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Taking people out of boxes

I prefer to think of myself as a project manager

Taking people out of boxes

He's your future husband, poppet, you bring him here. If you can do THAT - he doesn't comment on my blogs - you know you have him wrapped around your finger.

I'm not chasing for the business, me. I don't do hard sell

Taking people out of boxes

(LJ I may need your help with a quick painting job)

Taking people out of boxes

Molly, sweetie, not if you pay that teeny tiny deposit. It will all be done and ready for the wedding.

And as your wedding planner, may I suggest more of a smooth look, rather than the meringue? You could so carry it off, dahling, and meringues are a bit - yesterday. Especially for very very very very very tall women.

Taking people out of boxes

Daniela, haha, I remember Nina & Frederick well. Different boxes but all filled with complexities inside

Taking people out of boxes

Molly, no need to go out to tender. The spot I have in mind is PERFECT.

I'll even get it painted out in your favourite colours. Now how many venues could offer that?

RE: Can humanity be saved?

War is business. It is 'acquisitions' and 'hostile takeovers' and 'moving rolling stock' and sadly it is also a way to terminate a great many staff.

It is ALL about money, no matter what 'cause' is trotted out to give the staff some motivation.

Taking people out of boxes

Molly, you got it.

Just a quick confirm - Johnny's on board, yeah? And I might need a small deposit, just to, you know, fix up the place I have in mind for the reception

Taking people out of boxes

Hi LJ, you and I are a fairly good example of shifting boxes.

More than once we have been at polar opposites on our box choices.

and

More than once we have found ourselves shoulder to shoulder on an issue that matters to us.

Sometimes the usual people we share our boxes with are at odds with us in those times.

It's a CS sisterhood story!

Even when we are at odds, I value the fact that we can debate, not just shout and move on

Taking people out of boxes

Oh, no-one is in charge all the time. My solution just avoids a power struggle.

Doesn't work for me because my reaction when things get scratchy and hot is to run and I need someone who has a lariat to haul me back, but I think it would work very well on you

Wanna be a bridesmaid

Taking people out of boxes

Hi, Molly, I've just been sorting your future on Rob's blog, no, don't thank me, your happiness is reward enough

Yup, I said that to Daniela too - soulmate in one area could have no overlaps in another which also matters. But leaving the love and permanent commitment to one side, just chatting opens up when there could be common ground

You scared me to death at first until the first time you mentioned your dogs ....

Taking people out of boxes

Rob, thanks, I just really liked the video

We are all of us so many layers, like onions. Get rid of the papery dead outside layers and hope the layers inside don't make you cry ...

I've said before that the best thing about CS is suddenly finding a kindred spirit in someone who is a million light years away from anyone I ever met, the way they look, dress, talk, believe and then - WHAM - hey, I think that about that too!

And then of course we start arguing about something else but they are no longer strangers. Great feeling.

Taking people out of boxes

Hey, Bloody, claustrophobia is a box we share! and is it just me, or are the walls closing in on us?

Taking people out of boxes

Tru - so a plane can land on it?

Taking people out of boxes

Daniela I think your life has a lot of boxes, which means it is full and happy, with kindred spirits in all shapes and sizes.

Sometimes, like Z said, you have to pick the boxes that matter and accept that someone who is a soulmate in one area doesn't have any overlap at all in another.

Even 'who squeezes the toothpaste in the middle' is a box, after all.

Taking people out of boxes

Oh boet some boxes are harder to identify than others. a happy evolving box should have flashing lights around it because it would be wonderful

and surprisingly full

Taking people out of boxes

Z, there is very little to beat sitting in a beer garden with a bunch of like-minded types in the sun while a decent jazz band plays live music. You could try wearing earphones if the opportunity ever came up, it's a nice box to spend an afternoon in

RE: Improving Blog pages

Like it

Newbies will just have to learn that because someone appears five times on the first screen doesn't mean they are five times better than others.

RE: Little things in life that render us amazed.....

Blackberry and apple pie I love that brambleberries and apples are ready at roughly the same time.

We had our cherry blossom 'snow' a couple of weeks ago, both sides of the street are lined with wild cherry trees and it was a near blizzard

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

Oh yay lots more comments, and HELPFUL!

Red, yay, yes have a look please and be CAREFUL I think Lord of the Flies had kids around that age

Un, the Goosebumps series is a good call, added to list and you know what, 'dated' is irrelevant. A good story that catches and fires a kid's imagination should be the objective. It's all about learning to enjoy reading!

Non, hi! and long time no kid for me, these are all new to me. Adding to the list! loving the idea of the Percy Jackson (aka Perry Jackson) ones in particular.

RE: Improving Blog pages

Will multiple blog posts from the same person continue to show? There have been times with this new layout when the first 10 or so blogs are all from two or three bloggers.

When they have aggressive or misspelled headings into the bargain, it doesn't really sell the blogging facility to any new members joining CS. I know the huge variety was what attracted me when I first saw the blogs, and that there were so many people blogging. Now, you have to know to scroll down and know which bloggers are interesting / won't bite your head off / allow comments - that must put off some newbies, or make it look very cliquey.

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

Spawned, love it

Reading is in real danger of becoming a forgotten art but when people DO have to read - like an instruction booklet - they need to have the ability fixed in place.

Or, of course, they could just watch a how-to video.

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

Map, kids decide not to read, that's what they decide.

Teachers do have to give them books and make them read them, and that's where the problem came in. Pretty much any book any of us remembers enjoying for sure didn't have TV, mobile phones, playstations, don't-talk-to-strangers. But books can't just be full of warnings, that would be the pits, so the trick is to get them to stop living through electronic devices and exploring and motivated ...

No pressure

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

Aw Rob that's so sweet but no, I don't think I could. If you really could knock one off in a few minutes, boy is there a big market out there waiting for you!

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

JJ some authors have been suggested (e.g. Jacqueline Wilson) and I'm ashamed to say I don't know of them. Modern mammies are my best hope!

Books for 8 to 10 year olds?

Aa I don't write for kiddies, and don't think I could, there's quite a knack to making it simple-but-interesting.

I did also run the question through the Authors group I belong to and even they are finding it difficult to come up with stuff the school would think suitable - something as 'fantastical' as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, puhleeze, flying cars Wind In The Willows puhleeze talking animals Nancy Drew, What Katy Did, Anne of Green Gables, puhleeze too old-fashioned



By the way the teacher has now (!) read the book and it has been withdrawn.

Smelling like a rose

Tru - you hide your serious side so well - it's nice, I like it

Aa - do you use a handful of sand as a scrub in those wild waters? Top tip for tired toes

Bloody - oh aye, I've had more virtual flowers and champagne and stuff in 3 years here than in my entire real life. Just not the same, is it?

Red, your GP sneezing, GOOD. If you need an op at any point, though, eek, get a surgeon who isn't allergic that does sound sooo exotic, perfume bottled by monks on an island .... mmm

Smelling like a rose

Ish, my dog now officially hates you. Just sayin'. and I wish I'd known about the dog mitt yesterday, Molly, I was actually in Pets R Us (or Pets At Home, or whatever it's called) tchah!

Smelling like a rose

(I think the headache is from the dog. I'm going to have to work out whether the smell of wet dog is worse or better than the fading echoes of once-washed eau de fox)

Smelling like a rose

I have a killer headache and must go do something about it but you guys have cheered me up - CS to the rescue again - and I'll be back soon.

Have you noticed, not ONE guy has specified what kind of scent he likes? Apart from Tru liking the expensive stuff. And Z not liking it in any shape or form.






What this blog needs is a scratch-and-sniff patch.