Instasamedi {1}

Introducing Instasamedi!!!

Remember when I got my iPhone a few months back?

Well, I have to admit that it has changed my life.

For the better.

In a million ways.

OK, essential aside:

Please please please believe me when I say that 

I've never been an over-consumer.

Yes, I grew up in North America, 

where we spend, spend, spend, spend, spend...

We have a {negative... but not false} reputation for that.

But my parents did a great job of educating my three siblings & I.

We never ever got just what we wanted at the drop of a hat.

We learned that what you do 

is more important than what you have.

That an old, beat-up paperback book is just as good a way to 

spend a rainy afternoon than playing video games on a new computer.

That even if my friend had a bottle of Orangina in her lunch everyday,

that didn't mean my life was any less interesting or fulfilling than hers.

{OK, that last point maybe took me years to realize, 

but it turns out they were right!}

So I swear that I am not the kind of person who gets out her bank card whenever she sees something at the mall that she likes.

I've always been quite on the stingy side, even.  

And proud of it.

But what I'm going to say next is somehow stronger than me...

Ready?

If you don't have an iPhone {gasp!}, 

you'd better stop reading this post right now,

leave the house,

go buy yourself one,

then come back home 

& get back on-line.

{I'll wait for you to do that, I promise!}

OK?  Done like dinner?

Good!

So now I can tell you all about my new blog feature for 2012...

Instasamedi!

You see, of course if you have an iPhone,

 you know that Instagram is one of the best applications out there.

It's beyond entertaining to use, fabulously amazing 

& {no comment} highly addictive.

{If you need to know more about Instagram, please go over here...

& then please don't have hurt feelings that I'm looking down my nose 

at you for not even having an iPhone, you loser!}

{Ahem.}

Anyway, I love taking photos.

I love my iPhone.

I love Instagram.

And I love my blog.

Wow.  That's a lot of love for this early in 2012, huh?

So what I've decided to do is two things:

1/ Take a daily Instagram photo of my everyday life & post it

on Facebook & Twitter to share with friends & family.

2/ Do a Saturday {= samedi of course!} post 

featuring the Instagram photos from the previous week

so that you, my lovely blog readers, can see some 

recent scenes of life on & around Rue de France.

Sounds good?  On y va ?  {= Let's go?}  OK!

Bonjour & Bonne Année to you, hunky statue! {dimanche, Champ de Mars, Colmar}

A jar of my husband's homemade fig jam as a little New Year's present for my lovely GP. {lundi, Annecy, chez nous}

Late-afternoon chocolat chaud.  I always add a bit of cinnamon. Also, do you love our très retro kitchen floor tiles?  {mardi, Annecy, chez nous}

Baguette that looks even tastier than the baguette printed on the bag it comes in?  That's France for you! {mercredi, Annecy, chez nous}

Yesterday, January 6th was Epiphany & in France, it's all about eating these "Galettes des Rois".  If you'd like to know more about these delicious creations, I did a post on them this time last year.  {jeudi, Annecy, "Boulangerie Banette" bakery down the street}

Look what I made for dinner last night!  {vendredi, Annecy, chez nous}

Oooof.  That was a big intro to just a few photos, n'est-ce pas ?

{BTW, there are only six photos because 2012 started on Sunday, of course. But from next week onwards, "Instasamedi" will feature 

seven pictures, whee!}

And I promise to ramble on 99% less than I did today.

I'll just post the photos

plus the caption with the description & the location

Voila... that will be it!

So what do you think?

Please let me know in the comments.

Also, if you have an Instagram account, give me a shout-out 

so I can follow you & see images of your everyday life, ok?

Merci & bon week-end, tout le monde !

Hope you have some fun "first weekend of 2012" plans.

{As for me, I'm going to take it really easy so I can finally 

get over this awful flu I've had since New Year's Day.}

I'll be back to blogging on Monday. 

Bisous !