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Saturday, March 30, 2002

Wonderful news!!!!

Candy will be sunning her bump on the beach, so she won't see this for a while, but I am really pleased for her and her 'lil man' Although you haven't said as much, I see you are saying 'he' so...it's a boy? Well done!!! Now it's strange huh, but I was listening to the radio and five women were appearing on this talk show talking about their new book just out, called 'The Fat Ladies Club' which is stories that newly pregnant women might find funny and informative. Everything, apparently, you wanted to know about being pregnant but were to shy to ask your mum about or the doctor won't tell you. (Like put a cabbage leaf in your bra to soothe sore nips...) Published by Penguin. From what I heard it is funny as hell, so you might like to find it and read it hehe Thanks for the scan pic..although I will take your word for what it show's. I was standing on my head trying to work it out...

Today we will have our first BBQ of the year...and on Sunday, the clocks go forward for British Summer Time, so it is now officially ...Summer!!!! To prove it, I have been working hard on the garden, even climbing trees to trim branches...big bloody branches very high up...I will send you a pic of poor Jack run up a tree....hehe

Enjoy your Easter my favorite pair (three) heh!

Btw...you never said if you liked your 'statue' Penny....

Oh, TEN fish? How did you think that? Noooo...more like 30 I think...

Oh, just in case anybody is around...I will pop into the blue zone at noon today...in two hours...
from Jack
9:51 AM

Thursday, March 28, 2002

Buenos Dias Queridos Amigos !!!
(so much sun outside that Spanish sounds a purrfect language today :P)

I see you both gonna spend a kewl Easter !
I think family bits and seafood is a “plan” actually, Sista! Hehe
Ohhh seafood…. (drooooling!!)
If you catch a shark, tell me how you cook it, Chef Penny (G).... Imagine the effect with people around here : me telling my (Aussie) Sista Penny has caught and cooked (faint) a shark!! Yeahhhh!!! hehe

This morning I read they had discovered near New-Zealand (you are surrounded with wild waters, Sista), a giant octopus ! Gawd only knows why, that immediately made me hungry! //oO\\
I find octopus, when tender enough, so yummy! I am going to look for some in Bretagne, yesss!!!

Great transition (g), I first ate spicy octopus in Spain actually, as tapas, that and squids cooked in their own ink :-))) (almost licking the table here, hehe)

That trip to Spain was a fantastic idea, Jack! I can’t believe the tickets were that expensive, Spain is usually one of the least expensive destination (certainly because it’s so close), but then… The Easter weekend must be one of the most demanded in the year!

I’ve French friends who have booked for Spain since months to enjoy all the Easter celebrations there (they said many traditional and BeauDiful celebrations are organized –probably because of the importance of the religion there-).
Talking of religion, , there was a time I would not have missed The Easter celebration at Church (s) … yeah yeah, a bit strange.. But I needed sometimes to feel the quiet atmosphere of an old church to pray. I love dem old churches.

Now my life is so complete that if I ever take time to thank the *Universe* for the life I have, it’s a miracle. I take less and less time to “thank”, I’m not happy with dat. I’ve never considered religion as a tool that helps you when Life gets hard, neeee… I gotta “sit down and relax” more often *~* * ^* * *~* *

Anyway, Jack, take pics of your adventurous weekend, it sounds really fun!!!

About your job and recession time….. well I dunno how Americans do (well I know, they have dat fookin US $), but it’s recession here too. Even my TeefGuru told me people preferred to wait (and suffer) to have their teeth repaired at the moment!

Now with your activity, the season should be starting again! If that sun stays around for a while, everybody will star playing with their cam, no?
And you should really really start to accept that the “custom-made” pictures you can make (portraits, etc) can’t be sold for ... nothing !
I would really pay to have 10 great pics, made by a professional! (but I don’t know one around here… We only have franchise shops for pictures around home, and the people who work there… you really ask yourself if they ever made pics themselves! As for the ‘service’, they only offer you an ugly price to get your pics in one hour or another ugly price to get a customer card to have minimum reductions).
Soooo, keep faith in your talent and in the need of people to have professional photographers!

