If my visit goes well enough (I don't expect the impossible, just the minimum of good news), we've a pic-nic planned on Sunday:)))

We organize that pic-nic with Clara and Aymeric, the couple we met 2 weeks ago at the Luxembourg garden:)))
We rilly get on well with them and wanted to see each other again!

Paris is organizing a summer project from next Sunday to mid of August. The project is called *La plage à Paris* "(the beach in Paris)... Instead of the yukkky traffic along the Seine, there will be beaches all along the quays. Sand beaches, grass beaches, with "guinguettes" here and there (guinguettes are hmm typical places along the rivers here where you dance "retro" dances like chachacha :P).
There will be also beaches for beach volley, places where you're allowed to fish, etc

Nice idea, hey?!!!
So we decided it would be purrrfect to see that while enjoying a pic-nic on one of those grass beaches! **~~ * * *^^* *

Now I can hardly wait for my visit to the gyno on Saturday.
At the same time, that stresses me a bit, but I *neeeed* to know:)))
It's the 6th month' visit! (proud smile -6 months already!)

I want to hear my gyno telling me the baby is up again and that my contractions are disappearing.
I've been so careful in the last weeks, I'd almost deserve an award (which could be -right now- a yummy strauberry pie) :P

Apart from that pub yesterday (which was close) and the Octobrettes' meeting, I haven't taken any metro or bus in the last weeks, sooooooo... it should be better!:))) **~~* * *^*

Haaa, it had been a while since we went to an English pub!
It was the choice of Rod, our Canadian friend (from Toronto). He was in Paris for 2 days and that was great to see him!!!

It's the first time I ordered a glass of milk in a pub. Which I did not get, of course (sigh)
I was not the only preggie goil, Fanny (Parisian friend) also expects a baby for December! And Rod has a lil "Noah" who's 3 months-old :-))))
So many babies around! It must be the last trend of fashion :P

I think guys talked more of babies than we did yesterday. It was very funny and their words were the most tender and sweet I've ever heard. Sometimes I think they manage to developp such a "maternal" instinct, it's really astonishing.

I hope we'll visit Rod and Karine (he married a French goil) in Canada in a few years. Canada, including Québec (s)
It must be a very beauDiful country and so far the Canadians I've met are rilly the kewl type:)))

Ohh we've also talked about Oz yesterday, a couple of friends have just made a World tour for 8 months.. and when they started to speak about Oz, they said it was very very strange to cross Vietnam, Mongolia, China, etc to arrive finally in such an occidental civilization as Oz!
Suddenly they found the civilization they knew, they could understand people again, etc.. hehe:)) They loved their trip!

They told us about the last new year's eve they spent, just the 2 of them sleeping on a mexican beach, drinking mezcal and watching the stars.... haaaaa, that sounded great!

I'll play lottery on Sat', and if we win, I'll plan a world tour once our buDerfly can follow us! Weeeeeeeeeeee:-)))))

And just before going to check the first details about how I can create a lil online shop, you can have a look at Des fleurs et des abeilles, a painting certainly inspired by what I'm living; and besides that, I've realized preggie women are hardly represented on paintings or drawings. I think they make a real interesting subject though!

I hardly dare telling we've watched Scooby-doo (g). Oh I like the original cartoon, but the movie.... one of the worst of the year! That was kinda predictable but ha well..we've to use our cinema cards sooooo it's a good excuse, isn't it?!! :P

We should know this week *how* Martin will be fired (conditions, etc). Then we'll be able to start to plan our next weeks on solid basis.
Even though I'm not allowed to travel by car, I hope we'll be able to leave Paris for a few days. I thought I wouldn't be able to rilly enjoy holidays... but a few days away won't change anything and I *need* to breathe fresh air (and to expose my whale-ish swimsuit ;-), and I think Martin too :-))
In any case, Joe will have his lil injections tomorrow, so he'll be ready to play with all the nasty tigers of Bretagne (s)

huuuu, lying down and working hard on the puter is real exercise! (nossing)

This morning I've spent more than 4 hours working on my English books... I like so much that language that I wanna improve! ... and it feels like holidays in comparison with learning German ;-) ... I'll go on with both in the next days.

I have found new offers for Martin, now it's up to him! (I love dat team ;-))
We've received a couple of answers.... finally! Negative ones though, that's the bad side of it...
Anyway, I've done my part, I'll start again in 2 days:)

Now I'll try to find a right position to draw a bit and tonight... Dungeon Siege time!!!
What a great role game (on PC)! Martin and I spend hours on it together... So far we've a team of 7 soldiers (magicians, warriors, etc) and one old mule (which I protect a lot, against Martin's advice...tssss) that are supposed to help the heroe (a goil, named candide :P)
Yesterday, we realized we forgot dinner when it was over midnight!
hehe, we'd be teens, we wouldn't be *worse* than that!
... but it's a guud way, among others, to forget the stress :))

Okies, for now I'll put mini-Gulli (laptop) away and grab a pencil :-)))

So Saturday was the Octobrettes'day!!!
We were 4 preggie goils, 3 future Dads :-)))

It was really great, though the weather was not with us really (boooo).
We met a very nice couple, Clara and Aymeric, with who we instantly got on well! And it happens that they know exactly where we live..and a bit more...!

When I told Clara the stairs were a bit hard for me now... she said they also know friends in the 15th arrondissement who have "troubles" with their flat on the 5th floor. Just like us (!)
They said their friends live rue Blomet... well, like us!
Then they asked if there was a big wooden door then another one in glass, etc etc... they were describing *our* building! And it finally happened that their real good friends live just at the same floor as us! hehe... they told us that, before, their friends were living in the flat in which we are! So Clara and Aymeric knew exactly our flat!
It was very funny, such a coïncidence!

I think we'll have an aperitive or something like that with our neighbours and Clara and Aymeric!

Anyway, here are the pics Aymeric did with his webcam, to give an idea :))

This one shows Clara (on the left), Phantie, the fattie and Martin. Rain was threatening, so we were looking for a pub near (s)


Here is Clara, who expects her babe for the 1st of October, a daughter! :-)))


Here is Phantie, who repeated she'll make sure her "Octobret" join next time :P She expects a...daughter for the 29 of October :-)))


Now you can see Pauline and her other half (they were the youngest, 22 years old... the rest of us was more around 30). They expect a lil boy for mid of October!
You could hardly tell she was preggie, she has almost no "belly"!


And finally, Martin and I at the pub (I was telling him which beer I'd love HE takes :P)


We spent a real good moment, and I think it was quite an experience for the future Dads too! They could share this feeling of beeing also *preggie*!
:-))))
We shall all meet again before August. I did not think we'd get on so well with all of them. The Internet is kewwwwwl!

Before starting again with *my* job research, I've just had time to finish my Tete-a-tete Lunaire
:-))

Now let's see if we've got any answer for a job.... even negative, I hope there will be answers.
woooooosh

That is the best fortune cookie I've seen! hehe
(glad I did not open it though!!)

I'm not like all these *cute* (and charming!) old ladies melting in front of every *cute* creatures but (G) ...
... let's say this pic shows exactly the way I feel about our buDerfly (lol, yeah including feeling like a fattie ;-) :P



and well... they are soooooo CUTE, aren't they?!! hehe
(running to wash my mouff)

Not a fine moment to celebrate one's wedding in Afghanistan.

What a barbarian world!

