A Darling little Devil / Un adorable petit Diable

Aujourd'hui à l'école les enfants fêtent Halloween. Today the kids celebrate Halloween in School.


J'ai cru comprendre que le menu du jour à la cantine sera diabolique ;-)

Happy Diwali!

Photo by: keya_arati'

I got this sweet message from a friend of ours! Heartwarming!

To all our friends and family....some we see and talk to often, while some
of you we have not seen in ages....... know that you are all never far from
our thoughts......

These warm wishes come from our HOME and HEARTS to your HOME and HEARTS....

HAPPY DIWALI and May LORD SHIVA bring you peace, serenity, health, wealth
and happiness and love.

Thank you Manik! You are a Sweetie! Happy Diwali to you and your family!

Hugs, XXX

Jamie, Ben et al

A quick one as I am so so tired. I went to bed at 3:00AM this morning and got up at 6:40. Jamie's concert was fabulous. Also we heard his new song he wrote for Clint Eastwood's new film. Lovely!

Jean-Luc, my cousin and I, had seats row 4 and I got to see Jamie's fingers going mad on the Piano. What a wonderful entertainer he is, what a fantastic voice and he doesn't take himself seriously in the least! He's hillarious!

Here are a few videos of last night:







Wonderful wonderful evening! Thank you Mark for letting me go...Thank you Jean-Luc for being such a wonderful cousin, thank you for being so special, spoiling Miss B and for being my Body guard! HA! ;-) We miss you tons over here!

On my way to Paris, to see my Darling Jamie

Photo: Jessiann16

I've got front row tickets!! I'm boing with My darling cousin Jean-Luc...my body guard ;-) A+ J-L!

I'm back! De retour!

I'm back with a new design! I don't really feel like talking about what happened a few weeks ago, I just want to keep things "light and bright" for the time being. As they say it so well in Seychelles...I dont want to brake my head and since I cannot pick a coconut from a tree, I am having a cup of green tea...

Me voici de retour! Je n'ai pas trop envie d'expliquer ce qui s'est passé il y a quelques semaines...je ne souhaite pas me prendre la tête...aux Seychelles ils le disent si bien "Casse pa li tet" et puisque je ne peux aller chercher une noix de coco du palmier, je sirotte un thé vert...

Don't vote - Do vote!

Paul Newman

TRIBUTE TO PAUL NEWMAN
January 26, 1924 - September 26, 2008

This morning, whilst I was making myself, yet another cup of green tea, Mark was reading the news on the net and announced the news about Paul Newman. I am saddened. I really like(d) him. A great actor! I remember seeing his eyes in "real"...that was 22 years ago or so when my Uncle used to share a sail boat in Connecticut and we bumped into him at the marina. I'm tellen ya eyes like this...waow!

Blog...

Blog floating on "half mast"...I am in sort of morning...I have no strength nor will to explain why!

Blog en "berne"...chui endueillée...pas la force ni le courage d'expliquer pourquoi!

International day of Peace / Journal internationale de la Paix

What are you all up to? Are you participating in any special activities? More on this subject later!

Update...

Bhavishya and I had great fun at the wedding last w-e, seeing my beloved family in Floridac was fantasti, we went swimming, to the beach, sailing and did some retail therapy and we are (sadly) getting ready to fly home tonight however we are both looking forward to seeing both Mark and Pashmina whom me missed greatly!

Pictures will follow next week!

Bhavishya et moi nous nous sommes amusées comme des folles au mariage le week-end passé. Aussi nous avons beaucoup nagé, nous sommes allées à la plage, navigué sur le voilier de Kalou et nous avons fait du shopping! Nous nous préparons à prendre l'avion ce soir mais nous sommes si triste de quitter notre famille chérie même si nous nous réjouissons de revoir Mark et Pashmina demain...ils nous ont tant manqué!

Les photos suivront la semaine prochaine!

B & I are ...

...and I am off saling this afternoon! I am so pleased!!!

...je pars faire de la voile cet apres-midi! Chui aux anges!!!

Schueberfouer

Every year, on the eve of the celebration of Saint Barthelemy (August 23) a big fair / kermess is on on one of the major square (La place du Glacis) in Luxembourg - town ...

Chaque année, à la veille de la Saint Barthélémy (23 août), s'installe une grande kermesse sur l'une des grande Place (La place du Glacis) à Luxembourg-Ville...

We got soaked / on s'est fait rinser!

By the way...29 people got stuck on a ride with their heads upside down at about 20 metres (65 feet) high for two-and-a-half hours. Not sure I'd be happy if it would happen to me! Uuurgh! To read more about it, click here.

SOS

I promissed to burn cds of music for dinner (background music) and dance for a wedding. The bride and the groom are in their 60s.

Any suggestions would be more than welcome!


Thank you!


J'ai promis de graver des cds de musiques pour le diner (musique de fond) puis pour dancer pour un mariage. Le couple est dans la soixantaine.


J'attends toutes vos suggestions!





Merci!

VITAMINS

Comment bien commencer la journée...
How to start the day well...

Full of antioxydents!

August / Août 2008

Finally...at last a little resume of August...starting with our family day...
Finalement...un petit résumé du mois d'août...en commençant avec notre family day...

Please, bare with me a few more days for the rest...
SVP, Attendez encore quelques jours pour la suite...

Family day - August 10

Top left - August 10, 2006 the day we met her and picked her up from the orphanage / En haut à gauche le 10.08.2006 le jour de notre rencontre à l'hôtel.

Top right - August 10, 2007 with Mimi's children at the "Parc Merveilleux" in Luxembourg / En haut à droite le 10.08.2007 avec les enfants de Mimi au Parc Merveilleux à Luxembourg.

Bottom left - August 10, 2008 in our back yard / En bas à gauche - le 10.08.2008 dans notre jardin

After a fabulous brunch with French toast, fruit, juice etc., we went to the pool.

Après un délicieux brunch avec du pain perdu et du jus frais, nous sommes allés à la piscine.

...and then to the Mudam (Museum of Modern Art). Mark had never been. As usual I love the architecture but was not terribly impressed by the exhibitions. ..

...puis direction Mudam (le Musé d'Art Moderne). Mark n'y était jamais allé. Comme d'habitude, j'aime l'architecture du bâtiment mais je n'était pas très impressionnée par la qualité des expositions.

One of the exhibition was of the artist Laurent Pariente (who lives in New York)
My understanding is he was trying to work with light and colours. It was like a labyrith and his constructions made with timber frames and each varying in width and colour. The effect of it was quite a success to me as it had a feel of semetry...needless to say that Bhavishya loved it!

L'une des expositions était par l'artiste Laurent Pariente (qui vit à New York). Il a essayé d'apporté une dimension colorée à son oeuvre. C'était comme un espèce de labyrinthe et cette construction était faite de parois en bois toutes de differentes épaisseurs et couleurs et entres elles étaient tirées des toiles transparentes et aussi de différentes couleurs. Inutile de dire que Bhavishya a adoré courir dans tous les sens!





The other exhibitions just weren't really my taste...Les autres expositions n'étaient pas vraiment ma tasse de thé.
We had a lovely lovely day!

Happy 15th Anniversary, my Darling

I love you and I am so so proud to be your wife!



I don't want to write here...so all is in the card for you to read alone...

Coming soon

A debriefing of our family day as well as my bday week-end! Stay tuned!

Pivotal moment / 744

I've read on this blog, which I follow regularly and I have also read in a book (I cannot remember which one) that the pivotal moment in an adopted child's life is when he or she has lived with you longer than the amount of time he or she has spent in an orphanage.