Today Jim’s employer announced a layoff (to happen at some point over the next few weeks) of a whopping 350 workers from his site alone. Everyone keeps telling him it’s fine, not to worry, but as an expat there’s a whole extra layer of ‘worry’ that isn’t easily appeased.
I mean, if he’s laid off […]

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As part of my Mother’s Day celebration we had a Monty Python viewing fest… and for the first time ever Syd got all the jokes.
Sigh… they grow up so fast.

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Robbie, in a fit of boredom, spent most of today reading through my blog. Admittedly I was a little nervous. She’s always known when I write about about her, but still… I’ve covered a lot of ground, and maybe what seemed ok to discuss at the time isn’t so great in hindsight. […]

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Back in the beginning of November we bought a phone set from a company called Top Vision. The phone w/answering machine came in right away, but the additional handset never showed. We emailed. They said it was on backorder and to wait a month. We emailed in a month because it […]

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Today as we were leaving school, Sydney pointed to a little boy with dark brown hair and a Leggoland t-shirt, and said “See that guy, he’s a total asshole.”
I politely pointed out that we do not go around calling people ‘total assholes’. That ‘asshole’ was a grownup term that she shouldn’t be […]

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I’m beginning to feel a little guilty about not having written anything real in such a long time. Suffice it to say I’ve got a lot on my mind and it’s apparently blinding me to the plethora of possible posts. But hey, just because I’m not bringing my A game doesn’t mean I […]

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These adorable little flowering trees are EVIL. I so much as look at one and my eyes swell up, my mucus production goes into overdrive, and I can’t stop sneezing. Right now Benadryl is only thing standing between me and certain death.
Yeah, fuck you Spring…

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Everything works out the way it’s meant to… everything works out the way it’s meant to… everything works out the way it’s meant to.
My new mantra.

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Sorry the site’s been down so long - ever since upgrading to the latest version of Wordpress I’ve been inundated with spam. I think I’ve got the issue in hand now, but will know for sure over the next few days. In the meantime bear with me…
*Update: Hmmm, comments can only be left […]

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Sydney and I have a tradition. For each new book I start (which is often), Sydney makes a brand new bookmark for me. Some are fancy glittery, bedazzled affairs… others are inspired by whatever she happened to be watching that day, and then there are some that sort of defy categorization. Take […]

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