The Secret Life of Bees

This is our book club book for the month. We have a small anglophone book club in our area for expats like me. We usually have a yummy dinner at someone's house and discuss our book.

This month was my choice and Paige suggested the Secret Life of Bees. I loved this book. I have always been interested in the South. Maybe because my mom never let me watch Gone With the Wind. This book is worth a read. I tend to be a terrible skimmer when not interested but I read every word.

I could relate to Lily having lost my mom when I was 16. I cried at times, remembering that empty feeling she so vividly recounts in the book.

We'll see the movie too at the next book/movie club. Looking forward to it!!!!

My life is sweet

What a wonderful day. I slept in. That in itself is wonderful. Then I drank my shake then had my quiet time in bed. What a sloth I can be.

We lazed around a huge mall most of the afternoon. I can't remember the last time I did that!

My husband's cooked brunch and now dinner and we'll have all the kids over tonight. Can't get much better.







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My today and yesterday

I was so happy for it to be Wednesday yesterday because it's the one day I can sleep in some. Z doesn't have school but all the others do. I was awakened at 2 am because J-N was sure his alarm had gone off and he was up fixing tea for breakfast. It took him a while for my words of "it's only two-go back to bed" to sink in. At least Isaac was happy to see a full kettle in the morning and all he had to do was flip a switch to heat the water.

Did I mention in my last post that we had tea a-go-go in Luton? I was soooo happy. Tea here tea there tea everywhere and it definitely is better in the British Isles.

My Wednesday turned out to be kind of busy with a trip into Paris for some paperwork.

My Thursday so far has been terrible. Thaé got into a fight with a cat and he looks like the cat won. I broke it up with my bare hands (yeah, I'm SuperWoman) while my stomach was churning. I rang the door bell of where I thought the cat may live and the woman who answered was on the phone. I told her about the fight. She continued to talk on the phone. I asked for a paper towel. She continued to talk on the phone. I showed her my bloody dog. She closed the door, got a paper towel and then she was listening. You know I could have walked away and not given a darn about the cat but I couldn't. I have her number. Now what? Do you think I'll get sued for my animal's instincts?

Reliv conference

I was so impressed by this conference. The integrity of all the participants was awesome. The health stories were moving.
The Kalogris Foundation is a valuable mission to needy people. I was moved to tears for the most part of the week end.

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