Life

Ever feel like you just don't know what is really going on in your life?? Little lost? Little hopeless? Little like this just isn't really what you had seen when you were growing up and you have it all "planned out"?? Ok, so thats me now!!

I never knew that having the love of my life being French would come with a long list of "Just To Make Your Life A Little More Complicated Encase It Wasn't Already" of things.

First. Only can be in his country for 90 days at a time (as we're not hitched).
Second. The French Chamber of Commerce wants proof of health insurance to apply for a visa (which allows you to be in a country for longer than that legally and so on).
Third. Well, I don't have health insurance!!
Fourth. The soones appointment they can see me is 4 days before I am supposed to return to France and it takes 3 weeks to get the visa!!!!
Fifth. I'm not really sure that my $1000 plane ticket is so "date flexable friendly".

And the list just goes on and on and on.... So what do you do when your stuck in this position?? Sure, getting married would solve 90% of the problems but who gets married just to make things easier? Most people and most people also end of divorced!

What to do?? What to do?? Any suggestions???

J'tame Paris

We decided to take a little Bon le Petit Voyage Romantique to Paris <3
Eva would stay with her Mammie and Pappie in the south of France and Adrien and I would go stay a full 3 days 2 nights in the city of love! As for Eva, when I returned she was still alive... as for "City of Love", lets just say we spent a lot of time on the tube, also known as the subway...
I've been to Paris before so we didn't have to do all the too touristy things... But of course, its not going to Paris if you don't see the Eiffel Tower and take a stroll down the Chaumps-Elysees to dream about shopping in all of the so expensive with one item purchase it would drain the average persons bank account, stores! Unfourtunaetly for me, I only get to look at those stores... as for my Pretty little French Boyfriend... we won't go there! Sometimes life is just not fair!

Shall we move on???

The Ice Kube!! Nearly as far as the tube will take you without being out of Paris, located in the Indian district middle of-looks like no where. Down a little Chemin that you would never notice in the day light more less never find in the night, is a super posh metro style hotel known as, The Ice Kube. And ice is excalitly what it is! For 40 Euros you can go in, get 4 Grey Goose cocktails and spend 30 minutes of your life in a bar of nothing but ice! Fun? Yes! Expensive? Yes! Cocktails? Yuck! Fun? Oh yes! Will I do it again? Probably not! But for sure, it was lots of fun and my dear little French friend, Ju came along :)

Some girls say diamonds are a way to the heart but for me, I prefer CHOCOLATE!!! Well, thats probably because I've never got a huge diamond before... When I do, I may reconsider..
Salon Du Chocolat!!!! The largest chocolate convention in the world! You better beleive I was there!! It was everywhere!!! I was in heaven! The thought of it now just makes my mouth water! Fountains, sculptures, chocolate butter, jams, clothing, wine, liquor, cups, soaps, truffels, dumplings.... the list goes on and on!! Everything chocolate!!! From every part of the world and every flavor you could ever dream of! Chocolate cheese for crying out loud!!

I also got to spend an evening with some of my most favorite French Amis!! I missed my Nat and Anne-C but next time :)

Do like the French & STRIKE

A few weeks ago my father inlaw says, "Be really careful with the gas, there is a scheduled strike so gas may be low...." Not really knowing the extent of this until my mother inlaw says, "Jean-Mark (father inlaw) is working from home this week to save gas and to monitor our usage.... " Considering he is a very careful man, I still didn't thing too much about it....
Next day, watching the news. It looks like a crazy zombie movie where the army is spraying the people in the streets with water to keep them back because they are going completely mad!! I mean, burning fire in the streets, jumping on random cars and smashing in the windows! MAD!!! And its not even like old people, its mostly young! For what you ask??? Social Security!!

Apparently the government here is trying to raise the retirement age to 65. So far they are standing their ground but I was told that the people will stay on strike until they get what they want!
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22nd Birthday

When I was 20, I couldn't wait to be 21... When I was 21, I thought it would be cool to be 22... until I turned 22! Now I am realizing that I am just getting old!!!

Luckly, I have amazing frineds here in France who celebrated my day with me and it turned out to be one of the best birthdays I have had yet!

We went to a fondue restarunt, which was as good as it was fun! Then off to a little bar where I was forced to wear a confetti blonde bob wig and then attacked with confetti! This was followed by several glasses of champagne, cake and presents :)
Next, night club!! This is where I realized just how old 22 actually feels!

Entering the night club, I was feeling pretty good! One drink in the night club... It's all good! Mama can handle this! Um.. did anyone see Isa? Oh yea! We lost her!
I think I need another drink.... two down... I'm down!! Literally! Sleeping on the sidewalk!! How I made it back to the taxi stop is beond me! According to the pictures, I must have been sleep walking because my eyes were closed the entire time!!

And then... my brand new iphone4.... gone! Just like that! Left it in the taxi :(

Potty Time!!

My sweet little Princess is only 19 months old and is already telling me when she wants to go potty!!!!!!!!!!

She is growing up way too fast!! I am so proud of her but I'm scared to see whats next!

I would give you fellow Mommies some tips... but really, it's all her!
I leave the potty where she can see it and just started asking her when I would change her dippar if she needed to potty and sure enough... now she's telling me!!

She tried to kill me.... again!

My mommy in law has an International Hiking Group here in France... I had went on a few hikes last year and well... I hated it!! So feeling a little more adventerous, I thought I would give it another try!

I loved it!! I mean sure, it was more like rock climbing than hiking... steep, sharp rocks, knowing that one wrong step and down the cliff you go into the sea!!! Yeah, it was amazing! Finally reaching the top and seeing just how beautiful something could be! I vote to add this very spot to be a new wonder of the world!
And... good excerise as well!!

Take a look at the hike today :) And then... be jealous !

Easily distracted when driving

So here I am, in a hurry as usual... on my way to work on one of these darn country France roads which is barly big enough for two cars! I know that after this huge curve there is a bridge only big enough for one car (you can only see the other car when you get to the bridge)... So here I am, coming around the curve... here I go... and I see a huge white van on the side of the road next to the bridge... At first, distracted by the size of the van (every car here is so small) but then even more distracted by the man peeing behind the van into the creek (which happens to be the natural water supply for the village)! So of course I am not looking at the bridge! I am in shock that this man would not only be peeing in the open but into the creek!!

BEEEEEPPP!!!!!!

Oh NOOO!!! A CAR!!! CRASH!!!!

Lucky for me, I crashed into the guard rail and not the little black car with a too cute for his own good, little guy driving!

He stops. I reverse. He steps out of his car. I jump out of mine totally embarrassed . I'm unsure if he speaks english so the only thing I can do is say, "That stupid man was peeing" along with hand gestures of well, a man peeing!

Totally embarrassed! He was totally laughing and the look on the man peeings face was priceless! I hope he learned a lesson!!