A busy day in Paris

On Saturday, we've started with Christmas shopping (I've found about nothing, but I managed to spend about 170 euros! Fook, Xmas' budget is already wasted!)

I've been to Montparnasse, then we drove to the 19th arrondissement for a Christmas party for the kids.
Here are a few shots (including some taken while driving, zactly like what laurienna Laurienna did on her last trip! I love it!)

Ok, you're ready? So follow me to Montparnasse then let's jump in the car :P


Arriving at Montparnasse, wondering if I'll start shooping on the right, near the Tour Montparnasse, or on the left, rue de Rennes.



I started with the shopping center near the tower.



Then went on rue de Rennes, where I found nothing but still managed to waste money. Pfff




A bit later on our way to the party. I did not mean to take pic of the tower, really, but it happens it stands just there!
(besides, I love it, ok, that IS right :P)








And just before turning on the left to enter Châtelet's disctrict, second-hand booksellers along the seine, erm, hidden by a bus stop (lol, I'm not a photograph anyway!)



PS: I LUVE the snowflakes coming down on the pics! thank you, Martin!

3 shots from my corner in Paris

I could live on a very small island, on the first 2 pics you get the area where I am most of the days!

On the first, the street I cross about a zillion times everyday. On the top right corner is Montparnasse, and if you go on the left, you'll find the eiffel tower.



On the second pic, it's about where I live (near the church on the left side; well, you can't see it, but you can imagine! :P). Lola's school is about in the middle of the pic.



And to finish with that microscopic gallery, just a pic of the roofs you get around here (depending in which country you are, the roofs are so typical and different!)

What was the number 1 single on your birthday, hm?

If you've no idea, you can just check here (thank you m'am Phantie :-)

so, back in 1974, 21st of May...
number 1 single in France: Abba Waterloo
number 1 single in UK: Rubettes' Sugar Baby Love (which can be added to my most hated songs list :P)


(well, I loved the *minimalist* choreography at the time! lol! so tired of the Britney/Beyoncé's stuff)

The season has just started! Can't you smell it?

When it starts smelling clementine, orange and cinnamon around... don't you just feel it's gonna get colder and whiter outside?
For me, that's the best time of winter... just before Christmas :)


(photo found here)

A promise is a promise

Mel', I couldn't find a pic of his (certainly) cute bum, but I found this (which was the closest to what I had promised! I hope it will make it :P)

Germano-French Lovers start early with their training!

I tell you my babyboy's gonna break hearts!



(merci, mzelle Palouche, pour la photo!)

Canon me baby

I think many of us have got *salacious* thoughts about the Canon 350D one day or the other ;-)





For months I thought about it night and day.. till we saved enough to pay for one last year:)

... well, I'm sad to say I'm unable to use it properly, and I won't use it properly. No time to learn about all the functions, too complicate for me too (that sucks! lol)



I'm forced to admit I use much more my heavy canon powershot A40. No bloody lenses to change, nothing to do except puching the button. Which suits me!

So ok, the 350D makes wunderful pics when you know how to use it and if you have talent (the machine does not make everything, huh :P). I do hmm entertaining photos.. which suits me.

So, I regret. I regret we spent so much money on it instead of chosing a lighter digit cam, small, high quality, and much cheaper! Pffff

(no way to sell it, Martin got addicted to the gadget! Men! re-pfffffff... hehe)

Thanksgiving in Paris

So we've celebrated our first thanksgiving, and I won't forget it!
There are not many events/celebrations where gifts are not involved... Thanksgiving is even maybe the only one, already for that I love it!

Then American people are definatly the best at celebrating such events. You should have seen all what Michelle cooked (well you can see below! :P), and also the spirit she and Frederic (her French hubby) brought to the event... Really wunnerful!



We had everything you could expect from a traditionnal Thanksgiving (and much more!): turkey, gravy, stuffing, smashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, beans, pumpkin cakes, pumpkin pie, apple pie, cheese cake, carrort cake, pecan pie, etc.. + italian specialities + French ones (the tradition requires that the guests come with something to eat too, so we did).

There is a dessert you know that is called "death by chocolate", I think we could have named the meal "death by thanksgiving"! hehe
Mind you, it was excellent, everything was purfect. It's just that A french Christmas'meal is nothing in comparison with the Thanksgiving's meal! Your stomach has to experience that once in its life :P



We came back home with a huge heavy bag full of yummmy stuff, as it's also the tradition to share what's left! (happy sigh)
you wouldn't see that in France! Only your mom will give you what's left after a meal... otherwise it would sounds like "ermmm please take what's left with you, it wasn't that good for us". lol
Sharing what's left after a meal is such a nice tradition at many levels!

