Dusty Springfield - Wishin' & Hopin'

Blur - Girls & Boys



TTFN!

Hi Simon



Just recovering from last nights company christmas party in Newquay. Anyway, here are some Advent tunes



Dont give up - Gabriel/Bush

Dont stop till you get enough - Michael Jackson

Heaven can wait - Meatloaf

Holding back the years - Simply Red

King of wishful thinking - Go West

Should i stay or should i go - Clash

THings can only get better - DReam

Waiting for a star to fall - Boy meats Girl

Waiting for a train - Flash in the pan

What goes around comes around - Justin Timberlake

Tomorrow never dies - Sheryl Crow



Best wishes to the awesome Boris.

I've been expecting you - Robbie Williams.

Hi again everyone



Pleased your new teenager enjoyed his birthday, Simon, and will probably be up half the night chatting to his new facebook friends!



Songs of expectation, hope etc...



WISHING AND HOPING ~ The Merseybeats



GIMME HOPE JOANNA ~ Eddy Grant



WISH YOU WERE HERE ~ Pink Floyd



WISHING ON A STAR ~ Rose Royce



EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD ~ Tears For Fears



WISHING AND HOPING ~ Dusty Springfield



I WANT IT ALL ~ Queen

Well, it was worth waiting for. Good news on the FB account. He will have more folowers than the Drivetime page by the end of today, I'll bet. I never knew how many 'friends' my son had until his 13th birthday last year.......



Good luck at the book awards tonight Simon. For what its worth, Itch scores much higher in this household than Gangsta Granny or Billionaire Boy.



My suggestion would be:



SITTING, WAITING, WISHING - JACK JOHNSON

or

PATIENCE - TAKE THAT



As for me, I'll be doing a lot of the former today and hopefully will have a lot of the latter. Hoping the AA arrive soon..........



Looking forward to hearing Boris.

Simon, good luck for you and your pal, Itch, tonight at the National Book Awards!

Doh. Thats a Robbie album title.

Just as I post at the end of yesterday's blog...! Ah well, morning to all on this side of the fence.



Fingers crossed Simon - what a thrill :) Have a few glasses of the fizzy stuff and enjoy.



I feel v sorry for Kate & Wills - it was never going to be a private affair but at less than 12 weeks I guess they'd hoped to keep it quiet for a few more weeks. It must be very unpleasant for them both.



Expectation oldies:

'Something's Coming' from West Side Story

The Best is Yet to Come - Frank Sinatra

I'll be Waiting - Adele

Wishing & Hoping - Dusty Springfield

Waiting for a Girl Like You - Foreigner

Morning All,



'When Tomorrow Comes' Eurythmics



'Dignity' Deacon Blue - cant think of a better song of anticipating something better in hope and expectation



Have a good day one and all







Have a good

Uplifting and flattering......hmm.......that's something to think about whilst I am waiting today......



#3 - Seven Swans a Swimming Sal - good one!

Will anything happen - Blondie.

Good Morning Simon, Team and Blogpoppets



From yesterday's blog - thanks for the scarf, Flo. It's keeping me nice and warm.



#expectationoldies



DON'T MAKE ME WAIT TOO LONG - Barry White



I WILL WAIT - Mumford and Sons



I WILL WAIT FOR YOU - Andy Williams



CRYING, WAITING, HOPING - Buddy Holly



HOLDING OUT FOR A HERO - Bonnie Tyler



PATIENCE - Take That



HANGING ON THE TELEPHONE - Blondie



~X~

Morning your Lordship, team, NYM and suited-and-booted bloggers,



Well done on holding out to 13 to let young Mr Mayo join FB - we made it to 12, and then caved in. And then there's the whole etiquette about whether you can be their friend or not? We decided not - but still have password access to conduct the occasional audit, and, more constructively, to give coaching on online etiquette from a parent's perspective.



Anyway, on to more serious matters....



#waitingoldies



WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU – Foreigner



WAITING IN VAIN – Bob Marley



YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET – Bachman Turner Overdrive



HAVEN’T MET YOU YET – Michael Bublé



ANTICIPATION – Carly Simon



FOR THE LONGEST TIME – Billy Joel



MAYBE TOMORROW – The Stereophonics



WHEN TOMORROW COMES – Eurythmics



TOMORROW’S JUST ANOTHER DAY - Madness

And there I was, gearing up for the oldies having something to do with the last ever 'Dandy' comic being produced. Hey ho.



