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Wow. That is a bit unfair. Now you have to wait a whole year to try again.
Eva wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Snotty nosed git. I hope you told him to mind his own business Eva."I told him, the thing that infuriates me even more is the air of superiority he had because he worked in a bank..."
Eva wrote: "Now that you mention it, i went to pay my tlf bill at the bank and the stuck up clerck tells me, you know this was due on the 31st of december. I almost killed him, what is it to him when I pay my ..."
Don't you just hate people like him, sounds like Alain's nephew - 'the Parisien' so called because Parisien/nnes have an air of superiority. Like they have a bad smell under their nose if they have to converse with you. Not all of them just the snotty minority!
He try's to come his superior way's with me but it doesn't wash - all because he is a bank manager - I love to wind him up, it was a real treat to see his face when he found out I had a contract for my first book with Pegasus, Elliot Mckenzie in Cambridge, I pushed it right up his nose and followed with the fact my daughter (jo) worked as a financial adviser and was earning more than he earns now 7 years ago! Followed by the fact that Chris was IT manager for a big firm in Leeds and if that wasn't enough Alain told him I worked for a firm of solicitors, so now he thinks I was a Solicitor and has backed off trying to better me!
I got to the bank and the stuck up bank clerk informed me they closed at 11.45 every other Tuesday- she must have closed before time too so now I have to go back tomorrow as they only open in the mornings! The normal woman is on sick leave, her husband has a brain tumour and might not see spring. Sad, she has probably had the worst Christmas of her life.
Sharon wrote: "SO what plans do you have for today?"Burying the fluffball, I let him out for a run in the garden before I took the girls back and when I got back from the school run I found he'd crapped on the settee, luckily on the leather one which has a throwover protecting it. More Blooming washing as if I don't have enough with Sophie wearing a skirt one day and putting it in the wash.
I take it out and put it back in her room now - I make her wear her jeans twice too. Jo used to do that and I got wise to her and I used to spray them with Febreeze and put them back in the wardrobe!
you have a contract for a book with pegasus? which book? When did that happen?
Eva wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Up to Chapter 12 Eva, I am getting rid of all the stray commas which seem to have evaded capture the first times round! Either that or they've been breeding!"yipeee!"
I got up to chapter 14 and I will get back to it in a while. I know this story by heart almost I've read it so many times!
Eva wrote: "Sharon wrote: "It's not at the moment, have lost my inspiration at present. It will be back soon, especially as I have a week off at the end of the month where I can sit and write all day ;o)"lu..."
Me too, though Alain is talking of having some more time off, and if e does I'll get roped into painting at the house every day!
Sharon wrote: "That would never be allowed here - but I can dream - lol"Yes Alain can take a month too should he so wish - last August he had 3 weeks off, he also has his supplementary hours as recuperation and often takes a week or two off instead of getting paid overtime. If he got paid the tax office would just cane him for it the following year.
When are you thinking of coming out for your holiday with us Sharon? I can then arrange for Alain to take time off too.
I was hoping for at least a week in August.
Eva wrote: "you have a contract for a book with pegasus? which book? When did that happen?"I had a contract with them for TBL but not a contract where they paid me unfortunately and they were a bit on the expensive side - at almost 3000 quid which is over a third of my yearly income! So I had to turn it down, if I could have found the money I wouldn't have had half the hassle I'm getting now with Raider. And now Alain keeps getting on at me to poke them to see how many copies I've sold as if I haven't been trying to get them to respond!
Sharon wrote: "Now that is not good Sarah!"No he's staying well clear of me because I put his nose in it and then put him outside until Alain came in!
The dogs will both be excluded from the lounge at the new house, in fact they may be excluded from the house itself when Alain builds the kennel or we get a conservatory put on. I am going to recover the old sofas and chairs and there is no way I am having them mucking the new furniture up so out they go!
Sharon wrote: "I was hoping for at least a week in August."Just let me know when Alain will have at least 3 weeks off this summer in July/August he likes to be off for his birthday which is on the 19th August but he did mention maybe having a week in July and 2 in August so that the following year he can have his birthday off for the wedding!
You will probably get a better deal with the ferry if you come mid week as oppose to a weekend (say Wednesday to the following Friday giving you 10 days at least - and overnight ferries are cheaper too. The furthest away from us is the Calais -Dover route at 650 kms the nearest is St Malo about 120 kms Caen/Dover is in between at about 250 ish. The cheapest is Calais with Caen second and St Malo the most expensive. What you have to weigh up is the travelling time once you leave the ferry and the cost of the fuel.
Sharon wrote: "Morning Trisha"How's ur day going
Trisha wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Morning Trisha"How's ur day going"
Morning Trisha mines going from bad to worse with the incontinent Yorkie! I wouldn't mind but he had been out for 10 minutes in the field behind us just before!
Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Morning Trisha"How's ur day going"
Morning Trisha mines going from bad to worse with the incontinent Yorkie! I wouldn't mind but he had been out for 10 minutes in th..."
That's not good I would leave him out longer
So Sarah, what would be the best route to get to you?
