I have to take mine to the New Forest family meet, the massive extended family have a meet every year for those who can make it to bring a picnic and play rounders at the heart of the forest. Think the Waltons in massive proportions and you arent far off!

As kids we felt we should wear a sign saying yes I'm Vics daughter, yes I've grown! Yes it was lovely to meet you again too and no I dont think I look like great aunty Jewel

1, Get the visas.
2, sell the house (goes on market end of April)
3, kids wanna go Alton towers.
4, we all wanna go Thorpe Park.
5, Go Disneyland Paris with me Pa and his wife.
6,Do something really 'lovely' to my nasty sisters...totally legal of course.
7, Have a bloody big party
8, Hit the airport and not look back.

Cant wait.

Nickie

1, pass my two remaining diplomas
2, hand my notice in
3, take the kids to london for the day
4, get bladdered at the leaving party
5, tell a couple of people some home truths
6, hit the airport turn round and send a few people

but before i can do any of that ....get the house sold and completed :curse:

Ahh yes, gotta finish my level 3 childcare course and get the results for and re-take, hopefully just 1, sign language exam.

Best hand me notice in aswel or they may get the hump.

Home truths...ahhhh yes good idea.

Nickie

im off to finish of my final paper now....terminology..i cant even pronounce half of it

Hiya Flossie,

hope you have a great time at ministry of sound tonight, my oh and I are nearing the big 35 and still enjoy a good clubbing night out . sure you won't be even close to the oldest person there! If you fancy a night out up in the midlands let us know!!

Vanessa

I'd recommend a trip to Chislehurst caves.

And Parliament if you've never been.

If you fail to get into the Ministry (like I did on a couple of occasions) then I would recommend the Indian at the Elephant and Castle or Pizzeria Castellos (by the small roundabout at the Elephant).

OMG yeah chislehurst caves. My son has never been there, the girls have though. I was 16 last time i went and still have the caveman doll thingy i bought.

Its only down the road so really no excuse not to go really, cept he may be scared.
Maybe i could do a chislehurst caves party for his 5th!!
Maybe not.

Good idea, well done.

Nickie

Cheers for that website!

I've had a look and the V Festival in Perth is actually on today! So, I will be having a scout at the photo's posted on the web lateron.

The bands are'nt as big but what the heck am sure i'll be there next year!

Thanks v much for that!

Kelly.

Those are indeed all lovely things and you've made me feel quite nostalgic (instead of being able to do them in the year before we left I got knocked up and so had a newborn to deal with as well as everything else!), but things you could also do to help look forward to your move are

1. Ride the tube in rush-hour
2. Hit Tesco's about noon on a Saturday
3. Take a drive on the M25, anytime
4. Try to buy a decent home on an average wage

Cool. If I'm on a roll, how about Kensington roof gardens.

Go to work in the inner city suburbs, leave your van unattended and return to find tools gone and van on blocks, ask the locals if they saw anything and get threatened for 'dissing' them or their culture/religion/whatever.Report it to the police and get total apathy for your trouble.Get the vehicle clamped before you can get it towed away, then get it towed away while youre trying to contact the clampers.Pay a huge fine to recover it from the 'pound on borrowed wheels(which look very similar to theones you used to have) and get flashed for speeding 4mph over the limit on the way home.Sell the van and the house and dont look back.Nostalgia my arse.

And you don't think this happens in Oz?

Im sure it does, but i bet its not snowing there today, eh?