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Monday, February 25, 2008

to our french family -

we're all thinking of you right now & wish we could be there with you. i will always remember ba hai's driving that made me sick when i was little and how sweet he was to everyone and everything.

love you

à notre famille française - nous sommes tous qui pensent en ce moment à vous et au souhait que nous pourrions être là avec vous. je me rappellerai toujours des hai de Ba conduire que fait me le malade quand j'étais peu et comme il doux était à chacun et à tout. aimez-vous

kitchen renovation








here is our 'before' and 'after' pictures of our kitchen. we took down the wall between the living room and the kitchen so it is much more open now!!!!

voici notre 'avant 'et 'après 'des images de notre cuisine. nous avons pris vers le bas le mur entre la salle vivante et la cuisine ainsi elle est beaucoup plus ouvert maintenant ! ! ! !

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Correction

I am a week ahead of myself. We are opening today 2/23/2008. I just looked at the blog and saw that I had posted our opening as 3/1/2008. Sorry about that! My wife has me working so hard that I get confused some times. Old Age!! As a matter of fact she is telling me to hurry up at this moment.
Jim

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Opening Saturday 3/1/2008




ely's to go... officially opens this Saturday. We passed all inspections today and had a local TV station come out and interview us for our opening. They were there for several hours and we got about a minute and fifteeen second spot on the six oclock news. Not complaining though since all exposure is good. It will be good to be working again finally. We'll keep you all posted on our progress. I'm sure you will all want to open an ely's in your town or city.

Jim

natalie portman wearing renee's necklaces


natalie is wearing two of our "shake" necklaces in colored diamonds. and our ring...but you can't see it very well...

le natalie porte deux de nos colliers de "secousse" dans les diamants colorés. et notre anneau... mais vous ne peut pas le voir très bien...

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

dresses




my sister is trying to decide between these three dresses to wear to my wedding. please vote and help her decide! (yes, they're made of condoms & no, she better not wear one to my wedding!!!!)

ma soeur essaye de décider entre ces trois robes de porter à mon mariage. svp la voix et l'aident à décider ! (oui, ils sont faits de condoms et non, elle pas portent mieux un à mon !!!!) de mariage

Friday, February 15, 2008

asian game shows

you must watch these game shows! they are too funny!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF7HA8a05Ic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOfZPZJHnKg

Monday, February 11, 2008

two front teeth


owen missing his two front teeth....

Friday, February 8, 2008

climate change


so since we're talking about the new year....i think the environment and climate change is the most important issue right now. i'd love to hear how all of you are contributing to conserving energy, now and throughout the year. here's what heath and i are doing:
- only public transportation, we don't own a car
- we just bought energy efficient & smaller appliances for our kitchen
- we stopped buying bottled water and have switched to tap water
- i don't eat any meat!!!! which is the largest cause of global warming, more than transportation! and heath has cut down significantly
- we try to eat local/organic produce whenever available
- we recycle
- we reuse what we can
- we only use natural, biodegradable cleaners
- most of my cosmetics are natural and synthetic-free...i'm working on all of them
- we switched to wind energy through our electric company
- we turn off lights when we leave the room
- we bring our own grocery bags to the store

these are just some things i can think of off the top of my head....i will definitely be adding to this list. can't wait to hear what everyone else is doing!

here is a link to a startling, but very important video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FDbtu_m_V1o

ainsi puisque nous parlons de la nouvelle année....i pensent que le changement d'environnement et de climat est le juste le plus important d'issue maintenant que j'aimerais entendre comment tout le vous contribue à l'énergie de conservation, maintenant et tout au long de l'année ici soit ce que la bruyère et moi font : - seulement transport public, nous ne possédons pas une voiture - nous avons juste acheté les appareils efficaces et plus petits d'énergie pour notre cuisine - nous avons arrêté l'eau mis en bouteille par achats et avons commuté à l'eau du robinet - je ne mange d'aucune viande ! ! ! ! ce qui est la plus grande cause du chauffage global, plus que le transport ! et la bruyère a réduit sensiblement - nous essayons de manger du produit de local/organic toutes les fois que disponibles - nous réutilisons - nous réutilisons ce que nous pouvons - nous employons seulement les décapants normaux et biodégradables - la plupart de mes produits de beauté sont normales et synthétique-libre... je travaille à tous - nous avons commuté à l'énergie éolienne par notre compagnie électrique - nous arrêtons des lumières quand nous partons de la salle - nous apportons nos propres sacs d'épicerie au magasin ce sont justes quelques choses que je peux penser à outre du dessus de mon....i principal m'ajouterai certainement à cette liste ne peux pas attendre pour entendre ce que chacun autrement fait !

voici un lien à effrayer, mais la vidéo très importante : http://youtube.com/watch?v=FDbtu_m_V1o

Thursday, February 7, 2008

birthday boy


Happy New Year! Bonne Année !!


Tous nos voeux pour cette année du rat qui commence :)
Les Bernard et les Valette

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

It's Official






Well its official, today we hung the signs for our new venture. For those of you who cast your vote, I hope you like our choice. I will post better pictures as we progress. We anticipate opening in about 10 days but that could change. Ely is making me work and I am exploiting her name as you can plainly see.

Jim

super bowl party






in the states, this is how we spend our free time. watching sports on tv and playing video games....our friends had a great party where we watched the game on their enormous projection screen and played 'rock band' on the XBox. yes, that's me singing....luckily the other noise drowned me out!!!

dans les états, c'est comment nous dépensons nos sports d'observation de temps libre sur la TV et le jeu des amis des jeux vidéo....our a eu une grande partie où nous avons observé le jeu sur leur énorme projection examiner et a joué la 'bande de roche 'sur le XBox. oui, c'est moi le chant....luckily que l'autre bruit m'a noyé dehors ! ! !

Saturday, February 2, 2008

Turks & Caicos

Here is a link to the house I'm thinking of renting: http://www.atlanticoceanbeachvillas.com/index.html
We can rent the whole house or just the top or just the bottom.

We are also looking into the Ocean Club Resorts: www.oceanclubresorts.com

Friday, February 1, 2008

The next Arnold!


Isaac thinks he needs to build up his strength to lift these hugemongus (his words) ice cubes.