I am a domestic goddess
I have had a fall out with the guy I was working with, he is an Ace person, and funnily enough the word ace translated into Italian, is asso (which believe it or not Ripley) is pronounced asshole.
So at the moment Mrs Sensible goes to work at two different schools to teach her little chilblains how to tie their shoelaces and generally educate them; so that they do not grow up to be the next Mussolini of heavens forbid another Burlusconi.
I on the other hand am learning how to make the bed using nurses corners, mop the floor, cook the evening meal (I have bought several packets of indigestion tablets) and be a good housewife house-husband.
I have drawn the line at waiting at home ready in a negligee to greet my hard working wife.
and until the diet kicks in, I am not doing the Chippendales either.
In-between sending out my C.V, dreaming up get rich quick schemes and polishing the bookcase I have produced tonight’s evening meal,
I have put a bun in the oven
Changed the bed and tucked it in with nurses corners.
And it is not even 1.00’ clock, so I can now sit down with a glass of wine, put my feet up and watch daytime TV.
Only day time TV in Italy is appalling.
Oh but you have to watch the soap operas – that’s part of being a house-husband! =)
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Oh, they are soooo bad in Italy, really bad. I can’t even watch English daytime T.V using the internet, living in the countryside my internet connection is almost as good as dial up..
But I have a cunning plan, so hopefully I wont be a house husband for too long
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Hope the cunning plan is successful soon……
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I am working on it.. It has Mrs Sensible’s approval. Lots of other cunning plans were vetoed by her.
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LOL! And that Berlusconi pic – why have I not come across this little gem before?!?
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He enjoyed his time as PM 🙂
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You are so much better than me! But then with the bed we have here it’s impossible to nurse the corners. The mattress is recessed and I just tuck as well as possible. it works well enough. With the munchkin, I barely cook, and it is fine, the muz wants Serbian food. I only cook American, Indian, Thai, and Mexican. After a long day at school, I am sure the Mrs. is pleased to come home to a good meal and a tidy home. 🙂 I don’t think your are such a black sheep after all! I won’t tell anyone though. Image is everything. Good luck with your endeavors!
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Once a black sheep, always a black sheep. I can burn and ruin most food but I haven’t tried Serbian yet 🙂
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Sounds like you are very efficient in your duties…and wow, I’m impressed that you have even made the evening’s meal! (that was something I didn’t even think about until around 5 pm!) I miss those days of being a housewife….even though I was also running after two little darlings!!! Sometimes as I’m running out the door in the morning and I see little projects I would love to work on, I get that nostalgic feeling of “I remember when I had time…” Enjoy these days and good luck with your plans!!! If you figure out how to get rich quick, please pass it on!!! And the next time the Chippendales’s strike a pose, they need to make room for one more 😉
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The food tasted ok but I will never make a chippendale, As soon as I figure a get rich quick scheme I will let you know. And thanks for the nice comment and thoughts
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I am impressed. Hope that things come out in the wash (put your colleague in the machine at high spin and see what happens?) That dinner looks scrummy. I now feel guilty that I have just taught one hour of English, hoovered, washed and put the laundry out, and will not be doing a Dita Van Teese impression from when he gets home (apart from the fact that I have sinusitis and feel about as sexy as a doorpost, it may make my kids throw up the dinner I haven’t cooked yet). When you’re ready, let me know and I’ll send you three kids for the next stage in your training 🙂
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just send Smelly dog 🙂
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I can if you want, but she leaves a lot more hair on the carpet than the kids do. On the other hand, the kids don’t eat Winalot.
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Better send the kids, I have never cooked Winalot before.
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You are doomed PN, DOOOOOMED !! Doomed to coffee mornings, tea with the Padre, polishing the brasses in the local church, joining the WI International, SHOPPING …..eek. I can’t watch you suffer !! I need to lie down after reading this post 😀
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ha ha ha ha:)
I wonder if Italy has a local WI?
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The devil makes work for idle hands. You may even get around to fixing the vacuum-with-a-mind-of-its-own… I believe its name is Vileda? Funny how autonomous vacuums don’t require a driving licence, yet have more collisions than the average Italian car driver. 😀
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Mmmm it is a thought, it might save me some hoovering. I will try to find it tomorrow.
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Think twice, my friend. You’ll have to cover all the skirting boards in the house with bubble wrap or something equally sound-damping!
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That is true. But I would then have more time to watch day time TV (and a glass of wine)
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Put on a saucy, skimpy number for her – that or I can send you some Jeremy Kyle DVD’s to while away the hours….
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I need to think on your kind offers 😉
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Wow, what a catch! With such great work, Mrs. Sensible may be sad that she OK-ed one of your cunning plans.
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She wants me back at work …. as do I. 🙂
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The dinner looks very tasty. Will you be blogging the recipe so that we can learn to be domestic goddesses too? 🙂
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It was easy, I only panicked twice.. and I managed to make the kitchen look tidy & respectable before Mrs Sensible returned from work.
