girl at large

I like to write about life when you have a job, some kids, a fixer upper and a fatal disease.

Category: domestic bliss

  • progress tonight…both cuddled up with me on the sofa tonight..Jack the cat on one side, Ruby the dog on the other..warm and snuggly and eyeing each other suspiciously over my lap. (which is by the way, not entirely as flat as i would like it to be before i return to Savannah to attend a…

  • cat: 5 dog: 2 online dating: 0

  • why is it that cats never fail to know exactly when you are reading an exciting passage, and choose that exact moment to sit on your open book? why does the sun vanish and the cold wind appear when you have loads of laundry to do (sans dryer) and not a clean pair of knickers…

  • ok, this tyke gets more action than i've seen in years! first the little frenchie girl at the cafe, now a frenchie water nymph. he's a trooper..that water was COLD. must be his hearty Minnesota/Wisconsin upbringing. Daddy Doug will be so proud…his little guy gettin' wid da ladies!

  • another Regatta today…so many sailboats, so little time.

  • walking through Safranier (also known as 'the postcard street'), watching the regatta, discovering raisin brioche.

  • Miss Jack the cat is winning the battle at Chez Dom et Dale…she thinks she is a person of course. and now Ruby thinks maybe she might be a cat…she keeps jumping up on counters and table tops cat-style. i nearly lost it laughing when she scrambled up and tried to walk on the edge…

  • it's taken me all day to sort out my room, organize, clean and pack up for the move to Cannes. how on earth did i accumulate so much stuff in so little time? didn't i arrive with just two medium suitcases? ugh.

  • Miss Liz has left yesterday for her holiday in the UK. Mom and i had our regular bi-weekly supper at DeCito's last night in her honor. oh wait, she's British, so that's 'honour'. it's only a few weeks, but she'll be missed! i'll also be missing my "did we really drink that much wine?"-partner, as…

  • Mom and Ruby take their afternoon nap together everyday…and are so accustomed to each other that they've begun to mirror their sleeping positions. when i'm trying to sneak through the bedroom to the balcony the scene is cute, though a bit creepy. and yes, that is a tattoo.