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francagoestohollywood · 07/11/2007 20:50

Welcome everyone

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Brangelina · 21/12/2007 10:52

I've been out doing loads of last minute Xmas shopping (cos I'm not organised like Pippi). I've logged on occasionally and once started a thread because I was very pissed off about something, but most of the time I've either been in the shops or on Amazon.

I reckon Franca's very busy with all the last minute frantic chucking in bags. Doesn't her DS finish school today? I presume she'll be leaving at the weekend. We'll probably pass each other somewhere in French airspace.

Yes, I'm flying out on Sunday, can't wait! Just me and DD, but at least I dont have to worry about who's looking after the cats...

Pippi, what's up with your SIL? Mine has not bothered with a present for DD for the third year running, so I told DP not to bother buying her DD one. Petty, moi?. We're not going to be seeing anyone this year anyway as DD and I will be in the UK and DP will never bother visiting his family on his own.

Rosa · 21/12/2007 17:42

Pity your dp will notbe with you at Xmas but have a GREAT time Brangelina and enjoy everything Uk has to offer may your suitcases be up to maximum kilos on your return !! Speak when you get back ! As for organised ...mmmmm I went to wrap up Malteesers the box bust so I had to eat most of them !! Its been too cold for lots of brisk walks here so the good work in the gym has all gone to waste!

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hotHELL · 21/12/2007 19:45

i wonder if franca's broadband is down now that the movers have come, boh!
havent' wrapped anything yet, cannot be bothered, have a wardrobe bursting with little pressies and cannot face opening it.
are you having an extension built pippi or is it the loft coversion?
do you know what is the winter wonderland in hyde park?
everybody in the uk then no? except for franca!

Rosa · 22/12/2007 14:13

Happy Christmas Califrau ...But I guess you will be here by now!!!
Franca is off tom so I guess she is up to her eys in it all ... Go for it Hot attack those gifts I did it with dd yesterday afternoon and she was happy playing with the cardboard tubes from wrapping paper and ribbon !! And teh malteesers that I had dropped!
Must go have lots to do.....

Rosa · 22/12/2007 20:19

Buon Viaggio Franca vedrai tutto andra bene Ci sentiamo da Milano ....

francagoestohollywood · 22/12/2007 20:59

ciaooooo!!!
sorry, the movers arrived on wednesday and the first thing they did was packing my pc . they were excellent btw, ds says he wants to be a removal man, they even let him help. we stayed over at friends for two days and flied out yesterday...
our flight was cancelled and (ryan air)we managed to buy tickets on an easy jet one which was delayed (apparently yesterday was one of the busiest days in the year...)and we landed in malpensa at midnight. we were knackered. and dd has a temperature.
but it's fine. our furniture should e delivered on the 27th.
I hope you'll have a lovely chrismas, I missed you in these few days! ciao! brangelina re you in the uik?

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PippiCalzelunghe · 22/12/2007 21:06

yes buon viaggio franca. don't cry too much.

rosa I can see you so happy back home, surrounded by family, friend and maltesers!!

brang I have been very organised this year, even too organised as I offered a friend to find a present for her sister on her behalf, ifswim. in the end the friend liked what I had bought for me to give the sister and because at times I am such a pushover I didn't have the guts to tell her and now, at the last minute I have got nothing and have to come up with something.

had a fight with DH today as we seem to be speaking different languages these days. I am upset re SIL (selfish cow/no pressies/all demanding/etc) and for the first time I have decided not to do any myself to her and did not go the usual length for her boys (money will do kind of thing). also not bothered about cleaning the house to perfection as firstly it will look shite anyway as in the middle of refurb and secondly because why should I since she cannot even bring herself to offer a cup of tea when we visit (super petty moi ??). anyway dh, oblivious to his sister antiques, or used to it, took it as if I didn;t care about xmas and his family coming and from there he went on to say that I don;t care about the house and I don;t do anything with love! imagine how a pregnant woman who does everything with love, down to the xmas card to above SIL, took it. I think I cried all day on and off. In the end I had to lay down the way I felt about the SIl and he agreed and apologised for her, which is all I wanted: to be aknoledged, not a sodding present from the cow.
also re the house being a tip and me not caring, he's got a point: but how can you care about a building site? it is true that pippi is not a fan of housework and thinking about it I am not very organised either, but hei he did not marry me for it, he knew I was as slack as he is I never ever touched a plate in his bachelor pad back in the days! what does he expect, bloody cinderella all of a sudden???
it just tiring living in the mess and gets to you after a while. never mind. are you girls any good at this sort of things? housework I mean.

hotell don't know about this hide park thing. i'll find out though and if it's still there after xmas day maybe we'll go? even with the DH and DP? who knows it might be a laugh. work was to the electrics and the idiots used a grindr in the walls of the bedrooms and did not tell me. so I did not take anything out and I guess we'll be eating dust till the day we die!!

sorry for long rant during xmas holiday.

can you tell DH is upstairs with DD and I am in peace?

PippiCalzelunghe · 22/12/2007 21:08

hei ciao franca! yes I heard about the mess with flights and stuff, lots of fog in london.
glad you are all safe and tucked up. enjoy your massive xmas and keep in touch.

yes brang where about are you in the uk, I don't remember.

francagoestohollywood · 22/12/2007 21:12

oh Pippi .
you need to rest and take it easy, not cleaning the house! (could you not share the housewok a bit more?I hated to hoover when pg, that was dh's job, for instance)
Gosh your sil sounds like a piece of work!

