France & Other Stories

Get drunk.......! Noooooo! We have to be brave, pull up those big girl pants and carry the fudge on regardless. I mean we can scream, cry...

........thats life! .....sometimes, life is like this right, just pants and there's no sugar coating it! Things can suddenly go south a...

Stick a pin in it! What’s in a dream? Do we suddenly get up one morning and feel so very discontented with our current lives that we have...

Blue skies and hope........ The big kids left just a couple of hours ago and boy was I upset, we both were. I'm not usually a terribly...

This year started off so promising and then we heard from a few friends that they were going through some really tough stuff. A very dear...

Problems become blessings.... Lately we've been doubting what we've done here, all the angst and money spent, tale as old as renovation...

is it? but it is beautiful. It's important to remember that during the dull every days. Cherish each day you get to wake up and join in,...

a little bit during the last few months, hardly surprising I guess, given the year just gone. Also, I didn't want to blog until January...

Over it! SALON Too much turmoil and a few good wins. Not so much a balanced year really, more of a rollercoaster with maintenance issues...

2025! Can't remember when I last blogged, but I know it's been a while, so sorry. I just needed a little time off to deal with my own...

My Christmas tree Christmas can be a time of mixed blessings, the pressure on us all to deliver that 'magical' time is so hard. Why do we...

full and steady. Only this time we only got that cup half full. Bavaria, usually fills our cup to the brim in such a soulful, healing...

Of old, livid old ladies and of HRT takers everywhere! The brain fog though......! Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? No clue? Must...

Bonjour! ....and my mood is very fractious. Gotta be honest, I didn't want to come back! I know you are not surprised? More about that...

Picture - June 2017 - I wish I'd had a crystal ball! I would laugh but I feel very stressed at the moment. It's been a very tough week or...

Leaves are falling! Autumn is most definitely here and the rain has arrived back full throttle, it's absolutely bloody miserable this...

Live well..... Embrace the peaceful life (vivre la vie tranquille).......! Alright then! Vive La France! Really? More details on that...

me..... and baking....on a rainy, grey, carrot cake kinda September Monday, with utterly bemused dogs.....all totally keeping me going...

Hope remains.....! Ground hog day no ? I don't know, best not to count eh? Actually, I will! We've been here full time just a month and...

Wish it was Sunday! Thats our fun day....it's just another manic Monday! Name that tune! We've had quite a busy weekend after a little...