The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

Hi all,
Did someone want to party ?:j
Trying to plan a girls night out on Saturday ... going to see if he wants to spend some quality time with his children .... If not .....hey ho
will make the youngest 2 spend some time with there elder siblings lol ... few hours and I will be driving not drinking ....One step at a time ....
Just need to do something , dd is up and down ...
He did his 5 min visit today , but so far she hasn't been in tears ... think she is now just gobsmacked by him ....
Apparently he has got them presents from his weekend away with gf .... *** , words actually fail me ... They are teenagers not 6 year olds ...

Other than that working to much , running when I can .... actually ate today , so will need to run later , but still running around with kids now and haven't fed them yet :eek:

Did a walk this afternoon with the pup , first time off the lead and thankfully she was brilliant ...did have visions of having to rugby tackle her to catch her :rotfl:

need to do some housework , but really can't be bothered ...

x

Good on you Burtha Numpty ex's behaviour will come and bite him on the bum x

I am another avid reader, always have been - as young used to love Faraway Tree, St Claire's. As a teen Douglas Adams, Richard Adams, and developed a strange obsession with Shakespear - now anything and everything...

Hubby doesn't really read, never has, his Mum doesn't read either - annoyingly, when I am 'in the zone' lost in my lastest book, he thinks 'Oh she is a bit quiet' and try's to start a full debate about some old nonsense

We are off on hols soon, books are selected for the trip - I have invested in an adult colouring book for his Nibbs, maybe he can chill out with that, if not, I am sure there will be some lovely walks :rotfl:

Islandmaid I had to educate my ex-dh about the joys of reading, he just didn't get it! Current DH is a reader (thank heavens!) as are my sons (despite ds2 being dyslexic)... I couldn't contemplate a home without books!

I loved Enid Blyton as a child but was horrified in later life when my DDs were reading them. They were such nasty children , really horrible to each other, and I noticed my elder DD talking to her younger sister in a really unpleasant way after an Enid Blyton binge.

I read all the series mentioned by others plus a few - anyone remember the Bobsey twins? And there was a series about a student nurse set in the 1930s (I'm not thinking about Lucilla Andrews that came later) The sheer joy of discovering a new series to gobble up, nothing beats it

Hester, before Lady C's Lover was given the green light in this country we had a much fingered, brown paper covered French edition passed around at school. It did wonders for our French though sadly I still failed my French 'O' level. Inexplicably there were no questions about Lady C, only a rather strange request to write an essay about my nightdress. This I struggled with, I wore PJs. Afterwards it appeared that I was supposed to be writing about my nightmare. An easy mistake to make.

burtha, leave the housework, it's not going anywhere. Much more important to do things that you can get even a smidgen of enjoyment from.
As a matter of interest, how much interaction with his children did pratface have before he shuffled off to pastures new? I ask because he doesnt seem to have the foggiest idea about what they need or what to do with them. This business of 5 minute appointments is ridiculous.
Hope you have some fun on Saturday night, where would we be without our friends? Mine saved me.

Oh the joy of Kindles. When I used to go abroad on holiday, at least half of my suitcase was filled with paperbacks. It played havoc with the weight allowance. I do tend to pick up mysterious books that are being offered free. Some of them are very strange, and I can read most things.