Partager RED TAPE!

Somehow I missed a week of my life...it happens to all of us, don't you think.. ? Sometimes, it is on purpose, other times it just can't be helped.  I spent the last week mulling over many big things in life...one of those things was doing Les Impots, or commonly known to us as TAXES.  Yes, even though we live in France, we must file USA taxes, as well as French taxes.  It is a time-consuming task...all should be printed, scanned, named, put in special files, desktop and in-desk, ..and rechecked with corrections in RED...It isn't the difficulty of the task, but just the confusion of turning over the RIGHT STUFF!  Although I have lived here a while now, I still maintain confusion about what is the URSSAF or CNBF(CIPAV), RAM (RSI),!! or any other optional charges that  I might have paid throughout the past year, that just might be deductible!  And believe me, you are looking for any and all deductions when you realize how much of your worth is given back to maintain the social structures of this beautiful country we are now calling home.
  
So, I have just licked the BIG envelope closed, and the important decision is... do I trust La Poste or do I take the bus and hand-deliver this important, personal item?  I think I will opt for the bus, I did help pay for it and it is ohhh so convenient.  Partager a ride on BUS 92 with me?  

Partager Pharmacie

Pharmacies are everywhere in France, especially in Paris.  If it isn't a coiffeur, it's a pharmacy.  And thank goodness for that, because, the pharmacists play a more substantial role than they did at my Walgreen's in Florida.  Here, besides being very kind and sympathetic, they will recommend drugs for you and sometimes, even refill your prescription although it has run out...that is if they know you and its not a heavy drug you are trying for....Once, when we were traveling in southern France, I forgot my pills, which did make my husband crazy...
"how could you forget a pill that you take everyday of your life??!"  

Partager de Livres

BOOKS, BOOKS,  BOOKS... we all love them..we love to spend time with them...

Wars have been fought over them,.. Lives have been led according to them...
Rules have been made from them..
Clubs have argued about them...
Movies have been made from them...
Nights have been spent with them....
Days have been shared with them...
Fantasies have been woven from them....
Ideas have been created from them....
Friendships have been made due to them..
Fairs have been organized for them..
Libraries have been built for them...
Art has been inspired from them...
Money has been spent on them....
and Time should be devoted to them.....