What's this? C'est quoi ça?

Help needed / Besoin d'aide

We are looking for an idea for a birthday gift for my 42 year old B-i-L. He is a casual guy, a professional photographer, who is the father of a 15months old boy and they live in the country. He loves his family, community (typical British village with church and a pub) and cooking....

On est à la recherche d'une idée cadeau pour les 42 ans de mon BOF. C'est un type assez relax, un photographe professionnel et il est le Papa d'un petit garçon de 15 moins. Il habite à la campagne, il adore sa famille, ses voisins dans un village typiquement anglais (avec église et pub) et il aime cuisiner....

Any ideas are welcome

Toutes idées sont le bienvenue

One of Mark's favourite recipe

WARM SALAD OF ENDIVES WITH SHRIMPS AND SCALLOPS

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Lb shrimp


• 1/2 Lb scallops
  
• 2 belgin endives


• 1 chicory lettuce


• 1/4 cup olive oil


• 4 Tbs of Vodka


• salt and pepper
  
• Chopped parsley to sprinkle (decoration)
  

Vinaigrette:

• 1 egg yolk


• 1tbs green peppercorn crushed


• 1/4 cup Champagne or white wine vinegar


• 1/4 cup Olive Oil


• 1/4 Walnut Oil


• Salt
  
• (optional 1/2 tsp of Dijon Mustard)

* * * * *

1. Peel and devein the shrimp. Clean the sinews off the scallops and slice if necessary.
   


2. Wash the endive and cut in julienne. Trim and wash the chicory lettuce.
   


3. Prepare the vinaigrette by whisking, add the oils slowly, to form an emulsion.



4. heat some olive oil in a pan(not too hot, or else the shrimp and scallops will end up with a "plasticy" texture) and saute the shrimp and scallops. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3 minutes. Flambe the pan with some Vodka. Set aside.



5. In the saute pan, add more olive oil and heat the lettuces, stiring well.



6. To serve, arrange the lettuces shrimp and scallops attractively on a plate. Sprinkle with the vinaigrette and chopped parsley. (I did not have any parsley but I happened to have loads of chives in the garden and used that for decoration although a little strong flavour for the recipe).
   

Bon Apetit!

NASTY / TERRIBLE

Someone posted a NASTY comment on one of my post...I blocked my blog for 24 hours and blocked the message...

FYI the person who wrote this post can be prosecuted...by finding the ISP address it is very easy to find who wrote it!

Quelqu'un a écrit quelque chose de DéGOUTANT SUR MON BLOG...je l'ai bloqué pendant 24 heures!

Pour votre information celui qui l'a écrit peut être poursuivi en justice...c'est très facile de le trouver en trouvant l'adresse ISP de la personne qui l'a écrit!

A bon entendeur!

Un petit clein d'oeil à ...A little wink to...

...Jean-Luc!

On pense à toi et on espère que ta mission n'est pas trop difficile!

Merci pour ta carte qui nous a fait chaud au coeur...Bhavishya pense que le facteur est le Monsieur qui apporte des cadeaux...elle avait raison...ta carte était un réel cadeau et ce qui était sympa c'est qu'il n'y avait pas de factures dans le courrier du jour ;-) Cela doit être ton énergie plus que positive ;-)))

Tu nous manques,

Grosses bises et encore plus grosses bises de ta Super Copine

A TRUELY AMAZING STORY! UNE HISTOIRE EXTRAORDINAIRE!

I was surfing a little on the blog sphere this morning and came accross the amazing story of Julia and her family...

J'étais occupée à surfer ce matin et je suis tombée sur l'incroyable histoire de Julia et sa famille...

Here is the link.

Voici le lien.

Quote

I love this one...I thought this one would strike a chord for you Moushette! ;-)

"...Even Mother Teresa had her critics. That's what I've always told myself. No matter what you do, someone, somewhere is going to find fault. And each of us must decide whose opinion matters to us, and whose does'nt. Because God knows, you can't please everyone. It's futile to try. "

By Monica Pradhan
The Hindi-Bindi Club

Pink for October

October equals Breat Cancer Awareness Month. My Darling cousin, Veronike, died of this nasty disease and by inserting something about breast cancer on my blog makes me feel I am honouring her and make people aware of what needs to be done.

