Tag: Texas Girl
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le deuxième
// Did you know crayons can burn like a candle for twenty minutes? Yeah, me either. But apparently they do and in case of some blackout emergency, you can use crayons to replace candles in a pinch. My mother informed me of this the other day and after she told me, I said, “but we…
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it was pretty much the happiest of days
On that happy day (last Saturday the 24th), I donned my Toulon rugby jersey. Normally, I don’t wear sports jerseys, but this was a special day… Mr. London was competing in his second Heineken Cup Final and since I couldn’t be there like last year, I wanted to lend my support, even if I was…
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Easter Weekend
Easter weekend was one of those times when my new life felt a million miles away from my old life. Not in any sort of better or worse way, just extremely different. Whereas last year was spent having a quiet Easter in Auvergne with French Maman and French Nana, this year was spent entertaining and…
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Behind the Photos VIII
Two of the best things about being an expat are going home (it’s not that we dislike our new home or anything, it’s just that when we go ‘home’, we really, really appreciate it) and having friends come to visit. This edition of Behind the Photos features both. I visited my family in Dublin in May,…
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Versatile: Dublin
Tomebug at The Tao of Me has passed on the Versatile Blogger award to me. Thanks Tomebug! And since I’m off to Dublin tomorrow with The Husband and Gatz (Gatz… that will be fun, I’m going to need one of those electric shock collars you put on the dog to keep them in the yard), and because the award…
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Some Down Home Texas Goodness
How do you end a trip to Texas (and the subsequent blog posts)? With some down home Texas fun with friends at the rodeo (Did that sound folksy? I was going for folksy.) The county fair and rodeo was being held Labor Day weekend and just around the corner from my mother’s house so of…
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C'est Kiki!
Now that I’ve documented my family road trip around Provence, the story of another… One of my bestest friends, Texas Girl (I know bestest is not a real word but I don’t care, she’s one of my bestest and the bestest so there)… {KoMiKaZe driver} Anyhoo… Texas Girl, her mother Kiki and The Puma, flew from…
It's Me, Sara Louise 