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Soft furnishing - nope won't be happening in my setting. I am working on 'resources must be 'throw away', easily cleaned or quarantined for 72 hours'.

Morning all - it's Friday! Exciting weekend for us as Mr S has his shielding 'paused' tomorrow - we are invited to a BBQ at eldest's sons house on Sunday - yay - I will be giving my two youngest grandchildren the biggest hugs in living history! (Have been seeing them in our gardens but no cuddling) Youngest granddaughter (5) has said "then I can have a sleepover at your house" - yes she can - whoop, whoop! Not sure what else will change, very much aware that he/we will still need to be cautious, but, at last we feel 'in step' with everyone else Have a lovely weekend y'all

Definitely counts - well done fm!

Oh that is such a lovely thing to do, I'm sure your friends will love them

Excellent! In other news - my DIL sent a recording to me - my super talented middle granddaughter (14) playing piano, at the beginning you hear footsteps - I had said to Mr S, she has added those on purpose, she also added a 'crackling' effect. Anyway I have just seen her and asked about it and yes she added the footsteps - I said "what song starts like that is it Thriller", she said "no" Hmmm - I now need to work my way through Michael Jackson's songs to find the answer! Not that I will tell her, I think she thinks that was her own idea!

She is lovely! How did she get her name?

Right - I have had to re-think this young Froglet, I can't leave Mr S so it would be better if you moved in with us really, lots of garden delights here for you to cook, yes that would definitely be the best idea! 🤣

Second breakfasts are absolutely fine - these are difficult times we are living through 🤣 Roasted strawberries - I need to know more please Further to that can I just move in with you? Your breakfasts sound lovely!

Absolutely

Loads - as many as you want a. because you deserve to spoil yourself b. stock up and the you don't need to venture out too many times Hope that helps 😃

Thank you We have so many (probably too many) 'outfits - what I had in mind was offer a few and then they get quarantined for 72 hours - on the next day offer different ones and so on - think I will probably just forget this to be honest 🤣

Hmmm...…..dressing up clothes - a complete no no or could they be offered and then quarantined for 72 hours?

Thanks for this mundia I have a little boy starting end of September - he will have been on holiday 11th-25th and then starts with me 28th - I have decided that I am not even going to ask where they will be

Do you know what you are going to buy Young Froglet? I really, really need a new one too

I brought all of our 'spare clothes' home from my setting one day last week, they have been in the boot of my car ever since, this morning I have sorted through (discarded a lot) and washed the rest, they are now all out on the line. For some strange reason completing a job like that gives me fresh enthusiasm for September......

I read that too - but I think that I am a bit 'hard of understanding' at the mo, I really was quite sure what it meant, however, if you are telling me that it is good news I will go with that! 😃

Yes Mousie - size of a shoebox is about right 🤣 I'm sure that ours are trying their absolute best with their one way system - but honestly when your destination is two steps away I'm not sure that they couldn't just bend the rules a little.....

Could be worse - you could be eleventy billioneth in the queue 🤣

It is official - I am a 'walking disaster' 😮 As I said somewhere upthread, I put on my big girl pants and a face mask this morning and set off for my first visit to our Post Office...... All that I took with me was my 'stuff' to post and my MIL's visa card (she owes me a ridiculous amount of money because I have been doing her shopping online) I stopped at the door to guage the situation - one person in there but on the shop side - oh good thinks I and started to walk towards the PO counter - great cries of "no, no turn left please" - "oh but I am going to the PO" - "no you must turn left", so of course I turn left, I am then further away from where I want to be, "okay, what do I do now" - "you have to stand where you are, you can't move behind the other customer", so I wait patiently, but I'm thinking this is madness, I could have just walked straight to where I need to be. Finally, I get to the PO counter, MIL's card won't work 🤦‍♀️ I said "it must be your machine" - "no, it's not the machine, it's been working all morning" - what a carry on, I had to slink away, walked back home and then thought - no, I must go straight back, otherwise my confidence will suffer even more.... Off I go again, armed this time with my own card + £20 in my back pocket - followed the rules correctly this time, but inwardly thinking I have spent far more time in here than I want to, wait patiently again, get to the PO counter again........can you tell where this is going? My card won't work either - "oh it must be our machine" 🤦‍♀️🤣 Think I might just stay at home now until at least 2025 - honestly, it could only happen to me 🤣

Guess who is working on the old TDL on a Sunday 🤦‍♀️🤣 I am never going to 'settle' until I get all the 'parent involving' bits completed It is all such a new way of working because we didn't reopen last term I will have to 'brave' the Post Office tomorrow as I need to post 'Registration packs' - I usually give these to parents when they visit during the summer term 😷 that's me in my mask 🤣 I have already posted Parental Declaration forms, I included stamped self addressed envelopes for return - what could I have done to make it easier - still not all back with me 😡

This is definitely going to happen 🤦‍♀️ I am going ahead with planning to the latest guidance - I simply cannot have this hanging over my head all summer - I will have to do a quick 'update' doc if necessary

This is a copy and paste job from info that I am sending parents Parents/visitors: Guidance states ‘Parents and carers should not be allowed into the setting unless this is essential, children should be dropped off and collected at door if possible’ This should be workable with our returning children, however, parents of ‘new’ children, will, of course, be permitted to enter the setting in order to settle their children in. In the interests of safety we will expect parents of new children to stand by the open fire exit and not interact with other children please and to minimise the amount of time spent in the setting. Guidance states ‘Wherever possible, settings are encouraged to avoid visitors entering their premises’

Missed that this year - it all feels really odd

I don't think that calling her 'smelly bags' is nice at all

Just been reading up about lavender - apparently you must not cut back at all in it's first year