Our wonderful time together as a family

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baby girl, comfortable, Miami, postaday2013, university, weekend

Today we had such a nice time together walking around downtown Miami and we stumbled upon a French Bistro called La Bastille. We actually found it at the perfect time, it was time for brunch. We were seated immediately inside, the Bistro isn’t big and it had seating outside but I felt that it was too hot to seat out there and eat. The servers were all women and one of them had their daughter “working” as well, she had to be about five years old and she had a child size waiter’s apron and she had her own pad and pencil to write with, it was precious. The brunch menu was very appetizing, they had pain au chocolat, croissants and a French breakfast with cafe au lait, they also had eggs Benedict served on a croissant instead of the traditional english muffin, my hubby and the baby girl ordered eggs Benedict which the baby girl ordered hers with smoked salmon as an extra, I ordered the French breakfast because I was hankering for real French bread and preserves, it was delicious and brought me back to France. I am definitely hoping for an encore tomorrow morning.

We then spent the rest of the day going to stores to replenish the baby girl’s wardrobe, she was in need of some more tops. She brought us to a very nice shopping mall not far from the campus and I was very proud of her for making us walk, because I know first hand that walking isn’t her favorite thing and she was having us do something that she has gotten to accept as a good way to get in exercise. At one point we got back to her campus to drop off her things at her dorm room and we got to see a Maman duck with her flock of ducklings, they were adorable.

We said our good byes, I felt immediately sad, but I feel a million times better now, I have seen how comfortable she is in her new environment, she had a spontaneous smile on her face at all times and she burst out laughing so easily this weekend. She is doing great in her mind, at her school and all around. I can go home feeling relieved and happy.

Dinner is served

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Today I have made dinner and what will be dinner and perhaps lunch for the rest of the weekend. I am looking forward to not doing much of anything this weekend now that food has been squared away for the babies and my hubby. I don’t know if we are going to go to the movies because there isn’t anything that really rates spending the bucks over movies that we could easily wait until they are out on DVD.

Dinner is roast beef with roasted potatoes and a gratin of spinach. The roast beef, I cooked to almost medium rare and I stuffed sliced garlic throughout small slits int the roast before putting it into a very hot oven for ten minutes and then I lowered the temperature to 350 for an hour. The gratin is a simple béchamel sauce with sautéed onions, spinach and grated Swiss cheese browned on top, the gratin is seasoned with salt, pepper and fresh nutmeg before going into a 425 oven for 25 minutes. The kitchen smells really nice now and it suits the weather quite well.

Jack of course will be taken for his walks, he needs them and the walks aren’t very strenuous especially since Jack likes to sniff at every blade of grass that he comes across. Other than that, I will be sitting with my feet up on the couch watching movies on t.v and reading from my iPad.

How to spend a long weekend

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• What’s the best way to spend a long weekend?

• July 1, 2012

• Long Weekends
• Keltenwelt am Glauberg – celtic museum

  If it’s the summer then being outside either walking on trails or walking along the beach. Grabbing family and friends to have a picnic or barbeque. If you’re in the city, visiting a museum or art gallery. If it’s way too hot outside playing a few old fashioned board games and card games. In short, spending time with the loved ones without interruption from the busy world of technology.

Weekend plans?

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I don’t think there any plans for us this weekend, no one is coming to visit, we aren’t slated to visit anyone. The weekend is free and clear. How wonderful and liberating. Having two children licensed to drive is a huge reason for the freedom of time. When the two were younger, we had sports events to drive to, skiing was really high on the list at one point, we also had sleep-overs at our house, sleep-overs to drive to, birthday parties and weekends seemed abnormally short.

Now the hubby and I can luxuriate in our time heavy weekend. Aside from the dogs needing me I don’t have anything on the agenda. Our son came over to visit this afternoon and mentioned perhaps seeing a movie with us if we were up for it. Translation, he would rather see a movie with us than his friends because it’s cheaper for him. Do we care? No, because spending an afternoon with our son at the movies and then at Arby’s is a treat. It is always wonderful spending time with baby Bob.

Our daughter is busy all weekend with her friends and boyfriend. Tonight she is at her semi-formal with the gang, she won’t be home until later, she invited the gang to sleep over as an extended party. Which leads into Saturday, she has plans with her friends during the day and then she has another couple’s event at the Church organized by the Youth group. Sunday will be her day of rest and I’m sure that she is going to need it, since there will have been a lot of dancing at the semi-formal, the sleep-over and probably the couple’s event as well.

So tomorrow morning I’ll be sleeping late or rather as late as Rex, our German Shepard, will allow me to, he is patient. After the dogs being walked and given biscuits and supplements, it is my turn for breakfast and coffee. I know that I won’t be seeing any young people for awhile. I’ll be enjoying my quiet time with my bowl of Crispix and coffee while reading my e-mail and then the Huffington Post. Yay for me.