Trisha wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Morning Trisha"How's ur day going"
Morning Trisha mines going from bad to worse with the incontinent Yorkie! I wouldn't mind but he had been out for 10..."
Next time I go out he goes in the barn, I'm sick of washing the covers off the sofa!
Sharon wrote: "So Sarah, what would be the best route to get to you?"Well the drive from Calais is a good route all the way but long and boring by auto route plus you will have tolls of about 30 Euros each way and is about 390 miles from Calais to us means depending on how economic with fuel your car is you would need at least a full tank to get here and the same to go back plus whatever you use whilst you are here.
Caen is probably the best one to choose that's virtually the same distance from here to Jo's. I would go online and look at the costs, sometimes booking in advance pays off.
Sharon wrote: "Ok will have a look."I just looked the cheapest from Wed 14 to 26th August is Dover Dunkirk at £90 followed by Dover Calais at £120 followed by Euro Tunnel £134.20 followed by Newhaven Dieppe at £187,50 and Portsmouth Le Havre £245.25 the others were in the high 300's and 400's! It's peak season when the kids are off school that automatically ups the prices on the nearer ferries!
What would the nearest airport be to you?
Sharon wrote: "What would the nearest airport be to you?"Dinard but that would mean you wouldn't be able to take advantage of the cheap booze! About 120 kms 75 miles roughly give or take.
Yes but it would also me driving and I would not feel comfortable driving.
Eva wrote: "Sharon wrote: "It's not at the moment, have lost my inspiration at present. It will be back soon, especially as I have a week off at the end of the month where I can sit and write all day ;o)"
lu..."
Hi all, hope you are all good and over the bugs.
I am glad the hols are over as well. I am going to escape all the mayhem and get back to my imaginary world and wait for spring. It is probably good that our weather in the uk is rubbish because if i lived in Spain or any country with a good climate I would probably spend my time procrastinating on the beach.
lu..."
Hi all, hope you are all good and over the bugs.
I am glad the hols are over as well. I am going to escape all the mayhem and get back to my imaginary world and wait for spring. It is probably good that our weather in the uk is rubbish because if i lived in Spain or any country with a good climate I would probably spend my time procrastinating on the beach.
Sharon wrote: "Yes but it would also me driving and I would not feel comfortable driving."Newhaven Dieppe is the shorter route at 187.50 its only 4 hours away from us and less toll roads. And you would have no problem driving here, it's a doddle there would be next to no traffic on the auto-routes I have more problems driving in England than I do in France. The only thing you have to remember is the roundabouts you go the other way round them and you wouldn't come up with many of those until you got near. Follow everyone else it's actually a pleasure driving here even in the middle of summer.
Hi Tarian, If I lived in France or Spain, I think all I would do would be to write and obviously read, considering I am such a bookworm. Just read a 370 page book in 2 days over the weekend (no renee as Monst was ill). it was so nice and peaceful.
Tarian wrote: "Eva wrote: "Sharon wrote: "It's not at the moment, have lost my inspiration at present. It will be back soon, especially as I have a week off at the end of the month where I can sit and write all ..."Hi Tarian, not much chance of the beach here at the moment not unless you're wearing a wet suit! It's cold grey and miserable. I'm just trying to convince Sharon that driving in France is easier than negotiating the M25 in rush hour and that you hardly see any traffic on the auto-routes!
Sharon wrote: "Hi Tarian, If I lived in France or Spain, I think all I would do would be to write and obviously read, considering I am such a bookworm. Just read a 370 page book in 2 days over the weekend (no ..."
I live in France and don't work and I still don't have time to write all day, people keep interrupting me wanting feeding and making me clean up after them! How rude!
Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Morning Trisha"
How's ur day going"
Morning Trisha mines going from bad to worse with the incontinent Yorkie! I wouldn't mind but he had ..."
Hi Sarah, did the website. Thanks for advice. My lab is blobbing at the moment so I wont let her in the front room so she is banned to the kitchen and back garden. She looks very sad. They really know how to make you feel bad. I got her a knew bone and she hasn't touched it, I think its a kind of protest. I am a bad, bad mother.
Any way I might not be round these parts quite so much as I am determined to get back on the bike, which isn't easy after such a long break.
How's ur day going"
Morning Trisha mines going from bad to worse with the incontinent Yorkie! I wouldn't mind but he had ..."
Hi Sarah, did the website. Thanks for advice. My lab is blobbing at the moment so I wont let her in the front room so she is banned to the kitchen and back garden. She looks very sad. They really know how to make you feel bad. I got her a knew bone and she hasn't touched it, I think its a kind of protest. I am a bad, bad mother.
Any way I might not be round these parts quite so much as I am determined to get back on the bike, which isn't easy after such a long break.
Sharon wrote: "Hmmm Maybe I will drive then."Jo found it okay when she first arrived it was the first time she had driven on the opposite side of the road. And on the auto routes the speed limit is 130 kms about 80 mph unless it rains and then you are limited to 110 - 70.
