One of the main problems with all the parenting advice flying round in our time is that we start to lose confidence in our decisions and turn to 'experts' for assistance - which is yet more confusing, or even distressing.
This will be what you already know but can always use a little reinforcement: follow your instincts. You know the child best, as well as the web of experiences, people and support which surround her. No doctor or teacher can know her that well. Hope you both have fun!
Personally I tend to be a bit blasé about extremely expensive royal pageantry, but it's good to see enthusiasm during an economic downturn, and a wedding is particularly symbolic of hope and optimism for the future. It will also look fantastic. I'll be interested to see the dress; Diana's didn't suit her at all and she looked uncomfortable in it, which I suppose presaged the unease the marriage was to bring. Fingers crossed that Kate looks radiant and relaxed.
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"We make our lives out of chaos and hope. And love." - Angela Montenegro
Don't you just love a monday off!?!?!!!!! HAPPY EASTER, again! Oh, and I'm off the whole week! YAY!
I will watch a bit of the royal wedding, too, I think. Also curious about the dress!
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Angela: Well, what about love? What do you have to say about love?
Hodgins: It´s overrated-most of the time Dexter: They make it look so easy-connecting with another human being. It's like no one told them it's the hardest thing in the world.
No, haven't read it, Kayleigh. But I think there's a lot on that list! Must be hard sometimes.
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Angela: Well, what about love? What do you have to say about love?
Hodgins: It´s overrated-most of the time Dexter: They make it look so easy-connecting with another human being. It's like no one told them it's the hardest thing in the world.
Hi all!
Well, today's the day. No, not the Royal wedding, sillies; the chat! It has to be said I have only a peripheral interest in this (no, not the chat - the wedding!), although the pageantry is fantastic and I know hubby will be drawn by the military display and I will love the choral singing. I don't get especially excited about royal events, though I am not cynical as some are! I guess I'll watch some of it, as I am still curious about the dress .
Chat; after a wonderful day off from work I'll be putting up the thread in Talk TJ shortly before 1pm Pacific, which is English 9pm, Western Europe 10pm, Australia 6 tomorrow morning? Please read it as it will reiterate the rules we need to abide by. As far as questions are concerned, I'll request them from those who have stated definite intent to ask a question starting with those who haven't had one answered before and proceeding to pull-out-of-the-bag! Of course everyone can come in and comment and talk even if you haven't got a question; I'll just interrupt when I think another one is due. Many thanks to all, particularly to TJ for putting this time aside just for us!
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"We make our lives out of chaos and hope. And love." - Angela Montenegro
Steph! Its 10 pm for Western Europe and 6 am for our Australians! I'm not interested in the wedding either, woke up and there they are though, all over my yahoo news! Sigh.
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.-Camille Pissarro
I know why I did that. I was thinking about the chat being between 9 & 11 for me so absentmindedly put 11 instead of 10 as a start time, sorry to our European cousins.
As for Australia, I was just going by what Ali said in the chatbox, being aware that Australia has its own different time zones and that their DST starts when ours ends & vice versa!
Trust I'll be more awake this evening...sore throat has returned with a vengeance so I'm not 100% brain-in-gear...
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"We make our lives out of chaos and hope. And love." - Angela Montenegro
I'm so glad we have FB and Twitter. I can see just enough of the Royal Wedding coverage to satisfy my curiosity without having to get up early to watch it. I don't sleep enough as it is; there's no way I'm getting up at 4 am unless my kids are awake! I thought the dress was lovely though...although if it were me I'd probably pick her sister's dress for my own wedding
Happy my ex said he wanted to get the kids this afternoon, just in time for the chat.
Like that Sharon and other peeps are starting to put their own pictures up...Thinking about it but I'm dying my hair later this morning so it could be scary!
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"I live, I breathe, I let it rain on me. I sleep, I wake, I try hard not to break. I crave, I love, I've waited long enough." ~Not Pretty Enough/Kasey Chambers
I know why I did that. I was thinking about the chat being between 9 & 11 for me so absentmindedly put 11 instead of 10 as a start time, sorry to our European cousins.
As for Australia, I was just going by what Ali said in the chatbox, being aware that Australia has its own different time zones and that their DST starts when ours ends & vice versa!
