What a crappy year 2010 has been for me, probably the worst in all of my 30 years on planet earth. I am delighted to be slamming the door on it and determined after tonight not to look back. 2010 has marked the third continuous year of economic difficulties for the Piglet household as our [...]
Archive for December, 2010
Good riddance 2010, welcome 2011!
Posted in New Year, tagged New Year, new years resolutions on 31/12/2010 | 15 Comments »
A waiting game…
Posted in Moving Houses, tagged moving home in France, moving to the French countryside on 21/12/2010 | 18 Comments »
I’m an impatient Piglet and am certainly not renowned for being able to wait for anything, so at the moment it is like I am living through hell as my patience is being pushed to its limits and there’s not much I can do about it. I debated even writing about this on here as [...]
Team Pink
Posted in Pregnancy on 17/12/2010 | 24 Comments »
Today was a very special day – it was our second official ultrasound and after 10 weeks of speculation, we finally got confirmation that we are TEAM PINK!!! May the shopping commence!
Chocolate encounters: meeting Charley and the lights of Lyon
Posted in Foreign in France, Lyon, tagged Fete de la lumiere lyon, illuminations lyon, lights in Lyon, Lyon on 16/12/2010 | 14 Comments »
I just realized today that I have not posted or been very present on the blogosphere over the past week and wish to apologise to all. I haven’t forgotten you, there’s just been so much going on here that it has zapped all of my energy and left me a quite tired. Silly pregnant brain [...]
Silly Pregnant Brain, French Health Cover Update & Christmas Tree
Posted in Healthcare, Money things, Pregnancy, tagged banana cake, Christmas tree, French healthcare, pregnancy on 08/12/2010 | 27 Comments »
Silly pregnant brain had me believing hen had teeth after PIP said they were hard to come by… It’s a wonder I can even function currently, stupidity is becoming my middle name. Yesterday I poured my coffee in the bin instead of in the sink. I turned the tap on over the worktop instead of [...]
Feeling Festive
Posted in Food, Foreign in France, Lyon, Weather, tagged Advent Calendars, foreign in France, Lyon, Mince Pies, Snow on 05/12/2010 | 26 Comments »
All house hunting has been pretty much on standby this week as Lyon and most of Europe got a major dumping of snow and roads and motorways became best avoided if possible. So I’ve been able to enjoy a nice relaxing week of home and work and what better way to start the month of [...]




