Honey, can youse take out the trash?
I even sorted my crap: plastic with plastic, paper with paper, oozing sticky fluids with noxious defrosting fish.
Three carloads up and down the drive and it was done.
A little bit of Al Green, then I’m
Continue reading Yackety yak
The packers arrived at 8:00 and I had to tell them to wait. We still had no quote for the shipment and therefore had no idea of the cost. Imagine … we write them a blank cheque, they take all our stuff and hold it as ransom until we pay whatever they ask!
The quote arrived just
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There’s an ad campaign in Italy at the moment for endermology treatment that looks as if you iron away your cellulite.
I like the picture because I can imagine it embodies a doubly erotic fantasy for many men.I love the levitating table, but close up, the endermologicky machine looks
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Shirley Conran’s epigraph to Superwoman is as true today as it was 30 years ago. Here’s the high and low points of my day.
06:45Woken by small boy. Freddo, mama. I’m bibbering. Stripped him off and showered him down. Stripped bed and loaded wash #1. Dressed both kids. Made their breakfast. Made their school lunch. Brought tea
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Whoa… from Rome to the Netherlands and then Jamaica! How great would that be?! BTW, your son has great taste in home decor and I’ll take the inflatables from your yard sale.
Thanks, Alex.
2.5 months in the Netherlands, then off to funky Kingston.
Our son (aged 4.5) has designed our house according to our instructions – double hammock, wide patio with fridge and WiFi.
Ahhh …
Bye Ria. Don’t let the moving get you down too much – which is not easy, I know.
Are you heading for Paris? And will you be blogging from there?
Take care and take it easy (after the move!)