Voici quelques photos prises lors de l'expédition du "Tiron"
Here are some pictures taken at the market.

Moushette nous a fait une devinette sur -15...à mon tour de faire une devinette sur -15...c'est quoi???

A few years ago, I took an Indian cooking class with this very sweet woman called Sunita here in Luxembourg.

Yeap, indeed, we found Pashmina sitters...and Bhavishya and myself are off to the States...or shall I say Florida. Unfortunately, Mark won't be able to come as he needs to work.

We leave November 15 returning on the 25. We shall be celebrating Thanksgiving with my family!

En effet, nous avons trouvé des Pashmina sitters et Bhavishya et moi-même nous partons pour la Floride. Malheureusement Mark ne peut venir...il doit bosser.

Nous partons le 15 novembre et nous rentrerons le 25. Nous fêterons Thanksgiving en famille!

Quelle joie!

Yesterday, Bhavishya and her classmates went on an expidition...from school they walked to the bus stop, took public transportations to the city center where they hold a bi-weekly farmer's market and chose a pumpkin to carve.

I have more than 6200 hits since about a 18 months when I added the clicker...not bad...some people are thrilled when they get 100 hits a day. Someone I know shows off with her 12'000 hits...well there is a blog that has so far...

Je partage...

En surfant je suis tombée sur ce site...


Interessant pour les parents de petits en classe de maternelle!

"Just because people don't love you the way you want, doesn't mean they don't love you the best they can".

Monica Pradhan, "The Hindi-Bindi Club"

Today, is Blog Action Day. A day, bloggers accross the world would unite to defend the environement. For more informations, please click here.

Aujourd'hui c'est "blog action day". Des bloggers autour du monde vont unir leurs forces pour la journée du blog consacrée à l'environnement. Pour de plus amples informations, en français veuillez clicker ici.

Ce que moi je fais pour protéger l'environement? Une mini goutte dans l'océan...

1. Je trie les déchets ménager, bref je recycle tout, le papier, le verre, l'aluminium, les piles, la ferraille, le PET etc. Nous avons un petit centre de recyclage dans le village et un plus grand à 4 km de chez nous. J'irai prendre une photo demain car ils sont fermé aujourd'hui, lundi.
2. J'éteins les lampes allumées si personne ne se trouve dans la pièce, je fais attention que les appareils électriques ne sont pas mis sur "veille" mais soient éteints.
3. La consommation d'eau: petits bains pour Bhavishya, j'éteins l'eau lorsque l'on se lave les dents.
4. Je jardine écolo. Pas de cochonnerie dans le jardin, avec un enfant et un chien ce serait trop dangereux. Je composte aussi.
5. J'utilise des produits de nettoyage bio de la marque ecover.
6. J'essaye d'acheter des produits qui n'ont pas de packaging trop important.
7. Je n'achète jamais du saumon sauvage pourtant délicieux. Je refuse de manger de la soupe d'ailerons de requins (pourtant délicieuse) car les requins sont pêchés, l'aileron et coupé puis le requins est remis dans l'océan...génial pour les autres prédateurs! Pour de plus amples informations sur la protection des requins veuillez cliquer ici. De plus, j'hésite d'acheter du thon rouge que j'adore pourtant!
8. Je supporte une organisation que j'affectionne particulièrement qui s'appelle: "Project Aware". Le but de ce Projet est de protéger et conserver le milieu sous-marin, de reconnaître une responsabilité envers ce fragile écosystème et d’enseigner aux gens le comportement correct en ce sens. La mission du Project AWARE est partie intégrante des formations proposées par tous les Membres PADI. En tant qu'Instructeur PADI (instructeur de plongée sous-marine) il est de mon devoir de conseiller et orienter les élèves sur la réhabilitation de l’environnement et de développer la compréhension des interdépendances écologiques. D'ailleurs j'ai participé à plusieurs reprises à la journée internationale du nettoyage que se soit sur les plages ou sous l'eau.
9. J'éduque ma fille à ne pas gaspiller, que se soit l'électricité, l'eau etc. combien de fois nos amis/voisins m'entendent dire..."Attention Bhavishya, l'eau est une denrée très précieuse".
   

What do I do to protect the environment? A tiny drop in the oceau...

