Je suis l'apprentissage du français.(I am learning French.)

Je suis l'apprentissage du français.
Pourquoi, me direz-vous. Parce que je veux.

I am learning French. Why you may ask. Because I want to!

I have been dreaming of strolling down the streets of Paris for quite some time now. I have been fascinated by the French language and culture for what seems like a lifetime. Thanks to things like Sex and the City, Moulin Rouge and Paris, je t'aime my interest has been intensified.

I have become addicted to the French club music on Radio365.com and have checked out several books, cd's and cassettes to learn French. I never took it in high school so I am literally teaching myself.

I love the sound of the words as the roll of the tongues of natives. My husband calls it the language of phlegm while I think it is exquisite.

So I will continue my occasional comments in very poor French as I dance my way through this rich and romantic language.

(Donc je continuerai mes remarques occasionnelles en très mauvais français que je danse mon chemin à travers cette langue riche et romantique.)

An update from a "little late, but not to little"…

Well, it has been a smidgen over a month since I declared this year I would change my outlook and let the rest fall into place. Well, it is working!

I have not been dieting, but have been more conscious of what I eat and drink. In doing so I have inadvertently lost 12 pounds! The biggest change is how my clothes are fitting. I noticed that my pants were looser all over. That is because I managed to lose 4 inches in my waist and 12 inches in my hips!

Mind you the only thing I have changed is that I love myself more. Have I stopped eating ice cream or chocolate? Nope, if I want it I eat it. I am finding the happier I am with myself the less likely I am to gorge on crappy bad for me foods. In fact I have a beautiful King Cake that my boss got me in celebration of Mardi Gras and I fully intend on enjoying it!

So does happier = healthier? I am beginning to wonder why I didn't try this sooner.