Camcorder de mon coeur

Haaaa you know what? Patience is something of high value! See, we've spent months selling books (I never keep a book I do not LUUUVE) and DVDs (thank you *Babylon 5*, we made about 200 euros with ewww!) and PS games!

We waited till we got enough money (we make good biz on Priceminister, -and this is not advertisement! lol-)to get a camcorder... this one:



(jumping around)
We ordered it in Germany and hope to get it soooooon!
Of course it's more like an expensive toy than anything else!
But...

You know that we are living in a material world
And I am a material girl

hehe!
Haaaa, you'll enjoy it when I bring back live Bretagne just for your beauDiful eyes :P

Spring, strawberries and hormones

No doubt 2005 is ermm a fertile year... Spring comes back with a heavy bag of good news!
After learning about Etolane's pregnancy, now I've just learnt about Alix' one!
I think some angels gonna have supa mamas, huh**~~*^* * And probably supa exhausted papas because now they have to stand our moods and please our desires more than ever...for 9 long months (and for the next 50 years, while they're at it ;-)



You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment
Dave Barry

There are three reasons for breast-feeding: the milk is always at the right temperature; it comes in attractive containers; and the cat can't get it
Irena Chalmers

If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament
Rose F. Kennedy, the mama of John! Yeahh! Wattawoman!

If men were equally at risk from this condition - if they knew their bellies might swell as if they were suffering from end-stage cirrhosis, that they would have to go nearly a year without a stiff drink, a cigarette, or even an aspirin, that they would be subject to fainting spells and unable to fight their way onto commuter trains - then I am sure that pregnancy would be classified as a sexually transmitted disease and abortions would be no more controversial than emergency appendectomies
Barbara Ehrenreich

Red Roof

Among our hobbits' house dreams, we have this one...finding a way to buy the part below with the red roof, which is stuck to our house (on the left).
This red roof part was used as a shed, but it's kinda abandonned now. And who would buy it? it's between 2 houses and too small itself to be used as a house...

The owner won't sell it (sigh), so we can almost forget about it... A pity, our 6 rooms house would have turned into a 8 rooms one! (happy posh smile)
Of course it's a ruin, but that's what we like too... old stones!

Time for another lil miracle ;-)

The trawler

Every evening, my trawler's back. Making waves, always.
(what a poor poet I make, lol)

It's just that every evening, I feel this way, sick. Sick as if I'd be on a trawler, rolling on the waves, a fookin wind bringing back in my face the smell of fish and gas.
And nothing helps.
Just have to wait for the final trawler to leave for the other side of the planet! Grmmmpphhh

3rd month

I'm crossing my bits tight, starting the third month (only) of my pregnancy.
I'm still cautious with it, knowing anything may happen and that it's still a *risky* time.

I've got all my blood's test results (200 euros for them, can you believe it!)... and I have some doubts about the "cat disease" (toxoplasmose) results. Hmmm, I try to be very careful with Joe around, but he keeps coming in the bed to try to sleep near me. Anyway, I got that illness when I was 16 so it should be ok, despite weird results...

Next week this time I'll be having the first scan. Then only I'll feel relieved, or not (lol)!

The first weeks are so long... just like the last months! ;-)

Maybe that's why I start having many "baby-centered" dreams!
Yesterday I dreamt I was expecting 2 babies. Not twins! From one I was pregnant since a month, from the other since 3 months. And the doctors insisted that only one will survive at the end! Oh nice!

The day before, I was in a taxi for a rendez-vous at a clinic, we kept turning around the clinic without managing to stop! And my gyno was tapping foot in front of the door looking at us passing around and around! LOL

And it seems I'm not the only one to have this kind of dreams...;-)... I'm so happy to have learnt about Etolane's pregnancy! As we told each other we are kind of pregnancy sisters now! ;-) I luuuve it!
(happy sigh)***~~*^***^* *~~~*^* *
(doing the mama's slow dance throwing petals around! hehe**~~*^* *)

Greedy

Greedy, yes, because I think I'd need extra holidays! :P

Last week was really fine, I could rest a lil bit but I felt really good enough to be very active! I finished working on my 4th Herman's book and now I'm finishing my *own tale*'s book. It should take 2 weeks and I can send my new script to publishing houses... finally!

During this week in Bretagne, all my pregnancy's symptoms disappeared, as if I had no time to feel tired or sick. But when I came back in Paris yesterday, I slept 4 hours, just like that and now I feel sick again. Argggg....

Anyway, Martin has worked really hard in the house with his dad... still working on the stones walls to make them look beauDiful again. That takes so much time! But the result is brilliant!
I think I will start again helping him with it, in comfortable position and with minimum efforts, next month. It's too frustrating doing nothing for the hobbits' house!

