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

lostinrates

regarding bedtime stories....one of the thoings I'm sad to have lost is a recording my father made for me of bedtime stories as he read them to me. Its a good thing to hve if you don't always see your parents at bedtime.

I've been meaning to replace a book with something similar I can't find from my kiddy collection, about the Tomte that was a family book sent by my maternl grandmother when I was little. I don't relly remember much about it but the name and that it was Swedish!

misskool

i've gone from being absolutely addicted to coffee to not really drinking anything bar green tea all day. it takes a while for your tastebuds to change but it will.

V V V V V stressed about something at the moment. it's absolutely critical to get something right by Tuesday and it's Sunday now.

LydiaJ

So sorry to hear that, misskool. Hope it all works out, whatever it is.

PasturesNew

Stroke of luck ... found somewhere, got a moving in date. Holiday place, self-contained... AND .... I GET A BEDROOM!!!!! Brilliant, not used to a bedroom... and it's the best/biggest place I'll have ever lived!! Rent's all inclusive, except electricity, so no changing over utilities etc. It's available after half term. I've said I'll take it.

As it's usually for holidays it's got everything and everything's shiny and clean I could literally move in without any of my stuff.... just pick up a bag of chips on the way over. It's in a small town/village on the coast.

zagubov

PasturesNew wrote: »

Stroke of luck ... found somewhere, got a moving in date. Holiday place, self-contained... AND .... I GET A BEDROOM!!!!! Brilliant, not used to a bedroom... and it's the best/biggest place I'll have ever lived!! Rent's all inclusive, except electricity, so no changing over utilities etc. It's available after half term. I've said I'll take it.

Excellent news PN! :beer:
I hope it meets all your needs, including t'internet so you can keep us informed; otherwise you'll have to get one of those smartphone thingeys.

michaels

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I've been reading Isaac the Just So stories, and he adores them.

The great-grey-green greasy Limpopo river, all set about with fever trees

We always seem to have great literature involving Kipper, Biff and Chip. As I do the bedtime story duties hopefully my reading will be remembered when they are older. DD1, 7 wants to start reading Harry Potter, I'm not sure she will get it yet. May be the brilliant local librarians will find her something suitable but with all her activities and homework I'm not sure how much time she has for reading...

lostinrates wrote: »

is it necessarily good though?:D

I don't do coffee, alcohol and very little sweets, fats, red meat etc but it doesn't seem to do my health any good.

misskool wrote: »

i've gone from being absolutely addicted to coffee to not really drinking anything bar green tea all day. it takes a while for your tastebuds to change but it will.

V V V V V stressed about something at the moment. it's absolutely critical to get something right by Tuesday and it's Sunday now.

I find the best thing is to get out of the rabbit in the headlights mode and chunk the problem up and work through each piece without really thinking about the overall goal and suddenly you find you are making progress. The other thing is prioritising the must be done3 over the like to do and of course being a consultant there is always the managing customer expectations bit...

lostinrates

michaels wrote: »

DD1, 7 wants to start reading Harry Potter, I'm not sure she will get it yet. May be the brilliant local librarians will find her something suitable but with all her activities and homework I'm not sure how much time she has for reading...
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If she learns to find time for reading and learns to love it then she has the key to almost every door in life she wants to open..help her find the time!

morag1202

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

I've been reading Isaac the Just So stories, and he adores them.

The great-grey-green greasy Limpopo river, all set about with fever trees

Another vote for Kipling

lostinrates wrote: »

regarding bedtime stories....one of the thoings I'm sad to have lost is a recording my father made for me of bedtime stories as he read them to me. Its a good thing to hve if you don't always see your parents at bedtime.

I've been meaning to replace a book with something similar I can't find from my kiddy collection, about the Tomte that was a family book sent by my maternl grandmother when I was little. I don't relly remember much about it but the name and that it was Swedish!

Do you mean Sven Nordqvist?

michaels

I was very much a reader but it is not for everyone, I just can't understand where all the time goes. This evening she was doing her learning log and was being a bit pathetic, lots of crying and I can't do it when I offered myself to answer specific questions but not tell her exactly what to do. Don't know which parent she gets it from...

lostinrates wrote: »

If she learns to find time for reading and learns to love it then she has the key to almost every door in life she wants to open..help her find the time!

lostinrates

morag1202 wrote: »

Do you mean Sven Nordqvist?

Those are not what mine was I don't think but would make an excellent replacement! Thank you!