The Chateau Diaries #325 Couldn't get the dog's ashes in the same country, got new one in another country

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Gertrude Maud said:
Discouraging gifts is something I have implemented in my own life. A while ago, after discussing it with my husband I told our relatives and a friend that we no longer wanted to exchange Christmas gifts. My reasoning is we have enough stuff; I am sick of receiving token gifts that are given because it's expected; most of these people have grandchildren on which they can better spend their money instead of us. The relatives were all fine about it but the friend, not so much. She was offended. She is actually the one who gives me the strangest gifts as she said I am hard to buy for. The last gift she gave me was a very large, very heavy, shallow, metal, rectangular, perforated crate thing 'for the garden'. I have no idea what it is or how to use it. Even her husband let slip that he didn't know what Gertrude Maud was going to use it for. It has been sitting, propped up against the side of the house since just before covid.
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We have done the same thing, because mainly if there's something we want, we can buy it. And, we really don't need a thing. So, we told the kids and the sister-in-law that we don't want any gifts. The sister-in-law had a problem with that, because gift giving really is her "love language". In the past, she had given us things that were not only impractical, but things that were really not useful to us. She went on a trip to Ireland and Scotland several years ago, and came home with tams and scarves (we're knitters, so these are things we can make of we want them), a vase, a small metal sheep sculpture which was a witch to keep the dust off, and other various stuff. I think she had to have things shipped home because she had purchased so much stuff. She does abide to our rule, but does make sure to bring things like peppermint bark and other treats, which is ok because they can be shared with everyone.
 
T Rex said:
Same here! We still purchase gifts for our younger niece and nephew, and send a cheque to our older nephew. The only person who refuses to read the memo is my MIL, but luckily, she sends really beautiful glass nautical art that goes with our decor and stuff for the dogs (we have very similar tastes, so I actually enjoy buying her Christmas gifts.) My SIL was admiring a few pieces at my house recently, and when I casually remarked that they were from MIL over the years, she was vexed. "What the hell... She buys US crap gifts!" I bit my tongue, as MIL does babysit their children for free the entire time FIL and she are wintering in Florida, and buys a ton of expensive gifts and clothing for the children throughout the year and at holidays. BIL and SIL also buy MIL and FIL cheap gifts the make no sense for Christmas as well, so there's that. (I wonder if either party has received something similar to your strange metal garden crate @Gertrude Maud ! :ROFLMAO: )
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I am sure they weren't regifting that thing to me. Her husband said he was puzzled why she chose it for me when they were out antiquing. It's not the first time she has bought me something 'unique'. The previous gift (I don't know what that was either . . . some sort of 'wire structure') was small enough to be piffed into the wheelie bin so in it went. She prides herself on being quirky. They are putting their property on the market this Spring and their place has been undergoing a major 'de-quirking' since last Autumn.
 
graciemckitten said:
Spot on. The tulip hoarder/tulip denier has to pretend to be kind to children. She loves to use the two children as staged content for her shady channel for impression management and as moneymakers for herself. No one else will allow their children to be around her.Antoine has aged out of the cute little child stage.

She has no content and has been told that she appears selfish. Remember her teaching the kids about rabbits being ‘naked“ ? Recall her birthday a year ago when the two children were forced to bring a cake up to her bedroom and present it to her as if she was the queen? She has used them for years for fake Easter celebrations, a Christmas celebration, to present the newest teeny tiny moneymaker puppy. They are still wary of her, and rightfully so.

Dan and his kids have garnered her over 3 million views in the past year and the fake “finger/ chapel“ storyline now cements her connection online with dangerous Dan and his currently more popular channel as well as guarantees views. It is hard to believe that the children didn’t insist upon having an impression of their middle finger made for the chapel. Stephanie Jarvis will use any living person or animal to exploit to make money for herself. It is all about the $$$$$$ honey, every day, all day.

Mummy has had to force herself to pretend she likes the new tiniest little moneymaker. It is killing her. She loves $$$$$$$$ and attention just like her daughter. She participated in the scripted storyline of being stopped from caring for flowers on the terrace ( how many times did they pull that scripted storyline chestnut out for views), and has happily taking the dog out for” walks” in the walled in garden and gingerly held the dog repeatedly in videos so she could manage and change the impression that she did not like dogs. Isabell hates dogs, but she hates the thought of the money train stopping at the dump more. Hence, Mummy loves the newest teeny moneymaker so viewers are treated to staged scenes of Mummy in the kitchen, caring the incredibly tiny shaking dog, taking it for a two minute walk for the camera, sitting in a chair with a teeny tiny dog in her lap. I believe the dog may consider Isabell a lesser evil because she does not dance with the dog, or clutch it tightly because she doesn’t really want to have to touch the dog.