I'm just back from my *butcher* and right now I'd take watever yukky drug to calm the pain!
He refused to give me any injection before and now my bloody teeth hurt!
I came to visit him just for a checking and everything felt fine to me.... till I sat down there!

Arrrrrg, I hate dem butchers:)

One day almost without any contractions... it feels guuud!
It should be that way for the next 3 months...

Anyway, Martin has installed a sofa or a bed in each room here so that I can lie down wherever I go, and that has already helped me!!
:-)))))

I hope Martin is not too stressed... well I know he is but he refuses to admit it.. to protect me. And I start doing the same... to protect him!
Isn't Love really BeauDiful?
hehe
:-))))

Okies, time for me to get horizontal-ish :P

If there's any job available around, it will be ours! :)

We've spent half of our (so sunny -sigh-) Sunday sending CV, looking for offers, etc.
We've selected tens of offers and answered to 3 (not easy to find the right offers).
I think in a couple of days, the CV will be on every specialized webpage.

We *need* to get a good feed back :)

The Parisian Octobrets (men "expecting" a babe for October) and the Octobrettes (goils "expecting" a babe for October) shall meet next week in le Jardin du Luxembourg (quartier latin)!

It gonna be fun, even more for the Octobrets I think. Martin really enjoys the idea to meet future dads sharing the same experience as he does **~~* *^^* *^^* * *
And I can't wait to see all these round bellies around!
hehehe

We'll look like some aliens I'm sure, people will run away and children will cry as soon as they'll see this herd lying on the grass :P
hehe

and psssst... I'll try to make pics! It will be a memorable meeting :P
Mwaaaaaahaha

Tonight, I'll start to work with dreamweaver to make my own webpage, without the help of any geocities or whatever online tools!
I'll just re-do this one and improve what has to be re-done.
Martin will teach me how to use this dreamweaver thingie; he warned me it would be complicate at the beginning (I just hope it will be in French!!!!) but then it should be the best (and most pleasant) way to create new pages!
Yeeeeeepeeeeeee!

hehe, guess who's holding a dualshock controller hmmm?
I mean a controller from a Playstation 2!

Yup yup, dat's me!
It comes from Martin's work, where they had gifts for customers (like dvd players, etc) which could not be distributed..... :-))))
Woooo ooooooooo

Nice game, I tell you :P

Wooooooosh (running from Gulli to the playstation :P)
I've just finished a new painting *Livraison X-presse*! Yeeepeeee (I like it)
I got inspired by several thingies (g), included Dune (the movie), which I really enjoy :-))

Tomorrow, we'll give 2 of my paintings to a professionnal printer, so that we see the result as a postcard and as a poster. I cross my bits so that it simply looks guuuuuuud :P (very hard with water colours)

Hahaaa it seems that the Germans are in final now!
What a nice lil (huge) revenge against the media which had not really believed in them since the beginning!!!
And I had not realized there have been only 1 goal against them during the whole cup!! Wawww, brilliant defense!

Okies, now I gotta go and grab all the billions I've won with my bets (G)

The last 2 days have been really weird, I've spent my time feeling "overwell" or really dowwwn... kinda hypersensitive!
Now I just feel too tired to feel such extreme sensations.
huuuuu

Talking of pregnancy, I've spent some time surfing on magrossesse.com ("mypregnancy.com"), and I got registered in the "Octobrettes" forum (a forum in which goils expect a baby for October! :-))))
We're organizing a meeting in some Parisian park in July or August to compare our bellies and enjoy as many candies and cakes as we wanna :P
hehe
We'll look like a bunch of funny whales, lying on the grass, but I like the idea ! (S)

**~~* ^* ***^* * *

Haaaa, M'am Penny, aka ze Phantom, aka ze Ghoslette :P...... has just reappeared!!!!

She's been working almost nights and days on this very complete website Easy-Refills, while Jack and I were thinking she was having the time of her life with chippendales downtown :P
hehehe

I'm very impressed by the amount of work there .... now let's all cross bits so Easy-Refills turns into a big success!!!
RoaaaaaaRRrrrRRR

Tonight is la Fête de la Musique all around in France **~~* *^^* *
The concept is that once a year everybody is allowed to play music everywhere, in the streets, at home, etc., as long as they want till the end of the night.
We'll go just around to see if there's any guuud band, but I think Martin would rather take the opportunity to play urdy-gurdy and bagpipe (smiling while giving a glance at the ceiling...poor neighbours :P)

I really should have bet a few $$$ today! Footie matches happened almost as I thought they would (sowwwy Jack, but I always win my bets, except when France plays ;-) :P
I was a bit surprised by the way Brazil played, even with only 10 players. They might win the cup!
I think Germans must be surprised that their team goes that far in the cup, it's really great for dem :-))

Now I cross my bits for Korea and Senegal!
The advantage when *your* team loses at the world cup is that suddenly all the matches look interesting :-)

I've heard this morning people talking of footie as the new symbol of Peace between the nations!!!

LOL !!!

(and why do people always need a *symbol*, hey?)

I think no sport brings more violence in the streets than footie! It might be a kewl sport for the fans, right, but a symbol of peace...//oO\\

the Buderfly is 5 months today!
I can't realize there's only 4 more months to come and woooooosh, she'll be around!
Yeeeepeeee:-))))**~~* * *^^* *

wat a cuttie :P

Ohhhh waaaaaooooooo, I did not expect Spiderman to be that guuuud!
(actually, I thought it would be the opposite).

We're just back from the cinema and we've really spent a kewl moment! Spiderman is muuuuuch better than Batman or really worse, Superman!
hehe
It was often very funny and the actors were great! Oh and it felts a lot like the original comic, the spirit of it was there!

Martin enjoyed it too (:P): "very well done, with much humour. With a very sympathetic hero, not like some stooopid clark kent. It was so pleasant that it could have been 30 minutes longer".

I've spent my last euros to buy books today.... a huge and very complete (and expensive!) book to improve my english skills at translation (I have decided maybe I could start to work as a translator). I might follow extra courses next year to be really guuuuud for that job :-))

Then I found 2 books to improve (or rather to revive) my Spanish... I've studied it for about 6 years and I think I really *need* to re-start with it. It would be a pity to lose it!

And finally I found 2 books to help me and my almost non-existent German :P
One book for children like "my 1000 first words" (s), and one book of grammar which should be useful... one day! hehe

I've a good opportunity right now to *study* again, and that's exactly what I'm about to do :-)))

huho....Argentina, Portugual, and now la Squadra.... "we" ' re feeling far less alone :P
I regret Japan lost though, I was starting to enjoy that team!

I cross my bits for Senegal (they play tomorrow, no?), they're pleasant to watch!
I also wonder about England and Germany, both could win I think... hmmm

Ohhhh, while I'm talking footie...... for the first time in my life (waooooo), I heard Beckham talking..... hehe.... hmm... I shouldn't have!!! He's a real footie heroe but I did not expect such an acute voice! It somehow did not suit the guy! lol, that was too funny:)

Ohhh but I've not said in here that the babe I expect is a mademoiselle!!!
hehe

Ouiiiiii!!!!!

