This month saw us heading back to school after the long summer break, and, despite the manically intense heatwave lasting way longer than ...

Juliette came home for a long weekend from Thursday to Sunday so our food plans changed slightly, to cater to her tastes. This week is, in t...

Juliette went back to Lille midweek then the girls invited us to Lille for the day on Saturday. Pierre decided to stay at home so I headed o...

The first week with just me and Pierre worked out well foodwise. I still have to convince Pierre to use up the leftovers when he's home ...

The new school year has kicked off so we're getting back into our usual routine but everything will be different this year as it's j...

The Madhouse kids (except Sophie, who was travelling in Amsterdam and Rome with a friend) were off visiting the grandparents in Brittany for...

Into the second week of living on my own. The kids will be back at the end of the week and I'm sure they'll be wanting something fro...

All That Glitters is the thirteenth book in the series by Mike Martin featuring Winston Windflower and his life in Grand Bank, Newfoundland...

The kids are off visiting the grandparents in Brittany so I'm all on my own this week. That actually makes it harder to cook and shop as...

Last week was a nice, calm week of chilling out and catching up on the washing and shopping. I'm hoping for more of the same this week. ...