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The overalls are his first *REAL* clothes. Compliments of his Auntie Natoline.
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The overalls are his first *REAL* clothes. Compliments of his Auntie Natoline.
I haven’t talked to my friend for awhile. I guess I have been too busy feeding the baby and sleeping. Today, we had a brief conversation in which I asked her what her plans were for today. “I have to eradicate a squirrel,” she announced rather matter-of-factly. Apparently, there is a squirrel living under her …
I have decided to work out Mondays and Thursdays in the Parc de Milan in Lausanne. I have been there for the last two weeks and am pleased that I am managing to make it a regular activity. In fact, I am just pleased to create a routine. Today, I did a light lower body …
I’m sitting in Starbucks chatting with a girlfriend. The first social visit I’ve had since the J-man was born. He is next to me in his buggy. A baby starts crying. I look around expectantly to see if the mother (or father at this point) is going to do something about the crying baby. “Oh!,” …
Dave Rogers over at Urban Yukon wants to know: How has Urban Yukon affected your blogging? He is writing a story for What’s Up Yukon. I can’t remember how I found the Urban Yukon blog ring, but it was just when I started blogging—I just checked, apparently since 22 May 2007 (I thought it was …
The other day we came home from New Year’s Eve in Valais. We were supposed to go to a New Year’s Day spaghetti dinner and annual poker game but I was too tired (we did stay up until 2:00 am) and — surprisingly enough, my clothes didn’t fit. My maternity jeans–that I had no problem …
Around August, I had my first dream about Baby. I dreamed I left him in a changing room for the local swimming pool down by Lac Lémon. I had to remember that I was missing something, then, I had to remember where I left him. I woke up in a cold sweat–and verbally promised Ludo …
My sister wrote and asked me if I had any ideas for the end of the script she is working on. Unfortunately, I don’t. I wrote her back and said: “I’m just waiting for baby to arrive…visions of babies…dancing in my head.” Then I remembered this video of the dancing baby!!! It was the first …
We’re laying in bed one morning. I stroke his back with one hand and my fingertips. I think it must feel nice. He gets goosebumps. I try to say that in French. “Oooh–les poils du poulet.” With my Canadian accent, it comes out: “Oohh–la poêle du poulet.” Oh…a pan of chicken. How romantic. Snort.
In Salzburg, we walked around and visited places. We went to Mozart’s house and did an audio tour then walked around a bit. We ended up in a garden. There were labyrinths and statues from the 15th century. I thought the most interesting picture was this tree. I call this THE LADY TREE!!! <snicker!>
Hi Yukoners (those who live there, and those who don’t), My parents are looking for a picture book of the Yukon IN FRENCH! They visited me in Switzerland in September and wanted to offer a thank you gift to my beau parents. We are looking for a calendar, a picture book, something commemorating the Yukon …
In April, we went to visit one of Ludo’s friends in Salzburg. We call him Dr. Wiki. Dr.—because he spent some time at a design firm in Italy and everyone who has a degree is called a Dr. We call him Wiki because he knows the most minute details about most things—mainly subjects he is …
I found it in bulk! At that Aligro store we bought your knife sharpener at. BULK! I guess I’m set for a year or so. I once asked somebody who commutes from London to bring some to Switzerland. He pooh-poohed my request: “HP sauce! HP sauce! That’s what peasants put on their chips!” I don’t …
My friend Karen mentioned one day that she wouldn’t mind some French music-but she didn’t know where to start. She said she’d heard that you can learn a lot about the language by learning the lyrics of songs. I said she could start with MTV France and the very popular Taratata. Regardless, here are a …
I don’t know who this quote is attributed to, but I firmly believe it. Last night, my sister Skyped me. “Can you help me set up my email on my computer? I want my knightimeproductions.ca email in my Microsoft mail program.” We futzed and farted around for a bit. We read the help files. We …
I’ve been looking for a solution to add some soft lights to the balcony without getting too expensive nor going extreme with strings of electric everywhere. It’s quite a nice balcony, we haven’t used it much because I don’t think summer has arrived quite yet. But I’m sure we will. Regardless, when we do sit …
Hi Rain, (because you are part of the exclusive group: “I’m not in Facebook yet, nor will I ever be”), My friend Fawnahareo posted this link in my Facebook. I thought you might like to know…a doily table runner. XOXO J
Here is something I tried today. It’s been raining all week and I wanted something comforting and warm. I also had a can of chickpeas (garbanzo beans) in my cupboard that I wanted to use. I looked through some recipes until I came up with one I could work with. Here is the result. It …