tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.comments2023-06-21T06:38:53.436+10:00Our house in Quercy - a midlife gap year in FranceOur House in Quercyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comBlogger127125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-19272510050877233612014-01-30T15:39:30.095+11:002014-01-30T15:39:30.095+11:00Yay!!!...you're back blogging. You are a very ...Yay!!!...you're back blogging. You are a very talented crocheter, even more so being a beginner! Reading your passion for all things French stirs a yearning within to be there & devour all that is so beautifully French too (still adore being Aussie though...oi!oi!oi!). Looking forward to sharing a glass of wine & hearing all your stories. Love AmeliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-68199283781739708642014-01-16T14:21:59.101+11:002014-01-16T14:21:59.101+11:00Hi there! thinking about new places to possibly li...Hi there! thinking about new places to possibly live in and found your blog! :) I am guessing you are still in france and have been there a few years? I wasn't sure if you are trying to head back to australia? M @ LiveLikeYoureTraveling.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064483992513616255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-66104642571801139272013-12-21T07:33:27.399+11:002013-12-21T07:33:27.399+11:00Merci Keith - so great to hear from you again! We ...Merci Keith - so great to hear from you again! We feel like we are "home" - so strange, to be on the other side of the world and the opposite season and yet feel more at home than anywhere else. Oui, et Joyeaux Noel pour toi aussi!!!Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-88792323408090893732013-12-21T01:02:09.270+11:002013-12-21T01:02:09.270+11:00Great to keep up with your adventures again Joyeau...Great to keep up with your adventures again Joyeaux Noel mes amis et bon annee 2014 ( I think) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07964721786708381653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-81810211573322639872013-11-11T14:00:37.718+11:002013-11-11T14:00:37.718+11:00The red flesh is edible THE EVIL BLACK SEED IS POI...The red flesh is edible THE EVIL BLACK SEED IS POISONOUSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-90090182362262113342013-06-06T03:49:28.273+10:002013-06-06T03:49:28.273+10:00Could you be more specicfic with the location of t...Could you be more specicfic with the location of this little gem? We are visiting Lot in the summer and HAVE to go here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-9980383119107958402012-10-16T11:34:12.477+11:002012-10-16T11:34:12.477+11:00We adored Chez Jeanne when we stayed at Tremolat (...We adored Chez Jeanne when we stayed at Tremolat (about half an hour away from Pomerade) and hope to go there again next April, so were delighted to read your blog and that you loved it too and its still going strong.<br />Very envious of you living in France - we will fulfill a small dream of living there for 3 months. Life is for the living and what better place to do it!!Avril and Petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01531303198233743919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-45010601879031521922012-08-29T06:28:34.135+10:002012-08-29T06:28:34.135+10:00Oh dear - it's obviously a bit more sedate in ...Oh dear - it's obviously a bit more sedate in our part - 'Husband à l'etranger' and littlest son set off a few fire crackers on a remote part of our local pebbly beach and within a blink of an eye, up pops a lifeguard to metaphorically slap their hands!mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-68867367799251321182012-06-23T02:35:27.057+10:002012-06-23T02:35:27.057+10:00Ah, vanishing. Try locking the door, removing all ...Ah, vanishing. Try locking the door, removing all gameboy/computer/tv/PS3 rights and - viola! - one batch helpful children. Husband? 18 months is surely grounds for seperation? (or a very big present?)Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-59156455777916686442012-06-12T04:51:29.317+10:002012-06-12T04:51:29.317+10:00well I do (have to wash up that is) and I've g...well I do (have to wash up that is) and I've got 4. I marvel - seriously marvel at your power as super mum to have these kids whipped into shape, mine have an entirely different skill - it's called VANISHING. Blink and they're gone. For that matter, my husband has vanished for 18 months, i'm not sure if he knows where we live anymore, let alone find a dishwasher in the hallway! Maybe your kids could show mine how to make a decent banner..'YOUR HOME IS THIS WAY DAD'...!mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-15065618072526546772012-06-09T02:22:12.905+10:002012-06-09T02:22:12.905+10:00Ah, but did you get a present? I got (wait for it)...Ah, but did you get a present? I got (wait for it) Chux wipes. Two packs. In blue. To be fair, it was all that I asked for as I wept down the phone most evenings. "At least" sob sob "then I could" gulp gulp of wine "clean up a bit" howl with exhaustion.Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-64455798852383623552012-06-09T02:19:59.609+10:002012-06-09T02:19:59.609+10:00Ha ha!! At least you ride. I bought a lovely old b...Ha ha!! At least you ride. I bought a lovely old bike (had images of riding through the village to buy wine etc) and nearly died riding it home. But it was four blocks, and up a hill!!!. I am being told by loitering offspring to correct that and type instead 'gentle incline'. Apparently still not good enough. Okay okay, it was a slight elevation possibly undetectable t'o anything other than the most sensitive of altimeters'. Ps Bugger off nosey child, and no play station for you tonight.Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-63001379914040729922012-06-09T02:13:30.137+10:002012-06-09T02:13:30.137+10:00Did you know that french lining paper is so wide y...Did you know that french lining paper is so wide you need 14 people just to hold it to the wall. In England it is sensibly human width so one person can do the job - isn't that why it's called DIY(do it yourself) - otherwise it should be called DIWFP.(do it with fourteen people)or perhaps FLAQP (fait-le avec quatorze personnes) which is anomatopoeic for the sound it makes when it falls gooey gluey onto the floor.mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-46059987574745405522012-06-09T02:03:36.755+10:002012-06-09T02:03:36.755+10:00If only my 'husband à l'etranger' coul...If only my 'husband à l'etranger' could be so organised. He succeeded in buying vaste quantities of chocolate but forgot to put it in his suitcase. Since he doesn't actually like chocolate himself it was no good to man nor beast remaining in Nigeria. Well done 'The Man' and great banner kids!mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-27591800465974846102012-06-09T01:59:28.595+10:002012-06-09T01:59:28.595+10:00Obviously a popular topic today - but at least you...Obviously a popular topic today - but at least you can spell 'caravane', unlike me. Methinks you have integrated yourself a notch deeper to have such a grasp of the lingo. As much as the French have set to show the Aussies how it's done after 'The Man's' flagrently outrageous victory win, they have also decided to show the 'collapsed english woman under a heap of bike at the side of the road in Normandy' how it's done too. Bl..dy foriegners!mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-23219514781769564652012-06-02T00:54:29.967+10:002012-06-02T00:54:29.967+10:00Mint Tim Tams? What happened to good old Mint Slic...Mint Tim Tams? What happened to good old Mint Slices? Please don't tell me they've stopped making them!!Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-20139740962554799152012-05-31T15:36:12.981+10:002012-05-31T15:36:12.981+10:00Is this why there is suddenly a Tim Tam shortage o...Is this why there is suddenly a Tim Tam shortage over here! All we can get are the mint ones.Rennienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-70057859960245166532012-05-27T17:24:38.346+10:002012-05-27T17:24:38.346+10:00Thanks Year of Mexican Food and Culture! I have al...Thanks Year of Mexican Food and Culture! I have already made a shopping list for (possible unobtainable) products to make some of the delicious things on your blog. And how about those pomegranates? Wow! My French: c'est de la merde. My munchkins are fluent. they talk to each other in French. I suspect they might be plotting against me. But maybe I'm just paranoid....<br />Yes, more than a year. More about that later.Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-25597558029115257052012-05-27T13:07:11.841+10:002012-05-27T13:07:11.841+10:00Just spent a lovely half or maybe even closer to a...Just spent a lovely half or maybe even closer to an hour reading through your blog. Sounds like you are having a fantastic adventure. Please keep blogging as your entries are so entertaining, plus you'll have a great record of your experience. Is your year in France going to be extended? It sounds like your house still has a few jobs ahead of you at least. Would love to hear how you, the Man and the Munchkins are getting along with mastering French.An Australian's Year of Mexican Food and Culturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075986960292259437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-88441818528588396422012-05-21T14:50:47.105+10:002012-05-21T14:50:47.105+10:00Me too. No bike hats. Lots of smoking. Butter butt...Me too. No bike hats. Lots of smoking. Butter butter butter. But then strange blips on the safety scale, like the need to get a doctor to approve each and every child for each and every sport each and every year. Crazy Frenchies.Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-74422218877802360322012-05-21T05:25:19.427+10:002012-05-21T05:25:19.427+10:00isn't that just what makes france so french - ...isn't that just what makes france so french - scant regard for just about everything when it comes to health and safety. And anyway, if a tractor 's going to drive over your toes - they'll get just as crushed - shoes or not!mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-63922004796159797102012-05-10T05:27:52.484+10:002012-05-10T05:27:52.484+10:00Ha ha ha!!!! I think his brothers wish he had his ...Ha ha ha!!!! I think his brothers wish he had his own cave.Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-41169911023634918632012-05-10T05:00:45.792+10:002012-05-10T05:00:45.792+10:00I heard that on mars all men live individually in ...I heard that on mars all men live individually in caves whilst they muse on solutions to life so I assume there is no-one around to be offended and the smell potentially aids the thinking process! Impressed by 'animal' because he bags his up - also enviromentally sound as to not bust the ozone. I imagine Eva Joly would also be his ideal candidate too!mirandahttp://www.frenchimmersion.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-16341769193922900382012-05-09T18:20:18.026+10:002012-05-09T18:20:18.026+10:00Thank you for your reply! Tell Kim I wish her well...Thank you for your reply! Tell Kim I wish her well, but I do miss reading her humorous descriptions of houses. Wish I was there with you in France, drinking wine, enjoying living in France. I haven't given up the dream....FollyLadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718335418959862354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095134913101122124.post-64841073715820282932012-05-09T15:04:45.629+10:002012-05-09T15:04:45.629+10:00Mars must smell really bad.Mars must smell really bad.Our House in Quercyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700291099266386251noreply@blogger.com