MN Little Italy 16

[TheMysticMasseuse]

I HAVE STARTED A LITTLE ITALY THREAD!!!!

hooray for me!!!

here I am, probably will fall asleep soon, had 3 glasses of rose and I;m all fuzzy (been a hard wk with DD not sleeping because of cold and teething, fingers crossed for tonight cos I really need some sleep!)

so, McC, have you come up with anythign yet? what are you doing with farina di mais - by the way I have a great recipe for a cake with farina di polenta, great success at the sachool cake sale. will dig it out.

i have an enormous zucca gialla in my garden so was thinking of doing this

www.ricettesemplici.net/ricette/contorni_362/zucca-fritta-al-rosmarino.html

might try this maybe

ricette.dialettando.com/ricette/20060630155503.lasso

both sound yummy, you can also do gnocchi di zucca, they;re delicious!

Checking in late.

Pippi!!!! Wonderful news. So happy for you. Hope school goes well.

Camo - sorry about the job.

Long rant ahead. Feel free to skip. I am just typing all this to make myself feel better.

I am and today.

Our nanny turned up for work today, but claimed to be feeling nauseous. I had no reason - nor desire - to disbelieve her, so sent her home again, as I couldn't see how she could look after DD if she was unwell; also did not, selfishly, want to expose DD to anything, just in case it was a viral thing. Poor thing. I will call on Sunday to check all is well. Fingers crossed - it's week "0" next week, so it all kicks off. I cannot afford to miss anything...

So, I had to cancel my appointments in London today. Not a total disaster, but a real warning of why a nanny can leave you vulnerable. Naturally, I spent the day irrationally pissed off with DH (who was the main mover for a nanny in the first place). Plus he then gets on my nerves questioning whether she was really ill, and have we made the right choice, etc. etc. Errrr, I bloody hope so, on both counts, and it's a bit late now....

But just feel so bleh. Can't be seen as the unreliable colleague who doesn't pull her weight, etc. That said, I also found out today, indirectly, that my teaching load is heavier than it should be/than other people's . There's not anything I can do about it now, and it will be taken into account next year, but fat lot of good that does me now.

Then I discover that I have gone over my overdraft in my account, thus accrueing £98 in charges!!!! Because the bloody electric/gas company has charged me twice for the same bill, thus knocking all my budget off course. So now I am going to have to chase them a) to refund the bloody money, and b) to pay my charges, as I don't see why I should pay them. Grrrrrr.

Plus the volume control on my computer has gone bonkers, so I cannot watch Mock the Week on iPlayer.

And breathe...

Ahhh. Feel better already.

I like the sound of the first recipe, McC. And WOW! at your DD talking! Congratulations and well done, MiniMcC!!!

DD isn't talking yet . Moo for cow and baa for sheep, and generic Grrrrr for all other animals. Plus MaMa for mostly everything and sometimes BaBa/DaDa/PaPa for DH, but it's unreliable.

Glad the dress is shexshee (Sean Connery voice, ) MM.

My hat arrived today. DD spent a long time wearing it and admiring herself wearing it in the mirror. It is quite nice, though smaller in overall size than expected. Either that, or I have an enormous head. DD's clothes are very cute.

Phew. What an essay. Notte all!

Thanks everyone for all your suggestions re maternity clothes. Off shopping tomorrow- when we went in July I had taken the "capsule" part of capsule wardrobe too far and now find I struggle to get to the end of the week with the few items that still fit.
Naming threads are funny- but sometimes I feel for the poor child, especially girls to be called Perdita (which I find just rude). LOL at Pippa, even though I like it in English.

Goodnight everyone...

Hi all, I have a terrible hungover for having drunk 3 -only 3- tiny glasses of wine yesterday's night at a friend's birthday party. Plus a major stiff neck developed over night .

Penthe, sorry to hear about your bad day. I think you did the best thing sending the nanny home, I'm a great believer in not spreading germs around .
I'm sure everything will work out fine with the nanny. Yes, nannies can get ill and disappear for a couple of days leaving you nella cacca, but on the other hand children in the first yr of nursery can get ill quite often, therefore it is the same problem!!!

Mccloud, the other day I went all Stefordy with a pumpkin. I put it in the oven until cooked, then diced it and put it in the freezer so tht I can use it anytime I want to. How organized is that???

Oh poor Penthe! I guess you will have days when dd or the nanny is sick, and there is nothing you can do about it. It is a pity you don't have relatives in the vicinity, neither do we and it can feel really overwhelming.

It sounds that you were very stressed because you are finally going back to work and truly separating from little chubby one, but remember that you love your job and that as long as your dd is with someone who loves her and is emotionally available for her, then you will both flourish.

