Fiz Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Good luck for Monday, Julie. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Yes hope it all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Well it's Friday again, and after a long and very tiring week at work I shall be dashing the 45 miles to my parents for the weekend to look after them as mum has got pneumonia and she is my dad's carer. In between I shall be dashing backwards and forwards to Leeds for my DD's CAT lessons. At some point I will have to do my own food shopping online, clean my own house and wash and iron school uniform for Monday. Is it only me that find's the weekends as tiring as the weekdays? I think that if I ever get a day to sit and relax I might just go to sleep and never wake up! Oh well! Roll on Monday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I hope your mother is better soon, Huddsballetmum. What a worry for you. We are moving our youngest ex dd into her new flat. She wants to be independent. I'm fine with this but she wants us to transport her and her possessions and help move them... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Sorry to hear about your Mum Hudds. I do hope she is on the mend but I know that pneumonia is very debilitating. I am visiting my very best friend. Tomorrow we are seeing the BRB matinee in Cheltenham and we are spending a lot of time chewing the cud! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 We are moving our youngest ex dd into her new flat. She wants to be independent. I'm fine with this but she wants us to transport her and her possessions and help move them... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Thanks for the kind thoughts about mum. She is frail but at home and now has a sparkly clean house, stocked food cupboards and plenty of meals ready to take out of the Fridge/freezer and reheat. Hopefully that will keep both her and my dad going until next weekend. Its times like this I wish they lived nearer!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 After reading your post Huddsbm.... ....only this morning....I feel just how lucky I was to be able to spend a restful whole day on a scaravelli yoga course yesterday here in Brighton. The years where we end up caring for our parents can be very stressful especially if any length of travelling involved no matter how much we may love them. Anyway do look after yourself as well .....perhaps at least an evening a week doing something you really love? Something to keep you sane while doing all that running around after loved ones! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Sorry to hear about your parents Hudds but glad you had a productive weekend. It's hard when you don't live nearby - that's why my dad moved to be near us after my mum died. My dad moved into his new home last Monday - it's a lovely place with caring staff but he's not overly impressed! My SIL's been visiting most days along with visits from my nephews. He's better some days than others and unfortunately want great when I visited on Sunday but I'm just glad he's safe and being looked after. Had a lovely day on Saturday - went to a dog show and won Best Puppy and then 2nd in the Puppy Gundog Group. And my older one won Reserve Best of Breed. Our ring was moved outside so we had a lovely time sat in the great weather. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 How many dogs do you have Julie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulieW Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 LinMM - I've got 3 at the mo. The flatcoated retriever who's my avatar (he was less than a year old in the photo and he was 7 last October!). The other two are Welsh Springer Spaniels - one's year 4 and the other's nearly 7 months old - will try to put a photo on 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted May 11, 2016 Share Posted May 11, 2016 Well done JulieW on the dog show wins. What a lovely way to spend the weekend. Hope your dad is settling in well to his new home. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annaliesey Posted May 17, 2016 Author Share Posted May 17, 2016 And the weekend will be hear again soon although I'll be pleased as the first round of A level exams will be out of the way and hopefully the teenage Lord will be a bit happier next week!! Dd has cat scheme them Cambridgeshire youth ballet company and wants a sleepover in between which I'm not sure I can handle! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I used to dread and detest sleepovers! Good luck! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted May 17, 2016 Share Posted May 17, 2016 I will pay any money and go anywhere to avoid sleepovers, particularly 'group' sleepovers. Annaliesey, you have a good excuse: your son is doing his A Levels and mustn't have his sleep disturbed. That should fend off requests for a few weeks! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porthesia Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Nieces Wedding. Mad dash up the motorway and then stay overnight. Just so tired of M23 M25, M40 - have to go back in 4 weeks for her sister's 30th birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 That sounds hectic. I hope you manage it enjoy yourselves anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lema Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 Me and DD are going to see Giselle this weekend, very excited as we've never seen it before Enjoy your weekend everyone! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 19, 2016 Share Posted May 19, 2016 You will both love it! Enjoy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted May 20, 2016 Share Posted May 20, 2016 More GCSE revision for me this weekend. 7 exams down and 16 to go!! Got to say that my biology, physics and chemistry O levels have not helped in the slightest Have a great weekend everyone!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Husband and son have just left home for Wembley to watch the FA Cup final. They are long time Crystal Palace supporters and attend most home matches. My son was a mascot when he was six (August 2004) and that particular match was the club's first one following its return to the Premiership after several years. As a boy my husband was a Man U supporter and he still follows them with interest but in head to heads CP wins out. I fear that they will return disappointed this evening. Supporting the Eagles is a labour of love. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 NOT watching the FA Cup Final. It's ironic that, the first time in probably decades that I actually *wanted* to watch it, I have another, more pressing, engagement Go Eagles. Just play your best - nobody can ask more of you than that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Good luck Huddsballetmum - that sounds the same workload as my DD - except she is only 4 down and 19 to go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxi4ballet Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Just been making potato salad, with fresh chives and mint picked from the garden 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legseleven Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 I only wish DD would let us help her with revision. She will occasionally ask to be tested but otherwise says it's her job as they are her exams and that she would rather get on with it on her own. I know this bodes well for the future and for her university career - and she has always been very self-contained and more than able to manage academics, ballet, music and sports so it's entirely in character - but it would be nice to be needed on a practical level occasionally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aileen Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Be grateful that your DD is like this, Legseleven. The alternative is constant nagging, lots of arguments and complaints of micro-managing your child's life when you check up on him/her / ask what s/he is doing / make suggestions etc. It took *me* three months to recover from my son's GCSEs and the run up to the exams was pretty turbulent in our household. It was a marathon as well: 27 exams plus an oral in six weeks because the school did all the exams at the end of year 11. I shudder when I think back to this period. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Well I had the most wonderful day at The Hepworth in Wakefield. This wonderful gallery is celebrating its 5th birthday this weekend and there have been a number of events. I love the light, airy galleries that are well laid out. There is a permanent Barbara Hepworth display and changing exhibitions. One of the current exhibitions is a photographic study of rhubarb farmers - it is fabulous. Today we saw a singer and accordionist from Opera North performing in front of some David Hockney paintings and a local gospel choir singing in the foyer. Of course my highlight was seeing some of Northern Ballet's dancers performing three short pieces choreographed by company members. If you are near Wakefield it is definitely worth spending a couple of hours there. The cafe is super too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Well, barring the disappointing football result, I had a good evening. I *actually got to see* the front left-hand corner of the stage in The Winter's Tale for the first time in this run, and it makes a big difference! Plus since it was an early start performance I actually got to make my last train for once in my life: that was all fine, except that it was full of disconsolate Crystal Palace fans - and Transport for London totally screwed up my onward transport links So, some good, some bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiz Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Our youngest ex dd - or is she still dd as she still does a lot of dance? - came to see us today and then tomorrow we are seeing "Frankenstein" again at the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 We're taking ds to watch England play today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Play what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Oh, sorry, just checked the TV guide. Whose stupid idea was it to schedule a friendly the day after the FA Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 They were missing a few Man U players! Ds is very happy. He had a great day. There was a family offer on in certain areas of the ground tickets were £20 adults £10 children! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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