And Lola...oh Lola had some goooooood week! With everyone around taking care of her, she was like a lil princess! ...While Joe had put his Indiana Jones' hat on to explore the very far 3 meters around the house (what a city cat! lol) :P

Dancing around the holidays' totem!

It's been so busy lately that a week of holidays are just blessed and so welcome!
We leave tonight with guuuuud music, excellent books and a purrrfect mood!

Family there expect us and Martin's parents will join too for the week. Just enough people to take care of the shrimpette (yeeeepeeeeeeeee) ;-)
Apart from sleeping, I plan to make of Lola's week a *nappyless week* ...! A big challenge, I tell you (if you have any advice, they're welcome huh).

I'll also bring back lots pics, I'll have time for that too ;-)

(dancing around, drooling just thinking about all the chocolate we gonna have, laaaalalaaaaaaaalala****~~*^* *)


a happysunnybananas' mama photographed by the shrimpette again

Clear sky !

...so a generous, round, beauDiful full moon is expected tonight!
A purrrfect evening then to enter the mysterious lands of Bretagne ;-)
Have a happy one!

Music makes the people come together

...but not as much as I would like!

I've just missed Dead Can Dance's concert, and I won't be able to go and watch Juliette and the Licks in 10 days, same for The Presidents of the USA end of March...
I still have hopes for Apocalyptika in May though!

Worse, I've just learnt System of a Down will perform in June! Last time I saw them I was expecting Lola **~~*^* *
And they come back just for my new pregnancy, see! hehe... it's a sign!
But no more tickets for their concert! Arggggg
That kills me.
It was one of the best concert we had ever seen!


SOAD

But...but... I'm over happy I'm not going to see Slipknot (yuuuuck) next week! See, when you take things this way, it's kinda easier ;-)

(still sobbing for SOAD though)

Lithium

where are you???
Is your page lost in cyberspace!
Need a supa bloggers'team to save it?

Leonie

First time I've heard about a baby named this way. I kinda like the "old ring" in it :-)))
So here's a lil gift I've made for the 3 weeks old' Leonie. I wish the warmest welcome on earth to this lil angel**~~*^* *^^* ^*

Slow countdown

Finally I got my first rendez-vous at the doc!
This doc, an old very active lady, was really nice (and expensive grrmppph), it went really well :))
I'll see her again once again, and then all my rendez-vous will be at the hospital.

My due date is the 1st of November... I kinda expect a busy winter...!

After my rendez-vous, I joined another place where they sucked my blood to fill 7 bottles! So many tests I have to make... crazy!
Next step is the first scan in 3 weeks. Then we'll really know if all is fine, I try to be zen about it, but I'm not sure I really am. It's natural.

For now the only thing that bothers me a lil bit is feeling that tired (I hope the appropriate vitamines will help), feeling sea-sick every evening too... + living on the 5th floor without lift. Lola does her best but sometimes she cries for my arms. Gotta resist.

Talking of Lola, we haven't told her about the baby yet, we wait to be sure all is fine. But I fear she's heard somehow our talks. Or maybe it's a coincidence but...
... this week, she's had nightmares, one during which she kept screaming "no baby!", the other one when she kept asking "is mama ok?" ! ...
Strange, no?
And you know, every evening we have a lil ritual before she jumps into bed. She goes to take a blanket, install herself between Martin and I, and have a long cuddle with us. But not this week; this week she asks to "lie on mama's belly", she had never done that before..!

(Okies, I've typed enough, time for a nap ;-)

Enchanted Season

Births, flowers, smells, bees, trees, sun, warmth... I just couldn't wait any longer for some generous Spring!


Hampton Court Palace Show Garden 2003

Zillions of books

On Sunday, we went to the "Paris books fair", it was a very first time for me. Going to a show where there are no cows (not talking of human beings, huh :P) or no boats is just unusual for me.

I loved it! So many authors there signing their famous books, taking time to talk with people, giving their email adresses to discuss about the books, etc. It felt very friendly!

Again I got impressed with the number of children's books. And such beauDiful ones, i could have bought all of them! (only bought one for Lola though... story of a lil mouse looking for someone that looks like her... till she realizes her mama gets the same ears and tail and nose! :P)

I was also very proud to find my Herman books there! My publisher had a booth, a great opportunity to see if Herman would be well presented.
And it was!





When I see the wonderful works of illustrators, I wish I had the time to work on more illustrations. There is so much I wanna explore!
Talking of exploring, time to leave you to make a lil painting for a colleague of Martin who enjoys a lot what I do (dancing around!) and who has just had a baby**~~*^* **^^* * I won't get rich, but happy, yes I hope!

