Congratulations to your neighbour Cooperlola. Gave me a little more inspiration. Bravo. The more different media the better. I'm now also trying to translate a few Yahoo.fr news pieces, pc searches and watch as much TV5, some of the films even have subtitles which help. Some days it's harder than others to motivate, the odd break thru. I'm not giving up, despite setbacks and criticism, what with that and the embaressment and blushes... I keep telling myself it'll be worth it... thanks for that Carole