Dukan Diet

Diet! Diet! Diet! Excerise! Excerise! Excerise!! I spent nearly an entire year doing this. Sure, it worked but I was at the gym 5 times a week! Every week!! I finally got to a hump that was impossible to get over.... Until I arrived in France :)

I arrive and my mother in law (who is 50) is skin and bones!! Knowing that she does not do much excerise (other than hiking on Tuesdays) I was in shock! I had to know the secret! Since last summer she had lost nearly 30 pounds! When the words "high protein diet" came out of her mouth, I just couldn't beleive it! I had been doing everything except that!

Are you ready for it?? Its called the Dukan Diet. I didn't need to lose much more weight, just enough to get me over my hump. In nearly two days, it was done! I swear! Two pounds in two days! It was super easy!

I didn't read the book and I didn't do the full diet. I just simply did what Isabelle (my mother in law) is doing now (not that she needs to diet anymore but she is on phase 3). One protein day a week. I did it, its done, I lost the weight, I'm finished!

http://www.dukandiet.co.uk/

Here is the link for the diet and if you have any questions just ask and I'll find out for ya!!

My little Push-GO!

Beep! Beep!! It's official. I am now driving my very own car around the streets of France! If I want to go, I go. If I want to stay, I stay! I love it! It may be as old as I am a little rough around the edges and not have power steering but what can I say.... I just love it!!
Although putting gas in the little thing was a little more difficult than I expected... One, you have to use a key to open the tank. Two, the gas pumps here don't come with very clear directions. When I say clear, I mean in a language I do not speak. Luckly my first time at the gas station (which took around 15 minutes) a lady felt sorry for me and after watching me struggle for 10 minutes decided to come lend me a few words of advice... I didn't understand one thing she said but something must have registered because suddenly the pump worked!
I have pictures on my Facebook if you would like to see how I'm Rollin in France :)

Such a beautiful country! Great wine, bread of every shape and size, shopping that will make you cry be because you cant afford any of it, expresso, living with your in laws, perfect weather, beaches, in laws and the cute little cars! Its just simply perfect! Yep, per...per...pe... Lot harder then I thought it would be!!!! But it's totally cool... I have my .10 seconds a day to pull my self back together, take in all the beauty and remind my self how lucky I actually am....then, I'm fine!

I found a little job and a car! Job- small cleaning for a rental home and going to the bakery. Car- I'm buying it for 1 euro and all I know is it's as old as me and red!
I don't really have either one at the moment but hopefully I will soon!

Otherwise, could someone just pray for me!! I could use a little help sometimes!

Daycare :)

Nearly 19 months ago, the thought of some stranger watching my baby play for a few hours scared me to death... until now!

Don't get me wrong and mistake my happiness for something other than what it is... But you have to understand that for 19 months now, I have been nothing more than a stay at home mom and girl friend. Not that I haven't loved every single second of it, because I have! But a little break here and there will only keep me sane a little longer! If you don't have children or ever been a full time stay at home mom then you have no idea what I'm talking about.. Therefor, you might just think I'm the devil for what I'm about to say!

Daycare = Vacation !!!!! Whooo Hooo!!! Who ever thought of dropping your child off to play with other children and being supervised by a few middle aged women is noting more than a total life saving, genius!!

Today was my sweet darling Princess, Eva's first day at daycare. I didn't understand a word that the ladies were saying so I let Mama Isa do all the talking... Because I had no other choice! We sat and watched her play (when I say play I actually mean take all the toys to her self) and she loved it! I was so happy to see that this daycare thing was not so bad after all but a great start for Mommy to have a few hours two times a week to do absolutely whatever she feels like :)

Getting in the swing of things

So we have been here a little more than a week and so far have had a really good time! I've stayed with Nathalie twice in her mansion in Marseille :) , been sailing, to the beach, seen lots of friends, took Eva to the zoo (which was more like a hike on the side of a mountain trying to find animals) and to the market... Pretty good time so far :D

Living with the inlaws isn't so bad after all... Eva loves them both to death and they are really great with her! With this big house and huge garden, I would never survive without them! I just cant keep up with the kid! I need at least 5 more of me! But Pappie is careful and easy and Mammie is loving and likes to spoil... They speak English and are easy to get along with and I guess I'm pretty lucky after all :)

Next step is to learn French!!! Then I'll know if they feel the same way about me ;) or ....do I want to know????!!!

Day 1

After a 9 hour flight to Amsterdam, proving to security that my child was indeed mine and not stolen, a two hour flight to Marseilles and not sleeping in 20 hours, I was ready to throw the towel in! It was rough but we finally made it!
The inlaws were at the airport waiting on us with "bisous". You know, the fancy little kisses you always see the people on TV doing. Its actually not as easy as it looks... there are rules to this bisous thing and anyway, that's another blog!

We arrived to out "new home" celebrated with a little local wine in the middle of the day (real French style) and watched Eva explore the garden and drag around her new best friend... her Pappie :)

Jet lag!!!!!!!!!! EHHH!!! Eva and I are finally on French time! (6 hours ahead of the USA)

Great News!! We're moving!!

So, those I talk to regularly knew that my family and I had planned a vacation to France to visit the inlaws for 2 months. Five days before time to go.... (Adrien)"Baby, I have some news! My visa got denied so looks like we're moving to France!!" WOW! Just like that!! First thinking he was joking... soon realizing that he was for real! I don't think that the shock actually set in until the day before time to leave. I knew that it had because I hadn't really stated packing and everything that Adrien said to me, I had to disagree with. Just being the typical hysterical woman that just finds out that she is having to move to the other side of the world and doesn't even speak the countries language! But worse, having to leave most of my precious shoes!!!!!

Five days later I'm on a plane with everything that I could pack up into 6 suitcases,with Eva, on my way to France! But not just moving to France. In France, living with my inlaws!