Family Forum / Parenting / Mothers / September 2007

Flippin' heck.
Quick up to speed - in the summer foot and mouth was confirmed at two
farms in Surrey. Not far from us. Zones were set up around it and we had
lots of signs around here defining the zones and also little signs at

Katherine started Brownies today (young version of girl scouts I
think.... only here its the young version of Girl Guides)
Two cool things. She found out that one of her best friends from her old
school goes there. They were so pleased to be re-united that they

I'll join the hidden posts... I just had a
birthday - the big 4-0 ... can't believe my mother's youngest child is
40!
(mom hated that expression :-)  )

I've reached the Almighty-45 without too many issues. How cool is
that?!
The Ranger

Only Aula spotted my hidden 'its my birthday post' yesterday so I'm
being bold like Ranger.
/dons party hat, feebly blows blower and looks hopefully round at all.
btw - I'm a square number.

Gulp!!
Heard my local area mentioned on the radio. One of those 'phone and tell
us all about it' Well we there is a major major planning application for
a huge 24 hour lorry depot on our doorstep.

Well, we will be up at five and off by 5:30 in the morning to take hubby to
his surgery.  We don't know what to expect, although we both hope that he
will have at least some relief of the pain that's been incrementally
limiting him as the years have passed.  It would be nice to ...

It was very minor really but I still feel a little bit shaken.
Walking with a friend today to school our two girls ahead of us. We were
 on the canal towpath going under a bridge when a bloke on a bike comes
whizzing through. Towpath rules are to dismount going through the

Don't know if there is any truth to this but I found it hilarious.
In our local paper there is an annual senior citizen test to determined
if you are "losing it".
1. What do you put in your toaster?

Any results yet? I'm thinking of you.
Sarah

We are running rampant with it in MN. Is anyone else going through it?
They're calling it an epidemic on the east coast. My son was the only
one out of my three to get it, but it almost killed me!
Amanda

I saw my gp (family doctor) today and told her what happened at my yag
surgery. She listened very carefully and looked at my notes. The gp is
supposed to get a written letter of all treatment that takes place at
the hospital. There was no letter from that afternoon.

How is Miss B doing in school?  Is X adjusting well to having big sis
gone during the day?
Nan

I'm awaiting my grades for the last block of classes that finished
Sunday and it seems that they are taking forever in grading!
/runs screaming!

http://www.webkinzinsider.com/
tee hee :-)
Nan