Friday

We went to Carcassone with Pat and Mike,  Michael and I got new shoes, hikers for me and sneakers for him...only 12 E for him and 16 for me..and new red fleece gloves..1 euro  then we went downtown to a Tronc...consignment store..I saw an awesome table there that we could have bought with the money left from the sale of the cabinet..but did not get it...oh well...
We then went to the square and Mike went to buy us BIG Cookies and coffee...good coffee..and cookie.
Then we came home to Montazels..it was a good day and I am sitting down to plan out the next two weeks as activities are getting hectic and we want to do the things that we have planned and the things that folks have planned for us.. Didier is having cooking class on Wed..evening and I get to choose the menu..sure to be fish..he works wonders with fish...and who knows what else..
We want to make one more trip up to the resistance camp so that I can take some pictures, maybe film, Monday is market day a Mirapoix one more time...Jo and Stewart invited us to lunch on Sunday and the farmers fair is Saturday in Espizel...and we are to have a French lesson at home...hummmmm
I will miss my friends here and the activities that keep us busy all the time..I will miss my lovely garden that is still blooming with zinnias, and lavender and something else that I can't remember the name and roses, with the return of the rain the roses are in profusion...and in the big garden the last of the crocus are blooming and the last of the figs are on the vine..we trimmed one of the figs this AM to hopefully bring it down to a level that we can reach next year..the man is to come by and till the garden, he will do it for 10 euro..I am delighted. It is not a huge space but has not been properly turned for a while and I think it would be a lot for Michael to do by hand..though he worked at it in the spring...I am going to try to lay down the leaves from the fig that we cut today under the grape arbor to keep weeds under control next spring..
I will miss the trips out into the vast surroundings and place that we have yet to see...I will miss pizza on the plaza, and Angela's moms shepards pie and frites..though I did get some of the sauce Andalous to bring back to the States with me...
I will not miss French class!!!
I will not miss French drivers!!
I will miss the weather..though it is getting cool here now and seems much like Virginia..
I look forward to seeing my kids, and the hugs of my grandkids, and Pierces BBQ...
I look forward to seeing Sian
I look forward to being in front of my fireplace...and the holidays coming up.
I do not look forward to hauling all the Christmas presents that I have bought along the way, accross the ocean LOL
I have one whole BIG suitcase full of presents...I do have for each family an Advent calendar from Germany...the chocolate kind...
Oh yeah,, I look forward to more than one bathroom...oh yeah...of course I am grateful to have at least one...but more is better when it comes to bathrooms...LOL

Well I guess that is all for now...see you all soon...my pink rose...


Paris...hummmmm

Mirapoix market day