Our Girl and Captain James Addicts Part XVI

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The CJ Collective "Sophisticated Silliness"

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ilove that's ridiculous! Does she know what a tulip is?!

pixie ok you've rumbled me. Yes, that was my prototype for the Poldark boulder. I was also actually the large bag of dried peas and was sorely disappointed when Major ForgetTalkingStartTheAction found a conscience and didn't have a good rummage in the sack.

She did strike me as a bit dim but we also wondered if she had even ventured beyond the entrance/cafe area. When we spoke to her, it was like being on a video link where there's a few seconds delay!

mummyr good news for you! Please still have your share of CJ. He will help soothe your nerves.

Hi all, delurked very briefly on the last thread and then got torn away by RL - with a sick bleeder whose medicine helpfully made him hyperactive... It wasn't great having a breathless little boy bouncing round the walls demanding I draw 'our own book of life'...

And now, having read through about ten pages at once I am distracted by projecting pilchards (ugh) shunts into CJ lookalikes (not so shabby) and the memory of apple pie at the Winkel cafe in the Jordaan... I hope you are enjoying Amsterdam Ilovelblue, and CJ has hired one of those bakfiets (bikes with passenger seat boxes) and is cycling energetically around Amsterdam while you lounge behind admiring the view.

Cannot help but imagine CJwoof demonically cycling behind you wielding a bicycle lock on her pilchard belt so she can whisk CJ off into a fishy side canal for a bit of water sports...

Oops... time to lurk again I think...

Morning

Forgot to set my alarm last night so only woke up. And of course boys both still asleep - tomorrow when I don't need to be up, they'll be awake early...

Hope everyone has a good day

Ladies, CJ sends his best wishes to those of you he already knows. We're taking it a bit easier today. CJ is happy for us to do some shopping and we are having a quick look round the red light area this afternoon. It is a tourist attraction after all. We'll keep a close eye on him. Don't want him wandering off.

ilove enjoy your day, bought some tulips yesterday when I did my weekly shop and thought of you and CJ!

Watched Banished last night... Captain long curly greasy hair had quite a pale insipid looking body, and not very toned!!! Will there be another episode I wonder?

Glad you are having a lovely time ilove

Gorgeous pics icemist.

Omg, Dance I think that's the café I meant when I mentioned apple pie in the Jordaan. The name seems very familar. I loved just wandering around in the evenings and having a good nosy through house windows.

Good luck with the interview -mummyr-. I'm behind on banished now. I downloaded the episodes I hadn't seen before we left but you can't use iplayer abroad so banished and poldark to look forward to on my return. Bought being human from iTunes so can still feast on AT. Having been a bit Angel obsessed in the early Buffy seasons (my only real obsession before CJ) I can happily do the tortured vampire.
Really pleased everyone got the school places they wanted. We have too, got the email through, though we already knew it would be ok as we had An amendment through to DS1's EHC plan (replacement to statement of educational needs) naming the junior school. It's a stressful timing waiting and as people said a long wait.

Orphan as soon as you mentioned apple pie in the Jordaan, that was the cafe I thought of. It's famous for them. It's in a little square by a Saturday farmer's market and those slices of apple pies are the nuts! Somewhere I have a recipe...

And those Dutch houses do have huge windows, CJ and Ilovelblue better watch out or CJwoof will be able to see everything from her pilchard fishing dinghy!

K has lost his 1st tooth unfortunately he was eating his lunch at the same time and swallowed it (I did same)

Hi Icemist... Mine did exactly the same thing with his first and second tooth. He got over the disappointment by creating a character called 'the lost tooth fairy' who visits just like the tooth fairy to reward children whose teeth are lost. We told him the lost tooth fairy is the tooth fairy's poor relative and if he holds onto his teeth he'll get more money... It seems to have worked as we've managed to collect the rest (so far!)

Aw, bless ice, that was quick, my kids teeth seem to hang on a thread for a week! Charlie and lola 'my wobbly tooth ...' story has lola losing her tooth, and the tooth fairy still comes. Lost tooth fairy is a great idea.

painted love the blog update, briliant (sorry, I'm a few days behind!).

I HATE technology! My tablet's on the blink and the computer is on its last legs. Ds won't let me near his macbook, dd's got a death grip on the laptop so I'm reduced to peering at my phone. Rant over.

dance a wonderful new chapter! I'm really, really enjoying your story and I like the explanation for Molly's cut and run. Still think she should have told CJ though!

How was bedtime ice, did your littlie accept your tooth fairy story?
My littlie is still awake, and is now cross that I have to go and eat my tea. Why can't she go to sleep? At the moment it is the same every night, grrrr!

Evening

It's very quiet on here tonight, obviously, everyone is having a more interesting Friday night than me. This post shows just how interesting it is as I was idly wondering whether a good audience reaction to Our Girl in Australia might have any weight with the BBC over whether it commissions another series. They have shown the pilot which will be followed immediately by the five part series. That might be confusing as the pilot ending doesn't quite match the start of the series but it might be interesting to see what social media response is.

OK back to doing nothing interesting. Hope you are all having fun. I know Ilove is!

Evening

He's asleep beside me on the couch. Told him about the lost tooth fairy- he's happy with that. Now got to get him to bed.

They split the pilot ep into 2 as well for Australia.

Did you have some people in oz that you knew ice? Have you heard how it went down?

(I'm not having a very exciting Friday ... Littlie still awake, I've had a nap!!!)

Evening ladies, checking in. Pretty chilly in Amsterdam tonight. Glad CJ is around to keep me warm. We had a morning shopping and CJ was very patient, holding our purchases and charming the assistants. The young girls were like putty in his hands.

On the flower market, CJ spotted these tulips and persuaded me to get them. Not sure if it was a reference to episode 2 or whether it was to tell me I'd hit the jackpot with him!

This afternoon we went round the red light area. Think it fired up CJ'S imagination so we retired to the hotel for a staff meeting.

Ice are you ready for his return?

If the response to OG in Oz is anything like here it will gradually start to build over the weeks and the gap between the last two episodes will be the most interesting. Unfortunately, anyone desperate enough to want to watch the last episode will be able to find it and it might be difficult to keep the lid on the story and leave that audience in the dreadful suspense we all endured.

In RL we did really go to the red light area. Been before but was full even this afternoon with stag and hen crowds etc. A bit intimidating I bet by tonight. Some of the shops selling - how shall I put this - certain aids made my eyes water!

As we walked past one doorway, the bouncer shouted "Quality porn and sleaze here". Made me think of the CJ Collective....

Last full day today. Leaving for the airport just after lunch.

I spent the day with 2 noisy excited 4 year old boys. I'm recovering with wine.

I feel your pain Nickel, my son is not one for falling asleep early or unaccompanied. I often fall asleep on his floor before he drops off.

Oh yes ilove singing

What time do I need to be ready for?

Just from Twitter rhubarb

All being well we should be through to Arrivals by 5pm.

In RL we were in an Italian restaurant tonight, a particular favourite of mine from a previous visit. There was a damn gorgeous guy sitting on the next table with his girlfriend. My friend whispered how nice he was and I said I'd already spotted him coming in. When we got outside, she said it was his dark curly hair which has made her stomach flip. Made me smirk to myself.