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Hot Cross Buns 2008-03-17 06:54:00 This Easter I am inviting friends around for an Easter Tea. After everyone has run around the garden to see what the Easter Bunny has left for them I will be bringing out the Hot Cross
Buns. My mouth is watering as I type this. I just love the sweet, spicy taste and with a cup of Yorkshire tea - mmmmm - perfect.I help one of my neighbours with his English homework and in his English Course book from collège, under Traditional English Songs, they had this gem:Hot cross buns, Hot cross bunsOne a penny two a penny - Hot cross bunsIf you have no daughters, give them to your sonsOne a penny two a penny - Hot cross buns Hot cross buns.Does anyone remember singing that?Anyway, whatever calorific treats you are having a Happy Easter to all or as they say it here -Joyeuses Pâcques!
President Sarkozy visiting the UK 2008-03-28 08:21:00 Wow! Spoken like a man head over heels in love."I am proud that people have seen her for what she is.""I think she has been an honour to our country, not simply because of the way she looks, but beyond that everyone understands and has seen a woman who has beliefs, sensitivity, who is a humane person."Those sensitivities, those beliefs, this humanity, are what contribute to Carla's elegance."However, as it is Sarkozy
who is the President
and the politician just how relevant is "who she really is", or "her beliefs".I think we are much more interested in his beliefs and who he really is, n'est-ce pas?
Poisson d'avril - Why is there a fish on my back? 2008-03-31 15:42:00 Tomorrow is April Fools day and in France it is customary to give your friends little chocolate fish or play the classic April Fools Day trick which is to stick a paper fish on someone's back. The unfortunate victim is then taunted with the phrase "Poisson d'Avril", or "April Fish".Who says the French don't have a sense of humour!
DIY - I'd rather he didn't! 2008-04-10 05:51:00 Hubby was home this week, (we are a couple of LATs, hubby's job necessitates that he spends 3 weeks of every month living and working in London), and as usual my son had put all his broken toys into "Daddy's draw" to be fixed.After hubby had replaced the wheels on various toy cars, mended the Hungry Hippo game and sorted out the missing limbs on various toys he turned to me and asked the question most wives dread, "do you need anything fixed around the house?."Now, you would think after all these years together I would know better but I actually said "yes" and here is the list:fix the sticky lock on the front doormend the garage door handlescreenwash and oil needed in carOk guess which job went spectacularly wrong, did you get it right? Yep, the screenwash. After 45mins a sheepish hubby re
Je t'aime 2008-04-25 14:00:00 My soon to be 4 year old is in love. "Je t'aime", he says about a hundred times a day to his petite amie Romane. I am not sure if it is sweet or precocious!We have recently had the halfterm holiday and the saying goodbye to each other at the end of the day has gone from peck on the cheek to a long cuddle, kisses on cheeks and lots of Je t'aime and I love yous.His petite amie lives in a house in the centre of the village, complete with balcony, and the two have amused many a patron at the café opposite with their Romeo and Juliet styled partings.Advantage:Should Théo be having any type of hissy fit during breakfast, I only have to mention that we might be late for school, where his petite amie will be awaiting, and before you can count un, deux, trois he is reaching for his back pack and
Another holiday .... 2008-04-28 14:50:00 Half term has really carried on into May, much to my sons delight! This week he is at school que le Lundi et Vendredi. All the teachers are on strike on Tuesday, Wednesday is a free day as normal and then its Thursday 1st May, which is a public holiday. No wonder my Mum is always saying "another holiday". As Théo is 4 and doing well I am not that concerned but what if he was 14 and not doing well. Makes you think.French public holidays / national holidays in 2008Tuesday 1 January - New Year's Day (Jour de l'An).Sunday 23 March - Easter (Pâques).Monday 24 March - Easter Monday (Lundi de Pâques).Thursday 1 May - Labour Day (Fête du Travail) and Ascension Day (Ascension catholique).Thursday 8 May - VE Day - WWII Victory Day (Fête de la Victoire 1945).Sunday 11 May - Whit Sunday (Pent
We've got the builders in! 2008-06-02 13:23:00 Have been neglecting my blog recently as "we've got the builders in".Reading and taking advice from plenty of ex-pats, who have completed or are undertaking building projects, I made sure I had the following before project start date:Signed and approved plansBuilding permissionA signed Devis pour le TravauxBottle of AspirinPlenty of tea bagsAll ready to go I thought to myself and to be fair the fi
Oops! 2008-06-05 13:30:00 My son used to call out rather sweetly, "Mummy - Bob the builders are here". However, the other morning that changed to, "Mummy - the bloody builders are here"!Now who did he get that from... Oops!
Charming French rhyme 2008-06-20 07:09:00 This morning I was telling one of my French
friends about this miracle wrinkle cream - sorry got to keep it a secret otherwise the price may go up! After explaining all the "skin tightening" benefits this cream gives my friend told me a little French rhyme and it goes like this:Les chameaux dans le désertOnt la peau tellement tendueQue - quand ils ferment les paupières -Ils ouvrent le trou du c
La Rentrée 2008-09-03 02:42:00 Yesterday was the big day and my son was leaving the petite sectionne to start moyens (4-6 years old).Oh the worries you have when you are 4, what colour group will you be in, if you were a lapin in the petite section what are you in the moyens and most importantly can you sit next to your girlfriend?After the first day we now know that he is in the red group, no animal/bird/insect has yet been as
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