13 Moons part 2 - Freebird & Frugabulous

taxi73

atb least they must look good if he was asking that..lol

Karmacat

Taxi has a good point! But dear me, what was he doing asking at all! No wonder you were concerned!

Hope the words with DD were .... productive

Lula-Hula

Morning all,

still in bed here & about to get up & head off for an indulgent bath.

I've been a bit distracted with family matters recently so my head not in the right place for picking up subtleties in conversation.

Rest of the day went ok, I took DDs old uniform & the 4 library books back to her old school - they were grateful.

I then took 2 bags of clothes, shoes books etc & a box of crockery to the newly opened up charity shop. I feel a bit sad about that - it's in the shop where a bakers used to be & the old pet shop next door is still empty & the car showroom at the other end of the street is now empty. Those 3 businessess were all here when I first came to live in the area over 20 years ago.

The charity shop is the first we've ever had here & I'm sure there's a saying about that being a sign that an area is in decline .

Anyway, it saved me a journey & parking hassle elsewhere & to cheer myself up I went off to garden centre to spend my voucher. I got 12 little pansies for £3.98 & also bought a big terracotta bowl -shaped pot to put them in.

The orthodontist called to make an appointment but they are only open between 9 & 3, Monday to Wednesday. Not helpful for working parents of school age children who I would assume are the main clientele. Booked in for half term week, but had to ask childminder if it fitted with her plans as we'll be arriving late. Will also need to grovel to boss about being late.

Which reminds me; High School open evening next Tuesday; please can children help out between 5.30 & 8.30 ? I said DD could stay til 7. Then I got a letter saying that due to late night on open evening, the following day school doesn't start til 9.30.

That is also NOT helpful to working parents . Friend already texted to ask if she can drop her DD off here at 8 that day as she has to go to uni ... of course she can & I will drop them off on my way to work, late, after I have grovelled to boss, again.

Perhaps someone would like to make a glossy film called "How does Lula do it", but I suspect that my life is far too realistic & not glossy enough & besides I don't have an adoring/long suffering partner to live happily ever after with. I am holding a one woman boycott against the newly released film of a similar title.

Far too much irony involved what with having to hire a sitter so that I can go see it.


Anyway,

thankfully I got the hoovering & a bit of tidying done before DD came home. She's discovered that one of her new friends at school lives just round the corner in the next road & asked if she could stay for tea. I normally say NO on principle when she does that - hate being put on the spot, but I don't mind on a friday & I'm so delighted that she has a friend who lives nearby & can see without having to get lifts from parents involved !

Plans for today are a bit of lounging about, a bit of ironing, a bit of cleaning & a bit of decluttering & reorganizing space.

Nothing drastic, nothing stressful or demanding, just pottering

I will return when I am in a slightly less scathing mood towards celebrities & their 'helpful tips' on how to be so f***ing 'amazing' whilst having 'super fun' :mad: - that'll teach me to read the guardian online before I've had a coffee. I can feel my upper lip curling in a most unattractive snarl so off to soak it in the bath lest it sets like that :rotfl:

Karmacat

I'd go see the film if it was about *you*, not Julia Roberts or someone

fedupandskint

Tell me about it - a film full of smugness about life and how we as working women can have it all and dazzle everyone else who wonders how does she do it? In fantasy only remember

Have a happy and cheerful weekend missus as I decide to make some apple muffins or not

RosaBernicia

I'll join your boycott as I find SJP annoying (why am I supposed to believe she's amazingly attractive? Super-bony and wearing bonkers clothes is not something that my male friends go for) plus have read the book and also thought that was annoying. My question was more 'I don't know WHY she does it' since it took a whole book to occur to her that she didn't really need the income and could therefore move to a job that didn't involve working with eejits. Coulda told her that on page 2.

We've been telling you for ages that you should write though... I'll watch How Lula Does It...

Bit odd about your orthodontist, mine very helpfully does Saturday mornings once a month. You would think that since they are privately run anyhow (so not obliged to deal with NHS antisocial hours rules etc) they could manage to provide appointments outside 9-5.

Rosa xx

Shoe_Gal

Sorry, have to disagree! I can't wait to see the film - I loved the book and I love SJP!

Sounds like another bonkers week in LulaLand - another one who would defo watch the film! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Lula-Hula

Hmmmm I don't have a problem with SJP ( although like you Rosa, I've never met a man who finds her attractive) & I haven't read the book so am really basing my opinions on the various trailers & write ups; BUT I'm just not quite sure what the point of it is. Working & parenting with any success is a constant tightrope walk of fear & occasional arm flailing to keep upright & on the right path.

For most of the women I know who do it, nannies, au pairs & huge salaries are not part of it, they work because their families cannot keep afloat on just one salary. I was recently offered a chance to bid on new build social housing a couple of miles away. Starting price for a 2 bed shoe box is £216,000. Let me just grab my cheque book.

I'm already working on my autobiography daaaahlings :rotfl: ... just need to find some clever & succint mistress of the pen who can edit my ramblings by at least a half ...wordsmith, that will be you

Had a mean headache earlier, possibly caffeine related or due to last night's glass of wine. Trip to the washing line helped blow it away.

The bathroom has been re-sparkled & all the ironing been done. De-dusting can wait a while. A lot of lounging about has occurred, a bit of baking, some more wine & various cups of different flavoured tea.

NSD number 8 & no chores for me on sunday .

Crikey it's late,

G'night
xx

ZTD

Lula-Hula wrote: »

Hmmmm I don't have a problem with SJP ( although like you Rosa, I've never met a man who finds her attractive)

I think I shall just post and run...

fedupandskint

Morning! Happy Sunday Lula and are you watching the 22 men in NZ lose their indiscipline?

I'm really trying for NSD today as gone off track a bit this last week and some batch cooking and gardening if the weather holds after the rugby ends - exciting huh?