• How many times do health professionals need to stress out to women how important it is to TAKE ACTION?!? This month, please acknowledge it, in either way you can, you can visit any or all of the following web sites to inform yourself on the disease itself.
  


• The Breast Cancer Site



• BreastCancer.org



• National Cancer Institute



• National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.
  

How many of you, honestly, perform monthly a Breast Self-Exam? Here it is shown how to do it.

Maybe you could also remind your Mother, your Sister, your Aunt, Friend(s) to schedule their yearly mammogram?

It is a BIG mistake to assume that breat cancer only occurs in women. This is WRONG!!! Men can also get it. If you click here you can read more about it.

You can make a donation to the:

• American Cancer Society



• The Breast Cancer Site

just to mention a few...
and...

If you need to make a gift you might consider buying something from a company that "goes" PINK. Below a non exhaustive list of these companies:

• Estee Lauder. They have a whole range of beauty products.
• Clinique. They also have a whole range of them.
• The Republic of Tea is making a range of pink grapefruit green tea.
• OPI Nail polish have a Pink Positively Pamper Pack.
• Filofax
• Boots pharmacy, health and beauty care in the UK.
  

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO...JUST DO IT!

Veronike, tu nous manques tant!

Adoptions worldwide

I often refer to the magazine I have a subscription to called "Adoptive families".

Today I am quoting them on Dr Selman's research on Adoptions Worldwide.

"

• of the 45'000 children adotped internationally in 2004, about 50 percent were adopted by Americans; 43 percent found homes in Europe.
• in 2004, most kids adopted from Guatemala, Kazakhstan, and Korea were placed in the U.S., while most from Ethiopia, Ukraine, and Colombia went to Europe.
• The countries witht he highest adoption rates were Norway, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, the U.S., and the United Kingdom.

For more on Dr. Selman's research, go to adoptivefamilies.com/news

"

Interesting...no?

Message to Mark

SLS

Today the Sunday Link Sharing is about my shopping list I have given Mark as he left for his annual banker's conference. This year it is Boston after Sidney, Copenhagen, Singapore, Atlanta...

At William & Sonoma:

Potlatch Seasoning It is a mix of different spices: Paprika, Crushed Red Pepper, Chili Pepper, Oregano and Other Herbs. It is delicious on Salmon but also any kind of fish and apparently chicken (I've never tried it with chicken).

Pop up Sponges:
Apparently they were discovered in Europe but I never found them! They are of all-natural material. Compressed to a flat rectangle and when they come in contact with water, they expand to a full-size sponges. You can put then in the dishwasher in order to keep them clean.

A set of silicone spatulas. They are great as you can leave them near a

heat source and won't melt!

A measuring cup unlike others. They can be read from above, so when you pour the liquids you can see how much you are pouring and it is graduated in standard cups, fluid ounces and milliliters (great for me who uses a lot of European receipes. The 1/4-cup size displays tablespoon incremements.

At Target a Halloween outfit. Anyone but I really like the Kids' Marabou Dazzle Catsuit Costume.

That is it for today!

Have a lovely week!

Small update on Bhavishya

Un Dimanche à la campagne...A Sunday in the country

Thank you Mandip for these gorgeous shots!

New Picture

Bhavishya's teacher took this cute one last week. Thought I would share it.

L'institutrice de Bhavishya a pris cette photo la semaine passée. Je voulais la partager.

Mardi, le 25 Septembre...Tuesday, September 25 2007

This is what happened this afternoon after lunch & nap:

Voici ce qui s'est passé cet après-midi après le déjeuné et la sièste:

N.B. Did you notice the name of her bike??? I certainly didn't until Mark pointed it out seconds after Bhavishya unwrapped it on her birthday! It is supposed to be a very good German brand! HA!

