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18/04/2008, 16:07 petra Joined on 18/04/2008 Posts 19 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! Cathy, that was funny! Cheers for the laugh!    Report

18/04/2008, 16:27 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! Yeah, I ve made up my mind, waiting for the grandchildren too, and  the sooner the better  ( will have to wait a bit though , my son is 14!!) I know some women at work, who couldn't stand the idea of becoming grand mothers, I'm very different, I love children and I can't wait ti be a gran and read stories, spoil them , tell them about my life, ( how boring will that be !!).. Play with them, ( I LOVE dolls ..) I envy you to have had all those children, unfortunately mt divorce prevented me from having a larger family and now it s too late. Anyway, .. still happy     Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

18/04/2008, 18:43 petra Joined on 18/04/2008 Posts 19 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! Ahh work! How I miss a proper job! I'm more telling my kid's/Grandkid's when I was a lass. Although my daughter has got me reading a chapter a night of The Golden Compass trilogy. Yeah, my divorce was quick and easy (I let him have the lot rather than cause stress to our children). We married when I was very young, they're grown up's now. I had my 3rd with Philip when I was 29, then came the 4th at 30, then finally #5 at 32. I call 'em the Wham-Bam-Bam kids, LOL Happy too !    Report

09/08/2008, 13:04 odile Joined on 09/05/2008 Midlands + Swiss Jura Posts 1,570 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! hi Petra - glad to hear the hospital in Pontarlier is OK. we have bought an old ferme Comtoise nearby  (I wass born and bread in area, but have been living in UK for 37 years, married to Brit) and are waiting for the move (OH retired last year)- but I must say every time we drive by it we think it looks awful - so thanks for reassuring us. Perhaps we will meet in Pontus one day. I was at the station there a couple of years ago very early am, waiting for TGV- nobody else there- then suddenly I heard Sybill, and there they were: Timothey West and Prunella Scales. I was dying to say something, but held my tongue (that makes a change!) to respect their privacy.    Report

10/08/2008, 20:00 Jura Joined on 28/11/2005 Posts 816 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! Frenchie, these days it is never too late and you are never too old...      Report

10/08/2008, 20:49 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! You are maybe right but I ve given it a thought and it is a no no..  Nice from you to say so though ! Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

11/08/2008, 20:04 odile Joined on 09/05/2008 Midlands + Swiss Jura Posts 1,570 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! Frenchie, it's great being a nana! I was a nana in France in the 60s, and now I am a nana in the UK in my lage 50s!    Report

11/08/2008, 20:23 Frenchie Joined on 31/05/2007 Granzay, 2 Sèvres,79 Posts 8,188 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! Now I dunno if I'm still a " nana " , but I ll be waiting til my son has his own " p'tite nana " to know the joy of having grandchildren on my knees.. But he's only 14 !! I can wait !! Life has a habit of biting you on the bum in ways that you least expect    Report

11/08/2008, 22:02 odile Joined on 09/05/2008 Midlands + Swiss Jura Posts 1,570 Re: I'll get the ball rolling then! I love being a grannie! and I don't care about being called 'grannie'. Some of my friends hate it and want to be called by their first name, or some modern new invented name. My daughters always called my parents 'grand-papa + grand maman' (still do..) And of course my little grandson, 2 + 3 months, is the best, loveliest, brightest++++ (not that I am biaised or anything. By the way I'm in my late 50s (sp error), not my large 50s!!    Report

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