Mother’s Got A Dot Com

Newsflash! It’s a she.
So today, as we’re taking the family to the Christmas Fair/crafts market/open farm/activity Day at the agricultural school located very nearby, will be Prize Hunting Day.

Hubby is helping out over there today – he’s the shoe shine boy (!), #3 Brat attends school there, and is on parking duty – they teach carpentry and other things too – and #4 Brat is helping out with the horse riding.
As for me, I’ve got two very impatient little Brats here, wanting to get away.

Today is St. Nicholas Day (Santa Claus, remember him?), and a good day for bearing gifts. Stay tuned…

We have a list of contestants… Or should I say rafflees…
1. Margaret
2. Sandee
3. Empress Bee
4. maryt/theteach
5. 1stopmom
6. Jaz
7. Joie
8. Alison
9. Chronic Chick
10. Jessica K (I hope I can reach you if you win, Jessica K!)
11. Hana

And here are the smart girls who posted links, and got a second ticket:
12. Sandee
13. maryt/theteach
14. Hana

Ah, but December 1st has come and gone, you say…
This, my blog, is the only place where I have absolute power. I decide. I am Queen Mother…
So – even though I am a “bits-of-paper-in-a-hat” kind of girl, I shall go and investigate Random.org and see if using their services requires a degree what they have to offer. I think I may have decided on a prize, as well. Maybe. Unless I decide otherwise.
Queen Mother prerogative.

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Another aspect is the quality of life of those afflicted. They’re not dangerous – you’re more dangerous to them than the other way around.

- if you want to enter my little raffle thingy. Have a look here for details. If you don’t fancy having a look here for details, you can always just comment on this post, which will give you an entry, or link to me on your blog (and tell me in comments), which will get you 2.
The prize? Well, with all the birthdays and stuff going on around here, I haven’t gotten any closer to a solution – I think I’ll just have to see who wins, and make it a personalized prize.
Howz’at??

Today’s little bit of real estate:

My father is selling his property in the South of France.
Oh, no, he’s not moving back up here, he’s too fond of the climate and of the French way of life. He’s bought himself another property in the area, since they’ve increased the number of horses, and need more space.
If you want to see the realtors prospect, it’s here.
As for me, I thought I’d put out some pics of my own – some from the property itself, and some from the area. Actually – the estate agents’ pics are better and there are more of them, so just click any photo below if you want to see more.
The Lot-et-Garonne is within spitting (pun intended) distance of the Bordeaux wine region, and has some fine wines of its own, there are medieval historic sites nearby, and the local food is to die for, both for the gourmet and the glutton!

This is the pool house – both it and the pool have been upgraded since!

The library/ dining room/great hall.

The houses – you can see the inner courtyard.

The “grotto houses” in the Perigord.

Bonaguil Castle, just a Sunday stroll away.

It’s a lovely place, with just the right amount of privacy (it’s all enclosed), and with room for horses. (Stables, a workshop, plenty of fenced outdoor space). The gardens are lovely (it’s more like a park, really), with fruit trees galore, and there is quite a lot of woodland as well. There are 2 large and 2 small apartments/houses, and one can start a bed-and breakfast right away, or just move in with all the family and still have room for guests.

So – do you know anyone who’d like to make the move? No renovation necessary, just pick up and move in. No floral wallpapers anywhere – the kitchens/kitchenettes are newly renovated, and so are the bathrooms. And – the owners just have to vacate – they don’t need to buy somewhere else first…

Wondering what to do this weekend? Visit these lovely people!

- And you might want to pop in here as well:

I found this over at Comedy Plus’s place, and I thought I’d give it a go. So i did. Some of these things I knew (JFK met with his fate in Dallas 4 days before I was born), most of them I did not. I’m so happy about the bit on television remote controls though…

In 1963 (the year you were born)

Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president of the US The atomic powered submarine, Thresher, sinks in the North Atlantic killing 129 A civil rights rally held by 200,000 blacks and whites, features Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech President John F. Kennedy is assassinated as he rides in a motorcade through downtown Dallas Betty Friedan publishes The Feminine Mystique, launching a middle-class feminist movement Michael Jordan, Quentin Tarantino, Conan O’Brien, Johnny Depp, and Brad Pitt are born The Beatles receive their first #1 hit single, when “Please Please Me” tops the charts in the UK Astroboy (known as Mighty Atom in Japanese) Japan’s first ever anime was launched NBC expands its evening network news program to 30 minutes The television remote control is authorized by the FCC

Now it’s your turn!