We had peaches, we had plums, we had strawberries in the sun, but the peaches and the plums, like the strawberries are all gone - 10 / 10 thread

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Oooh, you smug old snake!

You've been gone ages. Have you had fun?

[intercepts plums. EATS]

hello hundred!!

Yes, yes. We came back two days ago I think.

Oh the sky was blue. The sun was hot. The coffee was good. There were swimming pools. It was tip top.

[eats pea]

I cried when I walked off the airplane. Really, I did. It was just so wonderful, and no clouds, just dark blue sky and sunshine. God it was great.

Two days ago? I thought you had name-changed in the last week. I think someone must have sounded like you.

Where was hot? Not this bloody country. Was it Italy? You lucky things. I have been saying that we can't go anywhere hot as the flight will be too long for ds2 but ffs, we sat in the car for eleven hours to cornwall, a four hour flight will be a breeze in comparison.

I need to sit in the sun with a cocktail and a book. Oh yes I do.

And actually you know what, that week with dh's family really was okay. Really, it was. There was one exciting moment when one of his brother's shouted that another one was a fucking arsehole - I enjoyed this v. much and was v. wide-eyed and excited and thought there might be a fight. But there wasn't.

But it was actually okay, and whenever my MIL started to drive me crazy I walked away. Which was grown up I think. And children played with cousins and stopped fighting each other.

And then we went to Sienna. [sigh]

Would you like to know more?

i don#t want to hear more i just want your cake

Yep.

It's only two hours Guad. Two hours away there is a bright warm sunshine, cheap wine, proper pasta and proper coffee. And dusty tracks and olive groves and warm tomatoes.

We stayed at an Agritourismo during our Grand Tour which made its own olive soap. Thought I'd share that.

Will stop going on about it now.

cheese sandwich not big enough grrrr

i hate heat
i am most unfulfilling to boast to about foreign holidays
my parents just went on cruise to iceland however
GOD was i jealous

Hello 100. Did you cry getting off the plane at this end too? I would have done. It's FREEEEZING here. I want to put the heating on. Is not allowed. Dp offering to burn things instead. I'm jealous of bronzedness and dark blue sky.

i am jealous of the tomatoes
that's it

100 can i tell you ds2 is on the 98th centile for weight now
i may have mentioned it once or twice to these good people

oh arse ds2's nappy has leaked on me
ruddy fluffles

Oh I like the sun. I'm think I'm a flower perhaps, which surprises me almost as much as it must surprise you. I open up in the sun and smile a lot.

But yes, boasting dreadful as a rule, agree.

No felt quite ready to come back in a way. Everyone did, dcs off to school the next day. All keen about that, so that was good.

Now that is impressive boasting. 98th percentile? We never get near that. Am impressed.

Came back though to v. sniffy copyeditor notes which I've spent the last two days going through, and bristling and muttering under my breath. Lots of 'why?'s written in the margin, and I mutter 'because I made it up.' Annoyingly sniffy copyeditor is right ALL THE TIME. I hate pedants, but am grateful too which is hard for me.

That's it really. Any news? How are you all?

I have a missing post. Where did it go?

Only two hours away. Is that really true? Bugger farms and peaks and districts. I need continental.

I feel slothful in the sun, and always look forward to Autumn coming, but a week somewhere hot sounds VERY appealing indeed.

Yes, really. I need to see the sun I've decided. I've explained to dh that I might write that down in a contract but he just sniffed at me. Hang on, I have a picture of dcs which he's sent me from the main computer. It's not v. interesting, just dcs with sun tans actually, no views or anything.

I love the sun, am much much happier in the sun. I would like to live in a hot country and then I'd be ridiculously happy all the time. dp hates it, he likes cold and dank.

I always think I like the cold, but I don't. I want to live in the heat too. Also I go brown really quickly, like that's what my skin has been waiting for.

However, I live in a damp place. So there we go.

What news with you Boco? Have you booked your driving test?

I like both. I like extremes of everything. I would be happiest with a hot dry wispy summer and desperately cold and dark barren winter. Of course we get neither.

We go brown too. Everyone asks if we've been abroad and I say no, we've been to cornwall and it rained.

you have an orange belt though boco