MN Little Italy 15

[francagoestohollywood]

welcome!

No? what about Bondi, Mastella, Calderoli? Any better?

I am useless for gossip, I don't know who anyone is.
Bossi is a wanker though, if that helps.

Who's Cota?

I'm off on Sunday, have organised nothing, still have loads of washing to do, have not rung cat woman, am still finishing off bits and bobs of work and my bikini line has taken on rainforest dimensions. I also still need to book my appointment for the modello unico. Sigh, never enough time.

Lol at Mondo Convenienza. Is there not a Mercatone Uno in Rome? My "braccino" friend furnished his whole house inclusing kitchen for under 6000 euros from there. All finto etnico but hey, he likes it.

Mastella is very slimy. Mind you, is wife is similar.

Did you see that joke by Benigni when in NY about Berlusconi and his starlets? Quite funny. Who'd shag Berlusca unless for money? He's hardly handsome, brays like a donkey and is a nano with gnomo ears. Not forgetting the Astroturf hair.

Is there a shaggable politician?

Mercatone Uno, was the place with the amusing Hitler ad.

Obama

Oh yes, I wasn't thinking beyond the Italian parliament. Obama of course.

Have you been reading about the healthcare battle in the Us and the sheer drivel that the ultra republicans have been coming out with and all that slating of the NHS? One "expreienced journalist" apparently went on TV and said that had Stephen Hawking been born in the UK he'd be dead now thanks to the NHS. Daft guy thought he was American because of the accent on his voice synthesiser thing. . It baffles me why anyone wouldn't want free healthcare, the Us alredy spend a higher percentage of its GDP on helathcare provision than the UK and maost European countries, with a much higher mortality rate to boot.

Sigh. There really are some daft people in the world.

I spent the day at Ikea! all our house is Ikea!!! actually, had lunch there twice this week! well, it was the only place I could take the kids today, far too windy for park and a part from them going insane stuck inside after all the space they got used to in italy, I had to take them away from DP.

McC, I think in all relationshis there's good and bad times. there are times where I thought of leaving, but normally the cause was DP's lack of ability to stand up to his parents. but I think that because we only have each other - no friends or family close by - we just rely and depend on each other, maybe too much... but we're not really touchy feely people, maybe DP would like it a bit more, but I wished we both had a better social life, well, A social life.

oh, DD's crying again....

Oh, dear, relationships stink. So far Franca seems to have the best one...

Any new gossip about Gorgeous George and Elisabetta Calamitas, or whatever her name is. Has he dumped her yet? Please say yessssss!

And yes, Obama is highly shaggable. And Sarkozy too! Well if Carla Bruni can...

You were all chatting and I missed it.

Hey Brange! Hello Camo!

Sorry you're feeling a bit bleh, McCloud. Just close your eyes and think of Kevin .

Night night. x

(PS. Obama, naturally. Yes, Sarkozy has a certain je ne sais quoi... And I've said it before, but I'll say it again, I'd shag Hilary Benn, but I'd be thinking of Tony. Posh Socialist Totty! Phhhwoargh! ).

Oh, and on the topic of Ikea... Today DH suggested that we might need to go to Ikea to get some temporary bookshelves (our current home-made ones won't fit the new house; and the barn won't be ready for a while...). I had to act all nonchalant and uncaring - like, whatever - because I would love to go to Ikea to get boxes or something but can't look too keen! DH would get suspicious!

LOL Penthe !

ATM DH and I have super top rl. After stress pre holiday we seem to be flying ('tis not bragging, you know all the past 'bad' spells!). We seem to have time for ourselves together and on our own and we talk and give us space and he is very helpful. It also helps tb fair that I am very happy with my life so I am not a constant moaner.

Camo I LOVE your son and his hair. I am afraid he is not MH material, he is far above that !!!! (PS should meet again. Maybe a weekend in sept, early oct when not to cold outside? Russel Square? McC shall we book it?)\

too.

Also no DH def not a man of a few words.

too.

Also no DH def not a man of a few words.

At first I thought at Hilary Benn! But maybe after a couple of drinks,.... - would prefer Nicholas though......

My poor dp, how I slag him off. Quando abbiamo finito di mettere la casa a posto (settimana prossima) saro' piu contenta. Mi stressa tantissimo avere la casa sottosopra e do la colpa a lui.

Damon seems to have best relationship in little italy today then, anyone can top that?

I bet in 6 months time it'll be me back to the slagging off camp. Or maybe around mothers day . Truth is I get a gew lie-ins and break from kids. That's all is needed.

Yes sometimes we only say the bad things because we need to vent. It also feel corny and cheesy to say how lovely one's DH/DP is and how much do we love them, no? Although I have just done so. I thought I owe it to him after all.

McC Alice Munro is the best indeed!

To continue the "I love my DH" essay I'd like to add that I DH and I would DEFINITELY be together if we hadn't had the dds. Sometimes it is the lack of time and the stress of keeping the family running smoothly that kills us.
Also no we do not go out with other friends much. Sometimes we have dinners and bbq with other couples/family but to be honest if/when we manage to find some time for ourselves we have great fun on our own. Wish we had more time but I can see that as kids grows we should have more and more.
End of MrandMrsPippi's relat snapshot !

wow! I finished the first book in over a year last night!! ok, I had a lazy day on wed and DD slept 4 hours in the afternoon, so I don't think it'll happen again soon, but it's such a big achievment for me! not the best book, think Penthe had mentioned it, the Reader. felt a bit like "written to be made into film" and found that although he has these long phylosophical passages, he doesn't say much, boh. and now I have the feeling W&P is in italy, as I can't find it anywhere.... maybe once the house is sorted (McC, feel exactly the same btw!) it'll suddenly appear.

afraid I can't seem to find any politician shaggable, maybe a bit Mr Obama, but me and politics don't go together (thank god I'm a civil servant constantly dealing with them )

can't beat pippi, but I think we'd still be together even without kids, even though he drives me mad sometimes... he's hopefully finishing the tiling as we speak...

definetly need to meet up soon. and if you're sround victoria during the week, we could have lunch too. Also hoping to have this house sorted soon too so I'm not too embarassed to have a Little Italy party, maybe our DPs/DHs will be able to vent how stressful living with their italian women is

Yes that sounds great Camo, looking forward to see you and yor family soon.

I wish I'd found myself strolling around Victoria on my own during lunch hours oh thinking about it I might when dd1 is at school .

Oh we are very beatable and you all know that.

Sorruy I abandoned you all yesterday night, but I was really knackered.
Brange: Cota is an ugly deputato of lega Lombarda, who's got the biggest faccia di merda in the world and says the most atrocious, racist things ever.

Shaggable politicians: Obama of course. Then I had a small crash on Enrico Berlinguer (so raffinato) and Claudio Fava, when he was younger. He is the son of Giuseppe Fava, a Sicilian journalist, murdered by mafia in 1983.
I also fancied Gherardo Colombo a judge from Mani Pulite.

Penthe!!! I have a storage fetish too. I could spend ££££ in boxes. In fact, I need to avoid Muji as much as I possibly can.

MC CLOUD: forgot to say that I read Shadows on the Hudson. I enjoyed it, but best Singer's novels are the older ones, like L'eredità and La famiglia Moskat (set in warsaw from the beg of 1900 to ww2)

Tony Blair has just been to the meeting of CL (right wing catholics who rule in Lombardia) talking about how great his convertion to catholicism has been

I am trying to buy books from Feltrinelli online but need carta si? What? Anybody able to help?

Done. Thanks anyway.