What are we doing this weekend? - Page 10

DanaC · 10-06-2007, 07:38 PM

Sounds fun blue

I just got back from seeing Ross Noble in Manchester. He was so funny. There were about eight of us in the end, going over, and we went for a meal and a drink first. Good fun.

Aliantha · 10-06-2007, 08:03 PM

Yesterday (Saturday) I went and bought Halo 3 so I'll play that during the week this week. Had a little look at it at about midnight last night, but I was too tired to concentrate. Spent most of the day yesterday doing stuff for the kids. Cleaned the pool. Cooked a sausage sizzle for my boys and their friends for lunch. Last night I went out for a light dinner and a few cocktails with one of my cousins. That was great. We have hardly seen each other this year, so I was happy.

Woke up this morning and the kids slept in till about 10am, so I've been playing around on here in between doing a bit of light housework that doesn't make too much noise.

Later today I think I might go for a swim since the pool is all sparkly.

Cloud · 10-07-2007, 09:48 PM

being in plays is SO FUN! Hope you're having a great time UG!

Griff · 10-20-2007, 07:11 PM

I just got back from my friends place on a little lake in NEPA. About 50of us got together to raise his timber frame house. It is truly teh shit. I'll post pics if I get some emailed.

Tomorrow, I'll be getting my butt handed to me by old people with pointy metal sticks.

monster · 10-20-2007, 07:28 PM

Just got done with the 6yo's birthday party. Castle-themed. 5-7:30. They made knight helmets -the pieces took a lot longer to cut out than I anticipated, so i didn't start decorating the cake until 7! was done at 7:15, though *phew* (thank goodness for the trend of putting themed toys onthe cakes instead of just icing them). 5 minutes to whip up some chocolate butter cream, dump it on, 4 plastic turrets, a knight, a horse, some swords, done.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!

Must post about the knight helmets in the parenting thread.

glatt · 10-20-2007, 08:31 PM

Good bike ride with my 5 year old boy. Seven miles. He's improving.

monster · 10-20-2007, 08:50 PM

that's awesome. my nwely 6yo is about the only kid in his class who doesn't still use training wheels. He left them behind when he was 3 or 4.

I'm sure even just a few years ago, when my daughter was this age, most of her classmates did not still have training wheels. Have you noticed this at all?

Sad to say, the two reasons I hear most are "no time to teach them" and "too dangerous". What's the betting adult training wheels will soon be sold as the new busy modern person fitness must-have?

glatt · 10-20-2007, 09:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

I'm sure even just a few years ago, when my daughter was this age, most of her classmates did not still have training wheels. Have you noticed this at all?

It was a beautiful day today, and he was the only kid I saw on a bike on those seven miles of bike paths. Lots of adults out though. Don't often see kids riding bikes around here. We don't even ride that much. We go for a ride once a month or so. When I was a kid, I lived on that bike.

But both kids are excited when we do go riding.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-21-2007, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glatt

It was a beautiful day today, and he was the only kid I saw on a bike on those seven miles of bike paths. Lots of adults out though. Don't often see kids riding bikes around here. We don't even ride that much. We go for a ride once a month or so. When I was a kid, I lived on that bike.

But both kids are excited when we do go riding.

When you were a kid, it was reasonably safe for you to jump on your bike and explore the world... conquer new frontiers. Now parents are more protective, more restrictive, of where their kids are, and what they are doing.

jester · 11-09-2007, 11:39 AM

Getting ready to leave on a "road trip". Well, just going to Red Bank (chattanooga) for Football Playoffs. Hope we win. Anything is possible. I do, I do, I do believe in miracles.

HungLikeJesus · 11-09-2007, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

When you were a kid, it was reasonably safe for you to jump on your bike and explore the world... conquer new frontiers. Now parents are more protective, more restrictive, of where their kids are, and what they are doing.

Bruce, do you think it is less safe now than 20 or 40 years ago, or that there is just a higher perception of danger now?

monster · 10-20-2007, 09:45 PM

Sad that there aren't more...

DanaC · 11-09-2007, 11:54 AM

Friday (tonight) Royal British Legion's poppy appeal night at the workingmen's club in my ward. Mmm...cheap beer, 1940s songs and red patterned carpet.

Saturday, am will be spent door-knocking with the MP and a couple of comrades. Afternoon and evening researching essays.

