"That cursed beast liked the taste of me so well he's followed me ever since, licking his chops for the rest of me."

Yep, that is right. 3 whole pictures and even they are pushing it. I am sorry. Some weeks are just slow, you know? And some cameras are just broken...... :)

Well, these past few days have been good. On Monday Amelia and I cleaned out our room! Finally! I mean it is REALLY clean! I haven't seen it like that since I got here. It is so nice! The floor is swept and everything. We have even managed to keep it clean since then :). We are just the best. On Monday night I had my Solfege class. Things are getting harder and I don't know enough French to understand everything that the teacher says. Thank goodness for Amelia. I would be a mess without her. Usually I can just try to do whatever the other students are doing and then I figure it out, but lately it isn't working so well. It is ok though... I am glad I am learning something even if it isn't until I go through it afterwards with Amelia :). So then... after my Solfege class I went to the Institute Building for F.H.E. Usually I don't go because I will get there so late that everyone will have left, but that night they were playing Just Dance 2. So I knew they would be there pretty late. It was a lot of fun. The second one is much harder than the first one. The boys who were playing it for a while got all sweaty and out of breath :). I tell you, that game is a work out. It is so great though. Personally, I haven't yet got all sweaty from playing it, but I am probably not dancing as hard as the rest of them. It is super fun though. I am glad I went. Everyone was having fun. I love watching the boys dance to the really girly songs :). They really should be embarrassed but I am so glad they aren't. They get really into it.... :)

Well, this is the dress I bought for Hannah. I looked and looked and finally decided on this one. Isn't it lovely? I love it. I just had to try it on. I didn't love it so much until I did. I think I made a good choice. I hope she loves it. (Do you see that? You can actually see the floor in this picture!)

Well, on Tuesday morning, Guillaume picked me up at 8:30 and we went to IKEA. Amelia had an English Class to teach and then had to practice Cello so she couldn't come :(. We had a really good time though. He got some red drawers and some more shelves for his house/room :). He says it is really "tidy" now :). I am happy for him. I know it drives him crazy to live in a cramped and messy house. So yeah... it was really fun. He bought 3 donuts from IKEA and we brought them back and ate them with Amelia :). It was just a great day...... all around. I got to practice piano for a little bit before my lesson. I was a little bit dreading the lesson because I didn't think I had really gone anywhere with the songs, but by some miracle I played them much better in the lesson than during practice. I didn't feel like such a loser afterward :). Also, I love Celine. I will say it a thousand times...... Did I ever mention that she studied in the Paris Conservatory? That is a big deal! Only the best get in there!

On Wednesday at 9:00, Guillaume came to get me so we could go buy the ingredients for Rice Crispy Treats. Heehee. Originally the plan was for me to walk to his house and then we leave from there, but then he decided he would just come pick me up. Good thing he did because when he rang the doorbell at 9:00, Amelia and I jumped out of bed and hurried and got dressed.. ish. Heehee. I was just dreaming away! I definitely wouldn't have been at his house at 9:00, that is for sure! Hahaha, he is good though. I think he is just used to us always being unorganized and late for things that he doesn't care so much :). Well, we went to Auchan and bought the ingredients and then came back home and made them while Amelia was teaching another English Class. Then, we snarfed. They were delicious. I think I probably ate 30 of them. I felt so sick.....

Good times, good times..... These are just the greatest people.....

Now I would like to send a message out to Curty, my blogger buddy. Thank you for the Banana Bread recipe. I definitely love Smittenkitchen also. (To all of you human beings out there, if you ever need a delicious recipe, go there first. It has changed my life....) I have some bad news though. France hasn't yet discovered brown sugar. I don't understand how they can live without it. I have had a pretty hard time with it, let me tell you! So, pretty much I am saying that I have been searching for a recipe that will be delicious with only white sugar. I guess I could just try yours anyway but just substitute. Sigh........... what is this world coming to?

Well, last night was pretty slow. We didn't really do that much. Amelia was off in one room and I was trying to get warm in our room. I decided to watch a movie. Well, I picked the only movie of theirs that I haven't seen.... I think it is called Just Like Heaven. On the box the title was in French so I can't be sure. "Et si c'etait vrai...." ("And if it was real/true...." Maybe.... something like that I think.) Anyway, it was alright. I tried my hardest but I really couldn't find the main guy very attractive.... inside or out. Call me shallow if you want, but that is a big deal for me. Otherwise I can't really get into the movie.... heehee. Why am I even talking about this?! :D Well, there you go. Now you know another completely useless fact about me. Lucky.....

Well, today was really slow. Last night before we fell asleep she asked me what time I wanted to be woken up. I said 8:00. Well, we both heard the alarm this morning.... but we actually ended up waking up at 10:00. Hahaha... I think that happens EVERY time she asks what time I want to be woken up. It is like a curse. I had better tell her to stop because it ends up wasting half the day. Well, I got up went to buy a baguette....mmmmm. It had been too long since I had had one. Then we scarfed... obviously. Well, I went to go practice at the church today, but.... there was this huge missionary something going on and every room with a piano was full. Lame. So, I had to turn right around and go back home. Another day without practicing :S. I stopped off at Auchan and bought a Pain au Chocolate. Mmmmmm. Delicious. Apparently Bros. Weyland (Tanner and Benjamin) once brought one home to mom and she ate the whole thing. My mom has self control like NO OTHER when it comes to sweeties so that means a lot. I have been needing one ever since I heard the story. Today was the day for it. Needless to say, it was delicious! I made a good decision.

So, lately Amelia and I have been talking about Audrey Hepburn movies. First of all, I love Audrey Hepburn. Basically I wish I was her, but... beggars can't be choosers :). Did you all know she had a pet deer named Pippin? I am completely serious... Now, she is your favorite too :). Well, pretty much we have decided how we think it is dumb how she seems to often get put with ugly old guys (exception: Gregory Peck... I am in love with him). What is the deal with that anyway? A lot of old movies are that way actually. Did they have no young, attractive actors back in the day? I think it is a little odd, but.... if we are being honest, I love the movies anyway. Also if we are being honest, I think Humphrey Bogart is ugly. I do love a lot of his movies though, which just proves me ENTIRELY wrong about what I said earlier.... I'm sorry you guys. I am just as useless as a... I can't think of anything that is completely useless. If you think of one, that is me... Also, I would like to acknowledge that at the same time, there are a lot of attractive men on old movies.... Yes, I know I am an imbecile..... Shut up, Lindsay. You are making no sense.... Ok, what I am trying to say is, it bugs me when they put Audrey Hepburn with ugly guys. They don't deserve her. That is all. (I was thinking of deleting this whole paragraph but... I will leave it up to amuse you. Also, to fill up space.)

So, as I mentioned forever ago, it seems to me that every single person in France smokes! Apparently they don't because Amelia was telling me that it used to be way worse a few years ago. I don't even like to think about that..... Well anyway, I hate it. I can just feel the lung cancer coming on. Well, the only times that it is ok is when I see an old man smoking a pipe :). It just reminds me of Lord of the Rings... or Dane. He always said if he ever smoked (which we all know he never would. Just clarifying....) he would smoke a pipe. I can only agree. Also, I just love seeing little short old men dressed in plaid pants with a little hat on and using a cane. They have some cute old people here. I love it.

Well, I guess should stop rambling. I need to head to Institute......

Here is a quote.

- "The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another; and his humblest hour is when he compares the volume as it is with what he vowed to make it."

- J.M. Barrie (genius)