Happiness in 2 words:

bed + holidays

And I run after both.
A week now I've felt so tired... I just can't go to bed beyond midnight... and I even fall asleep while reading stories to Lola in the late afternoon! Which is scary... when I wake up after 10, 15 minutes, the stormy Lola has had just enough time to empty the cupboards around and put what was in the fridge outside. She really has hidden talents..

But there's nothing I can do at the moment with these very unexpected lil moment of total tiredness. Gawd, gimme a body full of energy, noww.
Reaching my bed whenever I need isn't just possible.
As for holidays, well, I leave for a week soon (what a relief!)

Meanwhile, I expect a very busy week, lots of rendez-vous (=much organisation to know who can keep an eye over Lola when I'm away), and some heavy work to finish.
SIGH

Hopefully this is just the end of a *cycle*, soon I'll feel great again, ready to multitask :-)

Never enough time to read...

...but always a few minutes to answer Lithium's requests! This time, a few questions about books:

How many books do you read per year?
(Combien lisez-vous de livres par an ?)
about 15 I'd say. I keep buying second-hand books, I have tons of them waiting to spend time wiff me. But since Lola's around and since I've started working at home, it's a huge challenge to find the time to read, among a zillion of other things!

What's the last book you bought?
(Quel est le dernier livre que vous ayez acheté ?)
The 4 first tomes of the Amber chronicles by Roger Zelazny. Recommanded by JL if I remember :-)
A present I made for Martin's birthday.
We share the same tastes with books, that's very practical and just fantastic to share views all the time!

What's the last book you've read?
Quel est le dernier livre que vous ayez lu ?
I'm in the middle of The Red Queens, by François Cavanna, again. I'm addicted. Oh and at the same time I've started reading part of a story written by a *friend blogwriter*. Brilliant, so far!

Name 5 books that you really enjoyed
Listez 5 livres qui comptent beaucoup pour vous ou que vous avez particulièrement appréciés

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Set in 12th-century England, the hero is a carpenter who participates to the building of a huge Gothic cathedral. Apparently boring to death. It's been so much the opposite!

The Children of the Graal by Peter Berling
Middle Ages. History, fiction, fantasy. The Templars, the crusades, politics, religions. Huge book, incredible. And Peter Berling knows more than any one how to make of a pervert monk definatly a hero!

Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
My first Fantasy books. Got crazy about them, the characters, the stories. I'm still in love with tasslehoff burrfoot and a few others!

Les Rois Maudits (the accursed kings) by Maurice Druon
One of the best historical series I've ever read. I have much admiration for these writers that are so good at "telling History". Somehow they help us to know *who* we are now.

A prayer for Owen Meany, the world according to Garp and Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Once I started reading the first pages of these 3 books, I just could not stop before the end. Irving's planet is very unique. But these 3 books are the only one I really luuuuuve. Not the same at all for his other books. Strange!


Who gonna be the 3 lucky ones who'll have to answer these questions? And why chosing them?
(A qui allez-vous passer le relais (3 blogs) et pourquoi ?)

Alinet, because I bet she gonna surprise me again!
Martin, because it's the only way I can find to make him update his blog :P
Esox, because, ermmm... here's a good opportunity to start your own blog, my dear! hehe

Let the sunshine in

You're still wearing your big boots and warm gloves? Then you can't be in France! Oh nene... because if we had -4°C with snow 2 weeks ago, we now enjoy a reasonnable 20°C with much sun!!!!
Incredible. Incredibly pleasant. It was not even spring today, it was summer! It took me much time to decide which shoes would make it, and THIS is the sign Spring is here, tapping foot, roaring and inviting!


What we gonna have for the weekend

And by the way, here's a new form of talent to celebrate Spring today!
"Le Grand Cerf" by the Shrimpette is already available; and as the manager, I accept cheques, visa, cash above all! Cheers :P

Lyrics
Dans sa maison, un grand cerf
Regardait par la fenêtre
Un lapin venir à lui
Et frapper ainsi:
"Cerf, cerf, ouvre-moi
Ou le chasseur me tuera !"
"Lapin, lapin, entre et viens
Me serrer la main !"

T like Torture and Toostoopid

The other day, I took Lola at friends' for lunch.
These friends do not use the internet (yup, hard to believe but true!)... so they won't read this post (phewww!)

A few hours before going there, I had a call from them, checking if we liked any kind of food. Naturally I said "of course, no probbie!"

Once there, while drooling, tapping feet under the table, impatient, excited, and with the hands already playing with the fork and the knife... they proudly brought the main dish...
... which was... TUNA!!!!
Hahum...for those who do not know yet, TUNA is the kind of food that makes me jump up to the sky screaming I'm dying!

