Bank holiday monday daily chat - all welcome!

bookseller1980

Silly Bookie spelt it wrong! Thank goodness for postcodes and TomTom!

bank_of_slate

LouiseJ wrote: »

Nor here..........saying that on a clear day you can see Hartlepool Docks from our bedroom window:D

Still there is Durham, Beamish Museum, lots of beaches..........any takers for the North East

I love the north East Louise!
booked another Sun holiday for Haggerston Castle next April :T
My sis lives near North Shields, we're both doing the Great North Run
...Linda xx

tenmah

bookseller1980 wrote: »

Silly Bookie spelt it wrong! Thank goodness for postcodes and TomTom!

I will second that! Especially as Waltham is not near Walton at all, so could have been difficult to navigate there without a Tom Tom.

We went to London last week and because the Tom Tom had died just before we left, we got incredibly lost and on a boiling hot day it wasn't fun!

bank_of_slate

I can't cope without my Tom Tom, I love it.

Also great because the kids can see the expected time of arrival which cuts out the "Are we nearly there yet?" questions
...Linda xx

bookseller1980

tenmah wrote: »

I will second that! Especially as Waltham is not near Walton at all, so could have been difficult to navigate there without a Tom Tom.

Straight down the A14 - done it a few times now. Had to learn quick as my TomTom died last time. Didn't know about the reset button. :rotfl:

We went to London last week and because the Tom Tom had died just before we left, we got incredibly lost and on a boiling hot day it wasn't fun!

bank_of_slate wrote: »

I can't cope without my Tom Tom, I love it.

Also great because the kids can see the expected time of arrival which cuts out the "Are we nearly there yet?" questions
...Linda xx

Trouble is that I see it as a challenge to get there faster!

beanielou

Bookie ~ Hows life?

I think the problem now is that teens expect to have a lappy, ipod ect.
I have spent over £150 on uniform for DS going in to fifth year,school has been back for 2 weeks & have had to pay £35 on trips he has to go on.Difficult when you dont have it so I see where you are coming from Spud.Hugs.

bookseller1980

Hi Beanie.
Life is sort of ok. Could get eto not working but need the income.
(Bookie is not really worried sick!)

I have some lovely friend and family who are being very supportive.

Bunnyinthelights

I agree about kids 'expecting' everything now a days...But I think it is more indicative of parenting than the actual children-we 'think' they 'need' these things because other kids have them and so the cycle continues. I get sad when I see other kids dressed in gorgeous clothes and my kids are decked out in George and Cherokee but that's my issue, not theirs...

Snaggles

Yep, kids were definitely upset, particularly Ryan who kicked me so hard I hit the floor in tears, and then Natasha decided it was a good game and started trying to rip handfuls of my hair out.

And having spent the last two hours cleaning the living room, Natasha has just covered it in crumbs and spilt juice because I stupidly took my eye off her for a minute to put the last few things away.

Really could just hide away somewhere and cry for a bit, but so much still to do. Grrr, i haven't felt like this for ages.

Not going to get down about it all though, have a lovely evening to look forward to tomorrow, going for a loooooooong :eek: run with Mr Sunday and then we are going to get royally pished (he thinks he will be able to drink me under the table....we will see...).

Right, time to put the kids to bed. No doubt for round two of 'Where's Daddy'. :rolleyes:

bookseller1980

Aaaw Snags that's horrible for you.
Big hug.