Speaking of Europeans.....

So, I'm a total Celtic Woman geek. Saw them in concert and everything. My two favorite singers were Méav Ní Mhaolchatha and  Órla Fallon (neither are with the group anymore). Órla, who is all about traditional Irish folk songs and plays the harp, just put out a solo album, which I got for my birthday. Then Mark mentioned (not sure how he happened to be talking about this at work....) that I liked her, and one of the medical assistants said she knew someone that's a personal friend of Órla, and she told him she'd get me an autographed something or other. I knew nothing about this.

Friday, look what he brought home for me! I was shocked!!

 

My husband is awesome! 

Also, I've been wanting to share a couple of favorite blogs that I recently discovered:

Oh Happy Day by Jordan Ferney, and

Design Mom by Gabrielle Blair

These two make me SICK! They are sisters who were successful writers and designers and just decided to hey, why not? take their families and move to France for a year or two. Jordan, mom of two, lives in Paris, and that view of the Eiffel Tower is what she sees every time she steps out of her apartment. Gabrielle, mom of six, lives in Normandy and just hosted the mother of all Easter egg hunts with 50 of her French amis. The two families got together last weekend for the holiday and took little jaunts off to Amsterdam and Belgium while they were at it. This sort of thing infuriates me. 

Why can't I just go for weekend jaunts to Amsterdam and Belgium??? WHY???!??!

Anyway, raging jealousy aside, they really are lovely blogs and you should check them out. Now it's back to reality in Cedar City with smelly dishes and home teachers coming in a half hour.....better go.....