tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post672272155021769994..comments2024-01-30T19:29:34.430+01:00Comments on Brits in Bosnia - toddlers, dog and all: Dear So and So: Bosnian Version Part VIIUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-40332002092194873132009-12-08T16:18:06.743+01:002009-12-08T16:18:06.743+01:00haha i love your postcards! i think i might have t...haha i love your postcards! i think i might have to write some of my own. <br /><br />with the whole santa clause thing; in bosnia deda mraz, jelke, and presents are all tied to new years eve and not christmas. i think that while we adopted the western tradition, we transferred it onto a secular holiday for us so that everybody can celebrate it :)Dancing to Lambadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02706592194350782602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-56614549524237434612009-12-07T10:10:43.436+01:002009-12-07T10:10:43.436+01:00VBH - Oooo, interesting. I think it might be a new...VBH - Oooo, interesting. I think it might be a new years thing here, but the orthodox new year is sometime in January so the whole thing is very complex (especially for an overstretched Mummy... with dishclothes for brains at the moment!)<br /><br />Kat - Yay your girls! Do they save up these moments to take us by surprise? But love that they are in visible places.<br /><br />MH - I have a feeling we've forgotton how bad UK red tape can be... <br /><br />TM - Dear British Weather. You are rubbish. We are going back to Bosnia!<br /><br />Owen - Oh, bus queues. Scary places. <br /><br />Miss Angie - Hello! We were very excited about the loo part!<br /><br />Mejis - no idea. But also they seem to think women should just pull themselves together as it is only a cold, whereas they have some form of Ebola virus.<br /><br />Liz - so do I. She is such a lovely dog. I have a whole post planned about her. <br /><br />Toni - I don't do the banks. Way to scary. Post Office is my limit. Not looking forward to the invading body snatchers!<br /><br />NVG - Do yours also do the sweet hug thing and then push each other over (you know, just in case we thought they actually thought the other one was ok...)<br /><br />Mwa - my elbows are sharp. Watch out Britain for our return. I'll be the one at the front!<br /><br />LCM - couldn't stop smiling all day! Even had to phone Dave to tell him about it. May show how seldom it happens here.<br /><br />Sparx - they do look a bit similar...<br /><br />Kate - So not looking forward to moving back. It is going to be painful.<br /><br />TW - Timing is crucial. They get extra brownie points for getting me an approving what lovely children what a good job you are doing comment.<br /><br />MM - In some ways we can't wait! But the red tape nightmare before we come home is threatening to drown us already, and we still have five months to go!Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-15402607568280037522009-12-07T08:06:59.162+01:002009-12-07T08:06:59.162+01:00Ha! I think you really need to come home soon. Lov...Ha! I think you really need to come home soon. Love to see those postcards... (Dear BT -- why does it take FOUR WEEKS to get a phone working?)A Modern Motherhttp://www.amodernmother.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-82820948286782963402009-12-06T21:04:47.286+01:002009-12-06T21:04:47.286+01:00Wonderful Post cards - esp the one when teh boys g...Wonderful Post cards - esp the one when teh boys gave you that very brief moment of good behaviour - timing is all important!Tattieweaslehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10723634612274763884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-4390733514196457352009-12-06T09:15:22.446+01:002009-12-06T09:15:22.446+01:00Great postcards. I sympathise on the red tape thin...Great postcards. I sympathise on the red tape thing - absolutely the WORST thing about moving countries. We moved from Belgium (lots of red tape) to Bahrain (even more, only no-one can tell you the rules). Nightmare!Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04380185371568467047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-86790523869558315672009-12-06T01:29:25.681+01:002009-12-06T01:29:25.681+01:00Oh brilliant brilliant... I might have to write so...Oh brilliant brilliant... I might have to write some of these myself. And, are you sure that is not MY son poking you in the ear in the morning? Sounds JUST like him...Sparxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04075991922896922279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-88939633152347748322009-12-04T23:30:51.990+01:002009-12-04T23:30:51.990+01:00FM I love your postcards. The one Luke about wee-i...FM I love your postcards. The one Luke about wee-ing 'all by himself' is very very close to home.<br /><br />As is the hugs one. Wonderful. Has me smiling inanely like the village idiot.