#8 - Advent Gale - I agree with you - its a shame that they have had to make it public so early on.

Good morning all!



#expectationoldies:



Everybody Wants To Rule The World - Tears For Fears



It's Going To Happen - Undertones



More Than This - Roxy Music



Hold On Tight - ELO



Good luck tonight, Simon.



mc x

Now I've had a chance to read properly...



Best of luck this evening Simon - will be keeping everything crossed for you! And remember, it's not the winning that's important... oh okay, actually it is...



~X~

'Day Before You Came' Abba

#13 - Jingle B John - parental auditing definitely good news. I find the odd 'hmm' in response to particular comments can be very effective.



Anyone for a coffee? Or maybe I should wash the car before someone comes to take a look under the bonnet? This could be a good time to vacuum up the crisps and sweet wrappers........

Morning Simon, team and uplifted blogsters,



A few tunes before I dash for the day ....



SITTING, WAITING, WISHING - JACK JOHNSON



WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - BOY MEETS GIRL



RIGHT HERE WAITING - RICHARD MARX



HANGING AROUND - THE STRANGLERS



WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS - BROS (Before you are even born , little one)



Have a good one all.

Jx

THE STRANGLERS - Hanging Around



FIVE STAR - Can't Wait Another Minute



NU SHOOZ - I Can't Wait



THE BEATLES - Wait



BOB MARLEY - Wait In Vain

#8 Advent_Gale, I also feel really sorry for Kate and William having to announce their pregnancy to the world so early. Seemingly the Queen was only told yesterday as well and it would have been so nice if they could have all enjoyed it privately within the family for a few weeks and for them to smile at the public trying to guess 'is she, isn't she pregnant'.



My daughter and her husband are expecting twins in the spring, but they told nobody until a scan at about 11 or 12 weeks and pregnancy up until that time, can be a bit worrying and I feel really sorry for Kate and William, especially if the press have published page after page about it.

Also:



Take A Chance On Me - Abba



Tell Me When - Human League



You Keep Me Hanging On - Kim Wilde



Just Who Is The Five O'Clock Hero - The Jam

#19 Jilly - Hellooooo!



Definitely going now. Byeee x

Morning Beautiful Blogland.



Hope all is well.



Great news about the nomination, Esteemed Leader. Finger crossed, eh?



#8 & #14 - I was saying much the same thing to Hubby this morning. Breakfast was saying that there was media teams from every corner of the globe camped outside the hospital. Not something I'd want, that's for sure.



Right, shall have a think and might be back later.



A.

CILLA BLACK - Something Tells Me Something's Gonna Happen Tonight



ROD STEWART - Tonight's The Night

SO TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU - The Kinks



I KNEW YOU WERE WAITING FOR ME - Aretha Franklin and George Michael



WATCHING THE WHEELS - John Lennon



#18 Holly-Berry - yes, or the threat to remove access for one whole day!





Must go now. Good luck tonight Sir,



JBG/J

WISHING I WAS LUCKY ~ Wet Wet Wet



ALL I WANT IS YOU ~ Roxy Music

Good morning all



IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR - WILSON PICKET



YOU KEEP ME HANGING ON - THE SUPREMES or VANILLA FUDGE (great version)

A couple more before I dash off



Helplessly Hoping - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Hope - Emeli Sande

Flo, thats wonderful news. I bet you are really excited :)

EVERYBODY KNOWS - LEONARD COHEN.

#26 - Jingle B John - One WHOLE day? Blimey, haven't tried that one yet. Have banned gadgets from the loo though.

Hi Simon and everyone



I think you will win with ITCH so sending positive vibes back at ya Simon!



Amelia, go for it, once you start Kickboxing its extremely addictive, I have been doing it since August 2000!



Advent Gale, I agree with you, the media should stop talking about this news, we all know now and one should let them me at this trying time so early in the pregnancy. Local Radio and a certain Commercial Breakfast TV programme are the worst offenders, relentless is the word!





