In an English Country Garden!
I think I remember the next line going something like this
"Pull down your pants and water the Ants in an English Country Garden"
Apologies there for my more serious readers - but that's what it has been like today on the mission of Toilet Training for Darling Son, he was so carried away playing with his Girlfriend in the garden that daughter came and told me D has wee'd under the table whilst playing with G!
So it's not too big a deal we get cleaned up and DS happily goes in search on clean pants and clean trousers - ooohhh how he is growing up so fast.
Earlier today we were in the car and discussing what we would like to have in our lunch and I said "who wants Cumer Cumer?" [code name for cucumber] and DS loudly pointed out that " it is not Cumer Cumer mummy but is called Cucumcumber!" I must spend a few moments noting these little quirks down so that I can relive these moments again and again.
Some may think I'm having a get at DS today as he fell asleep at the Dinner table tonight and I filmed him thinking it would be a great moment for You've been framed things instead it seemed more like a cruel mummy thing as all he wanted was a cuggle. So I put down the camera gave him a cuggle and put him to bed an hour early fingers crossed that this does not mean an hour earlier start tomorrow - especially as it is Saturday! on that note and looking at the time I think I'd better skidaddle and get myself up the wooden hill.
Showing posts with label lunch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lunch. Show all posts
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Thursday, 9 December 2010
Office Politics at the Christmas Lunch
It's getting to that point of the year when I need to make the decision [I am lucky] of which office lunch I will be attending.
You see I am on secondment from one team to another as I came back from Adoption Leave to find myself in a team which I just didnt really fit into and whilst I was only in the that team for a short while I have been invited to attend their Christmas Lunch - or rather I am still on their mailing list.
To be blunt I would actually prefer to attend the Christmas Lunch with the team I am in now - they are a lovely mixed bunch of individuals who I have just realised have something in common - we are all in someway Country Bumpkins, now whilst that phrase brings up all sorts of weird connotations to you maybe of people chewing on bits of straw! We seem to have more of a sense of community, endearment and a sense of ease about ourselves. So the choice of which lunch is made, now to make the choice of who to sit next to.
This I don't think I will have a problem in doing as I can quite confidently say that there is no-one who I wouldn't want to sit next to [I think anyway]. I believe this is mainly due to the fact that we are a virtual team most of the time - as we inevitably have at least one day a week where we join team meetings via the phone or through our Microsoft Communicator otherwise we may pop in the office, but more often than not we are in meetings around the region on in London or working from home.
Maybe for others this is a time for great anxiety, people wanting to sit next to you, who you have been trying to get away from for the whole year - where you have to smile sweetly as they approach you , whilst you are trying to indicate to you best friend that you have saved them a seat. I have even come across people who change seats in the office a few days before the event just so that they get with the "in" crowd before the event to guarentee a seat.
Other years I have become the office "Christmas Fairy" and organised Secret Santa and put a bit of sparkle and magic to the occassion, but this year what with the highy likelihood of redundancy, loss of child benifit, VAT going up, petrol/diesel on the continual rise, temperature staying bl**dy freezing, not many of us have that Christmas cheer - thank goodness for our little darlings.
You see I am on secondment from one team to another as I came back from Adoption Leave to find myself in a team which I just didnt really fit into and whilst I was only in the that team for a short while I have been invited to attend their Christmas Lunch - or rather I am still on their mailing list.
To be blunt I would actually prefer to attend the Christmas Lunch with the team I am in now - they are a lovely mixed bunch of individuals who I have just realised have something in common - we are all in someway Country Bumpkins, now whilst that phrase brings up all sorts of weird connotations to you maybe of people chewing on bits of straw! We seem to have more of a sense of community, endearment and a sense of ease about ourselves. So the choice of which lunch is made, now to make the choice of who to sit next to.
This I don't think I will have a problem in doing as I can quite confidently say that there is no-one who I wouldn't want to sit next to [I think anyway]. I believe this is mainly due to the fact that we are a virtual team most of the time - as we inevitably have at least one day a week where we join team meetings via the phone or through our Microsoft Communicator otherwise we may pop in the office, but more often than not we are in meetings around the region on in London or working from home.
Maybe for others this is a time for great anxiety, people wanting to sit next to you, who you have been trying to get away from for the whole year - where you have to smile sweetly as they approach you , whilst you are trying to indicate to you best friend that you have saved them a seat. I have even come across people who change seats in the office a few days before the event just so that they get with the "in" crowd before the event to guarentee a seat.
Other years I have become the office "Christmas Fairy" and organised Secret Santa and put a bit of sparkle and magic to the occassion, but this year what with the highy likelihood of redundancy, loss of child benifit, VAT going up, petrol/diesel on the continual rise, temperature staying bl**dy freezing, not many of us have that Christmas cheer - thank goodness for our little darlings.
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Lunch for the purple party girls!
This is a test to see if I have got the right address to send a post from an email!
And also to say "thank you" to the Purple Party PM girls - they know who they are! - had a nice cheap homemade lunch and a good all natter - keep your chin up and see you soon. xx
And also to say "thank you" to the Purple Party PM girls - they know who they are! - had a nice cheap homemade lunch and a good all natter - keep your chin up and see you soon. xx
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