Everybody (except Gwénola) expected that the babe would be a boy. They (friends included) really thought it would be a boy!
Actually, we had started to believe it too because on the day before the scan we had repeated aloud a series of names for boys and girls... and each time we said a specific name (of a boy), the babe kicked in the belly!!!!
That happened successively 2 times and I called Martin on the third time for him to check, and that happened again!!!
hehe

Sooooo, we thought it would have been really a "sign" if confirmed by the scan (s)

But nenene, as soon as the babe appeared on the screen the doc said *it* was a SHE :-)))))**~~* *^^* * *^^* * *

We're both extremly happy (as we'd have been with a boy) and we've started to talk a looooooooooot to her!
(-laughing- as she is moving right now as I'm typing!)

What a guuuud weekend we had in Hamburg!!!
The weather was really fine there (not as hot as in Paris!!) and we managed to see all those we wanted to! (it's always a kind of marathon when we go there, in the way that we gotta check which relatives and friends are available, when we can meet, etc.).

This time, as I could not walk much or spend too much time in the transports, we mainly spent (a ferociously guuuuud) time with Martin's parents :-)))
On Saturday, Martin's cousin, Zonke (I'm not sure of the spelling), came to visit us and introduce us his goilfriend, Anja... Anja has just learnt she was preggie too! She'll have a baby in January! Woooo oooooo!

And in the evening we came to visit Thorsten and Tanja (friends)... Tanja is preggie (!!!) and her babe is due in 3 weeks!

That's fun because last time we all saw each other, we had talked of everything but having babes! hehe
Guud synchronicity (s)

Talking of babes, Martin's parents offered me 2 dresses for preggie goils :-)))))
I start to seriously *need* them... since about a month I feel my belly is getting bigger each time I wake up in the morning!!!
I've had to tell adios to most of my trousers and at home I only feel very comfortable in a bikini (which is also due to the very unpleasant heat since 2 days).

Anyway, it is wonderful to see one's belly growing that way, and the round shape of it is very fun!

Now I can't wait to see the belly button popping out! hehehe
(well, I can wait actually!!!!)

Ohhh jeeeez, the rendez-vous at the national agency for employment was not that fun. But nebbermind, I forget that right now ;-)

I have my sunglasses on the nose and almost a foot in the plane (s)
Since our visit at the clinic yesterday, I'm the happiest in the Universe!!!
It feels so guuuuuud to be a woman, and to be a *mom* !!!

dancing around**~~* *^* *^^* *~~* * *

What a busy day tomorrow (I had started to forget how such a day was ;-)
I start with a rendez-vous at 8.30 at the "national agency for employment", then a bit later, back to prepare luggage to leave for Hamburg (where we'll spent Friday, Sat', Sunday), then woooosh to the clinic, then woooosh to visit friends we have not seen since weeeeks!
If I don't have cramps, it should be a kewl day!!!... a bit stressing too, for different reasons, but stress is not always baaaaaad :P

Grrrrrrrr!!! My last painting has been rejected from Elfwood by one moderator (probably a rican :P)... here is his/her reason:

"Sorry, but some of the items you chose to submit to Elfwood was not accepted by a moderator. We have deleted them from our storage space, and you will recieve a copy of all removed items in a separate email.
blue_lagoon.jpg is too explicit and will not be published!
==> blue_lagoon.jpg was REJECTED! Reason: Too explicit porn or violence."

"porn"..."violence".... no kiddin! A certainly frustrated moderator!

What a barbarian attitude! Great I have this webpage here to express myself in the most free way! :-)))

I've tried my whale-ish swimsuit yesterday! And it's wayyyyyyyy too large (victory scream here!!!! hehe)
Anyway, we've been to the swimming-pool then jakusi (happy sigh). It was a bit expensive but very relaxing!

The only probbie was the chlorinate in the jakusi (LOL, that sounds a lil posh :P).The water was so hot that the chlorinate was rushing massively into your lungs. I'm still having a headache from it!
I'm a little nature, rilly!

Waaaa, I spent the day working on my c.v....huuuuu....
It took me the whole day 'cause I had no idea how you call my job and how to define it, because my job is not extremely precise. I found a nice title that represents well what I can do: "assistante polyvalente"(I don't translate it because it sounds far less guuud in English :P). It means basically I can adapt to many kind of different projects.
Been a hard day, trust me :P

Oohoh, Martin just showed me a great tool (no nooo, not wat ya think!!! tssss)
Have a look at this BabelFish thingie.... very practical for quick translations!!!

see: Os diamantes são os amigos os mais girls'best
(diamonds are the girls'best friends! in Portuguese!! hehe!!!)

Okies, I've finished a new painting, *Blue Lagoon*, which I rather like!
Martin finds it quite sexy (shaking head), though my aim was basically and innocently to present two blooooe-blood creatures, posing like statues! Yup yup
It's almost the first time I see some improvement in my way of drawing a male-ish one!
It's a good beginning at least! hehe

Have you ever imagined the feeling when you gotta buy a swimsuit for preggie goils, hm?!!!
Lemme tell ya what it feels like... well...hmm....it simply feels like you are about to occupy (making huge circles with arms) muuuuuuuch space!
I'd rather turn into one of those tiny fish than into some imposing whale....huuuuu

A fine week that ended in a strage way.
Martin's company is having probbies. Not that the business isn't good enough, but they are linked to a big German group which want to get rid of that French branch.
Argg.
Well, we'll know about it before the end of the month. I just can't imagine both of us without job right now, it is not possible.
Martin's going to start to look for another job... but all that is not the piece of news we expected. Shit.

Joe and I loved this one ;-)

I hope the weekend will be warm enough for some wet times at the swimmingpool!
I think it's the only real exercise I can do safely. Since yesterday morning I'm having cramps again and I think just swimming might feel very guuuuud and relaxing for the babe and I :-)))

I really can't wait for the moment I can type "he" or "she" for the babe.
Emmanuelle told me it was a moment I should really enjoy. She remembers hers with immense happiness, she says it's like the second stage after learning you're preggie. The babe you can see on the scan is a real lil human, and knowing if it's a goil or boy pushes you to talk and to share more with him/her. Just because it feels more real :-))))
Waaaaaaaaaa, I just *noooooe* what she means (happy sigh)**~~* *^^* *

Haaa Footie.... the Frawnch played so badly again, which was not that surprising after their first brilliant show (g).
You really wonder if they can still remember what's a goal :P

Anyway, now I gotta change all the bets I made... and I put 100$ on my other team, the German tigers! RoaaaaaRRRRrrrrR!
I won't watch the games, just the results though...It just takes too much time for very little pleasure ;-)

So far it's been quite a busy day!
I've spent da morning calling several administrations to take rendez-vous, then I started with my German intensive lessons (s). Well, I've been learning to count only, but from 0 to 1000 ! Now I'm supposed to pronounce and write all the numbers well, and it's not easy, trust me... when you get a "sechzig" (to be pronounced like "zech'tssich) to repeat 10 times, you're happy not to wear a "set of false teeff" :P
hehe

I've also had time to start to read those new books I've found and to work on drawings. So far I'm into "male studies". I'm studying all the body parts... the right proportions (s), etc. I am unable to draw in a realistic way, but that helps me to feel more comfortable with da male-ish subjects :-)

Okies, I gotta take medication and wooooosh I'm out to breathe fresh air!