Can dh help a bit more now dd is older, so it is not always you who has to take the time off? Is it worth as she gets older finding a local girl who can help when the nanny is off sick? She is bound to get ill especially attending local playgroups, etc. Or may have her own family crises too, parents sick, blah blah blah.

If you a little part of you disbelieves her, then you have a problem of trust, and you should find someone else. But it sounds as if you totally trust her.

With a first child, you cannot wait for them to walk, climb and talk because you cannot imagine what it is like and you want to see it. With a second one you want them to not walk, not talk, and remain baby as long as possible. I look at my dd and think of the tragedy of the humand condition, time passes and we die sort of thing. Ds talked around 12 months as well, so i guess it is all genetically predestined. At least i knbow that me not talking to dd is not affecting her development.

Ohhh, I love when they start to make the animal sounds, it really brings you down to earth, one minute you are reading W&P and the next you are going Moo MOo on the floor with your child. The happiest times of my life.

I realised that what i have is not a pumpkin is a marrow, what the hell is a marrow in Italian? Whnat do i do with a marrow anyway? No rude replies please. It is enormous!

Oh poor Penthe! I guess you will have days when dd or the nanny is sick, and there is nothing you can do about it. It is a pity you don't have relatives in the vicinity, neither do we and it can feel really overwhelming.

It sounds that you were very stressed because you are finally going back to work and truly separating from little chubby one, but remember that you love your job and that as long as your dd is with someone who loves her and is emotionally available for her, then you will both flourish.

Can dh help a bit more now dd is older, so it is not always you who has to take the time off? Is it worth as she gets older finding a local girl who can help when the nanny is off sick? She is bound to get ill especially attending local playgroups, etc. Or may have her own family crises too, parents sick, blah blah blah.

If you a little part of you disbelieves her, then you have a problem of trust, and you should find someone else. But it sounds as if you totally trust her.

With a first child, you cannot wait for them to walk, climb and talk because you cannot imagine what it is like and you want to see it. With a second one you want them to not walk, not talk, and remain baby as long as possible. I look at my dd and think of the tragedy of the humand condition, time passes and we die sort of thing. Ds talked around 12 months as well, so i guess it is all genetically predestined. At least i knbow that me not talking to dd is not affecting her development.

Ohhh, I love when they start to make the animal sounds, it really brings you down to earth, one minute you are reading W&P and the next you are going Moo MOo on the floor with your child. The happiest times of my life.

I realised that what i have is not a pumpkin is a marrow, what the hell is a marrow in Italian? Whnat do i do with a marrow anyway? No rude replies please. It is enormous!

Oh poor Penthe! I guess you will have days when dd or the nanny is sick, and there is nothing you can do about it. It is a pity you don't have relatives in the vicinity, neither do we and it can feel really overwhelming.

It sounds that you were very stressed because you are finally going back to work and truly separating from little chubby one, but remember that you love your job and that as long as your dd is with someone who loves her and is emotionally available for her, then you will both flourish.

Can dh help a bit more now dd is older, so it is not always you who has to take the time off? Is it worth as she gets older finding a local girl who can help when the nanny is off sick? She is bound to get ill especially attending local playgroups, etc. Or may have her own family crises too, parents sick, blah blah blah.

If you a little part of you disbelieves her, then you have a problem of trust, and you should find someone else. But it sounds as if you totally trust her.

With a first child, you cannot wait for them to walk, climb and talk because you cannot imagine what it is like and you want to see it. With a second one you want them to not walk, not talk, and remain baby as long as possible. I look at my dd and think of the tragedy of the humand condition, time passes and we die sort of thing. Ds talked around 12 months as well, so i guess it is all genetically predestined. At least i knbow that me not talking to dd is not affecting her development.

Ohhh, I love when they start to make the animal sounds, it really brings you down to earth, one minute you are reading W&P and the next you are going Moo MOo on the floor with your child. The happiest times of my life.

I realised that what i have is not a pumpkin is a marrow, what the hell is a marrow in Italian? Whnat do i do with a marrow anyway? No rude replies please. It is enormous!

Mmmmm gnocchi di zucca with smoked ricotta on top... Yum. Too warm for those yet over here though, will have to wait a couple more weeks.

Penthe, I am sorry to hear re: your nanny, and I do hope it was a one-off. I am not sure whether this helps, but there are babysitters/nanny agencies which specialise in emergency childcare - perhaps it may make sense to get in touch, just in case it happens again and you are not able to get out of your teaching. What do you actually teach?

Have also had rather too much wine last night. The current Friuli Doc festival is on...

Oh poor Penthe! I guess you will have days when dd or the nanny is sick, and there is nothing you can do about it. It is a pity you don't have relatives in the vicinity, neither do we and it can feel really overwhelming.

