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Had a great meal last night


and the babysitter worked out well, so J has hired again for our anniversary and OH's birthday, so we 3 can go out for dinner


s-i-l should be just about ready to board his plane on his way home.


then we have to baby proof the house ........ niece and her 20 month old son are on the way to visit her mother, but it is impossible to get a plane from where she lives (Whitehorse, Yukon) to where her mother lives. She has to come through Vancouver .. and has a 7+ hour long lay over.


Not had to baby proof for a very long while!



Anne .... I've often meant to ask .... did you get any feed-back from that family you were booking into Vancouver and Whistler???



take care everyone


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Congratulations Sylvia

Fantastic news about the Grandkiddies

However - i am deeply hurt to find out you think Shaun is a PUPPET, thats as bad as saying Gordon the Gopher was a PUPPET or Santa dosn't exist - really Frank you need an education

Cynthia thank goodness for someone who knows realality - I don't have anything of Shaun at home except the items I have recorded.

Do you watch Timmy Time as well?

I think we need to educate Frank - we need to sit him down and show him the show - so he can appreciate Shaun's acting ability.

Puppet indeed - what a thing to say to us

Off back to traiing again. take care everyone

Hi Everyone,

Was Glad to hear that you are a real man with real needs Frank.
I am also glad to hear they are being met.!!!!!

Breast is Best when it comes to Babies and for me I was a veritable milk cow
with my second baby I used to express milk so others could feed him also.
However there are many Women who have problems and are unable to Breast feed and it is sad that societies attitudes are in many cases both uneducated and intolerant of these women.
I am glad that your Grand daughter is now a happy and contented baby and that your Daughter can start to enjoy motherhood.

Off to have my Dinner now and looking forward to watching Dancing On Ice on TV later, this is the first time this programme as ever been shown here in NZ and we are probably only getting to see it as the Shows host Philip Scofield is a Kiwi.
Anyway have always been big fan of Ice Dancing and of coarse Torvil and Dean. So are thoroughly been enjoying this show.

Catch you all later Josie

Sylvia,

Congratulations to your son-in-law and hope you enjoy your celebration meal.
Go easy on the fizzy stuff ;))

Cynthia, I suppose you will be telling us that Shaun the sheep got a PhD as well...........

Baahh.

Wow Cynthia,

".........he is cuddly with a superior intellect, fantastic imagination, great innovative skills and a sense of humour which has me creased."

You haven't mentioned marriage, but if Shaun was a mere mortal man, he'd be amazing ;)

Sylvia, I quite agree and although the world at large seems to frown on bottle feeding, not everyone sails through breast feeding.

My eldest daughter had quite a difficult time as baby was not getting enough milk with the result that she was feeding every couple of hours at least.
As she did not feel comfortable feeding downstairs with us, she would feed in her bedroom which produced the following sort of timescale.........

7.00............ change baby, wash and feed.
Try to express milk.
Bring baby downstairs.
Try to eat breakfast.
Try to snooze.
9.00.................upstairs,feed baby
Bring baby downstairs
Try to express milk.
Clean / sterilize feed bottles, pumps etc
Try to eat something.
Try to snooze.
Baby is hungry again.

Etc, etc, etc.

You get the general idea and of course you can get drained (figuratively speaking) very easily once the helping hands have gone and you are on your own.

Now that baby is bottle feeding, she is satisfied and contented and life is more akin to the story books of happy mother and baby!
That happy ending came with a struggle as guilt and fear can tend to force you to carry on breast feeding even though you are aware that it's not working well.

Doesn't help when a model gives birth and is back modelling bikinis after six weeks telling everyone that breast feeding was so easy and that it should be unlawful not to do so................

I mean breast feeding not modelling bikinis ;))

heard about an hour ago


s-i-l has got his PhD


....... excellent presentation

...... excellent thesis

...... good contribution to the subject


He has to make a couple of minor changes, whicuh he'll do after he gets home tomorrow (Friday), because he has the necessary resoruces there.




phew!!


will go out this evening for a celebratory dinner at our favourite restaurant.



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sleep tight C
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Frank .... I think bottle feeding is much easier than breast feeding!

Poor Jeanie....I was always so devasted when we lost one of our pooches.......I am so sorry.