Stephanie even had the plastic enclosure that have been kept up in her bedroom for Ratso 1.0 brought down to the dining room so she could showcase her newest moneymaker to all the bed and breakfast clientele. She uses the teeny tiny dog as a crutch and a barrier so she does not have to interact with those nasty bed-and-breakfast guests anymore than necessary and has a prop that she can talk about and manipulate.

I hope Ombeline keeps her two large shepherds, away from the dump and away from the newest teeny tiny dog. Stephanie implied Lee threw her and her dogs under the bus when trying to create chaos about the mysterious death of Ratso 1.0.

It is strange that you don’t see Hanni doing much, if anything, with the newest teeny tiny dog. I wonder what happened to the dog that she purchased during the pandemic? She posted photos of it on her Instagram. Is it living with her parents now? She has been at the dump for many, many weeks in the past several months but no mention of her dog.
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Didn't the Larkin's also get a puppy? Does it ever show up in the vlogs?
 
graciemckitten said:
@ameliacorin7383
2 days ago
Just noting that Galahad looks anxious @ 16:15-16:17 when Stephanie carries him. He licks his mouth which can be a sign of anxiety. Prague Ratters are really sensitive dogs. I really hope that Galahad will be treated with more care & TLC than poor Lancelot was. I will never forget how Philip dragged Lancelot by the leash across the kitchen to the door soon after they adopted him. Doing that can harm a dog's thyroid & there's usually a very good reason why a dog new to a leash may not respond to it the way their human wants them to. Really hope that Philip & Stephanie be as mindful and nurturing of Galahad as they are of their porcelain collection. Time will tell...
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Well amelia ....... that is what we see online ........ I shudder to think how they look after and treat their dog off camera. Mmm ????
 
Gertrude Maud said:
I am sure they weren't regifting that thing to me. Her husband said he was puzzled why she chose it for me when they were out antiquing. It's not the first time she has bought me something 'unique'. The previous gift (I don't know what that was either . . . some sort of 'wire structure') was small enough to be piffed into the wheelie bin so in it went. She prides herself on being quirky. They are putting their property on the market this Spring and their place has been undergoing a major 'de-quirking' since last Autumn.
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I'd like to think she had good intentions and terrible execution. Back in the day, when my mum's cousin was visiting my great aunt (her son), he brought home his latest girlfriend to meet her (he was a CEO of a large investment firm, she was a flight attendant- no one really cared- everyone just hoped he finally found "the one")- and Stacy was incredibly nice, beautiful and well mannered. Bless her heart, whilst she was lovely, she brought my very proper and formal great aunt a gift- explaining her father makes rubbish into art, and while my great aunt was gracious about it (and I could see my mum's cousin cringe when Auntie opened it), "Oh! My! How interesting! Your father is truly talented!", no one ever could figure out what the actual hell it was or the purpose. Uncle Baldy (my mum's cousin) and Stacy eventually broke up, and my great aunt, bless her heart, said, "I hate to toss it into the recycling bin, but it is abysmal and rusting everywhere! Tis' a good thing they broke up or I'd have to live with it forever!"
 
All this talk about novels, authors and our Tattle Book Club made me recall this....
'All I ever wanted is a modest little home, nothing fancy. A usable kitchen, a yard for the dog, a secret bookshelf door that hides a sprawling, candlelit Victorian library with rolling ladders on every wall, and a cantankerous ghost librarian. I don't ask for much.'
 
