Be Honest Now.....

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:40 pm

only 8 more posts to go to get to 900 ..... but I am seizing up with cold!!

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:41 pm

Vonny wrote:
Jude wrote:
soc wrote: Cribbs Causway - a huge shopping mall in Bristol!!!

I went Christmas shopping there last December

It's got bigger!!!!!!!!! Next time come and have a coffe or we could meet!

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:47 pm

Jude wrote:
Vonny wrote:
Jude wrote: I went Christmas shopping there last December
It's got bigger!!!!!!!!! Next time come and have a coffe or we could meet!

Bigger than last year? I went on an organised shopping trip from work - got there at around 10ish & left at 6. Was a bit too long really although I did walk over to Toys R Us & Asda where I had my lunch

Will let you know if the trip is there again this year although I very much doubt it will be again.

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:55 pm

where you live Vonny? 10-6pm = FAR TOOOOOO MUCH! bet your purse was lighter and your arms were heavier!!!

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 10:56 pm

Jude wrote:where you live Vonny? 10-6pm = FAR TOOOOOO MUCH! bet your purse was lighter and your arms were heavier!!!

I'm in Dorset (on the outskirts of Weymouth). Yes my arms were heavier, especially when leaving the Disney Store!

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:04 pm

Vonny wrote:
Jude wrote:where you live Vonny? 10-6pm = FAR TOOOOOO MUCH! bet your purse was lighter and your arms were heavier!!!
I'm in Dorset (on the outskirts of Weymouth). Yes my arms were heavier, especially when leaving the Disney Store!

Err - was that for you?? or for some other child???? I love the Disney store - I could be a terrible Eeyore! (or wonderful!!) Been to Disney 3x - 2x Florida, 1x France - daughter has done Tokyo as well!

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:05 pm

Jude wrote:
Vonny wrote:
Jude wrote:where you live Vonny? 10-6pm = FAR TOOOOOO MUCH! bet your purse was lighter and your arms were heavier!!!
I'm in Dorset (on the outskirts of Weymouth). Yes my arms were heavier, especially when leaving the Disney Store!
Err - was that for you?? or for some other child???? I love the Disney store - I could be a terrible Eeyore! (or wonderful!!) Been to Disney 3x - 2x Florida, 1x France - daughter has done Tokyo as well!

For my girls

I've been to Florida twice and just backfrom Paris last Monday

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:11 pm

Vonny wrote:
Jude wrote:
Vonny wrote: I'm in Dorset (on the outskirts of Weymouth). Yes my arms were heavier, especially when leaving the Disney Store!
Err - was that for you?? or for some other child???? I love the Disney store - I could be a terrible Eeyore! (or wonderful!!) Been to Disney 3x - 2x Florida, 1x France - daughter has done Tokyo as well!
For my girls I've been to Florida twice and just backfrom Paris last Monday

Do you LIVE the Dream??? When mine were younger Chris thought the character actors were all REAL - until the Xmas day parade - which was being telivised LIVE - when suddenly out from the freezing crowd (1989 - Florida was -5C!!) came an ENGLISH voice - shouting "The toy soldiers aren't real their knees bend wrong"!!!

prior to that Sarah (about 2Â½) had been out in the "road" dancing to the delight of both crowd and camera!!!

oh dear!

Vonny · Post by **Vonny** » Sat Sep 16, 2006 11:16 pm

I've managed to miss the parade each time I've been there

Did see the fireworks this time though!

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:40 am

we have managed quite a veer away from the subject topic - however, we could just let it continue in the theme of "BE HONEST"

Have spent the first night on my own with just the cats for company - 3 months seems a very long time - I know that time will lag a bit and then fly - but I have to admit to be more overwhelmed by Sarah leaving for Uni than I thought - it was stupid things that set me off - I was coping fine up until I saw her rabbits (Cherbourg who holds in her paws Fleur) (I bought them on trips to France many many years ago!) Other than her 10 days in Japan she has never left home without them - talk about "put aside their childish things"

so - not coping as well as I thought - all of you who have already been through this can go "told you so", those of you still waiting for it to happen - beware!

englishangel · Post by **englishangel** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:02 am

Well at least you have us Jude, and emails and IM etc.

Son (aged 21 next month and still at home) said when I went to Uni I had no way of contacting my folks except by post as they didn't have a phone, not until after I graduated.

Still don'tmphone as often as I should

Jude · Post by **Jude** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:14 am

well Chris hasn't even bothered to call to see if she got there ok! Sons are unfeeling creatures at times! She has her mobile , no pc yet, so any emails I will have to read here etc...

I can't keep txting or calling her - it's too much like nannying! I have to let her go and do her thing - it's just hard letting go so suddenly (ok we have had all summer, but it flew!)

J.R. · Post by **J.R.** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 9:02 pm

Let her go, Jude. She's a big girl now.

Asuming you bought her up right, and I'm sure you did, you'll be the first to hear from her when she needs help.

"Mum ? Can you send me 50 quid, PERLEEEZ ?"

(Titters into coffeee cup !)

UserRequestedRemoval · Mon Sep 18, 2006 2:40 am

My oldest daughter has come up with the idea of leaving catalogues open at key pages rather than risk the age old conversation that goes...

Dad can I have Â£50 pleeeeease

(coffee sprays across the room) Pardon?

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease

I love you dearly but no way!

Awwwwwww

Sorry love

Okay (stomps off to her room)

Mrs C. · Post by **Mrs C.** » Mon Sep 18, 2006 8:41 am

Don`t you just always know what`s coming next when the voices have a certain tone -"Muuum....?", " Daaaaad.....?" ??