tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post5466402662213856646..comments2024-03-20T13:44:57.468-07:00Comments on Home Thoughts Weekly: Boots, Jacket and RelliesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-42123767223736167442009-12-22T05:22:44.591-08:002009-12-22T05:22:44.591-08:00I love the picture in my head of your Ma making pi...I love the picture in my head of your Ma making pidgeon noises. She must be so proud. I am very pleased for you Chris and can't wait to see TTT in print.<br /><br />Have a wonderful Christmas all of you - you have a busy 2010 ahead.<br /><br />Much love to you and yours<br />Debbie<br />xxBluestocking Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01502764742097142372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-16310123225684079752009-12-21T02:41:47.238-08:002009-12-21T02:41:47.238-08:00Trouble is, DOT, I'm just not posh enough!
FP...Trouble is, DOT, I'm just not posh enough!<br /><br />FP, thank you very much.<br /><br />Elizabethm - seems there was a lot of it about, judging from everyone's reactions!<br /><br />Sally, it's beginning to feel very exciting so yes, upbeat is the word!<br /><br />Cait, thank you.<br /><br />CC, I wonder what we'd have done without the chats?!<br /><br />Liane, so glad it's not just mine!Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-23798633798908963082009-12-20T18:23:51.939-08:002009-12-20T18:23:51.939-08:00Your Ma sounds an awful lot like mine. If m'la...Your Ma sounds an awful lot like mine. If m'lady was at all impressed when I told her my book had been sold she didn't show it for a sec. <br /><br />Your dad's dating advice is the best! :DLiane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-20426426221389129582009-12-16T15:32:20.484-08:002009-12-16T15:32:20.484-08:00That's so funny. I never had such a chat from ...That's so funny. I never had such a chat from my dad thank goodness but my Mum did manage to successfully put the fear of God into me.CC Devinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643697869694982791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-17968064738219753932009-12-16T09:09:36.627-08:002009-12-16T09:09:36.627-08:00Lovely positive post and I am so happy for you Chr...Lovely positive post and I am so happy for you Chris.Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-16603130134483683012009-12-16T04:49:55.543-08:002009-12-16T04:49:55.543-08:00You sound so thrilled and upbeat its wonderful, ha...You sound so thrilled and upbeat its wonderful, have a very happy Christmas xxSally Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09299690757779540854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-61318735790495672622009-12-16T02:23:53.997-08:002009-12-16T02:23:53.997-08:00Oh yes, my mother did a very gentle version of you...Oh yes, my mother did a very gentle version of your dad's approach - huge exciting future ahead of you,don't blow it. Worked wonderfully. Showing off was the thing in our house, very firmly sat upon.<br />I am sure your mother is very proud. Love that pic too, one of my favourites.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-85799574758166512862009-12-15T07:08:13.386-08:002009-12-15T07:08:13.386-08:00Enjoy the relly round Chris and longing to read TT...Enjoy the relly round Chris and longing to read TTT - how very exciting!Flowerpothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102679179201725732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-34090239626400474252009-12-15T06:21:31.676-08:002009-12-15T06:21:31.676-08:00Oh for goodness sake, be a snob! Everyone loves a ...Oh for goodness sake, be a snob! Everyone loves a snob. Gives them someone to look up to. Especially a snob in shiny riding boots, snapping a riding whip against her tightly jodhpured thigh. (Damn, slipped into Jilly Cooper mode again.)DOThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00719312854612984929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-33910208576930773112009-12-15T01:17:36.192-08:002009-12-15T01:17:36.192-08:00Hah - good one!
