So who are B's parents? Alors c'est qui les parents de B?

We are the happy and PROUD parents!
C'est nous les heureux et FIERS parents!

'Cause I wanna remember / Parceque je veux me souvenir (market follow up/ suite du marché)

Voici quelques photos prises lors de l'expédition du "Tiron"
Here are some pictures taken at the market.

-15

Moushette nous a fait une devinette sur -15...à mon tour de faire une devinette sur -15...c'est quoi???

Who is interested? Qui est interessé?

A few years ago, I took an Indian cooking class with this very sweet woman called Sunita here in Luxembourg.

For some personal reasons, I could not finish the class. Now I shall be interested to continue.

To fill a class she wants between 8 to 10 pupils. As Mark travels and evenings are not very convenient for me, I would like to find people who would be interested in going either Tuesday mornings (I would need to pick Miss B between 11:30 - 12:00 noon), Wednesdays (Miss B would need picking up between 4:15 - 5:00PM) or Thursdays (same schedule as Wednesdays).

The class is held in Bonnevoie.

The costs are: 25 euro a class all included and we take the food we cooked home. It is either a 8 session class or a 10 session class. It's up to us....

Anyone interested? Dolly? Claire?

Il y a quelques années, j'ai pris des cours de cuisines indienne chez une adorable jeune femme qui s'apelle Sunita.

Pour diverses raisons, je n'ai pu finir les cours. Je suis interessée de continuer.

Pour qu'elle commence un cours elle aimerait que l'on soit un minimum de 8 élèves et un maximum de 10. Malheureusement le soir ne me convient pas...Je propose le mardi matin sachant que je dois chercher Miss B à l'école entre 11:30 et 12:00, le mercredi toute la journée sachant que je dois chercher Miss B à l'école entre 16:15 et 17:00 et le jeudi matin (avec les mêmes horaires que mercredi).

Les cours ont lieu à Bonnevoie. Le prix est de 25 euro la session tout compris et l'on ramène à la maison ce que l'on a cuisiné. On a le choix...on peut prendre la formule 8 cours ou 10 cours.

Intéressé? Faites le moi savoir svp. Dolly? Claire? Allez...inscrivez-vous svp!

Our flights are booked! Nos réservations sont faites

Yeap, indeed, we found Pashmina sitters...and Bhavishya and myself are off to the States...or shall I say Florida. Unfortunately, Mark won't be able to come as he needs to work.

We leave November 15 returning on the 25. We shall be celebrating Thanksgiving with my family!

En effet, nous avons trouvé des Pashmina sitters et Bhavishya et moi-même nous partons pour la Floride. Malheureusement Mark ne peut venir...il doit bosser.

Nous partons le 15 novembre et nous rentrerons le 25. Nous fêterons Thanksgiving en famille!

Quelle joie!

'Cause I wanna remember / Parceque je veux me souvenir

Yesterday, Bhavishya and her classmates went on an expidition...from school they walked to the bus stop, took public transportations to the city center where they hold a bi-weekly farmer's market and chose a pumpkin to carve.

We asked Bhavishya what she saw at the market she replies: "Flowers".

and what else? "Flowers".

and apart from flowers what did you see?
"Flowers".

What about fruits? "Ya".

What about vegetables "Ya and flowers".

and what did Elsa (her teacher) buy? "Tiron" for "Potiron" which means pumkin in French.

P R E C I O U S

HOW MANY HITS DO YOU HAVE ON YOUR BLOG?

I have more than 6200 hits since about a 18 months when I added the clicker...not bad...some people are thrilled when they get 100 hits a day. Someone I know shows off with her 12'000 hits...well there is a blog that has so far...

103,145,609 hits!!!!

Mind blowing! WAOW!!! And what is it you may ask? It is called Post Secrets. Go and have a look...it is interesting and beautiful to read about people's life and secrets yet very disturbing at the same time I find.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY UNCLE JHANGOO!

On the night stand / Sur la table de chevet

Great, fun and witty book. Easy read. I don't want to spoil it for anyone so I won't say more but I highly recomend it!

Enjoy!

P.S. At the end of each chapter...a surprise...

Interessant!

Je partage...

En surfant je suis tombée sur ce site...

http://edp.ipbhost.com/lofiversion/index.php/f3.html

Interessant pour les parents de petits en classe de maternelle!

Quote/Citation

"Just because people don't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you the best they can".

Monica Pradhan, "The Hindi-Bindi Club"

Bye Bye Gitu C u soon!

We just wanted to post this for Bhavishya's Auntie Gitu aka "Titi".

Have a great time with your parents in Bombay...we will come and visit soon!

Maybe you want to create a blog whilst away?

All love from Luxembourg

Blog Action Day

Today, is Blog Action Day. A day, bloggers accross the world would unite to defend the environement. For more informations, please click here.

Aujourd'hui c'est "blog action day". Des bloggers autour du monde vont unir leurs forces pour la journée du blog consacrée à l'environnement. Pour de plus amples informations, en français veuillez clicker ici.

Ce que moi je fais pour protéger l'environement? Une mini goutte dans l'océan...