Smoke situation sounds bad Sylvia - how difficult for those with breathing probs. Hope all goes well for your son in law and that you are able to have a really enjoyable meal.




Frank.....can we get one thing straight please?


Shaun the sheep is NOT a puppet....he is a real cuddly sheep with a superior intellect, fantastic imagination, great innovative skills and a sense of humour which has me creased.

Please.......let me have my dreams.....

I have all of his dvds. I have two models of him here in my lounge and two in my bedroom. He is also hanging on the back of my bathroom door and a teeny model of him wearing a snorkel is on the ledge of the bath.

I am slightly hooked on him.



Good to hear that Nieve is doing so well....babies just grow up too quickly though. I know you are an admirable grandad of whom they will be very proud.



Now, remember what I told you about Shaun. :)))


Night all. Cx.

Shaun the sheep ?

.................he's a puppet !!!

On the other hand, I am a real man with real needs which my OH caters for superbly........... Macaroni cheese tonight, delicious ;)

.........."We think the Pigs need a good beating as they are so nasty"

It's ok Anne, I'm not really a male chauvinist pig....ouch

Thank goodness I have one fan............

Little Nieve now weighs 7lb 6oz from a birth weight of 6lb 9oz and is doing well with mother quite happy to be bottle feeding which also allows her OH to share the early / late feeds etc
It will make it a lot easier for us to babysit allowing them to get a break as it's a lot of hard work to begin with and we are glad to be close enough to help with this one.

Mind you our American grandaughter is suddenly growing up and has lost the "baby" look.
It will be interesting to see them together when they visit Scotland in October..............can't wait.

Hi all


still have the "haze" due to the smoke from the fires. The air quality has now been down rated ....... and people with respiratory problems, the elderly and infants are recommended to stay indoors as much as possible.

Son-i-l has his "exam by committee" today ........... it starts in about 30 minutes, and will probably take 2 to 3 hours.

We're going out for a celebratory dinner tonight (see ... we're assuming no problems, despite his panic attacks!). Hope they get home by 6 pm, as that is when the babysitter is arriving!

He then goes home tomorrow morning, and daughter and baby stay on for another 2 weeks.


Sorry to hear that about Jeanie's dog.




sylvia
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Oh Josie - how sad - I must try & email Jeanie when I get home.

Only a quick note as "Training still"

Lovely day today - still need that rain

Cynthia - i love Shaun the Sheep & have you watched Timmy Time - its so cute - i end up recording them all & John & I have a good giggle.

There are some really good stories & we love Shaun's mum with her rollers in her hair. We think the Pigs need a good beating as they are so nasty to Shaun.

Must go training calls

Take care all

Hi Everyone,
I am sure you are looking forward to your holiday Susan.
It certainly be nice and hot for you, Just whats needed after a cold wet winter.
Do have a good time.

Had an email from Jeanie, She can no longer post on the Boards, but can read the Threads and add to her tree.
She reported having a loverly Birthday last Sunday, but had some rather distressing news about one of her Doggies who was diagnosed with a cancerous Tumor of the Jaw and is not expected to survive very much longer.
Off to make Dinner for the OH.
Take care, catch you all later. Josie

Take it easy Sue...you need to get well ready for your hols.



Anne......too much training isn't good for you, but it sounds like a complete waste of money to me. I mean......how to order a bunch of flowers and a box of chocs......for heaven's sake!



That Richard Chamberlain film was really awful.....don't bother watching it. I'd rather watch Shaun the Sheep any day....he's my pin up. Apart from Frank of course!



Just another tootlin around day..........thank goodness. Not in the mood for a crisis!



Hope the rest of the crowd are okay. Love to all Cx.

Sue take care now - Housework can wait - hope you get rid of the cold before the trip to Bali - you are so lucky having it so close - have you done French Polynesia as well?

Have to admit haven't see that Richard Chamberlaine one - I love him in the Thorn birds - I can keep on watching that one over & over again.

Well we spent the whole morning discussing how to order a bunch of flowers - this afternoon we are going to discuss how to order a box of chocolates - Oh Happy days - but at least I am getting paid to do it & so are 2 of the managers who are also on the same training.

