mimosas

j'adore le marché

i love the outdoor market

des fleurs contentes pour juste 2 euros

happy flowers for only 2 euros

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa

When is the last time you bought flowers to brighten up the home?

Go for it !

--Love,

Linz

Brunch

Notre groupe d'étude biblique.

Our Bible study group.

Diana. Elodie. Pia. Me.

Lindsey. Diana.

 

 Pia. Elodie.

F O L L E

C R A Z Y

Jésus, je te remercie pour ces filles, ces soeurs.

Jesus, I thank you for these girls, these sisters.

Love,

Linz

my friend Carole

vous avez rencontré Carole il y a 2 ans en janvier 2011...

you met Carole 2 years ago in Januray 2011...

Vous souvenez-vous? // Remember?

Maintenant, on parle français ensemble.  Merci Seigneur pour mes ami(e)s !!!

Now, we speak French together.  Thank you Lord for my friends !!!

--Love Linz

Surfing

So, while the tile glue was drying...

Sebastien took me surfing !

I have the coolest brother-in-law.

San Remo, Italy.

Seb shredded.

I snapped pictures.

We both enjoyed the sun.

Thank you Jesus for such a beautiful day.

--Love Linz

ps - I'll get out there next time ! =)

surprise remodel

While Pierre and Nancy left for the United States,

Tonio and Sebastien wanted to bless them with a bathroom remodel...

I'm so proud of these guys.

They have done an incredible job.

Self-taught... no training, just a lot of courage, risk, manliness and desire to bless their mom and dad.

 They've never done anything like this before.

I'm so thankful to have such an amazing husband and great bro-in-law.

The two above pictures show the current status as of today (23 Jan, 2013).

Getting so much closer !!!

Pierre and Nancy, you WILL have a shower soon !

Thanks for your patience.

We hope you LOVE it !!!

--Love Lindsey, Tonio, and Sebastien

(more photos to come in the next weeks)

{And special thanks to Hervé, Thomas, Craig and Barb, Pierre M, and the Picq family for your help with manual labor, ideas, tools, suggestions, car usage, etc... and to Calvary Chapel Nice for all the prayers and keeping the surprise a secret =) }

pigeon in the chimney !

the door rings, hippo slippers get kicked off 

it's Burt, the chimney sweep from Mary Poppins, but the French version !

apparently, we should have this shiny metal thing below cleaned out once a year

it goes into a column all the way up to the tippy top of the apartment (3 stories above)

i cannot say that it's been cleaned recently

so "Burt" comes in, removes the metal pipe and pulls out a dead pigeon and a dead quail

um...disgusting !

i think he was trying to convince me that his company was the best and cheapest

blah... blah... blah...

i didn't care - i was convinced

just clean that thing !

 our hot water heater works like this

you see the fire?

hence the need for a "chimney"

 so, he goes to get his singing and dancing props...

i mean, he gets his chimney sweeping broom thingy

and attaches about 5 or 6 extensions to clear it all the up to the roof

i, the American country girl, am impressed, and

he definitely likes that he's got a newbie in the audience

below is about 5 pounds (2 1/4 kilos) of pure disgusting

i'm sure you found the pigeon feet

anywho, this house-bred, country gal learned a lot today about apartments

and it solidified my hypothesis about the stupidity of the pigeon race

i hope you are not too grossed out

it's pretty funny

love from an apartment in Nice with a very clean, pigeon-free chimney,

Linz