It's been a memorable experience. Wanna do it again...next year! :)



PS: well, Xmas is in a bit more than 3 weeks!!!..
....time to start with a new diet here! pfffffff

Botox, wrinkles and I

Noooo, I'm not about to get botox injections, just working on a book cover whose plot is a murder by botox injection (huhu)

..but I could be a candidate to these fookin injections: not even 33 and I can see the first wrinkles on the corners of my eyes!
Wrinkles, fook, real wrinkles!
Go back home, you're not welcome!

Hell, that also means I can't pretend to be 18 anymore... pffffff

I say... and you think...

Okies, I might be the only one to play it, but I still enjoy it! :P
(thank you again, you Unconscious Mutterings)

the rule: you just need to put the first word that comes to your mind next to each of the words below

1. Teacher ::
2. Fifty ::
3. Crossword ::
4. Stuffed ::
5. Family ::
6. Purr ::
7. Toad ::
8. Cocktail ::
9. Insecurity ::
10. Magical ::

A prayer for the turkeys and a happy Thanksgiving to their American eaters

Not a fine day to be a turkey huh!

Life's already hard enough being that ugly bird (I know there is beauDy in everything, usually), but then they have also to end their life on a table, with their lil bum up and bits open to everyone. What a way to end one's life!


(photo from Fotosearch)

On the other end, I LOVE turkey. Yummmm!
Always that big dilemma for us, carnivorous creatures, we must not think too long about *what* we're eating really (which is definatly easy! ;-)

I must say I'm the luckiest because my lil family and I have the opportunity to celebrate Thansgiving for the very first time this year. We've been invited by Michelle (dear American friend os us) to share their Thanksgiving on Saturday! Yeepeeeeee!
I can't wait, even if I have to cook something (cooking is a big part of the party, isn't it? :P) and I know the guests will all bring delicious stuff. I'm simply not too good with cooking, honest.


(photo from Fotosearch)

Anyway, I wish a wunnerful Thanksgiving to Ariel, Laurienna, Gig, Fitz, Michelle of course, and all the other 'Rican ones I've forgotten here :)

"Global Orgasm":no headache on the 22nd of December!

yup, no headache on that day because you'll highly be expected to "make love, not war"
(could be worse!)

Here's the plan of the guys :

"The intent is that the participants concentrate any thoughts during and after orgasm on peace. The combination of high- energy orgasmic energy combined with mindful intention may have a much greater effect than previous mass meditations and prayers.

The goal is to add so much concentrated and high-energy positive input into the energy field of the Earth that it will reduce the current dangerous levels of aggression and violence throughout the world.

Global Orgasm is an experiment open to everyone in the world"



Well, with that in mind now, I think we'll rather rent a good ol' dvd on the 22nd... ok, the idea makes me smile, and I promise to do my best... but somehow it will definatly feel weird to make love on that day! ;-)

Anyway, I know you're open-minded and great defenders of Peace around the world.
Be ready for the 22nd now! :P

hehe

Let's play again (huhu): top 10 of most hated and most favorite songs

Have you noticed how much some specific songs can make your day, or simply spoil it?
And I'm not talking of musical styles, of bands, no, just about songs that can touch you enough to provoke real emotions.

And there are songs you can't stand, right? Not bad songs, but songs that really does not fit with the inner you ;-)
Yup, You can't help it, but these songs make you sick, they really get on your nerves..you know?

Here's my top ten of most hated songs...

Fine young cannibals's she drives me crazy
Zouk machine's maldon
Supertramps'dreamers (but, I still luve Supertramp!)
Paul Anka's you are my destiny
UB40's red red wine
ACDC's highway to hell
Elton John's sacrifice
Queen's I want to break free
Boney M's ma baker
Madonna's true blue

(yuck, watta list! I have awful songs in my head now!)

And then there are songs that you could listen a zillion times, night and day, songs that make you shiver with pleasure.. and you can hardly explain it, the songs simply fit with the inner *you*! :P

My top ten of most favorite "songs"..

