Month: May 2014

12 May I said I was going to go to the hairdressers but that never happened. I called Marie to discuss her upcoming dog-sitting dates and schedule a dinner date at her place BUT I cannot speak and understand French on the phone! She slowly said “I will come to your place at 6pm tonight… Continue reading 12 through 14 May – Servian and St. Thibery

Our double bed is REALLY crowded and poor Toby fell out of bed last night!! I think we are going to move upstairs to the bedroom with twin beds that are pushed together. There will be more room in the middle for the dogs which is where they sleep every night. I’m turning over a… Continue reading 11 May — Servian

We put the collars on the dogs first thing but I am pretty confident that all will be well–maybe I’m just tired of worrying. It’s market day in the town square. I first must get lots of bread because we have eaten every bit of bread that I’ve frozen! And that’s hard to believe because… Continue reading 10 May — Servian

7 May First thing I apply the dogs’ mosquito medication. After a couple of hours Lucky is acting a little weird; he is sitting in the corner with his head down. I keep an eye on him. After another hour he is still not himself so I decide to look on the Internet for side-effects… Continue reading 7 through 9 May – Dog problems

4 May It is a lazy Sunday at the house. The Franks make great baked Brie. For lunch we have lamb Tagine. The Franks leave tomorrow–BooHoo. 5 May The Franks are leaving from the Montpelier train station–we HATE that place. But I am confident that we can now find the train station parking lot. And… Continue reading 4 through 6 May — Servian

We are off to Narbonne today. We have never been there but we can easily see the HUGE cathedral from the freeway. We set the GPS for the cathedral and head off. It is about a 30 minute drive. As we start to drive into the center of town, the GPS tells me to drive… Continue reading 3 May — Narbonne

The Baileys head back to Paris today and will fly back home tomorrow. We’re sorry to see them go. We need a few more provisions so we head to the larger supermarket about 15 minutes from home. I first stop at the customer service desk to get a discount card. It takes a little bit… Continue reading 2 May — Servian

Hurray hurray, it’s the first of May–A holiday that honors both the workers in France & Lilies of the Valley Marie starts the day by giving us a beautiful little pot of Lilies of the Valley. My grandmother had beds of that lovely flower; it reminds me of her. The flowers are so fragrant! What… Continue reading 1 May — Pézenas