Sunday 9.30 am have to be at the Church in my ward for the remembrance day service. Afternoon and evening researching essays.

Shawnee123 · 11-09-2007, 11:56 AM

Tonight, beers with friends after work.
Tomorrow: nieces to the Bee Movie
Sunday: day at the 'rents per usual (and the home cookin' that goes with it)
Monday: off work for Veteran's Day.

Perhaps this should go under what's making you happy thread.

HungLikeJesus · 11-09-2007, 12:13 PM

Sunday morning I'll be leaving for a work trip (that's two Sundays in a row), so Saturday I'll be taking down Halloween decorations and doing laundry. I'm spending most of next week in Couer d'Alene, Idaho.

10-06-2007, 08:03 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Yesterday (Saturday) I went and bought Halo 3 so I'll play that during the week this week. Had a little look at it at about midnight last night, but I was too tired to concentrate. Spent most of the day yesterday doing stuff for the kids. Cleaned the pool. Cooked a sausage sizzle for my boys and their friends for lunch. Last night I went out for a light dinner and a few cocktails with one of my cousins. That was great. We have hardly seen each other this year, so I was happy. Woke up this morning and the kids slept in till about 10am, so I've been playing around on here in between doing a bit of light housework that doesn't make too much noise. Later today I think I might go for a swim since the pool is all sparkly. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

10-07-2007, 09:48 PM	#3
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	being in plays is SO FUN! Hope you're having a great time UG! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

10-20-2007, 07:11 PM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I just got back from my friends place on a little lake in NEPA. About 50of us got together to raise his timber frame house. It is truly teh shit. I'll post pics if I get some emailed. Tomorrow, I'll be getting my butt handed to me by old people with pointy metal sticks. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

10-20-2007, 07:28 PM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Just got done with the 6yo's birthday party. Castle-themed. 5-7:30. They made knight helmets -the pieces took a lot longer to cut out than I anticipated, so i didn't start decorating the cake until 7! was done at 7:15, though phew (thank goodness for the trend of putting themed toys onthe cakes instead of just icing them). 5 minutes to whip up some chocolate butter cream, dump it on, 4 plastic turrets, a knight, a horse, some swords, done. Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer! Must post about the knight helmets in the parenting thread. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-20-2007, 08:50 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	that's awesome. my nwely 6yo is about the only kid in his class who doesn't still use training wheels. He left them behind when he was 3 or 4. I'm sure even just a few years ago, when my daughter was this age, most of her classmates did not still have training wheels. Have you noticed this at all? Sad to say, the two reasons I hear most are "no time to teach them" and "too dangerous". What's the betting adult training wheels will soon be sold as the new busy modern person fitness must-have? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-06-2007, 07:38 PM	#1
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Sounds fun blue I just got back from seeing Ross Noble in Manchester. He was so funny. There were about eight of us in the end, going over, and we went for a meal and a drink first. Good fun.

10-20-2007, 08:31 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Good bike ride with my 5 year old boy. Seven miles. He's improving.

11-09-2007, 11:39 AM	#10
jester why so serious Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,712	Getting ready to leave on a "road trip". Well, just going to Red Bank (chattanooga) for Football Playoffs. Hope we win. Anything is possible. I do, I do, I do believe in miracles.

10-20-2007, 09:45 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Sad that there aren't more... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

11-09-2007, 11:54 AM	#13
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Friday (tonight) Royal British Legion's poppy appeal night at the workingmen's club in my ward. Mmm...cheap beer, 1940s songs and red patterned carpet. Saturday, am will be spent door-knocking with the MP and a couple of comrades. Afternoon and evening researching essays. Sunday 9.30 am have to be at the Church in my ward for the remembrance day service. Afternoon and evening researching essays.

11-09-2007, 11:56 AM	#14
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Tonight, beers with friends after work. Tomorrow: nieces to the Bee Movie Sunday: day at the 'rents per usual (and the home cookin' that goes with it) Monday: off work for Veteran's Day. Perhaps this should go under what's making you happy thread. Last edited by Shawnee123; 11-09-2007 at 12:02 PM.

11-09-2007, 12:13 PM	#15
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Sunday morning I'll be leaving for a work trip (that's two Sundays in a row), so Saturday I'll be taking down Halloween decorations and doing laundry. I'm spending most of next week in Couer d'Alene, Idaho. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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