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  1. The 2012 Wish List

    January 21, 2012 by Audrey

    Today is my birthday!

    On my birthday, I could make “good” wishes: peace, health & happiness for all those around me… And I do. But the thing is, I always do. I don’t wait for Christmas, New Year or my birthday to want everything for my friends and family. So, this year, on my birthday, I decided to be selfish and make a list of what I want for myself… and not the become-a-better-person type of wish. The cost-money, don’t-need-it-just-want-it, type of wish.

    And, you know what, all those things, I don’t expect anyone to get them for me (except maybe the Ouija Board); but if this year or next I can get them for myself… Then that will make me very happy.

    What is on my wish list?

    From the top, clockwise…

    1. A Ouija Board (estimated value: $25)
    Because I can’t find that in France and it would be so much fun to have one for game nights!

    2. A pair of black Christian Louboutin pumps (estimated value: $650)
    It’s a statement.  They’re beautiful. They’re expensive. And I could just rock those shoes!

    3. An iMac desktop (estimated value: $1,500)
    To complete my collection and because it would make a better TV screen than my MacBook Pro. Oh, sure, I could do some serious work on that too…

    4. A trip to Patagonia (estimated value: $4,500)
    If I can only take one more trip in my life, I would like to see Patagonia.

    I’m not a cheap date, I know… But I’m worth it.


  2. That’s the way we do it

    November 25, 2011 by Audrey

    Another Thanksgiving in now behind us, as many are heading full speed toward Christmas via the long lines of Black Friday shopping.

    This year again, for what I believe is the 4th year, I spent Thanksgiving at my friend S’s. Most people have families to go to that day, some of us don’t. And then we create one. The Thanksgiving of the misfits, of the ones with no place to go, where the door is always open and the food always abundant. Truth is, many, after their family affairs, prefer to end their Turkey day with us.

    Someone confided yesterday “The food is better here.” No doubt the food is good. We have several home cooks (it’s a potluck-style Thanksgiving) and a professional Chef working the kitchen.

    Entertainment is provided during the entire day by an army of cats & dogs, plus a few board games: a live version of Words With Friends (oh wait, what? Scrabble was created in the 50ies?) and a, new to me and oh-so-hilarious, one: Apples-to-Apples.

    It was a warm & fuzzy day.

    “Thank you consequence
    Thank you thank you silence”
    - Alanis Morrissette