Eagles' Hotel California
Haendel's Sarabande
Morricone's Ecstasy of Gold
The Door's the end
Madonna's Love profusion
Psapp's Cosy in a rocket ( )
Blondie's Call me
Metallica's no leaf clover
Theatre of Tragedy's a distance there is ( )
Pink Floyd's atom heart mother (from the first note to the very last one)

What about you, what is your most hated or most favorite song(s)?

New painting: the Healer

Is your Monday as yucky were you are as it is in Paris (=dark, grey, cold and rainy)?

What a typical way to start with the week! grrrmppphhh
And I don't even get any sun rays to share with you to warm up today! Only moonish stuff ;-)

I've just finished a pretty big painting, I worked on contrasts here and the blue colours of the night. Hope you like it (and if not, don't tell me! hehe :P)


click here to get a larger view

an IQ Test before putting your neurones on weekend :P

Among all the quizzes I do, I think playing at IQ tests is the most stoopid idea I can get (how ironic huhu)

I can't say the IQ tests are stupid, no, it's just that... what will it bring me at the end of the day?
A confirmation that I'm a genius or that obviously the results are wrong, 'cause I just can't be *below "average"*. Who can, anyway?!
("average", dunno why, but I hate that word!)

In other words... Will I survive the results? Will you survive them? hehe

okies then, your turn to play, it's here and it won't take more than a couple of minutes!

PS: to be a genius, you must reach a score of 160! Sounds easy :P

Un tattoo dans le cou, poil au g'nou

Got *inked* the other day (happy sigh)
This time, I chose a buderfly tattoo, which made laff our tattoo guy ("ohhh a butterfly!... man! how CUTE!")..
lol
grmpppphhhh! ;-)

Actually, you can't see it on the pic really but the butterfly is really on the exact middle of my neck, on top of the spinal column. But I find it a bit small, no?
I did not realize in time I wanted a bigger one, with wings coming on the side of my neck (lol, I can hear your: "thank gawd she did not get that done"), but ok, an ornment around the butterfly can be done later I guess, so that's fine, I'm happy.

My 2 CUTE (rolling eyes) lil dragons have a CUTE lil friend now ;-)

*******

My plan in the next years would be to decorate my spinal column.
(memo to self: my kids shall never read that bloggie! I plan not to let them get their ears pierced before, hmm their 18th year! And after much begging lol)

Well, I guess some inspired souls here reading this blog have already got tattoos or could plan having one.
Just curious, what kind of tattoo you got or you'd like to get, hm?

Babies and fathers, what a purfect team

Now, if it's still grey where you are, I hope that will change a lil, tiny bit the colour of your day ;-)

Ok, I really mean the title here, though the video below will prove you that besides making a perfect team, babies and fathers have a comic talent when put together :P

I insist that I'm not being sexist here, I know that fathers are not always like that (they can be worse! :P)



PS: if it takes too much time to load the video here, you can also watch it here

PPS: I'm turning into a real addicted *youtuber*, for the best..and the worst :P

Monday, Monday, Can't trust that day!

I'm wondering if I'll develop the title of that bloggie, or not.
(mind boiling)



It's grey outside, fog in my head 'cause my devils been awake the whole night, one with much fever the other not wanting to miss the party. Spent the morning at the doc. It's still grey outside, and the workers behind the wall make so much noise that I wonder if it's the end of the world, or not. :)
I'm a bit tired.
So I complain.
Here.
Hoping you'll tell me you share about the same Monday
(lol I'm so so nice)


Well, you can understand me, just another Monday after all..
:P

I say... and you think...

Been ages I've played to the words association game from Unconscious Mutterings
A lil fun exercice to give total freedom to your spontaneity, which often tells a lot about oneself!

okies, if you've never played at it, you just need to put the first word that comes to your mind for each of the words below:

1. Nick : ...
2. Focus : ...
3. Police : ...
4. Miles : ...
5. Earn : ...
6. Twice : ...
7. Razor : ...
8. Personality : ...
9. Dumped : ...
10. Reliable : ...

I'll put my answers in the comment box, so that I don't spoil anything if you wanna play ;-)

What Loup needs to fall asleep

his teddies? no
his beauDiful sheep? nooo
some light? music? noooooo
our arms, our bed? nenenene!

He simply needs, desperatly needs, to stroke his mama's hair..
As Martin gets about 5mm on the head, no way he can help me with that!!!



(don't worry I've zillions of such interesting posts to put on here! ;-)