Author Archives: frenchsheshed

Well I hope that you have all had a good summer. Here in France the 1st September is known as la rentrée. This really refers to the academic year however it seems that it is now being used more widely as people return from holidays and businesses that have been closed reopen. I am aContinue reading “La rentrée”

Well so much for a relaxing weekend. On Friday afternoon I suddenly took five bookings for over the next two weeks. Now don’t get me wrong I am fully in favour of numerous bookings. I would, if possible, like more notice and more ability to plan, however that is the nature of the beast. IContinue reading “All in a spin”

Despite the temperature reducing and there being a breeze, in the direct sunlight it is still very hot. We went briefly to a cafe and took the dogs with us. However even with sunshades they were obviously getting too hot. They tried going under the table in the garden but that’s still too hot forContinue reading “Too hot for dogs!”

Sometimes we spend so much time rushing around that we don’t stop to take a breath and notice what is happening all around us. I know that whilst I was living in the UK, I was guilty of this all of the time. Life was always conducted at high speed which meant that I didn’tContinue reading “Taking time to notice”

I need to start by saying thank you to everyone who left words of support yesterday.  What I have been finding hardest is that the booking company, Airbnb, and bosses who are booking on behalf of their staff. This is where the majority of the problems lie. Yesterday afternoon I had someone wanting to bookContinue reading “Only Wednesday!”

Today’s will be a relatively short post. I spend a lot of my time focussing on mindfulness and positivity and given that I feel that I have been arguing with people all day, I’m not sure that I am feeling very positive. Today was supposed to be a day off but I seem to haveContinue reading “Down time?”

Or how many ogs, can I get in a title? However today’s post is going to include all of those things. Strange but true! Over the weekend I did another quick crochet test piece for someone. It was only supposed to take a couple of hours, naturally it took longer, but it is finished. TheContinue reading “Dogs, frogs, blogs and vlogs!”

Yesterday evening Chris announced that he was off to do the recycling, we have to drive it to the local collection point, not sure how green that makes it. However that is the process where we are. He then stated that he would be rewarding himself with a drink in the bar afterwards and askedContinue reading “Popeye is coming!”

I am very pleased to be able to report that the Embrasser is finished. It was quite late yesterday evening when I finally finished it. However it’s done. One of the reasons for undertaking the project was to learn about the process of pattern testing. I don’t think I am about to start writing patternsContinue reading “It’s done!”

Today started with a room changeover at the gîte and so some general cleaning too. I’m pleased to see that the current guests are much cleaner and tidier than those that were there last week. So things were sorted much quicker and without the need for a removals company. This afternoon was Knit and Natter,Continue reading “Company and crochet”