When we drove to Provence last week, we took the road sandwiched between the Alps on one side and the Massif Central on the other (the volcano region where we went last year in Auvergne). You’ll wonder why I’m doing a post on Grenoble when we were just in Provence, but the truth is we couldn’t get so close to… Read More
I don’t usually participate in link-ups, mostly because I can never get my act together in time. This case is no different, as I am too late for the baby shower link-up and have messed up the instructions on what to do. But. In honor of my friend Alison from Mama Wants This who is having her baby any minute… Read More
So we returned from glorious colorful Provence and found a smelly house full of mouse droppings. That deflated my mood considerably. Today we’re trying to clean and scrub and erase any vestige of rodent (and not snap at our kids because our vacation is over). I know – I have it so tough, right? But I have picked the winner… Read More
Would you like to know what I’m good at? Languages. I always assume I’m going to understand someone who is speaking to me in a language I do not know, or that I’ll discern what is written in a language I haven’t learned. When I went to my Polish friend’s house, I saw a large poster with three old fashioned… Read More
Fling off thy sadness! Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth Your ancient gladness! (~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn”) Guess who else is digging Spring? A Young Lady who’s birthday falls not long after Easter! So we celebrated in true Spring style with colors galore and Petit Princes who wanted to arrange things just so and a medley of baking and caking and… Read More
Halloo there! We just got back from Alsace yesterday, which explains my absence from the blogosphere. And it’s tough settling back in. Petit Prince is weepy and my house is messy and we ran out of money and my nose is runny and I think it’s funny but it’s snot. (If you have no idea what I’m talking about, just… Read More
