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Hi allThought I might just bring the blog up to date a little. I am hoping I will now have time to continue writing once again on the blog. Cass has settled wonderfully and is now 10lbs! A little big bigger than the 2 pound 10 ounces when she was born! She is doing fine, no problems at all and we are absolutely besotted with her. Every day she does something amazing and we love her so much!! This

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Hello againSorry for the lack of posts lately but we were a little knocked off balance at the beginning of December when our little girl decided to arrive – three months early! Obviously this came as a BIG shock. She is absolutely beautiful and is doing really well in a special care baby unit where, thankfully, she has thrived since day one. She is the reason we have not been updating the blog

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HiJust a bit of an update – with Daws having been off work and me getting bigger and bigger we haven't really done much on the house front over the last few weeks.The weather is becoming cooler but we still haven't needed to have the fire lit every evening, which is remarkable as we are now well into November. The trees have changed their colours everywhere you look, now showing beautiful

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We have had a couple of fairly busy weeks. Daws's mum and dad visited the other weekend for a couple of nights and it was lovely to see them. They loved the area, the countryside and the multitude of woodland walks that are available. His mum and dad helped him to knock out the old sink in the corner of the kitchen and the room is looking much better now; we have still to tile the floor and

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It has been a few months now since I started to research the best ways to approach bilingualism in an infant; in the context of learning two languages at the same time, or maybe one after the other. I was hoping to try and work out which method would be the most effective. This particular question still seems to be a matter of opinion between psycholinguists so I did not find my definitive answer

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We have now got a fabulous fully functioning flushable toilet!It makes life so much easier – and we had forgotten how much. We also now have cold mains water downstairs and up including cold water to the shower. We still have to wait for the EDF (Electricité de France) to come and move the old 1950’s electricity panel and counter and install us a new modern one before the electrics can go in for

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Nearly there now...........look at our beautiful new toilet!! Should be plumbed in and working by the weekend! Who would have thought we would be so excited about a loo?!! Not having this kind of mod con really makes you think....the first couple of months were a novelty but the novelty soon wore out.

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The work has finally started! The first photo below (one with concrete floor) is the beginning of the kitchen and the other two show the progression of the shower room. I am currently cooped up in the back bedroom, worrying if the baby can hear the LOUD drilling and it is LOUD. The plombier is drilling through a 3 foot thick stone wall to create an outlet for a pipe 15cms wide. That is noisy. I

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Again apologies for neglecting the blog but we have had so much going on and I am afraid it has taken a bit of a back seat. I am back online with it now and promise to try harder!We have some news for you all! We are expecting! This is one reason why I have been so preoccupied. I had the 12 week scan yesterday and all is good good good. He/she waved to us and was moving about like a jumping bean!

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Hi everyoneSorry for not updating the blog for such a long time but we have had a lot happening which included a trip back to the UK and we have therefore been preoccupied with personal and family affairs and the blog has taken a bit of a back seat.Le quatorze juillet and the Tour de France passed uneventfully for us I'm afraid. We spent a quiet time at home as we watched the rest of the country

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Hi everyone I am so happy! At last we have the waste pipe. I simply can't believe it has taken so much time and effort to arrive at this point - almost four months. All for a pipe less than a metre in length that only took a couple of hours to install! I now need to phone the plumber this evening as we now need him to make the connection to the interior. The guys who did the work today will

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YIPPEE!!!!!

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Believe it or not……we think we have resolved the conduit situation!I had a chat with a ‘directeur’ at the Conseil Général. He confirmed that it is the village that should do the connection even though the house stands on a departmental road. Hallelujah! It was so good to find someone who knew about drain connections!I explained what I had already been advised by the Mairie, that the house is on a

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Yesterday afternoon I was sitting quietly reading in the front room of the house. I heard what I can only describe as ‘rustling’ from inside the chimney. Nothing unusual there - we have had a lot of rain and it had probably dislodged some debris. The first wasp appeared at about 4pm. It appeared suddenly and loudly. I thought nothing of it - again nothing unusual here. I persuaded it out of the

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I am back to the delightful task of removing the last of the brown wallpaper in the front bedroom. I have tried to ignore it over the last few weeks finding other things that were more ‘urgent’ but I can leave it no longer – it is a horrible job but it has to all come off. The monsieur who lived here as a child called round last week. We hadn’t seen him since we moved to the village as he lives

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HiWe are really disappointed. All we want is a bathroom. Not much to ask is it?As you will know if you have been reading the drain saga we have been waiting for 3 months for the drain to be connected to the mains so that we can continue with the renovation of the house. We have not been able to do much since March as there is no point decorating or doing any of the other work until the drain is

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Hello againWe had a lovely week in the UK catching up with friends and family last week.It felt very strange as we drove off the ferry at Dover; it really felt as though the UK is no longer our home. It isn’t any longer of course but still hits you when it is the first time you return.We started up the motorway back to Chester and within 5 minutes we found ourselves in a traffic jam! We nearly

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Rain, rain and more rain! I have never seen so much rain in all my life – and that’s saying something coming from near Manchester!It has been raining non stop for the last 10 days. As we are driving around we can see that fields and houses have become lakes, rivers have overflowed their banks into the surrounding area and roads and bridges have been closed. It is dealt with very quickly and

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Hi allWe woke earlier this week to find a huge crack down the windscreen of the car……again! Daws took it back into work and the general consensus was that there must have been a fault in the replacement windscreen that was fitted. The crack is not in the driver’s line of vision thankfully. Another one has been ordered………fingers crossed this time!We managed to hack through the rose bush and

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I just wanted to show you a few things I have bought...........I am so in my element when shopping!!!A very old and heavy 'niche à pain' - breadbin made from solid wood. It is lovely - needs a good clean and bit of wax then should look great in the kitchen. Bargain at 25 euros! A gorgeous heavy solid hand crafted 'gravure' in wood, signed on the reverse - another bargain at 10 euros!

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HelloJust a note to say I have added an email subscription widget to the blog.Mum and Dad (and anyone else interested of course) put your email in the box in the left hand column and follow the instructions. You will then get an email to tell you each time we have uploaded a new post or new photos.A big ‘bonjour’ to Alice and the The Family Smudge – and thank you for your lovely comments.We are

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HelloWe are still waiting for the mains drain to be connected!‘Tout de suite’ does not always actually mean ‘immediately’ over here……It is lovely to live at a much slower pace of life it is also infuriating especially when you want hot water installed!Anyway, in the mean time, the two stud walls we need in the front bedroom are being erected. This will partition off a room for the bathroom. I

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Hi againThe waste pipe is being fitted tomorrow! Hurrah!Once that is in we can plan the bathroom. The shower unit arrived today and we will be shopping tomorrow for other fitments so it will be all ready to go.It was excellent news in the end for the positioning of the mains drains. The plumber who came to advise us about installing 'la salle de bain' a couple of weeks ago thought they were at

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Hi allAnother few weeks have flown by. The weather is becoming warmer, the trees are beginning to bloom as are the flowers. Life is good.Daws has now settled into his job well and managing to communicate with his colleagues using ‘Franglais’ - a mix between the two languages. He has come home the occasional swear word which I suppose is at least still learning French but maybe not the vocabulary

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Hi all,Well, would you ever!! The most bizarre thing happened yesterday.........and just when we were least expecting it!!A couple of days ago, we noticed a huge crack in the car windscreen which appeared overnight - probably due a stone hitting it from the road. Anyway, off we went to the insurance broker to put in a claim. The lovely lady asked us which garage we would like to use - (Huh?? -

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