Well.... it was just TOO late for me to tell them their nice lunch was turning into a nightmare for me.
I should have told them, I know! But they were so proud and all, I just could not do that!

So I used any kind of sauce on the table to help me to survive... then I swallowed, praying it would be ok... but it was not. I was dying.
I finally used my pregnancy to tell I was not much hungry anymore (not pretty pretty, huh!)
Argggg

I left happy to breathe fresh air, alive again. Feeling fookin stoopid too... I won't do that twice, I swear it (spitting)!!!

All I wanted to know about meself...

...I get it in a click! :P
Of course I only keep in mind the qualities, which will simply make my day! ;-)

CANDYFROGGIE
C	is for	Cynical
A	is for	Articulate
N	is for	Natural
D	is for	Dainty
Y	is for	Yummy
F	is for	Flamboyant
R	is for	Rich
O	is for	Openhearted
G	is for	Gorgeous
G	is for	Glittering
I	is for	Impassioned
E	is for	Elegant

What Does Your Name Mean?

Queenie

2 weeks ago, Lola spent her days with the face painted as a cat, roaring after everybody.
This week, it's the Queenie time... she wears her lil plastic jewls and crown everywhere all the time, proud and posh, though still roaring after everyone. A real Queenie!

Scary reality

You remember when you were younger when you sat around with friends on summertime, preferably in the middle of the night, and started to tell frightening stories with a torch in the hands?
At the time I was specially frightened by the most classic story of the baby sitter finding the kids cut into pieces in the fridge (lol, it was even hard to type that sentence for me, can you imagine?!!!)

Of course, the scary part was that it was supposed to be TRUE.

Horrible images came back to my mind for days then.

And when I hear in the news stories like that 5 meters long crocodile who is supposed to have eaten 80 persons... it sounds so much as a legend, that finally I think all my childhood's horror stories might have been really true too!
Reality is this way at the end.
Much worst than what your imagination can create!!! (except if you're really weird, that is ;-)

Brrrrrrr...


by Jonathan Blair

Time for craving

Some would say it's just psychological: suddenly you're preggie and you imagine you start to crave for thousands of stuff!
I wondered the same.
Not for long. Your body starts to take control over the rest and gets capricious, craving for strange food, but often food that you need.
Like yesterday I only wanted to have yogurts. The whole day.

And last night... at about 11.00 pm, I started drooling thinking about a home made pizza. In less than 30 minutes I got it.
Home made by le Chef himself.

Being preggie's kewl... but being preggie + living with a real Chef is SUPA kewl.
I always complain about the side effects of expecting a baby, but suddenly I realize the male-ish position isn't so easy either (good luck Martin :P)

A 9 months ' topic

As Esox told me the other day... No more worries about finding topics for my blog, I have 9 months to talk about painful boobies and strange moods ;-)

Well, I cross my bits so that it happens this way.
You really can't tell anything before the end of the third month. So I wait. Wait for confirmations.
Wait. And I check too : check I still feel sick enough about everyday... it's kinda reassuring! lol
Wait and keep checking.

Dat's why I just can't be hysterical about it so far. I'm cautious:)

I won't bother you with zillions of bloggies about it, but a few hundreds, maybe yes. I bet any of ewws would do the same anyway, hm? :P

Inspiration

Island
Nekkid
Tenderness
Eager
Receptive
Nightfall
Amazon
Ticklish
Impatient
Odour
Nest
Animal
Love

Witch
Obstinate
Moon
Eve
Natural
'
Sacred

Delicious
Apple
You

Love Blog

Despite the fact I just can't stand hearing my own voice (like 95% of people I think), I just could not resist trying to create an audiopost.
I've been well inspired, but I found it difficult to make (I always forgot what I wanted to say next!). And worse...in English!

I won't put audioposts regularly, just when I feel like opening my mouff for a few seconds :P

Okies, now turn your loudspeakers on... and grab a dictionnary just in case my blahblahs turn to be really obscure!

Cheers!

Miracle

When we heard about David's Hepatitis C a couple of years ago, it was hard to be optimistic.
Death was simply at the corner of the street.

Then he started to follow the heavy treatment... His only hope, his only tiny chance of surviving.
A heavy treatment that changes your life and spoil your routine; your body starts to take all the energy it requires to fight and you have to accept it. It is your priority.

Heavy treatment that requires endless patience. You always wait for the next results. The usual..."Are they going to tell me I can keep hope or that it's over?"

One thing is over now. His treatment.
And it seems he made it... He's kicking out this deadly virus!!!!
We can hardly believe it... a miracle!