1. I recycle. Paper, glass, aluminium, batteries, plastic (PET) etc. We have a normal bin, a bin for plastic bottles, tetra packs, cans etc, a bin for paper and a small recycling center in the villages and a bigger one about +or -2 miles down the road. I'll take a picture of it tomorrow as it is closed today. It is quite an amazing site the communes have created there!
2. I switch the lamps off when no ones are in the rooms, I pay attention that machines such as coffee machines are switch off.
3. Water consumptions: Small baths for Bhavishya. I switch the tap off when brushing my teeth.
4. I do ecological gardening. No rubbish in the garden. With a child and a dog it would be far too dangerous. I try to do some composting as well.
5. I use organic cleaning products from the brand ecover.
6. I try to buy products with a minimal of packaging.
7. I never buy "wild salmon" which is absolutely delicious. I refuse to eat shark fin soup (although delicious) in chinese restaurent as sharks are taken out of the water, their fin chopped off and they are put back in the sea...great for other predators! I hesitate to eat red tuna which I love so so much. For more information on Shark protection, please click here.

8. An organisation I love and support (of course being a Professional Dive Instructor) is Project AWARE. Their moto is: "Conserving underwater environments through education, advocacy and action". It is my duty as a Scuba instructor to educate my pupils on ecological changes etc..Also I have often participated on their International clean up day. Cleaning beaches and taking my scuba gear and cleaning under water (the reefs etc.). Great experience!
9. I raise my daughter as not to waste. How many times do our friends and neighbours hear me say: "Bhavishya, be carefull water is very precious...don't waste it!"
   

And you what do you do?
Et vous vous faites quoi?

We hope you had a great day!

With all love,

MarSaBaPa
xxx

I LOVE this picture of Pashmina...I know I have already posted it but when I went back on my photo album, I just could not resist posting it again. Poor Bunny, last week with both of us sick and Mark being on a business trip she did not get many walks!

J'ADORE cette photo de Pashmina...Je sais que je l'ai déjà mise sur mon blog mais alors que je fesai un peu d'ordre dans mon album photo, je n'ai pu résister de "re-publier" cette photo. Pauvre bête, alors que Bhavishya et moi-même étions malade et Mark étant en voyage aux US elle n'a pas eu trop de ballades!

These are Bhavishya's new Mini Moo cards...
Ce sont les nouveaux Mini Moo cards de Bhavishya

I've selected 6 of my favourite pictures of Bhavishya where she is having fun. I've uploaded them on http://www.moo.com/ and this is the result.

J'ai séléctionné 6 photos que j'affectionne particulièrement. Je les ai téléchargé sur http://www.moo.com/ et voici le résultat.
On the other side of them it is written:
De l'autre côté c'est écrit
Come and Play / Viens jouer
& our address, tel numbers and email address
& notre adresse, numéros de tel et adresse email

We are looking for an idea for a birthday gift for my 42 year old B-i-L. He is a casual guy, a professional photographer, who is the father of a 15months old boy and they live in the country. He loves his family, community (typical British village with church and a pub) and cooking....

On est à la recherche d'une idée cadeau pour les 42 ans de mon BOF. C'est un type assez relax, un photographe professionnel et il est le Papa d'un petit garçon de 15 moins. Il habite à la campagne, il adore sa famille, ses voisins dans un village typiquement anglais (avec église et pub) et il aime cuisiner....

Any ideas are welcome

Toutes idées sont le bienvenue

Ingredients:

• 1/2 Lb shrimp


• 1/2 Lb scallops
  
• 2 belgin endives


• 1 chicory lettuce


• 1/4 cup olive oil


• 4 Tbs of Vodka


• salt and pepper
  
• Chopped parsley to sprinkle (decoration)
  

Vinaigrette:

• 1 egg yolk


• 1tbs green peppercorn crushed


• 1/4 cup Champagne or white wine vinegar


• 1/4 cup Olive Oil


• 1/4 Walnut Oil


• Salt
  
• (optional 1/2 tsp of Dijon Mustard)

* * * * *

1. Peel and devein the shrimp. Clean the sinews off the scallops and slice if necessary.
   


2. Wash the endive and cut in julienne. Trim and wash the chicory lettuce.
   


3. Prepare the vinaigrette by whisking, add the oils slowly, to form an emulsion.



4. heat some olive oil in a pan(not too hot, or else the shrimp and scallops will end up with a "plasticy" texture) and saute the shrimp and scallops. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for 3 minutes. Flambe the pan with some Vodka. Set aside.