Yeeeeepeeeee, Marine and Lionel (those crazy French living in London) come to visit us tomorrow evening!
I should thank the UK Queenette because with the celebrations happening, they just found the opportunity to come back to Paris for a few days!
Weeeeeeeee:-))))

When they learnt I had to be more than careful with my pregnancy, they offered to bring me all what I needed (heavy stuff...like liquid stuff...juices, etc ).
How kewl from dem :-))))

laaaalalalaaa**~~* * *^^* * *^^* *

I hesitated a loooooot before including that new painting to my gallery because I'm very angry with my hands at the moment. Troooe

I have found enough books in the last 2 days to get all the technical advice I *need* to improve. Even if I'm told my paintings are nice, I'm not happy with what I do in the way I feel unable to draw what I've in mind. And I get frustrated :P
I have inspiration, oh yup, that I have... but it's not enough. I find what I do far too naive, lacking real work. That's it!

Soooo, wish me guud luck, I'm on my way to work hard as long as it will be necessary! And I won't publish any other work before getting satisfied! RoaaaaaaaRRRrrrRR!
**~~* *^^* * *^^* *

What a beauDiful Sunday!!!
So warm and sunny, let's hope the coming week will be that way.. in every way possible (s) **~~* *^^* *

Phewwwwwww........


which Episode II character are you?



Probably the greatest Jedi Knight of all. Like Obi Wan, you are wise and keep your feet on the ground at all times. You will not be outsmarted by anyone. You are always faithful to your friends. Be careful though, danger lurks around every corner - you could even be betrayed by those closest to you.



Haha!! Obi Wan KenoCandy !
I would have really hated it if I had been Yoda or "Ani" :P

Which era in time am I ?


Which era in time are you?

I could have hesitated between the wild 13th century and the stormy 18th....but 2002 suits me far better! :P

Tomorrow Christa and Achim (Martin's parents) celebrate their 40th year of wedding!!!!

**~~* ^* * * ^^* * *

And they really look as if they married yesterday (happy sigh). I wish the same happiness to everyone (including me :P)
**~~*^* *

Yesterday, all the people from the company gathered for a last lunch :-)
That was pretty sad, people finally left wishing each other to have "good holidays", as if it was just a lil break...
(sigh)

:(((

And today I've received my "redundency notice"... well, I prefer bday cards (s)
I'll spent my whole next week at different administrative bureaux to officialize my personnal situation. It gonna be boring to gather the right papers, etc, etc.
(sigh)

Viva Senegal!!!

The Frawnch deserved to lose! Mwaaahahaha!
If only that could stop the fever here about footie! I watched the game while painting, it was so ... soporific!
I asked myself if I found it really boring because we did not win or because footie has neber been exciting....

Let's see....You wait (I don't know how long is a match) for about 1.30 hour for wat... 1..2..3 goals (if you're lucky!!)
Waaaaa
Rugger is wayyyyyyy more entertaining! :P

I hope the next games will be of a beDer quality :-)))

Ohhh I've been a bad mouff about that aperitif yesterday in the the hall of the building!
It was organized by an old lil couple, the most adorable persons! :-)))

The doorkeeper had prepared many yummmy goodies and everyone had brought enough to drink for a whole week! :-))
hehe

There were real kewl goils of my age, one being also preggie (G), also some weird -but nice- couples, and a family half-french/half from New zealand (strange cocktail, hey!).
The mother told me her brother lived in Oz and she could have the best adresses for cheap flights, etc!!! She also insisted we'd be welcome at her bro's if we ever go to Melbourne!
How nice!! I would have nebber guessed I'd find guuuud plans for Oz via neighbours! hehehe

We spent just 2 hours there, but that was brilliant. I highly recommend this concept !!! :-)))

(I think) I've felt the babe moving!!!!

It feels like bubbles, but not bubbles I am used to! bubbles that goes from right to left or down to up!
I'm going to observe carefully that belly!!!
:-))))
**~~* *^* * *

It seems everyday there's something to celebrate!
And today is the "Immeubles en fête" day (meaning buildings are partying, or something like dat).

This celebration has started a couple of years ago I think, and the aim of it is that you meet your neighbours.
The concept first looks bizarre and boring... but finally it's a guud idea (though still a bit boring ;-).

Someone in every building takes the initiative to prepare an aperitif and invite all the neighbours for a drink. That way, neighbours can meet each other at least once.
Soooo, we'll make a jump there and say hello with the most delicious smile to all dem nasty lil grannies ;-)

Ohhh changing topic, I've spent quite time on audiogalaxy today and I've just found an amazing version of Ave Maria.. by Nina Hagen!!! hehe It's very baroque:-))
I really enjoy finding new version of classic pieces made by the most unexpected artists!

Tadaaaa....It should the last time I come to work today!

Now I totally see it as a guuud thing cause I'll be able to start a new *chapter* and... to take care of my bellybits!

Since I've been to the clinic the other day, I worry a bit, my belly keeps hurting, and I don't want to take any risk, of course.
Hm, I gotta follow Jack's advice and behave like a princess, lying down, being fed with grapes (hehe, funny image).. relaxing as much as possible (s)
That should not be too hard to do ;-)

Oh! Gwénola (sister) found a job and signed last week! Today is her first day :-))
She will work in an association which play a role (which, I don't know yet) in the boat races.
She works in a lil wooden house on the Seine, that looks terribly fine :-)))
....but....I'll REALLY miss bothering her everyday!
(S)

Talking of jobs, I'd beDer go and check if I've won at the lottery of last Sat'!
(G)...
....wooooosh!

Haaaa new painting's done and scanned!
I still have probbies with the red colour, it does not give the shades required, so all what contains red (yellow, purple, brown) do not show as I expect! Argg!

I'm just back from the clinic :-)))
The scan of the "second quarter" will be on the 12th of June! Yeeeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!
If we can see well the babe, we'll know if we'll have a princess or a knight :P
Laaaaalalaalaaaaaaaa**~~* * * *

We have no preference, really. I just know that for us it's wayyyyyyy easier to find a name for a goil than for a boy (s).. And nenene, we won't tell the names we have in mind :P

I've heard the babe again today (his heart beating and his movements inside)... awwww, it was fantastic, I'm so surprised that there is such a lil treasure down inside me!!!**~* *^^* *
(happy sigh)
The Gyno was surprised though that my uterus is actually very low and should not be. He said I gotta be very careful and behave as a preggie goil! ...which meant I gotta stop any kind of exercise, including walking too much or going upstairs and downstairs too often!
//OO\\
I told him I had reduced a lot my activities, but he answered I had to be specially careful ....otherwise... from the 6th to the 9th month I'll have to stay lying down..
Eeeeeeeeeck!!!

He thinks I've already had some little contractions and gave me a big list of medication to calm the belly a lil bit.
From what I understood, the babe will keep on pushing a lil bit till the S-Day.......so the higher the uterus is, the better, and the less active I am, the better.
huuuuu

Anyway, I'll be even more careful and I think I won't go dancing too much (siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh)
The guuud point is that I stop working, it's exactly what my belly *needeeeeeed* :-))))

Ohhh I've been told that from now on I should be able to *feel* the babe inside!
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
So far, nothing... but when it happens I think I'll simply faint into some hysteric and ferociously happppppppppy lands!
**~~* ^* * * ^^* * * *

28 years-old since 2 days (happy sigh...hey it's young! ;-)
Ohhhhh I've decided in a real "dictator way" (g) that my bday was not to be over on yesterday but that it will go on for the whole week (poor Martin :P)

I've had a wonderful Tuesday, during while Martin treated me like a queen (as usual actually! me lucky one!)
First I had the best piece of news when I went to the clinic in which I had forgotten to "book" a room for Ze S-Day (birth :P). Usually the lists of preggie women booking rooms are quickly full and I was not sure it would be simple to get one. But it was!!
hehe
Yeeepeeeeeeee, I won't be left in the middle of the street on the S-Day!