I'm so so so happy ***~~~**^* * *

Tapping foot, waiting for the weekend

...because I feel like a puppet whose threads have been cut, you know?
I'm tired, my belly hurts, my back hurts, I have physically no energy.

The fault of that wet snow and heavy sky, I tell you!
I'm so happy we don't have to drive 800 km this weekend!!
(yeeepeeeeeeeeeeeee)

I just wanna dive into my bed with warm socks on my feet and sleep like 10 hours in a row **~~*^* *

(asking the sleep's boss here : "Lola do you think that might be possible, hm?")

Bloody episode

Yesterday, Lola's mouff started to bleed. Just like that.
A young mama who hasn't had experienced fights between kids, lil accidents, etc... never associates blood with fragile angels (one's child ;-).
The worst was that I just could not see why she was bleeding. She apparently hadn't bite herself, eaten anything, etc etc.

Then it stopped (relieved sigh).

And in the evening she started to complain abour her mouff, started to cry with pain... Then fever, burning cheecks...

We finally found. The big molars were joining the party!!!!
One was already a bit out, 2 others were just about to come out.

I would have never thought you could bleed from that. It must be so painful! Great we forget...

Lola spent her night with us. I thought she'd wake up every 5 minutes. She slept like a .. baby!
**~~*^* *^^* *

(warning: deep title today) When Death reveals Life

Last weekend, we heard about the death of our direct neighbour (in Bretagne). An old lady who was between 80 and 90. Her husband has had a heart attack and is in hospital right now.
Poor man :(

A couple of months ago it was our young mason, now our neighbour.
We hardly see anybody when we go there, because we spend our time working in the house. Yet, we *know* when something has happened. We always come across someone here and there who will tell us if anything happened in the hamlet and village. I start to appreciate that communication, with its weaknesses (gossips?) included. Eeeeck ;-)

And when I compare this with my life in Paris, that is so different. It's been a year I wonder if my neighbours below have been momified or not. I just don't hear them anymore, and stooopidely I won't knock at their door to ask. I do not care that much either...
But it is sad that people here live so close to each other and yet remain total strangers.

For years I was convinced this "city" kind of relationship suited me. I live on my planet, you live on your planet, and that's perfect to me.

But now when I look at people's loneliness in Paris, I'm changing my mind. Old people become ghosts, people just don't look at them anymore.
In the countryside, at least around where we are, there is always someone who will come to check if all is fine, there will always be a village's celebration where everybody will gather sometimes.

I hope we'll find a good balance once we live there.
I don't want old blue-haired ladies comment each time I'll pee in my pants because of a good joke!
I don't want to see the curtains shivering each time I walk in front of this or that house.
I don't want to spend my time talking of the weather with the people there... though I know it's part of the *game* ;-)

We'll see, I'm ready to make lil efforts to integrate meself... not bad for a Parisian, hey?!! (proud smile)

30F looking for 30°H(eat)

I'm dreaming of deserts, burning sun, warm wind, sweat (!), monoi oh yes monoi... and all I get is frozen feet in the night and frozen hands in the day!
I'm getting impatient!

Lucky cat below, sticking myself to a heater for the weekend would puuurfectly suit me!



But we're about to live for a colder Bretagne again (brrrr)... not even any access to rugger on tv to warm up there... damn! ;-)

Have the warmest weekend, ewws all :)))

Cold feet

Snow in Paris isn't such a good idea. Nothing new here: you wonder where dawg shit hides, you get dirty shoes and pants after 1 minute walking in icy mud, and you can't even enjoy the lil pleasures that snow can bring... since they close most of the parks when there is any kind of possible danger: thunder, storms, snow! Snow, a danger in small Parisian parks...
Rilly!!! (shaking head)

Yup Paris does not want to be responsible in case accidents happen in its parks.
Now the fact this forces kids to play in the streets and on the roads around closed parks, is much safier, yeah.

Stooopid

Anyway, a threatening shrimpette had the time of her life playing with dirty snow today! We had a great time :)**~~*^* *
Now ewww, ladySnow, can make your luggage and start your world tour. I'm not being polite, but I've had just enough of eww, thank you for the visit by the way!

Quickies in Bretagne

Long time ago, quickies were enough to satisfy the frawg in me. But times have changed, and the frawg requires more and more biggies.
Greedy one!
Like.. last weekend was definatly too short to work enough in the house... So short that we've to go back there in a couple of days. French highways will get rich with us, I tell you! grmmpphhhh

Then we won't go back in Bretagne before end of March, this time for a real biggie (just droooling thinking of it!)
Our plan then is to finish the walls of a room and to build with our lil hands and inspiration a real fireplace to give some kind of spirit to the hole you can see below... and to get warmth in winter time, that might help ;-)
If you get any idea and advice to build a fireplace (something 90% of people naturally know), ermmm don't hesitate huh... it will be a very first time for us!

