Daily Archives: August 31, 2009

Long distance car trips – the stuff of nightmares.

Returning from France presented us with only one option; we had to drive back. A car, a trailer, three kids, two parents and a load of household items you could not jump over…literally.

We started loading the trailer three days before we left and despite my constant declarations that the trailer tyres would not take the weight of all our stuff it turned out that they did the job fine. It was not the weight you see, but the bulk that looked so worrying. Still, we had to leave behind a raft of other things due to lack of space and prioritising, James wanted to bring back some holiday gifts for a couple of his little school mates but we just could not fit in one more item.

The trip took three days with us sailing over on the ferry from Le Havre to Rosslare; staffed by Polish workers and with a ‘bistro’ which has not changed it’s menu since we first sailed on that same ferry back in January. The crossing was rough, the kids were off-colour and even I was not up to eating much for most of the trip. Not so Arnold; it is amazing how some people are able to knock back a plate of curried chicken and chips while others just stare into a bowl of soup through woozy eyes and a green face.

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Kerry Katona needs a good divorce lawyer

markcroftHaving been away in France for two months I have not been privy to all the latest goings on in La-La Land…or should I say the wacky world of celebrity-dom. But even I have been amazed at how fast Kerry Katona is pressing the self destruct buttons in her life; amazed because the solution to all her problems is relatively simple…dump that schmuck of a husband Mark Croft!

The bloke’s a criminal! here we have blatant proof that the creep is bleeding the girl dry of her money, treating her like shite, setting her up for the paps to get incriminating shots of her and behaving like the repugnant moron that he is known to be!

Kerry must be the only celeb that was more popular BEFORE she got really famous. Okay, so she trades on the ‘ex-Atomic Kitten’ tag – actually there seem to be more ‘ex-Atomic Kittens’ floating around than current ones’ – and her victory in the jungle a few years back, but why on earth has she  spectacularly bollocksed up every golden opportunity that has come her way since letting crap looking Croft into her life…?

Because he is a total shit and saw her as an easy meal ticket. He is a thug, an ugly creep to boot and frankly Brian McFadden, dad to Kerry’s two older daughters, should have stepped in a long time ago when that jerk took up residence in Kerry’s home. 

But not only that the media, the tabloids, should be seeing Croft for what he is and what he is trying to do. Setting Kerry up for those drug shots was the lowest act imaginable and sickeningly he was paid for his efforts. Croft should be treated with the contempt he deserves, the paps should ignore him and not play his sordid game; this is the life and sanity of a young mother at stake here and any cooperation by the tabloids with Croft will only help drive those nails into Kerry’s coffin that much quicker.

The media should give Croft the huge ‘up yours’ sign, not pay him for anything and most certainly NEVER give him the opportunity to sell stories on Kerry when she finally comes to her senses and dumps him.  Kerry Katona is doing all the suffering, has everything to lose, and that bastard is making money out of it.

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Back in business

I cannot believe how fast our two months in France flashed by and now here we are, back in good ol’ Belfast – and so happy to be too. I well and truly have France out of my system and it will be a very long time, if ever, before Arnold can persuade me to set foot on gallic soil again. It suits some people, just not me – but I will always love and miss our home and business there, we spent six years in France and the memories will last forever. We had so many happy times – as well as not so happy times – but for me it will remain as a very significant and important phase in our lives because we had every minute of every waking day together as a family. Our youngest is five and, as he was born in France, he has had the bonus of being with his mum and dad every day of his life so far.

As he is starting school tomorrow we can honestly say we gave him all our time – we will never be regretting that we did not spend enough time with him or his brother. They have had the past five and a half years of our time – how many people, while also working hard, can beat that…?

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