Welcoming outdoor help in our beautiful house with garden and pond in Midi Pyrenees, France

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  Descripción

  URGENT ! URGENT ! URGENT !
  
  
  Hi everybody !
  
  
  "A stranger is just a friend you don't know yet."
  
  The last few years, David and I have welcomed, through different websites, about nearly 60 volunteers helping us with several types of work, and it's been a great experience for both them and us ! We kept contact with many of them, some became close friends and came back especially to meet us again. Please check the feedbacks, you’ll be conquered ;-)
  
  This time, the situation is both urgent and exceptional, and our request is highly specific : it is essential that you read the entire description carefully and that you are a perfect match for our needs, as this is not something that can be improvised unless it is in your blood ;-)
  
  I’m Roxane, and I’ve just returned from the hospital; I’m confined to a brace and can only manage a few steps at a time, or use a wheelchair for longer outings. I fractured a vertebra and suffered a double compression fracture in my lumbar spine during a fall—fortunately without damaging my spinal cord. However, to avoid worsening the injury and to hope for a full recovery within a few weeks, I must strictly follow the doctors' orders. Consequently, there are a host of everyday activities that are off-limits to me.
  
  My partner, David, is due to undergo a long-planned laser procedure on his cervical spine on July 24th. Afterward, he will need to observe a period of total rest for one to two weeks, followed by another one or two weeks of avoiding any physical exertion.
  
  As you see, we need help as soon as possible !
  We need assistance with a variety of essential—though sometimes mundane—daily tasks. These include preparing meals, setting and clearing the table, loading and running the dishwasher, cleaning the sink and stove, fetching items from another room or upstairs, driving us (in our car) to doctor or physical therapy appointments and accompanying us on errands, doing the laundry and hanging it out to dry, feeding the dog and cat, watering the plants inside and sometimes in the garden—with a garden hose— and so on ...
  
  We are therefore looking for someone enthusiastic and joyful, who is dedicated, empathetic, and attentive to our needs—someone willing to step in and help spontaneously with obvious, recurring tasks, without us having to ask every single time, AND owner of a driver's license (valid in France).
  
  Being capable of performing each of the requested tasks does not mean we will take advantage of the situation by asking you to do everything, all the time. There are things I—or we—might be able to help you with, within the limits of our means and physical condition of the moment ; for instance, helping to prepare meals by peeling and chopping vegetables, getting ourselves a drink, or other "light" things like that ...
  On top of that, we are hiring someone who's mowing the huge garden when needed, and someone who's cleaning the house every week, so that's not part of what we expect from you ;-)
  
  You might want to know that we are lazy enough to get up quite late, take time to "brunch" as late as 10 or 11 AM or even noon sometimes. We then only have dinner at night, about 8 or 9 PM.
  But of course you can get up earlier than us, have breakfast and do whatever you like in the morning, and of course have a lunch if that's in your habits. We provide all necessary food for breakfast and lunch but you just help yourself.
  
  After dinner and clearing, we share a good time together, redoing the world, play cards or other games, or just chill out while listening to a large range of very varied musics ... that one can accompany with his own instrument ! Too bad, as a guitarist, David won't be allowed to play for a while ...
  
  
  If you recognise yourself in that description, please write to us ASAP ! Yesterday even better ;-)
  
  
  Thank's for reading this.
  
  
  Greetings 😉
  
  
  
  Roxane & David.

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  Tipos de ayuda y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  Jardinería básica

  Cuidado de animales

  Cocinar para toda la familia

  Ayuda doméstica

  Mantenimiento básico
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  Intercambio cultural y oportunidades de aprendizaje

  We do speak fluently English, but or mother tongue is French, and we will be happy to help you learning some bases.
  
  Our house looks like a proper museum, full of ethnic objects that we brought back from travels, or from ... flea markets 😉, where we will be happy to go with you to, if you like it, mostly on Sundays. Anyway, many of those objects remind us nice stories we’ll be happy to share.
  
  We do love all musics of the world (David is rock guitarist) and we have a huge range of choice to make you discover. From Tibetan horns, to Greek Rebetiko, passing by Queens Of The Stone Age, Sergei Prokofiev, or Chuck Berry ...
  
  Our way of life is, let's say, unusual, mostly based on a Carpe Diem philosophy ... Have a look at our feedbacks, you'll see what people remember from their stay in beautiful Cassaet house 😎

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  Ayuda

  "Anything worth doing is worth doing right"
  
  
  It won't be priority this time, but we might also need help for a few works in the garden, such as moving firewood from one place to another (using a wheelbarrow, don't worry), cutting some trees or branches, spreading straw around some plants that need to be protected, trimming hedges, ... Some garden terraces and furnitures need also to be repaired and/or sanded and painted.

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  Idiomas

  Idiomas hablados
  Inglés: Fluido
  Francés: Fluido
  Holandés: Intermedio
  Alemán: Principiante
  Español: Principiante

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  Alojamiento

  We can provide one comfortable room with a single bed.
  A free unlimited fibre wifi connection is available in the house.

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  Algo más...

  Our place is quite remote. Beautiful surroundings to discover, but no public transport.
  Hiking, cycling, breathing the nature's perfumes, enjoy the peace, meditate : so many things to do here !
  First shops, supermarket, bakery, doctors, pharmacy, movie, golf course are 9km away.
  The city of Auch (train station, movies, bars, swimming pool, Mc Do ¦-Þ , theater...) is nearly 30km away, and Toulouse (airport) 90km.
  
  You will have to walk 80km down south to reach the first mountains of Pyrenees :-) that sometimes appear in our sight, impressive, as a stunning scenery between earth and sky ...
  
  Something important for us : we have a cute and nice dog and a lovely cuddling cat that loves to sometimes lie on one's lap ... So if you're allergic or don't like pets, this will probably be a problem.

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  Un poco más de información

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    Acceso a Internet

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    Acceso a Internet limitado

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    Tenemos animales

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    Somos fumadores

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    Puede alojar familias

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  Puede acoger a nómadas digitales

  WiFi available (fiber network)

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  Espacio para aparcar autocaravanas

  We have space enough in our garden to find the right place for your van !

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  Podría aceptar mascotas

  We love animals and will be happy to welcome your furry friend, if a nice one that represents no danger for our dog, cats, and chicken ! And of course we rely on your common sense to make it respect our stuffs (our house is nearly a museum, with a lot of objects everywhere, inside and outside) and to clean any of the little "presents" it would lay here or there ;-)

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  ¿Cuántos voluntarios puedes hospedar?

  Uno

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  Mis animales / mascotas

  

  Peanut (10 años)

  A tiny, very independent yet sociable cat, she spends most of her time outdoors and comes inside whenever she likes (she has a cat flap). She is usually very talkative when she does. She isn't skittish, though she is wary of people who are moving around; however, if you are sitting down, she might just jump onto your lap to ask for a cuddle. Lucien the dog is her best friend.

  

  Lucien (11 años)

  Coolest dog ever, very emotional, never agressive, always happy when people are visiting and when seeing new faces (even though he might bark at first, just to warn us). He listen very well and will enjoy a walk with you between the fields. The only thing is that he's completely unaware of the dangers of the road, sitting and staring at cars coming towards him. That's why we go off roads, otherwise we need to keep him on a leash—something he accepts readily and without pulling—but it’s less fun.
  Peanut the cat is his best friend.

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