Musical chain

As decided by Alix, my turn to answer a couple of musical questions :P

How many sound files are there on your computer?
(Combien y a-t-il de fichiers de musique sur votre ordinateur ?)
On mine? On Gulliver? None, but we've 4 computers, huh :P

What's the last album you've bought?
(Quel est le dernier CD que vous avez acheté?)
hmmm, gotta think hard for this one... a few months ago, Björk's Medulla (I was pretty disappointed at the beginning, but I've completly changed my mind now!)

What's the last song you've heard before answering these questions?
(Quelle est la dernière chanson que vous avez écouté avant de lire ce message?)
Universal Traveller by Air

Name 5 songs that you often play or that mean a lot to you:
(Donnez 5 chansons que vous écoutez souvent ou qui comptent beaucoup pour vous:)

1) Ecstasy of Gold, Ennio Morricone, because of the movie and because Metallica's concerts now always starts with it

2) Unforgiven, by Apocalyptica... I started to luuuve Metallica thanks to them (and I promise, I won't mention Metallica here again! ;-)

3) Needles, by System of a Down, the kind of song that makes me really crazy. A jewl!

4) Atom Heart Mother, by Pink Floyd... shivering with pleasure just thinking of it, makes me feel like a knight(goil) looking for her graal

5) Crown of Sympathy, My Dying Bride, for the very schhhpeshul atmosphere it brings, makes me wanna grab a glass of dark red wine, light a candle and open a book of Anne Rice

That was fookin hard chosing 5 songs only...So many others, so many albums. Music to me creates mental movies. They inspire you, and you're the only one who can chose the script. dat's kewl.

Okies, as it's the rule of the game:

chose 3 (fucking lucky) ones to answer the questions on their own blog
(A qui allez-vous passer le relais (3 personnes) et pourquoi ?)

(rumbling drums)

Penny, because I've no idea what you, Aussie goil, enjoy at the moment! :P **~~*^* *

Etolane, because I know you love, really love music, and I simply wonder what you prefer ;-)

Lithium, parce que d'habitude c'est nous les autres qui répondons à tes questions ;-) ..Et puis ch'uis curieuse... Your turn, quoi!

The art of multitasking...

...something very female-ish they say ;-)

Well, not for me, not today. I'm just unable to multitask, so much to do that I dunno where to start. I gotta prioritize somehow. How? Help!

Okies, I'm going to start with work, the most boring part of the day... just like eating tuna (eeeeck) as a starter and getting a supa chocolate cake for the dessert... lol, you know?

I'll be back! :P

Le renard et la belette

Time for a new trip to Bretagne for hard works on the house :-)
We have our friday off this time so we can leave tonight! Early weekends are simply exciting! hehe (sorry ewws all)

I just hope it won't be as cold as it is around here at the moment, 0°C, 1°C, with WIND ... brrrrrr, I can hardly stand it!

Anyway, have a fantabizooby end of week and enjoy lazy moments, you lucky ones ;-) hehe

17th February 1969

busy day for Martin's mama!!! But she made the most wonderful *job* I reckon :P
(happy sigh)

We shall survive till next year

...since we've just received a new (huge) stock of jelly beans (really kilos of them) from Fitz, our official murican (as he uses to say) supplier!



When Lola discovered the package with me, she turned crazy, almost jumped in the box and left running, screaming with 2 hands full of candies.

Thank ewww Fitz, you made our day, really!!!!**~~*^* *^^~~^* *

Spechieule Compilechionne

As the lucky winner of Alix' last quizz, I've just received a very *special compilation* with all the titles from the quizz.
Lucky me, Alix has excellent tastes (and we share a lot of them :P hehe).... like Metallica with the call of Ktulu, Depeche Mode, Dead Can Dance or even Kate Bush... I let you discover the rest of the selection (try number 3, lol, it's something I tell you!), a selection which was also a discovery for me.
Brilliant idea this quizz, music definatly reveals more about oneself (music tells a lot, doesn't it?)... and the compilation as the award is a real cherry on the cake!
Thank you Alix! Mwaaaaaa!!!**~~*^* *

Cupid's busiest day?

That would be sad! Or that would mean Cupid is a fookin lazy boy!
Anyway, I find Valentine's day hmm lovely, I'm not complaining about the *commercial perspective" of it since I won't buy chocolate or flowers. Why complaining anyway, if Love is to be celebrated, well very good that's my kind of celebration:)

Not for the occasion, but it's linked to it, I've finished TWO new paintings. Here they are:


Le bonheur des uns...


On the way to seventh heaven...

When rugger sounds like pleasure..

