Inspired by Pepe Le Pew, my dear husband let his romantic sensibilities get the better of him while in France and Switzerland.

Upon getting the mail today, I discovered this postcard... the English translation is very amusing! That said, I won't translate it for you. N gave me permission to post this as I think he wants it known that just like Leon, he has a way with "the ladies"

Well, week one alone is at a close and it went by really fast. I managed to paint all three of our bedroom dressers. I'd take a picture but Neil is gallivanting around Switzerland and France with our camera (and at this point in time has taken exactly 1 picture and it was once again from his bedroom window... grrr... don't even get me started....) It took one priming coat and THREE coats of paint but in the end I'm happy with the result. Apparently, I am not much for selecting colours as both this time and last time I did not get exactly the colour I thought I was going to get and if I'm completely honest, I am a bit bummed out by that... but I'll get over it and in the end, I think the overall change was so far on the plus side that I really can't complain. I learned that cabinet hardware is really really expensive. I didn't realize that if you want some moderately nice drawer handles they can run btw $5-10 each. To replace them on the one dresser, I'd have needed 9 new handles so in the end I bought some metallic spray paint and refinished the old ones. It worked out way better than I ever expected.

While I have no plans for the weekend, N is planning to go skiing this weekend in the Jura's (a mountain chain in Switzerland -- he's closer to them than the Alps). I think it would help if people were to comment that it is RIDICULOUS to be in Europe and only be taking pictures from bedroom windows!! From my research, I have concluded that Geneva looks BEAUTIFUL!! See below:
When he went in September he send me about 10 pictures -- 5 were of CERN (the lab he is working at) and the other 5 were from his bedroom window. See below:
So please please send encouragement that N should take more pictures!! Did I mention that he may even be learning to drive stick over there... He's never driven anything but an automatic and I think watching him learn could be hilarious. I've already told him that someone needs to make a video of it for me...

N is in Switzerland/France and I am here in Toronto (pout).

If he is at his apartment, he's in France. If he's at work, he's in Switzerland -- how cool is that!