vendredi 27 décembre 2013
She's a rebel and she'll never never be any good...
Tough. That's marriage. If he objects, I'll take it down, but at least I will have proved that the world hasn't come to an end. (Nor the paint job damaged)
We've lived here for seven years.
Seven years I've been trying to convince Alain to let me hang up some pictures and paintings on the precious walls!
Yes, I know a lot of work was put into making them smooth. Heck, I spent weeks removing wallpaper and washing gunky glue off the walls, after which he put a smooth coat on, sanded, and painted.
Finally, couldn't take it any more. Used a special, non paint damaging adhesive sticker with hook and hung up two items, one of which you see here.
Alain used to be really into photography, taking black and white photos and developing them himself. Well, this is one of them. Up on the wall it went.
samedi 21 décembre 2013
After months of waiting, she is finally here...
Who did you think I was talking about?
Yesterday afternoon we went to the Marché aux Santons by the Vieux Port. I was determined to get an elephant this year. We wandered around the stands, pushing small children out of the way (and alas, no vin chaud this year) and finally chose the style we wanted (not that much choice actually).
Fifteen euros, not bad.
So now we have Jesus, Mary, Joseph, the three wise men, a donkey, a camel, and an elephant. One figurine for each year we have been together.
My mom bought me this baby bib crosstitch kit for my birthday. It arrived as a pattern printed with disappearing ink on the bib, along with chart and floss. It took me a few days to do. I haven't washed it yet to remove the ink, but will do so soon. It is perfect for our little frog. However, I don't think it will be getting much actual use as a baby bib.
dimanche 15 décembre 2013
Sorry, not trying to turn this into a "mommy blog" but right now it's about all I have to write about.
(Picture of a "baby bouquet", a gift from excited grandparents-to-be. Baby stuff - onesies, bib, hat, and socks - wrapped up to form rose heads, and the whole wrapped up in a baby blanket, tied with a ribbon.)
Had the official second trimester ultrasound a few weeks ago, and the doctor said "girl". We have a name picked out, but are keeping it to ourselves for the time being.
Still haven't had the energy on the weekends to shovel out the small bedroom. Need to get on that, and preferably before the sales in January.
Not planning on decorating the nursery too much.
Will be starting the birth preparation classes soon, I decided to go with a midwife who lives right by us. Of course, the classes are only during working hours, so I need to take time off from work. Right now, I am hoping to work until the end of February, three weeks before the due date, then take 13 weeks off afterwards. We'll see how I feel in two months time though....
Otherwise, heartburn galore, going to the bathroom every 30 minutes, and stomach-lurching interior acrobatics. I can see the baby moving from the outside now... Very strange.
mardi 5 novembre 2013
A few months ago we bought a book "les plus beaux prénoms de filles" to get some ideas. Most of the names were pretty good, and we have picked one, a secret for now.
But others just made me wonder, why on earth were they included?
A sampling of the worst:
Aglaé
Agnès - just no
Aldegonde
Annaïg
Benoîte
Berthe - bertha. Seriously?
Bertille
Béryl
Cannelle - cinnamon in french. No, that won't cause teasing
Clotilde
Didon
Edmonde
Edwige - i think it has been established that "ed" names are not for girls
Ethel - sure. A 100 years ago.
Eunice
Gabon
Gertrude
Gilberte - feminized version of gilbert
Gladys
Gudrun
Gudule
Guillaumette- feminized version of guillaume
Hagar
Hedwige
Hermance
Hortense
Huguette
Klervie
Leopoldine
Louison
Ludmille
Mafalde
Mildrède- bad in any language
Olfa
Ombelin
Pascaline
Paulette
Pervenche
Raymonde
Roberte
Séphora - so-so, except name of very popular cosmetics/fragrance store
Sergine
Uranie
Ursuline
Vanille
Vitaline
Most of these names very followed by the comment "infrequently attributed in France presently". Oh really? Wonder why that is?
So if you had to pick one of the above names for yourself or daughter, what would it be?
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