Planning your next holiday? Vos prochaines Vacances? bis

Well no one really seemed interested on my last post re "your next holiday"...shame...Let me tell you about it anyhow as I think it is a really cool concept and that if I was younger, a richer than I was when I was younger I would definitively do it...

This company called Ozbus operates a regular overland service for backpackers travelling between London and Sydney. It takes 12 weeks to get to destination and one crosses 20 different countries!!!

• On September 16, 2007 the first bus left London.



• On September 23, 2007, the first bus left Sydney.

This is their route:

Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Transylvania, Gallipoli, Istanbul, Turquoise Coast, Bam, Taj Mahal, Corbett Tiger Reserve, Kathmandu, Mount Everest, Bangkok, Ko Samui, Kuala Lumpur, Sumatra, Komodo, East Timor, Kakadu National park, Ayers Rock, Sydney (hence the pictures from my previous post regarding this subject). If you just click here you will find the detailed itinerary.

Picture of the bus (compliments from Oz-bus.com)

They seem to stop every night and use all kinds of "accomodation" varying from desert camps sites to hostels and guesthouses.

Appart from paying your trip (which is NOT cheap £3750 or AUS$9000) you will also need to assist in various chores such as market shopping for provisions, collecting firewood, washing up the dishes etc.

To be it seems a blast except if you have 1 (only 1) pest to ruin everybody's journey! And usually there is always one on those trips (sigh!)

'cause I wanna remember...parceque je veux me souvenir

Last week in school, Bhavishya was asked the following by her teacher:

Teacher:
"Bhavishya, does Pashmina (our dog) sleeps in your room?"
Bhavishya:
"Noooooooooooooooo"
Teacher:
"Why?"
Bhavishya:
"Pashmina is dirty"
Teacher:
"So where does Pashmina sleeps then?"
Bhavishya:
"In Mama's room"
;-)

La semaine passée, l'institutrice de Bhavishya lui demande si Pashmina (notre chien) dort avec elle.
Bhavishya:
"Noooooooooooooooo"
L'institutrice:
"Pourquoi?"
Bhavishya:
"Pashmina est sale"
L'institutrice:
"Alors elle dort où Pashmina?"
Bhavishya:
"Dans la chambre de Maman"
;-)

A virtual trip around the world...Un voyage virtuelle autour du monde...

Yesterday lunch, a friend of ours told me how his mother would gather pictures of "wonders of the world", monuments etc. into an album so her Grand Children would learn about them.

Hier, l'un de nos ami nous expliquait que sa Mère rassemblait des photos des "Merveilles du Monde" et de Grand monuments dans un album photo afin que ses petits enfants puissent apprendre.

I thought it was a great idea so I am going to start doing so on this blog on a weekly basis with 2 pictures.

Je trouvais que c'était une superbe idée et que j'allais faire de même sur ce blog à raison d'une fois par semaine avec 2 photos.

This week I chose The Jet d'eau in Geneva, my home town.
Cette semaine j'ai choisi une photo du Jet d'eau de Genève, ma ville natale.

Photo compliments of: ahoward

and Mark chose Hong Kong harbour as Hong Kong is the town he grew up in.
et Mark a choisi une photo du port de Hong Kong, la ville oú il a grandit.


Photo compliments of: gingerluk

SLS

Today I thought I'd share these with you:

On Shopping:
Buissonnière: I was told that the person who created this company , a Belgium woman, wanted to dress her kids nicely. She could not find nice and reasonnable clothes so she decided to create this company. When I went into the store for the first time a few weeks ago I was blown away to see shopping baskets and women piling the stuff into them. When I saw some of the prices I started to understand. I bought a few things for Bhavishya and what is nice about them is they all appear to mix and match.

On Gossips:
For those interested in Bollywood Gossip here is a fun site (A bonne entendeur Moushette!)

On Fantastic photography:

...I mean Edward Steichen

On a Dehli B&B:

It is thanxs to Adhipen and Najla website that I got this one! It looks marvelous!

