Not doing anything in the house was last weekend plan A. First because it's stupid to do tiny remodeling stuff when I'm going to destroy half the house next summer. Secondly because I was to grade papers, lots of papers, too many papers (Gosh why do I...
Hi! It took a long time (or so it seemed to me) but at last, I have the keys! The front door key looks so much like an old key: I absolutely love it! The problems actually begin when you use that wondeful key to open the door... The previous owner had...
Hello friends! Lately, I haven't been bloging as much and I haven't been reading your blogs as regularly as I used to... There's a reason. The Little White House is under siege and it takes so much of my time and energy to try to save it. So here's our...
Dear readers, Chers lecteurs, You may think that I've completely lost my mind due to all the pressure involved by the renovation. Le titre de l'article vous fait peut-être croire que j'ai perdu la tête à cause du stress des travaux. Pas tout à fait. Well,...
To get you in the mood... Pour vous mettre dans l'ambiance... Can you believe we had the first snow fall of the year just for the first weekend of Advent? I thought I was done with snow, the house being so close to the sea, but no such luck! Don't get...
Dear guests, Chers invités, Would you like some tea? Que diriez-vous d'une tasse de thé? Yes? Vous êtes tenté? I apologize for the lack of light, but besides what the weather forecast lady said yesterday on TV, we're having a really cloudy day and the...
I never ever decorated my house for Hallowe'en. But two weekends ago, we had the rainiest Sunday ever, a colleague of mine had talked about the Hallowe'en decoration she wanted her pupils to make, and off I went gathering things that seemed Halloweeny...
Dear readers, Chers lecteurs, Spring is trying to win the battle against winter... Le printemps se bat pour chasser l'hiver... The tulips are out and to my utter dismay, some are kind of yellow and red. Can you see them in the middle? They were called...
If you've had a look at the weather button I have on the blog, you know it's been raining for days here... So much for my theory saying that there is at least a ray of sunshine a day here!!! I think it would cheer me up to remember better days, maybe...
Bonjour mes jolies, (I don't need to translate that now, do I? Everybody understands a compliment!) So first, if the title just doesn't mean anything, blame Ziva, on NCIS: she's the one who taught me that idiom. You might remember that I have plans to...
Hi! One of the blogs I often read (Our Suburban Cottage, in the links) organized a "How I Met My House Party" last month. Unfortunately, it was too early for me yet to talk about the house. But I thought it was such a good idea that I'm going to write...
Sorry for all English-only speaking folks, but this post was a request from French-speaking friends. Anyway no one who speaks English actually needs this recipe! A la demande quasi-générale (j'exagère comme toujours), voici la recette du cheesecake. Un...
Again, to listen while reading... A écouter en lisant... It's been snowing a lot lately, which is very, very, very rare around here as we're supposed to be protected by the ocean, which keeps the temperatures high in winter. The garden was eerie and I...
I suffer right now from a very severe furniture shortage. So my mom brought me everything she could, meaning two awful kitchen stool that used to belong to my father's mother. Here they are: one green: and one orange (did I already mention I hate orange?):...
Hi everyone! Spring is slowly settling in, with ups and downs, which means it's time to listen to the "Flower Festival in Genzano" (I grew up listening to this, so it just soothe me to listen to it over and over again - sorry, kind neighbours): I keep...
What's with the horror titles lately? Mais qu'est-ce qui me prend avec tous ces titres horribles en ce moment? As a birthday treat to myself, I chose to get rid of some of the overwhelming orange of the Little White House. That's what the massacre is...
I wanted to transform the upstairs toilets during my Hallowe'en break, but instead I got 3 wonderful friends and a baby at home. It was really great, especially the fact that the baby discovered the sea (and chocolate!) while here!!! On the plus side,...
Hi everyone! Bonjour à tous! I'm busy as a bee and so I'm more than a little late with blogging, both in writing and reading: about a hundred of your wonderful posts are impatiently waiting to be read in my mailbox! Je suis un peu débordée et je ne prends...
Hi everyone stopping by! Bonjour à tous ceux qui tombent sur le blog! I have the most unusual way to watch TV and it's bugging everyone around me... But I can't help it! I watch TV for the sets as much as for the actual shows. Do you think there's a cure...
Dear readers, Chers lecteurs, A few days ago, I packed everything that was downstairs, until it looked like this: Rather bare, huh? Pour le troisième été consécutif, j'ai donc mis toute ma maison, enfin tout le rez-de-chaussée, en cartons en prévision...
I know corridor is such a long word for such a tiny area of the house... But it's right in front of my bedroom and I couldn't stand to go to sleep waking through this: Je sais, l'espace est tellement petit qu'il ne mérite pas le nom de couloir! Mais traverser...
Hi everyone! I've been awol... I'm just very, very, very busy with work. That, and I hate January. I hate celebrating time passing by: I just can't get in the mood of being happy for an other year which is over, because it also means I'm getting older,...
Failte you all! Failte à tous! This is just a quick post to wish you all a happy Saint Patrick's Day. Un tout petit article pour rendre hommage à l'Irlande à l'occasion de la Saint Patrick. I went twice to Ireland and the second time was very important...
Hi! Bonjour à tous! I was looking through old pictures because I wanted to show you my former homes. Unfortunately I wasn't a blooger at the time so it didn't seem important to me to do before and after pictures, as I had no one to show them to. I couldn't...
Hi everyone! Thanks for stopping by. I so wanted to be part of The Lettered Cottage party! But what are you saying? I don't have a mantel? I'm stuck at home because of a severe snow fall and can't go out shopping? Nevermind! I'll do with what I have at...
