August 08 - We three kings of orient are, one in a taxi one in a car..

[steaknife]

...one on a scooter beeping his hooter, smoking a fat cigar

Apologies to the goodly and the good amongst us.

Sounds like a v therapeutic night Steaky, I fancy one like that.

Greetings all, seems like it's been a mostly merry Christmas all round We have had an amazing time despite DS waking up on Xmas Day morning with appalling conjunctivitis, the poor little sod. Both sets of grandparents were thrilled to bits with him - my nan was particularly over the moon to have a whole day and night in his august company, and DP and I actually had a great time staying at hers too. Christmas lunch delicious and copious, Boxing Day lunch with the PIL delicious and copious too. Many fantastic presents - DS now has more noisy, musical, brightly coloured things than he can shake a stick at. Current favourites are the tweety eggs and the wooden xylophone that his doting 'rents bought him [pride]

I got lots of cool stuff too but tbh the best present for me was seeing DS flourish amid both sides of the family. He is such a little darling and it's lovely to see him getting to know everyone

He has recently formed a strong attachment to a particular cuddly toy which is just too cute. Monkey now has to go everywhere with him and is the recipient of many hugs and kisses. We'll be off to Mothercare tomorrow in the hope of finding some duplicates for the inevitable lost-toy scenario.

CC re. your not so DBIL falling asleep in the cinema, my dad used to do that with me all the time and it was fine, I was usually too engrossed in the film to think of wandering off and would have been happy to wake him in the event of hassle.

pert there are many descriptions one could apply to the Aug08ers but 'bunch of nuns' is not one of them!

Oh, found out on Boxing Day that DP's cousin is expecting which is lovely news, so all in all a glad time has been had by the family cyteen

Aug08 - we're just a bunch of nuns at heart.

Check out this guy, I knew him at uni (but curiously never shagged this one), how cute is he?

Umm...

Ok maybe I have a thing for geeky chaps.

Speaking of geeks, pics of new Dr Who in his outfithere. Has anyone else read Titus Groan? He is so how I pictured Steerpike in my head.

Right you bunch of nuns, how long is a respectable amount of time before I start casting my wimple at the male population?

Given that I in no way want or am ready for a long term relationship but a date and possible smooch is an appealing idea.

Oh ho! Who or what's put this sinful thought in your purdy lil head then Sister Steaky? Suppose you will be Novice Steaky actually won't you, how exciting, you can be a born again virgin. I say put on the sparkly mascara and go twinkle, once you've made your mind up you will positively exude single gal pheromones.

It is all that David Tennant's fault, all over the BBC like a rash, its turned me quite funny.

Hmm, Father David Tennant comes to visit the nuns of St Augustine the 08th convent...

Careful my knees are in a seriously weakened state.

He'd be all mine anyway, you lot all happily shacked up and all.
A friend of mine has a friend with a friend that was at a showbiz party and says that The Ten was snogging Kermit O'Dreary.

PB Titus Groan was my favourite book for years, but not sure about that guy/Steerpike...not enough edge.

Mervyn Peake's grandson Titus was a few years below me at school. Bit of a tearaway (great name though!)

I love a geeky guy too, but there's something about that hat/suit combo that really turns me off. It's verging on Pete Docherty [vom]

steak just have at it, nowt wrong with wanting your itch to be scratched. A single mum friend of mine has recently been enjoying hook-ups with a young man of her acquaintance and is thoroughly enjoying herself. She doesn't want a relationship either. Just the sex

If you want putting off David Tennant in the meantime, try listening to his Desert Island Discs. That is some shockingly shit taste in music right there.

Well my main problem is that I don't know any men down here. I might have to [gulp] try internet dating.

Actually tried it once years ago - hilarious the variety of humanity that shows up on these sites.

oh I just thought, I might meet a real hairy trucker.

VG got me 6months free sub to London Book Review which is quite over my head but has been worth it for the lonely hearts ads. They are a little more imaginative than most although probably only Redlentil would be able to respond to all the secret literary references LOL. DH and I have started picking ourselves dates from it just because the people sound so much fun (on paper...). I could always cut and paste them to you just for some style inspiration?

haven't read today's post.
just seeking sympathy.
dd1 passed her tummy bug to me.
i was perfectly fine until 6pm.
something suddenly didn't feel right.
puked from then until about 3am.
didn't get out of bed till 11:30am.
thank goodness charles was home.
twelve hours since last upchuck.
have consumed a bowl of chicken noodle soup.
have slurped a glass of dr pepper.
this is seriously NOT the way i wanted to spend today.

Steaky when is your divorce final? Most wait until that is final before "moving on". Sometimes finding another who's company you enjoy only complicates the process. Even if your DH has moved on, it might be in your best legal interest to stay untangled for now.

Loving the "nuns" reference. I've so NEVER thought of myself in that way. LOL!

DH is out running errands so I'm upright allowing Reese to feed herself chicken noodle soup.

TS sorry you are poorly, not nice at all.

Divorce hasn't even begun. It has to be a French divorce as that is where we were married. Last week I asked if he had seen the lawyer and got a "no, um, its difficult, um um um" this from the man two weeks after walking out told me I should be "used to it by now" and that he was going to see a lawyer for a divorce. Daft beggar.

So I'll be finding a lawyer here to find out procedures etc.

I hate being a downer but it's so in your best interest to find out the good, the bad, and the ugly before moving on. Your DH could use it against you otherwise saying YOU LEFT HIM and YOU CHEATED and many other unfavorables. He's already proven to be unpredictable. Just watching your back for you.

Please allow me to share some good information. Quinoa seems to be a wonder food and I've not heard of it until today. Excellent for all you Hot Mamas AND also helps with migrains (Buckets & ALBS). I believe when I'm fully upright again I will go shopping for some.

We have three options open to us.
D by mutual consent
D by requested by one and accepted by the other
D by fault - one sues the other

It will be one of the first two, depending on how present I have to be in person.

Reese just flipped DH laptop screen view. Totally funny. He stepped outside to take a work related call and upon his return everything on his laptop was flipped on it's side. The fix (or the fun if you are interested in playing a trick on a coworker or spouse) hold CTRL & ALT then press an error key. The UP error key rights the image.

Steaky that's all good and well but with the way he's been acting what makes you think he won't try to the FAULT one. You have a lot of he said/she said stuff but you have NO legal documents as yet that state HE WALKED OUT. You moved and took his child to a different country. Why couldn't he FAULT you for that. See. Sorry this is devil's advocate chatter. I'd say if you are going to really divorce then the process should start soon otherwise it could get icky.

TS I understand what and why you are saying that, thank you.

We do have a seperation de fe which is a document from the police that recognises that I have left France with DD and with his consent. I ensured I had this before we moved so that I could never be accused of breaching the Hague Convention and kidnapping my own child.

When we have spoken about this previously then he was keen to do the joint D as this is easiest and so probably cheapest. I think he is just feeling blue because of the season so has stuck his head in the sand.