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life vs. blog
There is this moment that happens to bloggers on occasion, a moment when life is just too big and something has to be pushed out and sometimes that thing is blogging. Whether it’s for a few days or forever, it happens. I woke up this morning and realized I need to take a break, definitely…
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Sad Wallowing Day
Happy Thanksgiving tout le monde! You see, I can still say Happy Thanksgiving because for me it hasn’t happened yet. At my house it will be happening tomorrow, which means that yesterday, while my American brethren were stuffing themselves silly with turkey and pumpkin goodness, it was just a plain old boring Thursday for me,…
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f.a.q.
………………………………………………………………………………………………….The Husband & Me Are you Irish or American?American. For more on my origins, click here How are the French lessons going?Really, truly, fantastically, thank you very much!Well, it’s really thank you to my wonderfully, patient tutor, Sophie.One couldn’t ask for a better teacher. C’est vrai!(That means ‘it’s true‘. See, I told you they were…
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expat escapades {round 13}
Remember those ‘most likely to’ awards in school, like most likely to succeed and most likely to be famous? Well today’s round of Expat Escapades is a ‘most likely to’. I just feel like it. . . . . . . . . . . The award for most likely to make me wish I lived…
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I have a child and his name is Fifty
I’m linking up with Betsy today. The topic; ‘how our dogs have prepared us for children’. Betsy has a black lab named Charlie who is every bit of a handful that Fifty is. . . . . . . . . . . When I got Fifty, I had zero interest in adopting a puppy,…
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Mastering the Art of French Eating {review + giveaway}
via When I was contacted about reviewing Ann Mah’s, Mastering the Art of French Eating, I couldn’t have been more delighted. This is one of those sumptuous reads that I was dying to get my hands on. The whole title just draws me in; Mastering the Art of French Eating: Lessons in Food and Love…
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soirée en amoureux au bar à vin
My favorite spot for date night with Gregory is the wine bar. It’s a cozy, family owned place not too far from home that serves what I like to call, ‘French tapas’, a plate of morsels of deliciousness as opposed to the normal entrée, plat, dessert. And since we only have a plate of tapas…
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Le Petit Village: The Family Tree
Here’s it is! I have finally put together the Le Petit Village family tree to show how everyone here is related to everyone else because with the exception of a few, they (and now me) all are… ♫WE ARE FAMILY♫ . . . . . . . . . . N O T E S Not…
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expat escapades {round 12}
I’m so over this badge but I haven’t got around to making a new one yet. If anyone feels like making me one, I’ll be your best friend. One of the absolute best things about being an expat is getting to experience all of the local customs and traditions in your new home. If you’re…
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France: What's Been Going Down
via I rarely blog about current events in France unless something big is happening, like an election, or that time strikes were threatening to keep me stuck in The LPV without any gasoline to escape. This time there isn’t one thing happening but a few things that are lending to a strange energy in France,…
It's Me, Sara Louise 