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Life in France
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01.01.07Happy New Year!I don't know if I will be able to stay awake long enough to watch the big apple (or whatever is used now) drop in New York on t.v. tonight bringing in the New Year. We took Angel back to her father today. We left at 8 AM this morning and only got back a little after 5 PM. We stopped to walk a little in Louisville and another time to eat. For the most part it was a straight drive there and back. We are a bit tired. Correction. Vilay and I ...
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12.21.06Making my own luckI have been reading some of my old posts to try and find my voice again. I think that it is helping. Once we moved from our apartment in Strasbourg into my husband's parents home, I lost my heart for writing. I want it back. I know that I miss France and that it will never go away. I know this because I have been reading my old posts about missing America and how I would think about and miss America every day that I was living in France. You can read one of my favorite posts here. I am happy today. ...
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12.21.06Jeanne d’Arc - Joan of ArcSaint Maurice church, Strasbourg. Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) is the patron saint of our family. Whenever, I feel my family needs protection or special guidance I pray to her. I have always admired her story and the history of her bravery. I most of all admired how she believed without faulter in God and loved France. She saved France. We have stood in the house of her birth and the church she worship in. We have walked through her small village and looked across the soft hills around it. While standing with a four year old Angel ...
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12.10.06France 24Do you want to watch a French international newschannel live? France 24 is available 24 hours a day each day of the week LIVE on the internet. Click here for French version. Click here for English version. Click here for Arabic version. Never a bad idea to have another perspective on world news.
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12.07.06Shamelessly telling it allI miss France. Period. If it weren't for Angel we would go back even if we couldn't buy a house or live beyond paycheck to paycheck. Why? I fell in love with France. I love France. Yes, I am American. Yes, I love America. Yet, the lifestyle in America is empty. There seems to be not much beyond all the materalism. I understand that I am speaking from a stand point of living in Ohio. Ohio is pretty boring when it comes to states. I admit it. I hope and I have the feeling that life in Florida will be much ...
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11.05.06Missing the life of an expatA guy that I work with asked me what I missed the most about living in France. I, at first, told him that I missed the food and culture. I missed the history. I missed visiting neighboring countries. You know. All the typical things. All the things that I do miss. However, last night while we were once again working together, I told him that I had been thinking about his question. And, that I had a better and more honest answer. I told him that what I missed the most was living the life of an expat. I missed being the sexy ...
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09.29.06Radar of the most important kindWe took the kids to a park the other day. It is a park that Vilay has always liked and I have never really found so wonderful. I'll get to why in a bit. We let the kids run and jump and play on the play equipment for about an hour. Afterwards, we took a walk around the man made lake which is actually very pretty. It was towards the end of our walk around this lake that I remembered why I wasn't so very fond of this park. The girls were admiring the many ...
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08.31.06If it costs more it must be better?!?The other night I was talking with my mother's neighbor who is a woman about the same age as me and she has four children like I do. We were talking about how each birth was different and about the care that we received at the hospitals where we delivered. I had to hold my tongue when she told me that America has the best health care in the world and that must be why it is so expensive. I simply responded that France has wonderful health care and it is free. I just could not believe that ...
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08.30.06French twist with powdered sugar on topBeing married to a Frenchman is a wonderful and beautiful thing. Well, except for the fact that Frenchmen are in many ways just like all the other men in the world. I think it is best if I don't get into the whole I man, you woman thing for now though. However, I would like to talk about some of the cultural things. My husband and I have arguements over little stupid things which cause some of the biggest and nastiest word slinging fights. Just an hour ago it was over donuts. My mother had gotten my kids powdered donuts for ...
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08.26.06Homesick, againI am homesick for France. I knew it would happen. I just miss France. Just because I talk about things I don't like in France doesn't mean that I stopped loving her just as much as I always did. I talked often on this blog about things that I didn't agree with in the States...however, I am and always will be American. I love both my countries. I am blessed to have two countries and cursed to always miss one of them. I hope that I can visit France within three years. I can't imagine going longer without knowing her ...
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