How far along are you?

Everything is fine, right?

Well, I hope he/she comes soon.  Sorry about the fall though... 

Wow, not on for 3 days as in hospital due to being in false labour and I now have 18 pages to go through.


Anyway, I've just started You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login by Soft Ragoo - I'm loving baby obsessed Edward, he's so sweet. 

Speaking of One Shots, Lolo84 made a few recs at the end of chapter 13 of Unexpected (WIP):

Yeah!  It's our own lellabeth!   

Getting up and participating is the most important part, especially at that age.

I get anxious whenever we hold sporting competitions at school. We spend our time telling the kids that the most important thing is that they do their best, that they participate and have fun, and that being part of a team and cheering on their teammates means that when they do well, everyone is a winner.

Then we have some parents who think that their children are competing at the Olympics! And often, it's the parents who think that their kid is really talented, but is simply a big fish in a very small pond!

Kids' sport is becoming a real issue in our society - There was an incident a year or so ago in Australia where some parents physically assaulted a teenager who was reff'ing - voluntarily - a kids' soccer match! And then, there are also the parents who threaten to sue anyone if their child is injured in any slight way!

We had our cross country carnival - the older children ran a 6 km course. Of course, they were puffing and sweaty when they finished. One girl came fourth and threw a tantrum because she didn't place - but hid it behind a little performance pretending that she was overheated and ill. Then Mum and Grandma got involved, and the kid was going for an Oscar - and Mum and Grandma kept telling the teacher who was doing first aid that they had it under control and didn't need help...and then commented to another parent that the school didn't even care and didn't do anything.

They picked a bad day to criticise my teachers...and I had a microphone! I very quickly set them all straight - and even got a round of applause from the parents who could see the act the girl was putting on and the help we offered!

Sports are so important for children, but it's becoming so challenging to do - between competitive parents, kids who can't handle not winning and all the litigious nonsense that has resulted in Workplace Health & Safety overkill, we're all wondering of it's worth the effort!

Wow - soapbox moment!!! And I just meant to congratulate your little girl and say that she had the support of all of us on PTS! 

*going to find my muzzle now...*

N'aw, what a lovely surprise! That's so sweet. I'll have to go thank her, so thanks for bringing it to my attention

Loopy - glad to hear you're okay! I also thought you might have gone into labour. My Mum started having contractions early on Christmas Day and didn't have me until 9am on the 26th.. hopefully your labour won't be quite so long!

What's everyone reading at the moment? I've been focusing more on books lately. Also, I'm judging the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login this week if anyone feels like writing 100-200 (dirty) words

Well your OS definitely deserves to be rec'd! 


I'm reading Yosemite Decimal and like it OK. Before that I read some short Mailorder bride novels.
I try to fit in some "real" books but often enough I wonder how the book would fit with the fandom characters... 

I'm 36 weeks and 4 days - so nearly there, yay. 
I went into false labour as I had a fall, me being clumsy and all.