Martin came back home with 28 beauDifuuuul roses and offered me 2 "seventies" trousers he had made on the weekend (you can't find them in France at the moment, only in Germany). Waaaaaaa I was so happy!!!
Then we wanted to go out for a drink and restaurant but I spent my evening on the phone answering relatives and friends who had remembered my bday! I was astonished because I have the baad habit of forgetting people's bday !!!!... I gotta take notes of the birth' dates of my friends and relatives, rilly :-))))
hehe

So Martin and I will celebrate dat bday again tomorrow evening and another time with the family on Sunday. Haaaaaaaa, happy moment, happy week :P !

That illimited cinema card is really brilliant!!!
Yesterday we went to watch Star Wars -Episode II- The Attack of The Clones (woo, that makes a long title!)
The atmosphere in the cinema was really kewl, we were surrounded by fans :-)))

As I was telling in the DHN, it's been a discovery weekend, we went to cinema twice and had two guud surprises!
Well, I *knewww* I was to enjoy these movies because before I read lots of critics from people who went to watch them (no professional critics from magazine). From the positive and negative critics, I almost always manage to get the idea I need of a movie.
I enjoy feeling that way how a movie will be because it's just not fun to waste time and money to watch a flop :P

Sooo I went first to watch Le voyage de Shihiro / Spirited Away, which I wanna see again because there are so many details in it, so much creation (with the weirdest creatures you can imagine), and then we went to watch K-Pax which I really recommend; I keep asking myself what is people's interpretation of the K-Pax' end... but no one I know have seen it, damn! :P

I wanna see the last Star Wars, I think it will be really kewl (I enjoyed a looot the last one), even if I worry a bit about the love story they've put in it (which you don't really expect going to watch such a movie :P). They say it's to attract female teenagers (rolling eyes)... hehehe!

I've finally included the pics of the last few sculptures I've done.
I start to think that working on images with Gulli is far more difficult than making paintings or sculptures, it took me maybe 3 hours just to be able to prepare these pics for the web!
Huuuuu, it feels guuud when it's done :P

And today is a special date! .....hehehe :P

Hmmm, I'm being in a strange muud right now. Feeling a bit down.

Being at home like that just feels unappropriate. I should be enjoying free time, but I think I have to get used to that.
I won't be working for months and I fear to lose all my capabilities for a future job, to feel a bit useless, etc. I worry for money too, but I know, who does'nt?! (s)

It's just like being put aside, forced to *summernate* (should be the opposite of hibernate, hm? ;-).
I have to get used to the situation, that's the point :-))

Such a bewwwDiful weather outside (with almost 30°c), that I hardly found time to sit behind the Gulli !
Anyway, I managed to add a painting, which was really hard to scan, because of its size and original colours. The result on the screen is "ok", but again the colours are different and you really can't see details. Nebber satisfied, hey!! ;-)

Wooooooooo, I'm ermmmm....yussss.... in weekend!!!!
No kiddin!
That's too unfair for all you hard workers around, I noooooooooooe !!! (But I've been told today that legally I'm not forced to come to work till I'm fired, because I'm ... preggie!!!
//OO\\
Sooooo, I said I'll be go to work on mondays only and for the rest of the time.... nada!
I'm so tired right now I can hardly believe it :-))

I guess I'll find time for blogs tomorrow, hey ;-)
(happy tired sigh) **~~* * *^^* * * *

Huuuu, much electricity in the air around here at work. People stress and get nervous...
...including me (!!), I've had a shaaaarp talk with da boss, and just now another one with our accoutant.. shiteroo! I'm about to sock him one, I'm not even sure he understands Franch when you talk to him!
And I'm usually the patient type!

Anyway (s), I've just read 2 guuuud jokes that instantly turned me into the most giggling mood :P
Exactly what I needed :-)**~* *

The expectant fathers

Four expectant fathers were in a Minneapolis hospital waiting room, while their wives were in labor.

The nurse tells the first man, "Congratulations! You're the father of twins!"
"What a coincidence! I work for the Minnesota Twins baseball team!"

The nurse returns and tells the second man, "You are the father of triplets!"
"Wow, what a coincidence! I work for 3M Corporation!"

The nurse tells the third man that his wife has given birth to quadruplets.
"Another coincidence! I work for Four Seasons Hotel!"

At this point, the fourth guy faints. When he comes to, the others ask what's wrong.
"What's wrong? I work for Seven-Up!"

**~* * * *

The Rope

There were 11 people hanging on to a single rope that suspended them from a helicopter trying to bring them to safety. Ten were men; one was a woman.

They all decided that one person would have to let go because if they didn't, the rope would break and all of them would die.

No one could decide who it should be. Finally the woman gave a really touching speech, saying how she would give up her life to save the others, because women were used to giving things up for their husbands and children and giving in to men.

All of the men started clapping.

I've just arrived (1 hour late) at work, and what do I hear ?
we stop working at the end of the month!
"this is the end ...(balalam)... my only friend...(lalam)... the end"

But I also learnt we can benefit from "social security" for 4 years after we stop working. That was 1 point that had me worried because pregnancy finally "costs" a lot :-)
That's already a good point!
"Can you picture what will be...(lalala)...So limitless and free (If only!)"

hehe

Ohhhh I've spent a reaaaaaal guuud week!
Absolutely yes, cause I've won 3 times at the trivial pursuit! (laughing) ... Well we had not the best weather this time, soooo, in the evening we all (the house was full this time) sat around the fireplace, some tasting the best of the best liqueurs (rum+ginger, yummm!!), others screaming victory when winning games :P

Eva was also there, in a very cuddling muuud, what an angel she is! She spent her time caressing my belly asking if I needed her help to make the babe go "out" ;-) hehe
She already has much success with boys, she has given the biggest kiss to a boy her age (4 years-old) who was playing near his parents' boat! Well, I think the boy had no choice actually ;-)
Rilly, at 4 !
hehe

Anyway, the weather here in Paris looks fantastic, which a bit is motivating when you've to go back to work. I really wonder how it gonna be there.. If there is no work to do at all, I hope at least the web connections will work, so that I can start to check all the administrative steps I'll have to deal with... eeeeck! I promised myself I wouldn't talk of it today!

(washin mouff vigorously)

(s)

With more than 82%, it's a brilliant victory!
What a relief :-))))
Champagne!!