Planning your next holiday? Vos prochaines Vacances?

Can you guess what and where?
Pouvez-vous deviner quoi et oú?

Pictures compliments of Oz-bus.com

Pour les francophones!

La très chère Maraine de Bhavishya, Christina, a passée de magnifiques vacances en Provence. Avant de rentrer à New York elle a passé un peu de temps à Nice et n'a pu s'empêché de prendre une photo du menu dans l'un des restaurants où elle se trouva...

Qu'est-ce qui coûte 12,50?
NO COMMENTS!!!

A Summer afternoon on our terrace...Un dimanche après midi ans le jardin..

Bhavishya's Ultimate favourite music video / Le Clip vidéo préféré de Bhavishya

Suivi post adoption de Bhavishya

Aujourd'hui nous avons reçu une lettre de l'association avec laquelle nous avons adopté Bhavishya.

Ils se réfèrent au document "Guidelines for adoption from india" issu de la CARA.

Il semblerait que nous n'aurons plus qu'à fournir 5 rapports au lieu de 14 au préalable. Soit:

1ere année:

• Rapport d'arrivé
• Après 3 mois - visite de l'Assistante sociale au domicile
• Après 6 mois - rendez-vous fixé au bureau
• Après 1 an - visite de l'Assistante sociale au domicile

2ème et 3ème année:

• visite de l'Assistante sociale au domicile à la date d'anniversaire de l'arrivée

En plus pour les familles ayant accueilli un enfant de l'orphelinat de Madras, ils demandent de leurs communiquer un petit rapport personnel concernant l'évolution de leur enfant un fois par an.

Mimi, tu posais la question sur les rapports... voici la réponse ;-))

On the night stand / Sur la table de chevet

Daughter of the Ganges: A Memoir by Asha Miro

It is an autobiography. The author tells the story of her life in two parts. In the first part, we learn she was adopted in 1974 at the age of six by a Catalan couple. She grows up in Barcelona and wants to return to her roots. She leaves for Bombay to assist the poor. The second part of the book was written after the first bit was published and tells the story when she returns with a television crew to film a documentary retracing her life. There she learns more about her early days...

This is an amazing book. I had goose bumps, I cried...it is definatively a page turner. I strongly recommend you all read it!

Adoption Bloggers Survey

One of our co-blogger, Pam, started this survey on her blog. Thought I would participate. So here it goes:


1. How many blogs are listed under your favorites list that you check EVERY day?

Way too many...

2. How many times a day do you "go to the bathroom" and end up checking blogs?

I don't pretend. I either go to the bathroom or check blogs.

3. Do your kids recognize the other kids from the blogs that follow??

Bhavishya recognises Mimi's kids as she knows them personnally. When she sees the picture of Moushette she calls her "Vanaja" the matron of her orphanage. I guess they both have long dark hair...

4. Do you keep track of how often people update their blogs and get upset when they don't keep to the schedule??

I used to but now that I had pic computer problems I am more indulgent!

5. Favorite time of day to check blogs?

Depends on the day, it varies I don't have a Blogging schedule!

6. Who's blog is your favorite?

No coments! I might hurt feelings and futhermore it is not really a competition it is just fun to see how everybody is doing etc. Also I am following other blogs, on Scuba Diving, travels, food etc. some have amazing photography, other amazing stories or receipes...

7. How many of the blogs that you follow are people that you have never met in person?

Most of them


8 How long have you been married?

14 years but I was a child bride!

9 Fav. food?

NOBU!!!

10Fav. TV show?

LOST

11 Anything that you forbid your kids to watch on TV?

EVERYTHING! We are very old fashioned! Bhavishya watches DVDs (stuff we can monitor) anyhow the TV in Luxembourg is pretty bad. We rarely watch tv. We wait for stuff to come out on DVD to watch like LOST

12. How long was your adoption journey from beginning to end?

Nearly 3 years!