On that happy note, I'm on my way back to work (sigh)

You take most precious care of your sweet bits ...and watch out the nasty sharks hidding in dark corners :P
Mwaaaaaaaa**~* * * *^* * * *~* *
from Candy Froggie
12:22 PM

Tuesday, March 26, 2002

Sunny Bananas BewwDiful People!! :-)) *^**^*^*

Ya's had a sunny Monday??? Yepppppiiiii...it doesn't get much better than that I don't reckon huh? Ohhh and we had the most bewwwDiful sunny Monday too...so all is good and right with the world that starts on such a "sunny" note *happy sigh* .

The weekend here was hmmmm, I think the Roastbiffs would say..."very ordinary"....meaning it was overcast and drissly-rainy but that's really okay, I don't mind sharing the sun with ya's at all! :-))

Ooooo....I went fishing last night and I gotta tell ya, I'm rilly getting the hang of all this "fishing" bizzo...rilly...well kinda- sorta. I didn't actually throw a line in the water but I watched everyone elses lines while they were busy talking ( I'm learning that fisherpeople love to talk and not watch their lines tssss heh)....so anyhooo, I *feel* like I caught the fish on their lines 'cause if it wasn't for me watching (and jumping and screaming when I saw the rods bend) they'd have missed catching them hehehe. Soooo yeah....fishing is really coool!!! hehehe. And guess what Sista??? Hmmm I shouldn't be telling ya this prolly, but...one of the young boys caught a shark on his rod tonight *fainting-fainting*!!! I couldn't believe my eyes....or my ears when he said real casually "Haaa it's only a baby...we catch bigger ones alla time!!" Accccck...I swim in dat water!!

No real plans for Easter, other than doing family bits for lunch and dinner on Friday and Sunday. I think we are gonna break away from tradition this year and instead of having hot roast type meals we're gonna feast on seafood ( I might even catch some of it....yayyyyy!!! hehehe). It's really silly we don't this alla time 'cause this time of year the yummmy sea creatures are simply thick in the water.

Jack...how are yer stiff bits Possum??? You really should be careful doin' physical work like that....a man of yer delicate age 'n all hehehe ;-Þ.




from Ms Penny
1:11 AM

Monday, March 25, 2002

Pssst Jack, ya webmaster of *Jack's page*, is it my puter or is it bad luck that I still can't see (in Jack's Bar) one of Jeff's pic and that his link does not work? hmm ohh and there is a "click here to enlarge" that refuses to work...
hmmm, well, if you ever have a free hand (s) to check if it's normal...or if it's Gulli :P

(back at my surfing cession...woooooooooooosh)
from Candy Froggie
7:01 PM


Happy Monday, Magical Ones ! **~* * *~* ^*

It’s Monday, but a sunny Monday, which makes work a lil better than usual :-)
Jack and I seem to have stolen the sun since a few days, do you have some left in Brissy, Mizz Penny, hm?
Talking of fine weather, did you go to fish, M’am? Oh but....aren't your waters over there infested with sharks?! You gonna make me nervous again with your exotic creatures! Hmm, well of course I would knowww what to do if I’d face a nasty shark, I’d put my fingers in his eyes, all books say it’s Ze thing to do (s)...
Sounds easy, hey!! Hehe

Anyway, I would not be against a lil swim right now -in our cold and peaceful seas :P

Have you any plan for Easter?
We’ll be away to wild (s) Bretagne for 5 days (happy sigh), I reaaaally need to breathe fresh air!
Hearing about Jack’s experience, I won’t do anything in the garden, I’d rather have a fruit juice and give advice about what should be done! Hehe… kewl to be preggie!
I am also drooling thinking of the lil chocolate eggs/chiken/rabbits that will come with Easter bells ! (G)… well, actually my “mind” is drooling, but my stomach…nenene… not at all…At the moment, my stomach and I are not guuud friends. I’m losing weight when I should not be. I feel sick so very quickly at the moment!…not always kewl to be preggie! :)

But nebbermind the stomach, I’m still planning to create the *Candides’eggs* for Easter.. I’ll try to make lil eggs of black chocolate and whisky!! What ya think? Yummmmmmmm! And if I can’t eat dem, I don’t mind, the whole family will take care of it (I hope :P)

Too baaad we’ve not been able to get synchronized on Saturday online :-(
I could not stay long anyway cause there was some guuuud rugger to watch (Frawnch won against the Scottish,
Penny One, I’m not sure if I’m really happy with dat though).
I heard the Roastbeefs played well against the Welsh, Jack… well done (S)

Okies, I’d better be on my way out, have the most splendid beginning of week, dear ones
Much Love
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from Candy Froggie
12:56 PM

Saturday, March 23, 2002

Jumpin into the blue romm to party at 12pm....
from Jack
9:18 AM

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

As It was just St Pt's day..thought you would like this one...

