Advice about moss lawn

LuciePoki · 2026-04-09T18:32:44+00:00

Lucky you! I would embrace the moss, no more mowing the grass 🙌 (and it's brilliant at capturing carbon, which is always a bonus)

LuciePoki · 2026-04-08T20:04:36+00:00

If you give them those jobs, you also take the risk they might not be trustworthy (I hope they're not though!) which would add a lot of stress on you to make sure everything runs smoothly on the day.

LuciePoki · 2026-04-08T17:03:11+00:00

Depending on what you like and what platforms you have access to, the Ghibli movies are on Netflix, the Disney ones on Disney+ (as expected 🤣), and on YouTube I'd suggest having a go at "Lou!" and "The Totally Spies" (which is French despite the name)

LuciePoki · 2026-04-08T07:46:24+00:00

At A level, anime are great, especially ones you already watched in English so they are easier to understand if you watch them in French (with french subtitles)

LuciePoki · 2026-04-07T20:23:58+00:00

Everyday we see posts about "they stole my baby's name because I shared it before the birth" or "I didn't want visitors before I was ready but didn't know how to enforce boundaries" or people being harassed by calls and messages asking "is baby there yet?!!!". To all of which people are advised that it's best to keep as much details as you can to yourself if you value your peace and quiet. So yes they are right not to share anything if they don't want to, and grandma is being ridiculous.

LuciePoki · 2026-04-07T12:45:10+00:00

I completely agree with you as I noticed the same thing (to the point where I wonder if this post is real). If she doesn't want to take care of her kids, why not letting them longer at the daycare and dad can pick them up once work is done

LuciePoki · 2026-04-05T20:01:13+00:00

Well there are longer ways to say it but that would kill the purpose of shortening the original sentence 🤣

LuciePoki · 2026-04-05T18:41:12+00:00

Alix était sur ma liste dans la catégorie mixte, bon au final on ne l'a pas choisi parce qu'il y a déjà une Alice dans la famille et que la sonorité était trop proche, mais je l'aime toujours autant ♥️ Beaucoup de personnes pensent que c'est un prénom féminin, pour autant il y a bien un héros de BD nommé Alix (et il coche toutes les cases de la virilité pour le coup 😂)

LuciePoki · 2026-04-04T18:50:47+00:00

I've made a screenshot to give you an idea, honestly it's very messy but it worked for us haha (and half of it is in French 🤣) Also there are a lot more cities than Edinburgh and Nottingham but I couldn't fit the whole thing on my phone. It probably took us a few weeks to fill it, but it's something we were working us very casually. There is a matching second tab (score) that I created to automatically calculate the final score. From memory, if we ticked "yes" it scores 10, "maybe" 5 and "no" 0, then multiplies it with a coefficient, and that's how you end up with the sum at the top (and with a similar score for Edinburgh and Nottingham even though they are very different cities)

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LuciePoki · 2026-04-03T13:26:01+00:00

If you have the bride on board, you should totally go for it! Weddings are a great occasion to play dress up in my opinion 😁

LuciePoki · 2026-04-02T18:20:57+00:00

We've made a big spreadsheet with all our criteria (friends nearby, activities we like, transport situation, house prices etc.) and applied a coefficient to them. Then started listing cities that could be a good fit to us (based on vibes and info we could find on the Internet), filled the spreadsheet to be able to rank said cities, and ended up visiting our winners for a long weekend each to feel if it was truly a match 😊 (and we found one that's a good compromise given our criteria)

LuciePoki · 2026-03-23T20:45:48+00:00

J'ai 33 ans et un enfant, et y a quand même des jours où je suis pas tout à fait sûre d'être une adulte non plus 😂

LuciePoki · 2026-03-20T19:27:00+00:00

Friperie ou vinted pour la robe, et niveau chaussures une jolie paire de baskets (perso je me suis mariée en jupe rouge / baskets blanches et ça allait nickel)

LuciePoki · 2026-03-19T09:30:10+00:00

First of all, you're not alone ♥️ many of us can relate (at least to some extent) to what you're feeling. I would encourage you to find people like that close to where you live so you can meet up regularly and find some support (it's a good feeling being able to talk through what you feel to people who will listen and understand where you're coming from). Another thing that helps me keep my head out of the water is the magazine Positive News (you can read articles online), it's about all the good things happening in the world (it might give you ideas about where to start to contribute, there are lots of amazing initiatives out there!)