5. In the saute pan, add more olive oil and heat the lettuces, stiring well.



6. To serve, arrange the lettuces shrimp and scallops attractively on a plate. Sprinkle with the vinaigrette and chopped parsley. (I did not have any parsley but I happened to have loads of chives in the garden and used that for decoration although a little strong flavour for the recipe).
   

Bon Apetit!

Someone posted a NASTY comment on one of my post...I blocked my blog for 24 hours and blocked the message...

FYI the person who wrote this post can be prosecuted...by finding the ISP address it is very easy to find who wrote it!

Quelqu'un a écrit quelque chose de DéGOUTANT SUR MON BLOG...je l'ai bloqué pendant 24 heures!

Pour votre information celui qui l'a écrit peut être poursuivi en justice...c'est très facile de le trouver en trouvant l'adresse ISP de la personne qui l'a écrit!

A bon entendeur!

...Jean-Luc!

On pense à toi et on espère que ta mission n'est pas trop difficile!

Merci pour ta carte qui nous a fait chaud au coeur...Bhavishya pense que le facteur est le Monsieur qui apporte des cadeaux...elle avait raison...ta carte était un réel cadeau et ce qui était sympa c'est qu'il n'y avait pas de factures dans le courrier du jour ;-) Cela doit être ton énergie plus que positive ;-)))

Tu nous manques,

Grosses bises et encore plus grosses bises de ta Super Copine

I was surfing a little on the blog sphere this morning and came accross the amazing story of Julia and her family...

J'étais occupée à surfer ce matin et je suis tombée sur l'incroyable histoire de Julia et sa famille...

Here is the link.

Voici le lien.

I love this one...I thought this one would strike a chord for you Moushette! ;-)

"...Even Mother Teresa had her critics. That's what I've always told myself. No matter what you do, someone, somewhere is going to find fault. And each of us must decide whose opinion matters to us, and whose does'nt. Because God knows, you can't please everyone. It's futile to try. "

By Monica Pradhan
The Hindi-Bindi Club

October equals Breat Cancer Awareness Month. My Darling cousin, Veronike, died of this nasty disease and by inserting something about breast cancer on my blog makes me feel I am honouring her and make people aware of what needs to be done.

• How many times do health professionals need to stress out to women how important it is to TAKE ACTION?!? This month, please acknowledge it, in either way you can, you can visit any or all of the following web sites to inform yourself on the disease itself.
  


• The Breast Cancer Site



• BreastCancer.org



• National Cancer Institute



• National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc.
  

How many of you, honestly, perform monthly a Breast Self-Exam? Here it is shown how to do it.

Maybe you could also remind your Mother, your Sister, your Aunt, Friend(s) to schedule their yearly mammogram?

It is a BIG mistake to assume that breat cancer only occurs in women. This is WRONG!!! Men can also get it. If you click here you can read more about it.

You can make a donation to the:

• American Cancer Society



• The Breast Cancer Site

just to mention a few...
and...

If you need to make a gift you might consider buying something from a company that "goes" PINK. Below a non exhaustive list of these companies:

• Estee Lauder. They have a whole range of beauty products.
• Clinique. They also have a whole range of them.
• The Republic of Tea is making a range of pink grapefruit green tea.
• OPI Nail polish have a Pink Positively Pamper Pack.
• Filofax
• Boots pharmacy, health and beauty care in the UK.
  

NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO...JUST DO IT!

Veronike, tu nous manques tant!

I often refer to the magazine I have a subscription to called "Adoptive families".

Today I am quoting them on Dr Selman's research on Adoptions Worldwide.

"

• of the 45'000 children adotped internationally in 2004, about 50 percent were adopted by Americans; 43 percent found homes in Europe.
• in 2004, most kids adopted from Guatemala, Kazakhstan, and Korea were placed in the U.S., while most from Ethiopia, Ukraine, and Colombia went to Europe.
• The countries witht he highest adoption rates were Norway, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, the U.S., and the United Kingdom.

For more on Dr. Selman's research, go to adoptivefamilies.com/news

"

Interesting...no?