A good Irish man, John O'Reilly, met regularly with his toastmasters club.
One evening they were hitting the Guinness Stout and having a contest at who could make the best toast.
John O'Reilly hoisted his beer and said, "Here's to spending the rest of me life Between the legs of me wife!"
That won him the top prize for the best toast of the night!
He went home and told his wife, Mary, "I won the prize for the best toast of the night." She said, "Aye, what was your toast?" John said,
"Here's to spending the rest of me life Sitting in church beside me wife." "Oh that is very nice indeed, John!", Mary said.
The next day Mary ran into one of John's toasting buddies on the street corner.
The man chuckled leeringly and said, "John won the prize the other night with a toast about you Mary." She said, "Aye and I was a bit surprised meself! You know, he's only been there twice! Once he fell asleep and the other time I had to pull him by the ears to make him come!"


from Jack
5:16 PM


Candy…I think you meant you didn’t mind Penny running off into the bush..not into her bush…hehe I must admit, I wouldn’t mind running into her bush myself….hehe

Now, did you walk a lil funny and suffer from lockjaw with your big boyfriend huh? (laffin)

Candy says that all Frenchmen are that size…is that why they faint so easily..the rush of blood from the head when a pretty goil walks by…hehe Actually, that bloke can’t be normal..I mean, any NORMAL bloke would crackafatone immediately with such a cute nekked lady at his feet…

Changin the subject thankfully…

Went to see my eldest perform in her school orchestra when they performed ‘Grease’ I tell, ya, they had all the gizmo’s that any West End stage show would have…the production was fantastic and the kids were amazing…so confidant at that age..(12-16) The goils looked soooo grown up in their short skirts, I had to stay seated until well after the show ended..hehe only the singing was a lil poor..but hell, what they did was great! Very, very impressive. My eldest made her flute sing wonderfully too..(proud dad)

No doubt soon she will be following in Candies footsteps to nasty rude rock concerts…She went to the after show party and rolled home at 2.30 am….was in a bad mood the next day…tired I suppose. Now she is off to a fancy dress party Friday night and is driving me nuts with “what can I go as?” HELP..everything we suggest is rejected..at the moment..it could be as a 60/70’s hippy…any ideas welcomed!!!
from Jack
5:06 PM


Hugggles you beauDiful Ones ! **~* *^* * *

I wondered if you had started to think about what to do with geocities which ask for money to keep online our sites (you’ve received that email too, Jack? Geocities asking –from beginning of April- for 5.00$ / months ?) … Sure thing is that Geocities gonna lost 80% of their users. Nobody will pay for what is free almost everywhere else!
Martin thinks it’s because of the thousands of thousands blogs using space on geocities that they took this decision. Possible..

I have started, with the help of *Martin-my-puter-Magician*, to move the pages on a free French hoster (wanadoo.fr).
That won’t change anything to my pages (I will re-direct the geocities address, so the change can’t be noticed by the surfer -ews- :P). The probbie is that I’ll have to improve my html knowledge to work on my webpage, geocities was kinda really practical for that…

I must also remember to put the DHN page on that new hoster. So it will be safe :-)))

By the way, If you need lil help to change your page on a new hoster, you just ask , k? **~* *
from Candy Froggie
11:46 AM


ouch!!! *rubbing my errrrrm....left bumm cheek* hehehe ( screaming "oooo-la-la more, more!! lallalaaaaa ;-Þ)

