tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post5783571603590941634..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: A picture and the paintingKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4517678610614992312011-05-07T03:39:51.218+02:002011-05-07T03:39:51.218+02:00As of Friday night, the euro is trading around $1....As of Friday night, the euro is trading around $1.43. I gather that a lot of the price softening has to do with the ECB not raising interest rates this round.<br /><br />I still have some from last summer, and some pounds, as well. Figured it was worth hanging on to them.Emmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-63883983273904369502011-05-07T01:34:18.066+02:002011-05-07T01:34:18.066+02:00Well, there's rumors in the press that Greece ...Well, there's rumors in the press that Greece wants to leave the euro. This may explain part of the decline. If that actually happens, the currency will drop a good bit, unless the ECB keeps raising interest rates.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4424161246553729002011-05-06T17:41:48.737+02:002011-05-06T17:41:48.737+02:00We have been watching the euro very closely since ...We have been watching the euro very closely since we will be in Europe this summer. We expect it will be even higher by the time we get there. I started collecting SS when I was 65 (on the advice of a guy at the SS office), but worked until I was 70. I used the SS money to pay off the mortgage on our apartment.Starmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386841450183061541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-27663684134133731152011-05-06T16:24:06.549+02:002011-05-06T16:24:06.549+02:00Funny typo on my part. Yes, painting = pain.
Meli...Funny typo on my part. Yes, painting = pain.<br /><br />Melinda, I'm like you, I never thought I would make it to 52 much less 62.<br /><br />Ellen, you are probably smart to have planted the tomatoes outdoors early, but we are waiting. Never know... But my greens seems to be doing fine.<br /><br />BettyAnn, Bon courage for the painting. Mine is nearly done now. Next: till up the remaining two garden plots and get the plants into the ground. Then there are a thousand other things that need to be done. This is the busy-work season. Soon begins the busy-guests season.ckbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15667570157826940501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-28311755207358117932011-05-06T15:39:00.545+02:002011-05-06T15:39:00.545+02:00We are still having chilly nights here in Alabama ...We are still having chilly nights here in Alabama and our heat comes on. Beware-it was down to 38 a couple of nights ago, but my few plants didn't seem to mind.<br /><br />Those doors look worth the pain..and paint.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89851215023845041372011-05-06T14:45:34.877+02:002011-05-06T14:45:34.877+02:00"Watching all these coats of 'pain' d..."Watching all these coats of 'pain' dry"<br /><br />I'm just starting a big painting job and I will soon be feeling your pain. :)<br /><br />BettyAnnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49099170611500847332011-05-06T14:31:39.928+02:002011-05-06T14:31:39.928+02:00It seems to me we're about where we were 3 yea...It seems to me we're about where we were 3 years ago with the dollar. I heard on the news last night that it's something Trichet said about interest rates that caused the € to fall 3 cents in a single day. <br />Our tomato plants that we put out a couple of weeks ago are growing nicely. Nights are chilly but not frosty. Been too lazy to plant the rest of the "potager".Ellen Lebellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01929639076042070115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-43990699551694059382011-05-06T14:29:07.055+02:002011-05-06T14:29:07.055+02:00i just applied to start my social security, which ...i just applied to start my social security, which wont come till sept i guess (since i turn 62 in july) mine wont be very much since I havent worked "on the books" so to speak, in many years....I remember seeing the "retirement" year on my first social security info sheet & laughing, since it sounded so far into the future! HAmelindanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-72247929572131487632011-05-06T14:20:21.138+02:002011-05-06T14:20:21.138+02:00Gite near Cognac: Booked
Rental Car: Booked
Discre...Gite near Cognac: Booked<br />Rental Car: Booked<br />Discretionary $$: Stashed<br />Exchange rate: Out of my handsThe Celiac Husbandhttp://www.theceliachusband.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-26258847407528194472011-05-06T13:14:54.661+02:002011-05-06T13:14:54.661+02:00I have never thought of painting, especially doors...I have never thought of painting, especially doors, as entertainment, but after all, why not, to each his/her own...<br /><br />Jean has a good point about introspection. When and where else could you do it, but in front of a blank space. LOL<br /><br />WV is neiva, close enough to neva, Spanish for snow and, maybe, white paint.chmnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-66537879635601401242011-05-06T13:01:32.169+02:002011-05-06T13:01:32.169+02:00Good job on the painting :)
Congrats on the SS $!
...Good job on the painting :)<br />Congrats on the SS $!<br /><br />JudySeine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-42552191154851635832011-05-06T08:59:27.699+02:002011-05-06T08:59:27.699+02:00We had a deep frost here the other night. Good jo...We had a deep frost here the other night. Good job we had decided to leave our runner bean and bedding plants in the greenhouse for a bit longer. May 5th is the day you should plant out the beans, here in Derbyshire, according to my dad.<br /><br />Painting can be hard work but also good therapy - all those hours to be by yourself with your own thoughts and something good to show for it afterwards.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09726164724131916224noreply@blogger.com