<br /><br />LCM xLondon City Mumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00459815415379403354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-86028956323546182822009-12-04T23:29:36.526+01:002009-12-04T23:29:36.526+01:00I know about the queueing. When I moved back to Be...I know about the queueing. When I moved back to Belgium, I genuinely could not get served in a bar any more. Now I don't know what's to relearn.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-43923697620169866342009-12-04T22:17:29.719+01:002009-12-04T22:17:29.719+01:00That's so cute about the boy-love in. Mine do ...That's so cute about the boy-love in. Mine do that sometimes, when they're not pushing each other over....and yay about the early morning wee!nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-69576371389533227242009-12-04T22:11:35.851+01:002009-12-04T22:11:35.851+01:00Geesh! The first time I went to a bank in Tuzla, j...Geesh! The first time I went to a bank in Tuzla, just to change a large bill, I was horrified about the "mob" vs a proper "queue." Someone from the U saw me and rescued me. Then I had to surrender my passport to get the bill changed. I was petrified, but got it back. Never again!<br /><br />As for the boys' affectionate embrace, it does happen eventually. Ours regularly growled at each other until mid-teens when the invading body snatchers, who had taken them around age 12, returned them in some semblance of agreeable-ness. Now they have their own children to contend with!Toni in Ithacanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-15429003029789687682009-12-04T20:18:17.620+01:002009-12-04T20:18:17.620+01:00Oh I do worry about Outside Dog. Hope he does come...Oh I do worry about Outside Dog. Hope he does come back. Could you add an Outside Dog widget, or something? The Outside Dog is in/out, something like that? xLiz (LivingwithKids)http://www.kidstart.co.uk/livingwithkidsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-27042423947925306732009-12-04T19:12:59.695+01:002009-12-04T19:12:59.695+01:00Why is it that men think they are dying when they ...Why is it that men think they are dying when they have a cold?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-40807926620099482382009-12-04T16:32:45.984+01:002009-12-04T16:32:45.984+01:00Yay about the kid in the loo! Good job!
*Visiti...Yay about the kid in the loo! Good job! <br /><br />*Visiting from Kat's!Miss Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02824804006455085251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-75087010242498254992009-12-04T15:25:24.077+01:002009-12-04T15:25:24.077+01:00Sadly we are no longer the paragons we once liked ...Sadly we are no longer the paragons we once liked to think we were. Darwinian selection pressure has applied to anyone queuing for a bus in London ever since LT introduced the OMO buses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-41740160436464125682009-12-04T15:25:15.369+01:002009-12-04T15:25:15.369+01:00Sadly we are no longer the paragons we once liked ...Sadly we are no longer the paragons we once liked to think we were. Darwinian selection pressure has applied to anyone queuing for a bus in London ever since LT introduced the OMO buses.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-58868671332889781042009-12-04T14:32:39.174+01:002009-12-04T14:32:39.174+01:00I'm looking forward to seeing what your Britis...I'm looking forward to seeing what your British versions are like!Teacher Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215145025563985398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-43283412465060751642009-12-04T14:22:43.307+01:002009-12-04T14:22:43.307+01:00I love the dear so and sos, once you have dealth w...I love the dear so and sos, once you have dealth with Bosnia red tape the UK is going to be a since again.Jen Walshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374363403295342745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-28676853692669037582009-12-04T12:46:28.098+01:002009-12-04T12:46:28.098+01:00I love that your boys gave you that moment of genu...I love that your boys gave you that moment of genuine good behaviour. My girls surprised me on our trip back from the states with absolutely the best behaviour and I had this one lady who was walking towards customs with us at Heathrow praising my parenting (out loud) and I was so flustered. I was just bursting with pride. Don't you just love it when you have moments like that?Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16973125452842612070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3519883976018465014.post-20577406810633001382009-12-04T11:43:47.337+01:002009-12-04T11:43:47.337+01:00Great postcards once again. The Santa thing thoug...Great postcards once again. The Santa thing though, when is he visiting. Papa Noel doesn't show his face around these parts until the 5th of Jan as the Spanish give presents on Jan 6th or 3 Kings as it's called. Just wondering??Very Bored in Catalunyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07695203425270299420noreply@blogger.com