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GreyQueen

monnagran wrote: »

GQ: I WANT ONE. You are a siren, I have screamed defiance at anyone who suggested that it might be good for me to have one...AT YOUR AGE was never said but I can read between the lines. Now I can see how wrong I have been. It only remains for me to decide on the colour/pattern. Shocking pink? purple? dayglo orange? It's a problem. Enjoy Jiffy/Juffy. You'll be taking it/him/her to bed with you of course, in case he/she/it feels lonely in a strange house.

The brighter the better. Looking at the prevalance of trollies and the whizzy designs, it seems clear to me that we are witnessing a minor cultural shift, effectively emerging from the (hall) closet and saying we don't like dragging shopping bags around. It hurts, it's inconvenient, it's bad for our backs and we ain't gonna do it no more. We're gonna be Trolley Dollies and hold our heads high. We will have racing trollies in lairy colourways and be out and proud.

I was smiling to myself yesterday when I noticed the sheer amount of things on wheels around the city centre; buggies and prams and suitcases and wheeled briefcases and shopping trollies. Soon, if you don't have your gear on wheels you'll be so last year, dahlings!

I admit to having a fascination with furniture on wheels and my ideal home would have everything and anything wheelable. I love being able to pull things out and rearrange furniture. Even as a young child, I loved rearranging furniture and actually had to be forbidden to do it. Didn't help; I'd go upstairs, sneakily move the chest of drawers across the door to stop anyone disturbing me, then rearrange to my heart's content. It was only a small room and had a double bed in it and I specialised in doing the 33-point turn with the bed.

To this day, people say things like you'll never get that in there and I just smile mysteriously and think Wanna bet?

smileyt wrote: »

Greyqueen, better keep an eye on nursey - she might nick your trolley and then you would be bereft.

:eek: Oh no, hadn't thought of that! Better go and check the strength of her bonds (for anyone not familiar with Nurse/ Nursie, she is a fictious member of my household who lives hogtied in the broom cupboard with Henri D'Vac. She is available for weddings, funerals and lyings-ins by special appointment only).

Only I'm not leasing her out to SDG ever again.....she can tell you why.:p

Need breakfast and to fluff up my dreamy hair (snicker) as I just washed it and it's all over the place like a mop. Laters, GQ x

Molly41

GreyQueen wrote: »

Even as a young child, I loved rearranging furniture and actually had to be forbidden to do it. Didn't help; I'd go upstairs, sneakily move the chest of drawers across the door to stop anyone disturbing me, then rearrange to my heart's content. It was only a small room and had a double bed in it and I specialised in doing the 33-point turn with the bed.

To this day, people say things like you'll never get that in there and I just smile mysteriously and think Wanna bet?

Ha my youngest son is just like this and is forever re-arranging his bedroom.

Results day for us - GCSEs so a tough day for us mums and dads:T

I actually think Im getting too old for all of this - six years of results year in year out and I still cant cope very well:o

Good luck to all those youngsters and the one thing i have learnt from all this exam angst is that exams are not the be all and end all - they do not define you and there are other routes to achieve your dreams xx

SDG31000

*Passes SpikyHedgehog a mug of tea and the bottle of Kalms*
I know how you feel. DS1 has no back up plan, but his college seem pretty relaxed about him doing tough A-Levels so I'm trying not to worry too much and failing. DS1 plays WarHammer 40K and has a Space Marine army and DS2 isn't into it as much, but he has Tomb Kings.
I might as well have stayed up all night and knitted little hats for all the sleep I got.
lisa The best of luck with the tests. I really hope it's nothing serious xxx
kidcat I hope that the painkillers are working now and that you feel better.
GQ Congratulations on the arrival of Jiffy

I am shattered and not at my most calm at the moment. I've resisted biting my nails so far, but it's touch and go. DS1 is still fast asleep.
I will try to have a nap later, but have to go and see my former neighbour this afternoon. I haven't seen her since Boxing Day and feel guilty about not going, but find it very stressful and upsetting. Hopefully she still remembers us.
Time for more tea xxxx

Pooky

Morning all

Good luck to all parents and kids getting results today.

I think I'm more nervous than DD1 (who is currently playing The Smiths at full volume, reflecting her mood???)

I didnt get this nervous about my own results - cant get into the school until 9.30 so not long now.

Had to laugh at one of her friends who's first comments on opening his A level results was "hey, my results spell DUDE" bless him.

SDG31000

Pooky we have to wait until 10am. I'm not sure my nerves can stand it :eek:

GQ For the sake of my nerves and the neighbours I have drawn a line under Nursey's visit. I have to say that I really don't know how the fence stood up to her vaulting over it. I just know that my neighbour's cat still has funny turns and limps whenever she sees me. I have managed to patch up all the arrow holes in the dining room. Who would have thought that a homemade arrow made out of elastic out of DH's pants, some empty bean tins and something she found behind the freezer could inbed itself in brick. DS2 was very impressed and made notes to help during the upcoming zombie apocalypse. I hope that the deprogramming stuck. Just remember to keep her away from any Kevin Costner and Mel Gibson movies and you should be fine

kidcat

Good luck to all the GCSE waiters today ours were last week and I found so many of the kids wandering round with no clue what to do as their results were poor and no parent with them just to give them a hug. I found myself hugging loads and administering the same advice over and over, the world will not end if the results are not good, you just get to go back and have another go.


ETA - have been taken two doses of pain meds now and they do reduce the pain, but am feeling shaky and slightly out of it, havent really slept either, just dosed on and off. OH at work today so should be fun here, thankfully DD id around and my dad is taking DS14 to the hospital for his tests so I dont have to go out.

Possession

Kidcat your body has to adjust to the painkillers. When I started tramadol they completely zonked me out for a week but TBH that was preferable to being in agony. Although I wouldn't have chosen 2 knee replacements as my 40th birthday present it's the best present I ever had.

I'm feeling nervous myself for all you GCSE mums and dads, goodness knows what i'll be like when it's my turn!

PS. I had BUPA through work, didn't really get them as pressies, but I was in hospital over my 40th birthday.

There is a really hilarious double slanket reduced to £4 on Asda direct.
http://direct.asda.com/george/womens-nightwear/valentines-double-slanket/GEM148178,default,pd.html
I've bought one as I think the children will love snuggling in it watching TV, and also I just had to see what it looked like in real life. Collect from store is free.

lisakay_2

Possession...I just ordered one!!! not that DH is home much to snuggle up with me, with all the overtime he does.
mcculloch, you really made me laugh, i can just picture the scene.
meme, cake? carrot cake? with cream cheese topping? yes please .
Right, be back later. Must go and brush the girls hair. They're off to nanna's house because it's DH's turn at the hospital today with his hip. We need to leave in 15 mins, I'm not dressed yet and it takes 20 minutes each to brush their hair:eek:. both girls have very long hair that tries to turn into dreadlocks overnight. think it'll just be dragged back into a scruffy ponytail and hope mil thinks it's supposed to look like that:rotfl:.
catch y'all later x

Possession

They're so funny aren't they Lisa! Can't wait to pick it up now, might provide comic relief all the way until Christmas.
I have similar hair problems with DD, she's having it washed right this minute as they are going out with MIL. I used to have luck with the Tangle Teasers but that doesn't seem to work any more so I'm on the lookout for some kind of magic brush.

grandma247

Lisa hugs for you and anyone else who needs it today.

Special gentle hug for kidcat, what a lovely thing to do for those kids. They will always remember your kindness.

Hair. Have you tried coating the hair with coconut oil before washing? It makes the hair much more manageable.