It sounds that you were very stressed because you are finally going back to work and truly separating from little chubby one, but remember that you love your job and that as long as your dd is with someone who loves her and is emotionally available for her, then you will both flourish.

Can dh help a bit more now dd is older, so it is not always you who has to take the time off? Is it worth as she gets older finding a local girl who can help when the nanny is off sick? She is bound to get ill especially attending local playgroups, etc. Or may have her own family crises too, parents sick, blah blah blah.

If you a little part of you disbelieves her, then you have a problem of trust, and you should find someone else. But it sounds as if you totally trust her.

With a first child, you cannot wait for them to walk, climb and talk because you cannot imagine what it is like and you want to see it. With a second one you want them to not walk, not talk, and remain baby as long as possible. I look at my dd and think of the tragedy of the humand condition, time passes and we die sort of thing. Ds talked around 12 months as well, so i guess it is all genetically predestined. At least i knbow that me not talking to dd is not affecting her development.

Ohhh, I love when they start to make the animal sounds, it really brings you down to earth, one minute you are reading W&P and the next you are going Moo MOo on the floor with your child. The happiest times of my life.

I realised that what i have is not a pumpkin is a marrow, what the hell is a marrow in Italian? Whnat do i do with a marrow anyway? No rude replies please. It is enormous!

Not sure, it'd probably treat a marrow as a normal pumpkin. Make a veg soup with it. Cook some and freeze it for later.

Minerva a Friuli doc. Oh I still remember the sarde in saor I ate in trieste this summer...

franca, much sympathy on the torcicollo- this morning i turned to give dh a hug, and something got pulled and now i am in agony and walking like a tartaruga...

penthe, re the nanny- it's probably a one-off so don't let it put you off. i must admit i have been really lucky re nannies- i have had two and they both have a ferocious work ethic, never missed a day! but i can understand how annoyed and put off you must have felt.

dd2 is 16 months and shows absolutely no signs of talking (apart from an adoring baaabbbaaa when she sees her daddy). dd1 didn't talk until she was 2 years old. but i know what you mean mcloud... so tragic to see your baby grow up (and yet so exciting...).

mmhh a marrow is a pumpkin without any flavour IMO...

Oh no Masseuse! I think we should meet and cry over our backs, feet etc. I'm going to book a physio next week... I need to intervene before it gets too cold and umido and pain gets worse...

i feel about 80.000 years old con tutti questi acciacchi...

Me too...
Yesterday I was out all day etc, and my feet screamed. I think this is why I'm so shattered today. I used to be able to walk miles and miles with no probs whatsoever... maledetta caduta del metatarso!

Do you have a plantare Franca?
A marrow is just an overgrown zucchina isn't it?
Sorry about the nanny Penthe, you need one of those emergency nanny agencies Xenia is always on about . Franca makes a good point about if your DD was in nursery she would be getting sick herself, so same problem.

I probably need a plantare. I don't want it though

lol Sputnik . Where's xenia gone bw, Ihaven't seen her for ages.

Oh, tutti questi acciacchi! Poverine!

Yes, a marrow is a gigantic courgette, and i agree with MM that it is not the most exciting vegetable, but i have it my garden and i cannot let it go to waste. Soemone told me they made a marrow soup which was lovely, but pity about the marrow being there.

I have just realised that i always seem to have a vegetable problem, i remember seeking help on mnet with leeks, then radicchio and now a marrow. Either i need to get a life or i am transferring my neuroses on my orto. Boh.

Franca have you thougth about seeing an osteopath, all my girlfriends with similar acciacchi see one and rave about it, sometimes i wonder if it is a lover that they have, rather than an osteopath.

yes, where is xenia? maybe she lost her job in the crunch, so she had to pull out all the kids out of private schools and does not dare showing her face on mnet now that her kids are mixing with the plebs?

I am joking of course.

lol at transferring your neuroses on your orto

Nah, I didn't think about being an osteopath, it doesn't really appeal, although I appreciate that lots of osteopaths, chiropratici and fisioterapisti, can make pretty good money.

No, I'm laaaaazy, can you imagine spending the day massaging people?
I'm still thinking about midwifery, but have no balls.

Oh dh has just come back from london with vogue uk, the guardian and living etc. yuppie!

sorry I disappeared last night, put the laptop down for a minute, and woke up at 2am!! it was lovely wine though...

oh, penthe, sorry you had a bad day, but as others have said, if she was at nursery, dd would get sick more often, so it's one of those things...

we had a lovely day - dd maanaged to sleep all night so we were nicely rested, so we went out for breakfast, then did shopping, had a pickick in the garden, then took ds to a b-day party. unfortunately we got home to find we got another parking fine on monday while we were having our eys tested, so it wasn't a cheap day with DP needing 2 new pairs of specs too! at least I haven't got worse...

sorry to hear about the acciacchi, hope you get better soon