Jack....I've just now found the last pic that ya sent!!!! *fainting*....I'm speechless. I'd have to say, if I met this guy, I'd wanna be just "good friends" with him....so yeah I guess no matter what way you look at it (!!!!!) size "does" matter, just not always in the way we expect ;-). The more I droooool look at it, the more it reminds me of a guy I used to date - who btw is now just a "good friend" :-Þ



heheheheheeee......I love this pic













from Ms Penny
8:36 AM

Tuesday, March 19, 2002

(swat) for Penny on da bum…do you know how me and Candles have been worrying huh? I was convinced you had been taken by dingoes, and Candles thought another MOTM had whisked you off into the bush..hehe Candles has been holding my hand, at least that’s what I told her We were thinkin awful things as the days went by with NO word from ya!!! How does it feel havin a couple of Mum’s looking out for you huh? (What time do you call this? Where have you been young lady? Ect ect)
Anyway, just glad yer busy and stuff…

Candles…such a pair of ‘rockers’ rilly!! Sooooo..you have a stud in your tongue …now, I have heard rumours why they are so good in that place…hmmmm hehe


from Jack
3:14 PM


Hugggles Purrrrrrfect Pair!! *^**^ :-)))

Acccck.....I've just looked at the clock ( a damn bad habit I have gotten into lately!! ;-)) and I'm tossing up whether I'm gonna be a guud gal and jump into bed or be a bit of a baaaaad gal and stay here with ya's for a while. Decision made....what can I say...I'm feeling just a little bit baaaaad hehehe.

Candles.....I can't believe you went to a SOAD concert on the weekend.....well I can actually...*laffin*....you crazy goil!! It's just ya never think of fans of such a wild band being preggie hehehe. Well I don't anyhooo....and since reading that you went to the concert I've been trying to imagine you (my delicate *preggie* Sista!!)...screaming "fuck the system" with the rest of them....what a bizarre picture heheheh I've never been to a heavy metal concert but just remembering the buzz of having been to other concerts, I bet you're still feeling the "high" from being a part of it huh??

And Jack....spending some quality time with Rangie...waaawwwww how cute, a man and his machine bonding ;-Þ. It's wunnerful news about the publisher women getting back to you so quick with details for the "book". My thoughts kinda echo what Candles said....I wonder what comments a "male" publishing type dude would have made. I love what you've done so far with seeing the storyline come more to life through your rewrites and I think I've been able to read what you have given us so far, fairly unbiasedly (is there such a word btw) so if you ask me (which you did hehehe) I reckon before I jumped in and started ripping the gutz outta it, I'd be looking at getting another opinion...a male one....just to be sure. Anyhooo, just my humble opinion :-)

'K....I guess I'd better do the right thing and scoot before I go off on a tangent and lose all sense of time.

mwaaaaaaaaaaaas to all yer ...hmmmm.....wet and wild bits :-))) *^**^**^*

I'll be baaaaaaaack

lalalllllaaaaaalllaallaaaa *skipping off to bed* hehehe

PS...Jack did you want me to try and explain more about how to upload a photo in here or were you able to understand the instructions Candles gave ya??? Which btw....were pretty much 'zackly what I woulda said anyhoooo :-))












from Ms Penny
2:37 PM

Monday, March 18, 2002

Hugggles ews ex-weekenders **~* *^* *

Penny One, I start to worry, argg… Did something happened to M’am Gertie ?!! I hope not and hope you’re just fantastically busy! Now that would be purrrrfect and I’d feel all relieved! :-))))

Poor Rangie, with some of her bits exposed that way, she gonna catch a baaaad cold… Wanna my dark red scarf to put around her wheel?

Great advice the publishing woman gave you, Jack!
Will you contact an agent in UK then?
About the sex bits, now I think of it, maybe the comments would be a bit different a publishing man..;-)
Did you really put the sex bits because you did not have much of a plot?! I would have never guessed! The sex bits seemed really like parts of our hero’s life.
And thinking of it, there are many “detective books”, good ones, that are based on a main plot and on sex (I remember my parents had lots of dem, and younger I was secretly reading them only for the forbidden passages! Hehe).
Now to follow the lady’s advice, maybe you don’t have to supress these passages, but to re-write them. I’m not sure about it. It’s a *not-sweet-at-all* book, there are many tough scenes and sex ones fitted the atmosphere.
{ great help, hey :P hehehe, sowwwy

