OS Thread Saturday 20th October 2007

redruby

Morning all,

Happy Birthday to Plumduff and Pen Pen enjoy your special days :beer: :j
mioliere, the story about you FIL putting perfume behind your MIL ears bought a lump to my throat, hope all goes well for you all, love and hugs xx

Twink what a lovely mum you are, it will be nice to see the kyles back I bet you have missed them xxx

Beautiful morning here, cold but very bright, got one load of washing in, and one to do, will get them on the line, and they will mostly dry, will air them above the radiator later.
Not sure what is for tea, HM pizza that we were supposed to have yesterday, we ended up getting a take away , I was finishing off my xmas shopping yesterday and its exhausting spending money

For anyone with young teenage girls New Look have got a sale on, I got loads of bits for DD, Jeans reduced from £25 - £5 organic cotton nice ones, a hand bag reduced from £25 to £5, because it had a few marks on, will get them off today, lots of jewellery for 50p to a £1, belts for £3, shoes for £5, a hoodie for £3, finished her xmas bits off for £42 !!;) Was very pleased.

We will be out walking today, its too nice to be stuck in, I am not a fan of sport really so will not be watching the rugby, but I do hope we win, X factor is back on tonight DD and I love it OH goes on the computer as he hates it
Well best be off for a bacon and egg sandwich xx

Love to all, hugs if you need one xxx

Hardup_Hester

I just had to pop back on to tell you what a sad old f**t I am. I'm so happy because the house is silent except for the WM & DW, the kitchen is clean & tidy & the draining board is clear intstead of being cluttered & best of all I can do my ironing without moving all the cake paraphinalia thats been cluttering a full length of work surface for 4 weeks. All this for nearly a week, I'm going to be in heaven.
Hester

VickyA_2

Happy birthday plumduff55 and Pen Pen. :bdaycake:

:bdaycake: to all those that I've missed since I've been AWOL

And :j :j to all those that need them for celebrations and jubilations of one sort or another (wedding anniversary, half term ).

I honestly thought this day would never come. It's been such an exhausting first half of term in my new school. It's an infants school that's in Special Measures and the head, well, is an "interesting" lady. She doesn't discipline any child that is sent to her and the disciplining is all done by the Learning Mentor and deputy. If they were little angels, then I wouldn't mind, but one of my class (a 6yr old girl) has "lost control" of her feet and a) kicked and broken a toilet door and b) kicked a strong boy in the ribs. Obviously, I can talk to her mum BUT it's sometimes nice to have the backup from the head.

This last week, I've been observed by the head and deputy, swiftly followed by two men from the Local Authority to check that we were making progress. Thankfully, my nerves didn't get the better of me (I hate being watched!!!) and they were really pleased with my teaching. During my drama lesson, I did have one boy who sat in the middle of the hall and refused to move. Grrrrrrr! Thankfully, the inspector said that "you'll always get one like that". I'm so relieved that he recognised that!!! :rolleyes:

Anyway, today is another action packed day. We're going to see the Tigers play against Worcester. My parents aren't going, so we're using their season tickets to take a couple of friends. Then it's back to the friends' house to watch England. :beer:

Tomorrow I'm going to Cambridge to meet up with two of my old uni housemates. (third one is very pregnant and so doesn't feel comfortable moving around!) I don't know where we're going to eat yet, but there won't be a problem getting a table in any restaurant - I hope!!

Have a good day everyone.

Vicky

PS Harduphester - I love reading your blog! It's really opened my eyes!

chalky_75

:hello: :hello: :hello: :hello: :hello: Morning everybody.
_party_ _party_ _party_ _party_ _party_ Happy Birthday to Penelope Penquin and Plum Duff55

csarina- sorry youe sleep pattern is disturbed again especially now its chilly in the mornings

kyle -- welcome home I am sure you have had a wicked time. My 3 loved it--- so did Me and Mr Chalky

mioliere - so sorry about your worries-- it is always worse when you cant be there

mrs mix - the apple festival sounds good. Have a lovely time

cheerfullness-- good news about the car

donnygal -how are things in Spain?

frogga--good news about the bread auction but I think you have hoipped away from us

taplady- mind being a saddo. Thanks for my waves. I am really going to miss them after tomorrow until we get the internet set up

Happy Day to everyone else I haven't mentioned.

Well we are surrounded byboxes and I trying to finish off the last bits of Christmas - nearly there!!!

We leave on the 4.oo p. m ferry tomorrow. A new adventure as we have never done a 24 hour ferry journey before but the weather looks set fair so that is the main thing. I shall be glad to get going now.

Van nearly ready I am taking so much cooking,sewing,knitting,crocheting stuff I hope I have time to do it all.

Anyway got to take MIL shopping and get last bits for us.

Home made soup (yes more!!!) for lunch then out to watch the rugby with frieds this evening so hope they win. I dont like Rugby but I still hope they win and Mr Chalky loves anything that moves in the Sports line.