Sharon wrote: "Thats pretty fast!"Fast enough - Lol my car objects to speeds above 120 it starts to vibrate! Poor old thing! One thing I would advise is European Breakdown cover for peace of mind - In your car the following things are obligatory:-
Warning triangle, fluorescent vest, set of headlamp bulbs and fuses, 2 breathalyser kits and a first aid kit. If you can't get the breathalyser tests I can send you a couple. It seems every year they think of a new thing for us to stuff into the boot of the car I wonder what the next must have will be?
Tarian wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Sharon wrote: "Morning Trisha"How's ur day going"
Morning Trisha mines going from bad to worse with the incontinent Yorkie! I wouldn't mi..."
What's your web address Tarian? I'm glad I don't have to bother with that with the dogs too, both of mine are gun slingers!
Driving in France is so easy and hardly any traffic. We went all the way to the south. Arriving back in Britain was a shock everything had shrunk and the traffic was a nightmare.Oh and you will need headlight deflectors.
My webpage (not yet finished and a little rushed, needs more work)
http://liz1949.wix.com/tariangreen
Yes, Cas is a pain but she doesn't go round humping things, so thats a plus. Despite everything, I do love animals.
My webpage (not yet finished and a little rushed, needs more work)
http://liz1949.wix.com/tariangreen
Yes, Cas is a pain but she doesn't go round humping things, so thats a plus. Despite everything, I do love animals.
Sharon wrote: "Hi Tarian,
If I lived in France or Spain, I think all I would do would be to write and obviously read, considering I am such a bookworm. Just read a 370 page book in 2 days over the weekend (no ..."
There is nothing like a good read. I wish I could write as fast as i could read. I would be happy just writing and reading forever, it's the others that prevent me like Sarah the real world keeps interupting. Pets, kids and partner.
If I lived in France or Spain, I think all I would do would be to write and obviously read, considering I am such a bookworm. Just read a 370 page book in 2 days over the weekend (no ..."
There is nothing like a good read. I wish I could write as fast as i could read. I would be happy just writing and reading forever, it's the others that prevent me like Sarah the real world keeps interupting. Pets, kids and partner.
Tarian wrote: "Driving in France is so easy and hardly any traffic. We went all the way to the south. Arriving back in Britain was a shock everything had shrunk and the traffic was a nightmare.Oh and you will nee..."Yep forgot those bits of sticky tape work just as well! I had to change my lights to comply with Insurance and other details because I live here. some new cars lights are self adjusting for either side of the road.
You have a valid point though Eclair doesn't try humping everything he's very calm it's the yorkshire pain in the ass that tries to hump everything including Eclair!
Tarian wrote: "Driving in France is so easy and hardly any traffic. We went all the way to the south. Arriving back in Britain was a shock everything had shrunk and the traffic was a nightmare.Oh and you will nee..."I just took a look it looks good- see even inner blondes can produce a website without the help of a man!
Morning allGuess what? Yep got it in one, its still grey and miserable here today, oh how I miss the sunshine!
Friday I get to drive to Lorient again with Alain and his brother to pick up the floor tiles for downstairs, an insert so we can light a fire and the worktops for the kitchen because they are on special offer at just 15 Euros each piece as oppose to 40! Don't you just love a bargain!
Hi all, thanks Sarah. Yeh us inner blondes get there in the end without the help of males. Up with inner blonde power.
Tiles sound good. I love a bargain. It's a real buzz when you get something good for next to nothing.I have always wanted a metal detector for that reason.
Tiles sound good. I love a bargain. It's a real buzz when you get something good for next to nothing.I have always wanted a metal detector for that reason.
Tarian wrote: "Hi all, thanks Sarah. Yeh us inner blondes get there in the end without the help of males. Up with inner blonde power.Tiles sound good. I love a bargain. It's a real buzz when you get something g..."
Yes, me too - the thought of finding buried treasure and becoming rich is interesting but knowing my luck I'd find tin cans instead! Lol Alain bought a scratch card for the lottery today and won 100E I never win anything!
Trisha wrote: "Morning"Morning Trisha how are you.
I never win either. Morning Trisha did you have good holls. Have you found time to do any writing?
Tarian wrote: "I never win either. Morning Trisha did you have good holls. Have you found time to do any writing?"You and I are two of a kind, always at the end of the queue, except I was at the front when they were handing out audacity-cheeky monkey me. I was the one who asked the policeman directing people into Edinburgh Castle for the Highland Games for a suck of his lollypop! I kid you not, my friend and her husband were horrified- 'you can't ask a policeman that!' Says she, 'too late already did' says I and the Policeman just grinned and said 'sorry it was against regulations for non-police personnel to suck another policeman's lolly!'
And on the way out after the games had finished the Maori dance troup who danced the Hakka walked down the hill with us and my friend Jane had kept going on about wanting to snog a Maori, so I asked one for her and she ran off protesting so I kissed him instead!
Yeh you are definately made of the same stuff. I think that is really funny.i like good lolly.
Sarah wrote: "Trisha wrote: "Morning"Morning Trisha how are you."
I am ok just was working on my school work, I am in my last class( I believe) before I get my degree in web graphic design
Tarian wrote: "I never win either. Morning Trisha did you have good holls. Have you found time to do any writing?"They where ok yes I did write some
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