13. How did you decide on the country you adopted from?

Well there isn't that much choice in Luxembourg. It was out of the question to go with Columbia as it would have been necessary to stay there 6 to 8 weeks and it would have been impossible with Mark's job. South Korea would also have been impossible as one of us had to be a Luxembourger National. At that time we had the choice between, South Africa, Peru, South Africa and India. We know India quite well, we both have been there before (Mark more often than I) and we went to Rajastan and Kashmir on our honeymoon. We have some very close friends who are Indian (Bhavishya's God Father for example) and it is a country we love so it was logical to adopt a child from there...it was practically a "No brainer" ;-)


14. What did you imagine your family to be like as a little girl?

Married by 25 kids soon after (2 or 4 kids not 3! I am the middle child and have 2 brothers...I often felt left out as my Mom often put the "boys" together)15. Favorite Momma down time activity? Getting a pedicure.

16. Do you have more online friends than "in person" friends?

No! I am a social animal our house is always full of friends...I sometimes feel this is a hotel / restaurent!

17. Tell us the cartoon character that you are most like:

?

18. What toothpaste do you use?

Elmex or Aronal

19. Stupidest adoption comment/question that you've received?

"How much did she cost you"is one. And the other one is: "You must have chosen the prettiest one"

20. Fav. non-adoption website?

Cannot make my mind...

OK adoption blog buddies....it's time to complete the Adoption Bloggers Anonymous Survey. Copy the questions and paste into your blog and then answer the questions.

SLS

I am dreaming for a relaxing w-e! I came accross this one and looks exactly what the Dr ordered!

www.lafermededivali.com



This is it for tonight! I am pooped!!!

le français suivra chui NAAAAAZZZZZ!

Les Mimis au Luxembourg

Au mois d'août nous avions le plaisir d'acceuillir "Les Mimis" à la maison. C'était super de se revoir. Malheureusement la petite Roma doit avoir de mauvais souvenirs du Luxembourg...La Gastro et Rdv chez le pédiatre! Aïe! Et les parents...ils avaient pas mal d'heures de sommeil en retard!

Pour les 4 ans de Nikita on est allé au Parc Merveilleux. Et pour le goûté...un gateau et en prime toutes les guêpes de la Moselle!!!

Mimi c'était super.

A surfer Dude saves a dog!

AN AMAZING STORY THAT ENDS WELL!


AP - Wed Sep 12, 5:33 PM ET
In a photo provided by Don Dobbin, surfer Joe Riopelle, left, pulls in Matt Smolenski and a rescued dog Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 11, 2007, off the Grand Haven, Mich., pier. Smolenski rode a wave on his stomach to reach and rescue a struggling dog that had been swept off a Lake Michigan pier by a big wave. Smolenski said he grabbed the pooch's collar just as the exhausted, black-and-brown mixed breed stopped dog-paddling on Tuesday afternoon. 'He put the dog up on his surfboard, and the dog . Click here to read more.

Update!

Well I am back!

Indeed, aAfter an extremely busy summer I am back!!! My PCs broke down and I am now writing from my new state of the art laptop! I feeeeeeeeellllllll aaaaaallllliiiiiivvvvveeee! Waow!!!How did I managed???Two whole months without blogging??? :-)))))))))

Well we had a house packed of guest from start to end of the summer. The highlight of it was Bhavishya's baptism which was held on August 18. It was a beautiful ceremony followed by a garden party.

I promise I shall post some pictures soon but in the meanwhile here is one of Mark and Bhavishya on her firt day of nursery school!


Me voici me voila.

Mes pcs étaient FOUTU et je vous écrits aujourd'hui depuis mon nouveau portable! Waou je RE-VIS!!! HA! Comment ai-je survécu? 2 mois sans blogger??? Mystère et boule de gomme!! :-)))

Nous n'avons pas arrêté cet été. Une maison pleine...en commançant par l'arrivée de la maraine de Mark et son Mari et cela s'est terminée par le baptême de Bhavishya ou l'on a eu 17 personnes qui ont dormi à la maison. La cérémonie religieuse était magnifique, la garden party superbe, des invités de rêves et un temps pas trop cochon.

