animals of the house

Simba

Millie

Maya

Fiscelle



I, personally like Millie the best but I seem to be slightly allergic to cats so for the most part I steer clear of them although they are adorable when they fight and play together. Millie and Simba are siblings from the same litter born to Aurore's original cat who was mean to her kittens so she went to live with someone else and originally they were only going to keep Simba but the person who wanted Millie backed out so they have Millie too.

battered and bruised!!!

soccer was crazy, i think i confused it with gymnastics because for some reason I kept doing somersaults and I think I hurt my right knee a little because it's all bruised and swollen and my hands are all scraped and I have two scrapes and bruises on my hips and both my elbows and it took forever to get the dirt off, I still had some dirt this morning. Soccer was two hours and it was pitch black but lit up with white lights so it was really cool. They play half our fields and only 6 people and a goalie. They need a defense so they have room for me on the team and everyone was really nice. IT was really hardcore, we did atleast 10 laps of the pitch, knees up, heels up, shuffle to the side, etc. etc. sprinting and all that jazz and that was half an hour and then one hour of drills which took forever to explain and I got them all wrong and then a half hour scrimmage which resulted in more scrapes, pain and missing the ball and then at the very end I finally blocked some shots so I felt slightly proud but it was way more of a grimace than a smile!!! I am by far the worst on the team, I am always missing it and everyone laughs at me (but nice laughing I think) all in all it was amazing and when I get back to Canada I'll kick all your asses because the Frenchies will have taught me!!! I'll also be incredibly fit and ready for the Canadian soccer season!!!!!

The best part was that it was really alive and amazing and it felt nice to do something, to move and to be a part of something but I am definitly going to be tired on Wednesdays because in the morning at school I have a 2 hour gym period and here gym is more intense and then I have a 2 hour soccer training period (what there called) in the evening and I don't walk in the door or get a chance to eat anything until 9 15 and I leave at 7 30...yaay :D

Love you,
Jane

A Bientot!!!

A day without a blog from Jane??? NEVER!!! Atleast, not until I start school on Monday and get home late and leave early and have absolutely no energy. But for now, absolutely. This is just a quick hello and update. Today Aurore and I made peanut butter cookies, played soccer, played cards, ate lunch with friends and went to see Contre-Enquete a really good French thriller that if it ever comes to Canada everybody must see!!!! Absolutely amazing, the theatre was so quaint and adorable and I felt like I had been taken back several centuries....ahhh, the cookies turned out great despite the fact they lacked baking soda, salt and the vanilla wasn't liquid vanilla but little flakes and the brown sugar was weird and everybody liked them and was like, oooooh pb!! It made me laugh and after eating lots I made myself stop because there are already enough tempting French goodies. At the moment I am slightly nervous but very excited because I am leaving for my first soccer practice with my new team in two minutes, quite literally, and it is the first time in France that I'll have done something brand new without Aurore or any other Jurie-Joly's support and that's very weird but also very nice. So, I leave you now with the promise that once I find my camera I will show you pictures of all the animals and tell you all about the merangues Philippe is makign and the crazy friends and family that are coming tomorrow 30 PEOPLE!!! oh la la!!! -Philippe's favourite saying and all about SOCCER!!! or football, yahhhh I already saw the stadium and it's for horse races too and it's absolutely gorgeous and I guess that's the upside of being in a country obsessed with soccer. Anyhoooo, school starts Monday and guess who's excited?????

The one where Jane shares dead chicken/guinea fowl pictures

http://www.kodakgallery.fr/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=1zx0pmfh.7td8pyst&Uy=ps4imw&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=288142650100_941976545133

Not for those with weak stomachs!!!

Death Day

Today we killed chickens. And the guinea fowl. I'll attach all the disgustingly fascinating pictures in an album and only put up one here to save your stomachs.

Mumma's Bowl

The inside of the Provencal bowl I bought for mum.

(There are two identical ones fyi)

You are all very blessed and very lucky to have such a nice ___ (fill in the blank with the appropriate) to constantly keep you updated as I do

I realize it might seem like I spend more time on the computer than I actually do in France but I beg to differ. I am just exceedingly good at finding little moments, like now, to sit down and tell you about whats going on. Also, it helps me to make sure that not a single itty bitty detail gets lost en route. Or in translation. For the last hour I have been helping Sylvie set the table, make pie crust and cook our quiche for dinner and in walks Philippe and I ask him about this recipe I want and he says its very hard but he'll make it with me and then I'll write it down as we go and then he says that if I have such a keen interest in cooking he's going to teach me and truthfully? Philippe is an excellent excellent excellent cook and he's taken such an interest now that I've taken an interest in his hobby and for the last hour he's been teaching me how to make homeade mayonnaise and telling me about all the things we're going to cook and that I'm going to try..... he loves me!!! (or rather he loves that I eat whatever he gives me except for olives and corn!!) And then he showed me his two extra kitchens and went on and on and on until I was rolling my eyes and he was laughing and I have to say that I am having almost as many low moments as last time but what makes it all bearable is that at the end of the day I have had more good moments than bad, I feel alright and my low moments passed quickly and I can always find something in the very near future to bring my spirits back up.
Love you all and until tomorrow then!!!
Jane
xoxoxo