The fact we apparently all took seriously the political threat and imagined the worst could happen really motivated the crowds :-))**~~**^* * *

(I've finished with my political chapters, no worries :P)

Weeeeee!!! I just got a message on da mobile from the doc, no risk of trisomia 21!!
Yeeeeeepeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
**~~* *^* *dancing around!!!**~~* * * * * *^^~~* * *
Now yesterday we went dancing in a fest noz till about 3.00 and woooooo, my belly hurts now! I should have taken the medication!
But the dances were so fun!
It's just that you have to jump all the time to dance a scottish, a mazurka or a gigue! Ha well, that will make of my babe a very active one! :P

Back to a rainy Paris! Argggg, it was so sunny in Bretagne! Great I'm back there in a couple of days :P
Okies, I went to vote and now 40 minutes to wait before getting the results.
It's very stressing for everyone around, we've imagined the "impossible".. if Le Pen wins, it's nothing less than a civil war here! I almost smile typing this because it sounds soooo surrealistic...:)
That won't happen, thank Gawd, but you never can tell before. I have no confidence in people, in their choice, soooo...(starting biting lips here).
To be so close to an evil political situation at least makes you think twice about the future.
Okies, now 35 minutes to go. We'll be *in the streets* tonight whatever the results are! RoaaarrRR! hehe

Waaaa, holidays seem to be highly motivating :-)
In 2 days I've made 2 new sculptures (a record for me!), one of a girlie dragon keeping her 3 eggs, one of a lazy dragon boy sleeping on his back.
They're drying right now, maybe I'll have time enough to make another one before coming back to Paris **~~*^** ~~*

Those presidential elections worry me. I still hear people telling there's no need to vote because we already know the results: "the extreme-right party won't win anyway".
(shaking head)
Well as long as the demonstrations are representative of the votes of next sunday.. 1.5 millions in streets to defend human rights yestertday, 10.000 to support the extreme-right party!
A good point for Democracy :-))

Just before leaving for Bretagne, I went to the clinic for my monthly rendez-vous:-)

*We*'re doing pretty well it seems** ^^^**~~hehe~* *
I managed to hear the baby moving inside thanks to some high-tech thingie!
It was beauDiful :-))))
The doc said he/she was moving a looooooot inside and adviced I start to take some medication to relax da belly and that I get a bit less active (which should not be that hard :P).

My weight has not changed at all, which is a relief, but since 2, 3 days my belly is clearly in mutation!
woooooooooooo! That had to happen somehow, hey ?! hehe
When I touch under the belly button, I can now feel a round and hard thingie inside, it is such a bizarre and pleasant feeling! You can't really see anything yet, people wonder where I am hiding the babe (s)
Well, "they" cannot see it yet, but I can, I tell you ;-)

On Saturday morning, on our way out of Paris, I stopped at the "American hospital of Paris" which is specialized in many fields, including the "detection" of trisomia 21, to make this blood test. It's the second (standard) test I do for trisomia 21 and the doc should call me in a few days to give me the results :-))

Sooo, that's it for the last news about Candide the future mom :P
Candles the goil is doing very well and having great time away from Paris ;-)

First cawffee, first blog...waaaaaa
and it's Friday... and I'm on holidays in 3 hours!!!
(jumping on da desk, poking tongue at bloody routine)
OooOOooolè!

Such a fine day....I could almost be jealous of my case //oO\\
hehe

Well there are things that could very easily spoil my day...like, hmm, the 3 burning letters I've got yesterday (tax+tax+tax).
I won't open dem before the end of the holidays!
Isn't life simple sometimes ;-)
OooooOOooolè!

Now my day would be rilly purrfect if I had news from da famous *ghostlette* (aka Mizz Penny) :-)

What do you do when your cat gets *fleafleas* and that he has the baaaad habit to sleep with you all da time!
Hmm..

I realized Joe had fleas the other day (easy to notice, as he is all white), when I was cuddling him (or vice-versa).
Damn, and he sleeps in the bed! Whatever we do, he always join us in the middle of the night to sleep on my neck or against me under the covers!
Bad habit I know... and worse now he has fleafleas!

Well, he has had a treatment now (and is in baad mood since then), I cross my bits so that it works!

(that was probably the least interesting blog I've ever sent! hehe I'm beating records... aplaudd now, puleeease! :P)

Argggg, I start to feel tight in my trousers!
Later, I'll have to medidate in my HQ (bathroom) about which strategy to adopt (scratching invisible beard)...

(gettin up)

Captain Belly and Officer Boobies, I warn you, you'll have to train hard dem lazy soldiers...'cause neither excesses nor dissipation will be allowed, understand?!!
Break ranks now!

(falling down on my chair :P)

I see in my crystal ball the nicest end of week! Yup yup!
Look,..
...today, I leave work earlier so I'll have time finish a new painting..

...Tomorrow we have the visit of Martin's aunt and cousin, Gisella and Frauke (I'm not sure about the spelling); they are the most lovely and pleasant persons you can imagine! We're going to take them to a yummy French restaurant!

...On Friday, I have rendez-vous at the clinic for my "monthly rendez-vous", I hope to hear only guud news (crossing bits); I'll have to remember to book a room for Ze Big Day :-)

...Then on Saturday, we leave for Bretagne (when we should have left for Brisbane!!! Waaaaaaa:-((( )
I have 2 weeks holidays, but as Martin will have to work a few days and as I will have to vote again soon, we'll have to go back to Paris a few days.
Anyway, these holidays are the cherry on the cake, I'm very excited to relax //oO\\
hehe

Haaaaa, I can smell a certain revolutionary perfume in the air!
(not looking for Mr Guillotin's invention though:P hehe)

I find it somehow brilliant that suddenly everybody feels it is more than a duty to involve a bit into politics !
I think on the 5th of May (second round to elect the president), there will be a memorable score of participation :-))

This situation we're living at the moment was somehow necessary, people finally react! Yeeepeeeee!!**~* *
Even my sister Gwéno (who even prefered talking mathematics rather than politics) called me the other at about midnight from one of those demonstrations!

After all 17% of voters have voted for extreme-right (which is too much, right), which means 83% are in favour of Democrates. Who will say FrawgLand is racist, hm?
Phewwww, I'll kick the bums of these ones anyway :P

We've an invitation to a political meeting tonight with my political heroine of the moment (laughing), Corinne Lepage (who only got 0.5% of the votes...arggg)
.. I should be going there.. but .. I'm not yet enough motivated to spend time in that, soon maybe ..:P
As for the next demonstrations in the streets, I've often done that, been there... I would attend the big ones of the 1st May..but we'll be in Bretagne.. so I'll demonstrate on the road from river to the bbq :P
hehe

I woke up with my blood boiling (not the Spring's effects ;-)... ----> Politics!

For the first round to elect the next President, it's been almost a disaster!
The best scores are for Chirac (the conservative Party) and lepen (extreme-right party)!
What a shock for all of us, what a shock for the socialists who are disappearing from the race!

It's not dramatic though, because on the second round, Chirac will probably win with 80% of the votes against 20% for lepen.
Democracy is safe.

Why did the extreme-right got such a score? Because all the campaign has focused on security, media are very responsible in that. Second reason, quite many people from the 2 traditionnal parties (conservative/socialist) did not think important enough to go to vote.

And that makes me want to bite... all these people who do not care about politics, even less about voting!
30% did not come to vote. Now they complain that an extreme-right party marks a good score. It is almost the fault of people who 'do not care' about politics!
It's so irresponsible! (sowwwy, but that makes me maaad! :P)
Does it require so much effort to take 15 minutes to go voting, hm?!! Arggggg (my blood is now at about 100°C, still rising up ;-)... Voting is the only little power in the hand of people, the only opportunity we have to change things or to prevent extreme parties to get too important.
But people did not care..

...till today!
That's somehow a very good lesson; nobody expected that it could happen, everybody said 'my vote would not change anything anyway'. Hah!
(shaking head)

Now I hope we'll all be voting when we're given the opportunity...
...and well, lepen should enjoy this little victory, cause in less than 3 weeks, his political life will be simply over!

