Month: February 2018

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Hospitals, Wine, and Port-a-Potties. (Say WHAT?)

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

We’ve been in France 13 weeks.  Tanner knows more French medical words than French business words.  The nurses in the hospital recognize him by sight – on several shifts.  We intimately know our way around the cardiology floors of the hospital.  And we know which rooms have better views.  The cardiologist recognized me by name in the hallway.

Room with a View, even if it IS snowing outside!

2nd time’s the charm, they say.  Tanner told them there would be no 3rd time! Two heart surgeries within 4 weeks.  This, too, shall pass!  My husband is amazing.  [Mattel’s hot ticket in 1976 was PULSAR: MAN OF ADVENTURE.  He looks like Race Bannon to me.  Comment me if you know who that is.  🙂  HAHA.]

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WALK (at least) A MILE IN MY SHOES…

This is a pictorial of my day….wearing out my shoes. If you like Elvis, go ahead and hit “play” (music to read blogs by).  If you don’t (I don’t either), skip the tunes!

PLEASE- take your shoes off – and slip mine on!  Put yourself in my shoes!

I told Collette (oui, very French – the boss’ wife) that I would come visit her….and being an URBANITE without wheels, I decided to take the bus for my first time in France!

Moveit is a transportation/GPS app on my smartphone  that is designed to plot out your journey, either driving, walking, or on public transportation. WARNING! THIS APP DOESN’T KNOW ITS HEAD FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND.

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My French Sucks.

 Here’s what I know about myself.  I am one of those people who is really good as an advanced beginner (or intermediate, depending on the subject) – but I don’t like being at the bottom of the next level up!  As in skiing — and tap dancing — and FRENCH!

My French:  

vs. French conversation class today:

How can I learn FRENCH when I don’t even know what “future perfect continuous” tenses are in ENGLISH?!?!   I have been humbled. And I don’t like it.  WAAAYYYYYY out of my comfort zone.  Maybe the French language has 40% fewer words than English, but I have such a long way to go.  I believe the word in English is DAUNTING.

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