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Love the Berlusconi pic. He looks all: “Come to Papa” while Michelle stands there with her arm out thinking, “Are you freaking kidding me?!” and Obama looks on, a touch disgusted..
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I don’t think Berlusconi cared what anyone thought. He was having fun, jetting around the world playing the jester; the problem was he was also supposed to be running the country. Which is one of the reasons Italy is in such a mess.
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you have a cunning plan??? where have I heard THAT before…. and I know how those “cunning plans” really end up. Good on Mrs Sensible for keeping you grounded (in more ways than one..)
by the way is the top picture MM? she’s got a new Gravatar have you noticed? and what’s that you’ve burned (oooops, sorry, I mean cooked)? that roast chicken looks like macaroni cheese from a packet.
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Ha ha, I will ask MM if it is her. Macaroni from the co op! I am shocked, mind you they didn’t have any pot noodles
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Dammit, OAC, you’ve blown my cover.
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Pot noodles in an Italian supermarket??? that will be the day…. and Marmite. If that happens I will apply for British passport. The end of the world… ;(
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If you apply for a British driving licence, it is sure to arrive before my Italian driving licence
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Oh this one is good. So now you can cook like a chef, clean like an English maid, make beds like a REAL nurse. To be the finished product you will need to be clean shaven, with teeth brushed, hair combed and oh yes, freshly showered for a full presentation of being the dutiful house husband. :-
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I know it is bad isn’t it. Gosh the things us house husbands have to do.
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When you finish your household chores and would like to escape horrible daytime TV you can come over and take care of my home, I could use an already trained househusband. 🙂
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Only if you teach me how to refurbish furniture. 🙂
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Deal. 🙂
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mix the martinis, open the bonbons, and enjoy the rest of day. before your next cunning plan kicks in )
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I love martinis, shaken or stirred..
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I can manage this level of domestic goddessism for one day but any longer and I revert back to my usual slovenly ways. Are you going to be able to keep this up permanently???
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Until my cunning plan comes to fruition. 🙂
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Obama’s face is priceless! I’d love to see Mrs Sensible’s reaction if she came home to Pecora Von Teese 😉
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Ha ha ha… Italian divorce courts… My legs would look dreadful in stockings 😉
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If it takes as long to get a divorce as it does to get a driver’s licence, you’ll be alright 😉
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I think divorce over here is very expensive and dangerous to your health. Well it would be dangerous to my health if I suggested it to Mrs Sensible.
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I love that woman 😉
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look at you! that dish LOOKS delicious…..now, over on Mrs. Sensible’s blog to find out how it actually tatstes!
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You really want a Mrs Sensible blog don’t you? Do you not believe my posts on marital harmony??
Now sshhhh before she caves in to your demands. 🙂
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The Ultimate Appalling TV Show in Italy: Jersey Shore (or the Jordy Shore for you English folk) dubbed in Italian!
Needless to say, I tend to stick to streaming my favorite TV shows on my PC which may, or may not be, a more corrupt thing to do then watching Italian daytime TV.
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We have a tre dongle, which is a little faster than dial up… So no streaming over here.
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Oh, I am so sorry. So very sorry. There’s always good old fashioned reading?
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We have tried them all, Vodaphone, tre and even Poste Italia. I accidentally on purpose tried to use the Poste Italian dongle while I was in the UK… Wonderful Poste Italia barred it… and even after I apologised and paid them 30 eurinies they couldn’t unbar it, they did try but failed.
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Is Jersey Shore the American show with the women that are always drunk and falling over??
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ding ding ding!
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🙂
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hey PN, I just came across this FB page, could be useful for your Red Cross parcel delivery of goodies and ingredients, when you are cooking an English Sunday roast in Piemonte?
https://www.facebook.com/britishcornershop?fref=ts
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I will immediately if not sooner run over and have a look. The HP brown sauce is nearly finished and now winter is here we desperately need porridge .
Thanks
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how do you like your porridge? Mr C has his with milk, sugar and jam, I like mine with honey. Nuke 4 mins
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Just a little sugar.
We bought some oats from the coop last week, added milk and nuked for 3 mins….. they sat in the bottom of the milk looking sad. Nuked for a further 10 mins, they looked the same. Full power nuke for 12 mins.
Mrs Sensible ate them, I declined. It took a while to scrape them off the inside of the microwave 😦
Maybe the stuff we bought was for horses not porridge .
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you bought porridge IN ITALY???? from the coop IN ITALY??? do they even know what porridge is??? must have been something else. Birds feed maybe 😉
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I think you are supposed to be added to cereal and milk or yoghurt. It was the first crunchy porridge I have ever made 🙂
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The meal you cooked looks very yummy! Daytime tv is not good… I am intrigued to know what your cunning plan is! I’m on catch up duty as my blogging time has been a bit rubbish lately! Looking forward to getting up to speed on the latest in PN and Mrs Sensible’s world! 🙂
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Ohh! The cunning plan, I flew to Paris to discuss it with a Frenchman, even Mrs Sensible approves of this get rich quick scheme. All will be revealed in the new year. 😉
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More curious by the minute!
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