MN Little Italy 15

[francagoestohollywood]

welcome!

sputnik- we want daily outfit reports.
hope things are a little less fraught Rosa.

Right, will be taking notes

sput, glad she liked the school! there are some glam mums at school here too, but it's pretty mixed. oh, and no school today, apparently they gave letters at the end of term (when half the school was off with flu) saying school started on 7 sept, well, I haven't got it! it felt a bit odd walking to school and see no parents/children, and then we get there and the receptionist says it was all over the gates too on the last day. especially as I had a mtg first thing. work was boring as usual , but the day ended with a spiraglio as there's a job on promotion going in my old old team, and really I know a lot of the stuff already, a more "doing" job as suppose to "supervising"...

oh, I love my knitted dresses, thick tights and boots, it'd just be nice to wear something different, actually I really don't mind winter, it's just this mid-season windy wet rubbish I can't stand

rosa, hope she settles soon

franca, how's the defrosting?

Camo, I did that no less than 3 times with DD's old school!
Are you thinking of applying for this promotion then? Sounds interesting.

I must make notes then for Asilo on Monday then. SIL bought dd a zaino that she wants to put things in for dd - lovely thought but she chose one in the Uk when we were there.. Its lime green and a freebe from Vertbaudet and she loves it. I don't think I have any clothes to match it to be honest but maybe some lime green eyeshadow ????
F**K its so close and humid I could scream. Went to have minirosas final hearing test in Mestre took train going dd loved it and Taxi back as no train and not doing bus in this heat with buggy etc.she had the ear test at 3 months and we had to have the follow up. She passed all ok. She slept for 10 mins maybe and then we had a bis of yesterday re afternoon sleep. I had both in the same room with the A/C on low and then had to banish dd1 as she was making things worse. ON about the 7th exit of mine she screamed and then I went in after 1 min of silence and she had fallen asleep sitting head bent over squashed against the bar of the cot Had a huge bad mummy moment and burst into tears.
We have not had any letter about the asilo timings or inserimento which should be on Monday not very organised hope its not a sign of things to come .... Nonna bought a grembulie ( sp ) thing Rather boring one dd wanted a pretty one with nice collar or one with Minnie this is boring and says Iana in silver !( I know I should just appreciate it )Any way I will go and get her a second one and then she can wear that one first!
God bit of a me post .....Sorry but things are all a bit too much here and the heat doesn't help.

I've started the a/form today, need to find a way to tell my new team...

rosa, I'm sure that bent thing happened to everyone, at least it happened to both DS and DD. don't feel bad!

had bad crampy night (shouldn't have eaten the huge lemon sponge cake & custard) and sooooooo much to do. asked DP to start the cleaning during the wk, but nothing done, then this am he starts with the outside of the conservatory, when the INSIDE of the house is a tip!!! then went to get bics for tiramisu, and bits, now I'm making it, and 2 out of 3 ricotta tubs are off, only got them on tue! as if I haven't enough to do! so dp's been dispatched to tesco again! and haven't even got DD anything for her b-day tomorrow! might just leave dp to sort house tomorrow before people come and go to get her s.thing!

back later

Know exactly what you mean Rosa. It rained here this morning and has cooled down slightly, but still pretty sticky. You will need more than one grembiule for sure, your DD will come home filthier than you ever thought possible, if she's anything like mine.

School gate fashion parade seemed a bit less OTT today, most people seemed to be dressed quite normally actually so maybe yesterday was a special ocasion! DD seems to be enjoying it, and was full of all the things they'd done.

Girls I have sent you an email with a delicate matter.
Please answer when you can.
All lovely here. not complaining about the weather one bit.

sputnik send us a picture of your dc. I am glad it went well. bought two pairs of shoes for dd's uniform.

Pippi nothing come to me ...
The weather has broken up here very windy and quite cool. DD diddn't have a colpetto on opppps!!!

pippi, nothing here either...

happy 1st b-day mini-camo! can't believe she's 1! had a lovely day, even though she wasn't completly herself as she's got a mix of cold andn teething. but absolutly exhausted now - DD slept with us last night as she wasn't well, so I didn't sleep as I was confined to about 1 sq cm of bed with no blankets (DP having wrapped himself nicely , up at 7, off to get her a present at 9, rush back to clean, hide mountain of stuff tidy up, get washed, kids washed, table set, bbq on before couple of friends come..... at least the morning was lovely and warm so dd could wear her pretty dress for pics in front of huge tiramisu'

hope you all had a lovely day too

Hello - sorry for disappearing but had a couple of difficult days. DD not sleeping well again (13 months), and had a maaaaassive row with DH on something tiny and not important. All is well now but I feel really guilty re: row because it was unnecessary. Why oh why cannot I keep calm (DH can)?

Anyway, watching with interest all of these asilo/starting school threads. Early days for us but I feel I am learning a lot re: pitfalls etc... I am thinking of all of you, mothers and DCs. so good luck all!

Thanks all for the encouragement on the job side! I just have to keep positive (I never had trouble finding work in the UK so this is all new). Shall resort to "conversazione di inglese" lessons if it all fails - university grads seem to be paying good money for them. Anyone tried that before? I haven't got the TEFL but my Oxford degree should be a good marketing tool.