Like with the match yesterday between Roastbeefs and Frawnch. I thought we'd never make it, that was stressing, the scores were so close! And this is what I like with rugger, when you're not certain about the victory -or not- before the end.
That was good!
Ok, I regret the French won in the "English way" (lol, that's what the papers say here...well, just landing penalties ;-) though... no try on our side!

No chance for mice...

...with a roaring kitten and a talentuous tom at home (well, believe it or not, my posh city cat killed a mouse once!)

Lola's went to a carnival a few days ago. She took it proudly and very seriously, meowwwwing or rather roaring after every one! That suited her, lol. She only started to purr when she saw a Zorro, she got impressed, the mask effect I think ;-)



As for Joe, he's feeling on top of the world (=happily sleeping 90% of the time). It's been almost a year he got operated for his tumour and I would have not believed about any recovery at the time. Chemo and all, it sounded like too weird to work for a cat. And now it makes me fookin happy to see how well it worked! (dancing around Joe with a roaring Lola**~~*^* *)

The Crucible and Marilyn

These are the 2 words that I associate with Arthur Miller, and that's about all! Eeeeeck, that's not much.
See, let's take Celine Dion... suddenly I can associate "teeth", "walk into a bar", "René", "Titanic", "Las Vegas" and "Celine who??"... that makes 10 words.

I remember more about Celine Dion than Arthur Miller.
I worry for meself, but it should not be too late!

Shrugging!

Are you a true Blonde at Heart? by funkychick
Name:
Hair color:
Age:
The date you will stop being dumb or start:	March 5, 2037
You will stop being dumb/start being dumb for_year	65
Are you blonde or not:	Yes, but your in denial
Quiz created with MemeGen!

Them liars! And no I'm not into denial at all!

Fantasies

Don't you find it scary when your man's new fantasy gets.... large curves, a huge hole (sowwwy, but that's true!) and permanantly spread legs?
I can't compete!

(not sure my introduction above was the best I've ever written so far! lol)

But worse than that, I share the same fantasy. Experience brings new inspirations you see...
If you're open-minded, +18 years-old, and absobloodilutely curious.... then ok, you can have a quick, very quick (!), look... here!

(I told you... dat's scary!)

Herman on tv

Yup, I've just learnt our Herman book n°2, Herman dyslexic, is going to be presented on tv next week!
(dancing around**~~*^* *^^*)

It's motivating :)

Precious thought ;-)

What if suddenly money wasn't a problem anymore... Yup, I wonder what it feels to not worry about wether or not you'll still get money at the middle of the month.
I have no reason to complain, but I guess it must be such a relief, certainly another taste of freedom ;-)

When the cam is in Lola's hands

2,4 years old and already such a talent!
I thought our digit cam would be too heavy for her lil hands (it's a first generation cam, nothing to be compared with what you all have!)

But, ne, she can hold it and even have fun with it!
There are still lil thingies to improve of course, like... fingers on the lens, or being happy catching a smile (but no need to get the complete head, huh), etc etc.
But but, it could be far worse!

Here's her first official mini-gallery ;-)









Sorry, Doudou, Martin and I are her favourite (ermm and only) models so far! lol

no more time limits to pub crawls

(booking Eurostar tickets)
(training to improve my Oxford English)
(getting coins and a map in the pocket)
(putting walking boots on)

I'm ready to check how it feels when English pubs do not close after 11.00 pm!
Weeeehoooooooo!!!

Do you get any other good piece of news?
(I'm in the mood, huh!**~~*^* *)

Nothing to be proud of...

...when you finally decide to get a supa geo-loc map... and that after 2 full, big, huge, endless days, you get only 2 solitary red points!
lol
(and you wonder why I do not enjoy checking my blog's stats, hm? hehe)

Divided on dvds

Since we have no time to watch tv at all, we watch zillions of dvds, most of them being dvds for kids (t'is ok, I enjoy cartoons!)

And apart from the movie or cartoon quality, there is one thing that keeps my attention -and maybe yours-: the "navigation", the "menu" of the dvd.

On a few dvd, you can chose to start the movie after 30 seconds, on most of the others they force you (more or less, rather more!) to watch all the trailers before you can reach the menu. That makes me maaaad.
That and the way the menus are made. Most often the time they're terribly *artistic-fun-unique*. Same as with websites often beauDiful and all (in Flash for instance :P), but not practical at all. The kind of website you visit once, and once only!

That was the least interesting post of the week, I swear it (lol)! But I just had to spit it out, see?

Rugger's back!

