Chicories ...

As you already know it... I love cooking !

I just try a weight watchers recipe of chicories. That was very good and also very original : chicories with blue cheese in gratin !

If you want to discover this recipe ... don't hesitate ! Come here now !

This recipe is amazing because even if you hate chicories in salad you may appreciate chicories cooked liked this .... I know about what I am talking because ... I hate chicories in salad !

In february, I cooked the "traditionnal" Chicories wrapped in ham with a white sauce. It's a coincidence if the two recipes is together on the blog. I cooked a lot of different good meals, but I could translate only these two ones .... (up to now...)

I wonder ...

... how we can spend 1.5 million dollars for a sextape of Marilyn Monroe while so many people are dying of hunger! (and the story doesn't specify if Marilyn was naked or not ...) Is it because of Marylin? Is it because the guy might be JFK or Robert Kennedy?

I don't even want to imagine how many people could have been feed with this 1.5 million dollars spent for a 15-minute sextape !

I can't already understand why some people are actively seeking sextapes of stars such as Lindsay Lohann, Kristin Davis, of sport women such as Laure Manaudou or of star girlfriends such as Sarah Larson ...

What is more exciting? The fact that the people are famous? The fact that we violated their privacy? The fact that it is without the knowledge of their will? Is it just to see how famous people can make love ?

Now I wonder when a sextape between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky will be released because I guess there must be some cameras everywhere in the White House for security reasons...

In fact, I pity those people who need this kind of video to be happy! They deserve their own private moments can be found on the web ...

XXth Century Memories ... (3)

I am working at sorting a huge amount of pictures and I remember....

During summer 1997, I met my fiancé family and he met my own family at the occasion of our engagement.

That was not a fully happy summer. A couple of days only before our engagement lunch, Lady Diana died in a car crash in Paris.

According to English jurors, the drunk car driver and the paparazzi are responsible for the accident.
Now both William and Harry are young well-balanced men despite the fact they grew up without their loving mum and under pressure of their destiny.

I can't think about Diana's death without thinking also about my engagement lunch and ... vice versa.

Today ....

"Welcome baby" card send by Alain and Monique, our uncle and aunt.

Today ... is an important day in Alex's life !

He's going to have his first vaccinations in a couple of hours.
We're going to hire a childminder, even if that's just for 2 days a week, that will be a great change for him.

XXth Century Memories ... (2)

In 1990, I went with high-school mates to Hungary.

The trip by couch from Lyon to Budapest was, of course, very long and tiring ! I remember we slept in Austria, somewhere in the Alps. That was very nice and very quiet.

I loved Hungary and Budapest (as much as I hate the pictures I've taken then !)

Budapest had the advantages of a big city and the charm of a small town. I hope going there back again with my husband and my kid. As I went there just after Berlin wall was broken, I guess that must have change a lot since 1990....

I know that the picture is not good at all, the weather was awful as well .... but the view over the Danube river is really beautiful from Szentendre and it's really a lovely place !

In a couple of years, maybe I'll have the chance to go back there and therefore to post far much better pictures !

XXth Century (and later) Memories ... (1)

Yeap ! I was enough old during the last Century ... therefore I know what was used before CDs, DVDs and all remote, mobile or unplugged objects !

I started working in 1994 as an IT technician in a very very small and young company which dies very quickly afterwards I worked only in big companies as temporary IT technician.

After a while I decided to go back school during the evening and I am an IT engineer since 2003. That was quite hard to work during the day, to go to school on the evenings and to do 'homework' during the week-ends .... during several years. But I'm happy and proud having succeeded.

In 2004, spent 9 months in London in order to perfect my English.
In 2005, I worked during 1 year in Muenchen and ..... no, I don't speak German ! (I understand a little bit and I can speak a couple of words).
In 2006, I came back home and I worked during 1 year in a big company. Now I am still in maternity leave and in a couple of day I'll be unemployed !

About Alex ...

Newbaby Alex is born on January, 14th at 7 pm. (4kg100 for 50.50 cm).


He was cute even if he had a bruise on his left cheek (because of forceps delivery).

You can guess the delivery was also hard for me (because of the forceps) and... it really was ! It was also very long because my waters have broken on January,13th 11 am...

Now we have a nice baby. He shouts and cries ... only when he wants to eat or has a problem (and currently he doesn't have a lot of troubles...)

The last time he met the paediatrician, he weighed 4.950 kg and he was 57.50 cm tall... that was on March, 7th.
The last time he met a pediatric nurse, he weighed 5.470 kg... that was on March, 29th.

He is going to met the paediatrician on April, 10th. We will know his "new" weight and height. But that will be also a big deal for him because he is going to get his first vaccinations. We hope he won't be too ill.... (in fact we hope he won't be ill at all !)

To be continued...

Some words about me...

I'm Régine.
My birthday is on March, 15th.

I decided to open this blog because I don't have enough time to give news enough often to friends dispatched... all over the world !

That's why I start my blog by a little summary about what happened in my life these last few months (hum.... years !).

August 22nd 1998 : I got married.

During the following years we took some vacation in French West Indies, Greece, USA : Las Vegas and East Coast (From New York to Washington by Philly, Baltimore and Allentown).

In 2004, I stayed a couple of months in London and afterwards I worked in Muenchen during 1 year.

Since 2006, I'm back home... in France and we decided to "adopt" a couple of fishes.

Now, I can be called 'mom' since January, 14th therefore I have less time than before for me ! Our baby, Alex, is an angel even if we are very very tired.

What can I say about my hobbies ? I love cooking, reading, travelling, embroidery, gardening.... but (for example) I don't remember the last time I read a book !

In my next post, I will tell you more about Alex....