Spitting with rain - we really need a good down pour - but preferable not as I am walking home tonight.

Oh well 10 mins and then back to the training.

Hadn't thought of Cauli Cheese with Lamb - what an idea.

Take care all

Hi Everyone

I can't seem to flick this cold ,one minute I am OK then it hits me again.
I love my Lazyboy we have had them for years ,Ideal around the pool that nobody swims in.


Went to see the doctor yesterday,he gave me some antibiotics,I hope they work I feel so tired .....all I want to do is sleep.
That is not like me .

We are off to Bali next Sat,better be well by then.

We are big lovers of Cauliflower and cheese ,My OH has me making it just for him as a meal,best with a roast lamb and mint sauce.

Will try to get back tonight,I must do some housework the house is a mess.
Suex

My OH sometimes comes down and sleeps in his Lazy boy if he is disturbed in the night. He also sleeps in it during the day......seems like we all have the same prob!




Hope you caught that cauliflower before it burnt Josie. There was an article in the new recently about the cauli going out of fashion! We eat loads of veg here and are still munching through our runner beans!



I am sure Reece is well aware of all our thoughts and good wishes - hopefully she will soon feel able to come back and join us again.



Just watching a dvd - Quartermain - with Richard Chamberlain in it.....talk about hammy......you could make a picnic out of it!


Love to all. Night friends. Cx

Hi everyone

Anne .. that sounds really boring!!


There is now a haze over Vancouver ....... smoke from the wild fires in the Interior has now drifted out to the coast.

The closest fire is at least 300 miles away, but there are so many steep valleys between the mountains, all leading out to the coast, that the smoke can easily drift this way.


No news of Reece, that I know ....... but I have jsut checked, and she did open the pm I sent her through GR




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Thank you for the explaination - a Lazy boy sounds wonderful - I would never get my husband out of one - our husbands sound very alike Josie.

I agree he has a wonderful like this cat - butter wouldn't melt & he knows how to get round me - he sits on the foot stall - positions his head on one side - blinks at me & nudges my foot - this means he wants to sit on the seat where I am - Yes I am stupid enough to move over

As you can see I have the computer back again - he is out ion the garden romping around in the sunshine -

So very glad you mentioned Cauliflower - had to go & rescue mine and make the cheese sauce.

Well training what can I say - feeling worn out just sitting looking at the computer & being told - hold it don't hit the button yet - its so so slow.

Well off to get the Cauli in the oven ready for tea.

Anyone heard from Reece - hope she is ok - haven' t heard back from her.

Take care all

Hi Everyone,
Get well soon Susan, hopefully the Temps getting a little hotter in Oz, we had a glorious sunny day 14C here today.
Though on Sunday evening we had bad flooding round the streets where I Live with 38mils of rain falling in 3 hours, 21mils in the first hour, some parked cars were in water up to the top of their wheel rims.

Not good Sylvia to here about your Wildfires, just heard on the news that they are experiencing major wildfires in Russia also the first time in over one and a half centuries.

Hi Anne it sounds like your cat is not getting enough attention LOL and has taken to sitting on your computer desk as a protest. You are going to have to get firm with that cat of yours, over wise it will never allow you near your computer again.

For Those who don't know what a 'Lazy Boy' is It is a large comfy recliner chair with a footrest that will recline back enough that you can sleep in it.
Hospitals here in NZ use them instead of Beds for Day Surgery Patients.

My OH wants one, the only trouble is that if he got one he would fall asleep in it and never make it to the bedroom at night.

Well would you believe it, now that the weather is getting warmer, we finnaly are able to use our Pot Belly Stove again, which means I don't have to wrap up in blankets to sit at my computer, hence the reason I am on it tonight as my whole house is loverly and warm.
Must go and rescue my cauliflower before it burns dry.
Catch you all later Josie

Hi


sorry to hear about your cold Sue

Hope you feel better soon.


Life of Riley is right for that there cat!!!

Do enjoy your "training" session Anne ....... hoepfully the 3 of you will be bale to find someting to laugh about each day.


Sleep tight, C ............... and all the others who are now going to bed.


It was very cloudy this morning, but the sun burnt tham all away, and it hs got up to about 25C again.




sylvia
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