AWWW Camo that year has gone so fast I remember when I was on finals with minirosa you were going through the fun of bf. Happy Belated birthday to her hope the teething Crikey minirosa will be 1 soon that is scary . I now have 3 bixes of stuff to either e bay or give away some lovely 'roba di marca ' as well ( all gifts.)
Unpacked 2 bags house still amess am cleaning round things the mountain of ironing has moved to teh sala and I shall start whilst the babes are asleep. DH is here so he can do minirosa if she will let him.

hello everyone and happy birhdays to all the birthday girls!!! WHY do they grow so fast?

well, all good here... oh who am i kidding. I feel crap. I am angry all the time for no particular reason, i shout at DH for anything, i resent the dds for not sleeping well... i suppose i could blame the fact that we're moving (for anyone new- we're moving to swtizeralnd at the end of the yeear because of dh's job), but i am scaring myself. i am being a crap mum, well a crap human being all round... i scare myself for all the rage that i seem to have pent up, i don't know where it's coming from...

also i am again insanely broody. yesterday we went to see friends with a newborn and i literally stole him, i insisted so much to take him for a walk, then freaked out because i realised the mum must be really stressed out, and i am packing all the baby stuff to give away (really no reason to move it all the way to switzerland...) and it's killing me...

gosh, feel free to ignore this horrid thread... i am so not fun these days...

Happy birthday mini Camo! Glad all went well-mmmm at giant Tiramisu. When is Mini Rosa's B'day Rosa?
Minerva I know from my time as a TEFL teacher that you can get teaching work without the Tefl in some schools, but the pay always used to be a bit less without it. Having said that it was 12 years ago I taught so may have changed-keep an eye out for Bucharest on the threads-she'll know a lot more.
MM I am so sorry you are having such a crap time. Is it all stemming from not wanting to move do you think? You sound a great Mum so don't beat yourself up!

oh, MM, don't beat yourself up, you're not crap mum/wife, it's just you're having to make a huge change to your life you don't really want to and you're scared of doing, it's pretty understandable!!

Hello, sorry I disappeared in the middle of defrosting (it went well btw, despite moments of panic when there was lots of water all of a sudden), but dh and I drove to the country on thurs to collect the dc and there was no internet connection.

So, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY minicamo!!!

Masseuse, please don't beat yourself up. I really understand how you feel, and how easy it is to feel enraged by the whole situation. I really hope you manage to feel more positive soon. Have you visited xxx yet? Do you think it might help? Going for a weekend in a nice hotel? Perhaps it'd help you see yourself living there a bit more?

Dd is starting her last yr of scuola materna tomorrow. Apparently the council has been messing up a lot with the teachers due to money cuts. I hope they didn't touch her school.
Ds is starting next week. The dc haven't set foot in Milan for more than 2 months, I think they are now totally selvatici. Oh dear

at total selvatici! it's taken all this time to my tarzan and jane to get used to the lack of indoor/outdoor space! poor things...

off to bed, night night

oh, before I forget to ask, any idea for a short family break in the uk, possibly near a beach and places to visit at half-term?

Devon, devon, devon!

One of my favourite places is Salcombe, from where you can visit all the south hams area. You can even get to dartmoor national park. I think it is quite a posh place though, so I don't know re prices. south hams

Another place I love is Beer, which is less than half an hour drive from exeter, very near another lovely place called Branscombe beach. And near sidmouth etc. No idea re prices.

Beaches that I love in the south hams (nr Salcombe and dartmouth) are Bantham and Blackpool sands, blackpool sands was our family fav)

Hi everyone.

Just checking in.

Been v. busy with work and a conference.

DD settling ok with our nanny, but still cries each time I leave. She's fine after a couple of mins, apparently.

Welcome, Minerva - good luck with the job hunt.

Rosa - sounds like you're having a difficult time, and that flight sounds a struggle.

MM - Sorry you're not having the best of times either.

Happy (belated) birthday, miniCamo!

We've recently been to the beach in Norfolk - that was nice. Can recommend it.

Pippi - will check email.

LOL gio & Sputnik @ the school fashion parade: the classic MN problem!

we had a great time in the New Forest, absoluely heaps to do with the kids, lovely beaches nearby, and I'd definitely go back. also very easy to reach from London.

thanks ladies- well it seems dd2 is determined to keep me company all night... yawn. and we're up since 5 this morning, she looks like she hasn't slept in a year, and i don't dare looking at myself in the mirror...

dd1 back at nursery today, and we've already had tears... I don't understand it at all as i remember as a child i couldn't wait for school to start again, but DH says that I am the weird one....

Penthe I just wanted to say re nanny- don't worry I am sure your dd is fine, it is normal for them to cry a bit but really, don't worry...

Hi, I think Masseuse you weren't the only weird one.
I loved being on holidays, but by the end of August I couldn't wait to go back to school, I missed my friends!

Dd was really happy this morning, she met her friends at the corner and we all went to school. But then, she is 5, she is a big girl

Ds has a temp

god we had a really monstruous tantrum this morning, compounded by my rage coming dangeroulsy close to erupting... i feel awful now.

she's there now, though. and i am making this to cheer and hopefully calm myself (the chicken).

also listening to the Chairman of my organisation on R4, and feeling my heart literally breaking in pieces at having to leave my job....