Stories Collected While Living in France

French la Vie

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Some get Breakfast in Bed & Some get Socks

Roses are red

 

This morning as soon as my barefeet hit the tile floor I knew that this was not an ordinary mid winter day in Provence.  Outside ten inches of snow had fallen. My naturally cold feet were colder. Much colder.

My camera begged me to take a photo,

I thought about it for two seconds.

Then instead of getting up, my cold feet lead me back in bed where I promptly placed them under that heater called my husband.

Sizzle pop. Love is a warm husband who doesn't mind his wife's cold feet.

Sizzle Pop! He woke with a start. Being the thoughtful wife that I am I suggested that he make me oatmeal in bed, "…and not the watery kind either. I'll have mine with cream and maple syrup please."

 

 

Roses instead

 

Loving is about communicating.

He said, "You might want to get up and take a photo, it is so beautiful outside."

In which I replied, "Warmed maple syrup is best."

 

 

Baby it's cold outside

 

 

Note: Some people get roses, some get breakfast in bed, some get socks, and some get to get up and take a photo.

 

What loving thing are you doing today?

 

 

Facade aix en provence

(I don't mind your cold feet.)

 

Question: Did I get oatmeal in bed?

Answer: Only after I bullied to blog about it if I didn't.

Question: What loving thing did I do today?

Answer: Kissed the cook and washed his socks.


Comments

31 responses to “Some get Breakfast in Bed & Some get Socks”

  1. le petit cabinet de curiosites

    When I woke up this morning , it was early ( thanks to Mathis) and when I see the snow .. I decided to make a warm french breakfast for Philippe … that is to say Crepes flambées , a strong expresso and a fresh orange juice .
    Both of you are lucky .lol

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  2. Jackie

    My kids have no school so my loving gesture will be later today when I take them sledding…Wheeeee…..!
    jackie
    bliss farm antiques

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  3. Massilianana

    Errr…..a day at work ? No, seriously : reading your blog during my lunch break ! That’s one ! And an apéro tonight with friends and kids. With champagne since it is my fête ( Ste Agnès) !!!

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  4. Zosia

    Sending text messages with love and kisses to my other half who is 10,000 kms away.

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  5. JudyO

    I am lovingly worrying about my husband who chose to drive a half hour to work in the middle of our snowstorm.

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  6. Katiebell

    I love what you share with us, so I am sending you some love back! xx (does hugging your man in bed and saying “I do love you, you know that”, count?) Sending you and Yann huge, warm, soft bundles of love from strange lands, and strange friends you have never met.
    Katiebell (hugs)

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  7. Penny

    It is 0 degrees outside this morning. What did I do? Does letting my love sleep through the alarm count?

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  8. Jenna

    LOL, when you are born the oldest a bit of bullying runs through the blood!
    I am making tea, hopefully I can accomplish more later.

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  9. Cheryl ~ Casual Cottage Chic

    Mr CCC and I start each morning with a BIG HUG! No snow here in So. California….aren’t we the luckie ducks 😉 though I love pictures of snow….lol!

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  10. Rachel

    Love this post!!! Anytime you want some visitors please let me know, looks like such a beautiful place.
    Please come and take a look at my new blog, similar to “Tongue in Cheek.” Looking forward to hearing from you!
    Thanks 🙂

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  11. Chris Wittmann

    We’re shoveling snow!! Another 8 inches has fallen and is still coming down, on top of at least 3 feet already on the ground from previous storms. A bitter cold New England day, with temps diving to well below zero tonight. Hubby is off from work so he is shoveling, not me! I’m snug by the woodstove with my cats.

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  12. georgie

    Making a beef pot roast with lots of veggies and biscuits for the fella and I. It is cold and rainy here and comfort food is necessary. As are hugs.Then again, hugs are always necessary no matter what the weather.

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  13. Shelley@thiswhiteshed.blogspot.com

    Looking at your street scene pic – I can’t help but notice how France looks even more beautiful with a sticky layer of snow highlighting and shadowing it’s sculptured magnificence…natures’ paintbrush!