So many emotions for a Monday morning!! Rilly!
:-)))
hehe

Phewwwww... I'm allowed in the Bloooe Zone again!
(dancing around)

I can understand SOMEHOW (s) they don't want people to be too rude in there... everybody's adding a "fuck" after each word would be boring.
I regret a bit though that "clit", for instance, is considered as slang. It's not, isn't it?!
But then... compuserve (aol)... you can't expect anything not very politically correct.

Now I don't understand why I've been kicked out and not the others who were worse than I!
That's discrimination! And I've had enough of the 'discrimination' topic since yesterday evening ;-)

RoaaaaaaaaaaRRRRRRR!!!

Haaa powerpuff goils (les supers nanas in French)!!
I love dem! I have even one as "key ring", yup yup :P

I woke up this morning without coughing and I screamed VICTORY!!!
hehe
....while Martin was opening red eyes and stretching painfully an arm to grab aspirin...awww.... I will be the Doc for the weekend!!! :-))))

We went early out before Paris got busy... it was brilliant!! I bought tons of fruits on the marked...strawberries, pineapple, kiwis (did you know that you can eat kiwis but the vitamine C in them is under such a 'shape' that we can't benefit from it?), grapes and bananas...then at least 4 kinds of different salads, they smelt so guuuuud!
<--- will turn into a rabbit before the end of the weekend ;-)

The whole streets around are celebrating "Bretagne" today, and it was great! Much music (bagpipes, shawm, bombarde, bignou!)... and there was this little terrasse just in front of a guuud band...it was only 9 and I felt like having a huge beer! hehe ... Martin with his lil expresso opened big eyes but he knows that you gotta please preggie women or they get into a baaad muuuud :P
(laughing)

Ohh the sun, the smell of the croissant, the music around and dat beer! The day started rilllllllly well!

(...till I got kicked out from compuserve, but t'is another story ;-)

What a lovely evening we had in this Italian restaurant!!! Talking 'bout men and babies!
The goils spent their evening asking me about what I feel being preggie, if I will give milk to the babe, etc etc.. We laughed a lot talking of that, I think the guys felt really bizarre to be witness of our intimate questions and remarks 'bout being a *woman* (S)


Then we started talking about men (G), one of the goils has had a very tough experience....the typical tough experience ya know... the man having affairs, leading several 'lifes' since years, etc. And when you know the goil, very pretty and fun and witty, you can't imagine how a guy could do that to her. And the pain is so strong that she can hardly talk of it.


I'm not to blame guys today (lucky day, huh), cause there are too many exceptions to make a real theory ;-)
But if there was some advice to give, I'd say if some guys need harems to prove themselves anything, then right, why not ! :-))... but the least they can do is warning the goils they're part of a *harem*..:)

I won't tell more about the topic today, though.... it's an endless one :P

Hehe, sorry guys, sometimes we just *neeeeeeeed* to support our sistas... the pain for them is sometimes so strong, we gotta share it..:-) **~* *^* *~* * *

Did you know that on the 17th of April, if you give enough hmm..attention, you can clearly hear Angels singing overthere (pointing towards the white clouds)... BeauDiful voice they have, beauDiful **~* ^* **^* *^* * * *

Yesterday evening, Charlotte, a goil from school, contacted me (via the web) to ask what I thought about celebrating the anniversary of our "bac" (the final exam at school, when you're about 18 years-old.. I guess it corresponds to the English A-Level).

Charlotte was following the "Economics" courses (all what she learnt was linked to economics).
I was following the "languages and philosophy" courses (which had a kewl reputation, but a bit too kewl, nobody thought we were really working hard! ... well, we were not, but it's not the problem!)

And then there 3 other categories "mathematics and phylosophy" courses (yuuuuck), "mathematics and physics" courses (mega-yuuuuck), "biology and physics" courses (bucket's full ;-).

We all studied everything, english, maths, philo, latin, etc., but according to our main subjects, some courses were harder than others.
Like for me, mathematics were so easy that I've nebber loved so much maths than during this last year! hehe

It's been actually 10 years now that we passed this "bac".
My first reaction was to think such a reunion with people from school is sooo sooo... I mean you feel old when you start to gather with schoolfriends to see how they are now, and to talk inevitably of the past years.

Then I thought "only 10 little years since I left school"!
After school, I spent 4 (too short) years at University, then I started to work.
I only work since 6 years (and me who was ready to retire :P)!!! I'm more a newwwwbie rather than anything, hey :P

Sooooooo....well....I feel young today! Yeeeehhoooooo!!!... (dancing around)

That will be fun to see all the goils (with their boyfriends or hubbies :P), their new wrinkles (Gawd, do they have some already??)...Mwahahaha :P
...and we might try to contact the nuns who took care of us at the time... hehehe... That would be some kind of surprise :))

I just hope they will organize this party quite soon, it's just that.... in a couple of months I should be as round as a giant jelly belly and I won't have anything to wear except potatoes bags you see... It would be te-rrrrrrrri-ble ;-)
hehehe

Why is it so hard for women to find men that are sensitive, caring and good looking?
Because those men already have boyfriends....

hehehe....I have personnally 10000 different answers to that question, which would not be in favour of men anyway :P

I just need a grog, a warm bed and a few couples of hours to sleep (s)
And I have 2 good excuses for that, my cold and the lack of activity at work!

People here talk all the time about the fact Gwéno and I are fired, they've been really shocked by that. Certainly because they're sad for our situation but probably more because now they know it might happen to any of them whenever.
They all see the activity getting slower and slower and logically they ask themselves many questions about the future of the company. I have answers about it that I don't want to share, it's not my role anyway.

Most of them have worked here their whole life (for 25, 30 years!), I guess how much they stress about a change.
This general stress I feel around makes me feel more peaceful about my own situation... (It is terrible to find one's peace in others'stress, isn't it!)

There are times when I project myself in a near future and I get pretty nervous. You can't always avoid stress and nervosity.
And then there are days like today when I only care for the present moment **~* ^* ***^* *

If only I had not that cold!!!
Each time I cough, I feel sowwwy to disturb the bambino who's comfortably sleeping in me!....(s)
I knew I had to stress a little in a way or the other :P

Yesterday evening, we tried 2 new games at the playstation (yeah Life's hard on Sunday evenings ;-).

I can't remember the name of the first one, but it's a "personnal shooter" game, the first mission is in Alaska where your plane has just crashed. You and your team is lost and you gotta find (what remains of)the plane to get in touch with the authorities. Of course there, you are attacked by the enemy and oh gawd, the enemy is tough! Why is it that their weapons are always loaded and that yours turn empty in 2 minutes! What a stress but what a training ;-)
Martin and I are *virtually* excellent lil warriors :P hehe

After that, to relax, we tried a game I found last Xmas... Harry Potter (G)... hehe... well, it must be a game for 10 years-old (maximum) bambini because everything is explained, when you fail, you can re-try as much as you need, etc. I love it!!! I've already won once at Quidditch, I've beaten Malfoy at his nasty games and I've succeeded at a mission given by Hagrid :P
It is really well done and troooly funny! I will finish dat game in the week, yeeepeeeeee!!!