Je promets de poster des photos mais d'ici là en voici une de Mark et Bhavishya le jour de la rentrée scolaire de Bhavishya.

To my Darling Coco

May all your dreams come true. We love you and wish we could give you more support.

P, B & P

Happy 4th of July!

Bhavishya and her New Little Friend...

Question for all/pour tous

How do you store your CD's and where? I find they are so uggly I don't want to display them in our living room. I need some good ideas.

Comment rangez-vous vos CD?

Je les trouves tellement moches et

je ne veux pas les exposer dans

mon salon. J'ai besoin d'idées.

Free hair cut / Coupe gratuite

Yesterday we went to the hair dressers to have Bhavishya hair cut a little as it was going into her eyes. She loves the idea of having pretty hair pins in her hair but they rarely stay on for more that 30 seconds. She hates having them in her face. We we got there she said "Bonjour Madame" and was her charming little self. We were the only ones in the salon and she was the center of everybody's attention. She said please and thank you all the time. She told them that her name is Bhavishya and not "Darlin" that she is 2 1/2 and that she was born in India all in about 20 second flat! She did not move, only when asked. When the Manager finished cutting and blow drying her hair she put a pretty little hair pin which was a present from her and then when I wanted to pay she said no Madame, it was so nice to cut your daughter's hair, she is such a beautiful and darling little one, I would like to make it my treat today!

WAOW! I was blown away!!! And I was very very proud as well!

Now tell me why doesn't that happen to me this kind of stuff???

Hier nous sommes allé couper les cheveux de Bhavishya. Moi chais pas faire ça! Déjà que je n'arrives pas a couper droit sur une feuille de papier je ne veux pas risquer de traumatiser ma fille donc j'ai pris rdv dans un salon de coiffure vu que ses cheveux lui cachait ses yeux. Bhavishya aime l'idée de parter des jolies barettes mais au fait elle ne reste guerre plus que 30 secondes sur sa tête. En arrivant au salon elle dit bonjour Madame, elle fait sa petite Mademoiselle charmante; elle dit svp de merci. Elle déclare que "non c'est BhaViShya son prénom et pas "la Puce" , qu'elle a 2 ans 1/2 et qu'elle est née en Inde tout cela en moins de 20 secondes. Elle ne bouge pas seulement quand on lui demande. Une fois la coupe/brushing finie, la Manager lui met une jolie barette en strass elle dit merci veut lui faire un bisou sans même que j'intervienne et lorsque je veux régler elle me dit qu'elle a adoré coupé les cheveux de ma fille, qu'elle est tellement mignone et adorable que la coupe / brushing nous est offert.

Waow! J'étais bouchebée et naturellement très très fière!

Mais pourquoi que ce genre de truc ne m'arrives jamais??? mdr!

Mark's bday present...

For his birthday I was tempted to get him a Digital SLR can anyone recommend one and if so why?

I hesitate...

• The Sony A100?
• A Canon Digital REbel xti?
• ....?

We are fed up with the small N1 as the delay is far too long.

Pour l'anniversaire de Mark j'étais assez tenté de lui acheter un Digital SLR. Est-ce quelqu'un peut me conseiller si oui pourquoi?

J'hésite entre...

• Le Sony A100?
• Le Canon Digital Rebel xti?
• ...?

Bhavishya The Future

Yes, the name of our daughter is Bhavishya and it means the Future in Hindi or apparently "Bright Future".

But Bhavishya the Future is not only our daughter's name it is the title of a new film...

En effet, le prénom de notre fille est Bhavishya et cela veut dire le "future" en Hindi.

Mais Bhavishya Le Future n'est pas seulement le prénom de notre Princesse mais c'est le titre d'un nouveau film.

For more info please click here. Pour plus d'information, veuillez cliquer ici.

'cause I wanna remember...Parce que je veux me souvenir

Bhavishya said to me this Morning:

"Mama pas oubliez laver derrière colélé" meaning "Mama don't forget to wash behind the ears"...colélé means ears.