This weekend has been a guuuud one :-)))
On Friday, we’ve been to cinema to see the Warrior’s Brother, French movie about 2 brothers back in the 13th century.. On Saturday we went to restaurant in some French Brasserie, it was actually cheap and mamamia yummy!
And yesterday night we went to that Concert of System of a Down…
Waaaaaaaaaa…. We were on another planet, surrounded by kewl young ones (but many of our age, to our great surprise! Hehe), all pierced everywhere (I had to stick out my tongue all da time to show I was one of dem! Hehehe), all with pockets full of grass (good and spicy one from what I could happily smell), and all (including Martin) wearing the most provocative T-shirts!
It was my first heavy metal concert, and I don’t regret at all. It might sound strange, but it was amazing! On the first part, an awful band was playing, they really scared me! But that was very fun for a few minutes.
On the second part, System of a Down played really well. I loved it!
Ohh....and it’s been the first time I could sing/scream with such amusement and pleasure : “fuck the politics” “fuck the religions” “fuck the television” “fuck the system” !!!
Hehehe Waaaaaa… It simply felt guuuuuuuud! Trust ol’ Candy :P

In case you wonder, or not (g), during the concert I caressed a lot my belly and put a scarf around it so that he/she could not hear his/her mom was behaving as a 14 years-old :P
**^* * *^* *~* * *

Anyway, now I’ll need a week to recover and to listen at sweet music, it’s been wild!

I hope you both have started an excellent week, catch you here and there soooooon!
Mwaaaaaaaaa

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from Candy Froggie
12:49 PM


Good Monday morning, how are we ?

Jumped into the ‘blue zone’ on Saturday` and enjoyed confusing the Yanks…but, I have to say..they seem a much ‘nicer’ (that word again), bunch. No SSS around..and it seems an ever-present ‘nanny’ to kick you out if you are too rude…I must be slipping..I didn’t get thrown out once!! Must try harder next time…hehe

This weekend I decided to attack some rust ‘spots’ on the old Rangie….oh dear. Having taken all the floor matts up, I prodded at some rust and the suddenly I was looking at daylight. Eventually I revealed at fist sized hole in the floor. Stil, come summer it will cool my feet…but at the moment with all this rain… Have to get my welding kit out and do some patching methinks..

Got the ‘report’ from the publishing women. She says she has read worse manuscripts and even books, doesn’t think it would be a ‘best seller’ and thinks I should work on it more. She doesn’t like the sex bits, thought I should ‘lose’ the opening chapter and unbelievable sex,(good job she only read to chapter 11 ) She thinks I write well descriptively and keep the reader interested. Thinks I should evolve the plot more, and lead the reader more as to what and why things are happening. She reckons that I should get a literary agent who might get me an advance of about $3000 and 3% of the profits as an unestablished author.

So on the whole, not bad. I put the sex bits in ‘cause I didn’t really have much of a plot, and sex sells, right? So I think she is saying the writing doesn’t need the gratuitous sex, but does need more of a plot. That’s good, ‘cause I have now finished plotting out the book and I think I do have a good story now, so I can develop the hero more, and leave out the sex bits. The opening chapter could now go to its rightful place half way down the story, so as not to confuse the reader. And tone down the sex stuff. Your comments would be welcome …

Hope you have a charming, non-stressful, joy-filled and exciting week…

from Jack
9:43 AM

Saturday, March 16, 2002

Wavin to anyone around...will pop into the 'catch 22' room about 12 noon..lurke around an see who turns up
from Jack
9:11 AM

Friday, March 15, 2002

Thanks Candy for speaking (writing) to me in your ohhh sooo sexy Franch wayyyy hehe I appreciated it so much it’s hard to say *weg*

So yre ‘romantic mood’ lasted all of one year huh? *s* and the promise of an ice cream melted your umm heart? (I want to know more about what happened when you were thirteen…you can tell me all about it…I won’t tell a soul..promis!!!)

