Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Nov 24, 2009, 11:41 am
It’s not often Jay and I go out but today was not the most enjoyable jaunt. We both had an appointment at the Opthalmologist – mine for a post cataract check-up and Jay because he hasn...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Nov 22, 2009, 7:58 am
We had some help to clear the garden ready for Autumn this year but with the rain and unseasonably ‘warm’ weather, the weeds are beginning to rear their ugly heads again. The mustard that...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Nov 12, 2009, 12:45 pm
It’s that dreaded time of year when the sound of the doorbell of an evening probably means someone wants some money. First it was the ‘Ebouers’ – dustmen. They haven’t b...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Nov 5, 2009, 7:03 am
For those who are fed up with me banging on about swine ‘flu and the vaccine please  don’t read on, but for anyone interested, I can recommend watching these videos: http://www.youtube.c...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Nov 2, 2009, 9:30 am
Thinking of a topic for this post is proving rather difficult, so I’ll just ramble on a bit and see what happens. The most interesting news is that we have a visitor from America, a friend of J...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Oct 23, 2009, 10:56 am
Here’s another poem showing the problems with English pronunciation. It wasn’t until we started teaching English that CC and I realised just how difficult it is to help foreigners to spea...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Oct 21, 2009, 4:01 pm
The English classes started again this term but, so far, CC and I are off to a rather slow start. Most of her group are taking late holidays so the most ’students’ she has had amounts to ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Oct 14, 2009, 3:24 am
Yesterday saw a (mostly) pleasant but low key celebration of our 25th wedding anniversary. I woke up feeling better than I expected due to a bad cold and took Bear his card and present with his coff...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Oct 9, 2009, 11:17 am
Imagine the scene: the bedroom lights refused to come on and there was a strange low-pitched buzzing  sound coming from the ‘control panel’  in the garage. CC and I found the offending ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Oct 1, 2009, 3:23 am
It was with great relief that I turned the page on the calendar this morning because September was chock full with medical appointments and incidents including two trips to hospital for Whale, several...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Sep 24, 2009, 10:16 am
Just when I thought September was already full to capacity with medical appointments  Bear and Whale managed a double whammy. Yesterday Bear went down with ‘flu symptoms. I’m not saying ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Sep 22, 2009, 9:21 am
It’s actually difficult to know how much of the ground in front of our house actually belongs to us but most people make an effort to keep the road looking pretty even if we don’t have fro...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Sep 17, 2009, 11:21 am
A few months ago Whale received a letter from  the French  government stating that as he is handicapped he would receive 200 euros worth of  ’cheques emploi  services’  to employ ad...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Sep 13, 2009, 8:35 am
Every September since we’ve lived here we’ve read the invitation to the ceremony at Le Bois de la Rosiere  but we’ve never been able to go to it until today. We thought it would ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Sep 9, 2009, 1:58 pm
Looking on the bright side, this last weekend did bring home to Bear the fact that, with the best will in the world, we couldn’t possibly undertake the longer holiday he has been hoping for. It...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Sep 9, 2009, 9:17 am
Some friends of ours were coming to Calais to shop. They only had three days – not long enough to come and see us so Bear and I took the train to Calais last Friday. It was grey and miserable w...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Aug 29, 2009, 8:20 am
Today is LOM s seventeenth wedding anniversary and reading about it made me think about the looming 25th anniversry for Bear and me. It’s wonderful to hear that for LOM and her husband the sec...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Aug 26, 2009, 7:42 am
It was LOM who published a video about the coming of Nibiru (planet X) recently and it seems that more and more people are reading about 2012 predictions and various conspiracy theories but dismissing...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Aug 18, 2009, 10:09 am
Sometime ago  I may have mentioned that  CC, Jay and I were planning to continue redecorating downstairs to remove all the wallpaper (badly scratched by the cats) and paint the walls instead. The j...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Aug 13, 2009, 6:33 am
We were planning a ‘last celebratory meal’ on Tuesday evening but while Jay was out shopping for the wherewithall to make one of his delicious vegetable lasagnes the phone rang. It was Be...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Aug 8, 2009, 11:24 am
It’s strange that although they dislike one another, Whale has been eager for news of  Bear  and keeps asking how he’s getting on. When Whale was in hospital Bear wasn’t remotely ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Aug 6, 2009, 3:44 am
Bear has not been careful with his diet for a long time. He refuses to eat many of the meals we make because they include salad or vegetables and so I often have to make him something separate that ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Jul 27, 2009, 10:12 am
Thanks to Whale’s disability we are entitled to a certain amount of help, including 8 hours of housework per month. Originally my neighbour, Claudine,  was happy to oblige but she is not in go...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Jul 27, 2009, 2:55 am
Some of you may already know that baths and Bear do not get together very often. Today he has an appointment with the dentist – a very pretty young lady – and so last night he spent an ag...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Jul 26, 2009, 9:39 am
As I may have mentioned, the fish lady comes by in her van every Thursday and my regular order is salmon for CC, Whale and me and plaice for Bear, but occasionally I also buy some cod to make a fish ...
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Sandy B. posted an article on Sablonneuse in France - Jul 21, 2009, 6:29 am
Whale, of course, was very pleased to come home but Bear was quick to express his displeasure. In fact, within minutes of his arrival, Whale must have overheard Bear’s complaints when I had to g...
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