From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Blog Day

August 31, 2007

Today is the third annual celebration of Blog Day. Why am I posting so late about it? I only found out it existed today thanks to Fred. Fred listed my blog along with four others for Blog Day on his blog, Fred Vantage Point. Thank you, Fred. I am honored. Make sure to visit his [...]

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Language learning with bilingual children

August 30, 2007

I was thinking the other day about how our children are completely bilingual. I am not including Angel in this post because she isn’t near to being bilingual. She knows some French words but hasn’t had enough time in a French speaking environment to become fluent. The girls are able to effortlessly switch between French [...]

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What parents did before diapers

August 29, 2007

Remember the post where I talked about how it drove me crazy not having the Internet because I wonder about things like what did people do before diapers and want to find the answer right away? Well, I did find out the answer after a short Internet search when I got back online. I was [...]

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The Arrow of Time

August 28, 2007

Diego Goldberg’s family has been taking pictures of themselves every year since 1976. The last set of pictures were taken this year making it thirty years since this family first began their journey recording their images. Each year on June 17th no matter where they are or what they are doing they stop and take [...]

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Steaming

August 27, 2007

As I sit here typing my body is still steaming from spending the day chasing kids and laundry. One day of laundry a week is great on all the days I do not have to do it. Today, I was not feeling it. Luckily, it was hot and my one dozen loads dried quickly. I [...]

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Bienne, Switzerland

August 26, 2007

We took a train trip to Bienne (Biel), Switzerland yesterday due to a severe case of cabin fever. We are not accustomed to living in a small village just yet. The Lake of Bienne (Lac de Bienne) was beautiful. We had lots of great company. Several swans and ducks came up to say hello to [...]

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Photohunt: happy

August 24, 2007

Go ahead and click on the music before diving into the post! It is important for the mood… And, remember don’t worry be happy… Photo taken in Freiburg, Germany. Click here to visit a great website all about Freiburg one of our families favorite cities to visit. We are always happy to spend time in [...]

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Blueberry Cobbler recipe

August 24, 2007

My previous recipe post was lost during all my blog mess. I am reposting it because I get so many searches for a blueberry cobbler recipe. It just makes sense to have it here so that people aren’t left scratching their heads wondering where it is when they land on my blog. Makes 8 servings [...]

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Circoripopolo Goes Artistique – Browser Magic

August 24, 2007

Browser magic is good old fashioned entertainment with a modern twist. Click, sit back and enjoy. You can create your own browser magic by watching the video below. Browser Magic! – The funniest movie is here. Find it

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Prostitute at sixteen years in Switzerland and it’s legal!

August 23, 2007

Reading Le Matin Bleu the other day made me feel blue. That’s ok because a moment later I started seeing red and heated up a bit. Why? The story of the day was the fact that in the whorehouses of Zurich girls as young as sixteen are being offered to clients. What is more upsetting [...]

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Where The Hell Is Matt?

August 22, 2007

I stumbled upon Where The Hell Is Matt? using my new favorite pastime, Stumble! Oh, I am soooo addicted to Stumble!!! It wasn’t like I didn’t already have a passion for surfing the Internet via links and searches. It goes without sayint that the internet is a huge resource and playground. It is impossible to [...]

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First day of school in Switzerland

August 21, 2007

Sweet Bear started school yesterday! She was happy, happy, happy. Petite Clown wasn’t happy that she isn’t old enough to go to school in Switzerland. She doesn’t understand why she went to school in France and can’t here. The fact that France and Switzerland are two different countries doesn’t mean a whole lot to a [...]

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Spam Poetry

August 20, 2007

I get spam like all bloggers. I will get as little as five spams per day while other days I’ll get hit hard with over a hundred. I don’t worry about it too much because I have Akismet. Akismet takes care of filtering out all that spam from comments real people take the time to [...]

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Broken with love

August 17, 2007

Petite Clown tumbles out of bed with tears in her eyes. She comes to me and tugs at my pants. She can barely speak. In a hushed voice she tells me, “Mama, my baby’s head is broken.” She sleeps every night with this doll. It is her baby. My mother got Sweet Bear and Petite Clown [...]

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Beach front view

August 15, 2007

Daytona Beach, Florida (taken summer 2006) I have a beach front view on my life. The past year has been incredibly hard. I made it. Yet, I sit here wondering where my life will take me next. My life has always been like that. I never knew where I would be from one year to [...]

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