Last night I put on a new dvd I had just bought…well, I say ‘new’ actually it was made in ’97..but I never got the chance to view the film until now. I really enjoyed it..so far..not finished it yet..’As Good As It Gets’ Jack Nicholson. I really laughed out load ..so funny and bitter sweet..When asked “How do you write women so well?” his reply: “I think of a man, then remove all reason or accountability…”

Oh dear, I think I am gay. Yup, while looking, by chance, at some ladies disporting themselves very openly in a magazine, I was not at all turned on. The way they show women’s bits as if it was a gyno problem, was not to me at all sexy. In fact, it was as far removed as I could get from being sexy. *shudder* So, I must be gay huh? Oh dear…pass that pink shirt will ya?

Here is a picture that I do find sexy..oh yes, very, very, sexy. What do you think? Does explicit pics of men’s bits turn you on..or off? Penny, you should be well qualified to answer this by now…hehe

Oh, a bit of good news..you remember my mate in Oz? His wife’s friend who is visiting them, and who’s job it is to assesses books for possible publication, has read the first four of my effort! She has requested to read more (!) finds it ‘interesting’ and ‘holds the attention’ She suggests I contact a litery agent in the UK (she is Germany based) WooooHooo!!! I am now biting my nails to see what she thinks of the remainder…worse than any exam at school this, I tell ya!

Ok..blonde moment here...how do I stick a picture in here???


from Jack
9:45 AM

Wednesday, March 13, 2002

You talking of the the War, Jack, made me think of the first time my grand-father told me about his experience. Maybe I've already mentioned it once.. I can't remember :-)

My grand father was like from another time to me, he was hunchbacked and had always seemed very old. He was not particularly friendly. It was actually fine to me.

I remember that summer I spent with Gwenola and Marine (my friend who lives in London now) at my grand parents’.
There was not a minute when Marine and I were not talking of boys. Gawd, so young and already focusing on dem male-ish creatures! Gwéno was 10 and Marine and I 12.

One night, as the three of us were in bed, but awake and talking again and again about boys, laughing a lot, my grand father came in the corridor and sat behind the door of our bedroom.
We suddenly heard is voice and all turned silent (half frightened, half pretending we were sleeping).
My Grand father started with a kind of “De Gaulle” voice : “When I was caught by Germans during the war….”
(Jeeez, just hearing that, we did not know whether to laugh or to hide under the sheets)… “…I was sent in a sent for months in a prison that looked like a tunnel dug in the ground. There everyday at about 7.00 pm, the light was turned off and no one of us had any right to make any sound, even less.. to talk”.
Then he went on and on talking of the major importance of silence during the war .

Huuuuu…. First I did not know my grand father had been a war prisoner, second there was such a gap between our summer moooood and what he was telling us…. We really felt uncomfortable with our giggling thoughts.

Well, his speech was certainly not appropriate, not the most sweet way to ask us to sleep.

Now when I think of this lil story, I understand that you can’t escape the memories of a war. It marks you forever, right.
And when I think that this old lady you met is able to remember the Russians as being kind… I feel in total devotion in front of such a person :-) **~* * *^* * * *
from Candy Froggie
10:39 AM

Monday, March 11, 2002

Strange women..
well, all women are unfathomable anyway to us poor saps of males. Did you know where that word 'poor sap' came from btw? During the trench warfare of the 1st WW they dug forward observation posts towards the enemy lines, with a couple of chaps put in to hear what they were up to. Naturally, these guys generally never lasted long, and this forward trench was called a 'sap' hence if your were ordered into one of these... you were soon dead. Leading to the phrase 'you poor sap' They have just discovered a forgotten battlefield near Ypes, and found the remains of two guys in a sap. Still with their boots on, and clutching rifles where they died, so long ago. Apparently, about 7 thousand men died in this forgotten battlefield, where the general in charge hailed it as a triumph that will live in the memories forever. In fact it was completely forgotten. And the great 'victory' ? They managed to move the line forward 60 feet (20 mtrs) Enough said.

So, Candles..you are finding food very sexy these days, no? Well, enjoy it goil, as no one will know if you are putting weight on anyway And lounging around being 'artistic' What a life!!!! Hehe

Penny, such romantic things you describe! A guy on his knees, and only flowers in his hand You don't tell us what happened next, did you stay in the hotel hmmm? Hehe Smell is very evocative is it not? The smell of summer and fresh cut grass is one my favs. Or a roast cooking. Freshly washed hair. Rainfall after a dry spell. Melting tarmac. Jet A1.