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PippiCalzelunghe · 22/12/2007 21:29

well that's what I thought franca. I am resting and tidying the house but with builders and no shelves/cupboards/boxes everywhere/plastered walls you can do up to a point, wouldn't you agree?

dh does help and it is not demanding really but we are both very messy people and we do not tidy uo after ourselves so that in a inute we can create chaos. I think sometimes the state of the place gets to us. I feel quite miserable at times as well as I go to shops and would like to buy lots of things for the house but it's pointless. we even had to ask MIl to bring plates as we have a few left unbroken and don;t want to buy anything till the house is finished - what's the point?

anyway we seem fine now.

I think the cause of the problem is not as much the cleaning of the house but lack of sex due to DD erratic sleeping patterns which gets dh all uptight !

hotHELL · 22/12/2007 21:45

so it isn't about housework at all, it's about SEX! lol
to be honest when we used the grinder here, it was a nightmare for weeks. dust sheets next time round.
sil sounds like a nightmare though!
good that you made it franca, i did wonder if you had made a runner, and were somewhere in exmoor crying at leaving the uk.
i cannot wait to try for a baby as soon as my period is finished! it seems to last forever this cycle......

francagoestohollywood · 23/12/2007 16:41

Just written a long post which my dad's laptop has erased... why?
anyway, it's more or less always about lack of sex, isn't it gosh men are simple creatures...
pippi, being -as you know- a property addict I now want a detailed list of all the works you re doing at the house.
I'm not crying in exmoor, even worse, I've been frantically buying presents, but we are thinking of going to the cinema tonight which hasn't happened for ages.
I took dh to see the flat we rented and he was very happy
hothell, I will keep my fingers cossed for you.

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Rosa · 23/12/2007 17:21

Franca glad you arrived safely. Hope Dd is ok and temp is not too bad DH is on his way in a coach ! Due to Fog in London Ba from Venice very late. They cancelled the BA to the West Country - He was in a state but found a nice BA lady who I spoke to and she was great and actually put him on a coach senza suitcase as it was impossible to get . So I go out and collect him late this evening!
Pippi sorry about your argument I know those ones well but being pg would make things worse.. Hope it sorted out ok !
Hot have you managed to wrap your presents yet ?

francagoestohollywood · 23/12/2007 17:27

that's a long journey for your dh rosa, isn't it? thank goodness he'll be there soon , our first flight was cancelled too due to the fog in britol.
dd seems better today, she slept 14 hours tonight ! I'm really hoping it was donwn to tiredness...
so, hve you cooked your italian food for the vigilia?

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francagoestohollywood · 23/12/2007 17:28

(ps I can't stand this laptop's tastiera...)

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hotHELL · 23/12/2007 18:25

haven't wrapped presents yet, cannot face it.

PippiCalzelunghe · 23/12/2007 19:37

wrapped a few. bored already. have not wrapped DD's. we said she'll only have a few and then, one day you see this, another that and I think she's got millions once more. I'm thinking to hide them.

we have made up. he agrees with me re SIL and apologised. also, by xmas miracle DD went all happily to sleep in her own bed without one fight and never woke up (do you think she might have read this thread??). so that's another reason why we have made up ! yes men are very very simple creature!! I wonder sometimes whether if you have sex every day they will be content l;eaving in the s**t and help you out loads. I suppose so as in the beginning there are hardly any complaints and loads of shring and understanding...

what work am I doing in my house: just done all the electrics, next is the loft conversion in two weeks, then new boiler and rads, new bathroom, plaster and paint, new flooring. evrything basically except for the kitchen (will change the worktop) which for now has to stay otherwise it will mean us having to move out which is impossible. as it is new and decent, if not beautiful and to my taste it will have to do.

I am actually very relaxed about it and I have not complained about leaving in such a mess with hardly a wardrobe and no shelves cupboard etc. everything is either in boxes or everywhere. impossible to keep tidy as no space to put anything, or clean because of workmen in and out, or pretty as I cannot touch anything.

off to put DD to bed. speak to you later.

ah hothell that winter wonderland sounds good, look at the website. we'll def go sometimes. it will be packed though.

francagoestohollywood · 23/12/2007 22:12

glad you made up pippi .
gosh, that is an impressive amount of work, you sound way too chilled about it, I'd be extremely stressed .
I'm watching a terrible fiction on rai 1 with elena sofia ricci... better get an english satellite!!!

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Rosa · 24/12/2007 14:52

he is here but his suitcase isn't .Basically they said best to get on coach and case will follow - so far 3 flights here and no case - it has all the affettati in for tonight plus the pandoro dd presents and her christmas dress... Am on phone to them now ...heres hoping !!

hotHELL · 24/12/2007 21:45

Me la ricordo elena sofia ricci, ancora bella?

PippiCalzelunghe · 24/12/2007 21:46

rosa has the suitcase arrived? you seemed quite calm...

have you all a fab xmas!!!!

PippiCalzelunghe · 24/12/2007 21:47

hei hothell what are you doing here? thought everyone was busy preparing or already celebrating. we are doing neither yet. I am watching gordon.

Rosa · 25/12/2007 17:43

Spero avete passato un buon natale...DD e presented out ha troppi lasciamo un po per domani. Suitcase arrived ok I had to go back to airport to get it ...Great Xmas eve !!!
A presto XXXX

hotHELL · 25/12/2007 21:41

Watched Gordon too, my dear Pippi. Had lovely time today, too much food and too many presents.