On Sunday Xander and I left Bailey with Xander’s mother and took off to the town of Sete for the day. It’s a beautiful town right on the Mediterranean, which I never did swim in by the way. That didn’t stop me from getting my yearly ‘first sun sunburn’ though.  Not only did I get one, but I got a …

My legs are so sore, if nothing else France is teaching me how desperately out of shape I am.  Especially mom-in-law’s stairs in her five-level house! It’s beautiful indeed, but my chubby little legs cried for mercy when I stood at the bottom and realised that our bedroom was on the top floor. It’s worth the climb though, see that …

Yesterday myself, Hubby, Mom-in-Law, and Dog went exploring! We followed the above route and saw a TON of stuff.   Some were planned, others were just lucky finds.  Some were so awesome I’m not going to talk about them now because they totally deserve to have more time spent on them. The first place we stopped was no less awesome but …

This is what I see from the sofa in my mother in law’s living room.   She lives in what must be one of the most beautiful villages in all of Frace and every time I look out the window I get this ‘OMG I am in France!’ feeling.  It’s really cool. Notice the Siamese cat in the top window?   I …

This is going to be a short one because I’m busy being on holiday!  We made it to France safe and sound.  It was a long drive but it was a nice one with a lot of nice scenery. The weather was beautiful today and we walked around the city centre of Pezenas, the town we are staying in. Ok …

Well we leave tomorrow morning and almost everything is ready.  Our clothes are packed, the animal care has all been sorted out (thanks to our wonderful neighbours who petsit for us when we are away) and we’ve stocked up on corny Top songs of the 60’s type roadtrip cd’s. We hope to get to somewhere around Lyon tomorrow and will …

The minute I saw the photo hunt this week I knew what I would use… I took this photo in the Red Light District in Amsterdam when I moved to the Netherlands back in 1999.   As if it wasn’t shock enough being there, I was even more shocked when I saw this sign. I’m still not sure if it was …

Maybe I should have these guys over to teach our cats how to use their cat door!

As anyone who read my blogs know, I love my cats but they are evil and they make me crazy with all the crazy things they get into!! So, I decided that life with them would be a lot easier if we could: Give them a place to hang out that is outside of the house. Have a place where …

On April 30, 2008 my hubby and I are taking off on our first ever European Road Trip!  Well, the first one with just the two of us.  No wait, three!  Bailey is coming too!  We will be gone for about 10 days and I will be celebrating my 33rd (GROAN) birthday somewhere along the way! Our end destination is …

A few days ago someone asked me when we would be seeing more of Sherman on my blog, so this morning I got out the camera and snapped a few photos. All was quiet in Shermanville.  The ‘sun’ had just come up and Sherman was nowhere to be seen.  It usually takes him a while to come out from wherever …