Went to dinner with some friends on Saturday evening. Met a lovely blonde lady who I could not help but flirt with outrageously all evening. She was entertaining, funny and laughed at my jokes. (always a good sign) Her life story was captivating and held me enthralled, having done so much in her life. She is German, but now lives here in England and strangely loves the place. Her husband was Polish and died ten years ago sadly. Her zest for life has not been diminished by her loss however, and never once did she seem bitter, though it was clear she missed him greatly. Did I mention btw she is 91 years young?

She was four years old when she remembers her father coming home from the font line, his greatcoat and boots thick with the mud of the trenches. She lived in what became East Germany and lived as a young woman through the Russian invasion. They lost everything, but remembered some Russians actually being kind to them, even though her home was burned to the ground. As she said, people are after all, only people. To be able to say a good thing about that time in her life is remarkable no? The loss of her daughter and her brothers during the war is the most painful thing still. She managed to escape to the West just before the wall went up. Her husband was a POW and interned in England after the war. He decided to stay and she came over to live with him and learn a new language at the age of 38, which she now speaks so well. What a life and what a woman! To be able to talk with someone so articulate, and who has experienced so much of history personally was remarkable.

My youngest touched my heart the other day. I was clearing up some of her stuff in her room and picked up a list on a piece of paper. She had written a list of people whom she trusts. Halfway down the list of about seven people 'My Dad' appeared. That was sweet, but the flip is her Mum is obviously not in flavour at the moment. She and her are always at loggerheads it seems. Each rubs the other the wrong way - hopefully as she grows up more, this will change. But it seems a personality clash of the first order. However, on 'mothers day' this Sunday, she presented her with a cup of tea and a couple of presents she had bought for her.

Last night we teamed up with another family and headed down to an old pub in the country and enjoyed a good meal and a fine pint. I had lemon sole - which was yummy! Eight of us crowded the small place and enjoyed the meal together before returning home for some delicious desert. Then I stuck on my latest fav dvd 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' I love that film. In fact, I AM Butch Cassidy hehe Soooo many alter egos huh?

Have a less stressful week, ok?
from Jack
10:43 AM

Sunday, March 10, 2002

Finally the sun is back!
It's still cold outside but you can see Spring is slowly showing off !!! Yeepeeeeee**~~* * *^^* *

When we were not outside, I spent my time with the hands in the clay, trying to check how much I could be sensitive to this material I had never tried. I made 2 lil statues, it's far less easy than I expected but, whatever is the result (hehe, ok, my statues are not pretty-pretty), clay brings a very sensual pleasure :-))
I'll try again (s)
Oh and Martin is making a statue of *a* sleeping woman.... he asked if I could be a model for it...hehe....I've just spent 2 hours sleeping on the sofa! The best *job* I've ever had :P

I should have spent hours filling up my income tax form... But I could not decide myself to waste my time with dat, not during the weekend anyway. I had forgotten about it till yesterday when Arnaud told me he had just finished with his form..and realized he had 2 months of wages to pay as tax. Phewwwww 2 months!!!....(washing my memory again, t'is too scary :P)

How about Ewwws? How's your weekend....relaxing or busy....both maybe ;-) ?
Jack, have a peaceful end of day, Dear, and Penny One ... --> sending you sparkles of JOOP (hehe) to add a pleasant touch to your dreams **~~* *^^* *^^* *~~* *

**~~* *^^* * *
from Candy Froggie
6:05 PM

Wednesday, March 06, 2002

Phewwwwwwwwwww!!!!.....Phewwwwwlaaaalalalilooooooo!!!!**~~* * *

Knowing you've finished with dat chapter (even though you'll have tests in 3 months, etc)...makes me... Oh I had imagined 10000 different scripts about what was happening....I'm so relieved!!!!

And we were not the only ones worrying....look at this (most cute) one I've just met :

from Candy Froggie
8:25 PM


*skipping in the room* <---a much happier Penny

Huuu....Candy, I feel so bad that you have been sitting there waiting to here some news, I totally forgot that you can't grab your CIS mail at work......waaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! And Jack....you can take yer suspenders off now....uncomfortable were they Pet??

