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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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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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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I’ve been giving this whole cooking thing a try. I’ve got several months with not much going on, so why not learn to cook, right? Naturally I started with some of my favorite things. Beyond rice-a-roni & the creation of the world’s best banana muffins, I’ve been working heavily in thai (my all-time […]

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Ok, I took a look at your favorite movies thinking I could glean a little something about each you based on them. Sadly I didn’t make much headway. I do have a better idea who all I’d invite over for a movie night though…
Anyway, in my search for deeper meaning I came across […]

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Today the girls are finally back in school after Easter break and now Jim is home sick. He spent all of yesterday moaning and groaning like a bad porno, and then begged me to drive him to the doctor this morning because he was “too sick” to drive himself. After sitting in the […]

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