Now choons:



1. RIGHT HERE WAITING - Richard Marx

2. WAITING IN VAIN - Bob Marley

3. WAITING FOR A TRAIN - Flash in the Pan

4. TIRED OF WAITING - The Kinks

5. HAVEN'T MET YOU YET - Michael Buble

6. WAITING FOR A GIRL LIKE YOU - Foreigner

7. WHEN WILL I SEE YOU AGAIN - Three Degrees

8. WAITING FOR A STAR TO FALL - Boy meets Girl

9. WISHING ON A STAR - Rose Royce

10. WHEN- Showaddywaddy



Oh well time to pop off



Have a nice day



Laters



Mandy ;)

Hanging on the telephone - Blondie



Heaven can wait - Meat Loaf



Waiting for a girl like you - Foreigner

Hello all,

Finally made it before midday to the blog, pesky work.

How exciting - the Book Awards!! Can't help but remember Bridgit Jones's catastrophic evening MC'ing at a book launch...maybe you had to be there but she said of the book being launched 'the finest book ever written' then sees Salman Rushdie and says 'of course Mr Rushdie's are good, too - as are yours, Mr Archer' (Jeffrey)



Have twittered some ideas (sorry if they're oop there with yours, bloggers!)

HANGING AROUND by the Stranglers

RIGHT HERE WAITING FOR YOU by Richard Marx

YOUR TIME IS GONNA COME by the mighty Zep

WAITING GAME by Van the Grumpy Old Man



and have just thought of

WAITING FOR THE DAY by Jerry of the Rafferty



Sadly I whilst I have sympathy for Kate in her predicament, apparently 1 in 50 women have this condition (I did) and the many many others will still be going to work (throwing up in the loo as I did), wiping bottoms of their other offsprings (then throwing up) (I did) and still having to make dinner, and take kids to school..

#justsayin

Reet,



Had a little thunk.



Everlong - FooFighters - Acoustic version please

I'll hold my Breath - Ellie Goulding



Maybes later



A.

Sal, it is quite exciting, especially as they have also decided that they don't want to know the sex of their babies until they arrive, unlike my son and daughter-in-law who had a baby in August and told everyone as soon as they knew and DIL was spending any extra money they had on far too many baby outfits, gorgeous dresses and outfits that will never ever be worn, also I told my son that she was silly because she didn't know how big the baby would be.



Not being disrespectful, but my daughter has more sense than that and will buy a few 'neutral' babygrows, sleep suits etc until babies arrive and hopefully if one is a girl, she might be lucky in getting some hand-me-downs that won't ever have been worn! The twins (all being well) are growing in separate sacs with their own placentas so at the last scan last week, are each the size of a baby of a single pregnancy, so she's looking pretty big!

Hi Simon & Best Bloggers,



Best of luck for tonight Simon!



Anticipation - Carly Simon



LB, x

Hello again, back in one piece after my slippy slidey (slidy?) dog walk and late to the blog as a consequence. Sorry if I'm duplicating, these are all I can come up with at the moment:



A QUESTION OF TIME - Depeche Mode

WHAT DO I GET? - Buzzcocks

A PROMISE - Echo & the Bunnymen

(KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION - Human League



Tea and toast time me thinks.



Laters X

Time for a coffee - feeling a bit better now.



I'm trying out a new name, with thanks to Molly for the suggestion. What do bloggers think?



On the subject of offspring on Facebook, my daughter went through a phase of not wanting Mr B and I to be 'friends' when she was around 15 or 16. Which was slightly worrying at the time, but she's a sensible girl so we took the view that sometimes it's better not to know. Now we're 'friends' again (you'll be pleased to know!) - although I think she sometimes forgets that her parents can see what she posts about her various antics at Uni...



~X~

OK, here goes for expecting songs (mind you the fuss being made is you'd think this was something new - people have been making babies for years and years - so enough already!!!!!!!)



Great Expectations - New Model Army (bit too radical for R2)

Babies - Pulp

Sweet Child o Mine - Guns N Roses (Dr Mosh will approve)



No doubt will think of somemore later

Morning all



My humble suggestion is the rather magnificent:



WAITING ON A SLOW TRAIN - Matraca Berg



Or if that's too new, how about:



I HOPE YOU DANCE - LEE ANN WOMACK for some contrapuntal chorusing :-)

Hey Good Looking - Johnny Cash



William

x

Good Morning Simon and Blogchums



Feeling like I've gone a couple of rounds with Mandy at the kick boxing.



Good luck tonight at the book awards Simon. Itch gets my vote every time.



THE TIMES THEY ARE A CHANGING - BOB DYLAN

Hi All...



