my counter just hit 42 days. which translates into six weeks. which doesn't seem like a hell of a long time. According to this, I could complete an entire body makeover in that time. Also, sixweeksrecords is recognizing my pending adventure with a commemorative album in my likeness. Maybe I will celebrate by watching this maudlin movie of the same name and remind myself that not ALL American film is better than the French.
I'm going to start documenting the countdown. with photos, I think. soon, soon.
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- Non Je Ne Regrette Rien
- France
- I'm a somewhat contrary woman who, in March of 2008, decided to leave corporate life behind and pursue a dream. The resulting misadventures are documented here, as I reinvent my life in France. On a side note, I write as I speak ... lots of run-on sentences, misapplied ellipses and unexpectedly plentiful parenthetical pauses. This is unlikely to change.
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My boutique in Brantôme, France
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My daughter's décor boutique in Berkeley, California
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when the dog bites. when the bee stings.
- a pretty how town
- chez rigsby
- citizen of the month
- david lebovitz
- diary of amy rigby
- foreign parts
- funkalicious blogsite of my cynical cousin Nate
- l'ennui mélodieux
- margaux motin (nouvelle! mon premier link pour un blog de francais!)
- non-working monkey
- our juicy life (notre vie juteuse)
- pease pudding
- the bloggess
- utah savage
time for some international dreaming.
- absolutely the BEST European lodging guide ever - Alastair Sawday
- americans in france
- best collection of tales about France
- browse properties for sale in France: primelocation.com
- buy or sell homes abroad
- Cadogan, my favorite guide about my new region, the Dordogne and the Périgord Vert
- everything you need to know about everywhere
- french entree ~ resource link for the languedoc region
- I found my real estate agent here
- le Moulin Neuf, Robert & Stuart's calming B&B retreat in the heart of the Dordogne
- newsletters from gay Pa-ree!
- slang of the week: MOODS! (talk french like the cool kids do.)
- Summary of my tips for choosing a mover, moving your pets and getting your visa/carte de sejour (ca. 2007)
- what the hell is *je ne regrette rien*, you ask?
best of Brantôme & surrounds
- about the village of Brantôme
- Au Fil de l'Eau restaurant
- Au Fil du Temps restaurant
- la récré gourmande
- le Bistrot St. Pierre
- les freres Charbonnel
- Moulin de l'Abbaye (Michelin star restaurant)
- Roda restaurant (Champagnac-de-Belair, 5 min from Brantome)
- the affordable Hotel Alienor
- Hotel Restaurant le Jardin des Chouchoux
- Rosé et Ciboulette restaurant (a favorite; fresh dishes fait maison)
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- six weeks.
- this should come in handy.
- don't leave home without it!
- family heirloom.
- trip down memory lane.
- third time's a charm.
- recently renounced my devout atheism.
- new blog for our shop.
- honey, I shrunk the list!
- and now, for a flight of fancy....conchord style
- une jardinière.
- miracle on 65th street.
- wherein I take on the killer zombie things. outco...
- nice ass plan. summer's on its way.
- where there's a will, there's a way.
- did I mention?
- Fête des Mères
- said offspring.
- happy birthday to her. happy mother's day to me.
- I need some magic.
- Air Born
- chick's tool box ... this is how I roll ...
- eat. pray. love.
- doggie language.
- freakishly puzzling, sometimes insulting emails.
- don't rain on my parade.
- bruniquel.
- feeling a bit silly.
- I voted today.
- blogeagues.
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une poésie écrite pour moi.
Air Born.
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
Is on a bridge above the clouds, is air born
Is Marie Marvingt in a biplane, humming Gnome spitting oil
Shuddering wires, the church spires
Bleriot looking up, his felt hat black
An ant, a speck of coal
They take your bags and scan them
You hire a car, this was the dream and now
You've simply gone too far to be lost in self doubt
There is only the impending, compelling, spinning propelling how
The distance leaves a wispy trail, the turning of the wheel
the Fata Morgana highway, cloudward on the Millau
And therefore you must go on, therefore you must
Embrace every moment, not like hired help checking coats
Not like the mud-locked fisherman staring though unknowing,
Envy-filled at a parade of powered boats,
But eyes full of sky.
-Jonathon Grimes
rencontrez mes héroïnes et héros
- Miller and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity and The Fuller Center for Housing
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a dream of equality for all
- Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Visionary for a Poverty-Free World
- Kiva, Loans that Change Lives
- Wangari Maathai, Kenyan Nobel Laureate.
- Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian Photojournalist
9 comments:
yes...do document the countdown. 42 days...I want it to be 42 days for us...by alas, it's something like 142 days. When did you start the counter?
ok - just had to come back and correct my date...we started the countdown on our blog at 145 days...it's now at 114 days...that makes me feel better. Our big celebration will be 90 days.
OJL ~ 114! wahoo, I remember when you were at 145! I think I started mine around 115 or so; I've only had this blog since 3/21. and it took me awhile to find various widgets and gadgets and stuff! Six weeks!!! just think, soon after I leave ... YOU guys will be at six weeks!
I haven't put a count down widget on my blog as I am not sure of our exact date of our departure. We are hoping to leave August 4th, but many things will decide that, including if there is room on the plane. We are flying with airline employee vouchers and that means we don't get a guaranteed reservation--but we do get business class for $400. All that said, if we leave on the 4th we have 64 days until we leave. That seems so soon.
So, B leaves first. Then JNRR, you leave and then me and then OJL. This countdown is so very exciting. And, JNRR, I am looking forward to you documenting the countdown! I am so excited for you!!! You are really doing this. We are all really doing this. Yay, us!!:-)
Like LBR, I'm not sure of our departure, but with 1/3 of the family there already, i know it's happening. I am quitting my job on July 4th - have yet to tell the boss the date tho' Anyway. A counter, yes, I'll look into that after i start actually posting on my blog! ;-)
How does one document a countdown?
F.o.t.-I'm thinking it would involve photos of my remaining days in the US ... along with my usual blatherings. Hmmm...I'm open for suggestions - maybe the photos include the day's 'number' until I arrive at zero?
or you could do a video of you saying.
10 days to go
9 days to go
.....
i abhor photos of myself...but maybe audio??? *smile*
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