I love my husband, really I do… but if he doesn’t stop playing his Colin Hay (of ‘men at work’ fame) unplugged cd in my presence, well, the end is nigh.
There’s only so much a girl can take… and ‘land down under/who can it be now’ on endless loop just isn’t one of them.

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Ok, I think I’ve solved most of my grocery dilemmas. Since the american section of my Karstadt is crappy, I resorted to online ordering for most of it. I found the soup, pumpkin, cheez whiz and brown sugar at an online ‘american’ shop: The International Store
Considering how difficult it is to track these […]

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Ok, even though I don’t enjoy cooking… and even though I rejoiced at not having to make thanksgiving dinner, I go all out for christmas. I figure once a year I can morph into julia childs, and what better time to do it than christmas?
Anyway, I knew this year recreating our standard fare would […]

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Last night we went to Jim’s co-worker’s flat for cake & glühwein. And while the flavor of glühwein isn’t as bad as the name implies, I won’t be rushing out for more. Still, it was a chance to meet someone new and practice my deutsch.
When we arrived I started surreptitiously checking out our […]

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For all my american pals… don’t be a jive turkey, have a great thanksgiving! And once the tryptophan kicks in, sit back, watch a ball game & revel in your four-day weekend. As for me, I’ll be reveling in the fact that I won’t be tempted to drag my sorry ass out of […]

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I’ve been hit with my second winter cold, so I’m taking the easy way out and posting a few photos of our time in Poland. For the most part we stayed in Poznan, but we did visit Gniezno as well, as that’s where my mother-in-law’s family lived prior to immigrating to Pennsylvania.
General observations… very […]

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We entered the weekend with an ambitious plan… to watch the ENTIRE fifth season of 24. Now I realize it makes more sense to dole it out, but I seem to have complete lack of self control when it comes to adrenaline-infused tv like 24 or Alias.
And though I’m showing definite signs of brain […]

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A few days late, but here we go…
1. I’ve become complacent when it comes to the language. For months now it’s been easier to say “sprechen Sie Englisch?” than to actually whip out what little deutsch I know. Consequently, the tiny pocket of my brain reserved for learning & retaining german has been […]

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Woohoo! Season five of 24 just arrived, so I’m planning a tv watching fest for the entire weekend. When we left america last February, 24 was just ramping up and it killed me to miss it. I almost see this as my reward for enduring visitor as long as I have… and […]

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Yesterday I dropped the in-laws off at the airport and immediately went into mommy mode. First by taking Robbie to the orthodontist to have her braces put on… then by bringing Sydney back to the doctor to see about the cough that’s never really gone away since she was so sick a few months […]

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