Can only think of a couple... I have a very fuzzy brain cell this morning.. Anyone know how to reset the body clock of an 11 week old Labrador?? Yaaaaawn!!!



Anyhoo--- The Script - The man who can't be moved

Coolio - I'll see you when you get there

Dusty Springfiels - Wishin & Hopin



TTFN.... Zzzzzzzz

A couple more before returning to bedland



GOOD FEELING ABOUT IT - PAUL CARRACK



IF I SAID YOU HAD A BEAUTIFUL BODY WOULD YOU HOLD IT AGAINST ME - BELAMY BROS



TOO SOON TO KNOW - ROY ORBISON

Flo - great news indeed - poor girl though if they both continue to grow at that rate!!



snow surprise - hope you feel better soon.... back to bed with a hot drink :(



#35 that is a funny moment in both the book and the film Suzieee and you've made me giggle!

EXPECTING TO FLY - BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD



THE WAITING - TOM PETTY



PRETTY WOMAN - ROY ORBISON

Morning Simon & Everyone



Late to the party today ...





TRUE LOVE WAITS - RADIOHEAD (I love this song)



HOMEWARD BOUND - SIMON & GARFUNKEL



WAITIN’ ON A SUNNY DAY - BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN



TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU - THE KINKS



GREAT EXPECTATIONS - ELBOW



ANTICIPATION - CARLY SIMON



I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU - DAVID BOWIE OR THE PIXIES



WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE - JOHN MAYER



SWEET DAYS OF WAITING - TEENAGE FANCLUB



WAITIN’ FOR A SUPERMAN - THE FLAMING LIPS



SHE’S WAITING - ERIC CLAPTON



EXPECTATIONS - BELLE & SEBASTIAN



And not entirely seriously



WAITING FOR AMELIA - GRETCHEN PETERS

#41 Guns n Roses? BRILL!!

#40 Yes, the Uni pics I wish I had never seen...I had to tell my no1 daughter that certain pics really did not show her in the best light...she's just had grandson #2 so all those shenanigans (sp?) are from another life!

#44 is that Shona? Are you poorly? Poor you!

I still have the CiN thing, now morphed into laryngitis - so no talking from me today :-/





WHEN WILL I BE FAMOUS by Bros (as soon as you're born, sonny)



I'll get my coat....

ps David Walliams at the book awards?

Simon you really need to tell him that he and Alan Carr looks like right twerps on the Variety performance. I only saw 3 minutes of it, and I wish I had seen 3 minutes less.

#appallingtv

This does not apply to Book Awards, Natch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u-dxn8IgQo

Hope you have fun tonight Simon whatever the outcome.



If you look up expectation you see a picture of my borrowed dog waiting for me to finish my apple - he is quivering.



Holly Berry - I do like the encouraging sign off’s we get at the end of the blog. And I hope your car gets fixed quickly and painlessly!



FF Flo - congratulations - what wonderful news!

Greetings Ter Mayo Man & ALL Bloggies...



Bingo Star 'ere...



Mayo Man - No need ter 'pologise for the lateness of yer blog yesterdee at my end of the www. A think yer a VERY responsible blog owner.... Posting 2 'ours down is nothing.... A know of some BBC blog owners who can't be bothered ter blog at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So am easy Si pal!!!!!!!!!!!!



A just wanted ter say 'eard yer mention 'tattoo' tickets yesterdee... A know EXACTLY what they will be about.... It's The Royal Air Tattoo aka the biggest air show in the world that's 'eld every July near Swindon!!!!!!!!!!!

RAF Fairford!!!!!!!!!!!

Ave just got an e-mail from them saying tickets are now on sale and a most nice discount is available if yer book early aka now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



What a will add.... If yerv got boys being a responsible dad a would say especially since it's only an 'our up the road from yersen.... Get them down there in July!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It'll blow yer mind and more importantly of yer sons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's really is the most amazing air show ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Even if yer not at all inter planes we all love ter watch the Red Arrows..... everybody come sout of their 'ouses ter watch if there's a disply going on above their town.... But imagine..... IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Being at the place were they are based for the day.... Meeting the pilots.... watching them do their pre-display checks.... Then taxi off.... Line up..... And off they go together to do an amzing display!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And that's just the Red Arrows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All day every 20 minutes there's a display.... By the best military pilots from around the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My favourites last year were the Vulcan Bomber display... British and the only surving one flying run by enthusiasts ter get it back in the air!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the other VERY exciting display was a real mock bombing display by 2 Tornados!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They were coming in 600mph over the air fields.... with mock machine gun fire and real explosions sending up a fireball from the field!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pirotechniques of the 'ighest magnitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Soz a got abit carried away there... A was just trying ter say what the 'tattoo' thingy was on yer show yesterdee!!!!!!