Congratulations to all those celebrating and gentle thoughts to all those feeling sad or alone

tired_mum

Morning all
Seems a while since i have been on here time seems to go quite quickly
not much has changed here it started to get a bit better but now back to the same :mad: am not surprised as this has happened before but am just going to make the best of it for the kids
been busy with work and the building is coming on nicely have been reading the thread and think of you all most days
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PEN-PEN & PLUMDUFF:bdaycake:
Mioliere hugs to all your family
Pen Pin hope you are ok have been thinking of you
jackie O hope you are ok
Granny B glad to hear you are feeling better
hugs to all those who are un well or just waiting for new arrivals
Aussie lovely photo of DGS & OH lovely weather too
Kyle hope you had a wonderful time and feel refreshed
hugs to all

stefejb

Morning all

happy birthdays to Pen-Pen and Plumduff
welcome back Kyle - full reports expected - your poor mum's been sadly abused by a certain Aussielass in your absence
HH enjoy your free time
hugs to anyone else and go easy on yourself if you're bunged up, jetlagged, or carrying special bumps

Went to the Imperial War Museum yesterday - brilliant - I am a pacifist and thought it would be a bit Glory Glory and Toys for Boys but it wasn't like that at all. Loved the Children exhibition which was perfect for dd's project at school and the domestic stuff. We did do a bit of the Holocaust exhibition. dd is 11 and the programme tells you that it's not really suitable ofr children under 14. she was keen to see it though and the lovely guide explained to her what to expect and how to get out if she had had enough. There are two levels so he suggested that she do the first level and then come out and decide if she wanted to go on. I have to say I struggled with it and she asked to come out halfway around level one. It's very good though and does explain the background and history leading up to it. She talked about it afterwards saying that she saw it as a warning to ensure that things like that don't happen again which I guess is the point.

On a lighter note Bremner Bird and Fortune was brilliant. We got there pretty early so they put us in the seats around the stage but we didn't like them so moved to the main audience bit so you won't see us on telly. Ddad left this am to go to a play with his sister and wil come back either tonight or tomorrow for a couple of hours. he will then go to my dbros for the rest of his visit. A factor in this is that dbro has sky and ddad is a motor racing fan. dd and I will spend today getting ready for our trip to blacpool on monday, clearing the decks and taking part in the Great Use Up the Contents Of The Freezer Before Christmas Challenge

Crazychik

Good Morning All,

Looked in the local ad-mag, only a couple of cookers which seems interesting. Just hope we get a response from freecycle.
Was still up till nearly 3am. So Im a little tired.
Still got washing to do
Bedding to change
OH doing car boot this lunch time
then shopping afterwards
House work if I can be bothered!

(hugs to all)
welcome home Kyle!

Have a great wk end.
Love Emma xxx

penguin83

Morning everyone havent been on for a few days.

Happy birthday Penelope Penguin and Plumduff - hope you enjoy your days.

Had a great day at the races on Wednesday came home £100.00 up! Took the kids to Blackpool on Thursday night to see the lights which they really enjoyed.

Not much planned for the weekend except cleaning, tidying and food shopping later today. Got to sort paperwork out as well before it all mounts up again. Exciting times!

Hope everyone has a great Saturday whatever your doing. x x

Aril

Hi everyone!
Hugs to all those who need them.
Haven't been around much as it's just been one of those busy weeks topped off by a very non OS meal of fish and chips last night:D
Am back at work this morning waiting for the masses to arrive so have snuck in here for a quick peek. Other than putting the recycling out and munching on OH's hm granola for brekkie have done didly squat OS today!!
When I left OH and the small person were buried under a mound of halloween decorations...the small person has been investing his pocket money in such delights over the last couple of weeks with a few "tasteful" contributions from him parents...luminous plastic bones anybody!! If you have a Tschibo anywhere near you they're doing a set of 4 terracotta pumpkin nightlight holders for 2.90. I've split mine between the small person, my niece and a couple of my pagan friends. Oh well the house will look truly spooky when I get back:eek:
OH has cooked a chicken in preparation for making a pie for taking to his parents tomorrow. He tells me that's a far more cost effective way of getting the chicken for the pie filling. I suppose it'd never occurred to me...I'd have bought chicken breasts. He really has caught me up in the os stakes :mad:
The small person and I are going to hopefully get another lot of Chrimbo shopping done this afternoon which will mean it's nearly done [mind you it still won't get wrapped till the last moment as I loathe doing that part...need a big glass of wine to ease the trauma:rotfl: :rotfl: ]
Other than that it's a reduced Mr T quiche for supper and a hefty dose of Strictly.
Have a great day peeps!!
Aril
PS Why did the dinosaur cross the road?
Because chickens weren't invented! [sorry one of the small person's!!]

mrs_mix

Hello again
:bdaycake: happy birthday Plumduff enjoy your day
Welcome back Kyle and family hope you had a super time
I have done 2 loads washing
made rolls and just put a loaf on
pam xx