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  14. kim

    Awww. I know the cold feet in winter problem. No snow here in England but plenty of frost and damp cold.
    What loving thing did I do? Well… I made AP a cup of tea at 6 AM and brought it to him in bed. No breakfast or oatmeal.
    🙂
    Kim

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  15. Paula

    I got up at the crack of dawn to take my daughter to the hospital for a MRI scan, it was dark out with thick frost on the cars, ugh! Corey I think you have FH wrapped round your little finger, I bet he would have made you that oatmeal no matter what!!

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  16. Marilyn

    Washing socks and making a lemon pie. I was going to make your yogurt cake, but he said lemon pie. The yogurt cake will be for my birthday with fresh strawberries, oh yeah!

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  17. Rebecca from the pacific northwest

    Did you eventually get up and take snow photos, that we get to see tomorrow?
    she asks, hopefully…

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  18. Victoria Ramos

    got up – went to work – to pay the bills – husband leaves very early to do the same….guess that’s love….

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  19. missy

    simmering big pot of black bean gumbo for the folks……….

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  20. joanne nixon

    i will take my dog, sophie on her very favorite walk…around the lake. for my husband, i will make him a warm dinner, iron his shirts and let him watch the phoenix suns play basketball on tv…..for my children, i will listen to their worries and their day’s events….for myself, i will enjoy the sunshine and be grateful that i am alive…

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  21. Sue from Seattle

    I was rudely awakened at 4:30am by 3 hungry little pups and so I fed them lovingly…even though I kind of wanted to ring their little necks. haha

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  22. J

    …woke up to a similiar scene this morning & proceeded to shovel, shovel, shovel, shovel. Our driveway, sidewalk and neighbours, too. There is something delicious about thoughtful deeds.j.

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  23. kelleyn

    You always seem to make me smile. Lovely outside!

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  24. Sara

    My little almost-three-year-old boy wanted my attention, so I put aside the laptop and cuddled with him for a long time. He is so very very cuddly!

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  25. Merisi, Vienna

    You know you have got me thinking since I read your post while having afternoon tea? What loving thing could I do today …. ? ….?
    Well, too much thinking got me into trouble this afternoon:
    While walking downtown, a little not very young anymore lady (well, she was tiny, really) suddenly stopped right in front of me and, in trying to avoid her, I swerved to the side, but could help grazing her coat, just a tad. I could not say I sorry fast enough, she was berating me as if I had run her over. Well, I continued on then, a few stores down, where I stopped and was about to enter when something hit me in the back. That little not so young anymore lady had whacked her handbag at my behind! She must have been a retired shot-putter, the way she hit me. Good thing I still needed to do some loving act to tell you about: I turned around and looked at her and said “Hope that makes you feel better!” and stepped into the store. And no, i did not make it up.

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  26. Miss Robyn

    what loving thing am I doing today? waving my husband off happily when he goes to get his new Harley.. he is one happy little boy.!!

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  27. Tamra/The Gilded Barn

    My husband works away from home a lot so today we spent the day together and took in a movie but I too started my day by warming my feet on his toastie toes. Heaven!

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  28. cynthia @Beatnheart

    Forgot about how wonderful oatmeal is…I haven’t eaten it in a long time and I think I can just taste a bowl full now. I bet French oatmeal is better as it seems anything French is.

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  29. Judy B. – Texas

    Spoiled DH I have…each morning I take his coffee to him while he’s still in bed…ironed his shirt and waved at him as he drove off to work. Made some banana bread yesterday so tucked one piece in a bag for him to snack on later during his break. Is this treatment one sided? …a big “No”….he pampers me as well. As far as my cold feet, he goes and gets “his” big socks and puts them on my small feet. Lucky me…lucky him!

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  30. Rhonda P.

    I lovingly told my man how much I dearly loved him, kissed him and continued to clean up after his messy self. Now that’s love baby!

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  31. Brenda

    …continually…
    There is nothing better than a good Gumbo on a cold day!
    Made one to the specifications of one son, nice and chunky with seasoned meats, Aundoullie, tasso, chicken, okra, sausage,all the onions and parsley and bellpeppers and celery…the whole nine yards! It pleased everyone, and that pleases me!

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