2nd Sunday At Rue Nic

Afternoon folks.  It's lunchtime here and leftovers from last night's pizza extravaganza have already been scarfed and the twins are making sandwiches as I write this.  Laundry is being done, some cleaning was accomplished, everyone slept in and Sylvain Luc is on the stereo. 

Yesterday was a busy day that included grocery shopping at the Inno (BIG grocery store by Parisian standards) in the Passy market area, a trip to the boulangerie for crescents and baguettes.  Back home to drop off groceries and twins, then back out to shop with Cassie for some new clothes to take with her to London and Geneva tomorrow and then off to "Le Emperor" for drinks with friends. 

Sometime either this week or early next week the cartage company here will deliver our personal air shipment.  I'm a bit afraid to see how my guitars fared and everything else that is even partially breakable.  When all of that arrives it'll be a busy time here for sure.

Tomorrow's project is to order Kian and Niall's books for their inaugural first quarter with Strayer University which begins April 4th.  Just think of it, going to college completely online.  That was unheard of when I went to school so many years ago not to mention a program called Skype which  is a FREE video phone algorithm that enables us to see and talk with friends wherever they are in real time which is AMAZING.  The 21st Century indeed.  Tomorrow we'll also see if the first of our wire transfers from our home bank in Lynchburg will automatically kick in for the first time.

Work on our house in Lynchburg by our friend and compadre Paul Alcock is coming along nicely and our Realtor Betty Burch tells me the house will finally be officially in the multiple listings next Friday which is only 4 days from now.  Betty seems to think our house is going to show really well and since we purchased it 2001 we certainly improved it so we'll be curious what shakes out as far as selling it goes.

Our bank checks arrived and I'll have to get up with Veronique this week to settle the schedule for paying Angela and going online to pay the French Social Security system.  Also, I've never written a French check before.  Should be a fun week.  I'm attaching a picture of the E'toile which was in sight of the little cafe we had drinks with Denise and Judy yesterday.  It was over cast but it still blows me away that we're actually here.

Love to all everywhere.......

A bientot, (I've been misspelling it) 

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