Debs, I really like that painting...Hah - good one!<br /><br />Debs, I really like that painting, too - I've been 'saving' it!<br /><br />LBD, oh yes showing off, another crime! Or being shy; 'Nobody's looking at YOU!'<br /><br />Lane, I might have a teeny little stomp when no one's looking!<br /><br />SBS, I can see what you mean now I've had another look. I don't suppose Basil will mind!<br /><br />Fennie, not too hard actually. JK doesn't have to worry for quite a while! But I'm very grateful that someone likes my writing.<br /><br />JJ, you'll scar them for life - although they will, I can assure you, get over it!<br /><br />Pondside, so even when mother's are nurses they still be mothers first! Priceless!!Chris Stovellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03741359642268813093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-42292792368815028682009-12-14T19:30:31.568-08:002009-12-14T19:30:31.568-08:00Our mothers went to the same mothering class. I s...Our mothers went to the same mothering class. I spent my teens in terror because my mother told me about a cousin who became pregnant 'just by getting too close to her boyfriend'. Now, I'd read all the birds and bees books and knew the facts, but my mother was a nurse, for heaven's sake, and if she said it was possible to have this misfortune befall, then who was I to take a chance?Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-39433224782574469182009-12-14T15:01:02.934-08:002009-12-14T15:01:02.934-08:00Okay, I'm making notes on how to threaten my c...Okay, I'm making notes on how to threaten my children sufficiently... <br /><br /><i>"if a boy so much as put his arm round me in case something flew down his sleeve and impregnated me."</i> Still chuckling.Jenny Beattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00640209636605410939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-24681262779423542812009-12-14T14:36:36.676-08:002009-12-14T14:36:36.676-08:00I think I had a variation on the above in that I&#...I think I had a variation on the above in that I'm not sure that my parents ever really noticed good news, just went on chuntering away about the price of eggs and why hadn't I seen to the chickens. <br />But you celebrate like mad and we'll be celebrating with you as well.<br /><br />Incidentally, does your book have a sub-title? EG: 'Turning the Tide' OR The Absorbing Mystery of the Plantagenet Parakeet. As if the first were something on a brown paper wrapper while the second was what was on the book itself.<br /><br />Oh, and by the way - I won't turn down the watch if you have already bought it. I know it must be hard getting rid of all that literary wealth so I'll do what I can to help!Fenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377814681496294457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-17527738027505723452009-12-14T13:18:46.896-08:002009-12-14T13:18:46.896-08:00As I clicked and the page flew up I went 'oooo...As I clicked and the page flew up I went 'oooooooooooo love that pic' its gorgeous and nothing like Basil's tomb - its like a couple in a smoochy dance.<br />Yep - had the same wise words thrust upon me as you did - pride goes before a fall and all that clap trap.<br />Just go with the flow and enjoy every minute of it and that goes for Xmas relly dash as wellsnailbeachshepherdesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397158758052413758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-81725130957025184362009-12-14T12:18:31.308-08:002009-12-14T12:18:31.308-08:00Bless your dad.
Stomp around in those boots for a...Bless your dad.<br /><br />Stomp around in those boots for a while Chris. They're a perfect fit.Lane Mathiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08147122748453850264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-50941861730935409992009-12-14T11:09:06.342-08:002009-12-14T11:09:06.342-08:00Love the sound of your Ma making pigeon noises. Ye...Love the sound of your Ma making pigeon noises. Yes, mine too seemed to think life's greatest peril was getting too big for one's boots - that, or showing off. Or pushing yourself forwards. I don't think it occurred to her that a boy would ever dare get close enough for impregnating purposes. Good luck with the relly round - I've still got to get my head round organising ours. (Absolutely adore that painting, by the way. You're such a talented pair.)LITTLE BROWN DOGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752176955139690523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-8494021707629980402009-12-14T10:08:20.902-08:002009-12-14T10:08:20.902-08:00I love the sound of your family, mine sound very s...I love the sound of your family, mine sound very similar.<br /><br />I cant wait to read TTT especially now I've read the blurb, it sounds wonderful.<br /><br />Enjoy your touring from relative to relative.<br /><br />Loving that painting.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8666908446822278106.post-65615088095674682992009-12-14T09:52:30.850-08:002009-12-14T09:52:30.850-08:00My mother always said if I was ever foolish enough...My mother always said if I was ever foolish enough to get pregnant she woudl bring the child up !!That threat was better birth control than anything else I know !!her at homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01553181592011484686noreply@blogger.com