The 6 nations cup starts today with 2 yummy games, France/Scotland and Wales/England!
(I've nothing -at all! nenene- against the Roastbeef team, but.... the Welsh can make it! :P)

As for the French-Scottish game, I'd like it if we could win, but I'd be happy for the Scots if they make it.
I just wish we could watch it from a smoky pub, but... you just can't get everything! :)


Cupid!!! wrong day, wrong targets!!!

I still can't get used to that

One day you hear:
"In his State of the Union address, U.S. President George W. Bush vows to spread freedom around the world while continuing the war on terror"

And on the other day, you get:
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says an attack on Iran over its nuclear program is "not on the agenda at this point
(CNN sources)

Maybe I'm stoopid but how can you promote freedom and war? It's just that these 2 words together.. it sounds weird and fookin awkward!

Now as for Mrs Rice's words, no attack for tomorrow then? Phewww. We'll see next week. The world looks way safer with such a lady spreading good, comforting, peaceful words.

Quizzzz! Ohhh Yeahhhh!

Yeahhhhh, I made it! I won Alix' quizz!
(well I was just after Angel and Lulu to tell the truth ;-)

You had to recognize the band/singer and the album from a tiny visual.
There are a few ones I would have never ever recognized (like a-ha!), but others I already luuuuved (and that helps :P)

Sooo, my reward will be a compilation with one title from each cd! Isn't it a brilliantissima idea, hm?!!
(dancing around)**~~*^* *

There's a zombie in me

I dream of long nights, non stop sleep, late mornings in bed... what else..? Oh, waking up, and seeing a fresh face in the mirror! Yeahhh, that too.
Lola's sleep isn't regular at all. She actually made her nights very early, till 6 months-old.
Then, it's been like a roller-coaster, 2 nights without any problem, 10 nights waking up, 3, 4 times/night.

Now it's been hmm 3 weeks she wakes up every night, at about 1.00, 4.00 and 6.00.
We used to let her cry, but that does not work now. She makes nightmares it seems, and need supa quick cuddles. So, wether we let her cry for 1 hour, or we go and she fall asleep again in the next minute.
Soooo, we wake up... every night... 3 times a night.

Lola can pee in her pants 10 times a day if she wanna, she can scream and drive me crazy... but waking up that much in the night... I think *that* is the hardest part of the first years of parenthood for me.

Soooo, yes gimme hot temperatures, a yummy cocktail, sweet music, warm wind... and HOURS of sleep **~~*^* *

Cavanna's words, sweet sweet food for the soul

Martin and I have many things in common, and one of them is that we appreciate the same kind of books.
Which is very practicial (to share good books) and really pleasant (to share views).

We both luuuve Fantasy books, Science-fiction ones, and historical novels too.

And at the moment we're crazy about Cavanna's historical novels...
le hun blond
l'adieu aux reines
le sang de clovis
les reines rouges
le dieu de clotilde
la hache et la croix
It's direct, BAWDY, fun, suprising, frightening and always linked to true History.
Cavanna talks of Human nature in its best: treacherous, perverse, and violent, but also loving, friendly, caring, impulsive and erotic.

Cavanna was born on the same year as my grand mother... and the words he uses almost make me blush sometimes! I just can't make any parallel betwen Cavanna and my grand mama! No way! lol

A Hobbits' house in winter

We've spent another real hard-working weekend, and yes we feel a bit exhausted, but happy with the work done.
We're still working in the friends' room, getting rid of the cob on and between the stones.
You would not believe how hard every material is getting with such low temperatures... and how long it takes for cement to get dry!

We've been working mainly on the chimney because it seems it's pretty fragile and some parts need new solid basis (cement).
Having the chimney falling on our heads while we're in bed isn't one of my fantasies (eeeck!). I hope what we do will be enough!

We'll go back in Bretagne sometimes in februrary for a weekend, and we'll also take a week of *holidays* (somehow this word does not fit here! -trust me, Jack! :P-) in March.
We hope that in March, the walls of this room will be done and that we'll manage to build the fireplace in the room below with some of the old stones we have.

What you see on the photos below probably scares you, but I do not see the same... no, I see what we've in mind for the room, I see it finished and it's not bad I tell you!
(I guess you have to be *visionary* to keep being motivated ;-)

Happy lil bits

...when I woke up on Sunday, someone had already prepared a big fire in the fireplace

...some kind of monster is finally available!

...On the other day, Arte dedicated one of its programs to Hawaian shirts, my kind of topic I tell you (honest!)

...Lola always greets people with a "Bonjour Madame" or "Bonjour Monsieur", but still mix the "madame" and "monsieur"

...it is said soon there might have very cheap flights between Paris and Hamburg!

...last Friday, I had lost my ring, THE ring! Found it again yesterday evening among Joe's croquettes! Weeeeeee!



(So I ask you, do I need too much to be happy?)