Guest guest Posted October 27, 2001 Report Share Posted October 27, 2001 Francesca wrote: > remember the good old days when the clocks going back meant an extra > hour in bed ............! > I did get an extra hour in bed as we remembered to alter 's clock before we went to bed and he ALWAYS gets up at 7am. (If we had not he would have got up at 6am) We then lazed in bed until 8am. Then noticed a few minutes back that the clock downstairs did not " agree " with the clock in his head - but I think he thought we were going to be late for church. However I do remember when we did not get extra time in bed but it meant that the boys got up earlier - black out linings worked in our house and the 2 youngest boys have them in their rooms. Jack does not even bother closing his blind. Trisha SAHM to 3 boys Jack 8, 6 and Isaac 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 Black out blinds work wonders in this house, so DS wasn't up until 8.30am! Joanne King SAHM to Ethan - HB 29.06.00 Minute Secretary Colchester & District Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 > remember the good old days when the clocks going back meant an extra > hour in bed ............! > > Francesca (up at 5.30am and a long morning so far ....!) Thing is, I *could* sleep in if I wanted to, but I can't. That comes with getting older I think. I was up till after 2.30 a.m. (new time) this morning finally goaded into getting on with the rewrites on my latest crime thriller which has been very neglected with recent events. I have only the final chapter to write now! However I am still addicted to my afternoon nap so that will help me catch up later on! I know Zehava wants to go to Wembley market later on this morning, it's a wonderful hunting ground for mobile phone covers for a fiver apiece, and she wants to buy Moishi one. Yeshaya has gone back to Israel as of last night (he came home on Wednesday for the engagement party) and I must say the visit, brief though it was, was less than successful. His expectations were way out of synch with reality; he thought his friends would all be available for him (they are at school during the day, and had piles of homework at night), so except for Sabbath, he was very bored) and he thought Zehava would give him priority attention and talk with him into the small hours, and found himself annoyed at her " obsession " with Moishi instead! Sad to say we all breathed a bit of a sigh of relief when I dropped him off at Heathrow last night after Sabbath. We will all evaluate MUCH more carefully the wisdom of bringing him home from yeshivah for such a " trivial " reason next time. Besides it looking " spoilt brat " it disrupts his studies and makes for a tense time all round. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 remember the good old days when the clocks going back meant an extra hour in bed ............! Francesca (up at 5.30am and a long morning so far ....!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 Feels like we've had a long lie-in but now realise it's only 7:49! Still, the babes are still not up so perhaps somebody told them about the clocks - either that or DH soothed them back to sleep with milk at some on-Godly hour in the morning. Karina > remember the good old days when the clocks going back meant an extra > hour in bed ............! > > Francesca (up at 5.30am and a long morning so far ....!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 >remember the good old days when the clocks going back meant an extra >hour in bed ............! >Francesca (up at 5.30am and a long morning so far ....!) Sympathetic hugs. Hope you mange to get them to bed a bit earlier tonight to make up for it. DD was playing with other young fiddlers (violinists!) from the local schools' Strathspey and Reel groups at a concert last night. We only got somewhat sketchy info from the school about it (that's secondary education for you!) but the rehersal and concert times were included and she was keen to do it especially as it was in the Usher Hall (Edinburgh's major Concert Hall). I was a bit taken a back that the tickets for the upper circle were £10 each, but bought them anyway. We didn't find out until we collected the tickets from the box office, on our way in, that the children were the invited guest performers of the ish Fiddle Orchestra at theSFO's concert - the hall was full of real grown ups who had bought real tickets!! The DS's were quite impressed too even though it is not their sort of music at all. The concert was great, lots of traditional scottish music with encouragement to clap and join in the songs and even to dance in the aisles for a couple of items (people did all of these things!!!). The children's orchestra were quite fantastic - really clear and tuneful for their own pieces and blending perfectly with the main orchestra for the shared items. DH arrived back from Taiwan in the morning and as it didn't finish until 10.30pm he was as exhausted as the children. The extra hour made all the difference for us this morning - all present and correct(ish) in time for church :-) Liz Goudie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 They were very grumpy and grizzly by bedtime but all the whinges and complaints meant that they were no earlier than usual. Still peace reigns now .... long may it last! Francesca Re: Does anyone else ... > > >remember the good old days when the clocks going back meant an extra > >hour in bed ............! > > >Francesca (up at 5.30am and a long morning so far ....!) > > Sympathetic hugs. Hope you mange to get them to bed a bit earlier tonight > to make up for it. > > DD was playing with other young fiddlers (violinists!) from the local > schools' Strathspey and Reel groups at a concert last night. We only got > somewhat sketchy info from the school about it (that's secondary education > for you!) but the rehersal and concert times were included and she was keen > to do it especially as it was in the Usher Hall (Edinburgh's major Concert > Hall). I was a bit taken a back that the tickets for the upper circle were > £10 each, but bought them anyway. We didn't find out until we collected the > tickets from the box office, on our way in, that the children were the > invited guest performers of the ish Fiddle Orchestra at theSFO's > concert - the hall was full of real grown ups who had bought real tickets!! > The DS's were quite impressed too even though it is not their sort of music > at all. The concert was great, lots of traditional scottish music with > encouragement to clap and join in the songs and even to dance in the aisles > for a couple of items (people did all of these things!!!). The children's > orchestra were quite fantastic - really clear and tuneful for their own > pieces and blending perfectly with the main orchestra for the shared items. > DH arrived back from Taiwan in the morning and as it didn't finish until > 10.30pm he was as exhausted as the children. The extra hour made all the > difference for us this morning - all present and correct(ish) in time for > church :-) > > Liz Goudie > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2001 Report Share Posted October 28, 2001 Black out blinds great here too - at least in the bedroom. DS, very cunningly, has worked out quite recently that if he asks to go to the toilet he can see out through the bathroom window and work out whether it really is still black outside or whether we're winding him up by telling him it's still night time and we just want a lay-in. Todman Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5) Mum to , 3¾ > Black out blinds work wonders in this house, so DS wasn't up until 8.30am! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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