Nice people thread part 4 - sugar and spice and all things

vivatifosi

Crikey. Please wish DD a very Merry Christmas and the hamster a good night's sleep. This page is lovely and colourful now.

michaels

Hi Lydia's Daughter and welcome to the nice people thread. Did you watch the x-factor this evening? My daughter who is in year 3 watched Matilda on DVD and then was very sleepy and is asleep now even though she was trying to stay awake working on her confirmation stuff.

For nice people I just read this post and thought it was pretty funny.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=47512715&postcount=26

neverdespairgirl

Happy Birthday!

My darling infant was a bit under the weather today. Not seriously, he had a bit of a stomach bug. He described it as, "My tummy is confused", which is a rather interesting way to put it!

He did then get a bit upset when we were reading about baby turtles, and realised that baby turtles' Mummy and Daddy sod off, rather than looking after them.

zagubov

Ndg, michaels, lydiaj, if you've got kids that like to be told stories when there's none to read, can I pass on a tip -
these websites are collections of long and short stories/folktales /myths/ etc.
!
http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/index.htm
http://dimdima.com/khazana/storytime.aspve

I found others that covered Aesop's fables etc. It was a vain (in both senses) attempt to seem like Superdad.

I used to memorise these stories when I had to keep my kids entertained while chauffeuring them about . My kids are now teenagers so I don't need these sites, but I hope they're of some use to you.

You've probably guessed I have precious few other talents that would impress kids, but at least they thought I knew every story in the world!:rotfl:

SingleSue

In my car, it was maths questions not stories to keep them entertained!

Just back from eldest's 18th birthday party, the owner of the venue did an absolutely amazing job on the cake, it was certainly a talking point. I, however, have completely overdone things and now can't move without extreme pain.....but we had a lot of fun so it is worth it.

SingleSue

Happy birthday Missk!

Davesnave

vivatifosi wrote: »

Out of interest, who has got their heating on? I'm trying to hold out until November .

We have to hold out till mid-November, because that's when it's safe to let the nice man light the Aga. Do it too soon and oil's wasted, do it too late, and he might be ages getting here, so we book him. Once cleaned and lit, it's on for the winter.

We've been lighting the woodburner in the evenings, as required, since the middle of last month. That's our other form of heating, and although it's connected to hopelessly optimistic series of radiators, a couple get warm, so it almost works. Logs are free or very cheap for us, and storage isn't a problem either, so we're looking at a wood powered boiler or kitchen stove for the future.

Because it's inflexible, we're often in the daft position of having the back door wide open on warmish winter days to dissipate the heat the Aga's generating! Obviously, that's not something that can continue, but with a large conservatory facing due south, the simulated Mediterranean winter climate is rather pleasant! :rotfl:

lostinrates

LydiaJ wrote: »

DD can't sleep and wants to type smilies to take her mind off worrying about the hamster.

:j:p:D:cool:;):o:T:):rotfl::A:(:EasterBun :easter_os:easter_ba:easter::icotbaske:shocked: :female::exclamati:embarasse:search::sad: :question::www::cool2::male::cheesy::lipsrseal :bdaycake::undecided:angry:starmod::starmod::huh::staradmin:grin:kisses3: :kisses2::kisses::grinheart:blushing::iloveyou: :heartsmil:heartpuls:heart2::smileyhea :happylove:love::happyhear:rudolf::xmastree: :xmassmile:xmassign::snow_laug:snow_grin:santa2: :wave::shhh::question:_party_:drool: :idea::doh::footie::dance:_pale_:coffee::hello: :grouphug::whistle::wall::think::spam::silenced: :beer::mad::eek:

Aw. I'm sorry I missed her here, give her my love and it was nice to have the page so much more cheerful.

She's an excellent pet owner to be so concerned, but also to notice something wrong and the hamster is absolutely where it needs to be, which is also brave of her. Doing the right thing is sometimes very difficult.

xx

LydiaJ

lostinrates wrote: »

Aw. I'm sorry I missed her here, give her my love and it was nice to have the page so much more cheerful.

She's an excellent pet owner to be so concerned, but also to notice something wrong and the hamster is absolutely where it needs to be, which is also brave of her. Doing the right thing is sometimes very difficult.

xx

Thank you. She has been very anxious this morning, but we have just phoned the petshop who say that she is looking fine this morning, and no more of the weird stuff has appeared so far. DD has perked up and gone downstairs to play, leaving me to a morning in bed attempting to shake off the cough/cold that DS has given me before I have to go to work tomorrow. I'll pass on your message next time she comes upstairs.

michaels wrote: »

Hi Lydia's Daughter and welcome to the nice people thread. Did you watch the x-factor this evening? My daughter who is in year 3 watched Matilda on DVD and then was very sleepy and is asleep now even though she was trying to stay awake working on her confirmation stuff.

Thanks michaels. That makes two Nice daughters in year 3. Mine watched Dani's house on iplayer last night and claims to have been awake all night worrying about Snowy, although actually she slept quite well. When's the confirmation?

lostinrates

kitchen wall heaved a bit more over night I think.....the bottom kitchen cupboard where food is the shelf fell off and its all in a muddle,

so have started emptying the cupboards quite quickly!


edit: oh, and its warner today, 15 degrees in the kitchen...despite the breeze