Also a just wanted ter congradulate yersen on being an eco-friendly DJ too.... Going green by drinking alot of green tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Finally last night a did me cycle 'ome in under the illusive 20 minutes.... a will tell ALL termozz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A little heard but lovely song...



BEVERLY CRAVEN - Holding On

Good morning/afternoon all from a sunny but cold and breezy Essex



Been to the weigh-in and another 2 1/2lbs have disappeared into the ether so good news there!



Wow 50+ posts already - my first thought is





WISHING AND HOPING - DUSTY SPRINGFIELD which has probably been thought of by all you lovely bloggers - off to read back



MS

#40 - Santa's PA - I like it!

Before reading back I wonder if



I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER - ARETHA FRANKLIN is relevant

Hope you have a fun evening Simon wether you win or not (visions of Simon eating his weight in canapes).



Do feel for Kate and William as I doubt they wanted to tell anyone this early. It is said that it's a good sign for a healthy baby suffering from bad morning sickness, but all the same I expect the couple will be a lot happier in another 4 weeks or so.



Shant choose a choon, but looking forward to the show as I expect Boris will be fun.



Ohhh look, the sun's come out. (wont last)

~gill~

Just found this clip of the VERY day a was talking about... Brilliant video and the kids there loving it!!!!!!!!!

Check it out.. It's really good video of what a was blogging about!!!!!!!



https://youtu.be/m-pdDuXueqo

Cappuccino inspiratino:



THE FINAL COUNTDOWN - Europe





Also, I thought of the next suggestion purely because the first line is "Enjoy this trip, and it is a trip. Countdown is progressing...."



THEME FROM S'EXPRESS - S'Express



But maybe the line "I've got the hots for you" is not what one says when one is procreating!

afternoon all



she's having my baby-paul anka



baby love-diana ross and the supremes

JUST THE TWO OF US - Grover Washington with Bill Withers



Not really about waiting, but it seems to fit the news story that they really just need to be left alone in private - or that it could be twins....



And congrats to soon-to-be Grandma Flo!

Knowing what it's going to be welcomed into



Welcome to the Jungle - GnR

Deebee I like your new blog name! I'm not sure about mine and was thinking about being Flo the fairy on the tree or similar but it looked too long.



Last night Holly Berry suggested finding a new name on an 'Elf Yourself' website and had you tried it, your name could have been 'Snooky Spirit-Fingers', so I think Santas PA is better!

Afternoon from a cold damp Horsforth. If BoJo is the guest should he be pre-ceeded by



BORIS THE SPIDER - THE WHO.



Twins are great - ask my cousin! Non identical and they grow and behave so differently. Or



WONDERFUL BABY - DON MACLEAN.

#40 Good choice! Though I'm quite fond of 'Jess Nuts-Roasting'! Lol!



Flo, how wonderful, twins! Future Christmases and family gatherings are going to be extra magical for you!



Snow surprise, hope you feel better soon.



Sparkly Suzieeee, that CiN bug was a nasty one. Not many things confine me to bed, but I was under the duvet for a couple of days with it and didn't feel right for days afterwards. Hope the laryngitis disappears soon.



Glad that Simon didn't go for the 'Boris' oldies theme. Am sure I'd be completely stumped!!

Flo I like you name, good alliteration.



Yes, Santas PA rather better than the elf one although it did make me laugh.



I was going to change mine but it works for today's theme anyway.



And I meant to agree with JBJ about the blog tweet from himself - considerate or perhaps just to save us all moaning again. I was suffering from excessive teenage hormones this morning.

Good luck tonight Simon - fingers crossed!



And congratulations Flo on the twin grandchildren-in-the-making!



I think your name is great, Santa's PA



Sorry you are still feeling grotty, snow surprise - hot toddies are the answer, you know! You end up not caring about feeling so grotty if you have enough!!



MS

#32 gadgets in the loo?

They'll only drop them in the bowl once, then you won't need to ban anything!

