I venture to suggest it might be a tad sckrunchy, KJ...

I don't think I've EVER been so glad to see the arse-end of a week. For sheer sack-of-bollox it takes the biscuit.

Saturday, here I come...

woo hoo its the weekend

So you want to keep all your dog poo to yourself eh? Must say, it's fine by me

Handy good luck with your next round with the moderators, hopefully it will be a knockout this time round!

So I see the topics haven't changed much in my absence Dog poo indeedy!!KJ I can remember white dog poo In fact wasn't there a thread here ages ago and all the young ones thought it was made up (made me laugh and feel old!) Sorry no dog poo stories here but plenty baby poo ones which i shall refrain from sharing.


((((Imaplum))) Good to see you still here but I don't want your weather stories. Bloody freezing up here and fed up. Rains almost everyday. Friend from down south stayed recently and thought all the green was beautiful ! Yeh it is green and lush coz it rains every bloody day I have weed killer to put on cobbles and can't get it down coz of the rain (see I can still moan!!)

Hope everyone has a good week-end and Handy next week is a better one Bats don't need to tell you the GOW remedy for entertaining.........Ply with alcohol and they won't care about food. Which reminds me I have been teetotal since January . Too many late nights online drinking bottles of wine started to affect my health so now on the wagon and hopefuly not less boring and only a little bit sanctimonious

The weather here is as shitty as the current discussion in GOW. I certainly didn't leave Derry for the weather.

Hi Twingle! Great to see you here. It's great that your teetotal resolve has kept up even after our afternoon in Barney's. Then again, I may have given you further reason for why women of a certain age shouldn't drink. BTW: We were on about TV BBC4 not radio 4. I hardly ever listen to the radio (or wireless as you Brits are fond of calling it) since I've left Ireland. I used to listen to it when driving mostly.

I hope that exams and inspections, etc. are successful for all. I'm so glad that type of thing doesn't impact my life any more.

I'm sitting here looking in awe at how fast a bit of fertiliser on my balcony plants have made a difference in just 4 days. Everything is greener and most show some very new growth and my tomato and strawberry plants have just put out bigger new fruits. The lavender, thyme and basil are more fragrant as well. Amazing! It's something that cheers me up on a rainy and miserable day and I can see it (and smell it if I open the door) from the comfort of my favourite chair.

Greeting Grumpies.

I have got sunburn for the first time ever in my life. My nose It's sort of hard to describe. The skin looks and feels like crocodile skin. It is such a flattering hue of red.

Was I on a Caribbean beach or island hopping in the Med? No I was in Yorkshire on a canal, in a narrow boat. One warm and sunny day and I got fried. Strangely enough my arms are brown and my legs are still pale blue.

I've decided that the sun and the sun reflecting off the water and the sun reflecting off my glasses is the reason my neb is now ready to audition for a bit part in the next alien/monster film.

I had a hat on and did have cream on but obviously I didn't reapply it enough times.

Hope next week is better for all of us x

Had a lovely chillout day today - took Melony up to meet her Grandad and his sister near York and they did all the tot-wrangling between them while I mooched around enjoying the sunshine. Result!

No sunburn for me - but PQ, I know exactly what you mean. I once burned a perfect oval on my face frm the ears forwards whilst rockpooling thanks to reflections on water! Whih bit of Yorkieland were you in?

Twing - welcome to the Dry Persons Club.
Last drink I had was Feb half-term and I seem to enjoy myself OK

And a quick ((((((((((((((huggle))))))))))))))))) for Amica, cos she sounds like she needs one!

I hope a newbie is allowed to have a grump.....I twisted my anke at work last night and now i'm having to spend Saturday night laid on the sofa....not fair!!!

Grump away PP.

I have reached that point where I'd like to get in the car and drive. A long, long way away.

There are times when being a parent isn't all it's cracked up to be... maybe I need to hit the bottle just to make up for all this teetotalness

EEE Sad. Do you fancy one of those road trips like in the films......I'll come with................we could go far........reallly far.........

Unfortunately there comes a time when getting p****d is just one more headache.

I can talk recklessly and with abandon about getting "pissed" however...being a middle aged Grumpy of 3+ childlings and any other teen or young adults who are around our gaff at any time you can think, I really don't do the pished thing. Someone has to be sensible.

On the whole I have a brilliant relationship with The Slavettes but there is a line between Parent and Best Friend.

I am Mummy first and friend second or third or whatever place down the line.

You'd need pretty good teeth our KJ...

The massive lunch finished about an hour ago. I'm knackered, but it was lovely...

(((grumpies who need a hug)))

You're on, so long as we get to stop for cake.

As usual I decided against drowning my sorrows. Partly because as PQ so wisely put it, someone has to be sensible. Although the temptation to sink to the same hormonal outburst level is bad enough sober...

I'm permanently reminded these days of the comment my late mama made on greeting my newborn daughter 17 years ago... "Just think, darling, she'll hit puberty just as you hit the menopause" ... with an evil cackle. Trust me... one of us would have left home already if that had been the case

But I do think I am finally running out of patience and understanding and feeling just a tiny bit resentful at having every waking moment monopolised by other people's mood swings, whether the offspring, or equally self-absorbed 'friends'.

Another day frittered away - life's too short for this time wasting.

*looks at time of post and tries to work out how long a lunch that was*

(((((((((((hugs back)))))))))))

Very, very long.

Now stand still because there's a hug heading back your way - (((((((((((((((((Sad))))))))))))))

'allo

un jour en belgique. I luv my Belgian chums. francophone et erm. Flemish peeps. Utterly lost the plot maintenant. Away avec les fairies.

'allo 'allo to newbie grumps

Sad and Amica... you fill me with so much joyous hope for the future... NOOOOOOOTTTTT!

(((((((((((((hugggggggggggggggggg))))))))))))))))))

Downside of being a parent atm for me is that when one's spouse needs a TLC Talk the only time one can do it is OMG o'clock at night. *sigh*

We trudge onward. Let's all hold hands, eh, girls?

Good idea handy.

I wonder how KJ's head is this morning...

Here, I have to do a massive tidy up after yesterday's doings, but I'm not long up and the boys are still snoring away... Slobby day ahead I imagie.

So far my morning has consisted of - getting up at stupid o'clock to shower and dress ready to chauffeur the drama queen to her dance exam. |Leaving the venue of same and returning to the house to collect the trousers she'd forgotten... breaking several speed limits to get said trousers to the exam in time. Returning home with madam and informing her that her laptop remains confiscated until such time as we can see her bedroom carpet (a not unreasonable request, we felt)... resulting in her refusal to give dad his Father's day card and gift - lovingly purchased and prepared by me, all she had to do was write the bloody card - 'because you told me to tidy my room so that's what I'm doing'.

We're out for a meal in an hour, meeting Grandad there. Can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to this happy occasion

HM - look on the bright side, at least you two are still talking to each other Mr Sad and I have just started to talk again after several years of passing like ships in the night... and now we're ganging up on the kids

KJ, I love you so much

*passes Resolve*

Thanks

I'm drinking my cuppa from that mug and grinning

greetings , did the race for life to day (walking) and spent afternoon snoozing and scoffing...still got my pink gear on

Class, snowy. Class.

We took part in a banner parade through the village today to celebrate the church's 150th anniversry. Some people dressed as Victorians, we had a military band, a little service in the church, then a massive Church Tea in the village hall - honestly, country congregations make THE best cake!

All knackered, but by heck it was fun!

yay for country cake