'K....here's what the doc told me today (he is one pretty cool dude I tell ya!)....anyhooooo, the results from the biopsy came back inconclusive....meaning they still don't know 'zackly what's happening with Celia...but....BUT...the doc told me today that if even just one little cell had already turned malignant the test would have picked it up!!! Weeehoooooooooo!!! *^**^**^*^* :-)))

Celia still has those couple of yukkky patches of cells on her that will need to be removed but rilly that is OK....and I'm not at all stressed or concerned that they are there, eventhough they are classed as high abnormality and precancerous. They aren't "dangerous" to my health....and that's brilliant!! He wants me to leave it for 3 months before I have them looked at and then talk again about removing them, because apparantly he has had several cases where they simply disappear. So since they aren't life threatening and there is a chance...even if it's only a little one...that they will heal themselves he can't see why I should put myself through having an op when I may not even need it. I love this man!!

Phew.....am I glad that is over...I tell ya, I was kinda freaked out with this whole thing......lemme just say again.....*Phewww*!!

Sooooo that's it.....Celia is doing OK........yiiiiiippppeeeeee!!!

*grabbing yer hands and skippping around the rooom* :-))))














from Ms Penny
3:52 PM

Tuesday, March 05, 2002

Well, seeing the DHN is being underused, I thought I had better be quick and throw some stuff into the bin for the other dhn'ers to root around and find something to chew over..if ya see what I mean But darnit, candy beat me to it...hehe I wish I was around to chat with ya tooo booo

I hope you managed to view that lil attachement I sent ya both...Penny...just WHAT were those two doing? Candy, you prob won't know what I/we are talking 'bout cause ya have a sooooper sensitive 'puter huh? And I am not going to tell you either...oh no, not after what you nasty Frenchmen did to our fine, upstanding, fair minded, rugger players..
Penny, your description of 'mentally runnin away', was sooo true!! We all do it, and we all think it wrong, but we all are not super gurus who can confront these things head on...I certainly find many excuses to not face problems I can do little about, and most times, well, they sort themselves out somehow. So, maybe what we do is natural and not to be taken as a weakness, more a way of coping with the difficult. You are very very lucky to have some very supportive people around, yre guru bro for one, what a help he should be for you! Help like that simply cannot be bought, it has to be given freely and with love, so jump in and accept it all. Not many people would have access to that sort of support. Just don't sick crossed legged so long ya can't stand ok? Hehe Hey, is all your family artistically minded or what? OoOOOoo

Candy, do continue to sit and stand before you will need help to do these simple things hehe Any sign of a bump yet? I suppose you celebrated your famous win over the roast beefs huh? Just softening you up for later..dats the plan ya see..ooops..now ya know it!!! Arrrghhh

Well, back to the old slog....booo

from Jack
10:14 AM


I wonder...is it already Wednesday in Oz?
Time has been running, thank Gawd for that **~* ^* *

Talking of it, I find that our blogs have something of a purrrfect *Twilight Zone* spirit! Penny posts blogs,let's say, dated from the 6/03/02 and our comments are dated from the 5/03/02! (or vice versa of course)!
I find that very magical! :P

Oh Jack, you've missed a fantabizooby time online last Saturday! The Goils really enjoyed each other, but missed their pony-Shmaker!

And of course, I can't wait to talk rugger with ya, Jack.... I thought da *dream team* was invincible...lemme remember the comments I've heard in the last past weeks.. "We don't worry, The French are still looking for their *flair*", etc etc :P
(*candidly whistling*)

OOoops, phone's ringing, work's calling ! Grrr:)

**~* * *Have a good night/day, ya great Pair**~* * *^* *~*
from Candy Froggie
10:07 AM

Friday, March 01, 2002

And I bet it's already Saturday in Oz!!!
This damn Friday is History now!
yeeeeeepeeeeeeee****~~* * *

I'll raise my ewe's milk (we go to Indian restaurant tonight :-) to the fabulous Aussie-Roastbeef Pair **~~* * **~~* * * *^^* *
from Candy Froggie
4:04 PM





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