Today is la rentrée in France — back to school! I thought our kids were the last ones yet to go, but I see on Facebook that some others started as late as yesterday. The boys stay in elementary school. Gabriel is in CM1, which is the equivalent of 4th grade. William is in CE1, which is the equivalent of 2nd grade…. Read More
If you got here by google search, I may have lured you under false pretences because the full title of this post is actually, “How to sort legos (and lose your sanity in the process).” I have an indifference-hate relationship with Legos. When they are directly in the path of my vacuum cleaner, they are sure to be sucked up without… Read More
My son recently reminded us of that time he wanted to buy a farm (and I didn’t). I remembered blogging about it, and found it as a guest post on my friend’s site. I decided to repost it here so that I’d have it in my own archives. This happened about three years ago. “La ferme” has both a naughty meaning, which… Read More
There are some things that never fail to make me happy if only I can slow down long enough to enjoy them. This weekend I slowed down long enough. I love freshly-laundered sheets, drying in the sun. I love lavender. Did you know I love lavender? 🙂 It was time to harvest it, and I brought some of it in to refresh my… Read More
Yesterday I spent hours decluttering my kitchen. I don’t have the before photos to show you because I didn’t go into it with “blog post” in mind, but rather with a determination – born out of desperation – to make some headway in the overwhelm that is currently my life. And I feel better! I do! I think this decluttering thing has a trickle-down… Read More
I couldn’t put my finger on why I felt this soul-sucking depression on our way back from Brittany. I thought maybe it was the fact that I needed some alone time after two weeks of collectivity, or maybe that I was frustrated at being told to wait on certain things I was hoping for (told by God, of course, not by man)…. Read More
