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Title: Hello :0)
Post by: plumseverywhere on September 25, 2012, 02:27:45 pm

Hello

I'm new here (again  ;D )  I make soap, drink plum wine and have a mini menagerie of 4 legged beasties...oh and a tendency to throw tantrums (which I won't do again, I promise)

Glad to be back - missed you all  :wave:

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Post by: SallyintNorth on September 25, 2012, 02:29:33 pm

BIG

WELCOME BACK  

PLUMS  :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

I've really missed you!   :-* :-*

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Post by: Sbom on September 25, 2012, 02:40:13 pm

 :wave: hello :wave: welcome back  :thumbsup:

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Post by: Fleecewife on September 25, 2012, 03:15:12 pm

Hi Plums  :hug:    I hope you liked your break.  I had a little one too and all seems calm and friendly again now.  Good to have a holiday from TAS but good to be back too.
 
What have you been doing whilst you've been away and how are the  :sheep:  and  :goat: ?

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 25, 2012, 03:24:05 pm

Hello - thanks for the messages  :)

Been very busy FW - making soap, finally sussed how to make cheese, we've been bottling this years plummy wine and the girls are back at school and bringing home enough homework to sink a small ship.
Goats and sheep all good thank you (covered in spiky balls the sheep are, shocking state!!)
It is lovely to be back, although I do feel a bit daft for flouncing off in the first place  ;)

LIsa 

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Post by: Ina on September 25, 2012, 03:26:36 pm

Quote from: plumseverywhere on September 25, 2012, 03:24:05 pm

It is lovely to be back, although I do feel a bit daft for flouncing off in the first place  ;)

Don't (feel daft, I mean). These kind of things need to happen occasionally. And at least now, if it ever happens to me, I'll know I'm not the only one! :-\

Good to see you back.  :hug:

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Post by: Beewyched on September 25, 2012, 04:01:00 pm

Yeah  :excited:
Welcome back Lisa  :hug:

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Post by: deepinthewoods on September 25, 2012, 04:03:19 pm

 :bouquet: :thumbsup: :wave: :excited: :roflanim: :tree:

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Post by: luckylady on September 25, 2012, 04:06:41 pm

 :thumbsup: :thumbsup:  Welcome back hun.   :hug:

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Post by: Roxy on September 25, 2012, 05:12:30 pm

 :wave: Welcome back, Plums :excited:

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Post by: HappyHippy on September 25, 2012, 05:14:23 pm

 :-* :thumbsup:

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Post by: lachlanandmarcus on September 25, 2012, 05:18:34 pm

Plumtastic!!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :hug:

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Post by: Mammyshaz on September 25, 2012, 05:24:53 pm

 :wave: hello, welcome back  :excited: I've missed you funny comments and reading about your hectic life.
Really glad  you are back  :hug:

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Post by: Sudanpan on September 25, 2012, 05:43:46 pm

 :thumbsup: :relief: :thumbsup: :excited:

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 25, 2012, 06:00:38 pm

Ah bless you all - what lovely comments. Am choked.  :thumbsup:  :bouquet:

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Post by: Marsbar on September 25, 2012, 07:11:21 pm

Hello and welcome(back) :wave:


Richard

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Post by: heidih on September 25, 2012, 07:38:46 pm

Hello plums and welcome back hunny... :wave:  xxxxx

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Post by: Carl f k on September 25, 2012, 07:40:49 pm

Welcome back plums u got some catchin up to do lol I want sum goats ha ha ha !!!!

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Post by: Rosemary on September 25, 2012, 08:10:09 pm

Funny, I was going to email you today and say "you've been gone long enough". Spooky.

Welcome back  :thumbsup:

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 25, 2012, 08:12:57 pm

Aw thank you  :bouquet:  Was missing everyone far too much  :)

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Post by: little blue on September 25, 2012, 08:50:52 pm

:wave:  :)

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Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 25, 2012, 09:01:38 pm

YAAAAAAAY!  Plums is back.  Welcome, welcome, welcome.  You have been missed.   :hug: :hug:

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Post by: jaykay on September 25, 2012, 09:07:27 pm

Ohhhh, I'm glad you're back  ;D ;D ;D (and hey, what's wrong with flouncing  ;)  :D)

We need a re-think about homework in this country, if they've worked hard all day at school they should be free to do other things once they get home  :rant:

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 25, 2012, 09:11:02 pm

Agree with you Jakay. India's homework took 45 minutes tonight, she's 7 and really didn't 'get it' so it turned into my homework and once I thought I'd helped her twig the concept (it was dictionary work) I tried ot leave her to do it herself. Went to finish making dinner and found her sobbing. still didn't get it.  No point it being mummy's homework so a word with the teacher to explain it in ways I can't I guess. But that's 45 minutes of daylight that she could have been on the trampoline or picking blackberries not getting stressed and crying  :rant:

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Post by: SallyintNorth on September 26, 2012, 02:21:16 am

I know I only have my own experience as a child to go on, not being a mum myself nor a teacher, but 45 minutes homework at 7?  :o  I'm all for a little bit, to inculcate the habit from early on, but that's ridiculous, isn't it? 

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 26, 2012, 07:24:34 am

Its strange because my 10 year old (now at middle school) gets very short 'bits' of homework in all the subjects so eg. her art homework will take 10 minutes as she describes what some artistic terminology means and she'll have these bits of homework 3 nights out of 5. She always fully understands the homework as its been described well at school.
I think I need to pop in and see the teacher for my 7 year old though as I don't think she's grasping it at school in order to do the homework affiliated to the current topics at school and if I don't mention it, this will carry on. My little girl is very shy and won't pop her hand up and say she's stuck (unlike her 3 sisters)  :-\  maybe if she grasped it, it would be 20 minutes of homework that would be enjoyable and fun rather than 45 minutes of battle.

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Post by: Sylvia on September 26, 2012, 08:13:22 am

Glad to see you back, Plums :hug:  How is your eldest daughter getting on at Senior School?

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Post by: plumseverywhere on September 26, 2012, 08:46:01 am

She's loving it thank you, Sylvia  :) very happy girl. She needed a new challenge and on the whole its suiting her really well. She had to have a day off yesterday though as I think the early mornings, the distance she walks to /from school and actually AT school has worn her out and she felt sick too  :unwell:

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Post by: Fowgill Farm on September 26, 2012, 09:19:51 am

Glad you're back mrs  :thumbsup: :hug:
mandy  :pig:

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Post by: Bionic on September 26, 2012, 09:26:09 am

Glad to see you back Plums  :wave:
Sally