Ma Famille

Ma famille francais!

as relayed in an IM conversation

Taylor says:

the last name is "chabennet"

the poppa is phillipe

and the momma is magdeleine

they are 44 and 43, respectively

then they have two boys

Thomas is almost 16 and Quentin is 14

Mariah says:

nice

Taylor says:

25 years ago, phillipe spent a year (senior year, I'm guessing from the math) in tacoma, wa

which is pretty cool

Mariah says:

oooh

that is pretty cool

Taylor says:

they live in the suburbs

in an "average" house

a recently remodeled old one

with "period" furniture

Mariah says:

everyone has period furniture

did you get pictures?

Taylor says:

some of the pictures were in the house

but they were all in one room

they have a tv, a compy, email, and a library

Mariah says:

k

Taylor says:

now remember that library thing for later, it comes up again

Mariah says:

do you sleep in the library?

Taylor says:

no no, something else

at least I don't think I sleep in the library....

they have a family car and otherwise I can take public transport

normal stuff right?

so far...

Mariah says:

k

do they have a dragon?

Taylor says:

no, just a dog

a black lab named Utah

Mariah says:

utah?

Taylor says:

yep, utah

out of "regular schedule" "active" "calm" "relaxed" or "orderly"

they checked the "regular schedule" box

I'm not sure what that means....

it's in the "general atmosphere" section

they do not practice any religion

Mariah says:

maybe it'll be like boot camp or something

Taylor says:

no no, something else

I'm getting there

Mariah says:

well get there faster!

Taylor says:

they wanted an american boy with no dietary restraints or smoking

Taylor says:

which I so happen to be

Mariah says:

true

running tests on you?

Taylor says:

and I will not have to share a room

Mariah says:

nice

Taylor says:

which, when I think about it

they have two kids and boys that age wouldn't share a room

and I get my own room

the parents have a room

we're talking at least four bedrooms

oh, they also have a garden

Mariah says:

possible or the two boys are just sucking it up for a year

gardens are common things

Taylor says:

okay, here we go

the rest is all in quotes

"we are a family of 5 peoples

Mariah says:

are they counting the dog?

Taylor says:

magdeleine, the mother: she runs a travel agency, working a lot, but close to our home

(anything in parenthesis will be me talking) (yeah, counting the dog)

so she manages to be available for the family when it's needed

she loves to cook for the family and friends

thomas

he is the oldest boy of the family (nearly 16)

thomas plays badminton on saturday afternoon and is attending scuba diving on wednesday evening

Mariah says:

oooh! badmintion!

Taylor says:

he likes to play with his video games - psp, xbox, wii, and computer -

Mariah says:

so they'll have video games too?

Taylor says:

(yeah, it gets even better)

he likes to read comics and he is the biggest friend of our dog called utah

quentin

he is the youngest boy (nearly 14)

quentin plays judo on monday and thursday evening and like his brother he is attending scuba diving on wednesday evening

he plays video games with his brother and likes to read comics also

phillippe - the father:

he is working for a company which produces and sells women's underwear -like victoria's secret

Mariah says:

lol

Taylor says:

he works all over france and isn't often home except the weekend

he likes to cook, read lots of comics - we have about 4000 comics - and play video games with his boys

Mariah says:

sweet

Taylor says:

he also enjoys to look for mushrooms in the forest when it's the season"

(okay, we now go back a little...remember that library I mentioned? 4 thousand comic books....)

(you know all the comics matty and I have, all of them put together?)

(yeah, we have maybe 500)

Mariah says:

but yours are also tiny little magazine things

i don't know how many i have...

Taylor says:

you have a couple hundred

but they have four thousand....

and they play video games as a family!

it keeps going though

"Utah: it's the family dog and the keeper of the house. it knows every person of the family

all the family likes good food and to cook

Mariah says:

fat taylor!

Taylor says:

we play all together video games and read comics

the boys seem to fight all the time, but are missing each other if one isn't there

we all enjoy travels abroad - canada, australia, st martin - and going to our summer place near the sea - oleron island"

that's all