We missed you - I thought you'd be in the Jesus thread. Did you have a lovely time?

Had such a lovely morning with my little Jack. I really will be gutted when he starts school in September - he's such good company and never fails to make me smile or more often LOL.

I used to look at sad old women like me and think  the thing is the older you get the more you realise how precious memories like this are.

Aww Soozy, I used to love when it was just me and one of the kids at home during the day.  I'd be entertained the whole time and they amused me with their childish outlook on the world.  I hated when they had to start school.

Now that that they're older though I can't wait to get them out to school

Ells - I used to love the school holidays when I had my three at home. I went into a sort of depression when they went back in September - always sort of felt awwwwwwwwww - they're another year older - more so than birthdays.

I'm even more of an old sad sack with the grand kids.

When it was only the eldest at school and he got off for summer I loved it.  Now that both are at school and used to so much time apart they do nothing but fight through the holidays.  No matter where we go or what we do they end up fighting.  So once September hits I'll be glad to get them back to school.  9 weeks holidays is way too long now

I'm cooking Gino D'Campos sticky ribs tonight - he cooked them on TV yesterday - they're marinating right now.

Hope they're nice.

Is Gino OK since you nicked his ribs.  Will he be all middle wobbly on TV now?

BUT, did you have a fabulous time? 

Oh I'm confused, I clicked the thread and the post by Rexi that I have just replied to showed as the last. 

ANYWAY!  

I found out something really interesting about myself and Mr Cinds today, something WE didn't even know.

Apparently, according to the other people that share the units around where we have our business, the only reason Mr Cinds and I get on so well as a married couple working together is because we are swingers.  

I can't wait to go to work tomorrow and have fun with the fact that I am giving the MOT centre man my keys tomorrow. 

(He's servicing my car while we're away)

When I take the keys over I might take them in a bowl 

You should buy some pampas grasses and put them in a pot outside your unit, thats supposed to be a secret 'swingers' sign!

Why, pampas grass?

Hang on a minute.  Rexi why were you giving me tips, and not saying 'CINDS I CANNOT BELIEVE THEY THOUGHT YOU DID THAT' 

Ermmmmm

Aaaah now I get it, speaking from experience. 

Noooooo ... I saw an interview with Mariella Frostrop a while ago who had two pampas grasses on her balcony/in her garden (cant remember which). Some one told her that was a secret sign.

Id love to see your work neighbours face if some pampas arrived tomorrow and theyd seen the same interview!

Gawd, id hate the thought of swinging, its taken me 23 years to train my man to a acceptable level, Id hate the thought of randomers!

Apologies so the punctuation police, Im on my ipad tonight and its too much trouble to keep putting in apostrophies!

I'm going out on sat night and im not sure what to wear!!!

What are the choices?

We need details, Jen.  

And if it's a disaster you can always hide behind one of Cinds' Pampas Grasses...

Cinds has gone quiet, I reckon shes currently on the Plants4Us website ... next day delivery!

Or wear them.

Ha..! 

You thinking grass skirt for Jen, Lee? 

Yes,with matching hat made form the other one.

Perfect

Sorted Jen, you'll knock them dead

Well of all the ...............................................

Anyway I'm still wondering why pampas grass?  Is it just when it's in pots or is it when it's planted in one of those circles people cut out of the middle of their lawns?

I've just read it on Wiki.  It's a shame we don't have a plantable front garden 

You really wouldn't want it in your garden Cinds. When we moved here (25 years ago) we had one in the back garden. The leaves are like razor blades - we had to pull ours up (got proper sliced up doing so) the kids and their friends were constantly cut to ribbons.

I never knew that about pampas grass - everyone used to have them in the house in the seventies, perhaps I was just naive and missed out on the 'signals'

I've just been to the hairdressers & Mr Cinds was coming in to get a trim at the end of my appointment, so I said to the hairdresser 'when he come in and puts his keys on the shelf ask him if he would like a bowl for them' 

Did you wonder why random strangers kept knocking on your door?

JOKING!

Lol at all the grass outfits, all sorted i went round my mates house and did a fashion show for her lol..... I'm wearing a bright pink haulter neck with silver disks/sequins, black trousers and shoes and sliver jewellery with pick and silver make up.... sounds naff but its not..... honest

I use a trowel for my make up 

Hahah i meant pink I'm terrible for typos recently!

I knew.

I love typos and the mental images they can conjure up.

Cinds, what's the new Avi?  I can't really make it out.

It's a picture Gyps made for me a couple of years ago.  I just happened across it again recently and it made me laugh 

Ooh right  I thought it was BB related and couldn't make out who the person was

I'll have to change mine again coz I'm going nowhere now for a few months so might aswell change it to a pic of a sad face

if this is what happens when i go away (lauren and luke up for eviction) then i'm not going away again!   how did caroline, becky and connor avoid noms?