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Personal issues

January 8, 2009

I am having serious personal issues at the moment due to negligence on the part of my oldest daughter’s father which prevented me from sending her back to the States on Tuesday.  We are currently trying to clean up the big mess he made.  As always, I am keeping my daughter’s best interest at heart [...]

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Walk before dinner

July 13, 2008

We decided to take our walk before dinner tonight because we wanted to be able to get out before the rain started. It did start to drizzle at the end of the walk but we didn’t mind much. We like the rain. Below are snap shots of our walk along the outskirts of our village. [...]

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We found a new doctor

May 27, 2008

He is in a neighboring city. He is younger, laid back, professional, great with children and not hard on the eyes. :) The doctor is super nice and offered to drive us back home so we didn’t have to take the train. We declined his generous offer but thanked him for it. We don’t mind [...]

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Almost washed

April 29, 2008

Each week, I tell my husband to make sure he empties out his pants pockets. He responds that he always checks that his pockets are emptied. When I double check his pockets, there is still a random paper, money, or an occasional pen left inside. I feel he is responsible for emptying out his own [...]

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Daytrip to Neuchâtel, Switzerland

April 27, 2008

It was a warm day in the mountains, but not warm enough. So, we took the train to Neuchâtel where we knew it would be more to our liking. It always surprises me how much warmer it is once we get out of the mountains. In Neuchâtel, there were leaves on the trees! LEAVES! Vilay [...]

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Differences in American and British English

April 10, 2008

Spelling differences between American and British English

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Morning light

April 9, 2008

The sky was impressive this morning. This is my view from my bedroom window. In the photo above, you can see one of the large birds that fly over our village.

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Bienne, Switzerland

August 26, 2007

We took a train trip to Bienne (Biel), Switzerland yesterday due to a severe case of cabin fever. We are not accustomed to living in a small village just yet. The Lake of Bienne (Lac de Bienne) was beautiful. We had lots of great company. Several swans and ducks came up to say hello to [...]

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Updating issues

July 19, 2007

I have updated all our blogs to the latest version of WordPress. I have never had a problem before now. The old posts on Vilay’s blog are all messed up due to the French accents in words. My old posts on my blogs have weid A’s stuck in all the sentences. I will try to [...]

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oops!

May 17, 2007

For all you WordPress users out there make the post private and then save it once before posting it. If you make it private and then post it…It doesn’t work!!! :) The last post that is showing up in readers was meant to be private.  I wanted to keep all those posts that were deleted [...]

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Madeleine Beth McCann (Maddie)

May 12, 2007

Madeleine Beth Mc Cann (Maddie) was abducted May 3rd, 2007 in Praia Da Luz in Portugal. She was born on May the 12th, 2003. She is exactly 4 years old today. If you have any information, please, contact the Portugese authorities at: Madeleine Beth McCann appelée Maddie a été enlevée le 3 mai 2007 à Praia [...]

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From my French window

February 17, 2007

I have changed my blog’s name back to it’s original title.  I decided that it was best to put everything back as it was before we move to the States.  From my French window is perfect because this blog is a story about my personal life in France.  I was thinking about creating a photoblog [...]

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Keep your fingers crossed

January 15, 2007

I have an interview!  It would be for around $35000.00 per year.  I’m not going to get my hopes up until the interview. I will only say that I do have a great chance of being hired due to my background.  It would be Monday-Friday.  And, I would be not only a manager but THE manager. Wish [...]

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what is the name of this village vilay???

January 4, 2007

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Testing

November 4, 2006

I just upgraded my template to the newest model.  This version has an Asides function that I am not sure how to use.  So, this is a test to see if I have figured it out or not.  O.k. It works like a charm.  I really, really, really heart WordPress! 

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