She learned her lesson well! ;-)


Bhavishya m'a dit se matin:

"Mama pas oubliez laver derrière Colélé" Colélé voulant dire oreilles! Elle a bien appris sa leçon! ;-)

What is this??? C'est quoi ça??? II

Ma 1ere commande de Moo cards est arrivée vendredi! Je suis très heureuse!

Je vais les joindre aux cartons d'invitations du baptême de Bhavishya...
I am going to include them to the invitations to Bhavishya's Christening...

Voici le texte en Français:

Here is the French text:

Unfortunately there isn't enough space for an English Text and a French one, so I made a first set as a trial and I have just re-ordered a new one with the English Text.

Malheureusement il n'y avait pas suffisement de place pour un texte en anglais et un en français. Donc cette première commande était un test et puisque je suis heureuse j'en ai recommandé avec le text en anglais.

N.B. To avoid any misunderstandings we are not going to send the proceeds of the collection directly to India. We will donate it to the organisation that helped us adopt Bhavishya telling them we would like them to make the donation towards the orphanage Bhavishya comes from.

N.B. Afin d'éviter tout malentendus, nous n'allons pas envoyer les fonds récoltés directement in Inde. Nous les donneront à l'organisme qui nous a aidé a adopter Bhavishya en leur demandant de faire le don auprès de l'orphelinat d'où elle vient.

Sunday Link Sharing (SLS)

Le résultat du concours du SPD (le Speed Demon Photography) à savoir la photo à très grande vitesse. C'est remarquable!

The result of a photo contest which is called the Speed Demon Photograph. Truely amazing photography!

Since Sophie mentioned "Grand-design" after my SLS of last week-end I am giving you the Channel 4 link of also a fun program I enjoy watching on DVD as we don't get British TV here.

Puisque Sophie a mentionné "Grand-design" après mon poste de la semaine passé, je l'inclus dans celui de cette semaine...J'ai quelques DVD que j'ai bien aimé regardé puisque nous ne captons pas la chaîne de tv anglaise "Channel 4" ici.

From Luxembourg, with Love

C'est quoi ça? What is this?

...and who is preparing breakfast? Et qui est-ce qui prépare le 'tit déj?

Sunday Link Sharing (SLS)

I guess I am not 1/2 Dutch for nothing...
Je crois que je ne suis pas à 1/2 Néerlandaise pour rien...

Here are some of my favourites...
Voici quelqe uns de mes préférés...


Magazine & website:

Landleven. Thank you Dolly & Yvonne for my monthly subscription you gave me for my birthday! I just looooooooove it!

TV program & website:

"Eigen huis en tuijn" which means "own house and garden"I am always bumbed when I miss it and forget to record it as I was last night!
Ce qui veut dire "Sa propre maison et son propre jardin" je suis toujours déçue lorsque je loupe un épisode et que j'oublie de l'enregistrer.

"My Child's incredible story" contest

I found a web site that has nearly the same name as mine. It is a very interesting blog indeed. Ruby has some very good ideas, pertinent ones as well...

Anyhow Ruby is throwing a contest called "My child's incredible story" which I think is a nice idea. Here are the rules...

1. Only parents with adoptive children of Indian origin (In India or outside India) are allowed to participate.
2. Word limit is 750 words.
3. Only one entry per child is allowed.

Here are some more details:

Top four entries will be selected for the publication on the Indi(AA)doption
blog in July.
You must send your entries in Elglish language as an
attachment in Microsoft word file and email to indiahopehouse@gmail.com
Physical
copies of the entries at our physical address will not be accepted.
We
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Bhahisya boom a ta tête...

Voilà ce qu'elle raconte depuis hier après-midi...

"Bhahisya tombée paterre, boom a ta tête, Bhahisya vôôôôôômi après pipipital vu doteur vu maname après mal a tatête".

Voilà comment nous avons passé notre lundi de Pentecôte à l'hosto!

Heureusement rien de trop grave...une petite commotion.