Ouma

Indeed, I am going to be an Ouma! 

Dr Lauren and Darling Simon are pregnant.

I have known this FOREVER, Dr Lauren skyped me and  showed me the Pee Stick.

It has nearly killed me not to tell everyone in the  world.

We are so very excited! 

Sadly, Dr Lauren does not like my name suggestions.

Jerusha , I think, is a lovely name. It is the name of the main  character in Daddy Long Legs

Aisling, also  I like.  Madison. Wakefield . (This has been denied seeing as Wakefield is a town close to where Dr Lauren lives, fair enough. )

Any names, if you can add  " En Vennote "  after the name, "and associates "  , for the 

Poms,  these would be bad names.

So. Madison Doy "en vennote"

Wakefield Doy "en vennote" 

Not doing well so far.

But , still, so very excited! 

Anyway, so far, the baby scan photo looks just like me! 

Movies

We have been married for 30years.

In these 30 years, we have been to the cinema..what? 

1000  times?

Too much?

500 times? 

We always go way way early, which I hate. I hate the adverts. I hate the trailers. I hate sitting waiting for the adverts and trailers to start.

Ideally, I would like to arrive in a darkened cinema, one minute before the movie starts.

Ideally, The Hubby likes to be in the cinema at least 15 minutes before the adverts start.

I have always, but always, finished my popcorn before the main feature is even near starting.

ONCE, just ONCE in these 30 years, have we arrived late.

We missed the first 5 minutes of Apollo 13

The Hubby has never forgiven me. 

It ruined the whole movie for him.

Now we go early every bloody time.

And we have to stay till the very very last credit has rolled.

I am a saint, let me tell you.

Totes Amazeballs

Birthday card that I bought...I must admit that I do love the way new words and phrases enter our vocab.

 I love  "Well  Jel "  

Even more, I love "totes emoshe" and I do use it all the time...when a movie is sad, with tears in my eyes, I look over to The Hubby, do the fanning thing, and say "totes emoshe..." 

I don't think we should be scathing of the new slang ...it's fun! 

And of course, Totes Amazeballs is my favourite! 

Not that I use any of these phrases apart from in the bosom of my family. Or in my head. Or on my blog.

Do not actually want to look like a total tit. 

Am far to old to be getting "down with the kids" 

The kids in my family would probably disown me if I was out in the street talking like a homeboy.

Still would like to go on record as being  a very cool person . And accepting of TOWIE and Chelsea phrases.

Even though I had to google the meaning of 'Reem '

Saturday Shopping

It's amazing how my shopping habits have changed.

Mainly due to lack of space, I shop almost daily, we eat all fresh, hardly any frozen or tinned .

My teeny tiny deep freeze holds the once in a blue moon pack of oven chips, and, dare I say it? 

Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Puds.

( I hope neither MOTHER nor The Hubby read this. Or Darling Simon. he was shocked enough at the Smash and frozen roast potatoes.)

 Today, Tesco  was so busy, but due to the amazing choice of ways to pay (self scan, self serve, baskets only, tills, assisted tills, disabled tills) there is simply no queuing.

At the door there were some people handing out shopping lists for shoppers to buy and donate for "People in Crisis" 

Now, I do try very hard not to be  an annoying Saffa, which is why I say most of these things in my head, to myself, or indeed, on my blog.

I am sure there are People in Crisis, and I am sorry that there are , and I did donate some foodstuffs, 

But I want to say "Crisis? Call this a Crisis? "

Much as I try not to say such things as :

Lightning? Call this lightning?

Hailstones? Call these hailstones?

Riot? Call this a riot? 

Police Brutality? You have to be kidding me...

Crime? You don't know crime!

And even down to:

Rubbish TV? You have no idea....

Poor postal service? Late buses? Slow trains? 

I will stop now.

I can truly see why The Poms hate us Saffas.

We really can be annoying.

if you go down to the woods today,..

Well, indeed.

Teddy Bears Picnic.

Was fun, eventually...
Just shows you how Facebook can Big Up an event.
So, SA Sam, The Gorgeous Son, The New Girlfriend, The Hubby and I, off we all go, excited about the Teddy Bears Picnic as advertised on Facebook Events.
Leave Worcester Park in our pyjamas.
Only idiots in pyjamas on the train.
All hoping we would be joined by millions more .
Not so much.

Arrive at function.
Only people there.
Look even more like tits, now, not only were we the only people in pyjamas on the trains,now we are the only people in the whole of Green park in pyjamas.
Now we just look like Chavs who have had a rough night out.

After sitting sadly on a park bench, a lovely girl arrived...she knew we were there for the picnic, seeing as, yes, as mentioned before, we were the only people in Green Park dressed in pyjamas. That is how she knew she was in the right place.


She was from Alaska.
We all went into mad Saffa mode and told her about watching Goeiemore Alaska in SA .
She looked a bit sad, and told us how Spanish people told her about the programme, Icelandic people, German people....she herself had never heard of it.

Sad , actually. Seeing as everything I know about Alaska, I learnt from that programme, called Northern Exposure, to give it its real name.

I digress...

Steam punk band arrived, made things much better, music always attracts people.
Laugh Yoga...well, you have to laugh.
Lordy! newAge Stuff can get really hilarious!

Still and all, fun day, was a bit hysterical when it started to hail...real hailstones, not big by Saffa standards, but quite scary by Pom measures.
Weather here is mad.

Despite totally rubbish organisation, hail and rain, lack of any facilities whatsoever, we had a fabulous time!

All down to the fact that we are fabulous.
And the sun makes life in London great!

Place Names...Oy!

Benidorm.
Now, does this not sound like a Pom seaside resort?
No.
Benidorm is is Spain.

Bangor.
Now, where would that be?
Wales.
Who knew?
Does this sound Welsh at all?
I think  not.

St Ives
Two of them, one in Cambridgeshire , one in Cornwall. (?)

Scunthorpe .
Don't even go there if you have no frame of reference for prononciation.

Slough.
Poor Dr Lauren pronounced this in a Saffa way. With hard G

Thames

The Gorgeous  Son did say thaymes
How would we know?

It is exhausting trying to keep up with the proper way to say things.