Today's a Fantabizooby day!!!
Eva, my *goddaughter* (you really say that in English? "godchild, godson, etc."? how beauDiful!) is 4 years-old today!
I called her before leaving for work this morning, her mom brought her the phone to her bed (s), she was half-sleeping, half-over excited by this special day! hehe :-))

At school, they will celebrate her birthday, with a party, cakes, balloons, etc. And tonight she leaves for holidays with her mom for a week... you can imagine how much she is happy!
(smiling sigh)
**~^* * * *~* * *^* * *

I know finally nothing about the Palestinian/Israelian war ... both should have territories and live in peace with their neighbours, right.
I don't think we'll ever learn from wars, what happened will happen again and again. We must be stoopid or something.

Reading the news today, I've noticed other European demonstrations in favour of Palestinians. Which is good.
But a demonstration "in favour" of someone, is always "against" another... and I fear that the media who use Sharon as a target... slowly start to use the Jews in general as a target. And everybody will think that is normal.... nope, we never learn from the past, huh.

Anyway, let's hope both Israelians and Palestinians find Peace very quickly. Enough of the violence.

(I had to tell a word about that, I simply had! :)

The blessed day has come!!!
(dancing around)

I'm making a lil break here, lots of work and also some time spending on the web to check what administrative steps I'll have to do once unemployed... (here, once you know you are fired, you have the right to use 2 hours/day at work to take care of such matter... not bad, hey :-).

Anyway, being preggie and unemployed is not the best situation you can imagine.
Though being preggie is the most most wonderful state! hehe :-))))

I actually can't look for another job before almost the end of the year... or I can look for one without telling I'm pregnant (it's officially allowed), but soon I won't be able to hide my belly (s), and I don't know 1 company who would employ a preggie woman.
Soooo administrative steps already bother me, but it will be fine :-)))

Ohh changing topic, have I ever said I was crazy for the (japanese?) game Mah-Jong ??
Well I am :P ...and my other half has just offered me 1 mah-jong computer game!!! Far better than those you can download!
Yeeeeeepeeeeee!
I will break all the records! I don't know when I'll find time for that, but I will :P
hehe

I have never played with a real mah-jong game (ya know with all the pieces in wood)... I wanted to buy one once, but they are rather expensive and .. in 3 dimensions, it looks much harder!
The other day, I read that in Japan the workers who work in places dedicated to Mah-Jong receive a kind of money compensation because specially because of the noise from the players! hehehe, so I play in the right way...screaming when I win! :P

Okok, I'd better run and finish with work...2 hours left and wooooooosh !

Huuuu... it took me almost more time to work on the pics of the lil sculptures I've done than making them really ;-)
Neeeeee... I spent hours making dem!!
Soon the results will be as I expect ... I gotta be patient :P

If I lived in Middle-Earth, it would be in: The Shire The rolling green hills, the springtime weather, and especially being surrounded by the ones you love makes the Shire a comfortable area for you. You love being surrounded only by the ones you care about, and you only desire this in an environment that is vast and open to nature, unlike in the cities or the caves. Take the "Where in Middle-Earth Would I Live?" Quiz by skepticism

Okies, I've just got my letter and I'm officially fired ..... hmm ....as expected! :P
The first time I receive this kind of letter ... strange feeling... I hope I won't make a collection of dem ;-)

I'll be *free* on the 6th of July, I think I'll make of that day my own Independence Day ! hehe

I'm ok with it, I know I'll stress later anyway, so better not start too early ;-)

I almost feel *baaaad* for having slept that much yesterday! Well… almost :P
A couple of hours after I woke up, I went to lie on the bed to answer a phone call. While I was talking, Joe came to sleep on my belly, and as soon as the call was over, I naturally did like Joe : slept as I hadn’t done in ages (ages = a week)!
I say it’s the fault of Joe, creature of baaad influence ;-)

Since yesterday, I should be in my 12th week of pregnancy … 3 months! Already! Time is really running!
Physically I feel (ok, pretty tired) rather fine! There have been no change, no extra-mutation ;-). All the blood tests I did went well :-))))

Now I have to start to take care of different administrative stuff, like “booking” a place at school for the babe!! No, but can you believe it! If you wait that the babe is born, you already knowww, you will have to wait 2 extra years before your babe can be registered in a school! //oO\\
They say in the papers that since 2001 France is the european country in which there are the most births! Even more in comparison than for Ireland.. That’s a real change cause for years the births situation was not improving at all!
All that is very fine but, see, that makes schools over crowded ;-)

Anyway, I’d better find some books about all that, I know nothing of what has to be done, I just know there is much to do already!

I was thinking of a fine way to tell we've just won the 6 nations cup....
you know....a not too arrogant way....(that would be far too French).... or am I already being arrogant?
Damn, t'is complicate!!!!

ok:

44-5 against the irish, we've been just specially lucky, hm?

(biting a wood spoon, running all around the flat, chasing joe who's chasing Martin, making the strangest sounds of hysterical happiness!!!!)

hehehe

Those Fridays are really blessed ! What a pleasure to arrive at work keeping in mind you’ll leave 4 hours later!

... Even if it’s not been easy today to reach work!
Since yesterday evening there are probbies with the metro (tube) I take. They say the traffic is blocked because of a “passenger accident”… which is the formal way to tell someone committed suicide on the rails. And there are so many “passengers accidents” at the moment, it’s really weird.
Of course I don’t think there are “good or bad” ways to commit suicide, but jumping on rails when the train is arriving….rilly!… t’is such a violent act! And how terrible for the train driver…. and those who gotta clean the rails after…
Eeeeeeck!
Hehe sorry, it’s just that suddenly being a ‘rails cleaner’ sounds like the worst job on earth!

Talking of job, I expect a letter today in which I’m told I’m fired (good to be that close to the boss, at least you know what’s happening ;-).
This letter will explain that for “economic” reasons, they have have to get rid of me. Gwenola should receive the same letter, what a family synchronization ;-)

I joke because Gweno and I are ok with it, it’s been so long the company is having probbies that we got very used to this idea.
We’re going to be the first ones to be fired, better we leave quickly actually than being the witnesses of a worse situation.

So, if the letter is as I expect, I’ll be told my last day at work will be the 6th of July (you can’t be fired just like that, you have 3 months’notice).

Any negative points to that? Hm, yes of course. I love the people with who I work, specially the 2 goils Annick and Françoise, we’re a very fine team, hard workers (yup, hehe), complementary ones and we share the best jokes :P … and my job, when there were not such probbies, was quite fine…. And well, I think it will be a lil harder to find a totally new job after having the babe :)

But the positive points are not baaaaad at all ;-)
I think I will spend a fine (the finest!) summer (G) + I will be able to enjoy totally the last months of pregnancy + I’ll have much time to work on what I love, etc etc… yeah I will have *time* !!! Yeeeeeepeeeeee

Finally….. ---> **~* dancing around the Fattie Candy Boogie*~* ^* *

These 5 days in Bretagne have been really relaxing! We had sun and it was warm enough outside, I would have felt better, I think I’d have jumped in water for a swim!

I was doing well but on Monday I woke up without voice, and when I say without voice, it’s that not a single sound came out of my mouff! //oO\\
Imagine 2 days without speaking.....!
That was weird I tell you! .. and very frustrating for me!

So only today my voice is coming back, a real broken voice but at least people understand me! Phewwww, one more day without being able to blahblah and I’d have felt rilly down :)

Now I’m back and it’s almost the weekend, isn’t Life Brilliant!
I’m going to make a series of tests before the weekend and fill all the boring papers to “declare” officially my pregnancy **~* *^* * *