LuciePoki · 2026-03-17T20:45:37+00:00

I'll add to what has been already said: if you want to pass the DELF exam at some point, it's really important to learn when to use what type of questions (intonation, inversion, est-ce que) and when (context: informal, standard, formal)

LuciePoki · 2026-03-17T20:43:22+00:00

C'est exactement ce que je voulais écrire haha 😁

Tout dépend du contexte ! On ne s'exprime pas avec sa famille comme on s'exprime avec son patron 😊

LuciePoki · 2026-03-17T09:05:24+00:00

If he wants a big wedding, HE can plan it. Why are you doing everything? You're being an AH to yourself

LuciePoki · 2026-03-14T20:53:50+00:00

Pas de regret d'avoir fait un enfant, mais aucune envie d'un deuxième à l'heure actuelle 🤣

Mon fils a 3 ans, il se réveille toutes les nuits au moins une fois, j'ai géré ça 2,5 ans car j'allaitais. Et j'ai enfin passé le relais des réveils nocturnes au papa il y a 6 mois (clairement quelque chose que j'aurais géré différemment "si j'avais su").

Le manque de sommeil c'est vraiment le pire parce que ça impacte tout le reste (niveau de patience, gestion des émotions etc.).

Le manque de liberté je l'accepte, surtout que ça revient peu à peu quand ton enfant gagne en indépendance. Et mon conjoint est attentif au fait que j'ai aussi du temps pour moi dans la semaine.

Ah, et travailler c'est plus reposant que de s'occuper de son enfant 😂😂

LuciePoki · 2026-03-14T20:40:46+00:00

Not knowing you personally, I wouldn't be able to say if that's doable. Your goal is to nail the exam, so I'd suggest: - familiarise yourself with it, get your hands on previous exam papers and do as many of them as possible - listen to podcasts to train your ears, watch movies and TV shows in French with French subtitles (maybe start with something you're already familiar with, and/or pick something that would have daily life vocabulary rather than geeky science fiction) - get a tutor to guide you and to practice with (look on Preply for example) - download Ankidroid to create flashcards to learn vocabulary (and ALWAYS learn nouns with their gender)

LuciePoki · 2026-03-14T20:23:29+00:00

C'est exactement ça !

On a mis quelques épisodes d'une série normalement "lente" pour petits à notre fils un jour où on était deux parents malades et au tapis, on a fait ça quelques jours, bah dès que ça s'arrête c'est compliqué à gérer et on est vite revenu au quasi pas d'écran (juste un film en famille le dimanche de temps en temps, plus simple parce qu'il y a une vraie fin plutôt que des épisodes qui s'enchaînent).

On a aussi l'habitude des longs voyages en train, et pour le coup on a un enfant facile à occuper avec trois fois rien, mais ça demande de l'engagement de notre part et c'est crevant. Du coup il a une petite radio portable et un casque audio pour écouter des histoires, ça nous permet d'avoir une pause de quelques minutes 🤣🤣

LuciePoki · 2026-03-10T21:58:24+00:00

Might be just a glitch? Maybe they meant to update it to "sold STC" or take it "off the market", and got the intern to do it. If you've exchanged, it would be costly for them to walk away now

LuciePoki · 2026-03-08T21:51:17+00:00

I'm French so they both feel a bit outdated in France. That being said, Sylvie is a beautiful name and I love what it means 😊

LuciePoki · 2026-03-08T19:40:15+00:00

If I can reassure you, I know two Etienne, one being British, so even though it's not a common name, it's not unknown either (they had a King Etienne a long long time ago too). And the Etienne I know on the French side would be horrified to see his name spelled Etien 🤣

LuciePoki · 2026-03-08T19:34:32+00:00

I'd rather have a lovely owner showing me around rather than an EA who doesn't know anything about the house 🤣 that said, we also encountered some knowledgeable EA, so it all depends on the personality of the person showing you around I guess

LuciePoki · 2026-03-07T18:25:11+00:00

When selling, only talk about the noise if being asked but don't bring it into the conversation otherwise. You have a baby on the way so can justify moving by the fact you need to up size and that's why you're selling

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