1. Je trie les déchets ménager, bref je recycle tout, le papier, le verre, l'aluminium, les piles, la ferraille, le PET etc. Nous avons un petit centre de recyclage dans le village et un plus grand à 4 km de chez nous. J'irai prendre une photo demain car ils sont fermé aujourd'hui, lundi.
2. J'éteins les lampes allumées si personne ne se trouve dans la pièce, je fais attention que les appareils électriques ne sont pas mis sur "veille" mais soient éteints.
3. La consommation d'eau: petits bains pour Bhavishya, j'éteins l'eau lorsque l'on se lave les dents.
4. Je jardine écolo. Pas de cochonnerie dans le jardin, avec un enfant et un chien ce serait trop dangereux. Je composte aussi.
5. J'utilise des produits de nettoyage bio de la marque ecover.
6. J'essaye d'acheter des produits qui n'ont pas de packaging trop important.
7. Je n'achète jamais du saumon sauvage pourtant délicieux. Je refuse de manger de la soupe d'ailerons de requins (pourtant délicieuse) car les requins sont pêchés, l'aileron et coupé puis le requins est remis dans l'océan...génial pour les autres prédateurs! Pour de plus amples informations sur la protection des requins veuillez cliquer ici. De plus, j'hésite d'acheter du thon rouge que j'adore pourtant!
8. Je supporte une organisation que j'affectionne particulièrement qui s'appelle: "Project Aware". Le but de ce Projet est de protéger et conserver le milieu sous-marin, de reconnaître une responsabilité envers ce fragile écosystème et d’enseigner aux gens le comportement correct en ce sens. La mission du Project AWARE est partie intégrante des formations proposées par tous les Membres PADI. En tant qu'Instructeur PADI (instructeur de plongée sous-marine) il est de mon devoir de conseiller et orienter les élèves sur la réhabilitation de l’environnement et de développer la compréhension des interdépendances écologiques. D'ailleurs j'ai participé à plusieurs reprises à la journée internationale du nettoyage que se soit sur les plages ou sous l'eau.
9. J'éduque ma fille à ne pas gaspiller, que se soit l'électricité, l'eau etc. combien de fois nos amis/voisins m'entendent dire..."Attention Bhavishya, l'eau est une denrée très précieuse".
   

What do I do to protect the environment? A tiny drop in the oceau...

1. I recycle. Paper, glass, aluminium, batteries, plastic (PET) etc. We have a normal bin, a bin for plastic bottles, tetra packs, cans etc, a bin for paper and a small recycling center in the villages and a bigger one about +or -2 miles down the road. I'll take a picture of it tomorrow as it is closed today. It is quite an amazing site the communes have created there!
2. I switch the lamps off when no ones are in the rooms, I pay attention that machines such as coffee machines are switch off.
3. Water consumptions: Small baths for Bhavishya. I switch the tap off when brushing my teeth.
4. I do ecological gardening. No rubbish in the garden. With a child and a dog it would be far too dangerous. I try to do some composting as well.
5. I use organic cleaning products from the brand ecover.
6. I try to buy products with a minimal of packaging.
7. I never buy "wild salmon" which is absolutely delicious. I refuse to eat shark fin soup (although delicious) in chinese restaurent as sharks are taken out of the water, their fin chopped off and they are put back in the sea...great for other predators! I hesitate to eat red tuna which I love so so much. For more information on Shark protection, please click here.

8. An organisation I love and support (of course being a Professional Dive Instructor) is Project AWARE. Their moto is: "Conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action". It is my duty as a Scuba instructor to educate my pupils on ecological changes etc..Also I have often participated on their International clean up day. Cleaning beaches and taking my scuba gear and cleaning under water (the reefs etc.). Great experience!
9. I raise my daughter as not to waste. How many times do our friends and neighbours hear me say: "Bhavishya, be carefull water is very precious...don't waste it!"
   

And you what do you do?
Et vous vous faites quoi?

Happy Birthday Uncle Wick!

We hope you had a great day!

With all love,

MarSaBaPa
xxx

Un Dimanche à la Campagne / A Sunday in the country

Pashmina

I LOVE this picture of Pashmina...I know I have already posted it but when I went back on my photo album, I just could not resist posting it again. Poor Bunny, last week with both of us sick and Mark being on a business trip she did not get many walks!

J'ADORE cette photo de Pashmina...Je sais que je l'ai déjà mise sur mon blog mais alors que je fesai un peu d'ordre dans mon album photo, je n'ai pu résister de "re-publier" cette photo. Pauvre bête, alors que Bhavishya et moi-même étions malade et Mark étant en voyage aux US elle n'a pas eu trop de ballades!

What's this? C'est quoi ça? II

These are Bhavishya's new Mini Moo cards...
Ce sont les nouveaux Mini Moo cards de Bhavishya

I've selected 6 of my favourite pictures of Bhavishya where she is having fun. I've uploaded them on http://www.moo.com/ and this is the result.

J'ai séléctionné 6 photos que j'affectionne particulièrement. Je les ai téléchargé sur http://www.moo.com/ et voici le résultat.
On the other side of them it is written:
De l'autre côté c'est écrit
Come and Play / Viens jouer
& our address, tel numbers and email address
& notre adresse, numéros de tel et adresse email

Fun No?

Sympa non?

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.