Afternoon,



I'm waiting for the day - Beach Boys



Waiting for the great leap forward - Billy Bragg



I'll wait for you - Frankie Avalon



(Waiting for the) Ghost Train - Madness



Stretch out and Wait - The Smiths



Hold On - KT Tunstall

Mmmm, baked sweet potato, goats cheese and cranberry + caramelised red onion chutney.

#21 Twins?! HOW exciting

I heard on the radio today that multiple births are more likely to cause the morning sickness (double the hormones, see) - I hope your daughter is not suffering too much.

As a grandparent, your help with them will be very welcome I'm sure.

The first few months are exhausting (not to mention the subsequent 18 years!!)

HIGH HOPES - Paolo Nutini



A LITTLE TIME - The Beautiful South

HOLD ON, I'M COMING - Sam & Dave



Lunch beckons.

Sorry, got carried away.



Congrats Flo, to you, your daughter and son-in-law! How exciting!



Shona, sorry you're still under the weather and under the duvet :0( hope you feel much better very soon.



Good luck for tonight Simon, I'm sure you won't need it.



Right, lunch over, back to the books.



X

Cum feel the noize (sic?) by Slade

Sweet Transvestite from the Rocky Horror Picture (since the run up to the song includes the word: antici.......................pation

Mr Postman by the Carpenters

#73 Suzie with lots of eeeeeeees, my daughter has not experienced feeling sick at all and neither did I with a son and a daughter, yet some people say that a boy makes people feel the sickness, others say a girl does it and now some say it's twins that cause morning sickness and could Kate be expecting twins, but I think some have it and some don't, irrespective of what sex a pregnancy is.



My sister-in-law had two boys and was sick almost every day for the first 3 months in both pregnancies, and she found out from her mum (my MIL) that she too was sick with all of her four children, so I wonder if it is hereditary, rather than connected to the sex that's being carried.

#72 cup-a-soup :-(

#78 You might be right about it being hereditary, my Mum suffered badly (2 girls) and I count my blessings that she didn't go to the Dr's and get prescribed Thalidomide.

I was worst with my son, rather than either of my 2 daughters....blamed it on the testosterone element! although before I announced my pregnancy with daughter #2 I came down with campylobacter (food poisoning) so was very poorly for a good month but couldn't tell people why it was soo worrying.

I'm just watching the news on TV and I can't believe the HUNDREDS of photographers that are filling the pavements outside of the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge is and presumably some have been there all night... if there are so many hanging around while she is in hospital suffering with morning sickness, what will it be like when she actually gives birth? Poor girl!

NO EXPECTATIONS by THE ROLLING STONES

WAITING FOR MY MAN by THE VELVET UNDERGROUND

WAIT by THE BEATLES

EXPECTING TO FLY by BUFFALO SPRINGFIELD

I WISH by STEVIE WONDER - or R KELLY

HIGH HOPES by FRANK SINATRA

Hello Drivetime Team, my first time participating here, very exciting...



My song suggestions are:



Ace - How long?



Or the usually overlooked (but well worth the wait) Fish - Pipeline



Thanks :-)

One for about 6 months time



Alive - Pearl Jam (I know that this won't get played, but always worth a mention)

Hi Scotty, welcome to the blog!



Thanks for the endorsements re my name change. Molly, I liked 'Jess Nuts Roasting' too, but for some reason I thought it sounded a bit rude...



;o)



And I must also congratulate Flo soon-to-be Granny-again. Twins - how exciting! It's great to hear some baby news...



What, you mean there is other baby news...?



;o)

Hello and welcome, Scotty!



How lovely to see you and look forward to more contributions.

I was wondering last night, while I was stuck in traffic listening to the radio, about the new nomenclature (good word!) up there ^^:



Why is it "Take part in the show" and not "Take part in the episode"?



#justsaying

#85 Lol Santas PA!!



Rude, moi? ;-)

#83 I think your name could include a pre-fix of 'beam me up'... just as I am a wee bit of a Trekkie

Welcome Scotty - hope this is the first participation of many.



And also from yesterday - hello to Ian - well done on getting your book review read out! Hope you come back and post again.



Gary - I like the odd bit of Pearl Jam too.



Flo - life so in the public would be unbearable. The headline on the BBC site is - William visits Kate - what can I say?



Lunch = lentil soup (as it is at least 3 days a week on average) and the last of the corn bread, I must get a receipt, it was lovely.



