That was a brave post of yours over in the 'Rude Adults' thread. Well said!

:grouphug::)Thank you Carmen, for your kindness.:):grouphug:

:)Thank you.:)

Ah, that's it! I thought it was something about the hair. :) We're fine, thank you. Nothing interesting happening here. Except it's suddenly become Spring. It's so mild outside and there are snowdrops everywhere.

Hi, there - something is different about you, what is it? :)

Oh, I'm so sorry. I hope things get better soon. Go and give those little ones a big hug. Have one for yourself too. :)

Hi there. Yes we are better from our colds, thank you. How are you?

We are snowed in at the moment. It's not as much fun as it sounds. :)

Fine thanks, up late again. Three of the children have colds and one of them keeps coughing. How are you?

Just popped in to see what's happening, saw you here too.:)

Away now to take ds to doctor. Think he poked something in his ear. He's 14 so it's not something I expected to still be doing!:lol:

Bula Mama, when I saw your avatar I couldn't believe my eyes! You look just like I did about 20 years ago. Seriously, the resemblance is astonishing!

Oh dear. Hope you feel better soon. What kind of symptoms do you get? I love oatmeal but when I have it every day I start to get an upset stomach.

Hi there! We're all fine thanks, how about you?

:seeya:Thank you for being my friend!

Hello, friend. :)

:grouphug: Just popped in to say 'Hi!':001_smile:

Thank you. I hope you had a good holiday. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving, being Scottish and living in Scotland but I did buy two small turkeys the other day (four legs that way) and we are looking forward to having them at our next Family Festival.

Thank you again, for your kind words. Love your friends list album, by the way. I grew up with Shetland Collies and have a real soft spot for them.

The name Debra means 'bee'. Hence 'bumbledeb' and the avatar. I've always felt it an appropriate meaning since I'm usually flitting around the place humming tunelessly to myself. :)

:grouphug:Thankyou for your kind words. I really appreciate them.

:)Thank you for being my friend.:)

Thank you for being my friend. :)

Homeschooling is fine here. It's legal and no state interference or interest. (a while back they were supposed to make yearly inspections but no one ever turned up) As far as I know there are absolutely no homeschool suppliers, curricula etc. and I order pretty much everything from Rainbow Resources or Amazon.co.uk. I don't know how many homeschoolers there are here. I know of two other families in real life but there must be more. I used to subscribe to a UK internet homeschool mailing list but the constant complaining and quarreling got tiresome so I gave that up.

:seeya: Hi friend.:001_smile:

I really like your responses to the thread 'Need some help from Christians in comforting my Dad'.

It's more than 20 years since I ate hot dog. I threw up within five minutes of eating it, in public - didn't even have time to make it to a bathroom! I feel slightly queasy right now just thinking about it.:ack2: