Hi! I’m happy to announce that Oui In France is officially here!
Why start a new blog? For a couple of reasons:
- Since 2009 when I started blogging, my life has changed a lot! I moved back to the U.S., got married, moved back to France and more. Starting up a new blog seemed to be right in line with this new chapter in my life.
- I really enjoy blogging and wanted to get back to it.
- I wanted a new place to share my life with friends and family.
- To sharpen my WordPress skills. Not as easy as it looks!
- Why not?
This blog is something I can be proud of, something to ground me, an outlet, a place to connect, a sounding board, and most of all, something fun! Maybe I wanted to prove to myself that I could actually DO this and gain loyal readers that have a genuine interest in what I have to say. Or maybe it’s because I want some sort of validation that I don’t get from the work I do in my day job. Or maybe it’s just because I wanted to embark on a new project – something fun and exciting that allows me to share my life with all of you. Whatever the reason(s), know that Oui In France is something I believe in and believing in yourself is half the battle in life…
Keep reading!
Here are some posts that are coming soon:
What I miss most/least about life in the U.S., our wedding feature in Marie Claire’s Mariages magazine, why the post office is ridiculous, why McDonald’s is awesome in France, what’s more/less expensive in France, the problem with dog poop, Dagny’s switch to a raw food diet and a LOT more!
So as I get going, please bear with me if something doesn’t look right (new blogs aren’t easy!). Right now, everything is bare bones and I promise I’ll do my best to use all the cool features and beef things up. Oh, and if you’re reading this, would you please leave me a comment?
Until next time, be well….
-D
Nice to meet to Diane! great looking site! Cannot wait to hear more about your newlywed adventures in France with Dagny!
Where about are you living in France? Wea re in Capestang, close to Beziers.
I will be checking back to see whats new!
Eva 🙂
Thank you — we’re in the Loire Valley!
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Oh, these first posts are so great! Nice to see how far all of us have come, right?! Fun to see you on the link-ups, as always, Diane!
Thank you, I have to read some of the other first posts this week. 😉
Thank you so much for joining in with #MyFIrstBlogPost and nice to see someone who has been blogging for a good long time! I am loving all the variety on posts linked up too.
Seems like a very good reason to start a new blog, a new chapter in your life, Sounds all rather hectic the moving, marying and moving again, but glad to see things are now settled.
why do i have this life diane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auVZKcxV7XQ&t=54s
i always say im so grateful, but im never free of it
i’m so sad diane.
i always hope that things will change. that he will stop screaming, and yelling. i don’t talk about this because this creates pity, or i don’t know, i guess it’s just easier to live in denial because taking all this and facing it makes a person break.
so i numb it. and most of the time, i feel nothing — like this flat line person that lives within margins of anxiety (constant) and relief.
with this huge story of how someone who we all taught live a blessed life, britney spears, was under surveillance and imprisonment, and security cameras, and restrictions where she could walk and who she could see.
and this happens to celebrities, but i’m an ordinary person. nobody hears a voice of an ordinary person.
i don’t want this life diane.
while being in relationships calms us down, and makes us feel safe, it also takes a huge chunk of our hope, and dreams, and freedom.
i feel like i live this weird sedate life that was somehow weirdly handed out to me. and i have to take it and make it my own even if i never saw it coming.
i just miss myself, because i never even got to know myself under captivity.
i miss myself that is able to love more people, and be a part of a community, and is able to feel both sadness and joy, and not just dread, and fear, and anxiety and a relief from it.
holding all these secrets
a life with a person i despise
a life that is slowly smothering me
will i ever be free