I’ve been meaning to make sour dough bread for years and now I am home for a bit I really should have a go making a starter. Anyone here bake and can offer advice?

Thanks everyone for the granny-to-be of twins greetings... :o) Twins are already in my family but it would be extra nice baby news if Kate and William were expecting twins as I can't remember ever hearing about any Royal twins, but perhaps there are twins on her side.

Suzie - I inevitably thought the same about Scotty's name - something I frequently intone to myself when life is annoying me.



JBJ - episode is wrong - it looks wrong ^^^ and it sounds wrong when Simon says it.



The forest is calling - see you all later

Back again, quick break to put the kettle on.



Hi Scotty! Nice to see you.



Just had a look at the met office forecast for these parts because I thought it was warming up a bit and the sky's looking very grey so I was dreading more rain and back to sloppy, rather than frozen, mud on the dog walk. Got a bit of a shock when I found that we have a weather warning for today, tomorrow + Thursday for snow! And another warning for tonight for ice. Mind you, all the warnings are yellow so probably won't happen and the forecast, by that very same met office, only has a coupkle of light snow showers for us between now and Thursday - how does that happen? How can the same forecasters put us on blanket weather warnings and forecast something different at the same time?



I'm wasting time now, can you tell?



Better go.......

#91 Twins in my family, too, Flo. They thought I was carrying twins when I was expecting my daughter as the baby bump grew so quickly!



Can you imagine the press furore if Kate is having twins? Poor girl, when you are feeling that poorly the last thing you need is someone waiting to point a camera at you.

#94 and twins, Mollys got the sprouts on (reminds me of Sarah Kennedy when she was on early mornings as she used to talk about putting her sprouts on about August I think, which is when I make my Christmas cake), anyway, my neighbour who is quite a few years older than me, has identical twin girls (in their mid 30s) and she didn't know she was expecting two until they were born, one arrived shortly followed by the other (normal delivery not a c-section) and she said although both were less than 5lbs each, nobody had a clue there was more than one baby and no other twins in the family and it was before scans started to happen.

Whatever next? Emma Bridgewater has already got mugs on sale for a Royal baby!!!

Isn't that a wee bit premature?



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-stoke-staffordshire-20591605

I would just like to point out that I have no connection to tonights Drivetime guest!



Love Mrs B xx



PS Hope you're all OK!!!!



Good luck tonight Simon. I liked Itch so you'd get my vote!

Afternoon All



I'm home unexpectedly this afternoon. We're having a glass of wine to toast the life of our Beloved PepperCat who has been put to sleep at lunch time. He had another seizure last night - went to the vet - got worse during the night and during this morning.



We're laughing - remembering all his antics over his nearly 14 years. We're thanking him for choosing us to live with us - which he did! Bechod!

A friend of mine is a twin, and she has three older siblings, two of which (a brother and a sister) are also twins. My pal and her sister are the youngest, and when they were born the older twins were only 5 (there's a single sister in the middle). So her poor mother had five children under 6 to look after, and this was in the 60s. Plus her dad was in the RAF so often away from home!



~X~

Good Afternoon All;



I feel for Kate, and for your daughter, Festive Flo, I had dreadful nausea for a lot longer than the first 12 weeks, when I was expecting my twins. In fact I had an awful pregnancy all in all, and only made it to 30 weeks before going into premature labour. I was carrying the equivalent of a full term baby by then, but I lost so much weight from the sickness, that I didn't look too massive.



I did have cravings for spicy food, like chilli and curry later on, and I became a meat eater again after years of being a vegetarian. I suffered sickness almost from day 1 though. I couldn't bear the smell of frying food, that had me rushing straight to the loo, and I completely went off chocolate! It tasted weird, and I couldn't eat it or smell it without feeling sick... I've been making up for it eversince! ;D



Anyway, wishing all the best for William and Kate, twins or not! And all the best to Festive Flo's daughter.



Get well soon to poorly bloggers, I still haven't got completely over the lurgy I had a couple of weeks ago, it's a nasty bug, that's for sure.



It's my nan's 99th birthday on Saturday, and I've bought her some toffee! An odd present for someone with false teeth, you may think, but it's her favourite. She's been quite ill recently, so we're all hoping she'll perk up in time for her birthday.



I'm listening to Steve Wright, whilst I make a vegetable stew, and not feeling the urge to do violence to my radio... There's time yet though!