling cds/dvds - there are piles everywhere!:o
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  • sammy115
    sammy115 Posts: 15,267 Forumite
    Gemmzie wrote: »
    Another positive baby story, an old work colleague found out she was pregnant at 18, finished her A Levels while pregnant, then took a year out and had baby and is now happily juggling parenthood and uni. She's studying Law. I hate how people stereotype young mums!

    DD1 has already been through that now.....People always assume first that she is Chloe's mum. Then when they find out she isn't they look at me and then DD1 and say 'so exactly how old are you then?' Then usually followed by 'so she was a mistake then? (chloe I mean not DD1).....and when I say no they assume that I have divorced OH and got married again.......:rotfl:
    Quality is doing something right when no one is looking - Henry Ford
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