First Entry! Good evening. I am Eve. My hope is to build upon the basic French I have understood from DuoLingo and Michel Thomas, in order to progress further and achieve some level of acceptable conversational French. This has been an ongoing situation - I typically lose heart and quit after a few weeks when time becomes less available. This time is different. I am fully loaded with verb books, grammar books, the full Michel Thomas course and italki! This time I shall succeed... My second entry, I shall aim to be brave and write this again, but in French. Wish me luck! :)