Surprisingly easy, we made homemade apple pie. Crust 2 1/2 cups flour 1 cup butter 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon sugar mix add a little water 6-10 tablespoons Using a mixer add all the ingredients except the water into the bowl before turing it on. Add the water once the mixer is on low. After…
Be thankful for what you have; you will end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. Oprah Winfrey Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family in Canada! Sending you piles of hugs and kisses! I miss having the big turkey dinner, making the rounds…
We did it! River Rafting another ? tick off my 40 before 40 to do list! With our Belgian guests Greet and Stephan, our local friends Pierre, Anne, Celine, Maxmin and Garance, my daughter Angelina, my husband Alfonz and I, we drove the forty-five minutes to Roquebrun on the river Orb to try our hand…
HELP! My children will not stop fighting! From dawn to dusk, my kids are at each other. With that kind of determination to endlessly pursue something with intensity as my kids do when they fight- there is nothing I could not accomplish. Angelina and Daniel amaze me, and not in a very good way. They…
When I have time, I’ll be a good girl and do my chores. Camilla Luddington My Daily Chores- What it’s like to run a B&B in southern France? Around 7:00am I hear the birds outside my window waking with the sun. I putter around my house before anyone wakes up, and eventually find my way…
When Can My Kids Travel Alone? When deciding if your children are ready to fly unaccompanied on a plane, ask ourselves the following questions. Can my child read directions? In case of an emergency, will my child ask for help? Can my child take care of his or her backpack without loosing it? Will my…
There comes a time in every parent’s life when you realize no matter how strong your desire to teach your children everything they need or want to know, that what you know is simply not enough. I sing with my kids, play music endlessly, keep their English curriculum up and teach them everything I know…
We finally got the loan from the bank to upgrade the energy efficiency of our house and they did the work an entire month earlier than planned! We hired the company Colombeau Alu who did a fabulous job. The salesman came to our door with samples and his bottom line price; something I honestly appreciate when…
What do I miss most about Canada? Having an abundance of peanut butter! Friends bring me organic smooth peanut butter from North America when they come to visit and I end up rationing it until the next person brings me more. I have a crazy protective attitude towards anyone that wants to eat my peanut…
“Always have a BACKUP plan.” Mila Kunis Worst case scenario for our plans to move overseas would be if our business does not sell in time and we do not have enough money to buy a home to convert to a Bed and Breakfast in France. If that were the case and we end up…