[Gabz]

I have a major problem with all the French bashing - NOT....

Even though my name is Gabrielle, my daughter's name is Jacqueline and our last name is so French init's spelling, that most people can't pronouce it when they read it.

I don't give a hoot what the French say about us. My husband's last name may be French, but his great (x5) grandfather was Major James Hale - the brother of Nathan.

The French last name in this household does not keep us from despising what that country is doing right now.

[Ramius]

...as long as your last name isn't "Maginot". :-)

I keep wondering why Chirac is willing to expend so much political capital to save a despot. It's going to be just plain entertaining to overturn chemical shells in Baghdad and see the "made in france" label. I almost feel sorry for them.

[Texan5]

That house and property are beautiful, Gabz! I love the picture of the barn sitting in the winter grass. Interesting similarities in the moving thing-We also are moving from a 80x120 city lot to just under an acre in the country. Our new house, however is bigger than the old one. I will post some pictures when I have the computer moved and all the peripherals hooked up, I promise. My husband has a French surname, too, and almost exclusively Canadian French ancestry on both sides of his family. He is fond of saying that the first smart thing his family did was leave France, and the second was to leave Canada for the US.