Positive notes about the UK

Creme fraiche is yummy
"Knackered" is a great word
Saying, "That's pants," has gotten to be a lot of fun
Pay-as-you-go mobile phones are CHEAP
Nudity in daily newspapers and on public television
Phil & Ted's E3 buggies available in shops
You can get almost anywhere by train
Close proximity to mainland Europe

... OK, yeah, so not much. I tried.

Obsession

I am obsessed with this stroller. I keep asking my fairy godmother for it but I think her iPod buds are stuck in her ears. Somebody stop me from coveting and salivating over this thing.

It can hold two kids/babies: a kid in the front and another on the bottom with the seat attached, or a kid in the front and a newborn with the newborn in that fold-down thing on the back of the front seat. My husband says we need to at least have serious thoughts about the second kid first. But I want it now!

A (Cold)playmate is born!

Moses, eh? Well, it's better than Monty, which I was told to expect. Not much better though. However, it's extremely better than Apple. So cheers to the Martins for not picking more fruit from the Garden of Eden!

Oh, how I've been thinking of dear Gwynnie lately. How she has tolerated so many winters here can only be explained by the countless times I've seen her photographed this year in Mexico, Los Angeles and Spain. And now that I know exactly which stroller really is a perfit fit for me (Phil & Ted's E3) (at a measley £350, it can happen some day, right?), I'm sure that she's already got it for toting around both Apps and Moses. First the Bugaboo ... now this. My only saving grace is remembering how she did NOT look incredibly thin at that awards show soon after la Pomme was born, and that made me feel like maybe Gwyn is human after all.

Again: nah.

Upheaval

The Tesco Express (hereinafter referred to as "Tespressco") no longer sells the following items, which I purchased there frequently: tinned chili, tinned tuna chunks, raisins and dried apricots.

Someone ring the gods! This place is getting worse!