Trust I'll be more awake this evening...sore throat has returned with a vengeance so I'm not 100% brain-in-gear...
It was 6am for Ang in Sydney and 7am for me in Bris as we don’t have DLS.
Thanks Ali, I had quite a strong feeling that something like that was the case. Confusingly there are quite a few countries where DST doesn't apply. I know almost all of South Africa is without it for instance.
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Arizona is the only one that doesn't so their time is either Mountain and Pacific time.
But imagine this, at one time PARTS of Indiana didn't have DST. So one county used it, the next over might not, the one after that uses it, that can really mess you up! (Ask Toby, Josh and Donna from the West Wing! HAHAHAHAHAHA) But I believe that they no longer do that and all of Indiana now has DST.
I actually thought Ali and Ange were in the same place in Australia so when I saw Ange say it was 6 am for her I thought that covered Ali as well. But now know they are not in the same city-I know I should have known it before but well I didn't remember! LOL
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.-Camille Pissarro
Hey hey hey!
How are you all? Let me sit a little bit on this sofa... Just the time for me to relax, a little break in my work
... Ooooh... Much better now
Ok, here are the little news in my little world since last time I came here
Well nothing really exciting or interesting, been working a lot yesterday and today... Well, I still have some work but not as much as yesterday and I feel that my brain is melting, some kine of intellectual regression...
Whatever, I have some news that could become interesting if things take a good twist. One of my coworkers told me to send a resume to a director in Rennes who could need an assistant within the 2 coming months for a long term contract... He told her about me and she seemed interested as I allready know the work and so, she told him that I should send her a resume... That would be great!!!
So, today, my main work was to send this resume, of course Which I did and I really hope to be contacted soon. I know she is very busy and that it may take a little time. But it's done, so I just have to be patient and wait I'll let you know if something good comes out of all this
Ok, so now I still have other things to do, so I think it's time to go back to my duties...
Still very sad that I wasn't at the chat. TJ is so amazing spending a bit of his time with us. But I was in Düsseldorf at a convention. Well, you can't have it all. Next time I will be there. Would have been easier with a notebook. Maybe I buy myself one. Haven't read the chat thread yet. I will do it tomorrow. Maybe then I will be less emotional...and less tired. (Had to go to work today, and it sucked. Need to change something!)
None the less I had a great time at the convention. Maybe I will bore you all with a report next weekend. We'll see.
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Angela: Well, what about love? What do you have to say about love?
Hodgins: It´s overrated-most of the time Dexter: They make it look so easy-connecting with another human being. It's like no one told them it's the hardest thing in the world.
For those of you who haven't read it on facebook, I had a car accident on Thursday. I bumped into the car in front of me, because... well, because I was stupid! I actually don't know why this happend. I just haven't seen that the car in front of me slowed down. Sh**! Really angry about myself. I'm ok, and the woman in the other car, too. But my car is broken. Still don't know if it can be repaired. Would only makes sense if we get used parts. New parts would be too expensive. The car is now 15 years old. Guess I will get some information on Monday. I really love my car. It would be very sad to lose it. ...and it is my fault!
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Angela: Well, what about love? What do you have to say about love?
Hodgins: It´s overrated-most of the time Dexter: They make it look so easy-connecting with another human being. It's like no one told them it's the hardest thing in the world.
Well nothing really exciting or interesting, been working a lot yesterday and today... Well, I still have some work but not as much as yesterday and I feel that my brain is melting, some kine of intellectual regression... 
TJ is so amazing spending a bit of his time with us. But I was in Düsseldorf at a convention. Well, you can't have it all. Next time I will be there. Would have been easier with a notebook. Maybe I buy myself one. Haven't read the chat thread yet. I will do it tomorrow. Maybe then I will be less emotional...and less tired. (Had to go to work today, and it sucked. Need to change something!)
I bumped into the car in front of me, because... well, because I was stupid! 
I actually don't know why this happend. I just haven't seen that the car in front of me slowed down. Sh**! Really angry about myself. I'm ok, and the woman in the other car, too. But my car is broken. Still don't know if it can be repaired. Would only makes sense if we get used parts. New parts would be too expensive. The car is now 15 years old. Guess I will get some information on Monday. I really love my car. It would be very sad to lose it. ...and it is my fault! 