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Lady Avonlea said:
All this talk about novels, authors and our Tattle Book Club made me recall this....
'All I ever wanted is a modest little home, nothing fancy. A usable kitchen, a yard for the dog, a secret bookshelf door that hides a sprawling, candlelit Victorian library with rolling ladders on every wall, and a cantankerous ghost librarian. I don't ask for much.'
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Ditto
 
T Rex said:
Well, since there is no Shitoo Diaries to make fun of tonight, I went down the rabbit hole on FamilySearch to see if any of my LaLande ancestors actually previously owned Fanny's crumbling abode back in the day. Nope- probably some ancient cousins, as mine were in Brittany and Normandy. :ROFLMAO:
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Since there was no Shitoo Diaries to make fun of tonight I pulled out my Jason Mamoa Colouring Book.
It seems I need to buy some more skin-tone crayons.
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Lady Avonlea said:
Fanny & Snorty, if you're really interested in decluttering she should:
- remove 1 item each week from every room in the shitoo (sell, donate or toss in the garbage, but don't put into storage). Hundreds of items would be gone within a year.
- have an annual spring and autumn clothes clear out
- stop encouraging gifts - how much tit are people still sending post-Crapeaux? Who the hell sent 4 boxes of dates?
- don't accept gifts from paying guests (just like Crapeaux, they're just trying to advertise their products for sale)
- join Shoppers Anonymous - start small - no shopping for 1 month
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They could have their own pitch at a brocante. (slaps self with a wet kipper) Silly me that means the work of loading/unloading/reloading a van, setting up a stall but worst of all having to get up at the crack of duck fart to get there and set up.
 
Lady Avonlea said:
Since there was no Shitoo Diaries to make fun of tonight I pulled out my Jason Mamoa Colouring Book.
It seems I need to buy some more skin-tone crayons.
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Jason is so often in New Zealand that I joke he'll soon be at my local supermarket for a meet and greet.

Actually he looked at a friend's farm that was for sale near Auckland and I had to tell my friend that even Aquaman couldn't afford it.
 
Lady Avonlea said:
All this talk about novels, authors and our Tattle Book Club made me recall this....
'All I ever wanted is a modest little home, nothing fancy. A usable kitchen, a yard for the dog, a secret bookshelf door that hides a sprawling, candlelit Victorian library with rolling ladders on every wall, and a cantankerous ghost librarian. I don't ask for much.'
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I'll apply for the librarian job when I'm a ghost 📖📓📙👻
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Le Baiseur said:
I don't care how beloved he is, he was a sick monster for making such a request. I'm glad humanity prevailed in the end.
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Yes, that is very sick. He could have asked that when the dog died they put the dogs ashes on his grave, that would have been ok.
 
Sparrowsfart said:
Time for a follow up video? Not sure who made it, but you're a hero 😚
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Yes. Whoever you are I love you for putting it together and highlighting the abuse to Fanny's blind sycophants. It comes up straight away when you search for CD. Let's hope it is greasing CD's slippery slope to oblivion
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graciemckitten said:
@ameliacorin7383
2 days ago
Just noting that Galahad looks anxious @ 16:15-16:17 when Stephanie carries him. He licks his mouth which can be a sign of anxiety. Prague Ratters are really sensitive dogs. I really hope that Galahad will be treated with more care & TLC than poor Lancelot was. I will never forget how Philip dragged Lancelot by the leash across the kitchen to the door soon after they adopted him. Doing that can harm a dog's thyroid & there's usually a very good reason why a dog new to a leash may not respond to it the way their human wants them to. Really hope that Philip & Stephanie be as mindful and nurturing of Galahad as they are of their porcelain collection. Time will tell...



diannegunn1243
2 days ago
You don't launder linens, pillows, duvet covers before giving them to the charity shoppe?

Kerrin77JIH
6 days ago
It’s so lovely to have peacocks around. But did you know their poo is toxic to dogs? It has theobromine in it and high levels which are toxic to dogs. And dogs love to eat poo. So please make sure that little sir Galahad doesn’t eat the peacock poo.


@yvonnelast2550
2 days ago
Marie you are not appreciated enough. Let her go off with you Stephanie, it's the least you can do
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@brooke7464
2 days ago
Phillip ! Stop selling things ! I love that tray, makes me think of Venetian mirrors and the glassware !!! Keep it ! Stop selling and breaking up sets !!! I'm sure you can figure out a blue and green tablescape !!!!



@XantheWilliams loser Philip dump account answers
1 hour ago
He isn’t breaking up sets, he is selling things which they have bought over the years trying to start sets, but now find that they need far more items for a table setting. For example, they are so rarely only 4 for dinner that a setting for four just takes up storage space
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Philip takes up storage space!!!!
 
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